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Chicago to Have Afro-American Councilman VOLUME IX. NUMBER S. Chicago Haitians Expel All Sec RACE TO SET PRECEDE NOMINATING W. R. C GIVE A CLEAN M Best Chance to Put a Member of the Ra Body in City's Gover NOMINATE HIM AT TUESD Then Vote for Him at the April Election Your Children and Your RACE TO SET PRECEDENT BY NOMINATING W. R. COWAN GIVE A CLEAN MAN A CHANCE Best Chance to Put a Member of the Race in the Most Important Body in City's Government. NOMINATE HIM AT TUESDAY'S PRIMARY. Then Vote for Him at the April Election and Protect Your Home, Your Children and Your Property. eration The people of Chicago, tired of lagging behind Baltimore and Philadelphia, have decided that they need Afro-Americans in the City Council. An alderman of the race has been the dream of a certain element of our citizens for many years past. The desire advanced to several well-meant efforts, but somehow they always failed. Taking the first advantage of the new direct primary law, a candidate has been selected in the person of William R. Cowan. Under the direct primary law the old and much abused custom of having some political boss or set of men to dictate who shall be a candidate of a party for the various elective offices has been done away with. Now the voters express their preference by voting direct for the person whom they desire to be the party candidate. Mr. Cowan is to represent the Second ward, which has the largest number of Afro-American voters of any ward in the city. Mr. Cowan desires the nomination on the Republican ticket. He wants to be the regular Republican candidate for alderman, so the men and women voters will have no trouble in making him their choice. Ardent Race Lover The voters of the Second ward will make no mistake in nominating and electing Mr. Cowan the first Afro-American alderman in Chicago. He is a young man with a clean record who has always stood out as an ardent lover of his race. Friends and opponents alike of "Bill" Cowan, as his intimates call him will concede the fact that the one great characteristic of him is his intense love for his race. Although never a candidate for office before, he has never lost an opportunity to praise his people, and to the honors that they have bestowed upon him in clubs and fraternal orders he has brought an intense spirit of devotion and enthusiasm to do that is not only worthy but which has always kept him in the foreground as a reliable leader. If elected, the Second ward will have a shrewd business man as its representative, one with a keen knowledge of men gained in the active participation in the real estate business for many years. The Morning After. With a member of the race in the City Council Chicago again steps forward. Famed the world over for always taking the initiative in things for the uplift of the race, this step—this precedent in local politics—will give to the race that confidence that the other fellow always knew they lacked and used it for his own gain. The morning after election, when the voter awakes and finds victory spread all over his banner and remembers how easy it was for him to come into his own, he will be surprised. Principle is the keynote in the Second ward from now on. Of course the man counts, but when Mr. Cowan's term as alderman expires another Afro-American must take his place. If worthy, it is up to the voters to give him another term; but the City Council goes on forever and the race's representatives must increase according to their voting strength. How to Vote. Tuesday next, Feb. 24, is primary election day. The polling places are open from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. Go to your prefectnet polling place and ask for a Republican ballot (as his name cannot be voted on any other) and put a cross in the square opposite the PRUDENTIAL BANK ELECTS OFFICERS The Wall Street of the South-All Stock Sold. (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 20—Dr. U. G. Mason has been elected president of the Prudential Savings Bank, and W. W. Hadnot cashier, and the financial condition of the bank is in excellent shape and all the stock taken. The Prudential is one of the most convictively conducted banks in the HAMPTONIANS MAKE MERRY VALENTINE NIGHT Miss Lulu Wilson Entertains Guest—Editor R. S. Abbott Sets Table. The Valentine party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chark Buster, 5426 Dearborn street, by Miss Lulu Wilson was one of the events of the season. It will be recorded in the history of the Hampton Club as one to be always remembered. All of the popular games were indulged in. The table was beautifully decorated under the direction of Mr. R. S. Abbott, the president of the club. The members were seated by the fancy cards that bore their names. The welcome address was delivered by Mr. Buster. The response was made by Mr. R. S. Abbott. The musical program was arranged by Mrs. Essie Wilson. Miss Lulu Wilson is classed among Chicago's greatest social entertainers. It was stated by some of the students that they could not find words to express their thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Buster and Miss Wilson. All departed at an early hour regretting that they could not remain longer. J. B. Sheet, vice president, acted as master of ceremonies. METROPOLITAN BENE- FIT ASSOCIATION REAPS HARVEST (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Newark, N. J., Feb. 20.—The Metropolitan Mutual Benefit Association at Newark, N. J., of which H. W. Barrett is president and general manager, is doing a very excellent business and paying claims promptly. DEMAND FOR RACE NEWSPAPERS STEADILY GROWS A. D. Hays, South State Street News Dealer, Says That More Afro-American Productions Are Read Than Ever Before—Ofen Runs Out of Chicago Defender. Mr. A. D. Hayes, the wideawake news Dealer at 3640 State street, is another agent who attests to the increasing popularity of the Chicago Defender. Having saved a little money and tiring of railroading, he purchased a stock of stationery, notions and cigars and opened his present place about two years ago. A large acquaintance at once made his establishment the mecca for "knights of the road," and success has crowned his efforts. The Chicago Defender has always been on his stand. He began with five copies. Now he has a standing order of 150 per week. Oftimes the demand is greater than the supply. Speaking of race literature the other night, Mr. Hayes said that the demand was steadily growing, especially for newspapers. "I handle all of the newspapers published throughout the United States. Many of my customers read as many as three or four different papers. More race literature is read now than ever before." The Chicago Defender is the favorite, as my report will show." Mr. Hayes is an enthusiastic Y. M. C. A. worker and numbers among his patrons many members of that institution. MORE WORK AT GARY Gary, Ind., Feb. 20—(Special)—Men who want work are needed here. Seven out of eight blast furnaces in the Gary steel mills are now in operation. The Seventh was blown in last week to sup- ply the demand for pig iron. Full operation will be resumed March 1. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21; 1914. WHAT WILL TEDDY ROOSEVELT SAY? Strenuous Ex-President to Speak in Washington—Speculation Rife as to His Talk—U. S. to Start Inquiry in an Endeavor to Help the Unemployed. (Special To The Chicago Defender.) Washington, Feb. 20.—"What will Teddy say?" is a question of absorbing interest to the Afro-American citizens in this city. Every member of the race and practically every politician here sat up and took notice last week when it was announced that the National Geographic Society had a promise from Theodore Roosevelt that he would deliver a lecture before it as soon as he returns from South America. Of course the politicians are not at all anxious to hear what Mr. Roosevelt will have to say about the jungles, snakes and alligators, but they are all keenly interested in knowing what he is going to do next fall politically. U. S. to Seek Jobs for Idle. Stirred by reports that thousands of men and women are out of work in the industrial centers of the country, the federal commission on industrial relations has begun a general inquiry into the question of furnishing work for the unemployed. Four special agents, one of whom will go to Chicago, have been directed to make a prompt report on the number of unemployed persons in the principal industrial centers from Boston to Kansas City. The investigation will include a critical analysis of the operation of private and public employment agencies. The purpose of the commission is to gather material for the preparation of a measure establishing a federal employment bureau to serve as a clearing house for public and private agencies, to put the employers and the unemployed in touch with one another. DEPARTMENT STORE TO BE LAUNCHED AT NATION'S CAPITAL (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.—Mrs. Julia Mason Layton has been re-elected president of the People's investment Company, which expects shortly to launch a department store at a convenient point on Seventh street Northwest. The capital stock is $50,000. When $5,000 is raised among the colored people a capitalist is ready to advance the rest and provide for the opening of the store. Mrs. Layton is laboring to get 5,000 Negroes to subscribe $1 each—and the thing is done. James L. Neill is secretary of the company and Shelby J. Davidson is chairman of the board of directors. The office is in the Dietz building, Seventh and F streets. LAWYERS' NIGHT AT BETHEL LITERARY Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.—W. Juslin Carter of Harriburg, Pa., was the principal speaker Tuesday evening, "lawyers' night," at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church under the auspices of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association. His theme was "The Realm of Truth." Other speakers were Judge Robert H. Terrell, Attorneys W. L. Houston, J. L. Nell, Jabez Lee, Professor G. W. Cook of Howard University, Rev. W. C. Brown of John Wesley Zion Church, and others. Mr. S. M. Dudley presided. The audience was large and representative. Lawyer Carter is an alumnus of Howard University. (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Boley, Oka., Feb. 20—W. S. Madden conducts one of the most up-to-date merchant tailoring establishments to be found in Boley, Oka., and W. E. Clarke of Little Rock, Ark., has also demonstrated that he can be successful in the tailoring business when he gives service, style and quality. BUSINESS LEAGUE'S NEW MEMBERS Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 20—There is a big revival of interest in the Kansas City local league, and seventy-five new members is the result. F. J. Weaver, the president, largely attributes the increased membership and increased interest to the recent visit of the national organizer. TUSKEGEE GRAD- UATE OPERATES DRY GOODS STORE (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 20.—R. D. Tahorn conducts a dry goods and notion store in Tulsa, Okla. Mr. Tahorn is a former Tuskegee student, and has introduced the Tuskegee spirit in Tulsa. Takes Two Prisoners From Unresisting Sheriff—Snaps Fingers at Entire Town and Lynches One Man on Public Bridge. PASSENGERS COWED BY GUNS. Most Daring Outrage Perpetrated This Year, But State Officials Take No Action—Mockery in Name of Town. (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Pass Christian, Miss., Feb. 20.—From Love Station comes the report of a lynching Monday that for daring THE NEW COUNCILMAN. T. WILLIAM RANDOLPH COWAN and spectacular features eclipsed any outrage perpetrated in the South this year. A mob of masked men, estimated to be about 50, held up an illnoll Central train, cowed the crew and passengers and took two Afro-American prisoners from an unresisting sheriff. The two prisoners were "Buck" Johnson and "Bill" Phillips, who were in charge of Sheriff Nichols of Desoto County. The trio were en route to Hernando from Batesville for a preliminary trial for the alleged killing of J. K. Ingram. Commit Outrage at High Noon. It was high noon when the outlaws stopped the long train and secured the prisoners. The sheriff heavily armed did not fire a shot. The mob marched their viptims through the town, snapping their fingers at the citizens. Their destination was the Coldwater public bridge, where they quickly lynched Johnson. For some unexplained reason they liberated Phillips, but later he was rearrested and cast into jail. No hand has been raised to even investigate (?) the putrage. The State officials are asleep. Even the name of place where the crime was committed is a mockery to law and order. MRS. J. W. WILLIAMS' DELICATESSEN STORE Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 20.—One of the largest garages in Tulsa, Okla., is the East End Garage, owned and conducted by J. W. Williams. Mr. Williams' wife conducts a large and successful delicatessen and fruit stand, and from the profits she has made out of the business she has erected a three-story; brick business block, which is yielding her a fine revenue. Mrs. Williams is regarded as one of the most progressive business women in the Southwest. CHICAGO SINGER MAKES HIT IN SOUTH (Special to The Defender.) Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 20.—Madame Marie Peek Merrill, of Chicago, and Miss Alice Simmons gave a brilliant concert here last week. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ENGAGE SPECIAL TALENT FOR BENEFIT St. Joseph Lodge No. 5 of South Bend Makes Elaborate Preparations for Event—Other City News. (Special to the Chicago Defender.) South Bend, Ind., Feb. 20.—M. Garnett Clay, manager and director of the benefit to be given by St. Joseph's Lodge No. 51, K. of P., has engaged Mr. George Davis, and Mr. Tyler B. Martin to appear in their new sketch entitled "The Opossum Inspectors." Mr. Martin will appear in the character of "Beans," and Mr. Davis as "Figures." Mr. J. Brown Mickey of Richmond, Ind., is registered at the Hotel Royal. Mr. Leroy Glore has taken bachelor apartments at the Royal. Mr. Charles Kittrell is able to be out again after being indisposed for several days. We are glad to see him around his old familiar haunts. The formal dance given by the Silver Leaf social club Thursday, February 12, was a success. Mr. Allen Smith was leader of the grand march. Many beautifully gowned ladies were [Image of a person's arm extended forward, with the hand resting on the shoulder.] present. Mr. William Gordon, groomed in the very latest evening suit, was the cynosure of all admiring feminine eyes. CHICA 30 MEDICAL GRADUATE WINS HONOR IN EAST Washington, February 20—(Special). —The last issue of the New York Medical Journal publishes a story of the awarding of first prize. $25, for the best essay on "Treatment of Frostbites," to Dr. Ulysses S. Houston, a young physician of this city. The Medical Journal publishes Dr. Houston's article in full. Dr. Houston graduated from the Loyola Medical University of Chicago in 1913, and late, located in this city, his home. He is a younger brother of William L. Houston, former grand master of the Fellows. MUNICIPAL STORE READY FOR BUSINESS South Side Citizens Can Purchase Food at Cost at 5046 South Halsted Street. Attention of South Side Households is called to the new municipal store, 5046 South Halsted street, which was opened this week. All sorts of food supplies can be purchased there at cost prices. W. G. ANDERSON'S NEW SOUTHSIDE OFFICE Mr. William S. Anderson has opened a new suite of offices at 3101 State street for the accommodation of his South Side clients. He can be found there every evening. He occupies rooms 5 and 6. Those desiring to consult him at other times will find him at his main office, 143 N. Dearborn street. Telephone Auto 44-185. TAFT LAWYER WANTED. A Chicago Defender reader wishes the address of an attorney doing business in Taft, Okla. Address this office. 20. WOMEN TO SHOW LOYALTY BY CASTING FIRST BALLOT FOR COWAN, FOR ALDERMAN Second Ward Women Determine to Use Their Power to Better Themselves and Strengthen the Race. ASSERT MEN NEEDED THEIR ASSISTANCE. Garbage Question, Children's Playgrounds, Ventilation in Public Places, Supervision of "Movies" Important Matters to Them. MISS CELIA M. MALLETT CELEBRATES HER 18th BIRTHDAY. Elaborate Course Dinner Enjoyed at Parents Home—Diamond Ring and Typewriter Among Presents. Mr. William Randolph Cowan will be the Republican candidate for alder man of the Second ward, according to the women voters. Ever since the lot was given to the women of III those of that sex have availed a opportunity to show their love, they wanted to cast their first, or a member of the race. Wednesday, February 18th, Miss Celia M. Mallett was 18 years old, and no natal day recently has been celebrated in a more enjoyable manner. Among the festivities was an elaborate six-course dinner, prepared by the parents and served at their cosy home, 3228 Michigan avenue. The table decorations were green and gold. Those present were: Miss Anna E. Legore, Miss Alice Callis, Miss Gladys Johnson, Miss Artie Craft, Mr. D. F. Rhodes, Mr. Harold Houston and Master Leon Callis. Miss Mallett received many pretty presents. From her father she received a typewriter and a mother's gift was a diamond ring. A flashlight photograph was taken of the merry party. RACE-MOULDING ORGANIZATION Launched in South by Ministers. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 20.—Race leaders of this city have organized what is known as the National Sentiment-Moulding Bureau, which seeks to shape the thought of the Afro-Americans toward each other and a higher regard for them by the white race. Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, the writer, is national organizer. WILSON AFRAID TO APPOINT AFRO- AMERICANS Southern Senators Object and He Refrains from Hurting Their Tender Feelings—He Does Not Want Trouble. MIGHT INJECT BITTER- NESS INTO CONGRESS White House Scribe Says: "While Temporary Injustice May Follow, the Muses of the People Will Be Benefited." (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Washington, Feb. 20. — President Woodrow Wilson's real reason for not naming any Afro-American for office has at last become known. W. W. Price, writing in an afternoon newspaper this week, says: "The president has refrained from nominating a single Afro-American to office because the deep-seated prejudice of at least one Southern senator has caused warning to be given that trouble will start in the senate as soon as one nomination goes in. On this or any other question that might inject bitterness into the ranks of his common council (congress) the president has gone slowly. He prefers, and is apparently certain of keeping, harmony. It means definite legislation on paramount national subjects. While temporary injustice may follow, the masses of the people will be benefited. Just how far prejudices akin to that connected with the Negro question would enter into the immigration problem in the senate the president will ascertain. His position will soon be announced to senators, and then conjectures will be ended." Mr. Price is known as the "white house correspondent," and his utterances are supposed to correctly reflect the attitude of the president. Mr. William Randolph Cowan will be the Republican candidate for alderman of the Second ward, according to the women voters. Ever since the lot was given to the women of ill those of that sex have awarded opportunity to show their joy tht wanted to cast their first, or a member of the race. The siding in the Second ward are the lucky ones, for no other ward in Chicago has an Afro-American aspirant "The Second ward wants an Afro-American alderman," was the word that went around some months ago. Women now have the right to vote, and this can be accomplished if you will only help us. Nothing more was needed. The women decided to avail themselves of franchise and to use it in the inter of a member of the race when time arrived. That they adhere that purpose is told by the spi showing that was made register day, and now they are anxiously ing the coming of primary day they can cast their ballot for R. Cowan. What Canvass Showed. The interest that the women of this ward took in the aldermanic candidate was manifested many weeks ago. Long before registration day men and women friends of Mr. Cowan made a careful house-to-house canvass of the entire ward. The canvassers found many who knew him, but in soliciting the women voters the candidate's name did not matter, so long as he was a Republican and an Afro-American. This idea, instilled into them by true race leaders, will be carried to the polls on Tuesday and on election day, and the women, the balance of power, will see their first vote make race history in Chicago. "The men have made several attempts to elect an alderman. They failed, but we will succeed," is a favorite saying with them. Since registration day they have been keen students of things political. Those who did active work at the polls have mastered the election laws and the literature provided by the Board of Election Commissioners. Then they have made themselves committees of one and two and instructed their sisters. Race interests first, last and all the time has been their slogan. Club Women Do Good Work A quick and intelligent response has been their reward. The garbage question, so important to every good housekeeper, the welfare of the children, the transportation problem and other important affairs in which an alderman must take part has been made an important part of their teaching, and these women are wise. Credit is also due to several ministers for helpful talks from their pulpits of the duty of the woman pulpit to her race. Mrs Josephine Crawford and the Aeola Po Josephine Crawford and the Aloha Political Club, of which she is president, are active workers for race representation in the City Council. Politics is now the fireside conversation. The whole family takes part. Woman's sage advice is already evident in husband and son's different conception of men and principles. The women will hereafter be a big factor in Second ward politics, but they intend making their first telling blow by nominating and electing William B Cowan as alderman. Born in Old Kentucky. Mr. Cowan was born in Danville Ky., in 1858. He was educated in schools of Lexington, Ky., from city he came to Chicago in 1880 1884 he has been in the e Edward W. Shirk, whose lar property interests are un agement and control. Cowan was elected manager of the Im which Mr. Shirk tor. He is sent known firm with offices He served of the a tion o the in PAGE TWO largely through his personal efforts that the club's membership is composed of the most progressive and representative men of the race. He is president of the West Michigan Resort Company, whose splendidly equipped hotel and resort property is situated near St. Joe, Mich., and is the place of rendezvous for the Afro-Americans of wealth, culture and refinement during the summer months. He is married and lives in his own property at 3552 Forest avenue. He has been a resident of the Second ward for twenty years. This is not a race issue, but a question of principle. We are not antagonizing anyone. Promises are like pie crust. Now is the accepted time. Two years ago, when they put Foreman out, the Democrats promised to give the race an alderman. Did they do it? At a women's meeting the other night Senator Ettelson was asked why it was that the Irish, Jews, Germans, Swedes and every other nationality had representation in the City Council except the Afro-American. He replied that the only reason that he could give was "Race Loyalty." What have the voters to say to that? The last rally in the interest of Mr. Cowan will be held at Odd Fellows hall Saturday night. PRAIRIE STATE EVENTS PRAIRIE STATE EVENTS Springfield, Jacksonville, Peoria and Other Prominent Towns. Reviewed by Our Special By Nellie Early. Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 20.—Mrs. Jerome Rollins of S. Church street royally entertained at supper in honor of Mrs. Roy Biverage of Pittsfield, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mallory, Mr. Frank Mallory, and Mrs. Susie Weeden and Miss Glara Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. Young, Rev. and Mr. DoWltt, Mrs. A. H. Kinilbrew and Mrs. Ellen Chapman. Mr. Carl King of W. College street is working in one of the large ga- Hayden was master of ceremonies and rendered the following program: Sofg, "America"; "Gettysburg Speech"; songs, "Columbia." "Star Spangled Banner"; addresses, Rev. Muse, Russell and Dr. Post; vocal solo, Mrs. R. Timberlate. Excellent music was furnished by the Junior choir, assisted by the Senior choir. A quartette composed of Misses Lela h, Clara Davis, Irene Campbell Irene Russell sang very sweetly, order was had. The church was decorated. Clay Mallory royally enterat at supper February 12 at Mt. Baptist church as his guests illie Early, our reporter; Mrs. Uain, Mrs. M. C. Clarke and Mrs. Alma Guthrie. The 105th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated February 12 at the A. M. E. church, Mr. J. Dunn being master of ceremonies. Program: Song, "America"; Invocation, Rev. Shaw; "Star Spangled Banner"; Gettyburg Speech well spoken by Elinora Lafayette; instrumental solo, "Marching Through Georgia," Miss M. De Witt; recitation, Miss Serena Herman; paper, Mrs. A. H. Kinnilbrew; recitation, Mrs. Della Harris; vocal solo, Carl Spencer; remarks, Rev. DeWitt. Miss L. M. Freeman of Alton, Ill., returned home after assisting in several operations. Mr. Robert Hyatt is improving nicely. Dr. Duneau is the physician. Mallory Brothers' four-piece orchestra rendered excellent music for a dance at Exeter Friday night, Feb. 13. On account of Mr. Ed. Mallory's accident he was unable to attend. The following members played: Wm. Cooper, violin; Ollie Mack, clarinet; C. H. Freeman, cornet; Margaret De Witt plano. Mr. Ed Mallory of the firm of Mallory Bros., had the misfortune to fall on the ice February 13 and wrench his knee. Mr. Forest Harris was a springfield visitor February 15. A very successful supper was given February 14 at the Hickin Tabernacle hall on S. Maunisterre street for the Tent under the auspices of their Queen Mother, Miss Mammie Sallee. Mrs. Clarence Duncan has returned to her home, 504 S. Clay avenue, from New York. Mr. W. M. Johnson of West State street is on the sick list. Mr. C. H. Freeman of W. Morgan street royally entertained company at a coon supper February 8. The choir of the Second Baptist Church met February 9 with Mr. Macon Saunders on South West street. Mr. Sherman Spencer rendered an excellent bass solo after business was transacted. Delicious refreshments were served. Misses Irene Campbell, Blanch Oliver and Mr. Leon Smith were the guests of the choir. Mr. Fred Edwards of Carrollton was in the city February 8 and 9 on business. Mr. Arthur Watson of Chicago, formerly of Monmouth, Ill., is the guest relatives here. Mrs. Zenobia Muse Agnew of South and street has opened up a first air-dressing parlor in Los An. her of Canada visited Mrs. on here recently. if Mexico, Mo., was the s here. the Harmon of North e returned from a son and Lexing- an operetta turch. of the A. st drill V. E. us "Crisis," and all papers, and news for all papers see Nellie Early; also for the papers. Have your news ready; also the money. Read the Defender. Winston's Spicy Gossip of Men and Events in the Railroad World. By John R. Winten. The Brotherhood of Railroad Train Porters of America have made application to the Secretary of State for their charter. Mr. John R. Winston, organizer of the Brotherhood and well-known as editor of this column, will tell all about the organization in the next issue of the Chicago Defender. Mr. W. C. Thompson, 718 Kirkpatrick street, Pittsburgh, Pa., is holding the position as train porter in service of the B. & O. Ry. Co., on trains No. 7 and 8, between the above named city and Chicago, Ill. Mr. Thomas C. Hunt, 1022 Stevens street, Nashville, Tenn., is in Pullman service from Nashville to the city of Evansville, Indiana. Mr. Festus Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa., is still on trains 5 and 6 as train porter, in service of the B. & O. Ry. Co. to Chicago, with 36 hours' lay-over in Chicago. He has spent 21 years in the company's service. GLENCOE SOCIETY. Mr. John Allen is still on the sick list. The school bond issue won by 140 votes. The women had their first chance to cast a vote, of which a few went to the polls. But before the spring election we hope to have them well instructed. The First Baptist Church gave their second Kentucky oyster supper last Saturday evening. It was a grand success. Mrs. Moore was in charge. Installation of officers, followed by a grand reception of the North Shore Women's Club, was held at the home of Mrs. C. Steward, Washington avenue. Mrs. Kittle Dade made a charming president. The Sunday School is progressing nicely under the direction of Miss Bessie Baker. The Dramatic Club is rehearsing their new play to be given in the near future at the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. Marion Jones is expected home this week from an extended trip south. Preaching at 11 o'clock and 8 every Sunday by the Rev. Peterson at A. M. E. Church. All are invited, Also at the First Baptist Church by Rev. Duncan. Read the Defender. It can be found at Lathan's store. FREDERICK DOUGLASS EULOGIZED It was truly inspiring to gaze upon the magnificent audience that gathered last Sunday evening in the auditorium of the Congregational church at 65th and Champlain avenue to do honor to the memory of our greatest statesman, Frederick Douglass. The exercises were held under the auspices of the Protective League of the church and too much praise cannot be given this organization for the excellence of the program offered. The participants were artists of the highest order and their selections appropriate and classical. The speaker of the evening was Dr. Charles E. Bentley, who took for his subject, "If Douglass Lived Today," and drew a vivid word-picture of the dire effect prejudice will have upon the American people unless effectually checked. He argued that there was a tendency to destroy democracy and build up aristocracy with caste prejudice rather than race prejudice as a basis of its existence, and cited India and England as examples. He deplored the fact that there was not a Frederick Douglass today. Maj. J. John R. Lynch, who followed Dr. Bentley, said in part: "While it is doubtless true that the man does not now live who typifies Frederick Douglass in every respect, yet I believe the man does live who may typify him in the main. When I look in the face of my friend, Dr. Bentley, and see evidence of youth, health and strength and listen to his eloquent voice, I imagine that I see in him, in a measure at least, the possibilities of a future Douglass." Rev. Lawrence, the pastor, spoke briefly and the intensely interesting meeting came to a close. Overcharged. The attorney for the gas company was m m a g a popular address. "Think of the good the gas company has done!" he cried. "If I were permitted a pun, I would say, in the words of the immortal poet, 'Honor the Light Brigade.'" Voice of a consumer from the audience: "O, what a charge they made."—Youth's Companion. Folly of Revenge. By taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing 'ov-r he is superior—Bacon. BLEASE TRIES TO DEBASE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE---- FORTNER BILL STILL IN AIR Child-Like Executive Presents a Lot of Silly Letters in Urging that Body to Act Favorably on Bill to Prevent White Women Teaching in Race Schools—Special Message on Subject Shows Mental Decay—Number Twenty-Three. USES PHOTOGRAPH TO INCITE HATRED. Sworn Defender of the Law Advocates Lynching—Would Tell His Betters of Things That Existed Long Before His Kind Was Allowed to Run Loose—Senate, However, Fails to Respond to Plea—Sees White Teachers in Picture But Fails to See White Men's Sons and Daughters by Colored Women. Special to the Chicago Defender. Columbus, S. C., Feb. 20—The Fortner bill to prevent whites from teaching in race schools caused a short burry in the Senate Tuesday afternoon of last week. Senator Clifton called up the bill and the Senate voted to take it up out of the regular order. Senator Clifton then moved to adjourn debate on the bill until 9:30 p. m. Senator Hardin said the bill was unconstitutional and moved to commit it to the committee on education, but the Senate refused to do this. Further discussion of the matter was ended by the Senate adopting a motion by Senator Manning to recede from business until 8 o'clock p. m. Governor Blease sent in a message on the bill and attached a picture of the faculty of Benedict College in Columbia showing both races. Senator Appelt wanted the photograph printed in the Journal along with the message, but finally yielded to the other Senators, and the message was ordered printed without the photograph. The message was as follows: State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, Message No. 23—Gentlemen of the Senate: In view of the Fortner bill, which is now before you, I beg to call your attention to a few facts. I herewith attach photograph of "the faculty" of "Benedict College, Columbia, S. C." taken from the "annual catalog" of 1912-1913, in which photograph you will find white and colored persons—men and women—mixed, and I would be glad if you would pay close attention to this photograph. I have been informed that one of the Negro preachers, whose likeness appears in this photograph as a member of this faculty, is the same man who is the pastor of a Negro church in Columbia, who has recently been under charges by his church for assaulting, or attempting to assault, a Negro woman, and that this is, the case which has recently been before Judge Geo. E. Prince in the Circuit Court of Richland County, upon injunction or similar proceedings brought as the result of differences among Negro church members caused by the charge of this assault, or alleged assault, against this man, Cheek. What Color Was the Ball? I have been informed that one of the white men whose likeness appears in the photograph has been playing on the Negro football team of this college. I have been informed that the Negro boys' dormitory of this institution has a white matron, whose likeness appears in this photograph. I have been informed that the Negro boys in this dormitory have the pictures of white girls and of white women in their rooms. I have been informed that at a reception or "sociable," as my informant called it, given or held on the campus of this college recently, white women teachers mingled on terms of equality with Negro boys and Negro members of the faculty and ate refreshments at the same tables. White Teacher in Church. I also beg to call your attention to extracts from a letter which I have received from the town of Beaufort: "The president of the board of trade of Beaufort, Charles E. Danner, handles the funds of the Matha School (Negro), the white teachers of which attend Negro churches with their Negro pupils. The secretary, George Waterhouse, is the son of a woman who came here to teach and taught in Penn School, on St. Helena Island (Negro school, white teachers). It was at Waterhouse's request that Col. Thomas recommended the appointment of Rossa B. Cooley as a trustee in St. Helena Township." I also beg to call your attention to a quotation from another letter received from Beaufort, in which it is stated: "One Miss Marian Harmon, No. 27 Prospect avenue, Wollaston, Mass., came to Beaufort to teach in this Mataha School, some week or two ago. She came understanding she was to teach a white school and didn't know that it was a Negro institution until she arrived at the school. She was forced to stay in the same house with Negro teachers, as there are both Negroes and white teachers in this school." "This woman will gladly furnish you some valuable information relative to true conditions existing in this institution." These two letters are from different authors. His Opinion of White Women. The purpose of this message is to call to your attention the serious condition in this State at these Negro institutions where white people are teaching. I notice the press has made a great hurrush, and some people have had a great deal to write and say about the Fortner bill. Knowing conditions as I do, having seen with my own eyes, and having heard with my own ears, and having talked to people, I say to you gentlemen that the situation is a very serious one. The matter of a few white women teaching Negroes in the City of Charleston may not be so bad, and I shall not express in this communication my opinion as to what I think of any white woman THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. DEBASE INA SENATE— BILL STILL IN AIR Lot of Silly Letters in Urging on Bill to Prevent White Women special Message on Subject Shows enty-Three. TO INCITE HATRED. Advocates Lynching—Would Tell Existed Long Before His Kind —Senate, However, Fails to Re- Teachers in Picture But Fails to Daughters by Colored Women. who will teach Negroes anywhere. But the conditions in Charleston are possibly quite different from what they are in these schools where white people are teaching Negroes, sleeping in the same rooms with Negroes, eating at the same tables with Negroes, going to the same churches with Negroes and associating with them generally—which is teaching the Negro to look forward to social equality, and which is putting in their hearts, as the pictures of these white women hanging in their rooms show, their desire to come into closer contact with white people. The preachers—some of them—and the newspapers—some of them—may rant, but South Carolina is going to regret the day when she allows these conditions, and if these conditions continue you will have more lynchings, and more stigmas upon the fair name of our State. Charleston Is Past Redemption. I appeal to you once again to pass the Fortner bill. If Charleston is so terribly interested in her pet white teachers who teach Negroes, let Charleston be exempted from the bill. She seems to be exempted from all other laws in the State, and I don't see that it would do any harm to make her an exception in this matter. As Governor I have sounded the note of warning. I have done my part. If you fail to do yours you, and you alone, are responsible. Some of you will not be in office when the legislature convenes again, but it is a fact that you have a heart and a conscience, and by not helping to relieve these conditions the day may come when you will regret it. There are sections of South Carolina where things that are being permitted in other sections would not be allowed any longer than it would take to blow a horn and congregate a few people. Very respectfully. COLE B. BLEASE, Governor. Columbia, S. C., February 10, 1914. News of the Churches NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH. New Hope Free Baptist Church held its regular Sunday services as usual. At 11 o'clock Rev. Harris of Lockport, Ill., preached. At 1:30 p. m. our Sunday school held its regular services. At 3 p. m. we had praise services, including a short sermon by the pastor, Rev J. Connors. At 8 p. m. Rev J. Connors, pastor of New Hope, delivered a good sermon. Every Wednesday night, preaching. Every Friday night, praise services. Every fourth Sunday is our rally day.—Rev J. Connors, Pastor. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. Fox, a representative of the presbytery, preached an eloquent sermon to men last Sunday morning and remained for all of the services of the day. He also preached in the evening. The teachers and officers of the Sunday school held their regular meeting Monday evening, Feb. 16, at the church. Sunday morning service, 10:45; Sunday school, 12:45; prayer meeting, Wednesday evening, 8:00. THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. That Dr. Carey and the officers of the Institutional Church are fully determined to make this a "social settlement" de facto as well as de nomine is fully evidenced by the many new features that are from time to time being presented. The coming of Governor Dunne on the 8th inst. and the masterly address which he delivered served as an added inspiration to the people who labor and worship at the Institutional. And then on Thursday evening a magnificent banquet was tendered Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles (the greatest living soldier), Adjit. Frank S. Dickson, Congressman Martin B. Madden and Senator W. Duff Piercey. At the banquet were gathered many representative men and women of both races. As General Miles looked upon that array of Negro lawyers, doctors, business men and cultured women he expressed himself as not only gratified but wonderfully surprised at the progress and development of the colored people. The "School of Dressmaking," of which Mrs. Ida V. Jones is principal and Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop chief patroness, held its graduating exercises in the church auditorium Monday night. Four persons graduated and received their diplomas. The Allen Christian Endeavor will hold exercises and present to the society of the Institutional Church the banner which it won in the recent city contest. Dr. Carey will preach at 1 a.m. EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH, EVANSTON, ILL. Rev. H. E. Stewart, Pastor—Phone 4694—Residence, 1107 Emerson St. One of the greatest revivals in the history of Evanston closed the first FIRST MORTGAGE GOLD BONDS Plus EXPERIENCED SERVICE Equals PERFECT SECURITY We own and offer, subject to prior sale, the following First Mortgage Real Estate Gold Bonds, secured by Chicago income producing property: $20,000.00 Secured by the STATE STREET THEATER building offices, 4 stores, and theater holding 800 seats. Location—3505-7-9-11 S. State St. These bonds mature at the rate of $400.00 each and every month with interest at 6%, and dated from Sept. 17, 1913. Bonds are the direct obligation of Mr. Frank H. Salkin, owner of this building and other valuable Chicago real estate. Title Guarantee Policy by the Chicago Title & Trust Co. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO (Under State Government P. Phase Desig. A. 6 EAST 3) Write or call for our complete list of HIGH CLASS BONDS AND MORTOAGES matting week in February with over 80 conversions. The church was packed every night for over three weeks. The pastor had no outside evangelist to assist him, but conducted the meeting with the assistance of the members and friends of the church. Quite a few persons united with the other churches as a result of this meeting. A class in civics is being conducted at Ebeneser under the auspices of the Dunbar Club. Mrs. Mary Childs is the instructor. The lectures are proving very helpful. They are given every Monday night. Rev. H. E. Stewart and wife were entertained in Highland Park last week by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gresheim. Dr. T. C. Cotton and wife gave a dinner last Friday in honor of the pastor and wife. ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH NOTES. St. John has crossed the "Jordan." Out of the darkness and cloudy mist of discouragement have these faithful people come. And now they are safely landed on the other shore. For a season the angry waves of finance) d'illicules rose so high that crossing seemed almost impossible. But their deliverance has come. Faith in God and their able shepherd, together with real, active service, is the spirit that prompted them to brave these angry waters and the power that led them through successfully. Sunday all interested in St. John will listen to the pastor with great joy as he announces the mortgage of $1,600 against St. John Paid. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. The services Sunday were fairly well attended in spite of the inclement weather. We were pleased at the special services in the evening to have present so many of our representative young business men and women and representatives of the Enterprise Institute. Our services for Sunday will be as usual. The pastor will preach both morning and evening. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society has changed the evening of its regular meetings from Wednesday to Tuesday. This has been done in order that there may be no conflict with the prayer meeting. The second hour of the service on Wednesday evenings is devoted to the study of the Sunday school lesson. The teachers and officers of the Sunday school are expected to attend these meetings and a cordial invitation is extended to all others who desire to join us. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society is preparing for one of its noteworthy rallies on the afternoon of the first Sunday in March. The Progressive Club, who so kindly postponed their meeting of last week on account of the recital, will hold their meeting on Thursday evening, Feb. 26. The place will be announced at the church Sunday. DR. HALL'S SOUTHERN TRIP. Dr. George Cleveland Hall, the eminent surgeon, has just returned from a two weeks' trip through Georgia and Alabama. Dr. Hall's objective point was Albany, Ga., where he went to inspect the work of the Albany Manual Training institute, in which he is interested. While in that city he delivered a lecture on "Life's Problems" to a large number of both white and colored citizens. The Albany Herald, their leading daily, among other things, has this to say: "Dr. hall is clearly one of the most useful men of his race and Albany is fortunate in having him here." In Atlanta he addressed the students of Morehouse College and held a surgical clinic at the Peace Haven Infirmary, Atlanta's pride, this is one of the many institutions that owe their inception to the influence and helpfulness of Dr. Hall. At Birmingham several interesting clinics were given at the local infirmary which bears his name. The doctor delivered several addresses at the various schools and universities. The doctor's annual trips to the South are looked forward to eagerly, as they mean so much to the uplift and inspiration of the people. The Difference. 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The report recommends the sale of sixty acres of the institution farm. The report follows: "Your committee appointed to investigate the public offices and institutions to which appropriations have heretofore been made beg leave to report that the Normal and Industrial Institution, located near Frankfort, receives from the State of Kentucky an annual appropriation of $13,000; also an appropriation of $8,500 from the National Government. This institution owns and controls a farm of about 285 acres, where they undertake to instruct the boys in agriculture and scientific farming. It is an absolute necessity that this instruction be given in order to secure the appropriation from the National Government. Your committee believes that this branch of work at this Copyright GUESS WHO? M. P. and W. G. are? They went to all the schools, and they went to the night, and yet they say there was no significance in the night or the pictures. The Town of Lake doll is who can not vote, but who knows all about the election because you will be his clerk. N. R., the 55th and Drexel avenue doll, is, who truly looked good at the Peerless wall. Was at the P. D. C.'s party and chills to have lost his overcoat? Good enough for K. W. is, who can't find out who it is that is crazy about her? She would like to go to the Forest avenue night. K. W. is the tantalizing brown of 55th and Drexel avenue, is, who truly cleaned up the Forest avenue doll. K. W. who it "the sweetest little girl on earth in the of a certain little sude dude at W. R.," the doll is who is crazy about the cute deude, H. E. W.? There is nothing in you, or you, old girl. M. T. is in the yes. e the doll is who is still hanging onto n the doll. C. T., who says R. R. is the n the one after all. We knew you would e that, C. s the 30th street pink is who certainly s is how tall he is? How high is? ? That's right, P. B. I., don't blame o to high school dude is who certainly t hold him? o is traveling in a private car all by self? J. S. is right. o is the dude that makes the Mecca of o is the dude that makes the Mecca of the president of the South Side Club. Deaths of the Week Allen, Edw. 2 mos.; 2613 State st.; Feb. 7. Allen, Edw. 54 yrs.; 460 State st.; Feb. 9. Jaw, Feb. 9. Heeps, Bert, 38 yrs.; 109 W. 32d st.; Feb. Carter, Albert, 73 yrs.; 134th and State stats. Jan. 27. Staff, Richard, 32 yrs.; 2031 Dearborn st. at Jan. 13. Daniel, Allen, 58 yrs.; 359 W. Kinkle st. Williams, Chas, 26 yrs.; 2117 Carroll av. Feb. 9. McCowell, James, 45 yrs.; 5338 Dearborn st. Feb. 9. Crutcher, Lizzie, 61 yrs.; 3519 Vernon av. Feb. 7. Wilson, Geo., 50 yrs.; 2949 Dearborn st. Feb. 10. Green, Maggie, 42 yrs.; 16 W. 33d st. Conley, Lulu, 30 yrs.; 3435 Dearborn st. Feb. 10. Feedy, Wm., 52 yrs.; 3652 Calumet av. Carney, Monroe, 44 yrs.; 2835 Wabash; Feb. 11. McCowin, Hattie, 38 yrs.; 6559 Wabash av. Feb. 11. Gibson, Julien, 2 mos.; 2035 Walnut st. Feb. 29. Garango (infant), 5 hrs.; 145 W. 43d st. Feb. 29. Allen (infant), 12 hrs.; 2617 Wabash; Estes, Laura, 8 mos.; 2030 Rendall st. Jan. 30. Horton Henry, 43 yrs.; 3211 La Salle st. Feb. 11. McKinsey, Levy, 62 yrs.; 3128 Dearborn st. Feb. 7. Davis, Theopulus, 21 yrs.; 1905 Dearborn st. Feb. 12. Jefferson, Margaret, 68 yrs.; 3545 Forest Roll, Lulu, 35 z.; 52 W. 27th st. Feb. 11. Stahl, Luther, 6 mos.; 3624 Federal st. Feb. 16. FOR RENT At 3650 Vernon Ave steam heated flat overlooking Grand at once we will let th responsible tenants stitution can be made to benefit the race if they will take advantage of it, and after receiving this instruction returning to their respective homes and put into practice what they have learned in the Department of Agriculture and Scientific Farming. In order to get the best results in this branch of school work your committee would recommend that every male student be required to give a certain part of his time to the work upon the farm. Your committee believes from the evidence before it that President Russell is rendering good to his race and that the school is now upon a better basis than it was under its former management. Ye committee does not indorse the policy of the board in purchasing Jersey cattle for this farm at a high price ranging from $150 to $100 per head, paying in the aggregate $2,400 for seven cows and one bull, but we do not believe that it is practicable for said institution to maintain a high-priced dairy herd like this, and would recommend that this herd be disposed of and that lower grade Jersey cows should be substituted." who certainly shows good taste in seeking company with J. G. R. S, is the doll. With J. G. M. also having private interviews at Raymond School with J. G. every Tuesday. The cruel little brown, K. W., is, whom the dolls, M. T. and K. W., are, who are not seen together so often any more? The crayons, M. W. and K. W., are the fascinating brown, K. W.? J. L. is the cruel dude. The crayons, M. W., is, who has gone back to Kansas City? The doll, M. H.. is, who thinks she is the whole cheese? The doll, M. T. is, who had better keep her eye on two other dolls and her brown. N. J. the doll, 1st street and Dearborn, N. J. the doll with R. R. Go ahead, N. J, and R. R. The doll is who is trying to be so popular, going to every party of the season? G. A doll is the doll, B. P. of 53d and Wabash avenue, is who, certainly looked out of place at the Chevallier's dance Saturday night? G. A doll are going to Lucy Flower's Technical High School? C. H. and L. H. are they. The dudes are who had one more good Saturday night. The doll, W. of 40d street, is, who didn't get home until 4 o'clock Sunday morning? Where did you go (Angy)? The doll, who just got lost Saturday night, or, you might say, Sunday morning, as they got home in time to go to church? The doll is who is simply batty over E. B.? Isn't that, so, C. T.? The dolls are who were so put out because they weren't invited to the Chevalliers' dance? R. W. and O. W. are they. MR. JOHN FERROW DIES. Mr. John Ferrow departed from this life February 9, at 12 o'clock midnight, leaving a widow and many friends to mourn his loss. The deceased was head manager of the Woodland Park Club, at 6400 Wood lawn avenue. CARD OF THANKS To the many friends who extended acts of kindness and words of sympathy to me during the brief illness of ten days of my beloved husband, Edward J. Brown, who died Feb. 1, I am truly grateful. Respectfully, MRS. CARRIE B. BROWN, 25 W. 35th St. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the friends who were so kind to us during the recent illness and death of our mother, Julia Fogg Donaldson, who died Feb. 7. MRS. MARY WEBSTER, MRS. FLORENCE JONES, MRS. PINKIE WRIGHT, MRS. CRECY BOWEN, MRS. MATTIE RICHARDSON, Feb. 18, 1914. Miss Millie was dead, and all that was mortal of her had been laid away in the village churchyard. She had been a lonely old woman, and as the years went by her loneliness had increased. "Cranky," the people called her. Her only companion had been Dorothy, surnamed Vincent on the day, 20 years before, when Miss Millie took her from the foundling asylum in Ralston, 25 miles away. Now Dorothy was left alone, mistress of the little cottage in Winborough. Dorothy vividly recalled the day of her adoption, though she was only five at the time. Miss Millie Vincent had appeared with the head of the institution in front of the girls. Poor little orphaned creatures, trained so carefully for domestic service! Even at the most tender age, they knew their forlorn condition, and each one dreamed of the rich lady who was to adopt her and treat her as a daughter. "Stand up, Milly!" said the superintendent. "This girl will suit you, I think, Miss Vincent," she added, turning to the middle-aged, crabbed-looking woman. "Can you do anything, child?" inquired Miss Milly in her high, thin voice. "I can sew, ma'am," piped the child-inteble. "Mercy! Can you cook a dinner?" asked Miss Milie. "No, but I'll try, ma'am," said five-years old. "I guess they're all equally useless," sighed Miss Millie. "However, I'll take her." Dorothy cried that night at her hard fate. She had dreamed of a rich mother, who would give her love and shower her with gifts. Dolls, toys, pretty dresses—such had been her dreams. But Dorothy, like most of the inmates, was a foundling, and had been brought to the institution at an age when the world was only a mass of shapeless color and movement toward which she stretched out her baby arms. Her first memories were of the asylum. Miss Milly did not prove a hard matress, but she had little love to give the walt. She treated her well enough, but she was always harsh in the presence of strangers. Generally it is the other way round. As Dorothy grew older she became more curious to learn who her mother was. Once, when she was fifteen, she made a four- CHIRS There Was a Moment of Horrified Slence. There Was a Moment of Horrified Silence. ney to the asylum. Miss Miller, the superintendent, did not recognize or remember her, and to all her petitions she turned a deaf ear. "Except by the wish of the mother, we never give the information you ask for," she answered coldly. "Won't you write to my mother and tell her how I want to meet her?" inquired Dorothy tearfully. Miss Miller agreed to do that. But when Dorothy went back she could learn nothing more. And Miss Vincent learned somehow what the girl had done, and scolded her for her ingratitude. "Haven't I been a mother to you?" she demanded shrilly. "Haven't you a spark of kindly feeling toward them who has saved you from domestic service and given you a home?" As Dorothy grew older Miss Vincent became kinder, but the crabbed old woman had one peculiarity. She would permit none of the young men of Winborough to call on Dorothy. She explained why, frankly. "Men are all bad," she said. "They only bring trouble to a girl. You're going to be an old maid, the same as me. Do you understand?" Yes, Dorothy understood. And so she said goodbye to Fred Dane, her one sweetheart. She was accustomed to self-suppression, and after all she could not leave the old woman who had been good to her in her sour fashion. So Fred went away to Ralston, to open law practice there, and soon he was a prosperous man. He had never come back to Winborough. Miss Vincent had tried to say something to the girl as she lay dying, but the stroke that killed her had come without warning, and the old woman never spoke again. She died two days after the beginning of her last illness. On the second day after the funeral an elderly man and woman came up the garden path. The man bore a remarkable resemblance to Miss Milly. He stared hard at the girl. "So you are the young woman that my sister adopted?" he inquired, and his wife gave a prodigious sniff. "Perhaps you've never heard of me? I am your mistress' brother Joel, from Wayneville." "I didn't know Miss Milly had a other" al and Dorothy. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. swered the man. "I understand she left no will. You hain't seen no will, have you?" "I never heard of one," said Dorothy. "I thought as much. Then this house and grounds belongs to me. Now show me that old mahogany furniture I've heard of. It ought to be worth a mint of money." Then for the first time Dorothy understood that the house was not here. She was to become a walt again, as helpless as when she had first gone there. But later in the day another arrival came in the shape of a prim malen lady, even more like Miss Milly, who hammered violently upon the door and, when Milly opened it, burst in unceremoniously and shook her fist in the face of Brother Joel. "Now ain't that like you, Joel, trying to foretell me," she screamed. "Perhaps you don't recognize Sister Bessie, do you?" Thought you and Eliza would get ahead of me, sniffing around Sister Millie's property, didn't you? But there ain't no will and I defy you to lay a finger on this house till I've had my say. Now, young woman, where's that old mahogany furniture?" Another relation appeared toward nightfall in the shape of a cousin, who groaned drearily to find the others in possession. "If there ain't no will," she shrilled, "I say cousins has a right to share in the property. If I am only a cousin, at least I stood by Milly when the rest of you cast her off. I'd have writ her once a year if she'd have answered. But Milly always was stuck-up, though Lord only knows she had no call to be." They departed at nightfall to seek accommodation in the village inn. They wrangled down the street and the sound of their rasping voices only died away to leave the girl's heart desolate. She had grown to love the trim little place; she had made plans for a long life there. She was going to raise chickens, she had intended to grow vegetables and flowers, to brighten her dreary existence with books and music. She felt helpless under this cataclysm. Early next morning the four were back again, wrangling over the property. Brother Joel wanted the house, his wife wanted the furniture; Sister Bessie insisted on the piano and the dining-room set to begin with. They argued angrily in the parlor, while Cousin Jane wrung her hands and lamented Milly's "stuck-upness." "Well," said Brother Joel's wife sneeringly, "at any rate we can all agree on one thing. This young woman here hain't no business here, so we can begin by saying good-by to her." Dorothy could bear it no longer. She ran out of the room and down the garden path, sobbing desperately. She never wanted to enter the house again. She did not see the tall man at the gate until he caught her. Then she gasped in dismay. "Fred!" she exclaimed. "Dorothy! What is the matter?" "They're all in there," wept Dorothy, "fighting over Miss Milly's things, and they've turned me out, and—" In broken words she managed to give Fred Dane an outline of the situation. Fred Dane laughed comfortably. There was the sound of success and self-confidence in that laugh. Dorothy stole a timid look at him. How big and protecting he seemed. He had become a man during those five years that he had been away. "Now you come right back with me," he said. "I've got something to say to that crowd." And he caught her arm in his and took her back, right into the parlor again, where the fight was proceeding with such intensity that nobody saw him for quite a minute. Sister Bessie and Brother Joel's wife each had hold of one side of the piano and they were trying to drag it in two separate ways. "Ladies and gentlemen," began Fred Dane, clearing his throat. Brother Joel looked up with a snarl. "What, another of them?" he demanded. "Oh, no. I am just the lawyer who was intrusted with Miss Milly's will," said Fred. "You see, she had a presentation of her approaching illness and took the trouble to have it witnessed and signed and placed in my care last week." "Who gets the planner?" shouted Sister Bessie. "Miss Milly has left everything to her daughter," answered Fred Dane. There was a moment of horrified silence. Then Sister Bessie shrilled: "What? That bat still living and come back to trouble us after all these years? I thought it died! What right did she have to have a child of sin? And now we're going to lose the house and the planner just because Milly—" "Poor Milly!" wept Cousin Jane. "I'd have stood by her if she'd only let me. I didn't cast her off when she was young and beautiful because she slipped. I wrote to her once a year for a whole year, only she was too stuck-up to answer." "So, let me invite you to leave," said Fred, "because you see, the house and property, as well as the piano, are already disposed of." "Oh, I'll leave!" shouted Brother Joel. "But that ain't no lawyer can skin me out of my property. I'll have the law on you." "And I'm going to have my planer!" shouted Sister Bessie, as she moved toward the door; and they went out blustering and threatening. "Dorothy," said Fred, when they were alone, "now that I've come back I'm not going to let you escape me again, though you did dismiss me so cruelly before. I always meant to have you, and now that I've made a little money, do you know what I am going to do? I'm going to buy this house and start a law practice here, and let my partner run the one at Ralston. And I'm going to marry you, and I'm going to sign that contract like this." And he kissed her. "But, Fred," said Milly, a few minutes later, "who is this daughter? Poor little child! I feel as though I had usurped her and I think Miss Milly didn't dare acknowledge her! Who is she?" "Why, you, dearest," Fred answered. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) Be Exact in Little/Duties Exactness in little duties is a wonderful act of cheerfulness - Fabe- MRS. G. G. BATES RETURNS TO SPRINGFIELD. Mrs. G. G. Bates, Springfield, Ill., will leave the city tonight for her home after a three months' stay with her nieces and brother-in-law, Mr. Frank Dawson, 3631 Calumet avenue. She said to a reporter for the Defender: "Why, me! I thought the ladies here were whist players; why they are not in it, why, me! I have won every game I have played for the past three months, so I will go home and let them practice up and I will return this summer and see if they have improved." HON. ED. D. GREEN SPILT HIS SPEECH. Entertalier's hall, Thursday night, 35th and Indiana avenue, was a scene that Hon. Ed. Green will never forget as long as he lives. After having shown the ladies a deep point where a man of color should not be an alderman in Chicago, because Baltimore had one, and how Ed Wright tried and failed, and because Hon. F. L. Barnett wanted to be judge and failed, you can see by that that we are not ready, "but," said Mr. Green, "to further illustrate what I mean, two years ago Peter P. Jones ran for alderman. You see they put him in the clock, not only that, they broke him and he had to sell out, and a-d-n ha"— "Mr. Green," cried out Mr. Jones, "will your permit me to defend myself." "Why, why! why! I didn't know you were in the house." Mr. Green turning to Mr. Ettelson, it is said, "Say, Sam, try and get that fellow out." Not getting a reply, he (Mr. Jones) began pouring volley after volley into the speaker, finally, and uprose, the people cheered. Green took flight down the back alley, fearing violence, while Mr. Jones went out the front door with both men and women complimenting him for his stand for manhood. In speaking to a reporter for the Defender, he said: "Well, I only wanted to let the people know that the time is ripe for an alderman and if they don't get one this time they should do as Oscar Depuest, Maj. Jackson and Maj. Buckner (deceased) put a Democrat in and continue to do so until the colored man is given the same show. Foreigners who never lift a gun for this nation—that rot, Mr. Reporter, of their putting us back into slavery is a scarecrow for weak-minded men and women who do not know that England has pledged herself with other nations to forever keep it out of the civilized world." The majority of the women who spoke at the meeting were fixed, from the way they talked, they depend on politics to get along. It seems we want our women in front who are not dependent on the game and not being led by a lot of pinhead, would-be politicians. Ostrich farms in British southwest Africa export more than $12,000,000 worth of plumes a year. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. ROOMS TO RENT 3538 VERNON AV. 2D APT — Phone Douglas 5311, A large, light room, steam heat; neatly furnished, modern conven- ences. 21-28 3443 WABASH AV. — Furnished rooms, steam heat, all modern conveniences. Convenient to 10' road and car lines. Telephone Douglas 8233. 21-28 419 F. 33D ST. — Phone Doug. 3867. Nicely furnished room, all modern conveniences suitable for one or two young men. single employed lady. 21-28 3575 RHODES AV. APT. D — Phone Doug. 2430. One neatly furnished front room, steam heat; suitable for married couple or two gentlemen. 21-28 3523 FOREST AV. 2D APT.-Large, newly furnished rooms for gentleman or newly heated, running hot and cold water, gas with kitchen privilege, near car lines. Auto. 79-225. 21-28 3151 FOREST AV. -Nicely furnished rooms with runni g water and good heat. Both phones. All conveniences; from $2 to $1 per week. Ap y Mr. Flamingo. 3539 WABASH AV. FLAT A -Nicely furnished and comfortably heated rooms. All modern improvements. Suitable for gentlemen or married couple. Kitchen privileges. 14-21 3575 RHODES AV. APT. J -Nice large, neatly furnished steam-heated room; all modern conveniences; suitable or gentleman. Kitchen privileges; best of junior service. If you are looking for a nice, quiet home, all modern conveniences, photo Douglas 6055. 14-21 4329 FORESVILLE AV. 2D FLAT -Nearly large room, steam heat and all other modern conveniences; $2.50 per week. 14-21 3818 LANGLEY AVE.-Phone Doug. 5852. Nicely furnished room with alcove, running hot and cold water, gas with kitchen privilege, near car line. 14-21 3218 STATE ST. — Front and rear room; neatly furnished for light housekeeping; stove and closet in each room; also use of kitchen. Top floor. M. Baldwin. 14-21 212 W. SCHILLER ST. — Nicely furnished, comfortably heated rooms; conveniences all modern, Near car line; terms reasonable. 3217 INDIANA AV. — Newly furnished home, heat, gas; no other roomers. Telephone service. 7-14 FOR SALE OR FOR RENT. 451 E. 32D ST. — For information, call Douglas 7976. FLATS TO RENT: 7475 VERNON AV, 1ST AND 2D APPTs. 