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TH1RTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 40. THIRTY-FIRST NATION WOULDAID THE UNEMPLOYED Federal Industrial Relations Commission Has Plan to Help Jobless. Favors Establishing National Bureau of Labor Exchange in Connection With Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.—Proposals for federal legislation to correct labor market conditions and thus prevent the annual recurrence of unemployment have just been made public here by the federal industrial relations commission. Frank Walsh, chairman of the commission, in transmitting copies of the proposals to prospective witnesses says that they are tentative and invites suggestions and criticisms. The proposed legislation would establish a national bureau of labor exchange in connection with the department of labor, with a central office in Washington and branch offices in other cities, and with a clearing house for each of several districts into which the country would be divided. The bureau would have power to establish and conduct free public employment offices. It would have jurisdiction over all private employment offices doing an interstate business or accepting workers for shipment to other states. State, municipal and private employment offices would be urged to cooperate and to adopt uniform methods and regulations. The bureau's most important service would be to gather and distribute accurate information regarding the labor market in various localities. This information would be published in the form of bulletins and would be made available to persons seeking work and every employer seeking workmen. Before the proposals are put into the form of a bill for presentation to congress, the commission will hear criticisms and suggestions from many witnesses and others. To that end it will begin a series of hearings in New York city May 4, which will later include large industrial centers. DOCTOR IS SENTENGED DOCTOR IS SENTENGED "HOUSE OF MYSTERY" PROPRIETOR GETS FIVE YEARS IN THE PENITIENTIARY. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Dr. C. C. Meredith, who conducted the famous "house of mystery" at Bellevue, was sentenced by Judge Brown in criminal court to serve not more than six years and not less than five years in the penitentiary on a charge of having performed an illegal operation upon Mrs. Myrtele B. Allison March 10, 1913, which caused her death. Sentence was pronounced by the court following the plea of guilty, which was entered by Dr. Meredith. Dr. Meredith was arrested April 9 by detectives who raided the "house of mystery" in Bellevue. Miss Lucy D. Orr, who was in charge of the house and acted as head nurse, also was taken into custody. Both were later charged with murder and larceny. The charge charge was, however, dismissed several days ago when the report of a chemist proved conclusively that Mrs. Allison had not died from foul means. JOHN D.J.R., SAYS 'I CAN'T' DECLARES HE'S NOT IN POSITION TO ARBITRATE LABOR TROUBLES IN COAL FIELDS. New York City—John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told Congressman Martin D. Foster, chairman of the house committee on mines and mining, Monday that he was in no position to arbitrate the labor troubles in the Colorado coal fields. Washington, D. C.—President Wilson had made a personal appeal to John D. Rockefeller to bring about a settlement of the Colorado coal strike and end the violence which has cost a score of lives and large property loss. The great financier, who owns a large part of the mines affected by the strike, in response to a telegram from the president, declared he had turned over his interests in Colorado to his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., whom he would ask to co-operate with Chairman Foster of the house committee on mines and mining. The president sent Foster to New York to talk with the younger Rockefeller. Operation Saves Eye. Baltimore, Md.—A rare operation in optical surgery was performed at a hospital here when three large pieces of skin were taken from the arm of Miss Sarah Trego to make new lids for her left eye. It is thought the sight of the eye, which was rapidly falling on account of exposure, will be saved by the operation. Already the grafted skin has started to take root and the patient can partially open and close the eyelid. Miss Trego was burned about the head when a child. ```markdown ``` THE GAZETTE Senor de Gama, ambassador from Brazil, is one of the three South American plenipotentiaries who have offered their services as mediators between the United States and Mexico. NEARLY 200 KILLED AS MINES BLOW UP OTHERS ARE RESCUED FROM SHAFTS, MANY OF THEM BADLY WOUNDED. Rescuers Risk Their Lives in Effort to Snuff Out Flames With Earth and Water—One of the Greatest Mine Disasters in State. Bluefield, W. Va.—With a thunderous detonation which made the hills quiver and sent the valley folk panic stricken from their homes two mines of the New River Collieries Co. here blew up in the afternoon, burying 248 miners under tons of tangled wreckage 550 feet underground. Of the 74 men who were buried in one shaft, No. 6, 7 have been taken out alive and badly wounded and 77 dead, without any hope whatever of 177 in mine No. 5. State officials have abandoned hope for them. The dead were close to the explosion has not been ascertained and perhaps will never be known. The New River Co. operates six mines at Eccles. No. 6 and No. 5. Connect at 2:30 in the afternoon there was a slight explosion in No. 6, followed by another slightly greater in No. 5. Ten minutes later the valley shook with the third blast in No. 6. The timbers over the main shaft, the ventilators and the cages were shot to the sky and deposited far up the hillside. The Virginian railway suspended traffic and rushed a rescue crew of the Panama Coal & Coke Co. at Matoaka, several miles away, with a number of physicians and nurses. The superintendent also called for help from Beckley, another point on the Virginia railroad, but the Matoaka crew in charge of the federal mine rescue car were the first to arrive. It was then nearly 6 o'clock. The crew set to work manfully, but were greatly hampered in their work by the half crazed women and children, who crowded the entrances and endangered their lives near the flame belching fissures. It finally became necessary to fence in the mines and station armed guards to drive the people back. The rescuers cleared No. 6 mine and then started to reach No. 5 through the connecting walls of No. 6. The exploded mines were opened about five years ago by the present owners, the Guggenheim interests. This is their first accident since they started operation. Chief Inspector Henry of the state mines department says that the last inspection of the mines was made on March 12. The report of the inspector stated he found considerable dust in entries one and two of mine No. 5 and that he ordered the superintendent to sprinkle the mine. The report also shows that the inspector found some gas. It had been known as a gaseous mine and for that reason had fire bosses whose duty it was to inspect the workings every day before either the day or night shift went to work. Orders Troops to Colorado. Washington, D. C.—The refusal of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., principal owner of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., to consent even to an attempt to arbitrate the differences of his company and the coal mine strikers in Colorado impelled President Wilson Tuesday to order six troops of United States cavalry to proceed at once to the scene of the disturbed district and restore order there. The president refrained from ordering the troops to the scene until it became evident that the situation had passed beyond the control of the governor of Colorado. Ida Von Claussen Freed. White Plains, N. Y.—Mrs. Ida Von Claussen, who gained notoriously by trying to bring a $1,000,000 libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt, was Tuesday unconditionally released from the Matteawan asylum for the criminal insane by Supreme Court Justice Isaac N. Mills. Mrs. Von Claussen was remanded to the custody of the warden of Tombs prison in New York until she can stand trial on an indictment charging her with sending death threats to Charles Straus. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS National Association Holds Big Meeting In Brooklyn. SENTIMENT AGAINST WRONG Noted Men Speak In Support of the New Abolition Movement, Which Is Spreading Rapidly—After Our Wilderness Shall Come Another Appomattox, Says Oswald G. Villard. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Brooklyn—The largest and most enthusiastic public meeting ever held in this city in the interest of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People was the one Tuesday evening, March 31, at the Concord Baptist church. The committee representing the colored citizens of Brooklyn, which had charge of the arrangements for the meeting, consisted of Mrs. Alice Wiley Seay, chairman; George E. Wileen, secretary; E. H. Wilson, treasurer; R. M. Meroney, chairman of the committee on program, and N. Barnett Dodson, chairman of the committee on resolutions. Rector George Frazier Miller of St. Augustine Protestant Episcopal church presided. The speakers were Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the New York Evening Post; the Hon. Moses E. Clapp, United States senator from Minnesota, and Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Ed. MRS. ALICE WILEY SEAY. itor of the Crisis Magazine. The Rev. Dr. Charles S. Morris, pastor of the Bank Street Baptist church in Nor- folk, Va., who was at the time on a visit to Philadelphia, having heard of the meeting, came to Brooklyn, as he said, for the specific purpose of attending the meeting. He delivered a stirring talk following the speakers named above. The campaign waged by the association against the segregation of clerks and other employees in the government service in Washington, the fight against jimcrow service on railroads in the south and other practices of injustice to the colored race has become popularly known throughout the country as the "new noble movement." It was for the purpose of discussing the various phases of the general question of race discrimination that the meeting was held. Mr. Villard, the first speaker, in part said: "Primarily there is the remedy of the Golden Rule. Nothing in the world creates friction among groups or classes of men as does injustice and inequality. If you wrong your neighbor you take advantage of him you will speedily grow to hate him, whether he be white or black, Jew or Christian, good or bad, rich or poor. There is the remedy of absolute justice in the courts which carries with it black representation on juries. There is the remedy of the fair and just enforcement of the law in our rural districts. "Then there is the remedy of permitting the colored people at least a share in their government. That this is not an impossible suggestion can be demonstrated by numerous citations from southern authorities. I content myself with quoting Professor W. O. Scroggs of the University of Louisiana, who declared before the southern sociological conference in this very year: "Suffrage should be held before the Negro as a reward of character. If our present federal laws are properly enforced every worthy colored man can have the ballot." "There is next the great remedy of co-operation. You will hardly believe it, I am sure, when I tell you that until the riots in Atlanta, caused by a few criminals made mad by the white man's whisky and cocaine, there had never been the slightest co-operation between the leaders of the whites and blacks in that city. There had never been a single meeting for counsel on the thousand questions as to race relationships which must arise where race contact and competition are so sharp and so general as is the case today all over the south; hence white and colored live side by side, often ignorant of each other's good qualities, of their upward strivings, and con- eclusions