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--- OW AND ROSENWALD VISIT TUSKEN GR An Educational Pilgrimage to Tuskegee—presented—A Personnel of Rare Chas Rosenwald and the Former Mayor of Seth Low, Headed Special Parties—Aitors See Much—Students' Handiwork JOHN A. ANDREW MEMORI Chimes Installed—What President Judson Tribute—Drs. Hall and Kenney Spee That Intelligence of Mind and the Q Hand That Enables You Everywhere—Mr. Judson. An Educational Pilgrimage to Tuskegee—Wealth and Power Represented—A Personnel of Rare Character—Honorable Julius Rosenwald and the Former Mayor of New York, Honorable Seth Low, Headed Special Parties—A Week of Interest—Visitors See Much—Students' Handiwork. JOHN A. ANDREW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. Chimes Installed—What President Judson Said—Mr. Rosenwald's Tribute—Drs. Hall and Kenney Speak—Tuskegee Speaks for That Intelligence of Mind and the Quickness and Deftness of Hand That Enables You Everywhere You Go to Find a Living—Mr. Judson. --- A Fearless, HONEST CHAMPION of the People Special to The Chicago Defender.] Tuskegee, Aln., Feb. 28.—The week last closing is one long to be remem- ered by the Tuskegee Institute. Gather- ed on the campus of the Institute during the week was as large and as important a body of men and women of wealth and standing in the citi- zany of the country as has ever been gotten together in the South. For three days and a half Tuskegee Institute, entertaining the visiting members of the board of trustees of the school, entertained also and happily a hundred of the best representatives of the intellectual and civic life of the nation who had come from the east and the west to see the work of the great school located here. Rosenwald Gets Great Welcome. The visitors began arriving Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19. A special train out of Chicago, made up of the personal friends of Julius Rosenwald, the merchant prince and philanthropist, and bearing Pullman and private cars, rolled into the Institute grounds to the deafening applause of the 1,600 students and the teaching body headed by Principal Booker T. Washington and the officers of the school. Amid Tuskegee cheers and yells and the martial strains of the famous Tuskegee band, that appropriately played "Welcome Home," Mr. Rosenwald and his party received at the Capital of Negro struggle and striving a veritable hero's welcome. With him were men and women whose names are a part of the high register of the city of Chicago. There was so much of welcome for Mr. Rosenwald that he very generously shared it with his friends and guests. They took it because, as they said, it was a welcome altogether without a grudge. Famous New Yorkers Also Present. Several hours after Mr. Rosenwald had fetched his party, the special train out of New York rolled in. On it were the former mayor of New York, Hon. Seth Low, who is chairman of the board of trustees of Tuskegee; William Jay Schieffellin and Frank Trumbull, chairman of the board of directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and also a trustee of Tuskegee Institute. The welcome given to Mr. Low and his forty friends was equally as warm as that extended to Mr. Rosenwald. "You will learn in this splendid training in Tuskegee the intelligence of mind, and the quickness and the darkness of hand that enables you everywhere you go to find a living right before you, and being content you are not dependent, and therefore the world is yours; in other words, the training of this institution will give you an intelligent brain, a trained hand, and with these you need not fear that the world will be cruel. You can also meet it with a brave heart, with a smiling face. And so I congratulate everyone of you on being numbers of this Tuskegee Institute." Mr. Rosenwald's Tribute. When Mr. Rosenwald arose to speak to the chapel Thursday evening he got a welcome that a nobleman well might receive, for the humble hearts of a biping people know the well-spring of love when they run upon it. Mr. Rosenwald is no great orator with the mouth; he speaks in deeds. Nevertheless his remarks at Tuskegee were worthy of him and were received with great applause. Among those who made addresses during the week in addition to the trustees were Dr. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of the Chicago city schools; Dean Angell of the University of Chicago; George E. Cole, the Chicago publicist; George E. Packard, the distinguished lawyer; Mrs. Cella Parker Wooley, of the Frederick Douglass Center; Lessing Rosenthal, president of the Voters' League of Chicago; Samuel Dauchey of the Dauchey Iron Works; Aaron Aaronson of the Jewish Experiment Station, Palestine, Jerusalem; William G. Wilcox of New York, and others. The evening before the meeting of the board Charles Banks, the colored capitalist and promoter of Mound Bayou, Miss, he came over as Dr. Washington's special guest, delivered a fine address a great audience in the Institute chapel. rs. Peter P. Jones at Barn Party, Cassopolis, Mich., Feb. 27.—Mr. Peter P. Jones, Chicago, who has been visiting her mother here, was tended a barn party last night. Sy Jinks' band played "Red Man," in honor of her husband, who was a bass drum beater in the band in '88. The Chicago Defender. COLLEGE MEN ORGANIZE IN CHAMPAIGN, ILL. Prominent Men Take Part—National Fraternity of Kappa Alpha Org ized in 1909. Champaign, Ill., Feb. 28.—On the evening of Feb. 18, '13, the Alpha chapter of the Kappa Alpha Nu fraternity established the Beta chapter, here taking in the "Ill" club, a strong race organization of the University of Illinois. The following Illinois men were initiated: Earl B. Dickerson, Elmer A. Brown, Byron Kenner, Geo. Ellis, F. L. Williams, Geo. Dickson, H. H. Harpole, Geo. Burnam, and W. J. Prince. The installation exercises were followed by a six course banquet at Goodall's cafe, where many toasts were given by the Indiana and Illinois men. The men who came from Bloomington to assist in the installation were: Messrs. Mosse, Armstrong, Lee, Irvine Armstrong, and Mr. E. W. Diggs, principal of the Vincennes, Ind. high school. The national fraternity of Kappa Alpha Nu was organized at Bloomington, Ind., in 1909, at the University of Indiana, and is incorporated under the laws of the state of Indiana. The Alpha chapter of K. A. N. was the first chapter of a race fraternity to have its own chapter house and they have done a great work toward raising the standard of the student. The membership of K. A. N. has men who are notable in athletics of the "Big Nine," as well as men who rank high in literary and oratorical endeavors. Among the Illinois men recently received into the fraternity are Earl B. Dickerson, who is obtaining his A. B. this year, after three years in college; Elmer Brown, a junior in the engineering college, and W. J. Prince, a sophomore who was on the 'varsity debating team which defeated Wisconsin in 1911. Prince is also a member of the national fraternity for debater and orators, known as the Delta Sigma Rho. The men of both chapters are very enthusiastic over the prospects for a brilliant future for K. A. N. ODD FELLOWS ELECT HENRY T. WELLS. Master of Ceremonies for Annual Sermon—James T. Brewington, Jr., the Unanimous Choice for Chief Marshal to Lead the Parade. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows met last Sunday (February 23rd) and organized preparatory to the annual celebration which will take place the second Sunday in May. Every branch of the order was represented. Odd Fellows' Hall was packed with delegates from the Patrarchs, members of the Grand Masters' Council, subordinate lodges, Households of Ruth, and Juveniles; and while there was great interest and enthusiasm manifested, there was not the usual bitter opposition. Henry T. Wells was the unanimous choice for chairman of the joint committee and master of ceremonies; James T. Brewington, Jr., was elected Grand Marshal. PROF. H. S. BUCHANAN DINED. President of A. & M. College, Normal, Ala., Entertained by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harrison, 3552 Rhodes avenue, entertained Prof. H. S. Buchanan and wife on Monday evening at a lobster supper in honor of their visit to this city. Professor Buchanan, while here on business for his school, has tried to elude his friends, but was run down by a reporter for the Defender who knew he and the Harrisons were old college chums, and informed them of the fact with the foregoing results. Those present at the dinner were Mr. R. S. Abbott. Miss Jewette and Mrs. Paul Eggleston. Mrs. Buchanan played a few selections on the piano after dinner. She is a graduate of Oberlin and daughter of the late President Council of the same college of which her husband is president. Mrs. Harrison played a few classics and Mr. Harrison sang a tenor solo. HOW TO GET AHEAD. Everybody could use more brains if he had them and everybody could have more brains if he used them.— Waldo Baston. CHICAGO, ELL., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1913. TEACHERS TO MEET IN NORFOLK. Teachers' Association and School Improvement League in Important Two Days' Session. Hampton, Va., Feb. 28.—The Teachers' Association and School-Improvement League of Virginia will meet in Norfolk, Feb. 27 and 28, to report on the progress which has been made in improving rural schools and communities. This association and league seeks to combine all the educational forces at work among the race in Virginia. It has the endorsement of the State Department of Education. E. A. Long, Cambria, Va., who is the president of the association and league, has arranged an attractive program for the two-day meeting. A summary of the program follows: Value of Business Training, R. E. Saunders; Grading for Rural Schools, W. T. B. Williams; Geography, Miss A. E. Tucker; Reading, Miss Sarah J. Walter; Arithmetic, M. W. Connor; How the Secondary Schools May Help the Public Schools, Rev. J. S. Russell; Industrial Work for Rural Schools, Alida Banks; Negro Organization Society, Major R. R. Moton and J. M. Gandy. Addresses will be delivered by Mrs. B. B. Munford, Richmond, president of the Co-operative Education Association; Messrs. R. A. Doble, R. A. Tucker, J. Paul Spence, Rev. J. H. Hughes, Rev. B. H. Hunter, Attorney W. H. C. Brown, Attorney A. J. Oliver, S. S. Ragsdale, Thomas C. Walker, and G. W. Owens. ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE GREETS MME, BROWN Famous Chicago Song Bird Wins Plaudits in South America. Georgetown, So. America, Feb. 28.—The Darly Argosy, Georgetown, So. America, Sunday, Feb. 2.—Under the caption, "Patti Brown's Farewell Recital," it read as follows: "Enthusiastic audience at farewell recital: Madame Patti Brown, the colored soprano of the United States, who has been singing in Georgetown with deserving success during the past forty-night, gave a farewell recital in the assembly rooms last night which attracted a large audience. She was heard at her best in a variety of songs, and was enthusiastically received on each occasion she appeared on the stage. She was assisted in presenting an excellent program by Mr. Alan, a leading violinist, and Mr. H. Edwards, a rising young pianist. Madam Brown was responsible for the heaviest part of the program, contributing among other songs the 'Indian Bell Song' from Lakuve, the popular old favorite, 'Swanee River,' Gounod's 'Jewel Song' from Faust, Grey's 'Cupid,' 'The Last Rose of Summer,' 'Cuckoo' and 'Tosti's GoodBye.' Encores were frequent, the audience evincing their approval by thunderous applause at the conclusion of every item." DEATH OF MRS. PATTERSON. Mother of Mrs. C. C. Lewis, Deceased Chicagoan, Passes Away In Her Ohio Home—A. M. E. Church Special to The Chicago Defender. Cleveland, O. Feb. 28—Mrs. William Patterson, well known in Chicago as the beloved mother of the late Mrs. (C. C.) Anna mother, died Sunday morning at her family residence in Cleveland after a long and protracted illness. She was buried from St. Andrews' Episcopal church Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was particularly popular in colored theatrical circles and was noted for her exceeding congeniality. Those of the profession who visited Cleveland always found a welcome home with Mrs. Patterson and family. A husband and four daughters all of whom are well known in Chicago are left to mourn her demise. St. John's A. M. E. church, Dr. Charles Bundy, pastor, had the distinction last Sunday of raising $2,760, $860 more than was needed to clear the church of debt. The three captains raising the largest amounts follow: Mrs. Henry Taylor, $567.52; Mrs. Rev. Bundy, $525.99; Mrs. Peyton Lemon, $421.20. WHITE SOX OFF TO THE COAST. Mr. Chas, Comiskey and his splendid aggregation of ball players left for the coast this week for their regular spring practice. As usual they traveled in the most luxurious manner, having a special train. There were ninety-nine in the party and many of them were men of color. Mr. Tyler Meaux was the official barber and his son of 11 years was mascot and mixologist. PROF. GARNER TAKES UP Y. M. C. A. WORK. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 28.—Prof. Joseph Garner has arrived in the city to assume charge of the boy's work and to become physical director at the Y. M. C. A. He is a Baltimore product. After graduating from the high school he entered Lincoln university, receiving the degree of bachelor of arts in 1899. He taught a while in the city schools, and until a month ago was connected with the Baltimore Times. BISHOP W. B. DERRICK CRITI- CALLY ILL Aged Prelate's Condition Causes Grave Alarm—Condition So Serious That Bishop Henry M. Turner, Primate of The A. M. E. Church, Hastens to His Bedside from His Headquarters in North Carolina—Has Been Ill Three Weeks—Caught, in a Rainstorm While Attending Funeral. One of the World's Great Churchmen and One of Those Illustrious Characters That Has Made the Church Founded by Richard Allen the Largest and Richest Organization of the Race—Bishop Turner Speaks on Africa—Deplores Lack of Scientific Knowledge. [Special to the Chicago Defender.] Flushing, N. Y., Feb. 28.—Bishop William B. Derrick of the African Methodist Episcopal church, and one of the foremost prelates in the United States, lies critically ill at his home, "Bishop's Court," State street, Flushing. So serious is Bishop Derrick's condition that Bishop Henry M. Turner, primate of the A. M. E. church, was notified, and he hastened from his See in North Carolina, arriving at the bedside of the stricken bishop on Sunday, Bishop Turner is now established at the Episcopal residence on State street, and he has taken over the arduous duties of Bishop Derrick's office. Bishop Derrick's illness dates back three weeks. On Jan. 24 he attended the funeral of the wife of Bishop Coppin of Philadelphia. He was caught in a rainstorm and returned to Flushing ill. Bishop Derrick had only returned from a long trip throughout his diocese, which takes in Michigan, Canada, Panama, the West Indies and the Bermudas. While in Panama Bishop Derrick made arrangements for the erection of churches for the thousands of the race who are working on the Canal. Specialists Attend Him. He returned home to take up the matter of arranging for the reception by the A. M. E. church of four thousand communicants and thirty churches of the Free Methodist church of England, which is founded in Jamaica. The sudden illness of Bishop Derrick prevented him from carrying on the negotiations and so important were they considered that Bishop Turner hurried north at once to continue them. Bishop Derrick is sixty-eight years old. He is under the care of Dr. Dick of Flushing. This afternoon a specialist from Manhattan was called into the case. Bishop Turner Talks on Africa. The first inking of the seriousness of Bishop Derrick's illness was given last night by Bishop Turner before a good-sized congregation at the A. M. E. church on Lincoln street, whom he addressed on "Science, the Need of the Race." The news was received with universal sorrow. In his address Bishop Turner deplored the lack of scientific knowledge and technical training among the young men of the race. Eight years ago while on a trip to Africa, during which he converted eleven thousand native Africans to the A. M. E. fold, Bishop Turner had ample time to appreciate the field of opportunity that lies for the members of the race in Africa. He followed the line of the railroad that is penetrating the Dark Continent from Capetown to Cairo and he saw the need for civil engineers and other men of technical training. He hoped for the erection of schools and colleges in Africa that would give to the black man the opportunity to gain this education, so as to aid in the opening of the continent, and to share in the benefits that would follow. BISHOP COPPIN FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 28.—In an address before the A. M. E. Ministers' meeting Monday, Bishop L. J. Coppin declared that he was in favor of the right of women to vote. Hayti Its People, Customs, Organizations and Government By W. C. DeWendt Several installments of interesting reading to be published exclusively in The Chicago Defender Beginning SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH CHAMBLISS-JOHNSON. Well Known Business Woman and One of Chicago's "Finnest" Joined in Matrimony—To Continue Business. Mr. Dorsey L. Chambliss and Mrs. T. J. Johnson were quietly married Saturday evening last at 6 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Potts, 3852 Vincennes avenue. Rev. A. J. Carey officiated, using the beautiful service. After the ceremony a delicious repast was served. The house was decorated for the occasion, the colors being pink and green. The Mrs. Dorsey L. Chambliss, Formerly Mrs. T. J. Johnson, One of Leading Florists. bride was becomingly gowned in a smart tailor-made suit and carried a large bunch of orchids. Mrs. Johnson was formerly of Nashville, Tenn, be a Miss Mary M. Stuart. She is now one of our leading business women, being distinguished as the only woman of the race in that business. Her business career has been marked with success. She will continue the business under the same name of Chicago Florist, Master T. J. Johnson, Jr., her popular 5-year-old son, will continue to be manager. Mr. D. L. Chamblias comes from one of the wealthiest families and one of the wealthiest in the southern part of the state. He is holding a position as city policeman, working out of the Cottage Grove avenue station. Mr. and Mrs. Chamblias will be pleased to meet-their friends at their present address, 3137 Street street. MRS. KEMPER ROYALLY ENTERTAINED Niece of Mr. and Mrs. Veena on a Visit to City, is Entertained by Friends. Mrs. Phimie Kemper of St. Louis, Mo., who is visiting, the guest of her uncle, Mr. Veena, 3822 Dearborn street, is having a delightful visit. Her many friends keep her constantly on the go with auto rides, theater parties and dinners. One of the most elaborate was one by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Veena last week. Saturday Mrs. Kemper was the guest of the Alix-sisters at their residence, 3614 Prairie avenue. Mr. T. E. Jackson entertained her with an auto ride on Sunday. She declared that the most hospitable people in existence are to be found in Chicago, as she took the train for her home. FORMER LEGISLATOR PASSES AWAY. H. Eubanks Dies At His Cleveland Home—Served Two Terms in the Ohio Legislature. Cleveland, O., Feb. 28.—Mr. H. Eubanks died here last week. Mr. H. Eubanks was formerly a member of the Ohio state legislature, serving two terms, and as such succeeded in passing several laws in the interest of the race. Mr. Eubanks will probably be best remembered by Chicago people as the agent for the Lincoln Insurance company, now defunct, he having interested several here in stocks of the same. His wife and one son survive him. RAISE FUNDS TO BUILD CHURCH. Several Successful Entertainments in a Popular Suburb. Maywood, Ill., Feb. 28—a success—ful entertainment was given in Maywood on Feb. 12 for the benefit of the construction of an A. M. E. church, Canaan chapel, and was given in Myres' hall at 20 North Fifth avenue, Maywood, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Wylder McCulough. Quite an extensive program was arranged by having several very prominent and capable speakers on the subject of great men and more especially Abraham Lincoln. The Honorable Dr. Reeves, the A. M. E. presiding elder of this district, delivered what was considered by the citizens of Maywood to be one of the most striking speeches ever presented by any orator or speaker on such a subject. There was also a grand speech made by the Honorable Mr. O. M. Rankins, the president of the village of Maywood. A concert was put on at the intermission of the speeches which was conducted by Mrs. Emma Dunham, assisted by Mr. Will Sherdus, Miss Irene Hurst, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Fannie Blunt. The only way you can draw some men out is with a corkscrew. The Effect, Cause and Cure—An Interesting Article by James Samuel Stemons in the Current Number of the Congregational and Christian World—Editor, in Note, Says That Mr. Stemons Is a Gentleman of Color and That He Is a Man of Ability. PROMINENT CLERGYMAN ENDORSES HIM. Injustice and Folly in Georgia—The Twofold Cause—Georgia Legislature Seriously Considers Bill to Prohibit the Employment of Negro Fireman—Entire Railroad System Paralyzed—The Remedy—Remove the Cause—Oust the Criminals. [From The Congregationalist and Christian World.] There is scarcely a section of the country in which it is not becoming more and more difficult for Negroes to earn an honest living. In defiance of the widely heralded and universally accepted fact that Negroes, through various systems of education and training, are rapidly advancing in character, reliability and efficiency, they are being systematically displaced from the branches of labor formerly open to them, while no corresponding branches of labor are being opened to them. walters, Pullman car porters, or in any other capacity which would throw them into close personal contact with the white people of that state. The Two-fold Cause. These are but few of the many unmistakable evidences of an almost nation-wide movement to snatch Negroes the imperative and mental right of working to earn honest living. The deep-seated is two-fold. One is traceable to white race; the other to the bl. race. With the white race it will misrepresentation and appeals to basest passions on the part of a coi For example, during the past several months at least four of the larger hostilities of Philadelphia, which, in the main, had never before employed other than Negro servitors, have dismissed them in favor of white help; while other establishments, not only in Philadelphia but throughout the country, widely advertise the fact that they employ none but white help. In August, 1911, an assolation of hotel proprietors of New York adopted a resolution that no hotel which employs Negro help shall be rated as first class, and following that action there was a veritable scramble among the hotel proprietors of that city—some of whom had employed Negroes continuously and with admitted satisfaction for more than thirty years—to substitute white help, as the price which they were willing to pay for being rated as first class. Three years ago the hotel proprietors of Providence, R. I., united in displacing Negro with white help. Atlantic City, St. Joseph, Mo., Portland, Ore., Chicago and one city after another are rapidly falling in line with this movement to do away with Negroes as hotel and personal servants, while the bronder avenues of labor in the North, such as shops, mills, foundries, factories, steam and street railways, mercantile and business houses, already exclude them. One of the most desirable openings for Negroes has been that of automobile driving, mostly for private families. But a wide-spread movement is now on foot to exclude them from this occupation. In New York, for example, at the behest of white automobile drivers, white garage owners are stubbornly refusing to stable automobiles which are manned by Negro drivers. Many automobile owners, rather than engage in controversies, have substituted white for Negro drivers. Injustice and Folly in Georgia. In discussing this very feature, former Governor W. J. Northen of Georgia recently said, in an address on Christianity and the Negro Problem in Georgia before the Evangelical Ministers Association of Atlanta: "Walton county farmers have notified that they will be allowed to keep their Negro labor for the gathering of their present crops, but that they must hire no Negroes for another year. Vagrancy is one of the most dangerous tendencies of the times. Vagrancy is the breeder of crime. What will we do when one million Negroes in Georgia are driven into enforced idleness and loitering and are denied the opportunity to make an honest living in legitimate service? Such conditions will multiply criminals beyond our power to punish or our inclination to reclaim." It may be recalled that the legislature of Georgia, in response to the furious strike against Negro firemen on the Georgia Railroad, in the year 1908, has seriously considered a bill to prohibit the employment of Negroes in any capacity on the railroads of that state. The entire system of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad was paralyzed by a fierce and bloody strike of white firemen in the spring of 1911, instituted for the deliberate and boldly announced purpose of forcing that railway system to dispense with Negro firemen. This strike had scarcely been settled when firemen on the Southern Railroad of Georgia threatened to strike unless certain of their extreme demands against Negro firemen were acceded to. The company was finally forced to yield, according to a statement issued by the chairman of the committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, by agreeing to limit the number of Negro firemen to a certain percentage of the white firemen, which provision, it was said, would result in greatly reducing the number of Negroes on all divisions. It was further stipulated that the white men should receive a flat increase of 10 per cent in wages. Their wages formerly were 10 per cent more than those of Negroes. Thus they are paid 30 per cent more than is received by Negroes for identical service, performed with equal satisfaction to the employing company. The legislature of Oklahoma has seriously considered a bill to prohibit the employment of Negroes as hotel THE GRI WEEKLY IN THE WORLD OF LABOR —An Interesting Article by James current Number of the Congregational or, in Note, Says That Mr. Stemons and That He Is a Man of Ability. YMAN ENDORSES HIM. —The Twofold Cause—Georgia Legs Bill to Prohibit the Employment of Railroad System Paralyzed—The Use—Oust the Criminals. walters, Pullman car porters, or in any other capacity which would throw them into close personal contact with the white people of that state. These are but few of the many unmistakable evidences of an almshadow-nation wide movement to snatch Negroes the imperative and mental right of working to earn honest living. The deep-seated is two-fold. One is traceable to white race; the other to the bl. race. With the white race it is will misrepresentation and appeals to tiest passions on the part of a conspicuous element—newspaper editors popular writers, strife-breeding and self-seeking politicians, and even a type of ministers of the gospel—who are in a position to influence and inflame popular opinion. With the colored race it is the notoriety which is being attained by the basest and most criminal elements among them; to the undisputed away of a relatively small, but obnoxiously conspicuous type who seem to be lost to every sense of moral responsibility and social restraint. In short, the entire reactionary movement is due to the fact that the most perverse elements of both races have usurped public attention, and are corrupting and confusing and distorting the mind of the entire nation. The remedy? Remove the cause. The self-respecting Negroes of the country must suppress and repudiate the base and criminal elements among them. Negroes will have done their full duty when they prove to the world that they mean to constrain their race to conform to high standards of civic duty and public deportment. The white race must then be appealed to, through their churches, clergy and other exponents of social justice, to do their duty by giving Negroes an opportunity to make their useful men and virgilzens, the same opportunity to an honest living that they ext other citizens and to the milli allens who are flooding our sky. The joint organization of the clation for Equalizing Industrial portunities and the League of and Political Reform, though ne an organization, representing crystallized thought and labor life-time, is the medium through which an effort is being made to put of these remedies into immediate practical operation. The essence the plans and purposes of the League of Civic and Political Reform is contained in a pledge "to exert my influence to suppress political crookedness rowdyism and public indecency on the part of an element of colored people" and which concludes "with the proviso that the influence and activities of this League shall ever be confined to the ends here specified, and not used to serve the abstract political ambitions of any race, any party or any individual." The mission of the Association Equalizing Industrial Opportunities to be prosecuted by appealing direct, to every pastor, white and colored, and through him to every church, and through these agencies to all thinking persons for their co influence in procuring for all gardless of race or color, unres. opportunities for working for an honest living. It is also the plan to have in every community a committee of representative citizens whose duty will be to confer directly with proprietors and employers of specified industrial establishments regarding a recognition of colored labor on the same basis that applies to other labor. Realizing that a vast amount of the prejudice against Negro labor is due to a frequent lack of efficiency and reliability on the part of such labor, this Association also seeks to elevate the standard of Negro labor by discouraging the recognition of any Negro who is not deemed in every way worthy of the position for which he or she aspires. Fire at Douglass Cigar Store. Tuesday night night broke up in Mr. T. L. Douglass cigar store, 2305 State street, and did damage to the extent of $1,000. This damage was to the store fixtures and pool tables; $500 worth of tobacco was also destroyed. Mr. Douglass carried some insurance on the fixtures, but his household goods were not insured. Attorney Fowler was in the store at the time and he ran over several firemen in an effort to save his coat. But the coat fell a prey to the fames and his friends want to know who will head a subscription list to purchase another coat. BERT WILLIAMS IN BALTIMO Baltimore, Md., Feb. 28.