The Gazette

MILLIONS THRONGING TO THE GREAT PANAMA- PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Now Is the Time to Visit America's Huge Panama Canal Celebration at San Francisco; Be There When the Liberty Bell Arrives, July 16th; Marvelous Exhibits From All Corners of the Globe on Display. THIRTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 45. MINIATURE, BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP AND MINE, EXPLOSION INTERESTING FEATURES IN TWO EXHIBITION PALACES Amazing Voice Amplifier and Other Wonders of the World's Progress in the Great Panama-Pacific Canal Celebration—This Year the Year of All Years to Take Marvel, Journey to the Pacific Coast. FROM every part of the world visitors are thronging in the Palace of Liberal Arts each day at 3 great Exposition at San Fran- oclock. This performance begins in the able to see Mine, Montessori, the cele- brated Italian teacher, instructing classes of children. A great purpose The Official Exposition Hotel Bureau will without charge give all information as to hotels, apartment houses and living charges. Secure accommodations in advance or provide them on arrival for parties of any number at any price desired from $1 a day upward in good, modern hotels with every known convenience. The Exposition Hotel Bureau is an official activity of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, is conducted with the co-operation and assistance of a committee of representative hotel men of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. The bureau can be of more direct assistance to you and others who intend visiting the Exposition if you will indicate: With this information the bureau will furnish the names of a number of hotels, rooming or apartment houses meeting your requirements, and from this list you can make a better selection. Address the Official Exposition Hotel Bureau; Flannery Building, San Francisco, Cal. Toyland Grown Up Wonderful Feature at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition JOY CNB SCENES in famous York concession on the Zone at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. In this great amusement display, which covers fourteen acres, toys are reproduced upon a gigantic scale, the figures here shown being eighty feet in height. SCENES in famous York concession on the Zone at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. In this great amusement display, which covers fourteen acres, toys are reproduced upon a gigantic scale, the figures here shown being eighty feet in height. cisco. The Exposition, there is the most comprehensive and interesting of all universal expositions, and it will probably be the last to be held within the present generation. Now is the time to see it. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which opened on Feb. 20, last has charmed the millions who have already beheld the magic city by the Golden Gate. The marvels of the universe are displayed in the vast exhibit palaces, affording the most comprehensive summary of the world's progress ever disclosed. Many of the exhibits are as revolutionary in their character and mean as much to future generations as did the locomotive or telegraph when it was first introduced: The Audon amplifier, for example, makes it possible for a man in New York city to deliver an address through the telephone to a large audience in San Francisco, 3,000 miles away. Through the use of heat waves the intensity of the voice vibrations is increased to such an extent that, although the orator may deliver his address in a low voice into the telephone in New York, in San Francisco it is possible to increase the sound in volume sufficient to fill a large hall. On the other hand, the New York speaker's address may be distributed through telephonic receiving disks attached to each chair in the hall in San Francisco. In one of the exhibit palaces visitors may, without charge, hear a man in New York rend from the headlines of the New York newspaper. Exposition Safeguards Visit Prices and Petty The Official Exposition Hotel Bureau give all information as to hotels, apartment Secure accommodations in advance or provi- ties of any number at any price desired from modern hotels with every known convenienc- The Exposition-Hotel Bureau is an offi- Pacific International Exposition, but is con- d assistance of a committee of represents clso, Oakland and Berkeley. The bureau can be of more direct assist intend visiting the Exposition if you will in First.—Whether you desire hotel or apart Second.—If hotel, whether European or Third.—When you will arrive. Sixth.-The maximum rate you will pay. With this information the bureau will f ber of hotels, rooming or apartment houses and from this list you can make a better se Address the Official Exposition Hotel San Francisco, Cal. Toyland Grown Up Wonder The amazing voice amplifier is but one of many revolutionary scientific advances demonstrated at the Exposition. The invention has made possible the transcontinental telephone, and the principle which is applied has not been developed to its fullest extent. It is said that with the probable development of the long distance wireless telephone this new invention will make it possible to project the human voice halfway around the globe without the use of a telephone wire. -Contrast the sixty-five years ago, when the pioneer required months to cross the plains, with that of today, when the orator in New York may address his audience in San Francisco. And there are many other developments as wonderful and as revolutionary, all revealing the