only of those human weaknesses which, through the gambling den, the saloon and the brothel, threat themselves upon public notice in our ill regulated towns and cities. "Then let us record that there is the remedy of knowledge. We none of us north or south, know more than part of the facts and figures of the problem, least of all the southerner, who keeps no vital statistics and few official figures of any kind; hence there has been submitted to the president of the United States and rejected by him a proposal for a race commission similar to the Roosevelt rural life commission, which should mass the true facts as to Negro progress or retrogradation and give us a real survey of the case as it is. It is the truth which sets us free, and, believe me, those who would befriend and defend the Negro are not in the least afraid of what a competent and unbiased race commission would find out. "If the race differentiation formula is held to (in the United States) it will doubtless in time bring about civil war. If statesmen face in the contrary direction I do not say that they will immediately attain civil peace, but I believe they will be travelling the only road toward it. I believe that negrophobia, unreasoning race prejudice, instructive race prejudice, if you will, is a course of danger, because I see that a more wholesome and hopeful equilibrium has been attained in other mixed communities by the steadfast exclusion of all theory of race discrimination. Whatever mob prejudices may dictate, statesmen and educated observers cannot fail to recognize that the allegation of inequality, of supercere race differences and degradation, is a sin against light that cannot fail to aggravate the disorders already distracting the south. "Destructive actions help not at all, and those actions which depress and set apart are destructive, not constructive. More than that, they insult and foul the Saviour, for they are directly contrary to the fundamental teachings of Jesus. When he said, 'Suffer little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven,' he did not say, 'White children only, please.' When he took up an ering sister to uplift her he did not say, 'White courtesans this way, black the other.' When he died for humanity he died for all humanity and not merely for the whites. "And so those of us who still believe in the Declaration of Independence, in the brotherhood of man—yes, in Jesus' teachings—can say with confidence to those sprites of fate dead of Lincoln's day above us: 'Be of good cheer. He not despairing. The battle is not lost—merely well begun. We fight on for you. We lay the wreathes of daily pleas for human justice, for national peace and honor, at your feet, and know them to be the most enduring and the best of monuments. As you faced bullets, so we who serve today in your cause of Negro freedom and the country's integrity cheerfully face misconception, misrepresentation, perhaps even cunning, and believe still that after our Wilderness shall come another Appomattox, glorious, radiant in the triumph of the principles of Garrison and Phillips—that is, of justice and liberty." United States Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota gave a general review of the situation as it relates to the colored race throughout the country. His speech was delivered with great earnestness and was a masterpiece in eloquence and thought. He said that he had nothing but contempt for any force that would keep humanity down, black or white. Senator Clapp said the question of justice or injustice to 10,000,000 Americans was a far more vital problem than any other confronting the people of this country. It is far more important than the one now being thrashed out in Washington, be continued. There is a question of foreign nations attempting to domineer the American people, while here it is a question of American people practicing domination against their fellow citizens because of prejudice of color. Strange though it may sound, yet it is true that today the negro encounters a greater feeling of prejudice than he did fifty years ago. The opposition is not to the man. It is to his progress and development. A new abolition movement is needed, and just as fifty years ago great men were to carry out the struggle for the liberty of the colored race so also now champions will appear in the lists in the new fight for freedom. Dr. W. E. R. Du Bois in giving a general view of the work of the association said: "The object of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People is not revolutionary. In the largest sense we are seeking to make the United States a true democracy. Today the unequal distribution of wealth, the great amount of illiteracy, the growth of class consciousness and the large immigration of new people all tend to strengthen the hands of those in America who distrust the rule of the masses and seek to increase privilege and the concentration of power in the hands of the few. "But of all the social forces that oppose democracy none is so subtle and harmful in our opinion as the widespread prejudice against persons of Negro descent. The prejudice has grown and is growing. It is not more intellectual distaste for a type, for it obtains against persons whose Negro blood is imperceptible; it is not the ordinary recoil from ignorance, for it obtains against educated men and is in a sense emphasized by their attainments; it is not the expression of one group against another which cannot make similar advancement or share a similar culture." LARGE RESULTS OBTAINED. Wonderful Achievements In Wealth, Education and Religious Culture Wrought by Afro-Americans Who Have Learned How to Master Their Difficulties. By RALPH W. TYLER. Jackson, Miss.—On account of the highly colored reports sent north regarding lynchings in this state many of the people of the north regard Mississippi as a hopeless area for the colored race. If you should come to the state and especially to this city, see the wonderful progress being made by the race, note the feeling existing between the two races and observe the fine residences and splendid business establishments owned and controlled by colored people you would at once conclude that the traditional bark of those persons who aim to hinder our progress is not taken so seriously by the colored people in this section. There are twelve colored lawyers in this city, and each one is doing excellently well. Wherever a colored lawyer can succeed it is a fair advertisement for a locality as offering opportunities to the race. Wherever you find an even dozen Negro lawyers registering a high water mark of success you have the proof of opportunities for race development. These men are not professional race solvers; they are quiet, consistent, earnest solvers of the problem. Of the 22,600 population of this city 13,500—more than half—are Afro-Americans, who have $350,000 invested in business enterprises and who pay taxes on $1,000,000 worth of real estate. Men like L. K. Atwood and W. A. Scott, who have developed respectively a successful bank and a successful insurance company, and able attorneys, second to none, like Perry W. Howard, W. J. Latham and S. A. Beadle, who are constantly engaged in every line of thought and action to improve the gist and lawyer like S. D. Redmond, whose holdings exceed the half hundred thousand mark, and a virile editor like E. R. Topp are alone sufficient to develop an oasis in any desert. I have been to but few places where I was so much impressed with the helpful activity, wealth producing ability and intelligence on the part of our race as here in Jackson. I predict that, at the rate they are progressing, the Negroes in the next quarter of a century will own more than 75 per cent of the farm acreage in this state and more than 40 per cent of the city property and will more than split even with the white man in the control of business. Race predilection in this state is now more largely because of the wonderfully rapid material and educational advancement of the race than because of inborn race hatred. The success which the colored people have achieved in the face of the most active and virulent race discrimination in itself argues for the ultimate disentrenchment of race discrimination. This city is the headquarters of one old line insurance company operated by the race and several mutual companies, all of which are successful. Pharmacy, bakeries, groceries, contracting, banking, printing and tailoring are a few of the business activities in which the race is engaged. There are two public schools, with a corps of twenty-five teachers, and Campbell college, of which Dr. W. T. Vernon is president, and twelve churches give some indication that the moral and spiritual man is not at all neglected. The churches as a rule are splendid edifices, well attended and have well educated ministers. It is estimated—and I investigated to make sure—that the Negroes in this city have $300,000 in deposit in the banks. This, with the value of their real estate and personal property, gives the race in Jackson a per capita wealth of $120. As a Frenchman would say, "That is magnificent!" and especially so when you stop to reflect that Mississippi as a state has perhaps done more to stop Negro progress than any other state. Really there is nothing but progress here, encouraging, inspiring progress, and such men and women as W. A. Scott, L. K. Atwood, S. D. Redmond, Perry W. Howard, D. W. Turner, R. J. Johnson, G. F. Frazier, E. R. Topp, W. J. Latham, S. A. Beadle, H. T. Risher, James Boyd, Mrs. Lucie Miller, Cora McClain, Mrs. W. J. Wade, V. L. Reuben and others are the ones who are leading in this building of a race in this city and state. I was much impressed with the orderly manner in which all Negro business enterprises are conducted here and the amount of energy, intelligence and personal service injected in each and all of them. The Negroes of the north need not lose any sheep over the future of the race in this section if the progress shown in this city is typical of the progress being made throughout the south. Jackson is a regular beeblef, filled with working bees, no drones. Here you find the Negro pushing, not whining. REAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER New portrait of Rear Admiral Fletcher, in immediate command of the American naval forces at Vera Cruz. FOURTEEN MORE ARE SLAIN IN MINE WAR MANY ARE INJURED AS RESULT OF BATTLES IN STRIKE DISSTRICTS OF COLORADO. Most of the Mine Buildings Are Now in Ashes—Militia Wear, Wearing Red Cross, Killed While Dressing Wounds of Comrade. Denver, Col.—Maj. P. P. Lester of the militia hospital corps was shot and killed by strikers near Waitsburg while dressing a militiaman's wound late Wednesday. Maj. Lester wore a red cross hand on his arm when fired on, according to a statement of the adjutant general's office. Fourteen more deaths were added to the casualties of the civil war in the mine strike districts Wednesday, 10 being slain in the battle at Forbes in Las Animas county, while four scattering killings were reported during the night. In the battle at the Forbes camp of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., which raged until the retreat of the strikers in the afternoon, 10 men were killed and many injured. Most of the mine buildings are now in ashes. Nine defenders are missing, but are believed to have reached the Majestic mine. Strikers estimated to number 300 attacked the property shortly after 6 o'clock in the morning. The battle lasted several hours, after which the strikers disappeared in the hills. The mine guards, with home-made cannon, kept up a fierce bombardment of the strikers' position. Jack Smith. Edward Kessler. Four Japanese, all defenders of the mine. Three strikers, whose bodies were carried away. Seriously wounded: Gus Whitney, shot through abdomen. One Japanese, shot through shoulder. Two of the bodies were burned in the ruins of the mine building. Twenty-eight mules were burned when the strikers set fire to the mine stables. Several horses were shot or burned. The buildings destroyed include the mine office with the United States postoffice, the tipple, engine house, boarding house, barn and several homes of miners. The camp had been warned late Tuesday night of an impending attack, and had telephoned an urgent message to the militia at Ludlow, a few miles away, for assistance. Supt. Robert Nichol put the 40 women and 50 children of the camp in the tunnel of an abandoned mine, built a barricade in front of the opening, armed his men, numbering 40, and prepared to defend the property. The machine gun owned by the company was mounted on a hill north of the camp. The superintendent posted guards and let some of his men go to sleep. The attack came without warning. While the fire was at its height, throngs of strikers swarmed down from the hills in the face of the riles of the guards. Dashing into the mine buildings, they applied torches and oil. Duluth, Minn.