—Bert Williams is appearing here this week w the "Follies of 1912." Ohly Entertaine live Many Cost Christopher L. Makle twenty-fifth anniver- marriage by entertaining or of their friends at a aednesday evening, Febu- rary 15th, at their palatial residence, 4832 Langley avenue. The reception was the most elaborate and beautiful affair given in this city in many years. Everything that tends to make such affairs enjoyable was provided. A select orchestra under Professor Algan played throughout the evening and the myriad rays of the electric lights, the floral decorations and the beautiful gown assembled made up a scene that is hard to describe. Mrs. Makle was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Wm. Fisher, Mrs. Anna Grayson, Mrs. John Victor, Mrs. Elbert and Mrs. L. Blackbourn. Mrs. Makle wore a handsome gown of pearl gray crepe de chin trimmed with coral satin and cream lace. She wore her famous collection of diamonds and the slippers matching her costume came from Paris. An entire room was set apart for the display of the many beautiful presents that admiring friends bestowed upon this popular couple. The gifts included everything from the rarest cut glass to unique and special designs in silver. There was also considerable money on display. In the dining room a prettily deco- deed table was the attraction from a well known caterer served diments. Mrs. M. C. Robinson Miss Laut Smith presided at the chow. Mr. and Mrs. Makle are among our most progressive citizens, owning their handsome residence on Langley venue and several other valuable pieces of property. They were mar- ried in Chicago. Mrs. Makle is the sister of Attorney Farmer. The neighborhood of the Makle home was all excitement, for being an exclusive home section, it is seldom that so many autos and carriages are to be seen as was the case on this occasion. The Makles are the most popular family in the block, said a neighbor, and it was noticed that all of the windows in sight of the house had two or three spectators. M. T. BAILEY SEVERS ALL FUTURE CONNECTIONS WITH THE PROGRESSIVE LAND COMPANY. 3638 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Feb. 26, 1913. To the President, Officers and members of the Progressive Land Co. 825 W. Washington Street, City- Greeting: Owing to the changes made in the status of the Progressive Land Co. since we first established the com- pany, and the increased responsibility which has been heaped upon me in other avenues of business, I respect- fully tender my resignation as treas- ser of the, said, Progressive Land well an other future connect herewith. To take effect from ove date. hing for you prosperity and suc in every avenue of life, I am. Yours very truly. M. T. BAILEY. NY NOTABLE PEOPLE PASS AWAY. Prominent in the Deaths of the Neek—Where They Died and Their Final Resting Place. This week has been notable for the death of many prominent people, among them has been that of Mrs. Mary Virginia Scott, aged 40, 5027 Dearborn street. A well-known secret society woman, who died at the Post Graduate hospital after a serious operation. Mr. William Carmore, aged 48, well known Inn-keeper, 51st and Dearborn streets, died suddenly at his place today night. Mr. Louis Seldon, 41 years old, 5011 mour avenue, prominent 30th ward litician; was buried from Olivet Baptist church last Monday afternoon. Lillian, Woods died on Mon- ter a brief illness. Phos. Grecory died Wednesday ag after a long and painful ill- ness. MISS FANNIE ROSS PASSES AWAY Miss Fannie Ross, the niece of Mr. Ed, Felix, 52 L, 30th street, became ill of appendicitis about ten days ago and several of the best physicians were consulted, and every possible attention was given her, but to no avail, on for Sunday afternoon that monster, "Death," visited her, and her soul took flight to Him who gave it. Her funeral was at Mrs. Johnson's mortuary chapel on Wednesday afternoon. ENTERPRISING YOUNG INDIANA- IAN, TO OPEN LARGE BUSINESS. Mr. Curtis Biggs of Bass, Ind., who owns a large milk dairy and produce farm in that little town, will open a dairy and farm produce store at 3634 State street about March 8 for direct convenience to consumers. Mr. Biggs is an enterprising young man and he has been shipping his milk and farm products to this city for a number of years. Encouragement is what such men need to forward their positive success, and we trust that he will be patronized as all enterprising business men of color should. Love Ever Willing to Sacrifice. 'n lovers' quarrels the party that es most is always most willing to knowledge the greater fault—Scott. SECURITY. imbitious men may fall but they per fall—Waldo Baston. WAITERS' COOKS' AND PORTERS' SOCIAL LEAGUE. A New Progressive Club for All Race Men of Good Moral Character Who Wish to Join. Its objects are to promote the best interests and general welfare of the men of the race, and it also aims to combine protection and all moral and material aid in its power for the benefit of its members. In calling on the waiters, cooks and porters of this city to unite themselves together we believe we have started something that will be an everlasting force in the program of progress not only in this city, but will benefit and all aid them that come to our city from all over the United States. The time has come when all far-sseeing men, be he waiter, cook or porter, must become fully alive to the fact that only through organization can we expect to accomplish anything in the way of progress and better our conditions. The Waiters', Cooks and Porters' Social League was permanently organized Jan. 17, 1913. It is positively a non-union organization, launced for the purpose of furnishing a permanent clubhouse, with all modern conveniences, where the waiters, cooks and car porters and commercial porters can meet and enjoy a pleasant evening. It is also our intention to do all we can to find employment for our members that are out of work. This club has held three meetings at the reading room of the Negro Fellowship League, 2820 South State street, and will continue to meet there every Thursday evening at 9 o'clock until we get our own clubhouse. At the meeting held Thursday, Feb. 6, with a good attendance, Mr. M. B. Crusser was the speaker of the evening, Thursday, Feb. 13, Mr. W. H. Hill was the speaker. At the meeting of Feb. 20 we had a large attendance. The speakers were Mr. J. Fleming, Mr. Robert O. Hooper and Mr. J. Mathues. The officers and members of this club extend an invitation to all waiters, cooks, car porters and commercial porters to come out to our meetings, hear our speakers and learn more about this good movement and what it means for you. The officers are: John Garnue, president: I. Talbert, vice president: Chas. A. Hickman, treasurer; Edward C. Jones, secretary; Chas. Jennings, assistant secretary. THE WEEK IN TOLEDO. Church and Other Affairs of Note- Personal. By Turner Tandy. Mrs. E. Chavous and daughter, Edith, from Columbus, O., formerly of Toledo, O., is now with her niece, Mrs. A. E. Hunter, at 808 E. 41st street. Mrs. Chavous is a business woman and expects to go in business as soon as she gets located. Toledo, O., Feb. 28.—Mrs. Wn. E. Clemens spent a few days in Fremont last week visiting Mrs. T. G. Reese. Mrs. Fred Vaughn was called out of the city on a sad mission Tuesday. Her father had passed away at his home in Athens, Ohio. Lookout Circle of King's Daughters met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Walter Jackson, of 219 20th street. A Lenten tea party was given by the Altar Guild of All Saints' Mission Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. P. W. Johnson of 537 Avondale avenue. Friends of Mr. Otis Curtis are glad that he is able to be out again. The Y. W. Club of the 3rd Baptist church met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Rochester. The Willing Workers' Society, assisted by the Y. W. Club, held a bazaar at the 3rd Baptist church Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week. Supper will be served each Wednesday evening by the Pastor's Aid Society at Warren A. M. E. church. Supper is also served at Friendship Baptist church every Thursday evening. This gives persons rooming and boarding downtown a chance to get home cooking two evenings of each week. A reception will be given by the 3rd Baptist church for its new members in the future. Arrangements for the same are in the hands of the different auxiliaries. CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Friday evening, Feb. 7, the Nonpareil Club held its annual installation of officers at the home of Miss Hazel Kraft. The following officers were installed: President, Mr. Nathan Jackson; secretary, Miss Beatrice Dawson, and treasurer, Miss Virginia Gaines. After the meeting a musical program was rendered by the club members and Miss Kraft served the club with refreshments. The meeting adjourned to meet Friday, Feb. 21, at 322 Calumet avenue, with Mr. Frank Robinson and Mr. Douglas O'Neill as hosts. THE PEERLESS CLUB. Mr. Howard Bazil entertained the Peerless club at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, Feb. 25. Mr. Robert C. Ray, chairman of the arrangement committee of their midwinter dancing party, gave an excellent report of the work of the committee and reported the dance as a success. The following members were present: Mr. George Ganaway, president; Mr. Robert Pearman, corresponding secretary; Mr. Benjamin Cornelius, treasurer; Mr. Howard Bazil, vice president; Mr. Robert Ray, Mr. Harris B. Gaines, Mr. Charles Worthington and Mr. Harry Greenlee. The meeting was followed by lunch, prepared by Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Bazil, mother of the host. The next meeting will be at the residence of Mr. Charles Worthington, 5344 Dearborn street, March 13. Time to Call a Halt. "When our sense of humor becomes so acute that it sees through our own illusions as well as other people's," says the Philosopher of Folly, "it is time to put blinders on it." JUST SORDID EPISODE BUDDING ROMANCE OF OSCAR M. DWINDLE BADLY NIPPED. Estimable Gentleman Had Pictured Himself as Hero of Exciting Adventure, but Alas! It Was Fated Not to Be. Oscar Dwindle stood in front of the hotel in earnest contemplation of the heavens. It looked like rain—or snow—Dwindle wasn't quite certain. "Hello!" exclaimed Dwindle. He hadn't changed the direction of his gaze. To all intents his eye was still riveted on the aforesaid heavens. But it wasn't. Dwindle's eye was performing two revolutions a second. He was observing the descent of a light object. The light object was black. It stretched itself out on a passing puff of wind, then it littered it bit, then it swooped, then it plunged. Dwinkle watched every eration. He was rewarded at leisure. The object fell into his hands. It was warm and silky, and Dwinkle quantified it as a stocking. Exclaimed Dwinkle, "Bigosh." Forthwith he sent two searching glances against the wall of the hotel, waving his find at the same time. There was no response. Dwinkle was impressed. He said: "It does not belong to any one there. It is the property of an angel." But this wasn't logic, and Dwinkle knew very well that angels don't wear stockings. So Dwinkle contradicted himself: "It was not an angel," said he, "that dropped it. I am of the opinion it belongs to some guest, a very young one. See the small size of the foot." "Who says romance and adventure are not on the mat, with their shoulders plumed?" exclaimed Dwindle. "Here are both of them in my hand, Come down," continued Dwindle, "whoever you are, and meet your knight. 'Tis Oscar Dwindle who flourishes your expensive hosiery in the cold air." Despite his commands no one appeared—not just then—so Dwindle continued his reverie, this time in silence. But an observer could not mistake the emotion so plainly depicted on his face. Five minutes passed, and Dwindle, with a parting and most significant glance, crushed the silky stocking in his hand and prepared to put it in his pocket. He made for the hotel. "Hey—mister." Dwindle paid no attention. "You, mister, with the silk stocking, please." This time Dwinkle leaped into the air and turned. "Did you find a silk stocking?" asked a man six feet tall. "I did," replied Dwindle. "Fine," said the speaker. "It's mine." "Yours?" "Yes; I own it." Dwindle paled. "I'm in the business," said the speaker. "I sell silk stockings. Come upstairs: 'I'll show you my line of goods. This one fell out of the window while I was unpacking my trunk." When the Poet Lost Out. He was a poet, with long hair and all, and for a time she was tickled to death at the novelty of holding hands with him on the sofa. But after a time she tried hints, but they went in one poetic ear and out the other like water off a duck's back, and the night our story opens she spoke right out. "Algernonie," she said, "Sunday night, when you came around, you wrote a sonnet to my left eyebrow, didn't you? "Yes, love. I did," he returned, putting one hand on his bosom to keep it from swelling with pride. "Tuesday night, when you called," she continued, "you composed a triolet to my nether lip, didn't you? "Yes, love," he admitted, "I did." "Wednesday night, during your call," she pursued, "you dashed off a roundlet to my dimples, didn't you? "Yes, love," he smiled, "dashed off is good. But, there, there, don't mention it." "And didn't it ever occur to you," she said earnestly, "that a girl might sometimes wish for something more substantial?" "Darling, you are right!" he cried. "This very evening shall I write an ode in blank verse to your entire face." She walked sadly to the foot of the stairs. "Father," she called regretfully, "put on your storm shoes and come down." Colors to Guide Autoists Motor touring routes through New York state are to be marked by color schemes, in order to make the routes readily recognizable. The route from New York to Buffalo through Albany, for instance, is to be marked in blue, with fences, bridge approaches and signs on the proper highway displaying this color. The suggestion was advanced by an automobile association official and adopted by the state highways department. Red will be the color of the route from New York to Jamestown by way of Binghamton; yellow will mark the route from New York to the Canadian border, at Ogdensburg; green is for the trip from Binghamton to Niagara Falls and Ogdensburg, and brown from Oswego to Syracuse and Binghamton. Chance for Inventors The preparation of nixetam by hand is quite laborious, the Mexican women of the peon class spending a fair proportion of each day mashing the day's supply of nixetam on a metate with a stone rolling pin after it has been prepared for this process by being boiled with lime. Nixetam is the name of the corn itself after having been so treated; after grinding it is known as masa. As the tortillas and tamales, made from masa prepared in the manner described form the staple diet of the Mexican people, a machine for the easy preparation of nixetam ought to find a wide sale. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER OTHER PEOPLE'S CARS OTHER PEOPLE'S CARS BY CAROLINE MAHL. "Of course, I realize that the world wouldn't be half so interesting if there were no queer people," said Adela, looking up from her embroidery, "but of all the queer people, some of those who own automobiles are the queerest." "Now, give the explanation," said the girl who was making buttonholes. "What started me to thinking on this subject was the car that just passed." Adela went on obediently. "It belongs to the Prentices, and they have had it a year. We used to take the whole Prentice family out driving Saturday afternoons when we had horses, but we've never been asked to ride with them in their machine, not once." "Nobody else has," said Jean, soothingly. "The two of them go alone in that seven-passenger car every time. Once I thought they had turned over a new leaf and had asked somebody to enjoy a ride with them, but it was only a married daughter that they were taking to the train." "I have a cousin who has a car," remarked Louise. "She never had asked one of us to go with her, so when she telephoned me that she was going to stop for me and take me riding, I was all in a flutter. She was prompt in coming, and off we went. After she had gone four blocks she asked me if I would mind her stopping to see a friend on a little errand. Of course, I said I would not mind." "There was nothing else that you could say," laughed the girl who was making buttonholes. "She had you completely at her mercy." "Well, she did not have me at her mercy long," Louise chuckled. "She made her call, but after I had sat out of the window of the limousine for an hour and five minutes I opened the door and went quietly home. My cousin never brought up the episode afterward and she never asked me again to go riding. I fancy sometimes that her chauffeur is trying hot to lough audibly when her car sweeps past me." "I was treated worse than that," said the married member of the circle. "It was just after my wedding, and a friend of mine was anxious to show me some attention. I was very much pleased when she invited me to go to a large club reception at a fashionable hotel, so I wore my wedding dress. There isn't anything nicer than the reception that that particular organization gives, and my simple wedding gown was not too fine, especially as my friend called for me in her car. "We had a delightful day and I enjoyed every minute of it. When we came home and were near her corner and a mile from mine, she stopped the machine and had the man open the door. She said she was sure I would not mind taking the street car the rest of the way home, as she was in a hurry to get home herself." "She didn't!" cried Adela. "What did you say?" "I said good-by," declared the married woman. "Then I went into a drug store and telephoned for a taxi. I considered myself in luck to have so much as a nickel with me." "I've often noticed that dropping habit," remarked Alice. "The amount of worry that comes from owning a car is funny," said Louise. "What with the automobile face and the automobile nerves the owners are wrecks before the machines are." "They mortgage their homes to buy machines and mortgage the machines to keep the houses from being sold," said Adela. cheerfully. "There go the Dunbars now!" cried Louise, spilling spools over the floor as she jumped to look out of the window. "I wonder what they'd say if they knew how we have been talking?" "I can guess that," laughed the girl who was making buttonholes. "They'd shrug their shoulders and say it is easy to tell that not one member of our valued sewing circle owns an automobile and that we are all wildly covetous." If the Snake Had Been Alive. Mrs. Edmund Vance Cook is credited with a child story worth repeating. Mrs. Cook, according to this anecdote, was relating to her own children the tale of an early experience with the "polsonous snake" that proved a "dead stick." "An' if it had been a snake, an' if it had bitten you, would you have died?" asked one breathless youngster. "Yes, I probably should have died," admitted the mother. "Was it before you was married?" "Yes, dear, it was before I was married." "Oh-h-h, mamma! Then if it had bitten you we'd all hader be born in an orphan 'sylum, wouldn't we?" came the startling question of the busy childish mind. Open Winter in England? A thrush's nest, with eggs, in January. Is it an indication that the parent birds foresee that the winter months still to come will be mild and open, or merely a proof of ignorance and inexperience, showing that two silly young birds have been deluded by the mild season into thinking that the proper nesting time has arrived? However that may be, it is a fact that in a certain hedge within a mile of Crockham Hill, Kent, there is a nest with eggs, with the her thrush already sitting. The exact spot is known to two men only—the local roadman and another—London Chronicle. Not So Very Much "You've got nothing on me," said the cook. The mistress looked her over very carefully. "Only one hat, one skirt, and two bunches of puffs," she retorted. "And you'll take 'em all before you leave, too." Literal Thing. "When you made that long journey, did you sleep in transit?" "No; I slept in my pajamas." "The Land of Opportunity" If contemplating a trip to any Latin- American country call upon or write for information to FRANK P. DAVILA "THE LATIN-AMERICAN MAN" Teacher and translator of the Spanish Language. 5753 Grove Avenue CHEVIEU ITRICIR Is a pomade that straightens hair permanently without the use of lure. It necessarily with man as it straightens the shortest hair as well as long. Use as directed and it will give entire satisfaction. Price $1.00 per jar. Liberal percentage to agents. Address MRS. R. A. HATTON 3406 Varnon Ave., 1st Flat Chicago, Ill. Tel. Harrison 8153 Tel. Harrison 5153 Real Estate and Profit Bldg. a Specially. GEO. W. BLACKWELL Attorney and Counsellor at Law Suite 622 Omaha Bldg., 135 W. Van Buren Street, CHICAGO Advertise IF YOU Wanta Cook Want a Clerk Want a Partner Want a Situation Want a Servant Girl Want to Sell a Piano Want to Sell a Carriage Want to Sell TownProperty Want to Sell Your Groceries Want to Sell Your Hardware Want Customers for Anything Advertise Weekly in This Paper. Advertising Is the Way to Success Advertising Brings Customers Advertising Keeps Customers Advertising Insures Success Advertising Shows Energy Advertising ShowsPluck Advertising Is "Biz" Advertise or Bust Advertise Long Advertise Well ADVERTISE At Once In This Paper A PORO Hair Grower 50c a Box, 10c extra out of city Treatment $1.00 3420 Dearborn St. Chicago. Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST Office Hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p. m.; from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Sunday by appointment. Phones: Oakland 4662. Auto. 73-058. 4715 South State St., CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Oakland 2489 Madeline R. McFarland FINE MILLINERY Feathers Cleaned, Dyed and Curled HATS BLOCKED 4746 State St. - CHICAGO GOING BACKWARDS Some of our married women of today will be the young girls of tomorrow—Waldo Easton. THE DEFENDER ON SALE AT THE "L" STATIONS. Commencing this morning (Saturday, November 15th) the Union News Company will have The Chicago Defender on sale at every "L" station throughout the city of Chicago. Rooms, by day, 50c, 75c and $1.00; By Week, $2.00 and up. J. A. JONES, Prop. . . . European Plan Worthington's Art Studio Phone Kenwood 3531 C Lessons given in hand painted China, a specialty in Fruit, Flowers, Landscape and Figured Work. Special attention given beginners. We carry a complete line of China for sale, suitable presents for weddings, birthdays and card parties. Firing a specialty. Daily and Weekly Papers Cigars and Tobaccos Ice Cream and Candies, specialty to the Children. Mrs. Lulu B. Taylor Phone Douglas 2134 Automatic 72-993 EDWARD FELIX ICE CREAM PHONE DO Milk, Cream, Stationery, Co. Newspapers, Bread, Cakes a We give Fish and Weber Sta- and Sodas. A First-Class L EDWARD FELIX :: Mrs. Edw. Felix's Stands open for all kinds ment, Hair Goods to order wands and nails. A comp Tel. Douglas 2928 General M to all pa Learn to Waltz, two-step, ard all kin No student a failure. 23 CREAM. PAL PHONE DOUGLAS 2928 Cream, Stationery, Confectionery, Tobacco ers, Bread, Cakes and Pies. Before buy- fish and Weber Stamps with Groceries, B ips. A First-Class Laundry Agency in Co- FELIX :: :: 52 W w. Felix's Hairdressin open for all kinds of Hairdressing, Scar air Goods to order. Special care take and nails. 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Every particle of progress that has ever been made has been the product of people who have love for their work, and who, by loving their work, have climbed above the mass, and, by climbing themselves have developed power to stand—James Logan. Duplicate Celebration The Age Joke—Asked why he was having a party at his house, the host replied (in a stage whisper): "Don't mention it, but it is the tenth anniversary of my wife's thirty-fifth birthday!"—Evening Standard and St. James Gazette. "Oh, Mr. Titewadd, do you know, I passed by a candy store yesterday, and actually didn't go in." "How unlike you—I thought you said once you invariably turned in?" "Why, don't you remember? You were with me." Limit to Love's Blindness Bella—"Oh, dear, the diamond in my engagement ring has got a flaw in it." George—"Take no notice, darling. Love should be blind, you know." Bella—"Yes, but one need not be stone blind!" 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Heretofore the delivery has been by mail but many of the bundles being so large that this change was made. The wagon service will be extended to the North and West Slides by the next issue. Look for the Chicago Defender wagons. SENSE AND NONSENSE. People are sometimes very happy when they marry and always very wise when they don't—Waldo Baston. What You Want How You Want It When You Want It For anything in the line of printing come to us and we'll guar- antee you satisfactory work at prices that are right Chicago, Illinois french Commander, In His Soldiers in Steel them to Spike Guns Annoyed Him. light in armor occurred son's time. In 1799, the t the French having with the town of Aquilla, a me four hundred soldiers in the place, whose inhale well disposed toward at the peasants of the surregion were bitterly hostile in revolt, penetrated the drove the Frenchmen intoress, which was small and set powerful enough to hold the nuts at bay with its cannon. e insurgents numbered ten or thousand. They barricaded the and loopoled the houses so they were safe from attack, but did not satisfy them. They d to take the fort, which, with trillery, was manifestly impossit. Finally some cunning brain de a scheme that came near to be successful. between the fort and the nearest es there lay on the glacis, with carriages and resting upon pieces wood, twelve guns which the ich had not had time to take into fort with them. The position of guns exposed them to fire from n sides, so it was not thought they did be interfered with, though by of precaution two of the guns of fortification were kept trained up them. One night the sentinel heard a noise. He fired, but the sound continued and did not immediately cease after other shots, though it seemed to draw farther off. When daylight came it was seen that, under cover of darkness, the insurgents had reached the nearest gun, attached a rope to the breech, and then, fastening the rope to a capstan in the nearest house, had attempted to haul the piece away. Had it been a military man who fed the trick, he would have succeeded, but the peasants did not know enough to thrust rollers under the gun before hauling, and consequently the breech dig a furrow into the soil which soon became deep enough to stop further progress. Nevertheless, the besieged were much irritated by the occurrence and determined to prevent a repetition of it. They cannonaded the house from which the rope issued, but when the walls fell they found that the capstan was in the collar and, consequently, uninjured, although blocked for the time by debris. This did not content them. Then it was that the commandant of the fort remembered having seen stowed away in it somewhere a dozen suits of ancient armor. He selected twelve of his coolest men, gunners and grenadiers, clothed them in this armor, and sent them out to spike the guns. Covered with steel from head to foot and carrying spikes and hammers, the men marched heavily, awkwardly, out of the fort and moved in dead silence toward the coveted 'guns, the white smoke curling about their mailed figures, and bullets pattering harmlessly against antique.helm and corselet. Many of the peasants were horrortruck and believed the strange figures to be diabolical and invulnerable while, after the first anxious moment was passed, their own comrades, looking from the walls, broke into exultant roars of laughter. The twelve latter-day knights returned safely from their raid, having spiked the guns and cut the rope. Though many times hit, they had but one wound among them, a slight one received by a soldier who had wrongly adjusted a "brassart", so that it fell off and left his arm exposed. The insurgents were discouraged; and, though the bloody continued, there was little more fighting and the besieged were soon relieved by their friends.