7 and 8 rooms, gas, bath, furnace heat; $25 and $26. Apply 3d flat. - $26 603 ADA ST-Phone. Wentworth 1006. Desirable 4-room flat. from $9 to $12 per month. Apply J. A. Howard. Millinery stock and fixtures for sale. chap. 692. Must sell at once. Phone Doug, Boug, 5829. FOR SALB—RARE BARGAIN—Need money at once, therefore will sacrifice my home furnishings. Apply 2873 Wa- tcher. Phone Douglas 893. Home all the time. OPPORTUNITY AT Why Not Learn to Speak a Language Other Than English? Dr. J. Valles announces to the public that his class of French and Spanish is open every night from 7:30 to 8:30 at the Johnson Bldg., 3522 South State street, room 10. The number of pupils is augmenting enormously. Those who are late to become members should lose no time. Auto. phone 75559. 40778 TIME BELOW—RENT—BELOW. 3—3739 Vernon Ave., 7 rms., stove ht., modern 5—3636 Dearborn St., 6 rms., stove ht., modern 3—47th and Evans, 6 rms., stove ht., modern 10—547 Bryan Ave., 6 rms., fur- nace ht., modern -7 rooms, Rhodes Ave., 36th block, steam heat -8 room home, E. 37th St. TIME. rms., stove 18.00 rms., stove 24.00 rms., fur- 21.00 35th block, 87.50 th St. 30.00 ONE PRICE On time or cash down you can buy real estate, if you consult our lists. We have a variety of land and country property, including business property, city homes, suburban dwellings, building lots and farm properties. This is the best time to buy, and we are the best people to deal with. Talk to us any time about real estate. BARGAIN LIST. 1—Champaign Ave. near 63d St. 2nd, stone from 125th to 15 and 6 rms. lot 25x125. Terms. Price ..... $5,200 2-Wabash Ave., near 44th St. 3-flat stone front, detached 7-8 lbs to 260 lbs Steam heat. Terms. Price...y... 8,500 3-Vincentnes Ave., near 43rd St. 3-flat, press brick front, strictly mended 7-7 rooms. Steam heat. Price... 8,500 4-Vernon Ave., near 33d St. 2-flat stone front, strictly modern; 4 and 4 rooms; small payment down. Price... 4,000 5-Pleasant Ave., near 37th St. Can be used as a 2-flat house, Press brick front, 8 rooms, furnace heat; small payment down. Price... 3,500 6-Bryant Ave., near Vincentnes Ave, 3-flat, press brick, detached, 5-5-5 rooms, furnace heat. Terms. Price... 6,000 7-Forrestville Ave., house, hot water, 8 taps, steam heater, mahogany and oak trim. Terms. Price... 4,750 ANDERSON & TERRELL Real Estate Brokers RENTING, LOANS, INSURANCE 3512 South State Street "Home of Real Estate Bargains" Phones: Douglas 206 Auto, 79-864 C. M. M. B. A BAK In a 2-flat brick, stone trim, new best transportation in the city. Each flat has a separate entrance. The tenant runs his own steam plant, and balance like rent. Call at our office for further pa W. H. BOW Douglas 986 Announ Just off the Press. O Success," for colored Amer published before. Over 500 BARGA ck, stone trim, near Garfield Blvd. in the city. separate entrance, steam plant, basem own steam plant. We will accept a s ent. price for further particulars. BOWERS @ 186 6 E. announceme the Press. Our new book, colored Americans. Nothing re. Over 500 pages, 60 be gravures. Yo A BARGAIN In a 2-flat brick, stone trim, near Garfield Blvd. Convenient to the best transportation in the city. Each flat has a separate entrance, steam plant, basement and back yard. The tenant runs his own steam plant. We will accept a small cash payment and balance like rent. Call at our office for further information. Announcement! LIFE LINES OF SUCCESS THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THE EQUIPMENT AND IRONS --- BARGAIN LIST $500 CASH Helen A. Brown Hair Dressing, Shampooing and Manufacturing Wigs, Transformation Pompadours, Switches, Puffs, etc. Dying, Bleaching, Old Switches Renovted or Dyed. Combings Made up. ALSO OFFICE OF THE Faultless Lace Cleaners Curtains, Fine Lace and Lingerie, Waists, Dresses, Spreads, etc. High Class Work Guaranteed. H. A. BROWN PROPRIETRESS 708 E. 43rd Street NEAR LANGLEY AVE. In looking for furnished rooms and light housekeeping see Illinois Renting Association. Free information. Apply ILLINOIS RENTING ASSOCIATION 20 East Jackson Blvd. Phone 84338 1483 HIKE Will relieve itching, insect bites, poison of oak or ivy, sunburn, freckles, prickly heat, chapped hands or lips, bruises, sores or odorous feet. Just as good for an insect complexion. For sale at all drug stores and stores. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act, Serial No. 50812. Price 25c. HIKE CHEMICAL CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. ONE PRICED DENTISTS High Class Sanitary Office. High Class Work. Guaranteed 10 Years. Established 1893. Brainstorm Free. GOLD CROWNS. PORCELAIN CROWNS. BRIDGEWORK. Per Tooth. SILVER FILLINGS. Boston Dental Parlors New States Theatre Blvd. 3507 SOUTH STATE STREET Open Evenings and Sundays Phone Douglas 4047 9,000 Persons in Chicago are Blind HELLO, THIS IS DREXEL 146. Just call this number or drop me a card and I will call at your residence and thoroughly assemble your eyes without extra charges for the call. Day or night. Ex please eye spectacles made to order, from £2,500 guaranteed. Lenses duplicated and frames repaired 50c up. All patients looked after free for 1 year. DR. W. H. BRIDT Post Graduate in Optics and eyes of the Eye OFFICE 4901 STATE ST. OFFICE HOURS: 8 to 11 A.M. 3 to 9 Phones Drexel 1461 RGAIN our Garfield Blvd. Convenient to the steam plant, basement and back yard. We will accept a small cash payment iculars. ERS @ CO. 6 E. 31st Street PAGE THREE EASY TERMS --- PAGE FouR <1" The Worta’s Greatest Werity. ———S_——__—_ » oB, 8: ABBOTT, LL, B. " Baltor’ ang” Publianet. Sn ncinnnainee or ounded May 6, 1098. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. 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HCO Un east eon “WZoream Baptiat, 49th and Dearborn ae San cuz, arpa een Gein cue cap Aram ei Sea ES “ee gman, Rover tet BE thera, tom a Deon oe ion acm so ra ant Wad ‘Hope Presbyterian Church, Gist street Ee zeae sGaSMULSTA Elie, a and SEE. on poner conrestna OR ERNE eit, an: ea Our London Office areas Beeee eRIARE REE Lonannening, Resa) BY GONE DAYS. ‘That dear old motto “Home sweet home” how well do recall, It hung with family portraits in the front room on the wall. ‘And in those golden yesteryears so tranquil and 60 sweet, Home wasn't just a halfway place’ to dress, to sleep, to eat ~ No need there was of “Welcome” on the mat upon the floor, For here no man was stranger once ‘he passed the entrance door. But that was tong and long ago as doubtless you bave guessed, And that 18 why I say T like the old- time ways the best. When Kings and Queens are patron- zing the "Movies," everybody's do- ing it, ‘Phere ia no better time than NOW to join the N. A. A.C. P. It needs your cooperation and you need Its dacking. ‘Phe past-two weeks with the ther- mometer hovering around zero, prom- onading up and down the “Stroll” had its drawbacks, - ‘The polls are open Tuesday, the 2ith day of February, between the hours of 6 a. m. and 6 p.m. Raln or shine; don't fail to vote, and vote RIGHT. A. great many people are -always complaining about not deing given a chance. Now that they have chance and a good ono, to elect a race alder: ‘man, let's see what they are going to = about it. -people in our little neighboring “ton City, are becoming such ‘that ero long residents wil 4 to put some covering ‘on naire and tables if they “dered decent respect: ‘8 doing all she ‘lation of Tay- ne gave i sand t\vo Chico ee ored man as you would Jike to be treated, yourself, ‘give’ blin :the baltot and educate him.” The'learned Doc tor need not huve added the last two, the firat covers everything in the cate. Gory, wher you treat others as’ you would have them treat you there Is Uttle more to be desired. And now comes Col. George W. Brackenridge of San Antonio, Tex. with an offer to give $35,000 for build Ings and agricultural and industrial equipment for Guadaloupe College provided the colored people raise $10,000. These gifts with a atring on are blessings in disguise. They make us work, and in so doing we show the ‘world that we are worthy of the con fidence and trust placed in us, besides ‘a thing that is worth having is worth Working for. f iciimiiienns ota As wax to be expected our women Jare meeting with some objections in the Suffragettes’ ranks, but” on the whole they ane rectiving fair. treat ments For instance, when Miss Mabel ‘Vernon appeared in a Delaware city tn the Interest of her league was asked if she wanted the white women ‘of the state to rub elbows with 8,000 colored women who would alsq galn tho franchise in the event of the raf fragists’ success, she declared she row faba tows with them in th trolley cars, sits with them in, the ‘trains and in the theatres and shops ‘with them in the stores and she can. not see why to vote with them would Ue any detriment. The Sontherner who conies, say to Chicago, for In stance, does ail ti things that Miss Vernon speaks of and apparently isn’t the worse for wear. Its the setting that makes the difference. And we are glad (0 sco. the Women taking a firm stand,in this matter. It fust takes a few determined men or wo men to stand up for the thing they helieve is right to carry the day. ‘The Suffragette movement. being in its in fancy 18 building x foundation from which they cannoteasily be shaken. WENDELL PHILLIPS SETTLE erica ‘The Wendell Phillips Settlement located at 2009 Walnut street, is. to recelve $500 annually, to assist In car tying on-its social work among the poor ‘of the great West Side, tt fs neediess to say that the donor's name is Julius Rosenwald, for where in this broad country is there # deserving charity for the uplift of the colored race, that he has not in some manner helped? ‘The ¥. XC. A’s in almost every city in the Union ‘are monv: ments {0 his philunthropy. And this little settlement that has been doing an untold amount of good for a great many. years, deserves the support morally and financially of every good citizen, Only time will prove the in: estimable value of stich places. not ‘only to the race but to the community at large. We congratulate the loyal earnest workers who huve tolled, so faithfully to make this Hittle West /Side oasis a succoss. As for Mr. Ros enwald, long ago we have run out of words that would adequately express how dear to the hearts he fs of the people he is trying to ald. OUR CONTRIBUTION” TO LITERA [ wine. That men and women of our race have made and are making a marked mapression upon the public mind as writers and authors of note and dis tinetion is a fuct that all must admit and none can deny. Douglas, Langs: ton, Dunbar, Johnson, Chestnatt, Washington and others have written books that have been generally read by readers and thinkers of difterent races and nationalities in every coun- try. ‘These and other writers of the race have covered the field In prose, poetry, fact and fiction but another author has recently come to the front in the person of Maj, John R, Lynch, who makes a strong and able defense of the act by which suffrage was con- ferred upon the Colored American. It fs the fitst work of its kind written by anyone and is therefore in a class by Itself. So much has beén written im which the claim is made that the enfranchisement of the Colored men of the South by the Reconstruction Acts of Congress shortly after the war was a mistake, {t is therefore ox- tremely fortunate that we have in the person of Major Lynch, who Is a product of reconstruction, a man who has the ability, the knowledge and the experience to ‘present the other. side of the question which he bas 30 strongly and so forcibly in his book, “The Facts of Reconstruction,” ANNEXING CUBA. No sooner does the report get out that “American sentiment in Cuba fs growing in favor of annexation by the United States,” than the counter re- port comes that “apparently the Cu- bans have no use for Americans.” ‘There is really nothing’ for these fslanders to gain by belng annexed, while as the matter now stands they can make uo pronounced govern: ‘mental move without the approvat of the United States, still they are in a measure free agents and can make and administer their own laws. And Mf the present president can hold out and put the administration on a sound financlat basis and carry out his poli cles, there is n° reason in the world why they shoulu wot paddle their own canoe. There are many wealthy Cu- bans and they are a class of people who enjoy every moment of life. The advent of the “Yankes” has both helped and hindered them, they ab- sorbing more of his bad than bis good tralts, Tho United States acts wisely in not seoking to devour every small Power within reach, it bas, troubles enough’ at home, -and nothing is so destructive as internal strife, the set- tlement may be deferred from year to year’ but it’ must finally come and that is the one thought, the one ray of light that keeps ten million souls struggling onward and upward through the labyrinth of prejudice and un- christianlike spirit. If Cuba is wise it will shun annexation, anu a ieaMe: | fa ‘the ‘egripuitural:.cxtension Bill controversy it" wasn't go much the Ssmount.of money Involyel as it was thé principle’ We héar asians harp- ‘eigaytbat. the sheet ay ea bea sayft I$ ghouted from A? ghouted: trom THE CHICAGO, DERENDER: .:-) +. + the house-tops that life in the city is ‘a delusion anda snare; and the only falvation for the”race ‘is the farm. ‘These are pretty speeches and doubt- ess in a measure true. Let us, see how'tauch encouragement is given us to follow out that plan. ‘The govern: ment recognizing that the wealth of ‘the country is in the soll, is attempt: Ing to encourage agricultural industry by appropriating ‘money for experi mental purposes and by sending out demonstrators. ‘To a casual observer It would seem that if the advocates of “pack to the farm” were sincere and honest they would hall with oy a meusure that would offer inducements to the colored man to stick on the farm. But not, 80 the greed for money and that innate prejudice blinds them to the justice of the prop- osition and they deny to the colored man the knowledge that will enable him to make farm life profitable. To give him a portion of the approprio- tion would do two good things, enable him to disseminate agricultural. n- formation among his own and make Guem better farmers and inspire con- fidence in him by giving bim an opportunity “to show that he could properly handle the government's funds. We do not believe that the right thinking people of the South concur in the sentiments as expressed by the men they sent to Washington to represent them. In the United Slates Senate all questions should have wlde discussion tpon their mer- Ms, unbindered by such blighting prejudices as were Yoiced by some of Tie sslbreueaeentntivenc WOMEN CLERKS OF ELECTION. In the reaim of polities, especially in w Northern community like Cht cugd, one hardly looks for an exhib tion of colorphobia, It remained for the Suffrage movement, however, to bring it to the fore. ‘The mixed cbar- eter of the precincts of the Second ‘Ward brought many white and col- ored election oilicials together. In a number of instances white women judges and clerks went to the offices ‘of the election board, in the City Hall, and protested vigorously against serv: ing with colored judges and clerks. Under the taw the clerks of election must go together to make a canvas of the precinct. ‘To do the work prop: erly would mean hours of association. stairways. must be climbed, gurrets and basentents visited, and every place questionable or otherwise, Tooked into to verify the registration. The white women quailed at the prospect, white men objected also to their women being foreed into such association with colored men. The Board of Election Commissioners had no such problem before. White and colored men had served together in the various precincts for Years without a. shadow of friction. The women, however, thought they ‘had a right’ to pick their own com- pany. .Be it suid to the credit. of Judge Owens and the Board of Elec fon Commissioners they met the proposition squarely. ‘The objectors Were given to understand that they must appear at their polling places and serve or take the consequences, In striking contrast to the attitude of the white women was that shown by some of the colored women clerks. in reply to the suggestion that they refuse to take clerical positions be cause of the necessity of canvassing with white clerks, some of the ladies waxed indignant ‘and seemingly con: sidered if a great honor. While little or no objection could be offered to woen serving as judges of election no man familiar with preeinet polities is ready to place the stamp of ap- proval upon Women making the house to house canvass in the company with a strange man as is required under ‘the tae REPRESENTATION. EVERYWHERE. Just why Mayor Harrison continu- aliy overlooks the Afro-American in his appointments for civic welfare is ‘a question, We have watched his se- lections of varions boards and com- mites in the hope that he would at sometime recognize this substantial portion of the community. A few days ago His Honor saw fit to name five women and one man to be sensors of moving pictures tinder the direc- jtlon of Maj. M. L. C. Funkhouser. Note “he nationalities and by whom recom ended: Miss Eva Loeb, rec- ommended by Judges Pam and Mack, Rabbi Hirsch, and forty-six Jewish Women’s clubs; Mrs. G. F. Carr, rec- ommended by’ the Catholic clergy; the other four backed equally as strong by members of their own na- tionality. ‘The object of the Jew, Irish, German and other nationalities fs obvious. Sickened by insult and caricature they strive by every means to protect thelr races from ridicule, What race has and is more maligned than the Colored race, and what ‘is being done about it? ‘The race fails to demand representation and the chiet executive does not consider it necessary. Here {s an instance where the committee on civic affairs of the Appomattox Club could demonstrate their usefulness. The Chleago De- fender stands | for representation everswhere—in the city council, on the ‘school board, board of review, park commissioners, and on every board and committee ‘at has the handling of the taxpayers’ money. Paramount now is the aldermanie question and under ils new direct primary law there is no excuse for the intelligent Colored voter for not having representation in the, elty council. We are told—by those who have an ax to grind—that the time fan't ripe for a race candidate. Later they promise to select one. for us. Doubtiess our grandfathers heard that same story. Why is this sop banded to us now? Because the opposing ‘candidates know that the power to select ts in the voters’ hands, In the ‘second ward, especially with the power and the numbers, there is no question about the ragé having an alderman. Never before in the bis- tory of polities has the race been 60 united and determined to have a cok deed alderman, It ld up to the voters. Become Critical as to Dict. So many cases of ptomaine polson- fog have occurred in France trom ent ing stale oysters, or those grown in ter containing sewage, . thet” con .gumers are very critical:ab: shell fon which'have “eme along “nea! .. EDITOR'S MAIL. . Dear Editor: ? This communication ‘is to. inform you that T am a subscriber of ‘The Chicago Defender, also an agitator .of the principles for which it stands'and defends. 5 Tam of the opinion, that your paper is one of the’ greatest Negro publica- ons in the world, and if there fs any paper that should be made a dally issue it is The Defender. A paper ‘that without fear, defends the Negro’s jue, iret, ast and all tho time ‘Thore is no Negro that can read the paper without being in one way or unother inspired. Sr would that time would permit’ me the opportunity to just alone express my opinion of your paper. 1 feel, however, that these remarks are not alone my own sentiment, but that I aun speaking the sentiment of every Negro that has chanced to see and read ‘The Chicago Defender. Yours for uplift of the face, WM, LUTHER MARTIN, FARMERS’ CONFERENCE . AT UTICA INSTITUTE Large Attendance at 10th Annual Gathering—Prof. W. H, Holtz. chew, Penson, Special to The Chicago Defender. ‘Utica Institute, Miss, Feb, 20.— ‘The 10th annual Farmers’ Conference has brought to this place farmers and representative men from all parts of this country, who come for the pur- pose of discussing matters of inter- est to all the people, and to take such steps as will better the condition of the race. In the personul of the visi tors Were doctors, lawyers, teachers, preachers, business ‘men with the farmers and working men, The con- ference opcaed Wednesday. Prof. W. H. Holtzclaw, president of the Utiea Normal and Industrial Institute, pre- sided. He is the prime mover in the conferences, and is thus devoting his Ufe for the development of the peo- ple in this section of the country. Among the speakers were Prof. 7. ‘t. Hubert, president of the Jackson College, Jackson, Miss.; Prof. J. C. Clark, president ‘of Southern Univer: sity, New Iberia, La; Rev. A. A. Cosey of Mound Bayou, Miss.: W. 1. Lanier, principal of the local school ‘at Jackson, Miss.; Prof. J. A. Martin, president Alcorn A. and M. College, and Charles Stewart, Chicago, Ml. Special musle was furnished by the student body. PITTSBURG MINISTER CARRIES ON SUC- CESSFUL REVIVAL ccile in. Sone Cache Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 20. — Rev. Boone, .pastor ‘of Bethel” Baptist Church, has been carrying a series of revivals in Baltimore, Md. Nearly 100 men and women have been con- verted under the Christian persuasion of Rev. Boone. It is said he, yielded a great influence among the wnbe- Hevers of Christ. Mr. George Coats has met with an accident. He will bbe, retired-soon on a pension list, Adams, the Pullman porter of Raltimore. who operates a sleeper between Pittsburg and Raltimore, is still with us and doing business ‘be. tween the two cities. Mr. Adams has been with us about 15 years and Is Just as good as the day he started. ‘The Pullman Company has a good man in Mr, Adams. ©. H. Bush, after a few months away from us is back at his old post as Pullman porter between Cinein. nati and Pittsburg on trains 105 and 106. We missed Charley, glad to have him back with us again. SUCCESSFULLY CON- DUCTED BUSINESS Peneutal to: ten: Detwadee: Canton, Miss., Feb. 20.