—That the steamer Benjamin Noble, her crew of 20 or more and a large cargo of railroad iron were swallowed up in the turbulent waters of storm-swept Lake Superior was made almost certain when the life saving crew picked up wreckage from the steamer off Minnesota Point, Duluth. All efforts to find the hulk of the steamer have proved fruitless. The general belief is that she missed the Duluth entrance and struck the Point and foundered in very deep water. IN UNION THERE IS STRAIGHTNESS CARRANZA REPLIES TO A, B, C ALLIANCE Rebel Chief Accepts 'Principle of Mediation With Desire to Confer.' PAVES WAY FOR NEGOTIATIONS Action of Constitutionalist Completes Triangular Alliance to Proposal of Argentina, Brazil and Chile to Mediate Mexican Crisis—Some Obstacles. Washington, D. C.—The White House has just announced that Gen. Carranza, first chief of the Constitutionalist force in Mexico, had accepted "the principle of mediation with a desire to confer." This completes a triangular agreement to the proposal of Chile, Argentina and Brazil to mediate the Mexican crisis and paves the way for international negotiations. Some Stumbling Blocks. Despite this cheering news it was admitted here that two almost inapparable obstacles face the mediators. One of these is the paramount necessity of securing a triangular, if not a triparty agreement between the United States, Huerta and the Constitutionalists to preserve an "armed truce and the status quo" while negotiations are going forward. The second stumbling block is the foreshadowed determination on the part of Huerta to refuse peace proposals predicated on his surrender of the reins of Mexican government. That this demand will be made by President Wilson is a settled conclusion here. It is pointed out that a triparty agreement signed by the three factions might involve questions of Huerta's recognition. It is predicted, therefore, that negotiations for the truce will be carried on by a third party, Spain acting on behalf of Huerta. Officials at the war department regard a general let-up of hostilities in Mexico as imitative. Unless such an arrangement can be effected guerrilla warfare will continue and an overt act may usese negotiations. Hands of Powers Not Shown. Great Britain and other nations with heavy financial interests in Mexico and opposed to American domination of the republic are known to be bringing enormous pressure to bear upon the government to step down from the provisional presidency. As yet the hands of the powers have not been shown in Washington, though an announcement by Secretary Bryan that England, of course, in conjunction with the United States, is endeavoring to delimit a neutral zone about British and American oil interests at Tampico, is taken here as evidence of a close understanding. There is no question that the two forces which are exteriorly assisting the mediators are Sir Lionel Carden, British representative at Mexico City, and Secretary of State Bryan, through Special Agent George Carothers with Villa and Carranze. CIVIL HEAD OFVERAGRUZ ROBERT J. KERR OF CHICAGO ASSUMES OFFICE AS GOVERNOR OF MEXICAN CITY. Vera Cruz, Mexico—Robert J. Kerr of Chicago, who has been named civil governor of Vera Cruz, has established his office in the old jefe politico. Interviewed, he said: "The first concern of the civil regime will be to abolish the pestholes of prisons that we have here. Among the first of these to go will be the San Juan fortress of Ulloa, where prisoners were kept in dungeons which are a relic of the dark ages. The sea washes the walls of these cells and the sanitary conditions are frightful. Many prisoners have already been removed to the city proper and the remainder will be transferred without loss of time. We intend to make the Mexicans believe that the Americans are their friends and every effort will be made to conciliate and help them. Among the first reforms to be ordered will be the correction of the money changing system. Many merchants now give unfair exchange, and if it is necessary we will establish state banks as the powers of the proclamation provide. I shall retain the present municipal officers in their respective positions and my jurisdiction will extend automatically with the extension of outposts to include all territory held by Americans. "I want it understood that there will be no politics in my regime. My policy will be fair play for Americans and Mexicans alike, and we shall have the best municipal government under military direction that is possible." Feudist Can't Have New Trial. Winchester, Ky—D. F. Deaton, the Breathitt county feudist, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of Edward Callahan, former sheriff of Breathitt county, was denied a rehearing of his case here. The cases of James Deaton and Andrew Johnson, who are accused of actually firing the shots which resulted in the death of Callahan and who were also sentenced to life imprisonment, are yet to be heard on their motion for a rehearing. The GAZETTE One Year. $1.50. Six Months. 1.00 Three Months. .50 Subscribers are requested to re- mit by postoffice money or- der or registered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class matter. Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Building, Cleveland, O. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison establishes its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST In the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 160,000 in Ohio. 20,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, May 2, 1914. The democrats' tariff legislation and Mexican "policy" are netting them very similar results. The confirmation of Judge Robert H. Terrell, as a municipal court judge of Washington, D. C., is a race victory of value—and not a personal one. There are several "body blows" for Dr. Booker T. Washington in Mr. G. L. Cheatham's letter to the editor of the Washington (D. C.) Bee, published elsewhere in The Gazette today. Read it carefully. "Running this government, these days, is too big a job for democrats," remarks an editor. True, brother, true; they lack the necessary experience. This, Diciator Huerta has made too clear for the mental comfort of loyal and intelligent Americans. There are enough Afro-American voters in the state of Ohio to insure, with the help of his white friends, Civil War veterans and others, Senator Joseph Benson Poraker's triumphant nomination and election this fall, as U. S. senator. Judging from the interest, our voters in particular, have been showing in signing the senator's nominating petitions, victory is assured. Our interest in the senator's success must not be allowed to lag, however. What became of that National Afro-American Council U, S. Supreme Court suit to test the "constitutionality" of Mississippi's disfranchisement "law," which was on the court calendar for hearing the fall of the summer Dr. Booker T. Washington and friends captured the Council and deposed its president, Bishop Alexander Walters? We have never heard of the suit since, although we have repeatedly made inquiry, in years gone by. THE TARIFF-A LIVE ISSUE. Certain wise men, who sit in editorial and university chairs, have been predicting for a quarter of a century that the Tariff was a dead issue. When the learned Dr. Wilson became President, over a year ago, these political pundits not only buried the corpse of Protection but spread quick-time over it. But to and behold! the Tariff is again a real, vital, burning issue;—a hundred men are now eagerly talking tariff to one who is showing the slightest concern over the new questions which swept over the country like a cydone two years ago. In the most significant election held since November 1912 the Tariff was preeminently the issue—although there were several subsidiary issues. Reference is had to the recent election in the Seventh Congressional district of New Jersey. The Washington Star believes that the canals toll issue was one of the several things which contributed to the result. "But," it goes on to say, "prior to end above that was the tariff. New Jersey is a manufacturing stronghold, and has repeatedly voted for protection. The probability is that in a contest based exclusively on that issue the state would vote two to one for the American policy. "The Underwood tariff, while carrying a measure of protection in certain lines, is the first step in a declared policy to abolish protection as rapidly as possible. Continued Democracy, with the other tariff revisions downward with the certainty of a check until approximate free trade is reached. "Evidently Jersey disapproves of such procedure. Business in the seventh district, as elsewhere, is depressed, partly as the result of the attack on protection. Industry is halted, as much by reason of what has been done as what is threatened; and yesterday the voters, overwhelmingly, registered a formal protest. It was expected, and it arrived." have lost New York Tribune, the industry that would feel the full force of industrial depression quickly. The larger employers of labor, like the railroads, have only just begun to lay off men extensively. A big industrial concern, like the Lackawanna Steel company, whose report, just made public, shows that it is more than $1,000,000 less than the year it was for the first quarter of last year, is still enduring to hold its staff of workers together, though part time prevails in its works. "It is entirely just that the unemployed and partly employed of Paterson and Passaic should hold President Obama's office their entire life." The readjustments made necessary by the Wilson tariff have had a great deal to do with the slowing up of business. And the president has put obstacles to the way of business by limiting the use of the consideration of unsettling legislative projects during the critical period of tariff readjustment." And the New York Sun puts it this way: "The Republicans challenged the Democrats squarely on the tariff in the Paterson-Passaic congressional district. The Democrats accepted the issue. The Republican candidate was denied the majority. Despite President Wilson's personal intervention, his candidate scarcely beat the Socialist." THE DOCTRINE OF SURRENDER Preached By Dr. Booker T. Washington HOW IT HARMS THE RACE The-National Afro-American Council, The Niagara Movement, The N. A. A. C. P.-Trotter, Smith and DuBois-Loyal Race Papers. New Albany, Ind., April 29, 1914. Mr. W. Calvin Chase, 1109 Eye St., N. W. Washington, D. C. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., appreciate, and will never know, what great sacrifice they are making for us. To quote Ingersoll: "In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshipped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments possessed by the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People", you have missed your guess in thinking that the Association is about done for. The organization that has given to senators who are friendly disposed toward us, information with which they were able to completely route our enemies, has come to stay. The Negroes are beginning to learn not to nibble the bated hook of W. Smith, but to enjoy his popularity. They know now, that to obtain freedom, they themselves must strike the blow. Your talk about the correctness of this man and his movement in its surviving, makes me think of an old party that promoted slavery, raised the rebellion, and is responsible for all the discriminatory laws that disgrace the Southern states. Who is old enough to be a slave? Is he old enough to have made others, that it is correct? If you would know the value of protest, go to Boston, where Wm. Monroe Trotter, that protestant and agitator, has saved Boston and the state of Massachusetts from a fate that is fast taking Chicago, and the state of Illinois. Monroe Trotter whose motto is "Eternal vigilance is what I am." Monroe Trotter, Hen, Harry C. Smith, the knight and champion of equal rights. He has, by legislation, secured more for the race than any one I know of. Rising in the center is the form of that great and splendid scholar, Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, the great thinker, one who speaks to the conscience of the Ameri can people and to the history of the future. These, and many others, are willing to work hard to effort. It is to these men that the Negro is now turning with hope and courage of wringing from this old world, recognition as man to man. Time servers like the Doctor will have to go. G. L. Cheatham, JUDGE ROBERT H. TERRELL Confirmed at Last—Vardaman, Till man and Their "Kidney" Beaten. The nomination of Judge Robert H. Terrell, as a municipal judge for the District of Columbian, was confirmed last Friday night by the senate. The nomination had been held up for two weeks, and the senators, Tillman, Vardaman, Smith of South Carolina and other southern PETER H. BURGESS JUDGE ROBERT H. TERRELL ers. Friday night senators, urging confirmation, declined to pass Judge Terrell's name on the list of nominations and a vote was forced. Judge Terrell, by president Roosevelt and was reappointed by President Taft. His confirmation, at this time, is a race victory. ECHOES FROM ST. JOHN'S. It is currently rumored that a certain person, attending the "classy" entertainment at St. John's A. M. E. museum, at St. John's, sent a note from the audience requesting a little unbecoming nonsense on the rostrum by the performing company. isn't this the limit? The evangelist, Mrs. Evans has just gone, too. From the pulp, it was stated, last Sunday a. m., "any fool can kick up a fuss." Yes! yes! Lord!! and any fool can plainly Negro melody from common "rag-time" and "nigger" ministrels "music," too. That St. John's church needs a parsonage, none will say nay; but I wonder if we can take care of what property we have without continually having a "rally!" "a rally!!" "a rally!!" What's the use of a church having a lecture room any way? The auditorium is "just as good" for most any thing. It is said by one, that a certain eastern pastor of the A. M. E. connection, by means of ruses has been able to remain in a certain pulpit for fifteen years—just ten years over the time usually allowed or given. I wonder if that pastor's church was open to all kinds of questionable bits of show work? Without a doubt there are some good voices among the Williams Co., show people, but they belong in a hall or theater. A member of St. John's. SOCIETY WOMEN IN TROUBLE. Chicago, Ill.—The home of Fred Jefferson, an Afro-American resident of Oak Park, an exclusive suburb of Chicago, was burned Sunday night week. Jefferson, his wife and child narrowly escaped suffocation. Because of al al's involvement by aawal Oak Park park, (white), socially prominent, they are facing charges of arson. Bottles filled with oil and gasoline were found about the premises. State fire authorities are investigating. Jefferson is chauffeur for H. H. Hamilton, former village president. Howard Bruce Dead Howard Bruce Dead. Fort Wayne, Ind.-Anthony B. Trentham, a wealthy Fort Wayne and Chicago business man, who, when inducted, shot head-waiter Howard Brunet and head-waiter, dicted for first degree murder by a special grand jury here, April 12. Trentham is in jail in default of $10,000 bail. Trentham's relatives claim he has been showing signs of whisky insanity for more than two years and it is said they will attempt to show that they had planned to have him removed to an asylum. BUGKEYE LETTERS WRITTEN BY "THE OLD RELIABLE" GAZETTE'S CORRESPONDENTS. What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical — Marriages, Deaths, Etc. MECHANICSIBURG—"The Daughters" were, entertained last week, Tuesday evening, by Mrs. Clark.—Mrs. Wesley Harris visited relatives in Columbus, last week.—Mr. and Mrs. R. Hepterson and family of Rosedale have purchased the "Mary Clarkson" property and moved into it.—The Second Baptist church bazaar was a success.—Miss Mearle Adams was in Springfield, recently. SMITHFIELD.—Mrs. Josie Smith was in Steubenville, and Mrs. F. T. Davis left for Pittsburgh, Monday. Her husband was ill.—Mrs. Emmett Beall returned from a visit with her mother in Barnesville.—The A. M. E. trustee was at work during the evening as well attended. The three-year-old daughter of Mrs. Annie Wilson Johnson was buried from her sister, Mrs. Freeman's, Sunday afternoon.—Mrs. Lewis is visiting relatives in Mt. Vernon.—E. J. Smith, R. and M. Totey and others from Mt. Vernon.—Mrs. Emmett, Mrs. F. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. John Christian attended church in McIntyre. LORAIN—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson's family have scarlet fever. Also Misses Willamena and Marle Bolden—Miss Beulah Chinn of Cleveland, is here visiting relatives. The Second M. E. sewing circle met at "Aunt Becky" Brown's last Wednesday. She will hold the third. Mr. Cairn Harris served refreshments. —Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Francis of Stop 48, have a little son—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cain's little son, Henry, has been very ill. "Davy" Brown of the East Side, is convalescing. Mrs. Powell is visiting in Dayton. The local representative of the Gaillard Hospital has arrived to 1425 W. W22 St. Send her your order for a copy of the paper every week, and set the race news. SANDUSKY—Mrs. Rosa Johnson of Cleveland, N. O., A. M. E. conference missionary, held three meetings here. Sunday. The church and S. S. were greatly pleased to have her with them. She is Mrs. A. Gardner's guest—Mrs. Nelson Bolling spent three days in Bryan, Miss. Harriet returned from Ft. Wayne, Ind. in time to attend the Co. S. S. convention. She visited an aunt and grand-father. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander's three sons have surprised their parents by putting in their home a bath, hot and cold water, and other conveniences. Cost, $165. The boys are only 17. They have a credit to their parents and the race—Rev. G. D. Smith, Mrs. Mary Jones, Misses Sarah Johnson and Emma Gilkerson have returned from Akron, where they attended the semi-annual S. S. missionary and succession success. The Second Baptist church is looking forward to the N. O. B. convention in August. CADIZ—Mrs. Susie White has returned from E. Liverpool and Monessen, Pa.—Rev. Frank Gray of Springfield, has been appointed pastor of Simpson M. E. church—Dwight and Master Raymond Brooks spent several days, last week, in Wellington—Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Childers were called to Akron Monday, by her father's death. B. S. Lee entertained the Y. M. L. club, last week—Special services at the A. M. E. church, for ten consecutive Sundays, will be conducted by the various church societies and clubs. Last Sunday was "Woman's day". The stewardesses were in charge. Miss Harriett Lemon of Monessen, the evening. The ladies' choir rendered beautiful music. The B. B.'s met at C. H. Christmas, Sunday. The Green-Leaf club was entertained, last Monday night, by Mrs. Anna Redman. Class No. I held a social at the A. M. E. church. Tuesday evening. F. W. Lucas, leader. Miss Florence Smith entertained the H. H. club, Friday night. DAYTON.-Mr. Willard Payne and Miss Ruby Stevenson are very ill.-Reed Bro's grocery is at 624 S. Western Ave. and Dona Smith's barber shop, at 623 the same street. J. F. Harris is manager.-Mrs. Elvira Phillips has recovered. Pneumonia. She has been confined to the house since February.-Mrs. Miami Fulton died, Sunday morning. Charley Burkes of the same address, is very ill.-Mrs. Della Johnson, who has been grand-daughter, is Mrs. George Warmack, two weeks, will return to Lockport, where she had a very pleasant visit.-See Mrs. Alice Ellison, local representative of the *Gazette* 10 Delphos Ave., for advertising and subscription rates. Give her your order for the paper, every week.-Mrs. Grant Beasley and grand-daughter, Helen, have returned to Columbus, after a pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. E. Fort.-Euclid A. A. M. E. church is doing nicely. Quarterly meeting, Sunday. An excellent service and a large crowd. The Wesleyan school and Rev. Burke of M. E. church, assisted. The latter preached-Mrs. Viney Kemp of Bryant, Va. accompanied by Mr. Moseley, and Mrs. Irvin of that place and Dayton, were guests of Atty. and Mrs. W. J. Buydden, at dinner, and at a pleasure party to the Soldiers' Home. All enjoyed the trip. YOUNGSTOWN — Richard Boggess is able to be out again — Mrs. Anna Morrow and son, Arthur Green, were called here, last week, by her sister, Lillie McConneauheyhe's illness. Mr. Green returned home, Sunday evening. — Rev. W. O. Harper and family will move to their new home in Garfield St., about May 15 — Mrs. E. B. Mayo, Sr. has returned from a four months' visit with relatives in Pittsburgh Co. Va. — St. Augustine E. mission held confirmation services, Thursday evening. Bishop Leonard of Cleveland, preached the sermon he firmed ten new members. The new part of the church is open and the mission is planning to dedicate it. Rev. W. O. Harctor — Loula Roes of Cleveland, was Mr. and Mrs. A. Rayford's guest, last week — Mrs. Ida Fagan is able to be out. — A number attended the Elks' reception in Pittsburgh, Monday evening — Wesley Williams of N. Y. is here visiting his SATURDAY, May 2, 1914. mother and relatives.—Mahoning Valley lodge's annual sermon, will be preached at the Third Baptist church, May 10 at 2 p.m., by Rev. P. M. Clopton. Lodges from New Castele and Sharon will attend, and all members and visiting Odd Fellow are requested to meet at 1 p.m. at the hall. The public is invited to hear the sermon, wevered, on Wednesday. Thomas gave an Easter luncheon in honor of Mrs. Edward Bell of Cleveland and Mrs. Fred. O. Thompson. Thomas & Harris have remodeled their barber shop—Geo. Jefferson and Johnnie Holmes attended the reception and ball in Cleveland, Monday evening. Mrs. Jefferson is president of the All-Star Whist club. Give the local agent your order for our best race advocate and newspaper, "the old reliable" Gazette—Mrs. James A. Thomas entertained "the Five Hunters" in the evening. We present were: Messrs. and Mesdames William Milton, William Hicks, Alexander Freeman, Major Scroggins, Ashby Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Hunter, Messrs. Jos. Bobson and James Thomas. CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write also, their names and that of their employer, and their name of wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, speeches, resolutions, poetry, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in advance or in advance at the rate of ten cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. Send postal note and not stamps during warm weather. DOINGS OF THE RACE A moving picture show and meat market, operated by Afro-Americans, are needed in Cleveland on Central Avenue and E. 31st and E. 30th Sts. respectively. Splendid field for persons with money and experience in the business. This latter is absolutely necessary. Pass the word along. South Carolina Afro-Americans pay taxes on farm property worth more than $22,000,000, says the Columbia (S. C.) Dally State. Professor James B. Dudley insists that the (Southern railroads) wooden couches, often jammed in between the locomotive and baggage cars—any old thing to get the African inside, will be removed by the railroad companies (in the South) must understand that these Colored people have the same rights that the white people have. The accommodations for the Colored man should be decent. As it is now, in hundreds of instances they are not decent. We are holding no card for any class—but the Colored man should be decent. We kick coming because some of these coaches are nothing in God's world but breeders of disease. Better let the railroad company charge a fair toll and be able to improve its service—at least to where humanity could ride in sanitary cars.