-Harper's Weekly. Netherland Monarchy Next year the Netherlands will become an independent monarchy, and the event will be commemorated in various forms. One will be a maritime and naval exposition covering 50 acres on the north side of the harbor of Amsterdam. The lodge is now worthless, but will be permanently drained and afterward used as a park. Fireproof buildings will be extensively used, one to contain a large historical collection which will be one of the twenty departments of the exposition. Other features will be a reproduction of east India Dutch colony; the marry department; an exposition of Dutch fishing industry; a ship's cery, a wireless telegraph station; an amusement plans which will introduce a reproduction of old Amsterdam with its quaint shops, houses and restaurants. She Tried Them. Mrs. Allen's new servant came to her the morning after her arrival and said, "I'm going to leave yez, mum, today. I'll not stay any longer." "Going to leave!" cried Mrs. Allen, in amazement. "Why in the world are you going to leave so soon?" "Well, mum." said the girl, "when I came yesterday mornin' you gave me the keys to yer trunks and drawers and jewel cases to kape for yez." "Why yes, so I did," said the mistress; "that showed that I trusted you. What is the matter?" "Well ye'r see mum," said the servant, "they don't one of 'em fit."—Harper's bank Your in or woman in bust start out with a sup- souse to hand out to started in the right s. Courtesy can be and courtesy of a fine, kind is what a great need to make a sion of customers. it nothing, and if said ss and good will, add us business transaction— DIES OF PNEUMONIA. Well Known Citizen Succumbs to Dreaded Disease, After Short Illness—Health Department Employe—Organized Cavalry. Mr. James T. Cassell, one of Chicago's pioneer citizens and well known in Catholic Church circles, died at his residence, 3521 Wabash avenue, Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock of pneumonia, that put him in bed eight days ago. [Name] The Late James T. Cassell. Mr. Cassell's death is peculiarly pathetic. He was brought home in an ambulance from the Department Health, where he was employed, Feb. 19. It is a strange coincidence that he was stricken with the same disease that was the cause of the death of a coworker and friend in the department about days ago. Readers of the Chicago Defender will remember that less than a month ago his small grandchild was run over and killed only a few blocks from home. Mr. Walter Johnson, son-in-law and a resident at the Cassell home, fell downstairs the day before his death and sprained his ankle. Truly this is a home of sadness. Funeral services over the remains will be held this morning at St. Monica's Catholic Church, 36th and Dearborn streets, at 10 o'clock. He is survived by a wife and daughter, granddaughter, niece and son-in-law. Some years ago he was the only baggageman employed on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. He also won distinction by organizing the first troop of cavalry connected with the Knights of Pythias. The True Reformers M. T. Bailey visited the True Reformers in Morgan Park this week, to explain to them the progress of the Grand Fountain U. O. T. R. Chicago True Reformers are looking forward to the coming of Mr. Floyd Ross of Richmond, Va., at an early date. The Rosebud department is making great preparation for the meeting in St. Louis of the Western Convention during the spring. Rosebud, 590, will give another entertainment at 3638 State street, March 26th, for the benefit of the East St. Louis Convention and private car fund. The general public as well as True Reformers are cordially invited to attend. Delegates from all over the state as well as the thirteen Western States will be represented in this convention. Included Them All A pair of mules, driven by a lout, exasperated a crossing copper. The driver did not understand the traffic signals and soon was causing a congestion. The copper walked up, grabbed a brible and exclaimed: "Come on here, the three of yez!" Closely Allied. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so very nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.—Thomas Paine. Accepted. "Dearest," ecstatically murmured the enamoured poet, "don't you think we would make. a good couplet?" "Ah," sighed the dear girl, nestling still closer. "I am not averse." --- Big Letters on Green Paper. Griggs—"Say, did your wife ever find any lotters in your pocket and raise a row?" Briggs—"She found X's and V's there, but she always kept quiet about it." Too Late Now. "They say Blunderby fell in love with his wife at first sight." "Yes, and only the other day I heard him wish he had been gifted with second sight." Ourarest of Suicides A man of sixty-three who became tired of life propped up a heavy copper water tub and then placed his head under it and knocked away the prop. Death was instantaneous. Judging by the Sound Asked to explain the meaning of vis-a-vis, a boy at Elm House school, Surbiton, wrote: "Vis-a-vis means the stuff that comes out of a champain bottle before the champain itself."—London Mail. Even. Gunman—"Ha! ha! I fooled ye all right. This here gun hss not headed." "Don't mention it, old top. That roll I gave you is stage money."—Life. Renders Glassware Less Brittle. Bolling a piece of glassware in a weak solution of salt in water, and allowing it to cool gradually will make it less brittle. GUESS WHO? The dolls are who hold 'en, so tighly. The dolls are who hold 'en, so tighly. and E. C. We certainly can't leave H. ii. The young gent is who says that M. T. looks more charming to him every time he goes to see her. M. E., you are all right. The gent in who is so crazy about D. The gent in who are all right, because we admir him. The dude is who desires every one to call D. H. "Cutie." We all agree with you. The dude is who is not-sat'ed with seeing J. McC. once a week but must make it twice. Hasn't We'ell Phillips got enough dolls for you? the y. P. dude is who says J. McC. "certainly," he says. Never mind. Never mind, kld, you're all right. The doll is who had better not put in vowels in the seniors if she wants to keep her candy. Get wise. M. C. W. don't you shovel all of the snow? Don't leave it for your poor little brother. — H. It comes to mush. I have a brother—G. H. is the dude. W. attends to the aches the day before. — G. H. is the doll of W. P. H. is who says W. G. is the best. Is that so, M. B. W? W. is F. W. who certainly is some cute. O. You M. C. The W. W., would be dude is who is alway- s the one you don't buy you something to eat, R. F? dude is is who certainly is a more chameleon. O you R. F!. Why don't you get a job? because when he ought to be like D. H. because when he disappoints her, but is there on the dot. the four "court devils" are who went out and J.M. are the syndicate dudes. J. B. and J. M. are the syndicate dudes. The dude is who laid off from work Sunday to make his rounds and lost his job. I. B. is the dude. Don't go again or you will lose your good sprinting record. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. 3341 CALUMET AVE—Nicely furnished rooms; comfortably heated, gas, bath and all other modern conveniences. Terms reasonable. Phone Douglas 8721. 22-1. 4397 ST. LAWRENCE AVE—Nice, large, and airy; front room, suitable for lady room; comfortably heated; near car line. Terms reasonable. Bath, gas, telephone service, use of kitchen. 22-1-8-15. 5361 PRAIRIE AVE—Nearly furnished rooms; bath gas and all other modern conveniences; comfortably heated; near car line, and terms reasonable. 22-1 FOR RENT—LARGE, LIGHT HALF basement room; gas and furnace heat. Nicely furnished. $8.00 per person. Prudence near 31st st. Telephone Douglas 4014. TWO NICE LIGHT FURNISHED ROOMS—Furnace heat; convenient to car lines; gas and bath; quiet neighborhood. 517 E. 37th st. Auth. 7654. 22-1. 3433 WABASH AVE., 1st Dept.-Front room with steam heat. Price $3 per room. Gentleman preferred. Telephone Doug. 1985. VERBON AVE. -Nicely furnished rooms, comfortably heated, bath and all other modern conveniences. Near car line. Terms reasonable. 1-8 3435 FOREST AV. 2d floor -Two nice un- furnished rooms, front and back parlor, comfortable heated, bath and all other telephone service and all other modern conveniences. Neur to car line. Terms reasonable. 1-8 3436 VERBON AV. 2d flat -Nice, light rooms; comfortable water; two closets, comfortable heated, bath and all other men, or married couple. No objections to a child of 10 years or over. Kitchen baths. Terms reasonable. Tel. Auto. 77407. 3437 CALUMET AV. 20 seconds to 30st. car line. Nicely furnished rooms, all modern conveniences, including steam room, gas and telephone service. Phone line 1985. 1-8 3438 LANDLIP AV. -Large front room, with alcove; also one room furnished or unfurnished. Gas, bath and all other modern conveniences. One block from car line. Douglas $392. 1-8 3206 VERNON AV, 1st flat — Neatly furnished, large front room; also side room. Very reasonable. Gentleman preferred. Very reasonable. FOREST AV, near 33th at — Two nice, light, steam heated rooms, unfurnished, use of kitchen. Moderate price to desire couple. "nply Chicago Defender." 3217 VERNON AV, large, flat and dry furnished rooms; large, flat and dry comfortably heated by steam; bath, gas, convenience. Near 33th at car line and convenience. Near 33th at car line and 'L' road Phone Douglas 7997. J-8 THESE HOUSES FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS THESE HOUSES FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS CALL AT OFFICE FOR PRICES. OR FOR RENT. Plats. 3742 Vernon av., 1st flat, $25; 2d flat, $26.00 3743 Cottage Grove av., 1st flat, 25.00 4431 State st., 4-5room flats $12.50 to 14.00 4545 S. st. 6 st., 4-5-room flats 14.00 to 17.00 561 E. 35th st. 1st flat, 6 rooms 10.00 2355 Vernon av., 2d and 3d flats. 5419 Evans av., 3d flat, steam heat 5.00 35.00 3650 Calumet av., 3d flat, steam heat 7 rooms 38.00 Houses. 3016 Armour av., $3 basement (coal dry) 5.00 E. 25th st. 8 rooms 5.00 3719 Vincennes av., 10 rooms 10.00 3725 Vernon av., cottage 15.00 3729 Vernon av., 10 rooms 15.00 3840 Vernon av., 9 rooms 27.50 3829 Vincennes av., 9 rooms, with 2.00 3836 Vernon av., cottage 20.00 3843 Growland av., each 8 rooms 3844 Vincennes av., 9 rooms 25.00 3843 Vernon av., cottage, 6 rooms 25.00 Store. 3129 Cottage Grove av., large and light 20.00 CHICAGO REALTY & RENTING CO. Room 803, 69 Washington st. Randolph 3237. Auto. 43954. FOR SALE 4808 LANGLEY AVE. Residence of 10 large rooms. Two-story and basement, stone front. Exceptionally well built. Near Washington Park. To close an estate will sacrifice if taken at once. Easy terms. Inspection invited. Owner occupies. 15-22 --- The doll is who is always trying to get to go some to catch him a sleep, L. you got to go some to catch him a sleep, L. the doll is who quit her dude, R. B. W. at the skating rink for W. S. O. you W. the dude is who is making good time when you are, A. B is the dude. The popular doll of games are, E. H. E. R. and E. O. H. All right. The brown-skin doll is who has made up with the dude P. O'G. is it so, D. K.? The orchard Whist Club dudes are who keep quite busy advertising their dance and R. R. It pays to advertise. every Sunday who goes to some show on Friday night. If C, you are all right. The G. P. P. S. S. S. is who don't know G. P. P. S. S. voices apart. Mr. P. you must learn. The gent is who thinks he is keeping company with C. C, but C. W. is the girl who is doing much doing, Mr. R. R. The gent is who has started P. B.'s and M. W.'s stunt, and R. S. R. since C. T. throw you down you have to give him to go with. Too bad. The gent is who sorry W. D. don't go to school so she could see him oftener. G. J., you can't always have you. The dude is who said he didn't have any more use for M. B. W. because he is doing it too hard. Ten and, of course, he can't apologize for doing right. D. H., you are the real high reputation to be the best. D. H., who is going to spring from 323 to 483 to 483 to P. W. W. we welcome you, as it is time for you to open the of the oven and look the dolls over. 4528 ST. LAWRENCE AVE—Nicely furnished rooms with all modern conveniences. Phone Kenwood 4527, Auto. 78968. 11-9-12-11-9-13 FLATS TO RENT. COMFORTABLY FURNISHED FLAT- All modern conveniences. Beyond Fifty-first street (East). Enquire office of the Defender. 22-1. BUSINESS CHANCES SALEMEN TO SELL MEN'S AND Ladies Suits and Coats to individual measure on daily weekly plan. Permanent position. Salary guaranteed. KNOX, Tailor. 234 Monadnock Block. 2-1-1-8 FLATS AND HOUSES TO RENT. 2353 VERONN AV., 2d and 3d flats: 2516 armour AV. $20 each. 2513 ARMOUR AV.-Frame house; house in rear; $18. 4528 Evans av. steam heat, 6 rooms. $35.00 4435 Stetson av. steam heat, 7 rooms. $25.00 5210 Lake av. stove heat, 7 rooms. $25.00 3143 Groveland av. furnace heat, 8 7473-45 VERNON AVE.; furnace heat; $30.00. CHICAGO REALTY & RENTING CO. 803. 69. Washington St. Kingly Life. And so the kingly life is a life in quest of big things. Everyone is painfully familiar with the temptation to fritter away life in interests that are small and mean. There are those who spend their strength in seeking money. The concentrated purpose of their days is a quest for gold. They are zealous for artificial gems and they miss the goodly pearls.-J. H. Lowett, D.D. Step to Your Own Drum Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak. Shall he turn his spring into summer?—Thoreau Thomas Jefferson's Invention Thomas Jefferson's inventions. Thomas Jefferson invented the folding campstool, the revolving office chair, the two-wheeled sulky, the copying press, the pedometer, a hemp lamp and a very convenient improvement on the plows used in his day. Of all these ingenious contrivances the plow received the greatest notice, a gold medal having been awarded it in Paris in 1790. Eighteen years later the Royal Agricultural Society of the Seine, to which he had presented the original plow, sent him a superb, up-to-date plow containing his improvement. Still. As Servanta Go. Old. Mrs. Heath sniffed audibly when her sister happened to mention, with considerable awe, a certain neighbor. "Datsy!" the married woman exclaimed. "Why Datsy should speak of her help as 'old family servants' I can't imagine!" "But why shouldn't she, if she wants to?" inquired the sister. "Because the one she's had longest is her cook, and so far, she's stayed six months!"—Youth's Companion. No Loss. Blobbs—"Do you think the dd old Closefast will be a loss to the munity?" Slobbs—"Well, I stand the loss is fully covered surance." Try the Left. "I often wish," mourned Senator Spouter, "that I were ambidextrous, then I could go on writing my speeches without being interrupted by these pestiferous handshakers." Deaths of the Week Bly, Bath. 35, 2240 Wabash av; Feb. 6 Bly, Bath. 35, 2240 Wabash av; Feb. 6 Bly, Bath. 35, 2240 Wabash av; Feb. 20. Grosse, Frances, 3. 34 W. 51st st.; Feb. 25. Hall, John, 35. 3325 W. 51st st.; Feb. 18. Hill, Alice, 30. 3018 State st.; Feb. 25. Hall, Abel, 23. - 3400 Wabash av.; Feb. 4. Jackson, Albert, 50, 4620 Hazel avi. Johnson, Mrs. J, 50, 4900 Dearborn st. Feb. 6 Johnson, Price, 52, 3211 Vernon avi. Feb. 19. Lmverpool, Adelis, 88, 5434 Dearborn st. Feb. 19 Lmverpool, Carl, 10 W. 17th st. Feb. 22. Mayburn, Fellx, 39, 1591 Nawab avi. Feb. 12 Henry, George, 24, 402 N Wood st. Feb. 18 Phelps, Arthur, 39, 2926 Dearborn st. Feb. 18 Roberts, Mamie, 3631 Calumet avi. Feb. 21 Rockefeller, Mary, 45, 3153 Wabash avi. Feb. 21 Ross, Mary, 21, 4538 Evans avi. Feb. 23 Ross, Mary, 21, 4538 Evans avi. Feb. 24 Simm, Carrie, 46 W. 21th st. Feb. 15 Shelton, Ernestone, 34, 3606 Wabash avi. Shreves, Carrie, 46, 5424 Dearborn st. Shanan, Kate, 62, 3128 Dearborn st. Feb. 21 Sloan, Louis, 41, 5011 Armour avi. Smith, Charles, 40, 925 S. State st. Feb. 21 Scott, Mary, 40, 5027 Dearborn st. Feb. 24 Terry, Olivia, 28, 3420 Wabash avi. Vaughn, Calle, 46, 6010 Vernon avi. Feb. 21 Williams, Daniel, 52, 925 S. State st. Jan. 27 Shorthand Not Modern Invention. Shorthand was in use centuries before Pitman. In the fourth century "Acts of St. Callistratus," the compiler states: "There is a certain scribe of the law courts who listened to the discourses of Callistratus and wrote them down in shorthand on paper, and gave us, and we set in order with all accuracy his record outlined." How Paris Helps Poor The fact that the receipts of Paris theaters have more than doubled in the last twenty years is a good thing for the Paris poor, since every buyer of a theater ticket in Paris has to pay a ten per cent tax for the poor, the total amount of which for the last year was $1,300,000. Knew What He Was Doing. "I do not see that you are practicing economy by buying a fifteen-dollar handbag for your wife." "its interior is so complex that by the time she finds money for street car fare her companion will have paid for her."—Buffalo Express. Reconcilable. The Duke de Roquelaure was told that two ladies of the court had a quarrel and had cast all kinds of invectives at each other. "Did they call each other homely?" asked the duke. "No, my lord!" "All right; then I will see that they become reconciled." —Life Still on Edge of Widow Gun on Edge or Witness. The principal town of British East Africa, Nairobi, is commonly supposed to be very up-to-date and replete with every modern convenience, but recently a resident named Oldfield shot a nine-foot lion from the Fort Hall road. This is within hail of motor cars and the extensive trz that main thoroughfare. Zero Mark in Jobs A cry from the heart comes to "St. Martin's le-grand," which collects a curious "letter bag" of human interest. A woman, in opening an account in the postoffice savings bank gave her "occupation: " "Cooking vegetarian meals for a dyspeptic husband."—London Chronicle. Prompt Agreement Hub (after ten minutes of it)—"Oh, only a fool would argue with a woman." Wife—"Precisely." Bricks Without Straw Editor (to artist who hasn't had a square meal in a month)—"Your cartoons are too serious; we want pictures that make people laugh."—Life. Correct Spanish at Your Residence FRANK P. DAVILA "The Latin-American Man" 5817 Lafayette Ave. Form your own classes and get my special terms for lessons at studio; they are the lowest consistent with efficient teaching. Ida M. Dempcy Stenographer & Typist 3716 Dearborn St. :: Chicago, Ill. Look for the Defender wherever newspapers are sold :: :: :: The readers of the Chicago Defender are requested to ask for the paper at the various news stands throughout the city. The Chicago Defender is to be on sale everywhere. If you ride on the "L" road ask for it at the news stand. If you can not secure it from your newsdealer call up the Circulation Department 3159 S. State Street Tel. Douglas 5359 --- Get Your Hands On A House On Your Own Terms PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. Lot 25x125; a detached 12-room brick house: 2 baths; open plumbing; hardwood floors; furnace heat; in good repair; rental $600. Price.....$6,000. FOREST AVE., near 33rd St. 10-room stone front house; furnace heat; could be remodeled into a 3-flat at small expense; now rented for $510. Price.....$4,500. CALUMET AVE., near 35th St. An elegant 3-story stone front house; 10 rooms; open plumbing; furnace heat; all in fine repair; rental $480. Price.....$4,400. CALUMET AVE., near 35th St. Large 10-room brick and stone house; open plumbing; furnace heat; hardwood finish; in good repair; rental $480. Price.....$4,500. GROVELAND AVE., near 31st St. 10-room stone front residence; open plumbing; furnace heat; all in first class repair; rental $420. Price.....$4,500. DEARBORN ST., near 35th St. 2-story stone front; 2 flats of 6 and 7 rooms; bath; gas; stove heat; rental $552. Lot 25x110. Price.....$4,500. EVANS AVE., near 45th St. Lot 25x170, improved with a good 8-room frame house; open plumbing; furnace heat; frame barn; rental $252. Price.....$3,250 PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. Double frame house; 7 rooms each; open plumbing; bath and gas; rents $45. Price $3,000. DEARBORN ST., near 31st St. 2-flat frame; 5 rooms each; bath; gas; frame barn; lot 25x110; rental $360. Price $2,700. DEARBORN ST., near 29th St. Lot 25x110; improved with an 8-room frame cottage; rental $216. Price.....$2,250. Call at our office for further information W. H. BOWERS & CO. SURPRISE YOURSELF SURPRISE YOURSELF AND EDITOR BY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION The Guaranteed GUARANTEED TRADE MARK J. A. GRINNELL'S HOME BAKERY AND Coffee a ORDERS FOR PART 3308 State Street Phone Auto HOME BAKERY AND DELICATESSEN Coffee and Rolls [Picture of a man in a suit with a white shirt and a black tie]. Flowers in the House. Flowers add so much to the cheerfulness of the home, even though we may not be extravagant in buying them. A few flowers tastefully arranged brighten the entire appearance of a room. Dinner tables look bare and neglected without the little vase of flowers or centerpiece of ferns. One Exception at Least Willis—"When a man has a good thing, he insists on everybody else using it." Gillis—"Not much. I guess you haven't got a telephone in your house, have you?" Thought of It. For a thing that springs mostly from badly digested misinformation, public sentiment is amazingly often right—Puck. Sure Sign. Gabe="Smith is the most agreeable man I ever met." Steve="Yes, he acts as though he had something to sell or was preparing to make a touch." Sure Sign. AND THE R BY PAYING ed Feather Company Manufacturers of French Plumes And All Classes of Fancy Feathers Guaranteed Willow Plumes Our Specialty Washable—They Do Not Lose Fibre MME. LAMBERT, Prop. 3115 Prairie Avenue CHICAGO Phone Douglas 7926 Y AND DELICATESSEN coffee and Rolls FOR PARTIES A SPECIALTY Phone Automatic 74-379 CHICAGO, ILL. Calls promptly answered R. W. GREEN Funeral Director 3832 STATE STREET CHICAGO Phone Douglas 5766 Automatic 71-578. Lightened by meteor's path. The flash of a ten-ton meteor, its tall seemingly hundreds of yards long, lighted up the Alleghany Valley for three miles, the other day, just above Pittsburgh, as it fell. Residents of nearby hamlets ran from their homes in fright. The next day the mass of substance was smoking hot and incandescent in places. Alliterative Attributes a good use of guess in your Apt alliteration's artful phrase asserts its potency in the utterances of one of the newly enfranchised western women thus: "Petrified, puttified, predaceous, partisan politics." Some Measure of Love Important. It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.—Thackeray. Consolation of an Early Settler. Adam heard them blame the cost of living on the middleman. "The only thing they don't blame on the first man," he thankfully observed—New York Sun. ep — OER ON is seaigane Tae gO ee OF “ee sia ee ede keiMa fa! 3 aurches | nee, B. D, the great vena, 8. C., will hold ‘week at St. Mary's 5251 Dearbora atrect. win, pastor) DOUGLASS CENTER. noon, March 2, bt 4p. Gunsaulus will opeeh on sections of Wenddil Phil: 0. Marshall will give apromptu. I | 4ESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ce comedy, “Trouble at Sat- ‘endored by class No. 2, was «success 1a overy Way. ‘Tho «dion acquitted thembolves ad. ‘and deserve yauch Jerodit_ for arformance. les Kptelia, Bry # lle sucess 9} th Ine nd Mrs, ‘elribee gave the, fm im that she was indeed “The Principal” ‘The musleal pro- ‘was also a rare treat, a8 every- sho took part showed ability ‘was a largo attendainee, 2) *Pagston Play," shown by store on pictures last Sunfiay evening, oll attended and enjoyable, Pie + from "Pilgrim's Pfogross” will own next Sunday efiening. sore will be a rooifal given by puplis of Professor Lee and El: Friday, Mareh 7, dt 8:80 p. m. uid in raising mone}. for cleaning ‘church, | Ze are pieased to note the full chotr lor the direétion of Nr. Mundy. Aorning service, 10:46 p. m.; Sun: # seliool, 12:30 p. m,; evening serv. 7:45 p. m.; prayer foecting, Wed- Say, 6 p. ma; teacher training clas, ednesday, 7:20 p.m. communion rvice next Sunday morning. ALTERS’ A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. ‘The services at ovr church last Sun- ay were of unusual interest. ‘The lermon preached by the presiding aMder, wey. RP. Christian, on “Tue Power of God.” was enthusiastically recolved. ‘Twelve persons Joined the ehureh during the day and the offering ‘was $162. Our next quarterly confer- ence will oceur March 6. General class tho 7th. Quarterly mecting the 9th. Rev. T. L, Scott will preach the sac- Fameutal sermon at 3 o'clock iu the afternoon. ‘The other four churches Dvelonging to the South Side Union are expected to be present at this service. Special preparation is. being made for Easter. There will be three sery- foes on that day. Bishop G. L, Black: ‘well, S.'T. D, of Philadelphia, Pa,, our prosiding bishop, will preach the’ Eas- ter sermon at 2 o'clock in the after- noon. There will be a special Easter program rendered In the evening, con- sisting principally of muste by the choir. ‘The services for Sunday will be as usual. ‘The pastor will occupy the pulpit morning and evening. All por- sons who have not reported their enrds for the February rally will please do so without fail on Sunday, March 2. The young ladies who bave promised sy take part in the scart Asill to be given under, the direction of Mrs, C. J. Jacksoif arbwarnestly re- quested to be present af the rehear- als on Monday and Thursday evenings at the church, { ee hae WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E. ‘CHURCH. ‘The Sunday service wll be of a spe cial nature. ‘Tho regular monthly communion will take placo at the morning service, ‘The pastor wil pregeh at 11 a, m ‘Tho church ‘will have a guests al tng evening wrice tn shubs of th north side: Tk is anticipated that a slendid program wil: be rendered. ‘Tuesday night, March 4, will be civen xe the chureh a trip to Washington, B.C, also a visit to the country of ‘nfesico, ‘Tats promises to"bo an ex callent atta. ‘it is given under the ‘uspfees of the Missionary soctety and the Pastor's ald. ‘Through the ‘solicitation of many and beacause of the arrangement that has been comploted the pastor will sive a monthly illustrated sermon ‘The second Sunday in March at 8 D. rm, the subject for tho sermon will be “A Message from Three Great Won» en: Bsthoe, Ada anil Ruth.” Evers view that/wilt be shown has a lessor for the sen and women of the pres ent dgf ‘There ‘wil be. also. some ory yelptul iMlustrated songs sung al tals ferviee. ‘The pastor is expectins to ¥f able to lve one sermon by mo Ing pictures. stgnsive preparations are being fade [tor the holy week services a Ase gfuireh; also. tor Monday night ‘after/Exster, at which timo an Easte song) story will be rendered by th morping choir, giving eertaln ver sloyf of the resurrgction of Jesu: Chyfist, as told by f eenturlon. Thi wift be @ most helpful play. _/ st. MARK ME, CHURCH. ‘he pastoy| prenkhed two forceful “ons last [Sunday to large and ap- ‘ative edagregfitions. ‘The Sun- Schoo! yas woll attended; the sare bling discussed with geat t. Th) Lyfeum is rendering ut prfsranfs each Sunday. nd her thp grand singing by ‘eum | chojir, ‘The Lyceum t 44 mj. ‘Tho dovotional of the Epworth league at casafon Blea nd oni ter, Jundiay, March 2, Mr. ‘toyle,| “The Labors of rob oo nferences Monday, Wednesday evenings ded}. ‘Tho mombers at- ett{>r acquainted than Yoi missed something erg F [last quarterly meet. ufq rence year. Dr. C. at{ rict superintendent, | “morning and attr t fs a preacher of +] don't fall to hear { give a recoption at 8 Rast 45th street, » to the young: peo: 1 ‘The soolety wil also give a box social at 6410 Dear born stjrect Thursday evening, March 6, Conf and enjoy yourselt. "Admts sion frfee. M, Gf B. Mason will lecture for us soon. JWatch for date. LINC@LN MEMORIAL CONGREGA. ‘TIONAL. Who f Is Worthy?—Surely Not the Yoiing Woman Who, After Securing an| Education Through the Toil and Drhidgery of Her Old Fashioned Mpther, Grew to Feel Herself too Cihitured (2) to Live in the Same Hpuse with Her Parent—Text, Jdremiah 1:6. “Without any question,” sald Dr Lajerence last Sabbath morning, "i ‘wajs the cultivation of the rellgious el¢ment that made the Hebrew peo pl@ what they were, and what the rao {6 today. But in tho fleld of re gion as in the fields of art, ltera ture, selence, discovery and invention ‘there were only a few characters who stood out prominently. iThere were others, however, who though of the same spirit had suct Strong personalities that they wore credited for much that they did not do. “It {8 said of Moses, that he was a ‘meek man, But we must not under stand that that was bis natural dispo: sition; ft was only after he had be come a changed man, changed in heart and spirit, that he was known as the meek man, “When the call came to liim to for get self, and put his Iife on the altar a living sacrifice, he said: ‘I am not Ait, I feet too koenly my littloness and unworthiness. And further, how,’ said he, ‘shall I convinee the people who havo known me, known of my temper ‘and impetuosity, of my craft and my cunning, that I'am a changed man, and that God hath called me to the task of delivering my people” He had been reared with the pomp and pride of the court of Pharaoh, and when placed in authority he soon lost his tomper, self control, ho killed a man, and was forced to flee for his lite.’ It took forty years of exile to tone down his ungovernable temper I 5 Gene | fe : Seine ns ee eek “Sree i Bee a | i : fo (CORRES. Seat Pee REV. EUGENE LAWRENCE. and spitit of pride. But he learned hls lesson, and when he had developed the spirit of patience, gentleness, meekuess, and love, he was recalled and placed in authority over a nation. Ts there a lesson in this for us? “David was a man to whom the tribute of being ‘a man after God's own heart’ was pald. But he was a man of blood, and not over strong in morals. However, he was a man of sourage, and he grew to be a man of tenderness and love, Under his reign the nation reached the splen- Gor of its glory, in its civle, social and religious life, ' His were the golden days of the nation’s life. “Unlike Moses, David had known the disadvantages and handicaps of the humble lif. When a man or woman has been brought up in hum- ble circumstances, has experienced want and need of the commonest things of life, and having suddenly thrust upon them position, power, ‘honor, and authority, and’ still re: mains the simple, affable, and unas- ‘suming individual, they prove at once thefr bigness of heart and humble- ness of spirit, “There is nothing that trles my pa- tlence more than to sec one lose his head, set aside his friends, and some- times even forsake his own people, because soclety happens to put some- thing a little out of the ordinary in his way. T have in mind now a case 4a which a poor old mother gave the best of her strength, physical and mental, to give her daughter an odu- cation, and when the young woman had finished her course of training, she showed emphatically that she thought herself too good to stay any Jonger in the house with her old mother. ‘Tho experience completely broke the mother’s heart, she soon passed away, “That perhaps {s not a common case, but there fs a great deal of that spirit in human society today. “But let us now speak briefty of the character sot forth In our text. When Jeremiah felt the call to public life, a place of influence and of power, un- Uke the shyster lawyer, the quack doctor, the popcorn politician, or the Jackleg preacher, who stiffen up their necks and put on an air of cheap dig: nity, or rather mako thomselves ri aleulous, he felt as a child when called to such'a delicate and dimcult task. “Sald he: ‘O Lord God! behold 1 ‘cannot speak; for 1am a child.’ This fs the kind of a man that can render tho largest and most effective sorvice to his fellow men, The man who does not go out in his own strength, who 4s not over confident in self, the man who fs docile, capable of being taught. ‘This ts the kind of man or woman that the church and society at large need. The church, like the home, needs men and women who are pos! tive, yot considerate, firm, but gentle ‘Except yo become as little children yo shall in no wiso enter into the Adngdom of heaven” “Nothing has pleased me more since T have been working in this commu nity than to find that the peopl, as a whole, rogardioss of position, own erahip, or otherwise in advantageous clreumstances over many of thelr fol lows, are, at the samo tlme, gentle affable, and unassuming. This 1s of course as it should be, but you do not always find it 80, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the ‘Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the ‘meek, for they shall {uherit the earth.’ “Ab, Christian friends! as cold and indifferent as men may seem, this s ‘what they want and what they need most. Love {s the thing that softens ‘the cold and unresponsive heart, that ‘mellows and tones down the haughty ‘spirit, and subdues the iron will. Love suffereth Jong and is kind; love envi- eth, not; love vaunteth not itself, is not’ puffed up, taketh not account of {teels, seeketh not her own, $s not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. Who of us can subscribe to this? or who of us are striving to attain thereto?” ST. JOHN'S NOTES, G 5. prayer meeting. € p. m.; Senior ©. B, prayer meeting, 7 p. m.; evening service, 8 p. m, To all of these serv. fees you are most cordially invited. Tt te natural for us as human be: ings to wish for the best, and to wish to enjoy the richest ‘blessings that this life can afford. While wo all will agree that this is true, yet, ‘unfortunately, there are many who are not putting forth the slightest otfort or making the least attempt to grasp the passing opportunities that now go fleeting by the seizing of which would mean te glorious realization of the above and the happiness to be obtained thereby. However, we are proud of the faithful few who long ‘ago ayo realized that in order to make something something must be spent. In Englewood can be found many who know this to be true. Not only in business, but from a religious stand- point. And this is evidenced by the three splendid colored churches in Englewood, the members of which, having found the real secret of life, are striving to give it unto others regardless of the cost and the dif culties tbrough which they will have to pass. And in hopes of accomplish ing and doing much for the upbuild- ing of God's kingdom in this part of the ‘moral vineyard they are spending ev- ery day in constant earnest labor. In this great undertaking St. John’s is proving to ve an important factor, and the most eflieient pastor, Dr. R. B, Wilson, is determined that o move- nient for the uplitt of the people shall Ye staged wherein St. John's shall fail to play her part well, And to the end that many might’ be saved and that all might be spiritually strong ‘and Kept in robust condition to meet any and every circumstance, much spiritual food is kept in store, and the Ite chureh, warmed by the spir- tual sunlight of heaven, Is as a ban- queting house in which the tables groan beneath the weight of all that is needed for this supply ot appetite and the gratifcation of taste, Every one loaving this chureh at the close of a Sabbath day's service is in good condition to meet the trials of the six days before them. St. John's hangs out her sign of “Welcome” and bids you enter in and partake of the best of everything which Is in abund- ance inside. For nothing but the best is prepared and only that will you receive at this little spiritual pure food shop. ‘Dr. Wilson preached at toth serv: ices ‘Iast Sunday and fearlessly ex- pressed the sentiments of his heart. His hearers were made to closely ex- ‘imine themselves, for his wonderful flow of truths touched one and all. ‘The evening discourse was by far one of the most vital importance to our race. Dr, Wilson took “Character” as his subject and Proverbs 22:1 as his text: “A good name ts rather to bo chosen than riches, and love and favor rather than silver and gold.” His perspieulty of language, his splen- did diction and forelble, authoritative statements struck a heavy blow at the awful conditions of vice that now exist amoig the races, ours in particu- Jar. He sald in part: “That to bave a strong race we must have a strong womanhood. Women of character and strong men to protect the women- hood of the race. Men who will lay down their lives to protect a pure and virtuous girl from the clutches of the white wolf that seeks to devour her. But to our shame,” said he, “sho runs from the white wolf to the man of her race thinking he will protect her but finds that she has only jumped out of the frying pan into ‘the fire; from the white wolt Into the hands of the black one. Friends, this ought not to be." Not a stone did he Teave unturned in his effort to show the appalling conditions into which our race has fallen by the neglect of character buflding and the indulging in pernicious sin. He struck the Keynote when he made his final statement, setting forth these words, “that What our race needs most ts men and women of character and not 80 much the craving for houses and lands, for they will come. Character {s our only hope, our only plea.” Preparations are now being made for Eastor by the varlous olassos of the Sunday school. The teachers promise to have an enjoyable program on that day. ‘The Intermediates had a large num- der present at their prayer meeting Sunday evening and everybody seemed to have enjoyed the hours program. ‘Miss Sarah Gathers is to lead tho meeting next Sunday. The tople fs “The Ideal Christian; 11: His Pract cal Service”"—Matt, 5:1346, (Conse oration meeting.) Brerybody {8 busily preparing for the rally. Preachers from every part of the country are making their head- quarters at St. John’s and one by the name of Miss Allce Warfield of the Ottumwa, Ia., church will give a grand entertainment at St. John's ‘Thursday evening, March 20, 1913. Admlaston ten cents. Mr. Charles Moore, presiding elder of the Des Moines district, warned the other presiding elders a few Sundays ‘ago by telling them that they had better bogin hustling for four hundred dollars will be reported at the con- ference by the churches of the Des Moines district, THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. er TT | THE Y.M.C. A. HEADQUARTERS ‘The Latest News of the Work Ir Thla Clty—items of Interest— ‘Shenker. Rev. G. B. Carter delivered an in- teresting and instructive lecture at the ¥. M. C. A. meeting on last Sun- day. A large number of young men were present. ‘Dr. George Bradfield conducted a review of the term's work in the Bible class on last Friday evening. Not- withstanding the inclement weather, a large number were present and ls tened to his review of the Ante Mo- sale and Mosaic Ages. ‘The review will be concluded on next Friday’even- ing, after which the class will. pro- ceed with tho other events of the Old Testament. ‘the departmental and sectfon heads of the association met the general secretary in conference at the Sher- man House on last Monday. Lunch- eon was served, after which Mr. Bles- ‘ser, the general secretary, held a frank conference with the men on the problems which lave to do with the personal lives and work of those engaged in association work. A state- ment Was made at the conference showing the position that the Chicago association occuples relative with the ten metropolitan associations of the United States. ‘The Chicago associn- tion stands first in tho total property valuation, first in net property valua- tion, secqnd in employed oflicers and third im volunteer officers, Many en- couraging and helpful "statements were made by the geueral secretary. Executive Secretary J., W. Tucker and Assistant Secretary Chas. W. Pierce were present as representatives from the Wabash Avenue Department, ‘The Y. M. C. A. quartet from the ‘Wabash Avenue Department will sing at the Wilson Avenue Y. M,C. A. on next Saturday evening. ‘The various ‘city associations hold a social hour for the men living in the dormitories ‘on Saturday evenings and the quartet fs to entertain the men of this depart- ment with song on this occasion. Dr. George C. Hall, chairman of the executive committes, has returned {rom his visit to tho’ Tuskegee Insti- tute, ‘Tho department is arranging to have him make a talk to the mon of his visit at some subsequent mect- ing. Our collectors are awaiting the calls from the delinquent subscribers to the vuilding fund. Call Douglas 6797 or Auto. 74039, “We will be pleased to ‘have our subscribers make small and regular payments on their subserip- tion ratber than wait until the pay- ments can be made in full. ‘There are a large number of subscribers who Jare delinquent and were each to make a small paymont our collections would be very large in the aggregate. Re- ceipts aro issued for all moneys re- ceived. Mr. W, N. Northcott, metropolitan secretary, Rallroad Department Y. M. ©. A. of Chicago, will speak at’ the Sunday meeting at the Odd Fellows’ hall at 4 p. m. ‘The lecture will be iilustrated with stereopticon lantern. ‘The usual praiso and prayer service will precede the lecture. ‘The depart- ‘ment is very fortunate in securing this engagement and the men are urged to take advantage of the oportunlty to hear Mr. Northeott. ‘A friend or the Wabash Avenue De- partment who accompanied the Juilus Rosenwald party to Tuskegee a few days ago has become a subscriber'to the Wabash Avenue Bullding Fund ‘since returning to the elty. He speaks very commendably of the work being done at Tuskegee and the good influ- ence of their graduates and expresses f@ desire that our work here may be equally successful. ‘Spread Dread Plague. In the days of King Charles Tl, news traveled slowly in England and be- fore the people of Cornwall knew about the terrible plague in London there came to Bodmin itinerant trad- fers with pack mules laden with elk and satin gowns, rich robes, plumed lhnts and expensive laces, which wero offered for sale at ridiculous prices. ‘Tho countryside rushed to purchaso, and the merchants, having disposed of all thelr stock, departed. ‘Then within a day or two the purchasers were at- tacked by a strange sickness, and died by scores, ‘Tho gaudy clothes hed been stripped from the bodies of those who had dled of plague in Lon- don. “Queen Victoria Detested Tobacco. ‘Tho number of smoking rooms now Gistributed over Windsor castle Would considerably astonish Queen ‘Victoria could she but see thom. Her Inte majesty could never bring herself to do more than tolerate the weed in any form, and the smoking room was always relegated to a very distant part of her various restdences. Nor ‘were the guests permitted to solace themselves with 2 qu{et smoke in their own apartments, as on thelr ar- rival they Were specially warned not to do 0, ° travers nure we Ferepnone, Some dificulty fs being experienced by the Japanese telegraph service ow- {ng to tae damage caused to the sub- marine cables off the coast of Japan by fishing trawlers. Owing to the proutable nature of the business, ‘there has recently beon a large to- creago in the number of trawlers, with tho result that an interruption of the cable scrvico 1s frequently caused. ‘The authorities of the government tel- ‘ographs and agricultural departments aro at present conférring as to the steps to bo taken to overcome the dif- ftoulty, What Luck? Fond Mema—“What havo you in ‘your apron?” Daughter (breathlessly) —"O, mama, such good luck! Clara Gray's cat had six kittens and ber ‘mama would only let her keep one, 80 she gave me tho other five!"— Sudge. “Too Realletic. Musical Director of Opera (to chorus)—What's the matter with you People? There, ain't noise enough in that lullaby. Anyone would think you Were trying to sing somebody to eleop. ‘iixchanse. |” CAIRO BIGGEST AFRICAN CITY Next to Constantinople, it Ie the Larg, eat Under Mohammedan Rule— Has 400 Mesques, Cairo, Bgypt—Catro 14 the largest elty in Africa and, xt to Constanti- nople, 1s the largest under the Bfolam. medan rule. It is twice the alzo of Al- exandrla, and a more beautiful city. ‘There are 400 mosques in Cairo, one of which—the one within the eltadel— 18 of pure alabaster. Its floor {8 cov- ered with costly Oriental rugs and its dome surpasses In beauty any dome ZaBtl eel Se ms Eee RATAN ee) eter eo x Meee a om gees Cate ore a e in the world, with the exception of St Peter's. The largest of these mosques, EL Azhur, has been converted Into a Moslem ‘university, which has 250 teachers and over 7,000 students. So- elety people of Europe and America think very much of the Mediterranean ‘trip, and ‘find the healthy climate and beautiful scenery and the accommoda- tions for the entertainment of guests ali that could be desired. The city has fone of the best hotels in the world, An imaginary Ine oely separates tho east from the west in the streets of Cairo, the efvilization of 4,000 years go from that of today. Native wo- ‘men vell from head to foot, save for thelr eyes; quaint Arab types, mount. ed on eamels or donkeys, or on foot, Jostle against tho elegantly dressed visitors from Parls, Berlin, London, Now York and other cities, and auto- mobiles of largest typo make the old camels and their drivers step lively out of the way with an alecrity quite new to the leisurely ways of the east. WOULD END DEATH’S TERRORS ‘Maeterlinck Advocates Euthanesia In a New Book—Lot! Again Attacka Modern Civilization, Paris—Two books appearing this week trom the pens of Plerre Lot! and Naeterlinck are being much dis: cussed in Parts. ‘Tho apostle of lost causes calls his book “Agonized Tur key." Constantinople, he saya, 18 the last place where calm respect, so- riety, slience and prayer may be found’ and which spot le not yet touched by the detestable modern Ilfe, which consista of nothing but facto. ties, railroads, merchandise, shrapnel ‘and speed madness. Maeterlinck's book 1s entitled “Death” and in tt he revives the {dea ‘of Euthanesia, or the right to dle in comfort by the most agreeable means available, “Why fight ocainst death, which is a part of life?” asks Masterlinck. “We don’t fight against sleep nor fear it, ‘but fear of the unknown repulses us. “Four things aro possible after Jdeath—annth{lation, survival of con: [sclousness, survival without consclous- ness, or survival with different and superior consciousness.” But Maeterlinck belleves there s po puch tbing as annihilation, nothing ‘boibs lost ot experience or knowledge, Dut @ survival of present consclous- ‘ness is very improbable and quite un- desirable, our state being superior to the present existence, for present con- sciousness 1s but on Infirm faculty dependent upon unrellable and inter- mittent memory. ‘The object of the book i to diss pate the ‘vain torrora and superatl- tions of death, but the critics object to its logic whilo praising ita sent ment. BOMB IS HID BY CHERRIES Russian Woman Polles Spy Was Slain by Anarchiete—Sought Re- venge for Spouse's Death, ‘Tifls—Marlo Bachtadso, described as the most beautiful spy tn Russia, ‘a womah who brought 250 revolution. artes to death, has at Iast met with tho fate sho expected. She has been killed, : ‘A workman called at the postotfice hore with a basket of cherries and in- formed an official that it was intend- ed ‘ior Marle Bachtadse. ‘Tho bas- ‘Ket was banded to her, and a few ‘minutes later an explosfon occurred. _pereral police offelal arrk-* on ‘tho scene and discovered tho \.~ .an lying amid the debris of furniture and bereks and mortar. Her body wae mangled, Only her beautiful hatr had escaped the effect of the bomb in the ‘basket of cherrtes. ‘Marle Bachtadse had bad a remark. ‘able career. Her husband, who had ‘boon a revolutionary, left tho anarch- fate and became employed by tho gov- ‘ernment. Ho suffered the samo fate ‘as tbefeli his wife, | On leaving his house he was killed by a bomb, * Marle Bachtadso determined to be revenged on her husband's murderers, Her beauty and inteligenco and her knowledge of the revolutionaries ob- tained for her a position in tho police service. For a time nothing but suc: cess attended her plots against the revolutionaries. { News Notes of the Nation’s Capital ee ee ee i ene ee cee gcc Aloxander Walters, in whose honor a grand banquet is to be given at the Y. M. C. A. on the evening of March 4, 's to sound a “key-note” of far Feaching significance on that occa: son. ‘The subject of his deliverance ‘wil be “The Milestones Wo Have Passed and Those We Hope to Reach in the Future.” ‘The address will be non-partisan fm tone, and will be a dation ery for the rice to get togeth- ef on the fundamental principle that “united we stand, divided we fall.” Differ es men may in poltical alll ances, they have one thing in com- ‘mou—they must protect their elvil Fights and seek opportunities for the Prosperity and happiness of their children.” Parties will bo given due credit or blame for what thoy have done and there will be pointed out the duty of the Negro citizens to hold fast to all who have shown themselves frlendly and to bring to our standard those who have been inimical to our ‘Mghest interests. ‘The banquet will bo attended by many representative citizens of Washington and the coun- try at large and it fs expected that tt will be the most notable function of its kind held hero in years, it ever. Bishop and Mrs. Walters will mako their home here for tho present, hav. tng taken apartments at the episcopal mansion of tho late Bishop J. W. Smith, 1209 R streot, where they will be glad to meet thelr friends. “snlore of Howard Law School Enjoy a Feast, The “coming out” banquet of the senior class of the Law Department of Howard university last Friday even- ing at Gray's was a veritable “feast of reason and a flow of soul” A larger or more progressive gathering of young men of the race have never Put their feet beneath a festal board in the nation’s capital. It represented an inspiration forthe present and a glowing promise for the future. ‘Tho program of speeches, embrac- ing a number of topics of practical value and strong contemporaneous in- terest, was as follows: “The Prog. Tess of Criminal Law Reform.” Ches- ter A. Carpenter; “The Position of the United States Relative to Panama Canal Tolls,” Peter R. Leo; “The Po. Utieal Status of the American Negro,” John H. Berry; “Evolution of Law and Its Relation to Modern Soclolo- gy." Harry A. Capehart; “The Rela. tion of Juidiciat Procedure to Govern- ment,” Garfield C. Thompson; “Fed. eral Control of Corporations,” Eaward R. Dryver; “Our Moral Duty as Law. yore,” . 'B, Jones; “Fifty Years of Freedom,” Huver J. Brown; “Class of "18," Arthur B. Briscoe, Mr, Arthur A. Rhambo acquitted himselt admfr- ably as toastmaster. ‘An opportunity for briet discussion was allowed and a brilliant array of supplementary talks was given by members of the class not down on the regular program. Feleltous ad- dresses were delivered by Prof. W. H. H. Hart of the faculty of Howard Law School, and Mr. R. W. Thompson, president of the National Negro Pross association, who were special guests of the occasion. ‘Tho officers of Howard's law class of 1913 are: President, John B, Round: tree; vice president, Robert D. Brooks; secretary, Arthur E. Briscoc; assist ant secretary, Wiillam H. | Tabbs; treasurer, Harry J. Capohart; sor geantatarms, Garfield C. Thompson. ‘The social committee was made up of Alonzo Ware, chafrman; B, R, Dry. ver, Huver I. Brown, Philip G. Reed and Joseph A. Thornton. The re maining mombers of the class are: ‘William B. Bruce, J. H. Berry, Walter L. Browne, William H, Burrell, John 4H, Clinton, ©. A, Carpenter, Artoo H. Fleming, J. Arthur Davis, Henry B. ‘Dunne, Marion F. Harris, Baward E. Jones, Bernard I. Jackson, B, T. Mont gomery, William H. Martin, James 5 Buokner, John W. Robinson, Jacob L. Reid and Alfred H, Rhambo, They ‘all trom every section of the country and from the West India Islands. | gGt8¥'S mirror-neireled dining room was a bower of beauty, American flags and bunting being displayed on ‘the walls. ‘The tables sparkled with cutgiass and Haviland china, and huge bouquets of tea roses added ple turesqueness to the color scheme, Mu sical selections were played on a igh ‘srade planola during the discussion of ‘the menu and between the specches ROLAND W. HAYES AND MISS CLARICE JONES CHARM BRILLIANT AUDIENCE. Mr, Roland W. Hayes, of Boston, a enor of pronounced talent, and Miss Clarice Jones, of this city, daughter of Counsellor Thomas 1, Joues, a pl aniste “whose famo as already reached from ocean to ocean, in a re- cont joint recital, charmed one of the ‘most brillant audiences ever acen in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard university. Both artists were recelved with unfelgned enthusiasm and the program was one of rare ex- collence, the selections being choson that showed the varied accomplish- ments of each to the best advantage. Mr. Hayes 1s well known here and bis numbers were all applauded to the echo, His ropertoire for tho evening embraced “Hymn to the Night,” (Tip. ton); “The Beat of a Passionate Heart,” (Philips); “Celeste Alda,” (Verdi); “The Swestest Flower, (Bat. ten); “Land of the Sky Bluo Water,” (Cadman); “Just Because,” “Bur. leigh); “I Heard You Calling ie," (en- core), concluding with | “Onaway, Awake, Beloved—Hiawaths,” (8. Cole- Hldge-Taylor). Mr. R. Wilfred Tibbe, assistant director of music in Howard university, presided at the plano as accompanist. ‘The deopeat intorost of the occasion was, of course, in the work of Miss Clarice Jones, who made her initial appearance in public since her tri ‘umphant graduation last year trom the Ithaca Conservatory of muslo, in connection with Cornell university, ‘where’ she carried off all tho honors a8 a skilled planiste and interpreter of classic music. “Her graduating re- cltal at Cornell was admitted to bave ‘been the Snest that historic institution had known {n many years. ‘At the Howard university recital, Miss Jones’ selections ran tho gamut of the claseics, and the romarkable technique displayed by tho young de- butante has been tho talk of Washing- ton's musiclovers’ everywhere. Her offerings Included: Sonata A major scherzo and Fondo (Becthoven); Noc- turne © minor (Chopin); “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 (Liszt); “Caprice Ee- agnol,” Moskowski, with encores de- ‘manded after each principal rendition. Sho was repeatedly recalled and was presented at tho close of her frst number with a beautiful chower bou- ‘quet of Killarney roses, ‘Tho most competent’ critics say ‘that Miss Jones has more than* tech nical peifection at the plano. Not only doce she handle ‘the heaped-up me- ‘chantcal difficulties of the ponderous ‘compositions of th music magters of Europe with ease and graco, but she glves full expression to the soul-splrit encouched to'the'rich melodies. With the vitalizing touch of gontus, she adds life-and color to flights that must ‘be given their true emotional valuo to be effective, Miss Jones Is the si- preme mistross of varied effects. Hor ango fs Wonderful. “Though slight in physical dovelopment, so woll doce sho grasp tho’possibilitios ot hor in- strument that she 1s able to give to ‘Tmageive chord’: passages orchestral volume and power. Her tone coloring, ‘48 of endless variety; her piantssimos ‘are the acme of dolicacy; her runs ‘and arpegito passages, absolutely flaw- less, are‘of fairy-like lightness. Tho ‘stately rhetorical loveliness. of tone ‘and meter ‘is “Drought out in overy- thing that domanids exceptional treat- ‘ment, and the simplor pioces are pre- sented with a searching sincerity: that characterizes the musieion of intelli gent discrimination. Miss Jones’ po- sition atthe instrament, the deft fin- gering of the keys, and her quick com- prehension of the motif of her com- position, are the hallmarks of the fin- ‘Ished artiste, She secures effects without seeming to strive for them, and has none of the dramatic by-play which a less gifted performer often roles upon to make a favorable im- pression. Miss Jones has before her a broad vista of possibilities—a ca reer that promises great results. “The Mikado” by the Choral Society ‘¢f Washington Conservatory. ‘The choral society of the Washing ton Conservatory of Music will pro- sent Gilbert & Sullivan's most. popu Jar comic opera at the Howard thea ter on Saturday evening, March 1, ro- peating St on Wednesday, March 5, at 3:30 o'clock. ‘The production will bo under the direction of Br. Harry A. Williams, whlch fs in itself a guar- autee of excellence throughout. By special arrangement Miss Dalsy Tap- ley, New York's favorite contralto, comes here to sing the exacting role of “Katisha.” Inaugural Preparations Complete. Preparations for inaugural weok antong the colored people of Wiisbing- ton are complote. A week scintillat- Sog with diversions of the most invit- ing charactor is promised by the vari- fous committees. The public comfort committee, acting harmoniously with Chairman ‘A. H. Underwood, has put fn some hard work, and the results are bound to be gratifying to the throng of visitors coming trom every section of the country. ‘The indica tions are that the crowd this year will be the largest ever entertained by this city at any previous inaugura- tion, notwithstanding the fact that a Democratic president is to be induct- ed Into office. Dyspeptic critics who have been trying to throw cold water fon the efforts of the hospitable citt- zens hereabouts have been put to rout, horse, foot and dragon. The pro- gram, in brief, for the week, will be something like this: Friday, Feb. 28, opening of the atbletic carnival, Con- vontion hall. Saturday night,’ “The Mikado," Howard theater. Sunday afternoon, Bishop Walters on “Vic- tory,” Y. MG. C, A. auditorium, 3fon- day ‘afternoon, grand pageant of the suffragettes, ‘Monday night, ball of the Comus club, Auditorium, Bighth street southeast. ‘Tuesday, inaugura- tlon of Woodrow Wilson and grand inaugural parade, ‘Tuesday night, banquet and reception at ¥. M. C. A. in honor of Bishop Alexander Walters. Tuesday night, balls at tho Audlto- rum, Odd Follows’ hall and other places. Wednesday night, grand ball of the Citizens’ Inaugural Welcome ‘lub, Convention hall. Thursday, con- ference of Negro Democratic league and the National Civil and Poltical Teague. Friday night, smoker for vis- iting gentlemen by’ MuSo-Lit club, ‘True, Reformers’ hall. Every nig! special holiday programs at the Hofw- ard, Dudley, Blue Mouse, Fairylefed, Chelsea and Hiawatha theaters. | Philosophy of Shakespeare, Shakespeare, who was ono of the world’s greatest plillosophers, sug gests the thought that there are de grees In the matter of false otate- monta when he recommends to the in- Jured or offended person a choice be- ‘tween threo replies: “The Retort Courteous; The Lie Circumstantial; and the Lie Direct” And he adda, “Your IF is the only peacemaker; much virtue In If” About as Far as He Could Go On the first of the month there wal to bo a shitt in studios in some of the pubile school grades, and a young gon Was consulting his fathor. Ho had Muished with anclent history, ‘which was ancient arbitrarily up to ‘tho time of the Christian ora. “How far did you got in it?" asked tho sire. “Down to zero," responded: the heir. Impossibility. Dr. Grabbe had almost succeeded in Gemissing Mra. Gassoway when she ‘stopped in the doorway, exclaiming: “Why, doctor, yon’ didn’t look to seo it my tongue was coated!" “I know ttfsn’t" sald the doctor wearlly. “You Dever fnd grabs oni d race track” Impoasi bility. 