—The Ander- son Grocery Co, located in the heart of the business district is conducting a most successful business. ‘THOMAS-KENNEDY NUPTIALS. Miss Fthel Thomas was married to Mr, Earl Kennedy Thursday , after: noon at 4 o'clock, at the home ‘of the bride, 3306 Indiana avenue. Rev, A. J. Carey performed the ceremony. HELD UP GOING TO CHURCH. Bold Bandite Beat and Rob Well Known Woman Near Grace Presbyterian Chureh, Mrs. L. M. Baer of 3726 Wabash avenue, who has just recently con- nected herself with Grace Presby- terlan Church, while on her way to the regular Wednesday evening serv: fee at 7:30 o'clock, waa held up near the church and kicked and unmerel- fully beaten. She was relieved of a silver mesh bag, keys, $7 and five tickets for an entertainment at Me. sonic hall, Feb. 23, for The Phylis Wheatly Club. “Phe Chieago Defend- er offers a reward for the capture of the brute who committed the crime. RIDING MASTER IS GUEST OF DR. MILLER. ‘Dr. E. S. Miller, 3247 Wabash ave- nue, has as his guests Mr. S. Saund- ers, of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Saund- ers is one of the most noted horse dealers doing business in the Twin Cities. In his home city for many years he bas conducted a riding school, where he gives instructions to ils wealthy eltizens, He is in Chicago to buy horses. Automobiles, he sald, “are used there on the same large scale as they are in this city, but they have not affected his business. He reports an increasing demand for fine saddle horses. Hle Kind Heart, Master of the Houso, sternly—"You told my tailor when ke fame to col lect his bill yesterday that T owed You six months’ wages. Hofr came you to be so indlecrect?” The Servant-- “T meant po, harm, sir—Itoaly. wanted to contd lm bt athe Soom ‘that: down asrted cain”! =! Sere Keep Healthy By Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams ‘A Weekly Talk on Preventative Measures, First Aid Remedies, Hygienics, Sanitation. No Cases will be Diagnosed and No Pre- scriptions will be Given in This Column. Cees cy NE ee ‘WILLAMS. emia WATER, gen and one of oxygen. The formula boing H20. Water is our universal solvent—most al} solids and chemical elements are solvable In Water. Water in health and in disease is the most largely use} chemical compound found in Nature. This is due largely to the fact, that it ts found in almost every part of the globe, and 1s readily ob- tained in three different states: solid Water or ice, liquid water and gaseous steam, Water has great heat: power and is known as latent heat; it has five times as much of transmitting heat power as glass, and ten times as niuich ag iron. ‘The greater part of al most every cell and tissue of the liv: Ing body is composed of water. Wat- er Is absolutely necessary to the life and funetion of all living beings. It fs the circulating medium of the body out of whieh medium. the digestive secretions are formed—food Is assim Jated and carried to the individual Itv ing cells of the body. By the means of water certain waste substances aro dissolved and removed trom the body through the various elfminating oF. Eans of the body, viz: the skin, lungs, Kidneys and bowels. In fact, out whole life Is bound up in what we anight call a water element. We live, think, move and have our being, as it were, under the tnflueiee of water. The tiniest cell creatures of our bod: Jes from the Kidney ducts to the ex- halted thinking'cells of the brain, all carry. on thelr work under the’ in. uence of water; hence, the amount of water we drink each day, the mun- ner, and method of drinking this water determines very largely wheth- er the liquids circulating throngh our bodies and tissues shall be pure, fresh, clean and life giving, or wheth- er they shall be dirty, stale, stagnant or death dealing. Water constitutes over 95% of the food taken by a nor. nial Individual, and is absorbed into the blood stream through the same channel that the food is digested, Very littie water, if any at all, is ab: sorbed In the stomach, but passes through the stomach on into the intes: tines, Hence, the drinking of water during the meat time is very injurious to some people, It tends to retard stomach digestion—and if too much Water is taken during the meal time, St may cause dilatation or stretching ‘of the stomach and a catarrhal cond of that organ will soon follow. Thirst for water Is a call of the nervous sys tem, the same as hunger is a call of the ‘cells and tissues for food. Pure water Is the best beverage with which to quench natural thirst. The Internal Bath. While the external bath is very Im portant for keeping the skin healthy and active, ridding the body of mans poisonous" substances, the interna bath is of equal importance. We should take an abundance o! pure water daily for the purpose o bathing and cleaning the interna parts of our bodies. The internat tissues become literal Jy soiled, and dirty by their life ac Uvitles in the process of secreting and excreting poisonous substances Just as the skin becomes dirty and ‘ollod by its process of exereting of sweats and poisonous solids. Thus the regular, plentiful drinking ol Water is absolutely necessary to en able the body tlssues to enjoy its in ternal bath. This internal cleansing and scouring out is just as grateful healthful, and refreshing to the calls and tissites of the body as the exter nal bathing and scrubbing of the body is to the nerves and the skin. There fore ier for external "bathing sho, . be clean, and as pure as can be obtained and the same is true about water for internal bath. It should be clean, pure, refreshing and at a temperature of 60 to 75. This water drinking or Internal bath, should be taken regular and in proper amounts. Young ehildren and infants should recelve a regular amount of water during the day. Of en infants ery for water and mothers and nurses give food instead of giv: fog the baby water. Hence, we ad. vise that there be a regular intake of water from the cradle to the grave, Water has food qualities when it con: tains salts, such as lime, fodlne, fron, ete. Some people are like a camel ‘They can go a long tlme without tak: ing but little water and often try to make. this deficiency of water by drinking beer, coffee, tea, milk and other adulterated drinks whleh in the long run, prove injurious to the sy6- tem. . How ‘to Drink. We American people’ do not drink enough pure water and drink too much of nearly every other kind of Nquids. We need to cultivate the hab- It of regular water drinking. It is best to take one glass or one half pint of water at a time, It Is not good to drink too much water with the meals. Tt ts Better to take a glass of water one hour, or & half hour before eat- Ing, and a glass of watgr two or three hours after eating. If you are trou. Died in any way with findigestion, or slow digestion, or dysyopsla,-It is’ ad- visable to not'take arp:<Water during the ‘meals, but to, teke.'a »glass ‘of water, bot or cold, frit onés'te ‘dag: which secrete the juices necessary to ine ‘arrylag of of the dlgestive proc ess. Some people are selzed with Sreat thirst immediately after eat: ing. This ls due to the fact that there {8 too little water in the blood stream, and indicates that more water should be taken before meale, “Dangers in Drinking Water. ‘There are great dangers in taking too large quantity of water when one is tired, weary or exhausted or in tak ing ice’ water when over heated. At such times, cold water should be tak- en very gradually and it should be sipped, so as to be permitted to get warme! a little while passing down the throat into the stomach. A plan for drinking water may be as follows for those who eat three regular meals a day: One glass on arising, two to three’ glasses before dinner’ and from one to two hours apart. The same amount—two to three glasses in the afternoon, and as a rule from two to three glasses after evening meals and at bed time, mak- ing a total of eight to ten glasses of water daily. This, however, will de- pend on the nature of food taken, and the occupation of the individual, and the size of the Individual, But, it, Is a fact, that free water drinking tends to promote a good cleansing of the internal organs, such as the stomach, Kidneys, liver,” bladder and bowels, Plenty of water is a good reliever of constipation if used freely internutly, externally and locally, and {t will also g0 a long ways in keeping your breath clean and sweet. Beard of Health Notes. Jt is a dirty community that has a visitation of flies and typhoid fever. ‘The battle ery in the fight against disease {5 cleanliness. Clean things are safe. Dirty things are danger: ous. In the fight against most, if not all, of the IMs of life, it Is prevention, rather than cure that counts the most, ‘The people of a community are ss safe as the community in which they live, is safe. This is only a sugges- Vion. Think it over and see what you can get out of It. ‘The house that Is so situated and $0 constructed that it can only house and breed disease, should be torn down. Certainly it should not be used as a shelter for human beings, ‘The Hookworm Commission of the North Carolina State Board of Health ‘has uccomplished some splendid re- sults In the campaign it has been wag- ing against this now well-known dis ease. Up to January ist of this year, 3,241,920 persons have been examined, 111,672 cows treated free of charge. All told since the systematic ght against hookworin was started, 164. 148 cases have been treated and over 1,000. public lectures have been given throughout the state covering not ‘only the hookworm but dealing with all phases of home and community sanitation. And these do not include the daily iilustrated lectures given by Dr. Pridgen, who ts the head of the Commission, and his staff, which runs Into many thousands, and Including the distribution of nearly one million coples of illustrated pamphlets on hookworm and general sanitation. Thi: is excellent health work and the kind that pays tremendous dividends on the money invested to carry {t on, Air that is filled with dust particles is dangerous. Such air Is often found in machine shops, metal polishing rooms, type foundries, brass works, In fact, in all of the dust-producing trades.’ In work places whore protec tive devices are not used the workers soon show the ill effects of constantly inhaling the dust into the lungs and air passages. This is why in most of the states there are laws requiring that fans, shields and blowers be in- stalled for the better protection of the health of the workers. Out of 24 in- dustrial establishments recently visit- ed in one of the oastern states, it was found that in those places where the alr was filled with dust, tho employes were pale and sickly in appearance, and that without exception, all com: plained of the irritating effects of the dust they were compelled to breathe. In shops where the conditions as to light, air and ventilation were good, the employes noticeably, were in goad health, good natured and contented, Also it was found that these were turning out more work per person and of a better quality than were the em- Dloyes in the shops where the eondi- tions. were bad. So, from every stand- point, it pays to have good alr, plenty of light and adequate ventilation in our work places, DR. GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL. Buys Real Estate, Dr. George Cleveland Hall has pur chased a beautiful plece of property at 3410 Calumet avenue. The doctor ‘ill havo a suite’ of rooms for bis oftes” work and practice and Mrs. Hall a sulte. The distinguished phy- siclen and surgeon returned from the South the first of the week, where he was doing surgieal work in the state oF Gear . £ Mother Would Like [t - | HLittle bos, what would your moth- ay ce) You smoking Of Eiger Mate'd "bectoute “dat, raui8 z | “DEFENDER’S | Letters for This Department Must Be Signed with the Nameés ‘and Addresses of the Writers. To the Defender’s Legal Help, * Ist and 16th of each month. A was You do not stato sufficient facts concerning the contract of vmploy. Protective League, 3000 South State Street Car Transfers, ‘To the Defender's Legal Helps. 1 am Informed that it Is unlawful for me to throw away a transfer given by the street car company to a passenger, without fret tearing the Same up. Is that a rule of the com: pany or the law?—Myrtle, It 18 a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not to exceed $25 for any per- s0n to throw away a transfer without first tearing the same in two. | Unifi cation ordinance passed Nevember 12, 1918, by the City Counell of Chicaxo. Attorney for Accused. ‘To the Defender's Legal Helps. Fob. 1, 1914 T understand that the Iaw provides that every man accused of a crime must have an attorney, Will yout please state what the law is? Every person charged with erime shall be allowed counsel, and when he shull state upon oath. that ho is un- able to procure counsel, the routrt ‘shall assign him competent counsel, who shall conduct his defense. Iturd Revised Statutes, Criminal Code, | From Ovr Exchanges PLAIN TALK. | stood on the corner a few’ days ago and looked into the faces of colored men and women, and even children, who have no race pride at.all, und who persist in attending ” theater thi drives them through the back do: Into the alley. L was almost persuade to believe thut if some one should ope a theater on Fourth with an entrane Ghrough a sewer from Fifth strect the some of my people would be sce sneaking down through the fltb of th sewer in order to shower Into th white man’s pockets a few dimes fo being segregated —Lovisville News. (A QUAKER'S IDEA. Henry W. Wilbur Sunday morning at the Fifteenth and Race strests meeting of Friends advocated the formation of a syndicate to buy Janz in the South and resolt ft on low term: jto the colored men, as the best plan of aiding that race.’ He sald ft was a safe solution of the race problem. Liv: ing in cities, in his opinion, was pro- ductive of shiftlessness among colored men, He said there wore restrictions upon colored men owning property in the South, but he belleved they could be overcome—The Philadelphia Cour- ae | GOOD WOMEN, | No nation or people can rise higher than Its women. Men may be what ‘they may be—good, bad or indifferent —and the world will jog along fairly well in some way or other, but if the whole mass js to be mado better the Work has got to start at the home, and in the home it fs the mother who is to a large degree responsible for the future of the child. It Is the mother who must do the training, and {it is the mother who has got to be re- sponsible for tho future of the boy and gir) who will go out from under the home roof. It stands to reason, there- fore, that if the foundation ts impure the stream will be impure. We want good women, and the way to get them fs to start at the cradle to get them.— Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore. NEW THEATER FOR WASHINGTON “Red Moon" Singer Becomes Manager. (Special to the Defender.) Washington, D. Gy Feb. 20°CA new theater has been opened in Washloy. ton, D. Os it belog the Majestic, a the coreer of Ninth and’ Pesserivsots avenue, It fe under tho tmansgement ot Freak Brown, ‘Tale gives afaske Ingion two large movers’ Sandeenie theaters, operated by aud for colored peonte TOWN NAMED FOR EX- REGISTRAR OF TREASURY (Specia: to the Defender.” Vernon, Okla, Feb. 20- fs another town ia 1 nas onan og hundred and \s grorin, pandas ast Goring pape SA 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. Hon. Medill McCormick will be the principal speaker at the Washington birthday exercises, Sunday, Feb. 22, under the auspices of the Advisory Council of the Illinois Commission Half-Century Anniversary of the Nogro. Hon. George W. Ellis has been invited by Prof. Starr of the University of Chicago to lend his aid and influence in making the Liberian exhibition, March 23, a big success. The exhibition is to be held in this city. Miss Emily M. Ganaway of Lafayette, Ind., left recently for an indefinite visit to Hunter's Hot Springs, Mont. Before departing for the Far West she transferred her subscription to The Chicago Defender to her new home in order that she might continue to keep in touch with the progressive doings of the race. Miss Jessio Cole left the first of the week for Flushing, Ohio, to attend the funeral of her grandmother. The Austra Club gave the prettiest dancing party Wednesday night seen here for several years at Oakland hall. Floral decorations, beautiful gowns, an augmented orchestra, with several out-of-town guests, were the cause of a great deal of dolight from members and guests. After the dance the members and their guests were entertained with an early luncheon. All matter sent to this office must be mailed with a two-cent stamp. If otherwise it will not be given consideration. Mr. Charley Lett, who needs no introduction to Chicago, was in the city for a few weeks on a vacation from Buffalo, where he is now making his home. Miss Cora Brown entertained Misses Goins, Pompey and Dunmore at luncheon Tuesday. Miss Anna Turner spent Sunday in Lockport, Ind. Miss Elizabeth Clark recently heard from Miss Hazel Harrison, who is abroad. The noted planiste expects to be in this country soon. Several special parties are being arranged to attend the Harrison Emanuel recital Monday, Feb. 23, at Kimball hall. Miss Edna Lewis of Boston, Mass., a very charming girl, is in the city, the guest of Miss Ethel McElwee, 33d and Rhodes avenue. Mrs. J. M. Craig, 3406 Vernon avenue, has returned from a delightful visit to Independence, Kan., where she was called to attend the marriage of her brother, the Rev. J. Stratford. Irs. B. Wilson and twin sister, Mrs. Grazier, are making a brief visit at Isdale, Ill. Iiss Lucy C. Wright, 518 West Col avenue, South Bend, arrived in the Thursday morning to be in the final party of the Thomas-Kennedy ding. She spent Thursday with cousins, the Kennedys, at 5413 met avenue, and Friday with Mrs. Valdes, 53d and Wabash avenue, rning home that evening. She is ary charming girl. INFORMATION — Wedding announcements, $1.50; wedding write-ups, $5 and up; card of thanks, $1.50 and up; in memoriam, $1.50; business announcements, $1.50 and up. Everything paid in advance. Mr. Eugene McGhee, one of the attaches of the Palmer House, just returned to the city from a trip abroad. For the last six months he has been sojourning at London, Paris, Berlin, Pekin, Scotland and Wales. He reports a very delightful visit. It is said that he will be invited to address the Englewood and Bethel Literaries. Mr. H. Williams, 3605 State street, called at The Defender office and paid his subscription for two years. He is a prosperous business man, has four wagons and horses with which he furnishes patrons coal. Miss Bertha H. Winston, 4015 Cottage Grove avenue, daughter of Mr. John R. Winston, passed to the third grade last week at Oakland school. A pleasant affair last Saturday night was the valentine party at 3514 Prairie avenue for the benefit of Miss Lucile M. Peyton, who has been ill at the National Religious Training School, Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Jefferson of 3409 Prairie avenue gave a dinner in honor of her sister, Mrs. L. Bragg of South Bend, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. H. Schefer of New York City. Mrs. L. Van Sickle of 3133 Dearborn street entertained a number of friends Thursday evening in honor of her birthday. Miss Barber, one of Charleston, S. C.'s, belles, is in the city for an indefinite stay as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. McElwee. Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of Lexington, Ky., is visiting her niece, Mrs. Leonard Lewis. Mr. Charles Reese has arrived at Los Angeles, Cal., and is enjoying the best of health in the balmy weather reported there. All communications for this paper must be addressed to The Chicago Defender and not to an Individual, or they will not receive prompt attention. Miss Ida Nicholson, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Turner, 5155 Wabash avenue, has returned to her home, Colorado Springs, Colo. A card states that she is spending a few days at Denver, Colo. Mrs. Jeanette Wiley, who lost her brother several weeks ago, has been in Mexico, Mo., with her sister-in-law. She expects to return to Chicago the first of the spring. Attorney W. W. Johnson leaves Sunday for a city in Indiana on special business—matrimonial, it is said. Miss Marie Burgett of Milwaukee, Wis., was in the city this week to attend the Austra dance at Oakland Music hall on Wednesday night. Mr. Charles Settles, secretary of the Austra Club, entertained Wednesday night after the club dance every member of the club. Miss Sadie Ward of Montreal, Canada is in the city, the guest of Mrs. Ed Taylor, 4738 State street. Miss Ruth Boger of Aurora, Ill., was in the city this week to attend the Austra dance on Wednesday night. Miss Marguerite Brown, who recently moved on the South Side, is greatly pleased with her new location. Mr. S. T. Ransom of St. Paul, Minn, spent a few days in the city this week, the guest of his sister and aunt, Mrs. C. Taylor, 2232 Dearborn street. On Sunday he dined with Mrs. Mosely, 6320 Carpenter street. Mrs. Ellen Frye of Louisville, Ky, has returned home, after having spent two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Essie Thompson, in Pittsburgh, Pa. On her return she came by the way of Chicago and was the guest of her three brothers, Arthur F. Brown, 718 East 38th street; Geo. Brown, 4605 Vincennes avenue, and Lawyer T. Webster Brown, 3726 Dearborn street. Mrs. Mayme Clinkscale is contemplating a trip to New York on millinery business. Mr. Wesley Turner was in the city for a few days this week. West, as he is called by his friends, was out for a good time, and he had it. Miss Esperance, the promising young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Lane of the Crawford building, was one of the class of twelve graduates from the midwinter class of the Keith school. Miss Lane will enter the Lucy Flower school of domestic science. Little Enas Caserno of 3318 Vernon, came home Wednesday highly elated over the fact that she had passed from the kindergarten to the sure-enough school at the Doolittle school. CHICAGO MEN OFFERED $5,000 FOR RAIL PATENT (Special to The Defender.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.—Messrs Gaines and Henry, of Chicago, Ill., were seen today in the patent office and it was learned that they were applying for a patent for a continuous rail. They have been offered $5,000 for the blue print. The invention is said to be one of the most economic discoveries made in recent years and will be a revelation to railroad men. oga, Banker ESTATE State and 36th Place Douglas 1565 INS IN RENT TO APRIL 30 LEASE "FOR SALE" ences and Flat Buildings For Sale. Commission not to be considered. Be you are in the market to buy. FOR RENT. steam heat.....$25.00 furnace heat.....$28.00 heat.....$5.00 heat.....