—"Everything." Greensboro, N. C., weekly (white.) Jack Johnson says he is going to whip Moran and trim "Gunboat" Smith, Jess Willard and the rest of the pseudo "white hopos" just as fast as they can hand him $20,000 each year. "I have loved him," The point, that "Harry C. Smith is a staunch, fearless editor of principle," is well taken. It is much to be regretted that he has not a salary of $2,500 a year with instruction to write and fight. He would make good.—Detroit Leader. James E. Bell was awarded $200 damages against the owners of the Crescent Theater, N. Y. City, last week. The management refused to permit him to occupy seat for which he held tickets, Sept. 12, 1913. Mrs. Annie M. Poe-Turnbo of Mrs. Louis M. Oe, M.Poe-Turnbo of Malone of Quincy. It was married, April 28. Both are well-to-do and successful business people. Susan M. Joyner recovered $200 damages from the proprietors of the Temple Theatre, Rochester, for discrimination against her, and the N. Y. Court of Appeals uphold the judgment, last week. A. M. Babb of N. W. Church in a saloon, recovered $100, April 16. At the annual session of the Financial Board of the A. M. E. Church, held in Washington, D. C., John R. Hawkins, secretary and treasurer, reported that for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1914, the total collection of dollar money amounted to $220,954.84, and the collection for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1917, was $70,674.100. A total of $428,916.64. This amount does not include the money raised by 7,000 churches for local purposes, nor the salaries raised for the pastors and incidentals. THE WAIST. An imag'nary line is the waist. Which seldom stays long where it's placed. But amples and skips. 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FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms for rent, 3857 Carnegie Ave. FOR RENT—Houses and Rooms—If you have them to rent or if you want to rent, advertise in The Gazette. It brings results. NOTARY PUBLIC—For such services call at The Gazette office, No. 3 Blackstone building, No. 1424 W. Third Street, near Superior Ave. FOR SALE—Houses or lots. If you have either or anything else to sell, or if you wish to purchase, advertise in The Gazette. If anything can bring, you results, it can and will. WANTED—Women for housecleaning washing and ironing, by the day. ACME Employment Co., 308 W. Superior Ave., near W. 3rd St. For Rent—In Oberlin; a 5 room house, 133 S. Park St., large garden, well-water and cistern; $7.50 per month. Also one 6 room house, 144 Groveland St., water, gas, a fine garden-lot, beautiful street; $10 per month. Apply or address W. C. Wright, 142 Groveland St., Oberlin, O. Cleveland Sixth City Mrs. George Fields of Dunlap Ave., is seriously ill. Mrs. Nellie De Forest of E. 29th St., is still very sick. Mr. Thomas Queen of E. 43d St., has been quite ill. Rev. Somers of Athens, was in the city the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Phil. Dennie have sold their home on E. 59th St. Welcome T. Blue was home from Columbus, last and this week. Mr. Millard Jones has returned from Pittsburgh after a year's absence. Misses Ozella and Anna Moore are visiting out of the city for a week. A "Missionary" dinner will be given at Mrs. Hattie Fairfax's, 2313 E. 35th St. May 7. Mesdames Fields, Warrick and Mr. Wm. Turker, ex-policeman, of the East End, are ill. Mr. Edward Thompson of Frank Ave. is suffering greatly from the rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bolden and Wm. H. Cisco expect to return to Chicago, today (Saturday). If you wish to rent nicely furnished rooms, see our classified ad. department, col. 2, page 3. Mrs. Mary Taylor, 2335 E. 29th St., suffered a severe attack of acute indigestion, the past week. Mrs. Daisy Williams, who has been at St. Clair hospital, the past four weeks, is convalescent. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smallwood, are en route from Baltimore and Zanesville to San Francisco. Do you know what "Puro Herb time" means? Read the advertisement in col. 1, page 3.—Adv. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smallwood of Zanesville, are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. Crazetta Gordon. Mrs. Anna Hamiett-Smith visited her parents on E. 93d St., last week. She was enroute to Montreal, Canada. Quick service and the best, is the slogan of the Sanitary barber shop. See advertisement elsewhere in this paper. Be sure to read Chas. R. Matthews' advertisement, in this paper. There's something in it of special interest to you. Misses Teresa Gordon, Esther Kiner and Mrs. Ala Wheatley have recently secured pleasing positions in down town stores. Mr. Russell Jones' wagon was struck by a west-bound car Tuesday afternoon, cor. Woodland Ave. and E. 70th St. No one hurt. It is said Pauline Douglass was dismissed from the Phyllis Wheatley Home because she was over age. She is a steady working girl. --- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, May 2, 1914 *DR. WEAVER'S, 3315 Central Ave. *A. GORDON, 2928 Central Ave. *SAM FERTMAN'S, 3608 Central Ave. *ELMER F. BOYD'S, 2604 Central Ave. *S. A. LUCAS, 3943 Central Ave. *NEWS STORE, 2249 E. 105th St. cor. arthur St. Mrs. Roberta Queen of E. 46th St., is making preparations to spend the summer with relatives in Georgia. Mrs. Grace Willis-Thompson and Mrs. Libbie Williams have returned from Chicago. They were called to the bedside of a sick brother. Others came and go, but "the old reliable" "Gazette remains with you. It may save you money to remember this. It has others, many times. During the Spanish-American war four of our local braves showed the "white feather" by going to Canada, Tennessee and "to the woods." Mr. Harry Lucas will lead the song service at St. John's church, Thursday evenings, one-half hour before the regular church prayer-meeting. All are invited. It is said that the white ushers at Union Station will be replaced by Atro-Americans as soon as the new temporary station is completed. Let us hope so. Mr. J. Williams of Chicago, arrived, Wednesday, to visit his brother, Mr. William Williams, 1071 Hudson Ave. Mr. Beach of Toledo, is Mrs. Williams' guest. If you owe The Gazette and it does not arrive this week, please remember that discontinuing delinquency subscriptions as rapidly as we can get to them. The reception at Mrs. Robert Riffe's, E. 433 St., last week, was a pretty affair and well attended. Over $50 was realized for Miss Olive Wells, a Howard University student. Mt. Zion Congregational church services, Sunday evening were good. Only 52 persons in attendance. The question is, where do the other members spend Sunday evenings? Mrs. Lula Venerable of 2709 Woodland Ave., has returned from Lexington, Ky., where she took her son's remains for burial. She has the sympathy of a host of friends. John Prat r, age 41, 2219 E. 300 St. died April 23. Mrs. Hester Prater accompanied the remains of her hus- band to Sweet-Water, Tenn., Monday. Three brothers also survive him. It takes "real" money—not "stage" money—to publish a newspaper. Thereafter, if you owe The Gazette promptly, please. Either call, or send the amount to the office, at once. The Boy Scouts did not go out, last Saturday. Weather permitting, they will go next week, and there is some talk of an old civil war veteran ac- companying them on a "forced march." The Sterling 5 and 10 cent store opening last Saturday, was a great success. Good bargains all the time. One of our girls is employed there as clerk. Mr. Carl F. Salzer is a fine man—Adv. Flovd G. Snelson, Jr., and a Mr. Jackson, chauver for G. J. S. Cox, arrived in the city, Wednesday "and called on The Gazette. The former is editor and publisher of the Columbus Independent. * * * Mr. Noble Sissle of Indianapolis, will appear in concert under the auspices of the Junior Dubio club at THE NEW YORK TIMES Mt. Zion Congregational church, Monday evening, May 4, at eight o'clock. A fine program will be rendered. Do not miss it.—Adv. A number of delinquent subscriptions were dropped, Apr. 25. They evidently forgot to heed our notice to call, or send their money to the office. Others, delinquent, will meet the same fate, next week. Our advertisers want your trade. Those who do not ask for it in The Gazette certainly care little, if at all, for it. Therefore, we urge our readers and all of our friends to patronize those who ask for your trade in this paner. If you owe The Gazette, pay it promptly, please. Do not wait for the collector to call, but send what you owe to the office, it is pleasant and better. Delinquent subscriptions will be discontinued on April 25, (this month). Pay at once. Send or bring locals and all business matters to The Gazette's offices, suite 2, Blackstone Bldg. If you wish to see the editor call there, please. All matters for publication in current issues of The Gazette must be in the office by 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY at the latest. Mr. Pete Ross will open his new restaurant, Monday, cor. E 31st St. and Central Ave. It is to be known as the Wallsoachnac. He is well known, popular and a member of Shiloh Baptist church, Grand Sunday dinner! Church goers and others do not miss it.—Adv. Our Federation of Women's clubs will hold its regular monthly meeting at Mrs. John Fairfax's, 7:30 p. m. Thursday, May 7. The Federation is preparing to give an entertainment, May 20, when Mrs. Ada Brown Stewart of Tolelo迪 will appear in a dramatic recalt. The "Tea and Coffee club" recently organized, with Mrs.nez Fairfax as president, for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home, will give its initial entertainment in the form of a "Japanese tea party", this month. "Jap" costumes, decorations and refreshments will be in evidence. The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of the sample of a fine, improved powder known as the "colette", prepared by the Henry B. Glinp Co., Baltimore, Md., and handled in this city by the People's Drug Store, 3215 Central Ave. It is dainy, fragrant and hygienic. The Minerva Reading club met at the Misses Blue, Saturday evening. At a recent meeting, Mrs. Inez Fairfax and Miss Bertha Blue, were elected delegates to the National/Convention of our Women's clubs which convenes at Wilberforce in August. Mrs. Sarah M. Bailey is delegate to the state convention. The board of trustees of the Phyllis Wheatley association presented the Brown sisters, singers of plantation melodies, in a concert at Y. M. C. A. hall, E. 22d St., and Prospect Ave., Monday evening. The musical program was interspersed with readings from the poet, Paul Lawrence Dunbar's productions. Jubilee Singers from Oberlin gave a successful program at St. James A. M. E. church, last Friday evening. The Mite Missionary society received a letter from Miss Irene Johnson who is teaching in Monrovia, Liberia, W. Africa. She has 100 pupils in five grades of her school. St. James Missionary sent her a Xmas box. Oxborn J. Dyson and Wesley C. Jackson, ushers at the E. 105th St. station, recently laid off by the Lake Shore Rye, during their season of retrenchment, were re-installed in their positions, the first of last week. Mr. George Toy, a former usher, has been retained as assistant in the baggage room and other parts of the station. St. John's S. S. was the seventh on the list of city S. in point of attendance, Easter S. Sunday. the tennis season of the S. S. opened, last week, Tuesday afternoon, with a few spirited games between R. Martin, C. E. Cheeks, K. Rogers, H. Taylor and J. Smyles. The boys found the courts in excellent condition and expressed themselves as confident of a most enjoyable season. Rev. W. G. Webster, 2182 E. 35th St., who died, Tuesday at 5 a. m., at St. Vincent's Hospital, came to Cleveland from Jackson, Tenn., and was 40 years of age. He leaves a wife, six children and a sister, to mourn his demise. His family will remain in the city, and have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends. Rev. D. A. McMahon will assist the pastor of Lane Memorial church at the funeral day (Priest) at 1. 