7 \ \ \a \ : ‘ The Defender The World's Greatest Weekly. R. S. ABBOTT, LL. B. Editor and Publisher. Founded May 6, 1906. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. One Cat. $1.50 Five Months. 1.00 Three Months. 0.75 Foreign. 2.60 TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 5355 Battered as second-class matter, February 1, 1964, by a bullet that hit Chicago, IL. Injured on March 1, 1979. RATES OF ADVERTISING: Births, Betrothals, Marriages and Deaths ..... $1.50 Counseling and Obstinacy Rates: Juifon each ..... 5.00 DISPLAY ADVERTISMENT: One Inch, one time ..... $1.50 Special rates given on large or lorem standi ding elit per inch 2.00 per inch 2.00 Want Ass. each Reading Not. each Display Advertisements fur- nished on application. Change of Address.-Please give both the old and new address; and in writing to the superior, the careful give with the state and Postoffice, as well as sign name. YOU SEE IT IN THE DEFENDER, IT IS 80. GOURT GENERAL ROBERT ELIOTT, No. 7285. Ancestor Order of Forerers; meets every second and fourth Monday night in each month at Odd Fellowa Hall, 5337 Bristol Street. Lodge Officers. Chief Ranger, F. V. Babb, 5846 Dearborn street; phone 601 Drew Babb, 5846 Greene avenue; phone normal 7552, 5821 Greene avenue; phone normal 7552, Treasurer, Frank M. Cohen, 2414 Dearborn street; phone 2219 Calumist. CHURCH DIRECTORY. CHURCH DIRECT Quinn Chapel, 21st street and Wabash avenue. Tabornac Baptist, Robey street and Grand avenue G. M. Church, 44th and Dearborn street. Garry M. E., 46th street and Wabash avenue. Hope Presbyterian Church, 41st street and Bollard street. Shiloh Baptist Church, 61st and May street. G. C. Newman, Al Congregational Church, 45th street and Rhodes avenue. Seventh Day Adventist's Church, 4803-4 Dearborn street. MODERN NURSERY RHYME. Little Bo Peep was a rather stray sheep. And she rambled on State street each night. She'd walk up and down and she'd size_up_gach "clown" ```markdown ``` Till she thought she had got one just right. But the shepherd one night in the garb of a "cop" Caught on to her innocent ways. Next day the judge said with a shake of his head, "I'll slip you young Miss sixty days." At Kansas City last week a committee from the United Confederate Veterans waited on the board of education and made objection to the use of a certain history of the United States in the public schools. They objected to the pictures of John Brown lifting up little pickanianes in his arms and kissing them. As he wore a long beard no doubt they feared there was great danger of carrying germs from one to another. Such interest in the public's welfare should entitle them to a leather medal. The face that John Brown kissed a little colored child or a thousand of them, we admit isn't an important thing in history, except from one point of view, to show the character of the man. It is strange that these rebels can never get it out of their system that the war is over and whether they think it terminated justly or not, they must submit to the inevitable. One might as well shake a red flag before a bull as to show the Negro in a good light before a southerner. The suffragette invasion which made its start from New York, with a host of press agents, for Washington, weathered the storm of hostility evidenced along the route, but continued the march until the Mason and Dixon line was reached. Here a small band of colored women attempted to join their ranks, which threw the body into consternation. At the present writing it looks as if the Gen. Rosalie Jones army will not reach Washington. This is another instance where a black band signifies mourning. CATHOLIC COLLEGE Richmond, Va., is to have the first and only Catholic college for the higher education of the Negro youth. It is called the Van de Vyver college. It will combine higher academic studies for both sexes with domestic science, music and industrial pursuits. There is a crying need in the south for these private schools, as they offer the only means in a great many states, of our young men and women receiving educational training higher than the grammar grades. For southerners do not believe in giving the Negro much book learning. In Chicago there has recently been established a Catholic school exclusively for Negro children. This is a decided step backward and we are very much surprised to see the Catholic Church take this step. We had been led to believe that true Catholicism would at least not take the initiative in racial segregation in the big free city of Chicago. This is utterly uncalled for and all parents, Catholic and non-Catholic, should not aid in this segregation. They are establishing a dangerous precedent. We are sure that the bishop of this diocese has been misled by some southern white Catholic who would not if he could understand conditions here. We may not always have a friend like Ella Flagg Young as superintendent of public schools, and we don't want such an example of segregation for future enemies of the race. LOUISVILLE'S CITY HOSPITAL. In the new city hospital now being erected in Louisville, Ky., the colored physicians are seeking representation and should be given it. They ask to be permitted to care for their own people. Truly not an unreasonable request when the amount of taxes they pay for the support of just such places is considered. With the present rule of things it is impossible for a colored man to secure an internship owing to the fact that he must have graduated with honors from a local medical school. As there are no local medical schools for Negroes that lets him out of it. There are some thirty-five doctors in the city, and the most of them prosperous. The committee gave them a hearing, but would not commit itself. They promised, however, to take the matter under consideration and pass upon it later. We are glad to note that the doctors there are alive to the situation and they should leave no stone unturned that will aid them in gaining their point. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SOP. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SOP. The editor of the Atlanta Independent wrote a lot of rot about "spectacular hate" which tickled the palate of some of the southern editors so much that they reproduced it and wrote long articles in commendation. He hasn't a very exalted opinion of the northern Negro, and refers to him as a "Dude," especially those of lighter hue are accused of trying to be "poor white men." And the Independent's editor is deeply pained to observe that a "sentiment formerly confined to a small bunch of high fattoothin society Negroes is now rapidly spreading among the common herd of the North." The white men all over the country are all right, he avers, it is the Negroes themselves who are at fault, and then he raves on, declaring Col. Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party when they drew the sectional line at the last convention are in a measure responsible for this condition, making the "pin headed Northerners" feel that they were extended the welcome hand, while the southerner is, a kick. That matter has been all thrashed out, we thought, to the satisfaction of all. There may be some things in the category that this talented (2 near-error failed to scil the northern colored people, if so they must have slipped his memory. We concede there is a difference between the northern and the southern Negro, also why would the Atlanta people of Chicago were taken as Grand Master of the Odd Fellows. They knew he was a clean, intelligent, conscientious man, not a hireling or a jumping jack for the lower element of the difference again in the two sections; can one imagine a northern colored man carrying a note of disgrace to a woman of his own race for a white man, and yet that is a common occurrence below the Mason and Dixon线. We mingle freely with our white brother up here. He has no public pleasures that we are not permitted to enjoy. We fill our lungs with pure free air, we are men and women, not slaves, nor have we any complaint to make of our white friends and neighbors, the only ripple on our otherwise smooth waters is when some disgruntled southern invades our territory and tries to sow seeds of prejudice and hatred. But we are proud to say our white friends of the north are men in every sense of the word and because we take a stand for our rights give us their encouragement and support. We may not have as many log cabins with their accompanying patches of ground to call our own, but it is better to have a dime and be outside jail than to have a million and be in jail. We would suggest that the name of the Atlanta Independent be changed to "The Crabs Solace." It is pleasing to learn that the Appomatox Club has had a renaissance of activities along lines other than social. With a membership of 200 of our most representative men it can wield a tremendous influence in the community in civic affairs. The Society for the Advancement of Colored People to accomplish much good must enroll more citizens who are close to the needs and troubles of colored people in being colored themselves. It would seem that this whole movement to prohibit Negroes and whites from marrying is political in character and aimed to still further proscribe and humiliate a race that has enough to contend against without additional handicaps. After serving some thirty years—practically as one of the family (meaning that she got very little wages, if any) an old servant died and was actually, according to the Montgomery, Ala., Advocate, "the recipient in her last illness of many acts of tender kindness and a moving tribute of sincere grief was paid her at her death by the white people." It really is wonderful to think they would pay her any attention on her dying bed, especially after she had slaved for thirty years for them. Some people have peculiar notions of the eternal fitness of things, and these good people might have been thinking of their loss in more than one way. The Colored troops as usual will be in the inaugural parade, notwithstanding mis-Governor Bleese's threat, and speaking of that blot upon the human race, it is a wonder his name isn't proposed by some inmate of an insane asylum for president. It requires more than a commission and a pistol to make a good officer and a great deal better service could be maintained if the men were selected for brains instead of brawn. We have tried to call the attention of the authorities that more Colored officers are needed on the force, especially in districts thickly settled by Negroes. We are as anxious to punish our criminals as any citizen and it is apparent the advantage a Colored officer would have over a white one. Let more of our men apply. A more practical way of helping the young man, and one more likely to produce concrete results can hardly be conceived than the establishing of Y. M. C. A.'s throughout the country. They furnish a machine by which other educational problems may be set before the people. The youth who frequents such an institution cannot fail to have his moral and religious standard raised. Environment means a great deal and especially to the city boy. From the splendid edifice that is nearing completion in this city, we expect to reap a world of good in the financial demonstration of how our people took to the project anguys well for its future. They made no particular fuss over the affair, but "A small party of masked men (?) near Manning, S. C. took a seventeen year old boy from officers and riddled him with bullets" oh, yes, the boy was suspected of assaulting a white MAN. Lovely weather, isn't it? All aboard for Washington, if you're in line for a job. Don't go to sleep on this "Jim Crow" bill they are trying to put over. Write today to the governor and to the legislators protesting against it. "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom." THE FAR EASTERN QUESTION. By Elder W. D. Forde. In the preceding article we were brought to the year 629 which marks the first war of the Mohammedans against the Roman empire. This portion of Mohammedan history brings us in direct contact with the prophetic predictions of the ninth chapter of the book of the Revelation. Generally speaking, Bible expositors agree in applying the ninth chapter of the Revelation to the invasions of the Saracens (Mohammedans), and Turks. No other application can possibly be made of the prophecy. Says Keith: "There is scarcely so uniform an agreement among interpreters concerning any other part of the Apocalypse as respecting the application of the fifth and sixth trumpets, or the first and second woes, to the Saracens and Turks. It is so obvious that it can scarcely be misunderstood. Instead of a verse or two designating each, the whole of the ninth chapter of the Revelation in equal portions, is occupied with a description of both. "The Roman empire declined as it arose, by conquest; but the Saracens and the Turks were the instruments by which a false religion became the acureum or an apostate church; and the emperors of the Byzantine empire trumpets, like the former, being designated by that name alone, they are called woes." Under the symbol of the bottomless pit, which word in the original is used to indicate a waste or desert-like region, the Arabian desert is represented; while the Saracens who issued therefrom disseminating their false doctrines, which like a dense smoke darkened the region of their invasions, are symbolized by locusts. Indeed the followers of Mohamet did issue like a swarm of locusts from the Arabian desert dealing out destruction wherever they trood. As locusts ruthlessly destroy vegetation in their onward path of ruin, so did the Saracens dismember territory after territory in their onward march of conquest. Going back to the year 632 A. D., which is remarkable for the death of Mohamet, and glancing down through ten decades of history, we shall find that within that period of time, the caliphs or lieutenants of the queen were engaged in a continuous series of conquests. "Twenty years after his death, the whole of Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and Persia, had been compelled to acknowledge his creed." Goodrich. The defeat, and death of Chosroes II of Persia as a result of the battle of Nineveh A. D., 627, and the weakened state in which Heraclius the Roman emperor was left, opened up a clear path for the realization of Mohammedan ambition, the conquest of WESTERN ASIA. Taking advantage of the situation the hordes of Saracens poured all their strength and valor with fanatical zeal upon the countries watered by the waters of the Caspian sea, Persian gulf, Red sea, and the Mediterranean. Not only did all Arabia, Syria, and Persia bow before the standards of the Mohammedans, but Northern Africa whose history had been inseparably connected with the opposite shores of Europe for more than a thousand years was doomed to fall into the clutches of the devotees of the Koran, and to become stagnated through an unprogressive semi-civilization. This rude advance upon territories once characterized for progress in learning and general enlightenment, was the prelude of a mighty revolution, which was destined to be a test to the political strength and genius of all Europe, and the means of calling forth the shrewdest and most exceptional diplomacy for the maintenance of the peace and harmony of the European states. "At the close of the first century of the Hegira, the Calphus were the most potent and absolute monarchs of the globe. The word that went forth from the palace at Damascus was obeyed on the Indus, on the Jaxartes, and on the Tagus." Having pushed their conquests through Assad to the Hellespont on the one side, and across Africa to the Straight of Gibraltar on the other, the warriors of the desert cast long glances across those narrow passages separating Europe from Asia, being determined to test their strength on the European section of the Eastern empire of Rome. Constantinople was their point of attack. About the year A. D. 668, the Arabs first attempted to gain control of the Bosporus, by making a fierce attack upon Constantinople. They were repelled by the use of a bituminous compound known as the famous Greek Fire. With this destructive liquid flame, the ships of the Saracens were set ablaze and literally consumed, driving the invaders from the waters of the straightts. Yet for several years after their first defeat the Moslems continued to attack the capital, but were every time repulsed. While, however, they were driven back from Europe at the eastern extremity, they found access on the continent at the western. At the battle of Xeros A. D. 711, almost all the peninsula succumbed to the conquering arms of the Moslems, and for a period of about eight hundred years, some of the most beautiful provinces of Spain were lost to Christendom. This subjugation brought multitudes of Arabian, Syrian, and North African colonists into Europe, and the provinces of Seville, Cordova, Toledo, and Granada became Arabian in their religion, dress, language, and manners. France was invaded in A. D. 732. The invasion of Europe by the Moslems created alarm throughout all Christendom, for it certainly seemed as though not only Western Asia, but also the European continent was about to fall into the possession of the fearless invaders. "The Crescent, lying in a vast semicircle upon the northern shore of Africa, and the curving coast of Asia, with one horn touching the Bosporus and the other the Straights of Gibraltar, seemed about to round to the full and overspread all Europe." Although the Mohammedans were driven back during the seventh and eighth centuries from the great strategic point of the world, Constantinople, yet Europe awaited amidst the painful vicissitudes of human fortunes the dispossession of much of her territory to be shared by a people of Tartar origin and professing a complex false religion. Before we pass on to later times which will bring us to the ultimate fall of Constantinople, and the possession of the old Byzantine empire by the Turks, let us meditate a minute. These questions force themselves upon us at this point of our study. Why were barbarians of hostile and fierce manners permitted to vex the civilization of the West? Why were the Mohammedans allowed to torment a professedly Christian state? The condition of Roman civilization, and of the church at that time answers the question beyond the shadow of a doubt. Apostacy, mixed with religious intolerance characterized the church at that time, while moral corruption was undermining the state. A corrupted state and a back-sliden church could not possibly hold their own, and as the unalterable law of retribution enacts that "whatsoever a man sowe that shall be reap" so through the elimination of the pristine purity of the gospel, supplemented by pagan philosophy, and through a laxness of morals, these invaders were permitted to invade as a scourge for transgression. Selection of Food Important The surest way to keep and restore health is to supply the normal conditions of life, which implies a natural diet containing all the elements of nutrition in true proportion, and based on the proper selection of food for each meal. For it will not do to mix all kinds of otherwise proper food in one meal, but we must make a meal of such foods as are compatible. Otherwise we will turn our stomachs into an acid and gas factory.—The Naturopath. Hot Water a Curative Agent The action of hot water on the body is the simplest and most effective curative agent we have. Pain due to neuritis, sciatica, rheumatism or injury are relieved and the first stages of a cold are so greatly relieved that the cold will not progress further. Such a bath is in no way similar to the Turkish bath. A cold bath need not be taken after a hot bath and people living in the temperate zone will be greatly benefited by a really hot bath every other day. Modern Astronomy The popular idea of the astronomer, says a writer in the World's Work, as one who spends his time in sleeping by day and peering through the small end of a telescope by night, must be dismissed. "The greater part of the modern astronomer's time," says the article, "is spent in studying photographs," often with a microscope, "Paradoxical as it may seem, an astronomer today gazes more often through a telescope." --- In Germany the use of ferns is coming into more and more favor for packing food which is transported either short or long distances. The practice became common in England before it gained equal vogue in Germany, and the results are said to be excellent, especially in shipping fresh fruit, butter, fish and other food products which require unusual care. Lesson In Pronunciation "How do you pronounce that word 'divorce', professor?" asked Mr. Slabides. "Is it 'divorsey' or 'divorces?' "That all depends, my young friend," smiled the professor. "When Mrs. Jones-Smythe-Wiggs got her first divorce I should have called it Divorce—A, but now that she has come through with a third I should say that Divorce—C. was a justifiable form"—Harper's Weekly. Mediola a Bean Professional Despite the fact that some of them manage to get enormous fees, it is said that the doctors, as a class, get poorer and poorer, financially, every year. IN CHICAGO AND ITS SUBURBS Our Local Department—Personal Mention—Religious—Social and other short paragraphs—Read it over carefully, somewhere you will find a line or two about yourself or your friends. Mrs. M. A. Sykes of Madison Park is back in the city after a three weeks' vacation with relatives in Galveston and Houston, Texas. She declared her visit had been a most pleasant one. The Chicago Beach hotel waiters are organizing a Social Club, to combine with their Literary Club, which at present is without a president, owing to the resignation of Mr. Henry Towels, who is looking forward for higher things. If you want a first-class furnished room read our classified columns. Mr. Joe Shoecraft says it is not true that the auto bandits hold him "up" and stole his voice—and that he will appear with the Amateur Minstrel Club Easter Monday—Oakland Music hall. When in doubt or trouble, telephon to The Chicago Defender, Doug 3339. Mrs. Mary E. Idell is assisting T. S. Allen of Kankakee in a sp revival effort. Mr. Stanley Burrell, formerly o trot, Mich., and one of the lea young men of that city has taken his residence in Chicago. Master Earl Washington, of 53 Bowen avenue, has fully recov from his attack of tonsilitis, after confined to his home for a or more. Mrs. C. McCray is quite ill at residence. Mrs. John B. Hall and son of ton, Mass., will visit her mother, Mrs. F. M. Jerdon has recently returned from an extended trip through Alabama. Did you go to the ball last Tuesday night at the Central hall, 22nd street and Wabash avenue, given by the Hotel Bellmen's Association? Well, you missed a treat. The music was furnished by the famous Eighth Regiment band. The grand march was at 1 a.m., led by the president, Mr. Godfrey Turner. The president was well pleased with the crowd and proceeds, for the hall was filled to its most. Refreshments were served, and everyone present enjoyed themselves tremendously. For certain reasons the ball, which was to have taken place at the Coliseum Annex, was changed to the Central hall. The dancing continued into the wee sma' hours of the morning. Subscribers and friends of the Chicago Defender will please bear in mind that no advertisements of any kind whatsoever will be inserted in our columns until they are paid for in advance. So please don't telephone Mr. P. G. Hicks, since connecting himself with the Royal Casualty Co. is doing a good business at 3712 Wabash avenue. The Orchid Whist Club-met Saturday, Feb. 22, at the residence of Miss Myrtle Hughes, 6017 Wabash avenue, and completed their arrangements for their dancing party which will take place on March 4 at the Masonic hall. The committee on arrangements is: Mr. Henry Barber, chairman, Misses Myrtle Hughes, Mabel L贝, Fairlax Butler and Messrs. Leroy Hayes, John Jeffery, Robert Pearmont and Robert Ray. The audience is requested not to throw eggs or vegetables at the feet of the singers, as it affects their voices —Amatute Minstrel Club, Easter Monday, Oakland Music hall. Send in personales of your friends. It is free. Drop it on a post-card. Can't you afford to spend a penny on your friends? Mrs. M. Kenney, 226 Farrington avenue, St. Paul, Minn., has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. F. Yateman, 5201 Armour avenue. Mrs. Kenney was entertained at luncheon on Thursday by Mr. and Mrs. William Buckner, 3722 Armour avenue. She is being very royally entertained while in the city. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Ford are now at home to their many friends. Address: 201 W. Oakland St. Mrs. M. A. Sykes, fashionable dressmaker of Madison Park, is back in Chicago after a three weeks' visit in Texas. Maj. R. R. Jackson and Wm. G. Carroll will appear in skirt dance and duet Easter Monday at Oakland music hall. This is a sure cure for what all you Please omit eggs—unless fresh. All advertisements for furnished rooms or flats must be paid for in advance. We have no collectors for this kind of work. On Tuesday evening, Feb. 25, the spacious assembly room of the Negro Fellowship League was the scene of a splendid and brilliant reception given in honor of the Emancipation Chorus, by the Fellowship League. More than one hundred members of the chorus were present to enjoy the hospitality of the Fellowship League and extend their greetings to its president, Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The Emancipation Chorus, Conductor James A. Mundy and Assistant Conductor Cornelius Pierce, prompted by the gratitude of their hearts, thank Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Negro Fellowship League for this splendid reception, which will long be remembered. The Palmer House Checker Club was entertained Saturday by the two champions of the club, Mr. John Scott and Mr. James W. Fugna. The game was very exciting. It stood to 1 until the 7th game, and then Mr. Scott it, making it 2 and 2 and 6 draws. A. W. Settles, president. Annual meeting of City Federation of Women's Clubs Monday, March 3, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Wayman Chapel, 912 N. Franklin. Reports of Clubs at morning session, election of officers 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett will give a talk on Women Suffrage. Visitors invited. Theresa Gray, president; Florence Guy, corresponding secretary. Mrs. Octavia Lucas Collins of Waukesha, Wis., is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. J. C. Fletcher, 5619 Wabash avenue. Mrs. J. W. Lewik and Mrs. J. Walter Hodge of Indianapolis, Ind., are spending a few days in the city with friends. Dr. J. F. Moreland of Birmingham, Ala., secretary of the A. M. E. Zion Brotherhood, was in our city last week looking after the business of his department. When in doubt or trouble, telephone to The Chicago Defender, Douglas 3339. Mrs. Mary E. Idell is assisting Rev. T. S. Allen of Kankakee in a special revival effort. Mr. Stanley Burrell, formerly of Detroit, Mich., and one of the leading young men of that city has taken up his residence in Chicago. Master Earl Washington, of 530 B. Bowen avenue, has fully recovered from his attack of tonsillitis, after being confined to his home for a week or more. Mrs. C. McCray is quite ill at her residence. Mrs. John B. Hall and son of Boston, Mass., will visit her mother, Mrs. Curtis, this coming summer for an indefinite stay. Mrs. R. Schaffer has been quite ill for several weeks, and shows signs of only a slight improvement. Mrs. P. Green has been very ill for several weeks, but is now much improved. Mrs. Carrie Wright has been ill for several weeks but is now convalescing. Mrs. Hattie Perry left the city last Sunday eve for her home in Toronto, Can, from where she was summoned to attend the funeral of her friend, the late Mrs. Carrie Shrevees. While in the city she was guest of Mrs. D. W. Dempsey, 3716 Dearborn street. Miss Christine Bradford, assisted by Miss Alice Johnson, of the North Shore, entertained at dinner last Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. A. M. Harvey, 3118 State street. Twenty-four guests were served in courses, after which a guessing contest took place, several suitable prizes were won. All present expressed themselves as having spent a pleasant evening. Mrs. Hattle Woolridge, 3548 Dearborn street, is in Hot Springs, Ark., in search of better health. She expects to be gone two weeks. Mr. James H. Rodgers has established a school of carpentry and woodturning on the West Side. The "X" Club met Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Edw. E. Wilson, 3552 Forest avenue. Charity is its object. It was organized by Mrs. S. S. Paul. Mrs. Henry Jones, 6645 Evans avenue, left the city this week for a three days' stay with her mother in a city in Illinois. Reporters for the Defender have been unable to find it on the map. THE SICK Mrs. Dillie Harris, 3066 Wabash avenue, has been very ill for three weeks but is now improving. Mother Lettlet, of 235 E. 37th street, is very ill, as the result of several hemorrhages, but the attending physician predicts a complete recovery in a few days. Mrs. Laura Tyler, 2941 Dearborn street, has been ill for several days with a gripe, but is now improving. Mrs. Tyler's daughter, Ruth, of Elmira Temple No. 21, of Lady Elks. Mrs. Frank King, who has been confined to Provident hospital for several weeks, continues to improve and will be able to leave the hospital in a few days. She is under the care of Unique Temple No. 15 of which she is a member. Capt. James Minne, of the Palmer House, has been suffering much pain in his right hand as the result of a fall while winding a clock. Wilber Peyton is quite ill at his father's residence, 3630 Dearborn street. Every friend of this popular young man wishes for him a speedy recovery. Mrs. Clara Anderson, 5013 Dearborn street, still continues but her physicians predict a speedy recovery. Mrs. Frank King, the undertaker, is reported better. Mr. Jake Parks has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness and has been removed from the Chicago Defender office to his home. Champion Jack Johnson still requires the aid of several physicians and nurses at his residence, 3344 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Jones, of Elmira Temple, has been quite ill for some time. She is being well taken care of by the above organization. Miss Esie Arnold, after several weeks of serious illness is able to be up and around the house. If she continues to improve, she will soon be herself, which means she will resume her social activities. Mrs. Robert P. Johnson, of 3335 N. Kedzie avenue, is confined to her home on account of illness. Mrs. Johnson is a sister of Mrs. D. P. French. Miss Emma Shaw is much improved and able to be up after her narrow escape from the treatment she received at the hands of the (white brute) that attacked her last week. Master Fredrick William Avendorph is doing nicely after his serious illness and from present indications he will be himself again in a few days. Mrs. Gracie Jones, of 2027, and Mrs. Scott, of 2929 Deerborn street, are both still on the sick list. Mrs. Fannie Young, of 4029 State street, who has been ill is improving. Mrs. N. Holmes, the venerable mother of Mrs. L. W. Wallance, of 3024 Vernon avenue, still continues very ill. Mr. J. A. Gillespie of 3625 Vernon avenue has been ill about two weeks, but is now reported convalescent. Mrs. Isabella Hall of 3339 Vernon avenue is still confined to bed. Mr. Henry Lee, 5223 Wabash avenue, an employee of the custom house, is confined to his home, having suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Walter Johnson, 3521 Wabash avenue, is nursing a sprained ankle, the result of a fall down stairs. Mrs. W. C. Clanna, 3817 Vernon avenue, who has been ill for the past two weeks, is still confined to her bed. Mrs. Samuel, improves slowly a to her bed. Mrs. E. Winslow, nue is ill at her an infection of the The Samaritan The Samaritan Club afternoon at the home of Williams, 3225 Dearborn Thursday afternoon, March will meet at Mrs. Emma Lafayette street. GAUDEAMUS CLU The Gaudeanus Club met Nannie O'fus's home, 3454 Armne, neb. Feb 24, '13. The club had attendance. Three visitors went in. After the business was o literary program was rendered. Georgia Allen gave a select rea Mrs. Tittle McBride an essay on cute," and Miss Amelia Adams an solo. Each participant did their splendid, and after partaking of lightful refreshments, the club journeyed to meet at Mrs. Carrie Lahome, 3025 Wabash avenue, Apt. 1, March 3, '13 at 8 p.m. YOUNG MATRONS' CLUB. On the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1989 Young Matrons' Culture Club assembled at Johnson's hall, 3522 Sta. street. This was an important meeting, and this time had been set apart for the installation of officers. The hall was beautifully decorated. The Mrs. Tarea Macon, preside, on Federated Women's Club, in the officers. The new officers are as follow: Sarah Foster, president; Mrs. at Reeves, vice president; Mrs. B. Coleman, recording secretary; Florence Williams, corresponding retary; Mrs. Chamey Lyles, financial secretary; Mrs. Anna Johnson, treurer; Mrs. Luella Johnson, journalist. Mrs. Almeta Taused, critic. The guests were served a sumptuous repast. SPECIAL NOTICE! SPECIAL NOTICE! 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Discretion and Valley They were discussing at the club the difference between discretion and valor, and it was exemplified by one who said it would be valior to have eaten a Christmas dinner at a fashionable restaurant, and departed without tipping the waiter. And discretion? "Well," he proceeded, "to go to a different restaurant for New Year's dinner would be discretion." Men Who So The men whom I have best in life have alwaful and hopeful men, with their business with a faces, and took the chances of this life ill rough and s 'h alike Charles Kin Permanent Enga Maud—"Are you enjou for good?" Ethel—"Kn! I don't think he'll eviction to marry me."—Bd --- THE GRAND. Ed. Gordon in a pantonine cycling oddity, headed the bill here the first half of the week, and furnished a lively and amusing fifteen minutes. His act is different from the usual run of burlesque bicycle acts, and he has replaced some of the time-worn stunts with some of real merit. Remington and Reichman, piano and violin, were fair, but we have heard their superiors at this same house. Reichman's solo on one string was unique and out of the ordinary. A refreshing bit of real acting was furnished by Vedder and Morgan. Their vehicle was a sketch entitled, "A Cry in the Night," and it was handled in a manner that easily placed it as the hit of the bill. "Those Four Kids" were saved by the good work of the Hebrew impersonator, and if the member of the quartette called "Tony" was meant to impersonate an Italian, he should have dropped his french brogue. It is seldom you see a blond Italian with an Irish brogue. The four Gaynors, comedy acrobats, were good, and closed a bill that was well worth the price of admission, and that has filled this handsome theater to "capacity" at each performance. THE MONOGRAM Brown and Brown, in their instrumental and vocal act, opened the bill at this theater, and gave a good, clean and entertaining performance. Their duet on the stand pipes was excellent, and their closing song was worth an encore, but they didn't respond. Mayweather and Casway were billed, but the first half of the team was all that showed. He put on a monologue that went big, and didn't stay longer than he was welcome, which is so often the case with the singles. What Stevens and Bacon lacked in the vocal line they made up in their excellent dancing, Stevens especially. In other words, the dancing of Stevens saved the Bacon. The Moores delivered in their usual manner, and the female part of the audience went wild when the hen-pecked husband turned over the last nickel of his salary to his better half. Lots of difference between what's pulled off at the theater and at home. It was a well balanced bill. MR. RICHARD B. HARRISON'S RE CITAL PROVED HIGHLY ENTERTAINING. Mr. Richard B. Harrison, America's leading colored reader, appeared at Quinn Chapel church Monday evening, Feb. 24, in a Shakespearian and Dunbar program which was heartily received by an appreciative audience of a fairly good size. Mr. Harrison is certainly the master of his profession and deserves far better support from his people than he really gets. While Mr. Harrison's work does not, possibly, appeal to all, however, it is classical; and that ought to be attractive, especially to the intelligent music-loving members of the race. If we do not encourage the few high-class professionals we have, we certainly cannot expect anyone else to do so. Mr. Harrison's recital was under the auspices of the trustees and stewards of Quinn Chapel. Mr. Avenorph was business manager for Mr. Harrison. THE WASHINGTON. First run pictures of gripping interest were exhibited in this handsome house during the week, and several two reel features are announced for the coming week, among them, "The Cowboy Millionaire," on Sunday, and a Western war drama on Thursday, Palife Weekly Review will be run on Friday. The orchestra is tearing things loose, and Charley Young in illustrated songs is a feature. Business great. THE MERIT. As usual, The Merit was taxed to capacity almost nightly this week, and several exciting Western dramas were shown. The orchestra at this house is a card, and realism is lent to the pictures by the appropriate manipulation of the various instruments. Vaudeville on Saturday and Sunday, as usual. The bill for the coming week is an extra strong one. 1 KNIGHT TEMPLARS' EASTER BALL The Knight 4-templars will give their annual ball at the Seventh Regiment Armory on Easter Monday night, March 24. This annual event will surpass in arrangement and detail any previous affair. The music will be of the highest order. 25-18-15-22 The pictures shown at this house during the current week included several war dramas and Bronco Billy pictures, which always go great. Good houses were the rule, and seats were at a premium after 6 p. m. The famous Alcazar oxette continue for two weeks "In Old Ken-tucky" at McVie's theater. Mr. Considine, manager, is very much pleased at the singers, also Mrs. Marie George, the leading lady, singing "Swane River." Lux Theater A recent and welcome addition to the South Side theaters is the Lux, located at 35th and Michigan avenue. Mr. R. J. Zurawski, the owner and manager, is a prince of good fellows and in his modern, new and highly artistic playhouse gives to the public a form of entertainment that has not been presented in a popular priced house before in the city. Four first run pictures are presented each night and for good measure two or three vaudeville acts are put on, augmented by a first class orchestra. The seating capacity is 800, all on the main floor, and the price for this 50-cent performance is but five cents. Nightly large crowds attest the popularity of this pretty little playhouse and Mr. Zurakis is to be congratulated upon giving to the public what is has long needed—a first class playhouse at a nominal admission. IN SIMPLE SELF-PROTECTION Evolution of "Washermen" Made Necessary by Uncompromising Attitude of the Laundry People. The shirtband buttonhole is the real reason why the Y. M. C. A. of Philadelphia is encouraged to start a course of instruction for men in the art of washing clothes. It better might be said that it is the back shirtband buttonhole that is responsible for the introduction into the classroom of the tub, the bluing bottle, the starch box and the ironing board. There is one washerwoman for every 200 of this country's inhabitants, and there is a laundry for every 1,000 thereof. Nether woman nor laundry ever has been able to learn that a man has to slip a collar button through the rear hole of the shirtband. The washerwoman thinks that a man pins his collar on, and that if he doesn't he should be forced to. The laundry knows all about the buttonhole, but it is at outs with it, and seeks malevolently to destroy its identity. An inside band to protect the male neck from chafing against the base of the back button is sewed on shirts by all self-respecting shimmers. For years it has been the unbreakable habit of washerwomen and laundrymen to starch this band into close boardlike union with the band back of it. It takes a knife to effect the divorce, and it is not complete until several unstitched buttonholes have been made by the blade of it. The shirt that comes back once from the wash is done for after the first surgical operation. The washladies and the laundries can save their jobs and discourage the higher education of males if they will spare their starch and save the shirts. PREPARE SABLE FOR MARKET Fur as it Is Taken from the Animal Is Not the Magnificent Thing That One Sees in Wraps. "Otter hunts are fashionable in England," said the manlustrant, "and I call that a sensible kind of hunt. Look at the otter skins the girls can collect—and otter coats so fashionable now, too! "I wouldn't mind collecting an otter coat myself. But how would you like to belong to a sable hunt, girls, and collect a sable coat? "A customer of mine, though, a fur dealer, told me. I wouldn't know a sable if I saw one. I thought of course, they'd be soft, fluffy, little fellows, but he says they have a hide as flat as a rat's. He says that when the skins are taken from the animals they are so hard that they are placed in a tub and a barefooted man steps in and begins to tread on them to soften them. The tub is tilted so that at each step the man takes the skins slide down the slope and are kept moving. The man treads for hours and hours before any pile appears. When it begins to rise the skins are offed and the treading begins again. This is continued until the skins are as supply as chamois and the pile has become so high that the fur has that soft depth and beautiful rich gloss which we see on Fifth avenue. $^8$ "I always thought a sable was a pretty creature, with fluffy fur like a kitten, didn't you?" Considerate Sailors The paying teller of one of the Cleveland banks says that on a certain day last month a jolly tar, arm in arm with his friend John Barleycorn, came rolling up to the window. "How's business, mate?" began the seaman, sprawling both arms on the glass ledge. "Fair," replied the paying teller indulgently. "Only fair. We hope it will pick up before long. By the way, what can I do for you?" "Well, you see it's like this," said the tar, pulling out a check for $30, made payable to bearer. "Here's a check as calls for a lot o' money. But I ain't goin' to be hard on you if business isn't good. No, sir. That's not my style. You just give me $10 down and send me the other $20 some time when things are looking up!"—Puck. Half-Done Work. There is an old story of a miser who had hidden his great treasure under a large bowder. The secret was discovered by two blacksmiths, each of whom determined to secure the wealth, and set about preparing crowbars to pry up the rock. The one was in such haste that he did his work carelessly, and though he was first on the spot his poor tool snapped, and he could not accomplish his purpose. While he hastened back to his shop to repair the damage the second smith, who had made ready more carefully, came with his strong bar and carried off the treasure. Half-done work defeats its own ends, and the success for which one is not ready is not ready for him. Bird Welphing One-Half Ton Undeniably "there were giants in those days." It may be that the "phororbacos" did not weigh quite as much as the now extinct mosa of New Zealand (whose avroludpops was largely in its huge and clumsy legs); and it was no taller than the giant ostrich of Madagascar, which measured ten feet in height, but it had by all odds the biggest head that any bird ever possessed. In all likelihood it would have tipped the scales at not less than half a ton. HER FIRST HUSBAND HER FIRST HUSBAND What Happened to Dipsomaniac Who Tried to Blackmail a Bv H. M. EGBERT The woman stood at the door of the cottage and peered out under her extended head into the darkness, fliecked with specks of light from the street lamps in the mining village. The prospect so far as it could be seen in the light of the setting half moon, was a dreary one. To the right the village extended, a half mile of shabby frame houses fringing a shabby street. Out of this region came the faint shouts and caths of the miners as they drank away the contents of their Saturday pay envelopes. To the left the road wound over the flats and marshes in the direction of the factory, and across the river, over which stood the power house. The factory never closed. There the by-products of the coal pits were transformed into aniline dyes and drugs. And there her husband, Edward Chambers, worked as a night inspector. Presently a knock outside—a faint tap, sounding almost like the peck of a bird upon the telegraph posts that studded the landscape, startled her from the reverie into which she had fallen. She sprang to her feet and stood alert, listening. It sounded again, and cautiously the woman unbarred the door. Outside stood a man. One glance at his face and she was reeling backward against the wall of the little narrow hall. The man grinned and stepped inside noiselessly. As he did so he removed his hat and glanced round him. The lamp within the parlor drew him as it had drawn the white moths that fluttered upon the cheap table beneath it. He entered. Now it could be seen that he was in the last stage of decrepitude; his clothes hung in loose rags upon his bony frame, and his eyes were the bleared eyes of the dipsonaniac. "Well, Jane," he said, a little sheepishly, "don't be scared of me, my girl, like you used to be. I ain't drunk now, though I do look like a hobo. I A man is walking into a room where a woman is standing behind a counter. The woman is wearing a white apron and holding a tray of dishes. The man is holding a hat and looking at the woman. "Haven't You Wronged Me Enough?" heard you were living here and that your man worked away all night; so I thought there wouldn't be no harm in paying you a friendly visit, Jane, my dear." The woman had followed him in and now stood facing him on the opposite side of the table, which she had placed instinctively between them. "What do you want?" she gasped. "Why have you come? Haven't you wronged me enough?" she continued, clenching and unclenching her fists in impotent anger. "Come to the point—what do you want, Jim?" The man grinned again and sat down. "Well, I must say you ain't over cordial, Jane," he mumbled. "I heard you were here quite by chance —from a mining fellow in the state penitentiary, who was my cell mate. "Hi!" thinks I 'she used to be my wife. And is, too, for the matter of that, since the knot was never untied, Say, Jane," he interposed, "what would your man say if he found out that you wasn't his at all?" "He'd kill us both," she gasped, thinking of her husband's faith in her. That he should ever learn of this was impossible. It must be made impossible for the baby. "Well, Jane, I don't want to hurt your feelin's," the tramp grumbled, filling his pipe with a foul-smelling weed which, when lit, diffused a rank aroma through the tiny house. "I can't saying as I treated you altogether on the level during the six months you and me lived together. Say, why didn't you get a divorce?" he went curiously. "I couldn't; you know that. I found help in the church when you ill-treated me and left me." "Ho! Then you're sinning against the church as well as against me," he said tauntingly. "I'm not sinning in the eyes of God," the woman cried desperately. "I've been a good woman to Ed, and he believes in me. I'm glad I found him—yes, even if I did deceive him and made him think you were dead. And now you've come back. What do you want? Have you just come here to gloat over me? Better not let Ed find you," she said defiantly. "Well, I'll come to the point, Jane," the man grumbled, somewhat abashed by her outburst. "I want money—want it bad. I'm going west on a freight train tomorrow and as this was on my way I thought I'd look in on you. How much have you got put away? Come, no lies now. I know you folks don't trust n banks here since the Consolidated bust." "I haven't a penny," cried the woman desperately. "Oh, come, Jane," said the man reproving. "You was always a good hand to save. Wish I'd stuck to you," he added viciously. "I don't know as I won't take you back yet. But come, now, make it a hundred and I won't never trouble you again." THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. "A hundred? You're drenning!" "Fifty then. Fifty down and fifty to be sent to the postoffice at Denver when I get there. Come, now, ain't your home worth it, Jane?" "I haven't a penny in the house, Jim," she said trying to assuage him. "Maybe I can let you have twenty-five tomorrow by holding up the furniture man. You see," she faltered, "Ed won't be home with his week's pay till morning." "Well, if that's all you can let me have I'll have to take it," mumbled the man. "But I'll take the rest, or I'll hound you down, mark my words. Twenty-five tomorrow and seventy-five inside of three months at Denver. Is it a bargain, Jane?" "Yes," she said helplessly. "Where're I meet you? I don't want to show myself in town. That fellow Jonas I told you of, my cell mate—he's back here." "Do you know the maple trees near the first saloon?" she asked. "Well—there. At nine o'clock tomorrow night." The man shook out the burning ashes of his pipe. In the next room the child, awakened by the evil stench of the tobacco, awoke and cried feebly. Instantly the man was alert. "What's this, Jane?" he asked, a smile playing maliciously about his mouth. "Kid? You're?" "Yes, mine. Mine and Ed," she cried, springing to her feet. She made her way into adjoining room, took the babe in her arms, and began rocking it. The man followed and stood looking at her, still grinning. "Ho, Jane, you didn't tell me about the kid," he said, as if she had done some injury by concealing the fact of its presence. "No. Why should I tell you?" she asked, putting the sleeping child back into its cradle. "Why should I let you share any part of my life?" The other leered at her. "Because, my dear Jane," he said, "I've got double hold on you now—that's why. So long as there was, only your man—well, he mightn't have cared. But with the kid it's different. I guess it'll be worth more than a hundred to you now, won't it, Jane?" He had drawn near to the sleeping infant and now stood over it. Clumsily he put forth one grimy hand and stroked the little arm that lay outside the coverlet. The woman sprang at him like a tigress. "Don't you dare to touch him," she cried. "Don't you lay a finger on him or I'll kill you!" The man slunk back. "All right, have it your own way, my dear," he said quietly. "But now it's going to cost you just twice as much—see? Fifty down—" "I haven't fifty. I can only get twenty-five." "Twenty-five," she panted, "and never a penny more. For twenty-five I can hire a man to kill you. And I'll do it, Jim, sooner than lose my home." "All right; I suppose it'll have to twenty-five," he answered. She led the way to the door along the tiny hall, and they stood there a moment, gazing out into the darkness. For the first time a shade of pity for this degraded man welled up within her. She had loved him in the old days, and when he had abused and beaten her she had loved him all the more until—until that other woman. She would not think of that. "Where are you going to sleep tonight Jim?" she asked quietly. The man hugged. "O, under some freight cars, I reckon. I'm used to that sort of bed. Maybe I'll find a heap of coal." "You promise not to go into the town?" "Sure! That's part of the bargain, ain't it? I'll keep out of the way, don't fear. Which way are the cars?" "The cars are over yonder, at the back of the factory," she said more mildly. "I guess you know the way. It's no longer than through the village—and you can take care of yourself in the dark. I reckon." "I reckon so, Jane," he answered. "Good night, my lass." He pressed his hat down on his head and started out along the road. In a moment the darkness had swallowed him up—he was gone even while she heard his footsteps in the mud. Suddenly she staggered back as a tremulous thought blanched her cheek and set her heart heating, furiously. The bridge! The bridge was up. He did not know. He would walk confidently there where the firm girders run, offering their treacherous support, and he would walk into nothingness. And those currents!— the currents in her own heart! She who had risked all might win all; her man, her child, her home, for this one worthless life. The impulse to run after him mastered her, but suddenly a low wall from the room behind recalled her. And she crouched there, not stirring her he was out of earshot. (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) Names In British Guiana. British Guiana, which is celebrating the centenary of Georgetown, is a land of quaint Christian names. Rev. L. Crookall quotes from the baptismal register of the church in which he ministered to a congregation of all colors, Nannie Bellona, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Albert, John Pantalonon and Frank Locust. One negro whose child he christened was called Whiskey Emmanuel. Another black man brought his child, and when the minister asked the name replied, "Serifim ad Valorem." Another gave a puzzling answer which sounded like "Ax parson," and when requested to explain said: "Well, parson, my mind gie me to go troo" de New Testament. I have had four boys; one was called Matthew, another Mark, another Luke and another John, and this is Acts, parson." Death In New York Streets Statistics for 1912 show that 552 persons were killed in New York streets, 103 of the number being children, the majority of them on roller skates. He that does good to another man does also good to himself, not only in consequences, but in every act of doing it, for the conscience of well-doing ample reward—Seneca. WAS NOT WEB-FOOTED BY GEORGE TICKELL. "Fine mornin', Missah Kronk," remarked Samuel Johnson, the colored porter, as he paused by the door of the taxidermist's shop. Mr. Kronk looked up and smiled affably. Sam's large, white teeth shone responsive in his sable countenance, and the sight of the twin gleaming rows of ivory awoke vague speculations as to their powers of mastication in the taxidermist's mind. "Don't be in a hurry, Sam," he said genially. "Come in for a minute." The colored gentleman complied and Mr. Kronk, with a wave of his hand motioned to him to sit down. On a bench close by lay the freshly skinned carcass of a huge bird, upon which Sam gazed with appreciative interest. The taxidermist noted the direction of his glance and a beam of benevolence brightened the Kronk features. "Are you fond of goose for dinner, Sam?" he inquired with an air of fathery solicitude. Mr. Johnson's celebrated grin expanded to astonishing proportions. "Dere am no bird dat beat a nice goose, Missa Kronk," he responded rapturously. "Your reply is what I should have expected from such a talented epicure Sam," commented the taxidermist gravely. "Now, there is a goose," he continued, pointing to the skinnedowl, "which I am unable to do justice to. The fact is that I have been invited to a dinner today, and tomorrow I must go out of town early, so that I don't see just how I can dispose of my bird. I have about made up my mind to give it to some deserving person." He paused and eyed Mr. Johnson who stirred uneasily in his chair and licked his thick lips hungrily. These symptoms of antipelated gastronomic delight were not lost upon the taxidermist, and the look of benevolence deepened on his face. "Sam," he said, rising and placing an affectionate hand on the colored man's shoulder. "I believe you are worthy of being presented with this noble bird." Mr. Johnson's smile threatened to divide his ebony countenance into two separate and entirely distinct halves. "I tank you a hundred million times if you gibs me dat goose, Missak Kronk," he exclaimed, gratefully. "Then, Sam, the bird is yours," said the taxidermist. In due time the skin less carcass was wrapped up and Johnson started off with it under his arm, still volubly expressing his thanks. Mr. Kronk stood in the doorway gazing after him. "The bird of freedom," he murured, "is indeed a noble fowl, and Mr. Johnson's grinders are well adapted to conquer even the stubborn flesh of that fine specimen of a bald-headed eagle." About a week later the taxidermist met Johnson and asked how he liked the goose. "Dat goose," exclaimed the recipient of his bounty, shaking a dubious head; "dat goose war surely d tougheus bird. Clar' to goodness he mus' have bin de fader to all d ganders. I biled dat goose, an, I done parbled him den I biled him agen. But it warn' no use. Dat was the all chewiness bird me an' de ole woman ever put a tooth in." After telling him there must have been some mistake in his method or cookery they parted. Two days later a large, snowy owl was in preparation for stupling, and Johnson happened to be passing. The taxidermist halled him and, pointing to the owl lying or the table with its skin drawn over its head, inquired if he did not want any other goose. Johnson glanced suspiciously from his benefactor to the bird and remarked: "See heyah, boss, if I can't no trouble ble I's dutake to see of dut dare an a web-footed goose 'fore I carries him home to de ole woman." Now the Henless Egg The good old-fashioned barnyard hen is threatened with a rival in the field of egg production. Dr. Paul Walden, an eminent Russian chemist, is authority for the statement that there will be a new labor-saving process found in the laboratories before long, and this will be nothing less than the accomplishment of the production of eggs without the aid of the hen. Doctor Walden points out that Professor Berthsen of Germany has already accomplished the feat of making a simple compound of the same chemical elements which enter into the composition of an egg, and the process is largely based on the modern methods of capturing and turning to various useful purposes the nitrogen of the atmosphere. It will not be long, Doctor Walden predicts, before the egg will be successfully duplicated in the laboratory and a process worked out that will permit of its manufacture. Merchant "Mammy." The kindly familiarity of the negroes of Barbados shines out in a brief excerpt from Mrs. C. Cameron's "A Woman's Winter in South America." An old colored woman, whose head was wrapped in a stately red-and-yellow turban, and who carried a basket of yellow and red bananas, accosted an English officer on the street and proffered her wares. "Not today," he replied, shaking his head. "It's all right, sweetheart," rejoined the smiling old woman; "you buy another day." What a star instructor in an American school of salesmanship that old black woman would makel-Youth's Companion. Very Easy Rene Dumic, chef of the Royal hotel of Monte Carlo, was talking in New York about menus. "A good menu," he said, "is one that tempts the jaded appetite—one that, like fresh Astrakhan caviare, will give even to the surfeited broker the appetite of a cart horse. It is easy enough to make the hungry eat," he added, swuiling—"as easy as to make a river's mouth water." Short Orders All Day Rogers' Resturant Caterers to the Elite Select Meats. All Meals 25c. Table D'Hote 4 to 8 p. m. A la Carte Lunch, 11:30 to 2 p. m. Breakfast, 7 a. m. to 10 a. m. 21 E. 33rd Street, Near L Station CHICAGO Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. Lincoln State Savings Bank UNDER STATE SUPERVISION. 