$23.00 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER. The speaker at the meeting Sunday afternoon, Feb. 22, is Mr. Harry Hedge, whose subject will be "Present Responsibilities." Mr. Hedge spent a few weeks disguised as a workingman among the unemployed in the city to learn conditions. He will have an interesting story to tell. Mrs. Seele, recently a citizen of Chicago, will give two musical numbers. The paper read by Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams before the Chicago Woman's Club at a recent meeting is on file at the center for distribution to those wishing a copy. Saturday morning at 10 o'clock the girls' classes, in domestic science, with vocal music. The address at the Center Woman's Club by Mrs. Clara Weston on Palestine was of unusual interest and well attended Tuesday. THE TYREE CIRCLE. The Tyrex Circle met in their regular session with their president, Mrs Washington, Feb. 12. Dalton refreshments were served by Misa Humphrey Mrs. Kendred and Mrs. Mills were visitors.—Mrs. A. D. Washington, President; Mrs. A. Jordan, Secretary; THE COLONIAL CLUB. The Colonial Club held a special meeting Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the home of H. Mossette. Thomas Lewis and Fern Woodward spoke on the betterment of the club and this brought on a very interesting debate. The club adjourned to meet at the home of Thomas Lewis, 3818 Rhodes avenue, Thursday, Feb. 19.—Louis Berry, President; Fern Woodward, Secretary; H. Mossette, Club Editor. DEARBORN WHIST CLUB. The Dearborn Whist Club held its weekly meeting on Wednesday, Fob. 11, at the home of Mrs. Cora Wheeler, 16 West 47th street. The club admitted to membership Miss Lillian Lepe. An unusual feature about this club is that it never has more than two members absent. The next meeting promises to outshine all others, as it is to be held at the home of the Williams sisters, better called the trio. PROGRESSIVE NEGRO LEAGUE. On last Sunday night the Progressive Negro League, after holding short exercises at the musical studio of Enterprise Institute, 3717 State street, where Rev. E. P. Robinson, Miss Grace Walker-Johnson, Messrs. M. T. Bailey, W. A. Wallace, A. D. Hayes and others participate, went in a body to Walters A. M. E. Zion Church, where they held their anniversary exercises. The church was crowded and Callis delivered the annual address. Other speeches were made by Messrs. U. S. Harvey, the vice-president; W. A. Wallace, M. T. Bailey, C. H. Turner and E. Thompson. Mme. M. R. Railey, the director of music and voice culture at Enterprise Institute, sang one of her famous solos, which was highly appreciated. AMERICAN ROSE ART CLUB. The members of the American Rose Art Club met at the home of Mrs. Cora Hawkins, 1827 Fulton street, Wednesday, Feb. 18. A dainty luncheon was served. Several members were present. The drama and bazaar given at Masonic hall Feb. 16 was a grand success and the club feels greatly indebted to the patrons who donated the beautiful drama. We adjourned to meet with Mrs. Minnie Anderson, 3565 Forest avenue, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Ellen Kinney, President; Mrs. Emma Dyson, Reporter. GAUDEAMUS CHARITY CLUB Gaudeamus Charity Club met at Mrs Alien's. 3644 Prairie, last Monday, Feb. 16. The embroidery class was largely attended. Next meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 23.—Mrs. S. L Adams, President; Mrs. Geo. Reed Secretary. S. Q. J.'S. Mrs. Art Codozoe entertained the S. Q. J's last Saturday at her palatial residence. A dainty four-course luncheon was served, after which eight games of whist were played.—Marguerite Hudson, Reporter. THE SAMARITAN CLUB. The Samaritan Club held its embroidery class Friday, Feb. 6, at the residence of Mrs. Mamie Titue, 224 Mecca building. The ladies are progressing very nicely and have become quite interested. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The club held its regular meeting Thursday, Feb. 12, at the home of Mrs. John Oglesby, 3744 Rhodes avenue. Luncheon was served by the hostess, Miss M. Gardner. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. M. A. Porterfield, 3228 Wabash avenue, Friday, Feb. 20. —L. Porterfield, Reporter. SOCIAL EIGHT WHIST. The Social Eight Whist Club was entertained by Mrs. Pegg at Mrs. Sugg's home, 3748 Wabash avenue, Thursday evening, Feb. 12. A pleasant time was spent at cards and the bi-monthly prizes were awarded to Mrs. Suggs, first; Mrs. E. Schaffer, second.—Mrs. Hill. President. MATRIMONY CLUB The Matrimony Club is making preparations to entertain Messrs. Booker T. Washington, Jr., and Earl Kennedy, who have recently married. There is a report that Mr. Walter Anderson of the Anderson-Terrill Company may "step off" soon. The club meets tonight in the office of Dr. Harry Garnes. THE A$SEMBLY CLUB. The Assembly Club will give a social masquerade on Monday night at Oakland Music hall. Only club members and their company and special guests expected THE CHICAGO DEPENDER RAYMOND DANCING CLUB. The Raymond Dancing Club spent a delightful evening Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1914, at its regular meeting at Raymond School Social Center. All of the charter members were present, knowing well that an extremely pleasant evening was in store for them. The club is growing rapidly, as was shown by an increase in membership from 25 to 35, and by all appearances will soon reach a high degree of popularity. This club is to meet at Miss Edith Hardin's home, 250 East 37th street. Monday evening, Feb. 23, at 8 o'clock, to discuss questions concerning the club which came up last Tuesday. TWENTY CENTURY ART. The Twenty Century Art Club met at Miss E. Steward's Thursday, Feb. 12. A delightful luncheon was served. The most important topic among the members was the arrangements for the valentine party given Monday evening at the K. of P. hall. Each and every one expressed themselves as having a nice time—N. Howel, President; N. McCall, Secretary; E. Combs, Critic. RESEARCH CLUB. The Young Men's Research Club will have its regular meeting next Monday night. Lives of living successful young man will be discussed. TRUE REFORMERS M. T. Bulley, State Deputy of Illinois, attended a meeting of True Reformers in Evanston, where they devised plans for the spring work. While there he learned of the illness of Mrs. Grace Young, one among the first True Reformers in that city, who is very sick in the hospital. He also visited Lake, Forest to attend the Rosebud meeting and the anniversary exercises of Rosebud 1481, where he told of the alms and objects of the Grand Fountain and its future success. He visited several meetings in the city proper, as well as an entertainment given by Chicago Hope Fountain at the residence of Mrs. Agnes Pindell on the north side Friday night. At each place he spoke in the highest terms of the Grand Fountain and its present representatives. He predicted that during the spring and before the coming of the convention many additions would be made to the organization, both in the senior and junior departments. He stated that Mr. Ross, the Grand Worthy Master, and other grand officers were making a tour of the Eastern states in the interest of the organization. After making this they will tour the Middle Atlantic states and Southern states and will then visit the Western states, where they will hold a campaign in the interest of the organization. He also explained at each place the steps that are being taken and the new plans adopted in the recent meeting of True Reformers at their Chicago headquarters. EUREKA ART CLUB The club was the guest of Mrs. Mattie Fly, 3556 Forest avenue, on Feb. 12, at which time the election of officers was held by Mrs. M. A. Saunders, as follows: President, Mrs. Lou Ella Young; first vice-president, Mrs. Anna Hall; second vice-president, Mrs. Emma Jacobs; prelate, Mrs. Nettie Long; financial secretary, Mrs. Susie F. Slaughter; assistant secretary, Mrs. Hattie Winstead; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Florence Cruse; treasurer, Mrs. Theresa Britton; auditor, Mrs. Virginia S. Rogers; social chairman, Mrs. Ethel Alexander; ways and means, Mrs. Carrie Davis; critic, Mrs. Frances E. Holland; journalist, Mrs. Lettie Brown; literature, Mrs. Estella Franklin; courtesy, Mrs. W. C. Boswell; charity, Mrs. S. B. Brown; pianist, Mrs. Eliza Greenfield; instructress, Mrs. M. A. Saunders. The last meeting was held at 3444 Dearborn street, Feb. 19, at Mrs. F. E. Holland's, at which time Mrs. Clara Johnson, president of the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, installed the officers. This club is doing beautiful work in embroidery under the instructions of Mrs. M. A. Saunders. PHILOMATHEON CLUB NEWS. The club met Friday evening with Mrs. Moody. After the regular business the application of Miss G. Jones was read and accepted, after which we were served by the chaperon—V. L. Winburn, reporter. THE CRITERION CLUB The club held its regular bi-weekly meeting Friday at 3708 Wabash avenue. The club will render a program at the Negro Fellowship League in the near future. The names of Miss B. Lowry and Mr. C. A. Reid were accepted for membership. Miss E. Oldham entertained the club and its friends at a dancing party Thursday evening—R. Hill, president; K. E. Williams, secretary. O.D. Cure A Special Tou Requisite for PERSPIRATION HAS NO EQUAL Permeates, freshens and cleanses the pores of the armpits, feet and bodily folds where the moisture and impurities from sweat, deposit and annoy. Destroys All Forms of Perspiration The Pride of refined and fastidious people. Used by Everyone Large Sizable Bottle Sent Prepaid for $1 -A Dollar Worth to DEALERS and Agents Quantity discount to DEALERS and Agents Address: DO-CURE TOUCH CO. 12345 STREET Mrs. Mary White, 512 Oakwood boulevard, was hostess to the Fleur de Lis Art Club on Thursday, February 12. The meeting was well attended and all enjoyed the evening. The luncheon was very daintily served and also enjoyed by all. THE FORTNIGHTLY WHIST AND LITERARY CLUB. Club had its last meeting of whist at the residence of Mrs. M. Bingham, 3443 Vernon avenue, February 16, all having a grand farewell time and were beautifully entertained by the hostess. The club discontinues whist during the Lenten season and will take up literary work to meet next at the residence of Mrs. R. Davenport. Prizes awarded: First, a cut-class salad bowl, to Mrs. H. Good; second, to Mrs. R. Davenport, cut-glass comport; third, to Mrs. Stamper, hand-painted boffon dish—Fitzgerald, reporter. JOLLY TWENTY CLUB. The Jolly Twenty Club met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Etta L. Brown, 876 Chestnut place. An animated discussion on female suffrage was enjoyed by all. Miss Leonora Curtis made a strong plea in favor of the cause. A dainty repast was served. Club adjourned to meet at Carter Villa, 3140 Rhodes avenue. Mrs. Stella Bush, hostess. A program will be rendered. —Mrs. Etta L. Brown, corresponding secretary. NECESSITY CLUB The Necessity Club will entertain at progressive whist Friday afternoon, February 20, from 2 to 6, at Johnson's Hall, Thirty-fifth and State streets, Tickets, 10 cents. Mary Warring, president; Fay Crump, secretary. Mrs. Fay Crump, 5202 Wabash avenue, has returned from a two months' visit with relatives at Parsons, Kan., and St. Louis, Mo. WOMEN'S IDEAL CLUB. The ideal Woman's Club met at 5922 Aberdeen street Friday, February 6, at which time they had the election of officers for the year 1914: Mrs. B. B. Everage, president; Mrs. L. Jordan, first vice-president; Mrs. E. Moore, second vice-president; Mrs. L. Shreeves, recording secretary; Mrs. M. Creig, corresponding secretary; Mrs. L. Porter, treasurer; Mrs. O. Woodson, editor. THE CLOTTEE SCOTT SETTLEMENT. 5623 Harper Avenue. Sunday, February 8, the program will be furnished by excellent talent from Berean Baptist Church. The program promises to be as interesting as the very fine one of last Sunday. Our own boys were inspired by the Y. M. C. A. orchestra of young boys and are anxiously awaiting their return at a very early date. At last the colored women of Hyde Park are really interested in woman's rights. Their interest was shown by the attendance at the massmeeting held Monday evening, February 2. So much enthusiasm was shown that Mr. I. E. Franklin, president of the Sunday Club, called a meeting for Monday evening, February 9, at S o'clock. The attendance is expected to be even larger, as prominent speakers are invited. The Thursday Evening Club was well attended, and the ladies hope to soon be in position to invite other clubs to furnish programs at different times. The young people's clubs are growing in every way. The Glee Club is proud to have Mrs. Myrtle Winfrey as singing teacher, and not only that, but Mrs. Winfrey has opened up a class in piano, something we are all proud of. BETHEL LITERARY CLUB. Major John R. Lynch will address the Bethel Literary Society Sunday, February 22. The major has just published a book entitled "Facts of Reconstruction." We as a race should feel proud of this champion, who stands for the uplift of his people. Mrs. S. D. Kemp will furnish the musical program for the occasion. Mrs. Kemp desires to meet all artists who wish to take part in our literary work — Mrs. M. E. Haskney, secretary. CHEVALIER CLUB OF CHICAGO. Despite the fact that the mercury was near the zero mark Saturday evening, February 14, more than 200 of Chicago's best colored boys and girls gathered at the Anne Walker parlors to attend the Chevalier Club's valentine party, which, I must say, was a huge success, owing to the great effort put forth to make it so by the officers and members of the club. There were girls and boys present from all parts of the city. Numerous fancy dances were started, but fell through on account of the capacity of the house, which was overwhelmingly large. SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHIST. The Saturday Afternoon Whist Club met February 14 at the home of Mrs. Molette, 3345 Vernon avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Seams were guests. The Dutch luncheon was delicious. Next meeting at the home of Mrs. Brown—Hattle Goode, reporter. PROGRÉSSIVE WHIST CLUB PROGRESSIVE WHIST CLUB. The Progressive Whist Club of the South Side met February 12 at the residence of Mrs. John Fountain, 5207 Dearborn avenue. The games, as usual, were very interesting. First prize was won by the president, Mr. James Tonnstead; second prize, Mr. T. J. Brazelton. The club was served a most bountiful repast in modern style. All declared Mrs. Fountain an ideal hostess. The club was then entertained for half, an hour by Mr. J. Johnson's orchestra, which rendered some choice selections.-Mrs. Hattie Reese, 1546 East Fifty-third street. Mme. C. J. Walker's Wonderful Hair MME. E. M. TRUMAN treatment of the scalp with the ful C. J. Walker Hair Grower will absolutely grow your J and keep the scalp clean and healthy. Thousands know of value. This treatment destroys the germs that cause falling and baldness. With a thorough course of treatment I guard satisfaction. Both women and men treated. Mme. E. M. 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Billy Jumby Trio, singers and dancers, eld down their fifteen minutes very acceptably, and got away with a generous portion of the applause. Billy is a comedian that has brighter things ahead of him if he directs his talents in the right channel. Herbert Terry, while above the average as a monologuist, didn't take well. He partially redeemed himself in his portrayal of the race-horse tout. Fink gave us something to laugh about in the antics of his donkeys, ponies and dogs. A sketch entitled "The Alderman," stood out boldly as the one big thing on the bill. It depicted the graft the dishonest alderman and how honey was extracted from keepers of unreputable places as protection against the law. It was well acted and brought home the lesson forbly,假日 night, as usual, saw crowds loving the prize tango contests. New Monogram. Ethel James was at the New Mono- nam this week; so it is needless to this popular little playhouse was the doors ab every peri- sion James is one of Chi- daughters, and is ac- ply welcome whenever eforth the footlights, numbers on the bill were Hester Moore, Martin I Odum and Woods. With Manager Klein gives his as several reels of the best to be procured and all for ten Can you beat it? ED MUSICIAN TOURS COUNTRY. t to Make an Extended Tour the West and Northwest. Sinclair White, the noted and edited author, the winner of the gold medal at the Chicago Musi- College, and also the winner of e gold medals from the same in- tion, will shortly leave, acco- med by her mother, Mrs. F. P. A MISS SINCLAIR WHITE. White, for an extended tour of the West, and expects to be absent four months. Miss White's fame as a violinist extends far and wide, and the music she produces from her violin is enchanting and inspiring. She has appeared before some of the most select and wealthy audiences of Chica and elsewhere, and she has always lived great applause. Miss White is not only a greatinist, but is universally recognized being one of Chicago's most beautiful young women—a favorite among the best people of Chicago. Footlight Flashes. The Maron Jubilee Concert company arrived in the city recently after completing a four months' engagement through the state of New York under the auspices of an eastern bureau. They were well received all through the route and have enjoyed the best of health. The Watermelon quartet has returned to the city and will soon take a route through the Northwest. Mrs. C. E. Luke of Milwaukee, Wis., is acting as extra pianist in the theatres at Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Harrison Emanuel Violin Recital At Kimball Hall, Wabash avenue and Jackson boulevard, Monday evening, February 23, 1914, at 8 o'clock, with a matinee admission of 25 cents. Will be the society event of season. N. Dudley Theater on U enjoying the most prosper of its history, under the argument of Lew W. S. Tutt Whitney and the Smart Set come to the Howard week of March 23 in "The Wrong Mr. President." Masonic hall Monday evening, Feb. 16. Miss Wright was loudly applauded. She is the coming prima donna. Madame Rosa Lee Tyler and her partner go to the Ruby Theater at Louisville, Ky., next wek. While here on the "stroll" last week they took four and six encores. Rogers and Creamer's "Old Man's Boy" company is held over for a second week at the Majestic. Washington, it seems cannot get enough of this excellent all-star combination. A box party, made up of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, Dr. Julia P. H. Coleman, Miss Maude Ethel Brown of Louisville, Miss Maude C. Gaddie of New Albany, Inc., attended the Saturday night's performance of "The Old Man's Boy" at the Majestic, as the personal guests of Mr. Alex. Rogers. "SAUL, THE KING OF ISRAEL." The cantata, "Saul, the King of Israel," rendered at St. Mark's M. E. Church Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, was an artistic and financial success. Rev. Robinson took the part of Saul. J. Lubrie Hill's Show. From the latest reports J. Lubrieve Hill's "Darktown Follies" that had such a long run in New York and the East, is scheduled at the Globe Theatre at an early date. Manager Brown, of the Globe Theatre states that he is informed of the fact that it's the best show that's been on the road in years. Mr. Hill has in the company some very excellent artists and a great big chorus. Citizens of Chicago are anxiously awaiting the coming of this monster production. The Navy Theater is closed. Beverly and Adams, who had taken a half year's lease off the hands of Tom Moore, who had been losing money, were asked to pay an increase of $50 per month on a renewal lease, after making the house a paying proposition. They declined to be "gouged," and left the place on the hands of the grasping proprietor. With the coming of warm weather, Beverly and Adams will reopen their Palace Airdome on G street, where they control the most lucrative summer business enjoyed by any colored managers in the district. RICH TREATS FOR MUSIC LOVERS. There are two rich treats in store for the music-lovers of the District of Columbia. On Tuesday afternoon, February 27, at 6:30 o'clock, the Washington Conservatory will present the famous songbird, Mrs. Maud Cuney Hare, in an illustrated recital. She will be assisted by the well-known baritone, Mr. William N. Richardson. Both are artists of the rarest quality, and that they will be greeted by an immense audience of our "smart set" is already assured. Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall, principal of the Washington Conservatory, is rendering the community a distinct service in making it possible for the people to hear Mrs. Hare and Mr. Richardson. On Wednesday afternoon at the same hour the Afro-American Folk-Singers will be heard in a repertoire of selections that have set the continent by the ears. This unique aggregation is headed by the favorite composer, Will Marion Cook, Mr. Harry T. Burleigh, the wonderful baritone, and Miss Abbie Mitchell, the race's sweetest dramatic singer and souful interpreter. Mr. Cook has old and new productions that will be used. Mr. Burleigh will feature his "Deep River" and other classics, and Miss Mitchell will win new laurels with her "Moon, Moon, Moon," Rosamond Johnson's "Lil Gal," and Cook's "Exhortation" and "Swing Along." Both concerts will be given at the Howard Theater. WILLIAM R. SOBERS ENTERTAINS. Mr. William R. Sobers, of 5600 Lake Park avenue, entertained last Sunday with a dinner in honor of Mrs. Edna Lewis, of Boston. Those seated around the festive board were Mrs. Lewis, Miss Baker of Charleston, S. C., Miss Ethel McElwee, Miss Hazel McIntyre, Dr. and Mrs. George Cleveland Hall and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph, Dr. D. R. Anderson, and Messrs. DeWitt Curtis and Alfred Anderson. When the press arrived on the scene something like ten courses had been served and yet the waiters were busy. Those who are fortunate enough to know Mr. Sobers, know that he is a prince of good fellows and nothing is too good for his friends. That it was an occasion long to be remembered goes without saying. Mrs. Lewis, who is stopping at Mr. and Mrs. McElwee's, leaves the "Windy City" today with a very favorable impression of Chicago and Chicagoans. Use for the Menu. "How's this?" said Cumso to Cawker, as they sat down to the annual banquet of the Allied Sons of Liberty. "There's no wine on the menu, but half-a-dozen glasses are at each place." "The menu is to take home to our wives," was the satisfactory explanation. Medicine From Juniper Berries Medicine From Juniper Berrles. The berries of the common Juniper—an evergreen shrub belonging to the pine family, and sometimes attaining the height of a small tree—are used for medicine. They should be collected when ripe, in October. They have an aromatic, somewhat spicy odor. An oil, known as oil of Juniper, is 'titled from them, and is employed a stimulant and diuretic. They are used for 'ngin. SIMON P. GARY REGULAR PROGRESSIVE PARTY CANDIDATE FOR - ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD News Notes of the Nation's Capital By R. W. THOMPSON Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.