trend of the world's progress in the arts, sciences and industries. If you are interested in mining, for example, beneath the floor of the vast Palace of Mines you may find a mine in operation, with its stopes and tunnels and shafts and compressed air drills. Walt a moment and you may witness an explosion in the mine. A gong rings; an ambulance dashes up with a corps of救援 provided with respiratory apparatus, and effects a rescue. In the Palace of Machinery you may see a miniature battleship blown up by a miniature mine patterned after one of the latest types of the submarine mine. In the Palace of Education you will see classes of students engaged in their studies, and perhaps you may be ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915. --- Huge Panama Canal ; Marvelous Exhibi NE, EXPLOSION AND EXHIBITION PALACES Great Panama-Pacific Canal Celebration to the Pacific Coast. able to see Mme. Montessori, the celebrated Italian teacher, instructing classes of children. A great purpose of the Exposition is to show not only results and finished products, but the methods, processes and principles by which results are achieved. In the exhibit palaces and state buildings motion pictures are freely employed with this object in view. There are forty-three free cinematograph shows upon the Exposition grounds, and, by the way, there is no charge, to enter the exhibit palaces. Once you have entered the Exposition grounds all the displays of the states and nations are spread before you. In the great Australian Pavilion and in the Palace of Manufactures gem cutters are to be seen at work, while exhibitions of a model postoffice in full operation, of a model inundry, of a paint manufacturing machine, of a broom manufacturer in operation, of an automobile manufacturer, of a clothing mill succession of other operating machines torate the advance in industrial processes. Man is becoming more and more a master of the machine, with the electrical current as the intermediary to lighten the burden of personal supervision. If you are interested in what the foreign nations have accomplished you have only to visit the marvelous displays of the European countries or of those of the Orient or South America, Canada or Australia. Among the French displays you may, if you wish, behold priceless works of art never before exhibited in America and which at the Exposition find sanctuary from the ravages of war. HIGHER THAN Marvelous Aeroscope E FOR the seeker of amusement there is opportunity n-plenty in the great mechanical achievement, the acroscope, on the Zeno. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. The acroscope is built on the floor of a pier of a pier and intricate design, with a scoping order or a plane crane or a boat and standing room for twenty more. The car is not only air-conditioned, and perfect safety and a jazarl ride of ten minutes are essential to passengers who enjoy this trip of 264 feet into the clouds. This is not feet higher than the Ferris wheel. Two motors control the ascent and descent in conjunction with the counterbalance of this car at all. When its extreme height it begins, to swing slowly around on the sides, and its base, giving the passenger a view of the surrounding country. Celebration at San H ts From All Corners ALL AMERICA ON EXP LOW ROUND Privileges of Routing Never Before O 000 Rooms Ava THERE is something helpful and inspiring for every one at the Exposition. Sold Vice Presst ALL AMERICA ON EXHIBITION THIS YEAR: RAILROADS GRANT LOW ROUND TRIP RATES TO SEE UNIVERSE'S MARVELS Privileges of Routing Never Before Offered—Hotel Rates Average Less Than Those of Other Great Cities and 125,000 Rooms Available In Hotels and Apartment Houses in San Francisco. THERE is something helpful and trivial story city block. The coloring in a group of cities with a population of inspiring for every one at the of the Exposition, the decorative light-almong 1,000,000 persons. Hotel rates Exposition. Sold Vice President at night, the sculpture and the in San Francisco are no more than indent Marshall recently: "Who landscaping are all the work of foremen in their respective folds. United States are most in their respective folds." dent Marshall recently: "who ever can, even at a sacrifice of something which for the moment appears necessary, should come to you as soon as possible, even by a mirage. If there be any one in America with a thirst for knowledge and for beauty and a longing for a liberal education, such a one can obtain it here." "This is the only partly of the world. It has a chair fully endowed to meet the wants and needs of each. The eye, the cur, the mind, the heart, the soul, each may have its horizon here enlarged. I came to hear a message. I remain to become a student. I leave the feet of this Gammaliel of all expositions with regret." And Miss Helen Keller, who, as all know, is both blind and deaf, having acquired the faculty of speech, although she has never heard any one speak, said of her visit to the Exposition that it was the most inspiring period of her life. Said Dr. Frederick J. V. Skiff; there the world is shown in epitome. The visitor from whatever realm here enters into his native land. Apart from its costly and comprehensive displays, the great Exposition is an inspiration in itself. In its architectural beauty the Panama-Pacific International Exposition surpasses any of its predecessors. At night the great Tower of Jewels stands out satin-white, sparkling with a thousand changing colors, as batteries of searchlights play upon this pyramidal monument, the loftiest