6 East 31st St., N. E. Cor. State St. CHICAGO, ILL TELEPHONES: Douglas 986—Auto. 57-220 CAPITAL, $200,000.00 SURPLUS, $20,000.00 Commercial Banking Savings and Checking Accounts Foreign Exchange Safety Deposit Vaults Mortgages and Bonds 3% Interest on Savi Deposits Your Patronage This Registering Home Bank FREE to our Savings Depositors; will start you saving and keep you at it. A Savings Account is the first step to wealth. Open one with us. Depository and C ent, Continen mercial Natio Chicago, Ill. NEW HOPE C. M. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. E. H. Fletcher, pastor of Mr. Zion Baptist church, preached for the New Hope congregation Sunday at 9 o'clock p. m. from the following text: "Men Ought Always to Pray." The subject, "Prayer," was beautifully discussed by the speaker, as he impressed upon his hearers the importance and necessity of prayer. Mrs. Williams, wife of the pastor, continues quite ill. The members wish for her a speedy recovery. The Willing Workers' Club will meet with Mrs. Lizzie Graves, 1719 Sir Henry's Reply When the late Sir Henry Irving was entertaining at dinner at one of the Oxford collages, he was asked by a don, "Are you a university man, Sir Henry?" "Oh, no," said Irving; "I keep a secretary who was." Bernard Shaw, when asked the same snobblish question, replied, "I never was educated in your meaning of the term. In fact, my education was interrupted by my school days." Modern Advancement Just the use of common sense, the following of personal choice, so far as that choice is moral and measured by the best instead of the worst of one's self, and the expenditure of a few pennies will place at the disposal of any worker such means of self-education as were not to be bead by the rich of a generation ago. Why Not Be Allowed to Sleep? A patent has been granted a New Yorker for a burglar alarm that awakens a person by spraying him with water as he lies asleep in bed. Crafty Agnes. "Has Agnes achieved popularity in her suburban home?" "Yes; she keeps her doors wide open, and her mouth tight shut."—Life. A WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. Dunbar Poem Book Free With n $5 Ad. There are some people who have been getting the Defender for the past few years and have not paid one dime for it. It is impossible to catch some of you home and we feel that it would not be a disgrace if you were to mail in your money by P. O, or send it in by messenger. If we could get our money regularly we could afford a collector to get up the struggling ones. The Defender is not drinking up your money; it is giving you service and we want you to do you share. You cannot read this paper through in five minutes nor are you ashamed to open it on the street cars or any public place. We give you the best news as well as a high class of joyfulness. In order to keep this paper alive you must pal your subscription promptly and ask your grocer, your clothier and coal man why he does not advertise in the paper you read as other businesses do. We can't live without your support, so get busy and get the people you spend your money with to advertise. All those that do this will get a Dunbar book of poems. Lyons street, Tuesday last week the club m. Mrs. P. A. Bryson. 1 livered by Rev. J. R. 1 portance of Bible Study was very timely and im meeting was well atten few visitors were present Sunday, March 2, at 3 o Rev. I. A. Thomas, pastor Baptist church, will preach and friends of New Hope a ed to be present. The Sunday school will Easter Sunday by appropi cies for the occasion. HAVE A LAUGH WITH By Waldo L. Batson. Mamma, why did papa get g carly? He's not gray; he's a blond. Well, why did he get a early? Why are you sending away? Doctor says I need to en more. I wish I had married Mr. Why, did he ever proposed No; or else I'd be Mrs. H He—I was at a fortune t day and she said that I was get some money soon. She—Aren't you glad, dear He—Exceedingly glad. She—And did she say how? He—Yes; from your insurance AMUSEMENTS. The Largest, Best and Cheap Practical Music School in Chicago Conducted by W. L. JACKSON Teacher of All Brass and Stringed Instruments Violin, Piano, Mansolin and Gullar Visit the Free Monthly Recitals at our School by the Pupils OVER FAULKNER NOTION STORE Hours: 10 A; M. to 10 P. M. 3109 STATE BT., CHICAGO, ILL. Music Students ATTENTION Pupils are now being enrolled for the classes in the Study of Opera. For further information, inquire at the Studio of MRS. M. B. ANDESDON, Room 14, 3522 South State St., any afternoon. COLORED BOY MAKES REPUTA TION AS INDOOR BASEBALL PITCHER. By Julius N. Avendorph. As quiet as it is kept, there is a young boy of the race on the northwest side causing a riotous time from an enthusiastic standpoint, by the name of Blueitt, who is making an unusual reputation as a pitcher, and, by the way, this is the first instance of a boy of the race making a high school indoor baseball team as its regular pitcher. On the Lane Technical High School team in the Cook County Indoor Baseball league young Blueitt has pitched his way to a place in the league where he is recognized as the star pitcher of the league. I had the pleasure of being a guest at the game played between Lane and Medill High School teams on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25, at the Medill gymnasium. The general impression is that these games are only attended by students, but there was never a more mistaken impression. There is in a sense just as much science under more difficult circumstances as we see in the outdoor games. Blueitt is an unusually hard hitter, thereby making himself doubly valuable to his team. Lane is one of the few high schools in Chicago where the color question has always been obsolete. The boy of the race can deliver the goods he is given an equal chance with the white boy. Blueitt allowed only three hits and struck out nine men. In a game last week against the Marshall High School Blueitt struck out nineteen men and made four hits himself. IN CHICAGO AND SUBURBS (Continued from page 4.) Mrs. Julia Fitzgerald of 3433 Wabash avenue returned from St. Louis this week, where she was called recently to attend the funeral of her aunt. Mrs. J. H. Coleman, and little daughter Inez, flat 207 Mecca building, left the city a few days ago to spend the remainder of the winter with her mother in Uniontown, Ala. Feb. 1 Miss Bentrice Dawson, recently graduated from the Chicago Teachers' College in the department of household arts, was appointed instructor in domestic science in the Keith, Raymond and Mosely schools. The Chicago Beach hotel waiters are organizing a social club. Are you a lover of whist? Then do not fail to attend the second annual dancing party given March 4 at the Masonic hall by the Orchid Whist club. Come and dance the tango and hesitation with the Orchids at their dancing party March 4 at Masonic hall. The Jennie Hatcher Council, No. 1, of K. N. and D. T. of Taber, met the residence of Mrs. Belle Nueley, ash avenue, on Wednesday theon was ```markdown ``` A league has been formed by the walters, cooks and porters of Chicago for the benefit of regulating and bettering the working conditions. For further information come to the meetings, which are held every Thursday evening at the Negro Fellowship league, 2830 State street. Mrs. Mary Baker of Galesburg, Ill., returned home on Sunday after a visit of a few days to her sister, Mrs. Frank King, who has been quite ill for several weeks. OUT IN ENGLEWOOD. Weekly Letter from This Thriving Section of the City-All the News. reaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sabbath school at 12:30. C. E., 7 p. m. That there is great activity in all the departments is evinced by the increasing attendance. The pastor delivered an excellent sermon upon the subject, "Christology." The evening subject was, "Calamities," wherein the preacher cautioned his hearers against passing harsh judgments upon those who suffered great misfortunes. The lyeum exercise at four o'clock excelled all expectations, both in the high character of the program and attendance. The C. E. service was led by Miss Ora Brumfield. The committee of the Unity Club, who gave the musical, reported sixty and seventy-five cents ($90.55) Send sincere thanks to all who thum. Committee: Mrs. E. Eaignhead, Mrs. J. H. Carr, Mrs. M. Loyd, Mrs. L. Baily, Mrs. H. H. Midgett, president, Mrs. W. N. Hill, treasurer, Mrs. H. M. Jeffries, secretary. Mrs. T. H. Smith who has been sick for the last two weeks is convalescing, Mrs. Roane of 6209 Loomis street still confined to the hospital. The choir of Shiloh Baptist church preparing an especial program for ester. On March 13 the choir will sing at Bethesda Baptist church. Mable Brown of 6117 Loomis street, who has been sick for quite a time is a little improved. Mrs. B. Lear of 1317 W. 60th street entertained the Ideal Woman's Club last Friday. Mrs. Matthews of 6031 Loomis street gave her husband a birthday surprise Friday night. Among the guests invited were: Mr. and Mrs. Black, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jordan, Mrs. Rodgers and Mrs. Donaldson. The evening was spent in games and a fine luncheon was served. Pampered Child Handcanned. M. D. WILEY TO ENTER BUSINESS AGAIN. Mr. M. D. Wiley, formerly of this city, is now in San Francisco, Cal., preparing to open what is to be the largest pool and billiard parlor in the United States. It will have 150 tables. PETER H. M. D. Wiley. barber shop and baths. An up-to-date restaurant and buffet will also be attractive features. Through the Defender correspondent Mr. Wiley sends regards to all his friends. He says that there is no place like State street. EDITOR CAN'T STAND CRIT ICISM. Chicago Defender Correspondent Replies to Hon. J. W. Cook. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 28.—The following is clipped from a local paper: A Little Education is a Dangerous The charming Miss Luna Scott, manager of Scott's news depot, 328 State street, has taken upon herself the role of a critic for a certain Chicago colored sheet. Her attempted criticism of the participants of the concert given at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, under the direction of Mrs. Anna Gunther, goes to show that a little education is a dangerous thing. Her attempt as a critic was of the crudest kind. She simply went from the ridiculous to the extreme. We have pity on those people who think that they know, and do not. But the charming Miss Luna does not realize that she is doing herself more harm than the ones she is trying to injure. Miss Luna, take our advice. Throw away that pen, tear up your tablet and crush it to the ground, for as a critic you are a miserable failure. Stick to your original calling, otherwise you will destroy yourself, for a little education is a dangerous thing. We have only pity for Miss Luna, for she knows not what she does. As to "A Little education Is a Dangerous Thing": It is to be deeply regretted that the progressive local editor, the Hon. J. D. Cooke, took exception to the unbiased report of the program of Feb. 11 at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church, especially the part in which he participated. As a mouthpiece of the people with whom he is identified, something instructive and beneficial was expected from him. It was the consensus of public opinion that he deviated from this and went off on a tangent that was foreign to his subject. Let it be admitted that "a little learning is dangerous" to possess; none is far more dangerous. Public affairs are not exempted from criticism regardless of personal opinions, and it is useless to try to attack or protest if one is regarded as an utter failure, the esteemed editor, whom we greatly admire for his nerve, not excepted. In all walks of life there is a certain element that set themselves up as examples; were we to follow in their footsteps we would have our shortcomings as well as they. The Great Teacher himself was criticised, although unjustly, and did not resent it. He is a greater personage than a number of our present-day so-called leaders and educators. Of course, unjust criticism is the result of prejudice and pessimism, but true facts will always reign. Let us then be optimists, and when truthfully criticised let it be helpful rather than harmful. MUSICIANS SETTLE DIFFICULTY AMICABLY. Recent Trouble at the Washington Theater Over—President Smith of the Union Elated. The lion and the lamb are now lying down together. The recent trouble existing between the Musicians' Union, Local No. 208, and Mr. Charles Young, manager of the Washington Theater, in regard to employing white musicians has been amicably and satisfactorily settled. The men are back at work and everybody is pleased. Mr. J. Edward Smith, president of the local union, in speaking of the settlement, was very much elated and exuberant in his commendation of Mr. Young, and says the management should be congratulated for its selection of a man with so much discretion and judicial temperament. Answered. Girl's Father—Before consenting to your marriage with my daughter, I shrink like to know what you are we. Man—Well, I get $10 a week, out I am worth $50.-Lippincott's Magazine. UNBOUNDED LOQUACITY. There are some people who talk so much that they can't gain enough friends to listen to them.—Waldo Baston. WAS WITHIN PALE OF LAW Unfeeling Father Buried Child as One Might a Dog, but He Could Not Be Punished. Can a man be punished for failing to provide a Christian burial for his deceased infant child? In the recent case of Seaton vs. commonwealth, 149 Southwestern Reporter, 871, defendant was convicted on such a charge, and appeals to the court of appeals of Kentucky, the docket states. A child of the defendant having died, he set about to bury it. Taking some piece of rough board, he made a rude box to serve as a coffin. Although he had good lumber out of which he could have made a better and more presentable box, he said that he did not propose using his good lumber for this purpose. This box was taken to a point in the woods lot and a grave dug by two neighbors about two feet deep. Defendant brought the corpse from the house in a small paper box to where the grave was being dug, placed it upon the ground and assisted in digging the grave. When completed, the paper box with the corpse was placed in the wooden box and lowered. The grave was then filled to a level with the surrounding ground, defendant assisting by tramping the dirt as it was being put back into the grave. No services of any kind were heard at the grave. Do these facts constitute a crime? The court holds that it was the right of the defendant to select the place where his child should be buried, and he violated no law or duty in selecting a spot in the woods rather than in a cemetery. There is no rule of law defining how a corpse shall be dressed for burial, or the character of coffin or casket in which it should be incased, or the material out of which the box in which the coffin is to be placed shall be made, nor the depth of the grave; nor is it an offense not to notify relatives and friends so that they may be present at the interment, for they have no legal right to be present. There is no law imposing upon those having in charge the burial of the dead any duty to have the interment accompanied with religious ceremony. The court concludes with the following: "It was no doubt the extremely miserly and niggardly disposition manifested by appellant that aroused the indignation of his neighbors, causing the indictment, and ultimately induced the jury to assess the fine against him which it did. While, by the facts in the record, appellant is shown to be a man utterly lacked in parental instinct, he has kept himself within the pale of the law. At the conclusion of the evidence the trial judge should have directed a verdict in his favor." Public Men and Sleen. The declaration of Doctor Foertmeyer of Cincinnati, that seven hours of sleep are enough for any man, and that the fellow who indulges himself in the arms of Morpheus for a longer period every night is in danger of injuring himself, comes so closely upon the heels of President Wilson's flat that he must have nine hours that it is certain to start a controversy almost to end no here, for if there is one thing in which every man is a law unto Himself, it is in the matter of sleep. Ex-President Taft, normal man in every respect, enjoys as much sleep as President Wilson needs. Apparently there is no reason why President Wilson should not sleep as long as he likes, for Mr. Taft does. He retires at midnight usually, and arises only in time for a nine o'clock breakfast; so it will be seen that the routine of a president's day is not incompatible with weather bed indulgence. McKinley was a light sleeper, being a night owl and an early riser, while Grover Cleveland dearly loved to sit up until a late hour with a few cronies, evidently being of the opinion, as the poet has it, that the best way to lengthen one's days is to steal a few hours from the night. Bashful Youth Obeyed Orders. He was a nervous and flustered young man as he entered the court to give evidence in an important case. It was his first experience of publicity in any shape or form, and the amount of interest shown in his utterance—he who had never even addressed a meeting of the local debating society—went straight to his head. His replies, to say the least of it, were unintelligible. "Speak up! Speak up!" called counsel irritably at last. "The lady short-hand writer cannot hear a single word of what you're saying. Kindly turn towards her and speak to her." There was a moment's pause, while the young man blushed vividly. Then, to the amusement of the court, he rose from his chair, made a profound obeisance in the direction of the aforesaid mentioned young woman, and murmured bashfully: Buttoned the Peruke The king of Spain has ordered the buttons on the sleeves of servants who wait at his table to be cut off. This is not for economy, though the king is now, it is said, looking about for ways to reduce his expenses, but because of an awkward happening at a dinner given by the king at the palace of Madrid to two eminent financiers. One of these guests wore a peruke. One of the waiters as he was serving this financier hooked this peruke on a button of his sleeve and carried it away to the kitchen. Spanish etiquette is of too severe a character to permit laughter at such an incident. When the maladroit servant discovered what he had done he fled, carrying the peruke with him, and the financier left the palace bald-headed and in very bad humor. Step to Your Own Drum Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree: an oak. Shall he turn his spring into summer? Thorean THE CHICAGO DEFENDER MONASTERY OF ZICA Ancient Edifice in Servia That Was Built in 1207. Small Chapel of Tenth Century Contains Many Frescoes Perfectly Preserved, Except That Turks Shot the Eyes Out. Tschatschak, Servia.—The following narrative was written by a woman, who was the first of her sex to visit the Monastery of Zlica, near this city. She tells of her experiences in the ancient edifice. It follows: We got away from Tschatschak at two o'clock for the Monastery of Zlica, pronounced Schitscha, which stands high amid the mountains, five kilometers from Kraljevo. It was built in 1207 and is the monastery in which Servian kings are crowned, a special door being made for each and walled up after the ceremony. It was here that King Alexander Obrenowitsch, poor unfortunate, was crowned in 1892, and the present King Peter in 1904. Two hours more of climbing and we arrived at the Cabana of Studenitza, before the monastery gates. Inside, to our surprise, all was clean and well kept—the paths, the green turf, the trees laden with fruit and well cared for, and the beautiful marble church itself with its fine doors and dome. We were immediately received by the archimandrite (bishap), the head of the monastery, who seemed most delighted to see us and told me I was the first stranger woman he had ever received. We were at once taken upstairs into the guest rooms of the convent—a long corridor of clean boards, the only clean rooms I had seen since I left home. Here we took the inevitable slako and very good slivovitz and cabowitz, which is a liquor made from grapes, and then went into the churches—the first and oldest, a small chapel of the tenth century, full of old frescoes, in a perfect state of preservation—except that the Turks shot out the eyes of the saints when they occupied the convent. There are fourteen or fifteen small chapels—one behind the cathedral built by Stepan Urosch, grandson of the holy Simeon, who founded the convent in 1314. The cathedral, of white marble, built in the twelfth century, is the most beautiful monument of old Servia and well worth the long journey to see. Owing to a stupid addition, the beautiful old carved doors [Illustration of a church with a dome and a cross on top.] Monastery of Zica. Near Kraljevo, Servia. are now inside the church, but the entire interior is covered with frescoes depicting the birth of Christ and scenes from the lives of the saints, all very brilliant in color and (owing to the high, dry air, they say) in the most wonderful state of preservation. The church was built by Stephan Neumanja, king or emperor of Servia in the twelfth century. His son, the holy Sava, brought his bones from the monastery of Chlender on Mount Athos, where he had been buried, and was known by the name of Saint Simon, and they now repose in a much locked metal casket which the arch-mandrite, with quite unknown amiability, unlocked for us. First, he laid upon the breast a very holy cross, which he kisses, and kissed what I suppose was the head, for it was covered with an embroidered cloth, and we did likewise. Then we each laid a contribution in the casket, which, as Studentitza is very rich, it probably did not need in the least. It was quite a solemn ceremony, for after us came all the escort, and even the conchman, who as a devout Serb had the chance of his life, and afterward regarded us with quite another eye and much added respect. MOSQUITOS SWARM AT GATUN Malaria Bearers Bred In New Swamp Created by Canal Work in Panama. Panama.—Another health campaign on the Isthmus, such as Colonel Gorgas conducted, will probably have to be undertaken because of the creation of swamps by the rising of Gatum lake as the work on the spillway dam proceeds. Already from one large swamp so formed have come great swarms of mosquitos, which have settled over the town of Gatum. So thoroughly was the work of Colonel Gorgas done that mosquitos had been a rarity on the canal zone for six years, and the workers had come to be oblivious of danger from that source. So when the pests suddenly descended on Gatum there was amazement, followed by a rehearsal of old tales of yellow fever and malarial scourges, which bred not a little fear among the workers. Investigation has shown that these mosquitoes are not of the yellow fever-bearing kind, but the malarial type. An outbreak of malaria is feared, but this can be controlled much more easily than yellow fever. Efforts to kill off the mosquitoes so far have been unsuccessful. A thorough investigation of all swamplands is being made and preventive measures are being taken. BY E. L. TAIT. "Bad news, Missah Anderson." exclaimed old Jim, a venerable darky, putting his head in at the back door one morning just as his master, a farmer, in South Carolina, was sitting down to breakfast. "What's the matter, Jim?" inquired Anderson. "De prize ox is done took sick and is layin' down." Mr. Anderson went with Jim to the pasture to see the invalid ox, and together they exhausted the whole range of remedies known in bovine complaints. Decocotions of herbs, spicewood, pine tags, etc., were resorted to, but though copiously drenched with all these, the ox did not rally nor could six men with fence rails gain sufficient leverage to pry him up from the ground where he lay despondent. After spending the whole day in fruitless attempts to relieve the apparently dying animal, Anderson gave it up as a bad job about sundown and turned to go home, remarking to Jim as he started: "Anyway, I don't want to lose his hide, so you must come down here and skin him the first thing in the morning." The following morning Anderson rather expected Jim to appear with the hide at breakfast time. Over an hour passed, but still the negro did not arrive. "That pesky animal must be hard to skin," commented the farmer. At length, growing restless, he resolved to go and see for himself what the hitch was. As a matter of fact, he felt somewhat uneasy over old Jim's prolonged absence, and feared that he might have met with some mishap. The colored gentleman in question was not overburdened with brains, but his faithfulness was beyond doubt. If there was one thing that Jim prided himself upon more than another, it was his accuracy in carrying out instructions. With Jim, to hear was to obey, and he was never known to waste time in unnecessary argument. Therefore, Anderson reasoned, something extraordinary must have occurred to delay his trusted servitor. Great was his relief then, when half-way between the house and the pasture he met Jim, the perspiration standing in big beads on his shiny black skin, the ox hide waving, trophy-like, in his hand, while a look of beaming complacency overspread his face. "What in the world made you take so long, Jim?" asked his master. "Cause it was a awful job to ketch him, Missah Anderson," came the reply. "To catch him!" repeated the farmer, with a look of horrified surprise. "Yassah. He done gib me a heap ob trouble, dat ox did. I done chase him ober de pasture seben times 'fore he let me git him." "You—chased—him," gasped Anderson, faintly. "Yassah," continued Jim, proud of his efficient management. "Den I knock him on de haan an' kill him, an' den I skin him, as same as you tole it—It am a nice hide, too, Missah Anderson. Dere ain't no niggah on de place could a finer skinnin'. You kin aliers 'pend on ole Jim to do what yo' tells him." Visions of his favorite ox, as he appeared in the heydey of his prize-winning triumphs, arose in Anderson's mind, and the volume of his wrath swelled until it almost choked him. He stood for an instant, a figure of dumb, righteous rage, unable to find words to do justice to the occasion. At last he found his voice and, advancing a step, shook his fist in Jim's sable visage. "Yes, indeed," he said, "in-accents husky with uncontrollable bitterness." "I can depend on you—curse your black hide. Then, as though afraid to trust himself further, he thrust his clenched hands desperately into his pockets and strode swiftly away. Jlm stood watching the retreating figure, his mouth wide open and an expression of deeply injured innocence stamped upon his crestfallen face. Youth's Four Seasons For the small boy differing pains in his "tummy" and accidents mark the changing seasons. Spring entails being tied to a bow knot from the forbidden green apple, bruises from baseball and spankings for running away from school. In summer ice cream and "all-day suckers" hurt "Little Mary" and the premature explosions of Fourth of July pepper his epidermis with gunpowder. In autumn overindulgence in Thanksgiving turkey and mince pie call for first aid to the wounded, while captures or falls from trees while robbing orchards provide the bruises. Finally winter brings Christmas pudding and candy, with their mid-section pains, while skating, coasting and rocks in frozen snowballs attend to the bumps. Weaving in Shadow In one of the famous lace shops of Brussels there are certain retired rooms devoted to the weaving of the finest and most delicate lace patterns. These rooms are entirely darkened, save from the light from one small window falling directly upon the pattern. There is only one lace-maker in the room, and she sits where the narrow stream of light falls upon the thread she is weaving. "Thus," you are told by your guide, "do we secure our choiceest products. Lace is always more delicately and beautifully woven when the worker is in the dark and only her pattern is in the light." Pump Valued as a Cureo. A lead pump, said to be more than 200 years old, was produced at Bromley, Kent, England, police court, the other day, when three men were committed for trial on a charge of stealing it. The owner had acquired the pump for museum purposes, and it was stolen from a porch at his house. PORO HAIR GROWER WM. ADAMS SPECIAL SALE Months of January and February Only All $30 Suits for $25 All $35 8 A Big Selections of Bargains for Finest Materials from Home and A choice of over 1000 patte The LaVerdo Cafe an (Cafe Newly Opened) 3100-2 South State Str Chicago, Ill. Chinese and American Restaurant In Connection. High C HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietors Waiting for Business Is very poor business. The only way to do business in a business-like way is to make business. If you are in business and are not satisfied with the volume of business you have been doing, we would suggest that you take the business advice of one who makes it his business to make business for others. Your announcement in the column of this paper will bring you increased business. We can easily demonstrate to your satisfactory that waiting for business Is Not Good Dick W. Wittler is one of the most puzzled all London pantomime stories, the point of origin. Tradition says positively that it is a true story of a former lord major of London, and it certainly is true that a Richard Whittlin did marry his master's daughter and become chief citizen, but instead of being a homeless boy he was the son of a knight, Sir Willia Whittington. Italy, Brittany, Norway and Rußsia all have practically the same tale. The story also appears in a book by a Persian author, written years before the real Whittington was born. As It Is Talked In Boyville Two Fort Scott boys were quarrelling. "I'll knock your block off if you bother me," one of them said. "No you won't do it. You ain't man enough." "Well, maybe not," answered the first belligerent, "but I'm just tellin' you that I'm dern fool enough to try it if you give me any more of that talk" Many Have Wondered. The Professor--"You say you are engaged in some original research. Upon what subject?" The Sophomore--"I'm trying to discover why the ink won't flow from my fountain pen unless I place it in an upright position in the pocket of a light fancy vest." One on Solomon. Perry—Solomon himself admitted that he was puzzled by "the way of a man with a maid." Mrs. Perry—Well, he'd have been more excited over the way of a maid with a new set of dishes.