30 p. m. Interment in Lakeview cemetery. Ex-Chaplain T. G. Steward of the U. S. Army, now living at Wilberforce, will preach at St. John's A. M. E. church, Sunday, and on Monday evening give his famous lecture, "Our Civilization." Boy Scouts are expected to attend a Mass at Messrs. Henry T. and Worth entertained the Allen League Endeavor society. Monday evening at the church. The members and invited guests feasted on home-made cake and brick ice cream. T. J. Hicks, the chorister of the league, conducted the singing. Antioch's B. Y. P. U. was largely attended, Sunday evening. A special missionary program was rendered which included a very interesting paper by Mr. Charles Walker; a duet by Mrs. Lula Jones and Miss Alice Maxwell; a paper by Mrs. Ford, and an address by Rev. Robertson, who is traveling in the interest of the missionary Baptists of the South. All meetings--6-30 until 7:30 p. M.U. meetings--6-30 until 7:30 p. M. Sundays, Mr. John Smith, pres.; Mr. Wallace, sec.; Mrs. M. Willis, reporter. The dancing party given at "The Dreamland", Monday evening, by William Hunley and Thomas Fleming, was a great success. The hall was most desirable in every event, having a beautiful setting and excellent floor; Joel Coenhalt's music and the conduct of the 150 couples in attendance was of such a high order that the proprietor of "The Dreamland", a resident of St. Louis, who happened to be present, was not only* greatly surprised but equally pleased. He complimented the gathering unreservedly. Fully seventy-five taxi-cabs were in service. When the various colored listes were thrown on the floor, some were mobbed, wild scenes we ever witnessed were produced. Rev. W. G. Webster, presiding elder of the Cleveland district of the C. M. E. church, who had been ill at home, 2182 E. 35th St., for a week or ten days and who was taken to the hospital, last week, critically ill, died suddenly, Monday night. He served as pastor of Lane Memorial church elevated to the position before being elder, and made a large number of friends in this city. Rev. Webster, a former school teacher in the south, came to this city from Kentucky. He leaves a wife and a number of children in addition to other relatives to mourn him. Friday noon, from Lane Memorial church, the pastor, Rev. L. C. Howard, assisted by other local clergymen, officiating, was largely attended. J. W. Wills & Co., funeral directors. MINISTERS' ALLIANCE PROTEST Denounce the Alleged "Mt. Pleasant Home" As Segregation, As Undemocratic, Un-Christian, An Entering Wedge of Jim-Growism, As Retrogression and a Wide Step Backward. Mr. President and Brethren of the Colored Ministers' Alliance: We, your committee, appointed Jan. 20th, 1914, to investigate the alleged organization of a Home EXCLUSIVELY for COLORS en, beg leave to submit the following information: 1. We find that the Home on E. 126th St. is a private enterprise and has been mainly supported by one Chas. E. Stewart. Relative to the care of the children or condition of the same, we express no opinion, and make no commendation since the institution is private, or, at the most, quasi public. 2. We find that a public home for Colored children, exclusively, has been protected and a tentative organization has been actually formed with officers elected, a membership fee decided upon, and membership blanks printed. 3. We also find that this proposed institution has the endorsement of Dr. E. A. Smith and Mr. Thaxter Eaton of the Cleveland Humane Society, and T. C. Wellsted, assistant secretary of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. We our committee, do hereby enter our most earnest and vigorous protest against the establishment of such an institution, for the following reasons, to wit:— 1st—There is absolutely no necessity for such an institution. The city, the county and the state have made ample and satisfactory provision for all of its dependent children, without regard to race, color, or previous conditions. 2nd—The multiplicity of such institutions simply increases the public burden and must, ultimately, lead to the increase of taxation, now already heavy. 3rd—The initiation of such an institution will inevitably lead to the displeciably undemocratic and unchristian policy of segregation and therefore, become the entering wedge of "jim Crowism," so detestable to all self- 4. Such a step is plainly and unmistakably retrogression, a wide step backward toward slavery and proscription, and a practical annihilation of the principles fought for, and obtained the cost of the nation sacrifice, privation and bloodshed. 5. We are an English speaking people, thoroughly American, loyal to every interest of our government, and firmly believe in that perfectly democratic principle so long enunciated by Dr. Lyman Abbott, and our own Dr. Washington McKenzie. The Eartherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man." Respectfully submitted. ELAM A. WHITE, H. C. BAILEY, CHAS BUNDY, G. V. CLARK, W. G. WEBSTER. The above report was unanimously adopted by the "Ministers' Alliance, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1914. HOMES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. HOMES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. As a result of Judge Addams' and Sheriff Smith's urging, the county commissioners are planning a large detention home for boys and girls, the boys' detention home on the west side and the one for the girls on this side of the city, being inadequate to meet the demand. An agreement with the Salvation Army Rescue Home and The House of Good Shepherd, in addition to the detention home at 2393 E. 43d St., are not sufficient to provide places for girls. Pending arrangements for a permanent and large detention home for both boys and girls, Judge Addams has asked the commissioners to rent the premises adjoining the present detention home for girls in E. 43d St., and a house on the West Side to supplement the present boys' detention home which occupies the two upper floors of the Detroit-West 29th St., police station. Supplementing the foregoing are, the home for boys at Hudson, and The Cleveland Girls' Home, opened at Warensville, under the city department of public welfare, and immediately under the supervision of Miss Vera Schafer, 10214 Hampden Ave. N. E. In the face of the foregoing, will some one find the shadow of a good excuse for the existence of that "jim-crow" M. Pleaseant children's home? OPPOSED TO "JIM-CROW" HOME. At a recent metting of the City Federation of Women's clubs, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted and ordered printed in The Gazette: We, the City Federation of Women's clubs, do earnestly enter our protest against establishing the "Mt. Pleasant Home for Colored Children," there being no necessity for such a home, since our children are being better or in local institutions for all, all fight such an effort and use evidence to wipe out the objectionable "Home" and any other, promoting discrimination and segregation. We, the women of the Federation, number of us belonging to the Auxiliary to the Juvenile Court and Human society, organized to assist in the work of placing and relieving deendent children, know the abundance of work done by our people to help the above named organizations. KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS. Straightens Kinky Curly Hair. 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Not only are books, magazines, and daily papers free to all who may care to use them but we have weekly papers from all over the city and the United States. We have an average attendance every day of 75. To this reading room are sent the homeless, unemployed, and the stranger within our gates; no one is turned away. Those who have no home and no money are provided with clean, decent lodgings. During the last year more than 100 men and boys have been given a bed free until they could find work. Those who have no work are found employment. While they are waiting for employment they play checkers or read. Five hundred negro men and women have been furnished employment by the Fellowship Employment bureau since July 1. Besides all this the reading room is a refuge for the small negro boy who would otherwise be a waift on the streets or an inmate of the poolroom and other questionable surroundings. LEARN HOUSEHOLD DUTIES THE WASHINGTON WORKER In the laundry the Hampton girls learn the best methods of washing, froning and mending. They handle 40-000 pieces of work each week. No outside work is done in the Hampton institute laundry—only that of students and teachers and that for the dairy, kitchens, dining rooms, dormitories, and the boarding department. The largest tree in the United States is said to be the Mother of the Forest, a giant redwood in the Canberras big tree grove in California. It is supposed to contain 140,619 board feet of lumber. There are, however, many claimants for the honor of being the "largest tree" and the "oldest tree," and these claims, according to foresters, cannot always be verified. A communication to the Baltimore American denies that the rural schools of the black population are a failure. The correspondent says: "I think it is impossible to be otherwise under the circumstances, for they don't seem to be included in the state school law. Anyhow, the colored people don't get enough money to run their schools. It is impossible to run the schools on the pittance they get. According to the taxes that the colored people pay in the state, it would appear that if they had the benefit of the taxes they could get batter schools. They have no way to get any benefit from the taxes' only through the schools. "It it used to be published how much they did pay, and judging by that, they must pay double and triple the amount now. As high as the cost of living is you can't get proper school teachers, as a whole, to teach for the salary offered. No person can live on such a giftance. If the colored schools are not included under the law it is not reasonable that the several school boards should be interested in them. The colored people get nothing themselves for looking after them, and that is why they are in this condition." Mrs. Louise Waterman Carpenter, a direct descendant of Roger Williams and the oldest living member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, celebrated her one hundred and seventh birthday recently in Worcester, Mass. She received many gifts and messages. The British government's old age pension scheme in producing some remarkable figures, for the statistics of 1912 show that 603,380 women were in receipt of old age pensions, as compared with only 362,628 men. In most parts of India protection against malaria producing mosquitoes, which bite almost entirely at night, is an absolute necessity, especially as the use of wires screens to keep all such insects out of houses is almost unknown. London's proposed postal tube is to be nine feet in diameter and six and a half miles long. It is to be fitted for two trucks, each two feet wide, carrying steel trucks operated by motors. The line proposed will be constructed throughout in the London clay. It is significant that today the real leaders of the negro churches are seeking to emphasize the fact that religion has to deal with the whole life of the man. His intellectual as well as his emotional, his volitional and his social life are to be related according to the ethical principles of Jesus. They are still waiting, as we have often done, for the hand of a skillful artist who will