—Judge Robert H. Terrell of the District Municipal Court, spoke on "Lincoln as an Orator" at Morgan College, Baltimore, last Thursday, the occasion being the school's celebration of the birthday of the great emancipator. Judge Terrell was the dinner guest of Councilman Harry S. Cummings while in the Monumental City. An effort is being made to revive national interest in the payment of the mortgage resting on the old home of Frederick Douglass on Cedar Hill, Anacostia. For reasons that have been aired from time to time, the colored people of the District are apathetic in the matter, and the race-loving Negroes of the states have little knowledge of the "inside facts." Light is wanted on many phases of the movement by the country at large. The Kenyon law is in force and the red-light district is no more. In all the discussions as to what should be done to assist the fallen women to secure honest employment and to lead better lives, no public mention was made of the unfortunate color denizens of this section. Was any provision made for their relief, or will there be any steps taken to help them toward reformation? During his recent visit, Mr. Emmett J. Scott conferred at length with President Daniel Freeman, Vice-President J. P. E. Coleman and other offolals of the local Negro Business League, and expressed himself as pleased with the capable manner in which they are pushing the work along. Washington will be in evidence at Muskogee, Okla., next August, the 15th annual session of the National Negro Business League. The students of the law department of Howard University have organized the Tau Delta Sigma, and have taken fraternity quarters at 417 T street northwest, where they are at home to their friends. The president of the new fraternity is Robert Banks Grumpler of Virginia. Mr. MUSKOGEE NOT WILD WEST BUT PROGRESSIVEBUSINESS CENTER Although This City Is Located in the West, Where Indians Once Roamed with Tommahawks, the Wand of Progress Touched It and Now She Is in Full Bloom. Afro-Americans Own Property and Conduct Big Businesses—Intelligent Leaders Are Piloting Way to Continued Success—More Gunmen in New York City Than All Oklahoma. (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 20.-To the "down easterner" the city of Muskogee and the state of Oklahoma are "beyond the confines of civilization"—localities where the yet moccasined, feather-bedecked and blanket-robed Indian roams to tommahawk, and where the "movies" cowboy still breaks the monotony by shooting up the town in the good old-fashioned way. It is hard to convince those who live east of the Mississippi, and who have never come this way, that this city, 1,248 miles from the nation's capital, is a beautiful city, with asphalt paved streets and cement sidewalks; with residences and business blocks for pretentiousness the equal of those in the far eastern cities of the same size; that business enterprise, culture and refinement are as much prized commodities here as in the middle western and New England states. The Indian and cowboy out here are neither as numerous, pluriesque or as "bally bad" as the movies show them. Fact is, I have seen more red men in Washington, who came to visit the "Great White Father," than I have seen out here. And there are more gunmen in New York City than in all Oklahoma. One feels isolated out here, but it is a delightful, compensating isolation, for, nowhere is hospitality more generous; nowhere are men and women more robustly honest, and nowhere is By Ralph W. Tyler. Hospitality Generous. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER J P. GARY SIVE PARTY CANDIDATE FOR OF THE SECOND WARD ELECTION DAY, APRIL 7, 1914 of the Nation's Capital W. W. THOMPSON Judge M. Muas an animore, ing the day of Merrell millman Monbeing in the on on pass on Richard Green of the Treasury Department has returned from a long "swing-around-the-circle," accompanying the party of Secretary McAdoo, which conducted the hearings on the new currency system. The itinerary carried the Secretary and party from Boston to San Francisco, with the return covering the South, through New Orleans, Atlanta and Richmond. Mr. Green says he had "the time of his life," and felt at home among the magnates of the banking world. Lawyer W. T. Francis of St. Paul, Minn., was here recently, en route homeward from a meeting of the Odd Fellows at Philadelphia. Mrs. Belle Case LaFollette, Senator M. E. Clapp and Rev. Walter H. Brooks were the "Lincoln Day" speakers Sunday afternoon at the National Training School for Women and Girls, Lincoln Heights, presided over by Miss Nannie Helen Burroughs. The Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, made up of students of the medical department of Howard University, were "at home" to a host of friends at the Chapter House, 1854 5th street, on the evening of the 12th. Dr. Charles A. Tignor has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church. Bishop Alfred Harding confirmed a large class of candidates last Sunday at St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, of which Rev. T. J. Brown is rector. J. Finley Wilson, business manager of the Advocate-Verdict, Harrisburgh, Pa., spent a portion of the week in the city. Mr. Wilson is a globe-trotting newspaper man and can serve many interests at one time, doing justice to all of them. Rumor connects him with the establishment of a race paper in this city, "to fill a long-felt want," as it were. Mr. Wilson's friends are booming him for Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, and claim he has all the car-marks of a winner. a stranger made to feel more at home than here in Muskogee and Oklahoma. One has only one regret here, and that is the regret of leaving. There are 10,000 Negroes in this city, they forming one-third of the city's total population. That they are a thrifty set is shown by their real estate holdings, which aggregate $1250,000, the $150,000 they have invested in business enterprises, and their cash in banks and personal assets, which give them a per capita wealth here in Muskogee of $142.08. That they are an intelligent set is evidenced by their business progress; by their splendid schools; their acceded to demand for an efficient corps of teachers; their seventeen churches, some of which for beauty, commodiousness and cost would do credit to cities of many times this city's population. Ministers' Morals Clean Ministers' Morals Clean. And here intelligence and clean morals among Negro ministers is the rule, not the exception. This ten thousand Negro population supports well eighteen Negro physicians, three dentists, fourteen lawyers and fifty merchants. What city of 10,000 Negro population east of the Mississippi can show a better record? How many can equal this showing? The eighty Negro teachers in this city will compare favorably, for ability with the white teachers of this or any other city, and for enthusiasm shown in their work and their interest in general racial uplift work few cities can produce their peers. The delegates and visitors who will come to this city next August to attend the National Negro Business League's sessions will not only meet with a revelation in Negro progress, but they will receive an inspiration from these hustling, progressive, intelligent Muskogeettes. A somewhat laggard and procrastinating student one Sunday evening went to his instructor for aid in one of his studies, asking him if he thought it was wrong to study on Sunday. He was somewhat surprised to receive the reply, "If the Master was justified in pulling the ass out of the ditch on the Sabbath, was not the ass justifiable in trying to get himself out?" movies more time than are than it isation, gen women there is The more recent discussions as to the earth's age have placed the time as follows: Lord Kelvin, in 1862, 20,000,000 to 400,000,000 years, with a probable 98,000,000; in 1897 Lord Kelvin revised his figures to 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 years; Clarence King and Carl Varus, in 1893, 24,000,000 years; De Lapparent, in 1890, 67,000,000 to 90,000,000 years; Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, in 1893, maximum age, 70,000,000 years. Perfectly Justifiable Worth Knowing. AQUEDUCTS OF ROME EMPIRE HAD MAGNIFICENT SY8 TEM OF WATERWORKS. Daily Supply for the Ancient City Was 400 Gallons Per Capita; Muoh More Than Used by Any Modern Community. Will it surprise the citizens of New York, in the year 1914, to learn, if they did not know it before, that the citizens of Imperial Rome in the year A. D. 300, or thereabouts, were favored with a supply daily of somewhat over 400 gallons of water per capita, as against a supply daily of about 100 gallons per capita which is available at the present writing in this city? Manhattan and the Bronx, with a population of about 3,000,000, receive daily from the Croton watershed about 300,000,000 gallons; but Imperial Rome brought in by aqueduct, chiefly from the distant hills that encircle the Campagna, over 400,000,000 gallons of water per day—and this, by the way, is four-fifths of the total supply which will be led from the Catskill mountains to this city, when the new aqueduct is completed—and New York, be it remembered in respect of its water supply ranks high among the capital cities that are the boast of our modern civilization. The Romans had a full appreciation of the value of an abundant supply of pure water, as ministering to the health, the pastimes and the artistic delight of a city of 1,000,000 souls. The Romans of Imperial days had a passion for cleanliness of body, and the stupendous public baths such as those of Trajan Dioctleetian and Constantine, were capable of accommodating at one time from 1,600 to 3,600 bathers. The water in Rome was the property of the crown, and it was led to the private houses by thousands of pipes, which ran in every direction and under every street, and were stamped with the name of the "concessionaire" to whom it was brought from the nearest crown reservoir. The Roman was nothing if he was not artistic, and huge drafts were made upon the city supply for the magnificent series of public fountains which graced the public squares and plazas, and were to be found casting forth the mountain waters from every point of vantage. To the engineer and artist alike, the most attractive feature of the water supply of Rome is the aqueducts, the remains of which, in many a mile of picturesque ruins, radiate across the desolate and solitary waste of the once fertile Campagna in the direction of the distant hills. Of these aqueducts there were 11, or, if we include the tributaries, 14 in all. Their total length was 350 miles, and of this 304 miles were below ground and 55 miles were carried on monumental arcades of masonry, much of which has survived practically intact for upward of 2,000 years. The answer is that the Romans had no cast iron or other suitable material to construct the strong piping which would have been necessary to withstand pressures. They were acquainted with the principles of the siphon; indeed they built many notable specimens. Let it be understood, furthermore, that the Romans did not merely divert the water from the river beds into their aqueducts, thereby exposing the supply to contamination by the mud and silt of the river floods. On the contrary, they thoroughly understood, and practiced on a grand scale, the art of impounding the supply by means of artificial dams. Also, the Roman engineers understood all about tunnel construction; and in one case, between Tivoli and S. Gericomto, a tunnel three miles in length was driven through the mountain simply for the conveyance of the water. All of which reads very much like some of those descriptions which were published recently of the great water supply systems of Los Angeles and New York—Scientific American. Mountaineer of the Lowlands. Mountaineer of the Lowlands. The dandelion is to these altitudes what the Alpine flowers are to levels just under the line of perpetual snow. It asks only a little softening of the earth in the morning, a few hours of sunshine, and it comes forth as vigorously and bright as if the season happened to be late May. It can sleep cold, stand the grip of the frost, endure the rain that freezes when it falls, and, with such nourishment as it can take between the loosening of the earth before noon and its tightening in the evening, produce its crown of gold—symbol of contentment with feeble blessings. It has not yet occurred to those who seek to improve upon nature's formulae in plant life to feed the dandelion on luxury and steam heat. If the dandelion should be thought deserving of prayer it should be this—that it be left strong and capable and thankful for the small favors that an open winter can give it. The hothouse might make it as big and glorious as a chrysanthemum. But it would make it a weakling also. She Knew. The modern rural postmaster has not much time to read the post cards of his neighbors, even if he wished to. But his more or less mythical propensity for doing so has at least given rise to many stories, one of which the Boston Traveler repeats. One day a young farmer drove to town, and wound up at the village postoffice. "Hello, Seth!" said he. "Got anything here for me?" "Don't see nothin', Jake," rather indifferently replied the postmaster. "Was ye expectin' somethin'?" "Yes," answered the farmer. "I was expectin' a postal card from my Aunt Jinny, tellin' me what day she was comin' down." "Hagner," called the postmaster to his wife, "have ye seen anything of a postal card from Jake Leed's Aunt Jiznz?" "Yes," was the prompt reply of the postmaster's wife. "She is comin' down on Thursday." HOURS: 10 A. M. TO 10 P. M. PHONE AUTOMATIC 74-548 The Largest, Best and Cheapest PRACTICAL MUSIC SCHOOL Al Brass and Stringed Instruments, Violin, Piano, Mandolin and Guitar Visit the Free Monthly Recitals at our School by the Pupils. Tickets Given at School. Conducted by W. L. JACKSON, 3109 STATE ST. CHICAGO, ILL. Change of Program Monday and Thursday FINEST THEATRE IN AMERICA UNION CITY, TENN. Union City, Tenn., Feb. 20.—The Y. M. C. A. held a very interesting meeting Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Annie G. Diggs entertained the O. D. Club last week. An ice course was served. Miss Margie Crawford spent' Sunday in Hickman, Ky., with her grandmother, Mrs. Susan Catham. Miss Willie Curvin of Cairo, Ill., is visiting Miss Mabel Allen. The Oak Leaf Club met with Mrs. Milton Moore. Mrs. Lizzie Brown was the charming hostess of the Four-Leaf Clover Club Monday evening. Each one reports quite a pleasant time. Mr. Romy Roberts of Martin was in the city Sunday, the guest of Miss Cora Walker. He also visited the home of Rev. and Mrs. William Fowkles. Mrs. Pearl Crutchfield is on the slick list. Powers and Totten are doing an excellent cafe business. When in town call and see them. We are very sorry to note that Dr. B. Brown will soon leave our city. Among the social affairs given Valentine day, February 14, the one given by the Young Married Ladies' Economy Club at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Capero was the scene of the most brilliant. Professor M. A. Dobbs of Greenfield was in the city Saturday. For Freedom of Mind It makes the mind very free when we give up wishing, and only think of bearing what is laid upon us and doing what is given us to do—George Eliot. One Improvement "My dear," said Mrs. Newlywed, her face flushed with the excitement of her afternoon in the kitchen, "I want you to be perfectly frank with me now; what would you suggest to improve those doughnuts I made today?" "Well," replied Mr. Newlywed, lifting one with a slight effort, "I think it might be better if you made the hole bigger." PHONE 3481 Billiard and Barber T. J. BRAZEN 5220 Lake Ave. HOURS: 10 A. M. TO 10 P. M. The Largest, Best PRACTICAL M Al Brass and Stringed In Mandolin Visit the Free Monthly Recital Tickets Give Condu W. L. JA 3109 STATE ST. The New Continuous Vaudeville Change of Program FINEST THEATRE 3110-12 State St., Performers Send THOS. McCAIN MORT SHOE The P Buffet and 20-22 East CHIC BES Decorum Perfect Phones | Two pounds of tungsten will furnish material for filaments for about 50,000 electric bulbs, for each filament is only one-twelve-hundredth of an inch in diameter. The current passing through the filament heats it to an incredible degree until it is almost white hot, producing a mellow, clear light of great brilliance. Different "Front" A retired army officer was in his back garden one day when a tramp came round the end of the house, "I've been at the front," he began, "and—" The old officer beamed at him as he interrupted to ask, "have you, indeed, my man? And were you wounded?" "No," said the man, "no, sir, not exactly. But I couldn't make no one 'ear, so I come round to the back!" T. PARKER Phones Douglas 4395 Auto. 73-267 SPECIAL EXPRESS BAGGAGEMAN Moving and Storage—Quick Service. Trunks to and from all depots or transferred to all parts of the city. Coal by bag or ton. Wood and Ice on sale. COPELAIN CAFE A WINNER Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 20.—P. C. Copelain is the leading character in Vicksburg, Miss. The Copelain Cafe, of which he is proprietor, is one of the most successful businesses of its kind in the city made famous by Grant's siege. SOUTHERN SIGN PAINTER HAS MONOPOLY OF BUSINESS (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Natchez, Miss., Feb. 20—W, M. Douglass has recently opened up a thoroughly modern photograph gallery at Natchez, Miss., in the Dumas block, and is doing a splendid business. Mr. Douglass also conducts a sign-painting shop and paints most of the best signs painted in that section. LOUISVILLE PACKER AND MOVER (Special to The Defender.) Louisville, Ky., Feb. 20—Rochelle I. Smith, who recently engaged in the transfer, packing and storing business at Louisville, Ky., is making such a great success that he has, in a short time, outgrown his quarters. Prior to engaging in the business for himself, he was a member of the firm of Guy W. Smith & Sons. VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT IMPROVES. Mrs. G. A. Parker, 3537 Dearborn street, the well known hair dresser, who was injured in an automobile accident is improving. About four weeks ago Dr. Halloway's machine, in which she was riding, collided with another car, severely cutting her face and hands. BYDE PARK Pool Room For Shop CLTON, Prop. Avenue Chicago PHONE AUTOMATIC 74-548 Best and Cheapest MUSIC SCHOOL Instruments, Violin, Piano, and Guitar Uses at our School by the Papils. In at School. Reported by ACKSON, CHICAGO, ILL. New Grand Male and Moving Pictures Monday and Thursday WE RE IN AMERICA Chicago, Ill. In Your Open Time CRAFT TOM LEMONIER, Mgr. Compeii and Cafe At 31st Street CHAGO ST EATS MUSIC SONG Service Everything Douglas 332 Auto. 71-313 A. Let Madame Newell grow your hair, she has gry, wn hair for others, now let her grow yours. First treatment $1.50, including box of Jickey, and 50c every two weeks. Also Manicuring, Massaging, Chiropody and all kinds of hair goods cheap. We teach what we do. Call or Write— Mme. Newell's Beau College 2703 Dearborn Street, 1rd Floor For Order ILLINOIS CAN FURNISH ANOTHER LEADER LIKE LINCOLN Patrick H. O'Donnell Says Justice Orrin N. Carter of the Illinois Supreme Court Possesses All the Qualities That Made the Great Emancipator—The Race's Ideal for Justice and Equal Rights—Representative of All Classes—Lincoln-Douglass Celebration Enthuses Speaker. ABSOLUTE EMANCIPATION MUST BE BROUGHT ABOUT Eloquent Orator Believes That the Slavery, Social and Economical, That Puts a Man in a Caste and Holds Him in the Clutches of Prejudice as Detrimental as That Which Uses the Lash—Justice Carter Pleads for the Union of the Races—Stronger Race Must Give Weaker One Equal Chance. The Lincoln-Douglass celebration at Quinn Chapel Sunday afternoon was well attended. Mr. Adelbert H. Roberts presided. Judge Mack announced as one of the speakers was unable to be present, Mr. Roberts introduced Patrick H. O'Donnell. During the course of his talk Mr. O'Donnell said: "Should this nation look again to Illinois to furnish a great leader it will find one man worthy to succeed Abraham Lincoln, and that is Justice Orrin N. Carter. In him all classes will have a representative, for he is the friend of the Negro as well as of the white man. The slavery—social and economical—that puts a man in a caste and holds him in the clutches of prejudice is just as detrimental as that which uses the lash. It tramples his manhood and crushes his spirit quite as much. We must bring about absolute emancipation." The Work of Fifty Years. Justice Orrin N. Carter of the Illinois Supreme Court was the other speaker. He said in part: "The solution of your problems will come from the great mass of the common people. From such stock did Lincoln and Douglass come. The day is nearing when religious and racial bigotries and prejudices will be cast aside. The white man must make the chances for the Afro-American equal with his own. Then let him go ahead and do the rest. Your people own $500,000,000 in property in the United States. The time is coming when your moral and intellectual freedom will be secured." A sextet of ladies rendered pleasing selections while the Twelfth Regiment band played martial airs. By Young. So long, Buckner. How we hate to see you go. We don't blame you, though, in duck ing the snow. ill the White Sox are returning hearts will be yearning se them in action again, ling with might and main; it's time that on the breeze ted the flag of the world's series. ne high and McKinley hooked up not indoor baseball game Tuesday a latter's gymnasium, when Bluelitching for Lane, held his opponent one hit and one run. Besides our coming star struck out four, allowing only one base on balls, we score ended 3 to 1 in Lane's favor. Howard Drew is going to the University of Southern California. Long way from home, but we side in with him, for the inducements offered are far more pleasing than those in the East. Several times the speed demon has broken the record for the 100-yard dash, but each time the timers have seen fit to give him credit for only equaling the record. In Los Angeles he was out last week at Washington Park showing the ball players how to run bases. He streaked down to first base in 3% seconds. That was remarkable time considering the condition of the ground, which was hard and in poor shape for a speed test. This time is within a fifth of a second of the world's record, and the remarkable part of it was that he started from the right-hand side of the plate. The record was made by a left-hand hitter and from a running bunt start. Drew bunted the ball while batting right-hand and was thus at a great disadvantage. He is a natural right-hand hitter, and in trying to bat left-handed he fell in an unnatural position for a start and could only do 3% seconds. President Eddie Maier of the Venice club, Vice-President Koch, Manager "Happy" Hogan, Publicity Man Gene Doyle and Secretary "Boots" Weber of the Angels were there and were greatly interested in the work of Drew. A big bunch of ball players came out to see the boy turn loose with his baseball stunts. Patterson, Kane, Hitt, Litsche of the Tigers and Page, Magert and Crabb of the Angels were on hand. Drew demonstrated his method of circling the bases without the necessity of the wide detour at each base or changing his speed. In passing a base Drew runs on the inside of the bag, touching it with his left foot instead of the right, as most ball players do. This enables him to cut off several yards at each base and to keep his same speed on the turns as on the straightway. Coach Comstock of U. S. C, the man behind the demonstration, had Drew show how it was possible to change his stride four times without losing his speed or balance. The players were greatly impressed with his theories and want Drew to come out during the training season and give another demonstration. The ground will be in good shape for fast work then, and the U. S. C. star will probably cut his time made, yesterday. Each of his articles in any HAMPTON DEFEATS HOW- ARD. By B. N. Dett. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., Feb. 20.—Hampton Institute "put it over" Howard University by a score of 25 to 23, when their basketball teams met in the Hampton gymnasium, Saturday evening, February 14. "Something doin' all the while," remarked one of the side liners when the game was over, and his remark is the truth in a nutshell. One had but to see any part of the game in order to instantly realize what it is that has given the teams of these two schools their national prestige. The fast, clean clever sportsmanlike playing, while ever breath-taking, nerve-shattering, and heart-thrilling, was never without an effect of real inspiration, because of the wholesome lack of underhandedness. Both teams were in excellent form, but the endurance and the ability to shoot goals on the part of the Hampton five was more than a match for the speed and aggressiveness of their opponents. The rapid plays, the even scores, and the dexterity of the players furnished plenty of excitement for the spectators, and it was significant that everybody, including the rooters of the losing team, seemed to leave the gymnasium satisfied. The game was always close, but it was evident rather early that Hampton had slightly the better team. The half ended with a score of 8 to 7 in Hampton's favor. During the second half, Howard ran up the score 21 to 20 in her own favor, but Hampton finally won the laurels. Brilliant playing was done by Gayle, Gurnoe, Parker and Johnson for Hampton, while Gillmore, Holland and Sykes did excellent work for Howard. The fierce, clean fought battle was not unlike that earlier in the season, when Hampton, on home ground, defeated Howard in football, wresting from Howard's seemingly invincible eleven their long acknowledged supremacy of the gridiron. The lineup was as follows: Howard (23). Hampton (25). Mabry ..... R.F. Gurnoe Sykes ..... L.F. Gayle (Capt.) Gilmore (Capt.) ..... C. Parker Holland ..... L.G. Jamison Henderson ..... L.G. Johnson Referee ..... R.F. Gurnoe Referee, W. H. J. Beckett of the Wash, Y. M. C. A. Time of halves, 20 minutes. RACE TO SET PRECEDENT. (Continued from Page 2) (Continued from Page 1) name of [X] William R. Cowan. He has been indorsed by the Second Ward Citizens' Aldermanche League and the following business and professional men: Charles Jackson, Dr. George C. Hall, Jesse Binga, C. Myer, George Porter, Rankin & White, Anderson & Terrell, Dr. A. C. Johnson, J. A. Grinnell, Henry Golins, W. Bass, W. S. Williams, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, Dr. A. D. C. Barnes, T. Douglass, Harry Isaacs, Mrs. J. Wallace, Bernard W. Fitts, C. M. Cowan, James Graves, Turner & Furguson, R. Green, J. Tuppins, Adolph Harris, Mr. Cowan's campaign is being managed by the following executive committee: W. A. Wallace, chairman; Dr. J. H. Plummer, secretary; Edward H. Wright, Mrs. E. L. Davis, Adolph Sims, Joseph Brent, George H. Walker, Rev. H. J. Callis, M. T. Bailey, Mrs. Josephine Crawford, Dr. W. H. Davis, Frank L. Hamilton. There is no color question in this matter. Tired of empty promises, a long-suffering people have decided to act for themselves. "The time is not ripe" is the usual excuse. Our grand-fathers heard the same story. Now it has lost its charms. The new slogan is race representation everywhere. The last grand rally in the interest of Mr. Cowan will be held at Odd Fellows' hall Saturday night. HAY'S HAIR Pomade Does All and More it Promises to Do HAY'S HAIR POMADE straightens coarse, kinky hair and makes it glossy and luxuriant. You can dress your hair in any position and keep it so, if you JUST Wear HAIR POMADE REGULAR ANY one with kinky, coarse hair that is stubborn, will always get satisfactory results from HAY'S HAIR POMADE even if all others have failed. - Highly Formulated Present this adv. with 25 cents, and get a large jar; and free sample of HARFIN SOAP, at CROWN PHARMACY 31st and State Sts. Philo Hay Spec. Co. Sole Manor Herbert N. J. S. BUCKEYE STATE MAKING WONDERFUL PROGRESS By Wm. Henderson. Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 20.—The Self-Improvement Club met with Rev. E. W. S. Hammond. A paper on "The Life of Abraham Lincoln" was read. Remarks were made by Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, and refreshments were served by the hostess. Mr. Larson Speak was reminded of his 82nd birthday by his children, who came with well-filled baskets, to dine with him—Forest and family, Louis and family, Charles and family, and Calvin. The time was pleasantly spent with their aged parent. The three grandchildren added much to the pleasure of the day. The readers of this column are requested to read this poem carefully: Stop and Think. While moving through this inconsistent life, Stop and think. When your way seems bright and clear. Cloudless skies above appear; Not a cloud your life doth share; But if you would persevere Stop and think. When your friends are not a few, Stop and think. When they say nice things to you, Stop and think. For the flattering tongue's deceit, Is sure to bring a sad defeat: And your soul is sure to cheat, If you do not stop and think. When your heart in rapture leaps, And a good time around you creeps, Stop and think. For this world is full of snares; For they will take you unawares, If you do not stop and think. When you make your choice for life, Stop and think. Sunday, Feb. 15 fifty-four persons were baptized at St. John's Baptist church. THE YOUNG MATRONS' CULTURE CLUB. The weekly meeting of the club was held at the home of President Ethel Cleaves, 3235 Vernon avenue. Quotations from Du Bois were given. After the necessary business was transacted we proceeded to have our literary and musical program. An instrumental solo, Miss Blanche Wade; an interesting and profitable lecture, Mrs. Vigal; "The Life of Du Bois," Mrs. Ethel Cleaves; a vocal solo, Miss Slouise Cook. The next series of our whist socials will be given at 3341 Forest avenue, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. Our president made a charming hostess, serving a dainty three-course luncheon, after which we adjourned to meet with Mrs. Sarah Foster, 3240 Vernon avenue, Feb. 26, at 2:30 p.m. MRS. ETHEL CLEAVES, Pres. MRS. ESTELLE MILLER, Sec. City Churches ST. MARY'S A. M. E. CHURCH, 5251 Dearborn Street—Rev. Jas. Higgins, Pastor. Services—10:45 and 7:45. C. E. 8:45. T. Willis, president. S. S. 7:30. T. W. White, superintendent. Mr. W. E. Givens will lead the Christion Endeavor. Sunday, Allen's Day will be observed. A special program in the evening. The choir will render the music. The choir from St. Stephen's A. M. E. Church rendered excellent music at our quarterly meeting. The members and friends of the church agreeably surprised the pastor last Saturday with an abundance of good things. N. T. CARMEL C. M. E. CHURCH. At Mt. Carmel C. M. E. Church the services were well attended in spite of the severe cold. At 11 a. m. Pastor Rev. C. H. Blacksher was in the pulpit. The service was as usual. Rev. J. G. Williams, our ex-pastor, of the C. M. E. Church at Evanston, was present, and made some helpful remarks to the Sunday school, which meets at 1:30. At 8 p. m. our own Rev. C. H. Blacksher occupied the pulpit. Clubs have been organized, and we all are very busy. Rev. Pattence Foster, lady evangelist, preached to a good attendance on Tuesday evening. All enjoyed her services—Mrs. Thomas Brinkly, church reporter. QUINN CHAPEL. Despite the awful blizzard, the morning service was well attended. Rev. J. C. Anderson, the pastor, preached a very excellent soul-stirring sermon on "Christian Stability." There is a good feeling existing in the church, everyone is so well pleased with the pastor. On the occasion of the celebration of the birthday anniversary of Frederick Douglass, under the auspices of the Chicago Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the church was crowded to overflowing at 3 p. m. Mr. Adelphus Roberts was a perfect master of ceremonies. Judge Orn N. Carter's talk on Lincoln and Douglass was very interesting and appropriate. Attorney Patrick O. Dornal held the audience spellbound with his timely and enthusiastic talk on Douglass. Rev. Ferrer Martin preached a most excellent sermon on "The Cross." On next Sunday morning Miss Wise, the converted stage woman, will sing. There were 5 admissions to the church during the day. A large number of members are on the slick list.—Addie L. Robinson, 3331 Forest ave. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER AFRO-AMERICAN PERMANENT FACTOR IN LIFE OF NATION Health and Happiness of the Whole People Is Affected by His State of Mind and Character. BISHOP LEETE TRIPS TO ELEVATE RACE. Cannot Change His Skin, but Jesus Included Every Man When He Taught the Necessity of the New Birth. (Special to the Chicago Defender.) Cincinnati, O., Feb. 20.—A masterly presentation of the race problem was given by Bishop Frederick D. Leete, L.L. D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Atlanta, Ga., Sunday morning at the Avondale M. E. Church. Before his election to the episcopacy two years ago he was pastor of the Central Church, Detroit, one of the largest in the country. His administration of race problems has been vigorous. Believing that too long the Afro-American has been the football of politics and ecclesiasticism, he has sought to develop a race pride. Bishop Leete believes the color line cannot be eradicated and should be recognized, but he has done much to elevate the standards of the colored people by his firm but kindly policies. His address Sunday was in the observance of the anniversary of the Freedman's Aid Society, which took place in every church in Methodism. Bishop Leete said in part: "It has come to be recognized by thinking people, South and North, that the Afro-American is a permanent factor in the life of the nation, and that the health and happiness of the whole people is virtually affected by his state of mind and character. He cannot change the skin, but Jesus Christ opened to him the same door of opportunity and privilege which He opened to all the nations when He taught the possibility and the necessity of the new birth. Growth in Practical Wisdom "Is the Afro-American regenerated as an individual and as a race? In the matter of educational redemption figures show the following percentages of illiteracy: In 1880, 70 per cent; 1890, 57 per cent; 1900, 44 per cent; 1910, 30.4 per cent. Fifty thousand are now in the professional classes—a proportion far lower than in the case of white people, but advancing. The commercial and industrial progress of the race is considerable, especially when it is remembered that his people began their half century of freedom without capital. Three hundred millions of values in farm property, and several hundred millions of total assets indicate growth in industry and in practical wisdom. The million unskilled laborers of the race have grown in knowledge and in reliability. "The moral redemption of the Afro-American is a process which his natural religiousness will greatly aid when the ethical demands of Christianity become more keenly realized. Slowly but certainly his consciousness is accepting the inward principles of the white man's superimposed virtue. In slavery the moral character of the race was that of others. It is now achieving a character of its own, but even this effort has been compelled in part to accept the standard of others. Among the signs of progress may be instanced the fact that the latest figures show but 10 per cent mixed blood and mulattoes, and the significant claim is made by social students that neither North or South is the percentage increasing. Since 1894 the number of arrests of these people for crime has been steadily decreasing, until it is said that while the percentage is still higher than that of the white people as a whole, it is lower than that of several immigrant races. Dr. Park assures us that nowhere do the fruits of education show to better advantage than in the homes of the educated Afro-Americans. Abraham Lincoln Vindicated. "As to the needs of the future, it becomes us to speak with diffidence. Two points seem to be coming into clear light: The Afro-American needs to know that while he cannot change his race, he may attain to the highest stature of manhood. Both races need to be taught to keep in their own sphere of action, with fraternal consideration of each for the other. The problem is not a race problem, but is one of relations and of mutual justice and helpfulness. Especially should the strong bear the infirmities of the weak. It is no time to refuse any race the aid which it needs in order to achieve wholesomeness of life and of conduct, as well as a destiny which will be creditable to itself and useful to the republic. "We live in days when Abraham Lincoln is being vindicated. During the past months what splendid testimonials to this great man of humanity our leading Southern papers have been printing, praising his breadth of vision, his nobility of purpose, his love for mankind. New Mrs. Pickett in the magazines publishes the letter of her distinguished husband, written from the field, in which he declares 'the political victory' of the emancipation proclamation—that act which freed a race made one a severed nation. "It was a political victory because in it was that high principle which in the end is always good politics. The work thus begun is now being brought tofulness in the establishment of right relations between peoples who will thus gradually cease to menace each other, and who will in various ways advance other one's terraces." U. S. GOLD HELPS PALESTINE Emigrants From That Country to America Send Home Much of the Wealth Gained. The Americanization of certain parts of Palentine was described at London, England, by Dr. A. M. Gyle, the explorer and lecturer. He found even the Mohammedans eager to learn English and to educate themselves according to western ideas. In Nazareth he discovered a great dearth of young men, for the active fellows had all migrated westward in search of fortune. "Many of them," he said, "are going to America, where they obtain situations as clerks in houses dealing with produce from their native land. Some of them have done well, and at Bethlehem I observed quite a number of excellent new houses which I learned had been erected by successful emigrants for their parents." On the borders of the Sea of Galllee Dr. Gyle was surprised to see a derrick, and still further surprised to discover a Californian in charge, who explained, "We are after oil; we have already gone down 500 feet, and there is no question that we are going to get oil." "The merriest men in the world seem to be the pigmies, who live and laugh in the "Forest of Eternal Twilight,"" said Dr. Gyle, whose discovery of these people made him famous. He added: "They laugh louder and more often than any other person I have so far met. It was a very pleasant experience in this striving age to be with people who laughed more than they frowned. "Next to the pigmies, the jollest race, I believe, is that of the Shans. Some of these little people are to be found in the northern part of Siam, and I am preparing an expedition to and study them. They have succeeded in resisting the influence of the Chinese, Siamese and Burmese, by whom their territory is surrounded, and they have preserved their own language and a great many of the customs peculiar to their race." Mona Lisa. For centuries "Mona Lisa's" "beauty and perseverity" have fascinated beholders. No one, apparently, ever had so rapt and yet uncommunicative, so fascinating and yet baffling a smile as Lisa, wife of Francesco del Glocondo, Leonardo's "Mona Lisa." When Leonardo painted her, she was about thirty years old. Her gown is simple and drapes the figure in easy folds. Her dark hair hangs loosely over her forehead, and frames an oval face. Her eyes are impressive, and about her mouth is seen the smile which has been the chief characteristic in making the painting famous. The story goes that in order to obtain this effect the painter had musicians, singers and jesters always near his subject so as to amuse her as he painted. But her smile is infinitely more than one of mere pleasure. It is an eternal smile. As Walter Pater says of it, "It is a beauty wrought out from within . . . of strange thoughts and fantastic reveries and exquisite passions." Pater proceeds: "Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses or beautiful women of antiquity, and you would then be troubled by its beauty, into which the soul with all its malades has passed! All the thoughts and experiences of the world have etched and molded therein that which they have of power to refine and make expressive the outward form."—New York Outlook. Substitutes for Celluloid. The increasing use of celluloid for the manufacture of imitation ivory, horn, shell, linen, wood, glass, proclain, etc. is due to the cheapness of this mixture of pyroxolin and camphor. It has, however, the serious drawback of being highly inflammable, and even explodes at high temperatures. Hence substitutes lacking this dangerous property have long been sought. Such a one is acetyl-cellulose, made by the action of acetic acid on pure cellulose. This, however, is more costly, and therefore has not made its way except where price is a secondary consideration. Very recently, however, substitutes have been invented which are not only effective, but cheap. There are viscose and formyl-cellulose, already known because of their employment in maging artificial silk. While they are not as yet utilizable for objects which must have great solidity like those of horn and ivory, it is safe to predict a great future for them, since already blocks of viscid have been produced which can be readily colored, polished and worked. Activities of Women. London women are now buying frocks to match their furniture. Mrs. Clarke W. Kelley of Devil's Lake, N. D., runs a 1,000 acre farm. More than 42,000 births were recorded in Philadelphia during 1913. The International Olympic games will hereafter be open to women. During the past year 16,122 marriage licenses were issued in Philadelphia. Mothers generally are agreed that it is necessary to begin spanking boy babies at the age of one year and girl babies at the age of sixteen months. Miss Margaret B. Connell, deputy clerk of the United States court, is slated for the position of receiver of the United States land office for Utah. Miss Ida O. 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CHICAG TELEPHONES: Douglas CAPITAL, $200,000.00 The LaVerdo Cafe/and Buffet (Cafe Newly Opened) 3100-2 South State Street Chicago, Ill. Chinese and American Restaurant in Connection. High Class Entertainmen HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietors CALL AT THE "O-K" Restaurant For First Class Meals and Short Orders Coffee and Hot Biscuits a Breakfast Special 3033 SO. DEARBORN STREET Meals from 18 Cents and up Healing Box THE MAGIC 1913 U.S.A. THE MAGIC SHAMPOO AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER SHAMPOO DRER FOR CO. FASHION HAIR CARE MAILED ANY WHERE IN U.S.$100 POSTAGE FEE AND Agents Wanted. Write for Librarians. Magic Shampoo Drler Co. Minneapolis, Minn. NICKELS CENTS 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. Phone Douglas 4482 THE AZA-BUFFET S ENTERTAINING 8 P. M. to 1 A. M. S TRACY, Prop. IR GROWER MME. Leora Smith treatment of the scalp with the wonderful Poro Hair Grower will absolutely grow your hair and keep the scalp clean and healthy. The minds know of its value. This treatment destroys the germs that cause falling hair and baldness. With a thorough course of treatment I guarantee satisfaction. Both women and men treated. I also do Manicuring, Hair Dressing, Bleaching and Dyeing. I also teach what I do. Poro Hair System is $35.00 alone. Diploma issued on completion of course. $1.60 for Treatment, 50¢ for Box of Pure Telephone Automatic 74-614 Phone Number 4099 5209 Wabaash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Automatic 72-746 Hotel @ Buffe Chicago, Ill. Automatic Phone 71091 Cafe and Buffet (Newly Opened) South State Street Chicago, Ill. Connection. High Class Entertainer KELLY, Proprietors PLEASE AUTO. 10:00 AT THE Restaurant Meals and Short Orders Occurs a Breakfast Special ARBORN STREET in 18 Cents and up THE MAGIC SHAMPOO AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S.$100 POSTAGE PAID. Agents Wanted. Write for Luminaria. Magic Shampoo Drler Co. Minneapolis, Minn. Bank of Chic STATE SUPERVISION N. E. Cor. State St. CAGO, ILL Douglas 384—Auto, 57-230 SURPLUS, $20,000.00 Commercial Banking Savings and Checking Accounts Foreign Exchange Safety Deposit Vaults Mortgages and Bonds 3% Interest on Savings Deposits Your Patronage Solicited Depository and Correspondent, Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Ill. PAGE SEVEN