—Judge. HOW THEY REFORMED. Some men have quit all their bad habits except the worst one.—Waldo Baston. PORO HAI Mme. Leora Smith one year after the use of Froo Hair Grower. WM. A SPECIA Months of January All $30 Suits for $25 A Big Selections of B Finest Materials from A choice of o Phone 518 Douglas Phone Douglas 4482 The LaVerdo C (Cafe New 3100-2 South Chicago Chinese and American Restaurant In Co HARRY J. KE Wher It may be the sun, " nected finally c The time .. the sun will light and he pens, howeve planets will worlds," like t. sort upon then. lated that the su out its heat som million of years ft He "Richard does very well," expi the school tach quick at learning this, dear?" aske ing to the letter Richard proudly, godder." Australians and New Zealand the greatest meat eaters in the The former eat 262 pounds of meat a year each and the latter 212 pounds Americans eat 185 pounds and the British only 130 pounds. Awkward Compliment She—envy Miss Playne. She plays so well that one forgets how she looks. He—but you look so well that one forgets how you play. Bringing Him to the Point. Her Father—Look here, young man, you've been hanging about here long enough; chooso quickly—either my daughter's hand or her father's foot. HOW THEY ARE CLASSED. If every lazy man would die today, we would lose a lot of politicians and self-made men—Waldo Baston. MME. 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Union Says He Will Recover Cannot Put Me Out in the ring But This Terrible Alliment Saps My Life Away; But I Am Jack Johnson and if the Almighty Permits I Will Be in the Ring Again; Let the Flowers and Kind Words Come Now, Not After I Am in My Coffin." Mr. John Arthur Johnson, champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, who has been ill at his residence, 3344 Wabash avenue, for the past week with pneumonia, is not dead as reported but in a precarious condition. The latest reports from the bedside decky that the champion is still holding his own. He is optimistic to the fullest extent of the word and wants to be quoted as follows: "Tell the world that I will recover; they cannot put me out in the ring but this terrible alliment seemingly saps my Life away. But I am Jack Johnson and in the Almighty permits I will be in, the ring again. Please let the flowers 'and kind words come now and not after I am in my collin." Friends Besiege House. Friends message proof. Ever since the announcement of the illness of the champion his home has been besieged by countless numbers of friends. Two secretaries have been kept busy answering telephone calls while his mother and sisters have endeavored to satisfy his intimate friends. Dr. Carter and his assistants are in constant attendance and every means known to medical science has been used to bring him back to health. Early next week the champion with a large retinue of servants will be off to Cuba. His medical advisers have decided that only a change of climate will be of benefit. His mother, his wife and his sisters will accompany him. The champion will not take any automobiles with him but he has arranged for one or two when he arrives at his destination. Miss Flynn and a substitute nurse will accompany the party but, as before said, the champion expects to meet every and any opponent. of Fresh. Air essary Deaths White. Profes the University es White, professor $ \mathrm{U} $ i n g u e r o f P l i t s ent issue of the Bul- merican Academy of ses in a most inter- question of conserva- er calling attention to birth rate all over the especially in one of the d states, namely, Rhode in 1910 there were only many us as were re- "Opposed in a army of child- one way or an- supply is a grow- ationists to which great aim of this is to conserve and selflessness those chil- ne vigilance of their born. To us every are of growing value, and upon it in feeding Dr. White says: "The cost money the mone, in food, clothing and is greatly increased by if the baby dies, is a to-mong the expenses at sickness is the great nents due to the infection story tract, such as ade-colds, bronchitis, etc., complications." Dr. White, and the assortions will not impossible to com- and suffering diseases or even the foundations laid more serious maladies The common colds, and tonsils, adenoids, etc., cause more sickness other thing or group of are, therefore, the sourceatest loss and loss. Dr. White no. such schools under his care, on the open air treatment of the infectious children, and one, the first of them, for children culled from the inmates in a large orphanage. And it is simply miraculous, he tells us, how quickly the almost universal coughs, running noses, and sputum of the children clear up with more food, fresh air and rest; how rapidly the tonsils reduce in size and how free they remain from future infections unless a return is made to the former unhealthful conditions. SPARKS FROM THE RAIL, Winston's Spicy Gossip of Men and Events in the Railroad World. By John R. Winston. Mr. Beecher Todd, of Chicago, spent a few days at home on his relief from off the South Western division of the Chicago, Great Western Ry Co. service on cafe car 160, as head chef, under Mr. A. O. McNair, the conductor. Get the Chicago Defender if you wish to know what is going on in the railroad world among the men of the race. You get the facts, so it pays to read a paper like the Chicago Defender. See Mr. John R. Winston, the train porter. He will take your subscriptions, $1.50 year, in advance. His address, 4015 Cottage Grove avenue. Mr. I. R. Henderson, 7726 Wabash avenue, flat F, is in the service of the Chicago, Great Western Ry Co., between Hayfield, Minn., and Rochester, Minn., in buffet service. Mr. Henderson made his departure from the city Feb. 20, on train No. 5. Mr. Jesse B. Gray, 5257 Dearborn street, is holding a position as porter in Pullman service on trains 7 and 8, the Rocky Mountain limited trains over the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company's lines to Denver, Colo. Mr. Jesse B. Gray ordered Mr. Winston to have the Chicago Defender sent to the above address for his wife and daughter. Mr. W. J. Wright, 6113 Morgan street, is in the buffet service of the Chicago, Mwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. This man is better known on the South Side as Jack Wright (the plunger). Messrs. Deacon Tyler and Patton are still hitting the ball over on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad company's lines to St. Louis, Mo., in Pullman service. Deacon Tyler was seen on the stroll Sunday night on his release as his wife was playing at the Monogram. AFFAIRS IN MILWAUKEE. The Rights of the Race Assailed—The Booker T. Washington Forum Meets—Other News. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 28.—The Woman's Improvement Club celebrated their fourth anniversary at Freie Gemeinde Hall Tuesday evening, February 25. The principal speaker of the evening was Mr. Cary B. Lewis of Chicago, the great literary star and journalist associated with the Indianapolis Freeman. The best local talent rendered the remainder of the program, among whom were Mrs. N. Luker, Miss J. Burgette, Miss M. N. Artist, Mr. Helms and others. It was a brilliant affair and the club is to be congratulated on its excellent work that is being done for the uplift of humanity. · Assemblyman L. H. Palmer was appointed to the B. T. Washington Forum as special delegate to Madison to intercede for the race in regards to the intermarriage bill that was recently introduced in the legislature. Through Mr. Palmer's influence it is believed that the bill will be defeated. Mrs. Wm. M. Alexander has returned after having spent several delightful months in the south. A casual observer would hardly believe this to be the Lenten season, owing to the number of social and educational events that have occurred and are occurring. The Chicago Defender is on sale at Scott's news depot, 328 State street. All news, social and otherwise, may be left there. A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH OFFER Chicago Defender Photographer to Enlarge Pictures for a Limited Time for $1.25. We have made arrangements with T. Langston, our staff photographer, to put a special price on enlargements for a limited time. Almost every family has the photograph of some one whom they would like a large picture of. Mr. Langston has agreed to make a full 11 by 14 enlargement from any photograph or other likeness, and to mount it all ready for framing at the small price of $1.25. The regular price of these pictures is $3.50, and this offer is made only for a limited time. Mall the photo you wish enlarged to our office, and enclose with it a twenty-five cent piece, which amount will be deducted from the cost, the balance not to be paid until picture is delivered. All the work is guaranteed by us. Remember, this offer holds good for only a limited time, so send pictures in as soon as possible. Address, The Chicago Defender, Photographic Dept., 3159 State St., Chicago, Ill. How Life Is Made Interesting. Life, to be interesting, must be a series of contrasts. There may be discord today, but harmony tomorrow. The balance of power comes through not being too overwhelmed by sorrow, nor too intoxicated by joy. Her Intent. "That dressmaker's model always wears a long wrap when she goes out." "Hers is evidently a stinker motive. She wants to cloak her designs." YOUR EDUCATION. To know how much we have got in the bank, some of us to know very much—W "What Is What?" and "Who Is Who" in These Progressive Suburbs. By Edwin H. Green. Riverside, Feb. 28.—The Ladies' Lyceum Culture club met Feb. 20 at the home of Mrs. Helen Green on Sawyer avenue, La' Grange. A large number were out and enjoyed the evening. After the regular business was dispensed with, an hour was spent in fancy needle work, which was instructive and beneficial. This is only one of the many useful things that this progressive club has taken up. The club received one new member in the person of Miss Alice Woodard of Riverside. Mrs. Green served the ladies with hot cocoa, sandwiches, cake and ice cream. The building fund of the Second Baptist church met last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gaines in Riverside. While it was one of the most disagreeable nights of the winter the meeting was a perfect success. Among the visitors present were Mrs. Preston Kemper, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Miss Dolly Frenchie. Tuesday night they met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brown of La Grange. This was a very important meeting as there is only one more meeting before the rally, which is Sunday, March 9. The president of the club, Mrs. Richard Gaines, deserves an unusual amount of credit for her efforts, which, we are satisfied, will overreach by far the $200 she started out to raise, $81.45 having already been paid into the treasury. Aside from this there is a penny fund amounting to more than $78, with $150 of pledge money to be paid on rally. To get together a club consisting of only about eighteen members scattered through three small villages and keep them intact, free from strife, discontent and jealousy is no easy task, and in accomplish this it has been a trying ordeal for the president, who is anxious that each one shall receive all the credit that is justly theirs. The last meeting will be held at the church in La Grange Friday evening, March 7. Visitors are cordially invited to be present. The services of the Second Baptist church were well attended last Sunday. At the morning service Rev. Green's theme was, "How to Obtain Wealth as God Desires It." At 3 p. m., Sunday school; 7 p. m., B. Y. P. U.; 7:45, preaching, subject, "The Great Mote Hunter." So well was the subject expounded by Rev. Green that many who sat in the audience with smiling faces the Sunday previous never realized before that they belonged to the class of mote hunters and were dumbfounded when they realized what a large beam was in their own eye. Sunday, March 9, which is rally day, the services will start at 1 p. m., at which time a great missionary meeting will take place under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Bethlehem Association. The program will consist of: Devotionals—Scripture designed to lead us to good works, Jas. 1:25; 2 Timothy 3:16; led by Mesdames R. Butler and L. Bryant. Solo, Mrs. M. Baty. Round table, "How to Render Best Service to Church, Community and Foreign Field." Solo, Mrs. R. Ramsey. Introduction of officers of Bethlehem Association, Solo, Winfy. Remarks, President of Missionary Circle, Rev. O. W. Green. Solo, Della R. Brown. 3 p. m., preaching by Rev. Dr. S. L. M. Francis, D. D., moderator of the Bethlehem Association and dean of the theological school. 4 p. m., remarks by Mrs. Richard Galanes, president of Building Fund Club, after which contributions for the rally will be received. 7 p. m., B. Y. K., a leaderess meeting. At 7:45 Elder H. E. McWilliams of Elgin will preach. This is a missionary call from a small church doing the work of a large church. Come out and give your assistance. Last Sunday was juvenile Sunday at the Progressive Sunday club. The children rendered a program that was worthy of a larger number of the older members. Mrs. Roberts, who has charge of the children, made some apologies for a few minor mistakes. Most of us realize the strain under which Mrs. Roberts has gone in the past month. The death and sickness that has been in her immediate family has brought much sadness and yet with it all she brought to us through untiring efforts a program that was commendable. Remarks of encouragement were made to the children by Mrs. Sisco, Mr. Cook and your correspondent. Mr. W. H. Roberts, Mrs. Cobb, Mr. Robert Jackson and Mrs. Dunlap are among the sick of our number. The South before the war old folks concert given by the Home and Foreign Missionary society was without a doubt the most enjoyable concert given in La Grange in years. It was a complete success in every way. Everybody played their part to perfection before a crowded house. It was Mrs. Rev. O. W. Green who suggested the concert and to her much credit is due. IN THE FOX RIVER VALLEY. Aurora, Elgin, Batavia—The News of the Week From These Interesting Suburbs. The Frances Willard W. C. T. U. met with Mrs. Rosa Catlett. Owing to the severe storm the supper that was given at the home of Mrs. Rosa Catlett was not very well attended. --- ALGEBRA HARMFUL TO GIRLS Any Mathematics Higher Than Adding Up Grocery Bill Useless, Declares Writer. I have received a letter from an anxious mother. It will be unnecessary to print it, for what I am going to write in answer will tell thousands of fond parents just what was in the letter. Here is my answer, writes Edgar Lucien Larkin in the New York American. Your daughter is in a precarious mental state. You ask me what to do, and I gladly reply. Burn her algebra; or, far better, let her tear out the leaves and cast them one by one into the fire, and then the cover. Take her out of school and go with her to moving picture shows. Take her to the country, give the harassed and tired mind a rest. Never let her eyes look upon an algebra again. Neither she nor any other girl has, or ever will have, any use for algebra. Upon recovery of her mental polite return her to the public school. Then, if any attempt is made to force the torture of algebra upon her, take her out and send her to a private school where differences, yes, differences, between minds are allowed for in instruction. Do anything, teach her yourself or employ a private teacher, anything to prevent her fine being seared and withered for life by the horrors of difficult equations for which she never can have any earthly use. Teach her things that she and every other girl ought to knew. Now, here are rigid mentalogical facts, and from teaching I know whereof I speak. The minds of girls and boys are decreed and set by nature at such wide differences that they may be regarded almost as different beings or personalities. It is useless to deny this. Coeducation is the limit of absurdity. Teach girls facts that they ought, by demands of nature, to know; also boys, but not in the same school. Even the two buildings should differ in almost every way in plan and design. And the minds of the teachers of boys should be so very different from those of girls that comparison can scarcely be made. It is almost infinitely better for a girl to be thoroughly taught how to cure croup, sudden asthma, colds, fevers, burns, scalds, cuts and broken bones, how to treat and care for children, than to know any mathematics higher than "household mathematics," consisting of adding up grocery bills. Almost daily I see children in the cars on their way to school, and girls are laden with useless algebraes. Now here is the law: Any study loathed by any student is a positive, and, in multitudes of cases, a permanent, injury to mind and brain. That ancient and horrific error that algebra disciplines the mind should be annihilated. Pardonable Gruffness Capt. Robert C. Warr, about to retire from sea life after forty-nine years of it, said to the Campania: "Yes, it is true that sea captains are sometimes annoyed by passengers who think they know more about navigation than the navigator himself. "I know a captain to whom a pas- "I know a captain to whom a pass senger once said: "What town is this we are ap proaching, cap?" "Dwerten, sir." "No, cap, you are mistaken. Look at this map here. According to this map it's Fordham-on-Tue." "The captain said nothing, and a moment later the passenger asked: "What channel is that, captain? "Egg channel, sir." "Why, man, you're wrong again! The map gives it as Mellins channel." "Three or four times this sort of thing went on. Then the passenger, pointing to a gull, said: "What kind of a gull is that, cap?" "Look at your map and find out, the captain griffy answered." Lenten Laws. Few people understand why eggs play so important a part in Easter celebrations. The reason is that the mediaeval law forbade, eggs during Lent, and, hence, at Easter the hungry mediaeval populace returned to their favorite dish with rejoicing. With us today, when Lent no longer forbids eggs, there is no reason for featuring them upon our Easter Sunday breakfast menu. But we do so—it is the pretty survival of an obsolete custom. In Elizabeth's time he who ate flesh during Lent was fined three pounds sterling. He who so much as had meat in his house was pilloried or set in the stocks. But the rich, as usual, dodged the harsh Lenten laws, and they who could afford it bought licenses to eat meat in Lent. For these licenses a lord was charged 26 shillings, a knight fourteen shillings and a commoner seven shillings. Plant That Coughs. All have heard of carnivorous plants, of laughing plants, and of plants that weep; but who has heard of a plant that coughs? There is the authority of a French botanist, however, for the statement that a plant in various tropical regions actually possesses the power to cough in the most approved manner. The fruit of this plant resembles the common broad bean. It appears that the coughing plant is something of a crank, that it easily works itself into a rage, and that it has a curious horror of all dust. As soon as a few grains of dust are deposited on its leaves the air chambers that cover their faeces and are the respiratory organs of the plant become filled with gas, swell, and end by driving out the gas with a slight explosion and a sound that resembles so much the cough of a child suffering from a cold as to carry a most uncanny sensation to the one beholding the phenomenon. Musical Flat. "I wish you'd kindly ask your daughter to practice her vocal lessons at some other hour," said the fond mother of the flat above. "What for?" asked the fond mother of the flat below. "It interferes with my son's cornet practice." -Detroit. Free. Press. --- MILESTONES ON LIFE'S PATH Octogenarian Says There Are Three, and One Is Mark of Joy, but the Other Two! An octogenarian sighed and said: An octogenarian sighed and said: "There are three milestones in a man's life. The first, a very joyous milestone, is when he ceases to be called a boy, and for the first time hears himself called 'a young man.' Ah, how happy that makes him! A young man. "The second milestone is a milestone of gentle melancholy. It is when he ceases to be called a young man and for the first time hears himself called 'a man.' A man—not a young man any longer. That causes him to take thought. What has he achieved thus far? Is his life going to be a success or a failure? A man, not a young man now, eh? How fast the years have flown! So he muses ruefully. "The third milestone is a tragedy. It is when he is first called 'an old man.' Ah, how that, stabs him. 'An old man.' He will never forget the innocent person—the child, the youth, or perhaps the girl—who first applied that phrase to him. He will never forget the scene of its application, a happy scene, perhaps, which suddenly turns funeral. dreadful. 'An old man'—he who first hears those words applied to himself quivers, for all his wrinkles and gray beard, for all his fat stomach and bald head, with an anguish more poignant than youth has ever felt. An old man—how it cuts and tears. How it saps the strength! What a heavy, limp, hopeless feeling of desolation it leaves behind it. "I am 80. I have heard myself called an old man for a good many years now. But it always tortures me. It is the literal truth that, even at this late day, I'd rather get a blow in the face than be called old. It would hurt less." NEW NOVEL BY MRS. CURTIS "The Lapse of Enoch Wentworth" is a Romantic Story Built on ingenious Incident. Some time ago Francis Curtis wrote what he designed to be a short story about two men who played a hand at poker, the winner to become absolute possessor of the loser's future. He showed it to his wife, Isabel Gordon Curtis, author of "The Woman From Wolverton." "It is not a short story," she obJECTED. "It is merely an incident which must shape the careers of two men." "If you can visualize a future for them," he replied. "do it." So much Mrs. Curtis tells in the dedication of "The Lapse of Enoch Wentworth," the novel she has built upon her husband's sketch. It is an ingenious and romantic story, the scenes of which are laid in New York. All for Fun. There seems to be a frivolous strat taking hold of civilization, ruling out sobr.SJV, earnestness, sincerity and making the times one universal grin. If it keeps on this way for fifty years, there won't be a serious thought left. Everybody will be 'telling a funny story or getting off an anecdote. The joke will everywhere prevail in conversation. The mention of a scientific fact, a historic incident, a bit of philosophy, etc., will be ruled out of society. If a man wants to talk Literature, science, invention, philosophy, he will have to decoy some doleful soul into a back room and talk in the most confidential tone. At least that is to the way everything seems to be tending. Society shimmers and sparkles along on the surface, and will not allow a serious thought to throw a shadow on it. Sit down to dinner, it's a laugh from soup to coffee. A committee meeting has more fun than it does business. Hilarity is running things everywhere, and if he only holds on a white, he will be the chief ruler of all mankind. And the upshot of it will be that a man will be so lonesome when he is by himself that he will commit suicide, and of course there will be many, for it will be the dearest of existence not to be telling or listening to a funny story.—Ohio State Journal. Had to Argue or Pay a Debt. "Temple Stanyon," says Doctor Birch, "on some exigency borrowed a sum of money of Mr. Addison, with whom he lived on terms of intimacy and friendship, conversing on all subjects with equal freedom. But from this time he agreed implicitly to everything Addison advanced, and never, as formerly, disputed his positions. This change of behavior did not long escape the notice of so acute an observer, to whom it was by no means agreeable. It happened one day that a subject was started, on which they had before controverted; but now Mr. Stanyon entirely acquiesced in Mr. Addison's opinion, without offering one word in defense of his own. Addison was displeased, and vented his displeasure by saying with some emotion, "Sir, either contradict me or pay me my money." Unconventional titles "Squirchley, some of your friends say you're not as big a fool as you look, but you are." "If you glance at the dollar watch of yours, Mr. Lingerlong, you will find it about time to say good night." "You have dropped in on me, old top, I suppose, because you've been kicked out of all other places." "Yes, I saw what the papers said about you this morning. Bingo. They called you a sport, a dead beat, and a walking confidence game. Worse than that—they proved it on you." What She Had Missed. There were two suitors for Miss Murphy's hand. One was a grocer named O'Flaherty, whom her father and mother strongly urged her to marry, and the other was a publican named Finnegan. Mary herself favored the latter, and in the end married him. One day when she was setled in her new home she visited her parents and showed them a new gold watch her husband had given her. "Ah," said the mother, disapprovingly, "if yed took my advice and yer father's advice, Mary Ann, 'tin' a gold watch yed be having in yer pocket, but a good eight-day clock." 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