paint for them in terms of their own life the personal life of Jesus in such a way that he will attract their whole being. One man said, "The great moral needs of common life have convinced me that exhortation has done its work; interpretation must follow." The relation of the church to the betterment of these conditions is a subject by itself. There is a hostility to most inferences for evil as far as the leaders are concerned, but when one studies the ranks of the church leaders who are positively in favor of better things, he looks in vain for many of the real professional leaders and business heads of the race. When asked for an explanation, two widely different answers were given by trained leaders; perhaps the real answer lies between. One said that the professional men and business men are temperamentally hostile to the church. They are of no value because of their too liberal views and their personal pride. The other said that these men might now be in the ranks of the church if it were not for the fact that the church leaders wanted to decide everything and that these men had no chance to utilize their qualities of independent and trained leadership which has secured them their places in the world. It seems self-evident that there is a great place for such men in the church and that in all probability as the church opens up larger fields of opportunity for social and community services, these men who have been especially trained and who have shown special qualifications in such leadership, will be the co-workers with the pastor to make the church an ever-increasing force in the community life. The Memorial hospital at Tuskegee, where we next find ourselves, is an up-todate building with modern equipment, where outside patients as well as students are received, writes a recent visitor to the institution. We have just time after making a tour of the hospital to visit a few class rooms before dinner. A chemistry class has been analyzing clays from the Tuskegee farm. A geometry class is doing original work lounded on some of the complexities of the carriage making shop. A class in arithmetic is working problems in discount. There is a cashier and teller, and real money, or so-called money, is used to make the process a reality to the students. In the classes in English, each student is required to write one theme each mouth on a subject assigned by his industrial teacher. This is not only to show his technical knowledge of the subject, but also his ability to express it clearly and concisely. Tuskegee has solved the problem of the industrial school, and teaches the dignity of labor by associating the academic and industrial departments. Among all the schools of the United States, Tuskegee stands fifth in the number of persons who are studying the English Bible. Since the Indians of the grasslands of Argentina were subdued in 1878 the systematic reclamation of the land has been stupendous. Some of the large ranches carry as many as 50,000 head of cattle and provide hunting grounds for many Englishmen. The gaucho is one of the most picturesque as well as useful figures on these ranches and forms the counterpart of his brother, the cowboy of North America. Life on a ranch is far from unpleasant, and on some of the big ranches under British control evening dress for dinner is the custom. According to Dr. Jacques Bertillon, the French statistician, suicide is commonest among liquor sellers, chimney sweeps, musicians, butcher and fruit-erers. It is frequent among "camelots," shop assistants, cutters, hair-dressers, servants, lawyers, costers, doctors and druggists. It is rare among the clergy, government officials and men leading an active, open-air life. There are 160 dramas and 21 melodramas based on the life of Joan of Arc. Last year 1,237 seamen and 839 passengers on British vessels lost their lives at sea. This total, the largest since 1894, includes 673 seamen and 825 passengers who perished in the Titanic. A man is seldom as good as a girl thinks he is before she marries him, or as bad as she thinks he is afterward. The wages of the chauffeurs of the United States total more than those of school teachers. Missouri has 677,190 dwellings, inhabited by 749,812 families, containing 3,293,395 persons. The area of corn harvested in the United States in 1913 was 105,820,000 acres. Great Britain owns 160,000 miles of ocean cables and Germany 10,000 miles. There are 860,000 automobiles in the United States, exclusive of commercial trucks. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914 BASEBALL Jack Dunn's Baltimore Orioles are going along at a merry clip. Manager McGraw says Thorpe has developed into a real ball player. Reports are that Zeider's bunion has showed up in Tinker's festive camp. Manager McGraw of the Giants announces that he will retain Outfielder Hammon. The Minneapolis club has signed Catcher Julius De Rose of South Bend, Ind. Pitcher Ritter, the Giant recruit, has been released by McGraw to the Toronto club. Manager Huggins has signed a pitcher named Pillman. He's now looking for Linliment. Terry Turner's throwing arm, which has been alling for some time, is rounding to shape nicely. Wood, the recruit player with the Naps, is poling the ball all over the lot with Joe Jackson's bats. Bob Unglaub, former major league player, has signed to manage the Fargo team in the Northern league. Bad Bill Dahlen is to be chief of scouts for the Brooklyn club as a reward for not jumping to the Feds. Manager Bill Armour of the Kansas City Blues is jubilant over the prospect of having a hard-hitting club. President R. B. Ward of the Brooklyn Federals has a profit-sharing scheme of remuneration for his players. Manager Stallings says that the Evers-Maranville combination will be the fastest in the National league this season. Big Ed Konetchy, who will hold down first base, for the Pirates this season, says he expects to have a good year. Some of the players who we can safely say are in good condition are Cobb, Speaker, Mathewson and Walter Johnson. Nap Rucker, the Brooklyn star, attributes his fine early-season condition to handball, which he played regularly all winter. Charley Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn Nationals, refuses to discuss the Feds. "Time will tell the story." declares Ebbets. There is a growing suspicion that Nick Altrock and Dutch Schaefer will not be the only clowns with Washington this year. Hank O'Day has all the requisites of a successful manager. He takes as a personal insult every question which is asked him. Charlie Ebbets says he sees a pennant in the distance. The distance referred to must be the Polo grounds across the big bridge. Pitcher Hopper of the Cards once figured in a trade for a dog, thus showing to what extreme a manager will go for desirable talent. Newark is to have continuous baseball, now that the Long Branch team of the New York-New Jersey league has been transferred there. Leo Martin, the young semi-pro. infielder from New York, has been given his release by Manager Griffith of Washington and sent home. Phils don't need Mike Doolan and Hans Lobert. On the same line of thought, the Bell Telephone company doesn't need any subscribers. Jimmy Lavender thinks that he was a bad pitcher last season because Johnny Evers was manager. He must think highly of Hank O'Day. The injury to Chapman has apparently shoved Olsen back into the short field job for the Naps. The veteran is performing in classy fashion. Why don't some of those $1,200-a-year players get out an injunction restraining the owners from interfering with their efforts to earn a living? Joe Tinker has by far the strongest pitching staff in the Federal league, Seaton, McGuire, Hendrix, Brennan and Swann are five able twirlers. With Wagner out of the game, Bill Carrigan is turning his attention to filling the shortstop position. He has two promising youngsters, Judge and Janvrin, and although both are merely kids they have showed considerable stuff. Mark Hall, the young pitcher of the Tigers, is trying out the slow ball and believes that it will make him a winning hurler in the American league. Manager Ganzel of Rochester claims that indefender McDonald, who went over to the Pittsburgh club of the Federal league, is a contract-jumper. The New York World says: If we were going to place a bet on the outcome of the National league race we'd place it on the Pirates. None of the experts picks them to win." MIKE MOWREY NOW A PIRATE Mike Mowrey, the Pittsburgh's new third baseman secured from St. Louis last fall, is not a brilliant fielder, but he more than makes up for that deficiency by his heavy stick work and clearness on the bases. He is one of the biggest third sackers in the business and a 'batteringram can't budge him from the far corner when a play requires that there be no giving way. It is not known why Mowrey is called "Mike," unless it be that the name fits his complexion. His right name is Harry; he was probable christened Henry. He makes his home in Baltimore and he has been playing professional ball about six years. He played with Johnstown, Pa., then went to Savannah, in the South Atlantic, where he attracted the attention of Cincinnati. The Reds let him out to Baltimore for a while, but soon recalled him and he spent two years with the tribe of Herrmann. He was traded to St. Louis in 1909 and played there until the close of last season. SPORTING WORLD The veteran Al Thomas is one of the latest recruits at the Libertyville training camp. A three-year-old pacer called. Contention buzzed a half in 1:02 at Los Angeles two weeks ago. Green trotters and pacers are in the majority at the Columbus track where many will train this year. Beany Walker, the Coast critic, credits Freddie Welsh with being the cleverest boxer in the world. The fact that the short ship circuit starts on June 15 is making the boys take hold a little earlier this year. The youth who said, "An amateur is, one who can't do nothin' good enough to get pay for it," was a pessimist. Back at the monckors again. Cincinnati has an expert on the bowling alleys whose name is Mr. Spare. The Chattanooga Golf and Country club will construct a $50,000 clubhouse to replace the one recently destroyed by fire. Talk about your race winners of recent years, Flora Temple won 96 races in her career and Goldsmith Maid 95. Lou Dillon has a fine bay filly foal by The Harvester. The young miss has a speed inheritance under two minutes. Coach Sparrow Robertson of the Irish-American club. New York, will build the cinder track for the Panama-Pacific. George Chip's hands, injuries to which have necessitated his canceling several bouts are now ready for action again. A New York fight critic says that three bouts a week is too many for any boxer. Hasn't he ever heard of Bat Levinsky? If Ad Wolgast has made $286,000 in four years an Eastern critic shows a woefully limited vocabulary in saying he "earned" it. The Duke of Manchester says "Jay Gould can't be defeated." Then adds, "We will show him next spring when he comes to England." J. W. Fuller, a Texas turfman, was the biggest winner at the winter meet, at Juarez, recently closed. His horses captured $10,230 in stakes. Anthony F. Wilding will visit the United States this year as a member of the Australian team in quest of the Davis international cup. University of Chicago has decided to abandon the one mile relay for this season and attempt to cop the half and two mile events at Philadelphia. Everyone who has seen Bob Fitz on the stage does not hesitate to admit that when in his prime Bob was surely one of the greatest fighters the world has ever seen. No wender George Slosson never beats Willie Hoppe. George uses the same billard cue which he has been using for the last thirty-nine years. Melbourne Inman's representative in arranging the matches with Hoppe to be played in both styles of billards forecasts as his honest opinion that Inman will win. "He is certain to lead at English billards and has a good chance to beat Hoppe at his own game." Tommy Ryan who used to be in it himself, says that the boxing game has changed for the better. Tommy has evidently lost but few hours of his sleep trying to reconcile ante-battle odds with the post-fray results. TAFFETA NOW ALL THE RAGE Parisian Modistes Are Using It for Both Day and Evening Gowns. MADE HEAVIER IN TEXTURE Material, With the New Semi-Hooped Skirts, Is Being Worn Everywhere—Model Pictured Which Was Designed for the Riviera. PARIS.—Taffeta may again be said to be the favorite material of the season. It has come back to favor with a rush and it is now being used for day and evening costumes alike. The new make of taffeta is rather heavier in texture than the silk which was so much used about eighteen months ago. It has been robbed of its rather unattractive "glossy paper" effect and given instead a certain rich softness which is very attractive. Paquina, Rouff and Worth are using a great deal of taffeta just now. Rouff in particular, and at this "maison" the new semi-hooped skirts are having a huge success, writes Idalia de Villiers in the Boston Globe. These skirts are not in the least "critoline." They are merely slightly stiffened in certain places, under the fine gathers which give an old-world appearance to the dress. Some of these robes recall the Louis XV period, others are frankly 1914, and at that supremely attractive. In the beautiful shade known as "bleu nuit" the new taffeta of which I have just spoken is really lovely. A HAPPY DARIO STUDIO IN THE MUSEUM. DURA, TAPER, SHOWING THE BOOBOO GIRL. For smart afternoon gowns this will be one of the favorite colors of the Paris season and it will be combined with various shades of red or of vivid green. An exquisite Rouff model was composed of bleu nuit taffeta and japonica-red chiffon cloth. The silk skirt was slightly hooped, in the manner indicated in one of my drawings, and at the hem there was a closely plaited flounce. Coatee Elaborately Trimmed. Then there was a short coatee in japonica-red chiffon cloth, and this coatee had a deep sailor collar of the taffeta covered with fine embroideries in blue beads and in floss silks. The sleeves of the coat were elbow length and rather wide at the ends, in leg 'o' mutton style, and underneath there was a white linen blouse which had a high Medicis collar and cuffs which turned, back over the elbow sleeves. The costume was finished off with a wide sash of bleu nuit velvet ribbon. Almost all the new taffeta costumes open over blouses. These graceful Medicis collars have become established favorites and they are wonderfully becoming. These collars can be stiffened with starch by the laudress or, perhaps better still, they can be invisibly wired at the points. With Favorite Plaid Taffeta. My sketch shows a model in which plaid taffeta plays a notable part. Plaid materials are quite the rage in Paris. Plaid taffeta, satin cloth and even velvet. The little costume which I have sketched was created for the Riviera season. It was composed of moonlight blue charmeuse and plaid taffeta which showed tones of blue. Drinks From All the World In the laboratory on the top floor of the customs house, near London bridge, there is always a most extraordinary collection of drinks—drinks of all nations and all colors, stored in official bottles which bear the government seal. These drinks are samples of imported wines, spirits, beers, liquors, and they are sent to the laboratory by the customs landing staff from the ships that come to our shores, so that the duty payable upon the cargoes of which they form an in- green and red. As you will see, the dark colored charmuse was arranged in deep bias bands on the skirt and the same material formed the loose coatte, which was in a form which may be described as "Eton-bolero." This coatte was exaggeratedly short, barely passing the waist line. At the back it hung in straight lines and in front it was crossed and fastened at the right side by a single button. Underneath there was the inevitable white linen veet, with its high curved collar. Chez Worth I have seen several high original models of visiting costumes composed of black mirror velvet, plaid taffeta and embroidered mousseline. In one case the embroideries, which appeared on the reverses and collar, were carried out in tiny beads of the colora shown in the plaid material. On this model there was a loose coatte of black mirror velvet and the gathered skirt was entirely made of plaid taffeta. Nearly all the best Paris dressmakers are showing finely plaited underdresses on their more elaborate day dresses. These plaited skirts give most delightful effects when combined with draped skirts which are slightly cut up in front. The plaits fluff out from the feet and give a particularly graceful appearance to the lower part of the figure. Will Be Welcome. These plaited underskirts come at just the right moment. All women of good taste are objecting to the ultra-modern fashion of showing a considerable portion of the leg, and of course all the feet and ankles, in the street. From the first this was a most objectable fashion, inartistic and highly unpleasant. The much-discussed "sit-up" skirt originally came to us from the period in which the famous "Merveilleuses" showed how attractive, in certain circumstances, empire corsages and transparent draperies might be to the feminine form. But "Les Merveilleuses" did not go in for "le sport." Neither did they wear the extraordinary costumes when walking about the streets. The "sit-up" skirt was invented for evening wear and for women who did not hesitate to adopt remarkable fashions. It has never been suitable for ordinary street wear and it is—and always has been—absolutely unsuitable for the woman of today who has not time to move gracefully or to learn how to dance. The fine skirts these finely plaited skirts are being worn in connection with elaborate evening gowns as well as with day skirts. In Evening Models. Some of the best evening models now being created in the rue de la Plex show draped skirts of mirror velvet or charmeuse opening over an accordion-plaited skirt composed of chiffon, volle or chantilly lace. These plaited underdresses are set into a shaped yoke at the hips and the draped skirts are often quite separate. This is a most delightful and artistic fashion. From my heart I wish it long life. Head embroideries are in great demand this season. They are used for various purposes, for trimming the revers and collars of tailored suits and for enriching the draperies of ultralaborate evening dresses. In some cases the beads chosen for these embroideries are so tiny that they can hardly be seen except when massed together. The priceless embroideries stored away in the Cluiny museum are being eagerly examined. The great French dressmakers are making every effort to secure original designs for their embroideries and in some cases quite wonderful results are being obtained. Needless to say, these embroideries, at their best, are very costly. Intricate Dressing Favored. They are, of course, all done by hand and only skilled workers are capable of following the intricate designs. Very small porcelain beads are cleverly mingled with raised silk embroidery, and in some cases even with dainty little flowers made entirely of narrow ribbons. A favorite idea is the "carpet-garden" design, tiny beads being used as a groundwork and floral designs being then worked in silks and in narrow ribbons. In the Seine et Marne district two well-known leaders of society—in the best sense of the words—are doing a most useful work amongst the embroideresses. These ladies secure all the most original designs they can find and these are copied by their school of workers. High prices are obtained for the embroidery done in this way. A hat I have observed this week is a Watteau shape of great charm. It is a Lewis creation and the flat shape itself is made of golden yellow Leghorn-straw. The top of the little pointed crown is covered with silk in a rich shade of sapphire blue and the broad velvet ribbons are in the same shade. At the back, where the hat is raised on a high bandeau, there is a cluster of "La France" roses. This will be the leading shape of the spring and summer seasons. These hats were launched at Monte Carlo early in January and from the first they scored a success. They are made in various kinds of straw, but for smart occasions they are ideal in Tuscan or Leghorn. Some of the new models are trimmed with wide black velvet ribbons and with clusters of wild flowers, others—like the Wattcan shape described—show deep blue ribbons and realistic roses. To Keep Yolk of Egg. The yolk of an egg will dry quickly if left exposed to the air. If dropped into a cup of cold water, it will keep good a couple of days. finitesimal portion may be assessed.—London Mail. "How are you getting on with your neighbors across the gulch?" "We're gettin' acquainted," replied Three-finger Sam. "We didn't used to notice one another an' now we're on shoottin' terms." The fool and his money are soon parted, and the fool and her money man-7 a title. Same thing. ON THE FUNNY SIDE Little Girl Comes Near Putting One Over on Secretary of Agriculture on Question of Age. No one, looking at the president's cabinet on masse, would give it credit for uttering the words of wit accredited to it. Even the secretary of agriculture has a slender joke attributed to him. A little girl, believing that the secretary of agriculture must be versed in the lore of the forests, asked him one day, indicating a huge tree: "Did somebody tell me right when he said that that tree was the very oldest one around here?" "Yes, my dear; that is quite true." "But how can it be?" questioned the child. "That isn't an oak, and they used to tell me that the oaks were the very oldest trees anywhere." The secretary saw himself tootling on the precipice of self-betrayal, so he ended further questioning by saying: "Yes, that's so, too. The oaks really used to be the oldest. But, you see, that was before the elders were planted." - Neal's Monthly. Conversational Meteorology. Reggie-So, by way of breaking the ice, remarked that the weather was very cold. Henry-Well, and what did she reply? Reggie—She said: "The recurring phenomena of heat and cold are so frequent and so familiar as to be matters too negligible to engage my interest, Mr. Riskey." Henry—That all?—Judge. Also Called Nemesis. "Pa, what is fate?" "Fate, my boy, is that mysterious something which leads you to pick out of 400 people in the ballroom the one man who has a personal interest in the homely woman you are making fool comments about."—Detroit Free Press. Another Expensive Remedy. Wife (with newspaper)—Here's something interesting. Physicians have found that the skin from the inside of an egg possesses curative properties. Hub—Just like 'em! They're always experimenting with radium and those expensive things—Boston Transcript Technical "That doctor don't seem to talk anything but automobile language since he got his car." "No, now when one of his patients has appendicitis he tells him that he is in danger of having a puncture of his inner tube." First Doctor--Was your operation successful? Second Ditto—It was the worst kind of a failure. First Doctor—In what way? Second Ditto—I never could collect the bill. Discouraging: "I made a point of talking about the American eagle and the dove of peace," remarked Senator Sorghum. "Did the audience approve?" "I'm afraid not. The only remark I heard was that I was a better ornithologist than I was a statesman." HOW MEAN. Mr. Growl—I hope when we're married, you won't be towing that dog about. Miss Howl—Of course not—I'll have you then. When Umson Spores "Umson makes a great racket when he snores, doesn't he?" "I don't know; I never heard him." "But you can hear him now, can't you?" "Great guns, is that a enore? I thought he was filling a saw!" "No, Gladys," said Mrs. Cumrox; "you cannot go to the party tonight." "Why not?" "Because we cannot be out of fashion. There is only one set of rainbow hair in the house and I am going to wear that myself." "Poor Binga has been up against it &gain." "Against what?" "The fresh painted door in his new &uit."