structure at the Exposition and as tallies the average thir- FERRIS WHEEL at the Panama-Pacific THIS photograph shows the interior of the palace erected by the King of faraway Slam at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. In this palace priceless Oriental treasures are shown. The palace is an exact duplicate of the palace in the Royal Gardens in Slam and was carved out of ebony, set up in Slam and then taken apart and brought to San Francisco in knocked down shape. Famous Statehouse Reproduced at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition US photograph shows the great Massachusetts building, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. The building reproduces the famous statehouse in Boston. Thousands of visitors crowd its structure so intimately associated with the early history of the United States. At this writing the great Exposition is under full swing, and if you have not already made plans to see it early you should do so at once. Now is the time to visit the Exposition and the great Pacific coast region and, in so doing, to take advantage of the opportunity to make the most wonderful journey in the world in the most wonderful country on earth, the United States of America, under more favorable conditions of routing and travel routes. The railroads are reducing trips from every part of America, and the low round-trip rates will enable the visitor to come by one route and return by another. Thus you see the same parts of the country but once, and both your going and returning journeys are new and distinct travel trips. Hot weather is unknown in San Francisco. Although flowers bloom the year round, it is as cool in summer as in winter, the average temperature being about 60 degrees. When you reach San Francisco you will, of course, wish to find accommodations without unnecessary delay, and, while you will find some accommodations necessarily much more expensive than others, you will find that the cost of a day and a night, in itself, can find all sorts of rooms in the great city of San Francisco, which in reality is a much greater center than the census would indicate, since, with its neighboring cities around San Francisco bay, it forms SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS ANAMA-ON When the Liberty display. AILROADS GRANT UNIVERSE'S MARVELS In Those of Other Great Cities and 125, In San Francisco. REVIEW OF RACE THRIFT IN OH- Facts Presented Indic- Growth Along Many Lines VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY Lack of Proper Information Concerns Our Achievements in Education Wealth May Be Cause of Appeal Prejudice Against the Colored Pop- lation in Buckeye State. a group of cities with a population of almost 1,000,000 persons. Hotel rates in San Francisco are no more than they are in any other great city in the United States. As a help to visitors the Exposition maintains the Exposition Hotel Bureau, an official activity which is conducted with the co-operation and assistance of a committee of representative hotel men of San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley. This Hotel Bureau has no purpose other than to serve the public. It is not a profit making institution. If you want full particulars us to accommodations address the Official Exposition Hotel Bureau, Flannery building, Market and Kearny streets, San Francisco. In it, would be well to state how much money is in your party and how long you deserve to pay. There are accommodations for all in the great city by the Golden Gate, and one need only glance through the classified columns of the San Francisco papers to find how great is the variety of the accommodations offered, while a ride through the rebuilt city will show hundreds and hundreds of hotels and apartment houses, all constructed within the past eight years. So do not fail to see the Exposition early. The journey there is a journey through the most interesting country in the world, and when you have reached the Exposition you will find the whole world spread out before you. The greatest geniuses of the age and the greatest nations of the world have contributed the earth's supreme achievements, and a visit to the Exposition is not only an education, but an inspiration. ese Palace at the Pan- national Exposition. Francisco VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY. Lack of Proper Information Concerning Our Achievements In Education and Wealth May Be Cause of Apparent Prejudice Against the Colored Population in Buckeye State. BY RALPH W. TYLER. Columbus, O.-It is perhaps to the disadvantage of the colored man that white friends know more about the foreign born citizens who are in our midst than they do about the colored race, which, like the poor, we have with us always, and have had with us since 1020. Any well be, that an unconsciousness of what the colored man has done and is doing rather than any innate race prejudice is responsible for much of the apparent discrimination the race suffers from in Ohio. Any time there exists within a specified domain a goodly number of people of any race or nationality who, in all things for mutual progress, are one as the hand, but in all things social are as separate as the fingers on the hand, there develops a problem to invite the serious and helpful attention of all those who are willing to vouchsafe exact justice without regard for race or color. There are 111,452 colored persons in Ohio, all native born Americans. These people are not decreasing in numbers, but, on the contrary, are increasing. They increased 15 per cent in a decade. They are not all black—these people whose earlier ancestors, as Cowper said, were "forced from home and all its pleasures; Africa's coast they left forton to increase a stranger's treasures, or the raging billows borne." Of the total colored population in Ohio 111,452, 39,249 are mulattoes, and by a strange form of evolution the value of these people increased 1870, when they formed 28.2 per cent of the total colored population, until now they form 35.2 per cent of the colored population. In contradiction to the southern states, the colored population in Ohio is most largely urban, and the urban population is increasing at a rapid rate each year. Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Cleveland showing the largest per cent of increase of any cities in the state. Of the total colored_population in Ohio $2,822 is urban, while only 20,179 is rural. While the back to the farm movement has not caught on to any very appreciable extent with the colored race, still of the eighty-eight counties in Ohio but twelve report no colored farmers. There are 1,948 colored farmers in the state who own farm property to the value of $8,901,721. This is an increase in the value of farm property by colored farmers in Ohio of $2,909,040 percent, while the awarded portion of the race must admit this is a commendable showing and one which gives fresh concrete evidence of progress on the part of the rural colored population. One other commendable and noteworthy fact respecting colored farmers in Ohio is that they are most largely owners rather than more tenants, for of the 1,948 in the state 1,311 are actual owners of their land. It is surprising that the race in Ohio has made such phenomenal progress in reducing its illiteracy when conditions are such as to make such a large cent of their hewers of wool and drawers of water. In spite of the fact that, of the 49,207 of the race who are ten years of age and over, 41,243, or 83.7 per cent, are engaged in gainful occupation, still the race in Ohio has reduced the illiteracy at a remarkable rate. Of the 70,836 colored urban population in Ohio there are but 7,053 who are illiterate, and of the 23,074 rural population but 3,407 are illiterate. *Cincinnati* shows the largest per cent of colored illiteracy of any city in the state, and Cleveland the lowest. There are 2,503 colored people, or 14.3 per cent, above the age of ten years who can neither read nor write; in Columbus there are 962, or 8.7 per cent, who are illiterate, and in Dayton there are 392, or 9.5 per cent who are illiterate, while Cleveland has but 306, or 4.1 per cent, who are unable to read and write. The fact that 41,243 of the race of ten years of age and over are compiled to be employed in gainful occupations affects, to some extent, the school attendance on the part of the race. In Cleveland 90 per cent of the colored children of the same age are in school; in Cincinnati 57.2 per cent are in school; Columbus falls behind Cincinnati with but 55.4 per cent of colored children of school age in school, while Dayton shows just a rattle better in this matter with 55.8 per cent of colored children of school age in school. "If an appeal to Cusser" was made on behalf of the race in Ohio it would be proper to state and to show, that the 111.52 colored people in Ohio should earn their daily in the year school year furnished for the presentation we give the race in a presentation, with but very few exceptions, show a common laborer's job; that the race in Ohio has on deposit in the blanks of the state 1,672,210. But not a single clerk in any of these depositories of the state to assist in handling their deposits. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY SUBSCRIPTION. RATES (Im Advance) Ome Yoar....csseceseresee B50. Bee Monthe. oe eceeesees 1.00 Three Months....cccscecers 50 Bubsertbers are requested to re: mit by postoffice money er or of registered letter ~mared at the postoffice In Cleveland, Ohio, ae aecond-clase matter. Address all communications te Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Building, Cleveland, 0. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 te 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 with any will immediately establish Ite rank as one of the NEWSIEST ANO BEST In the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 460,000 in Ohio. 20,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915. Willard’s pseudo championship does not seem to'boom” pugilistie contests, as the fightfans predicted. It seems to have had just the opposite effect. ‘The much abused Ohio Assembly ad- fourned, last week, It made a good record in spite of the tremendous dem- ‘cratic handicap bequeathed it by the Cox “machine.” We rogret to announce that our peo- ple of New York City have lost their cottrt case against the infamous photo- play, “The Birth of a Nation.” The ease was dismissed. Boston Afro- Americans did a little better. They secured the elimination of a couple of its many bad scenes. We call the attention of our readers particularly to the communication of Major John R. Lynch, published else- where in this paper, because it ts a valuable contribution on a much dis- cussed andabused subject—the “Re construction period” of this country’s history. There are scenes in the miserable photo-play, “The Nigger," as vicious, harmful and mob-inciting as any in the infamous photo-play, "The Birth of a Nation.” Only a “jim crow” Negro or & thoroughly prejudiced white could fail to see this, on witnessing both plays. This the Washington (D. C.) Sun also makes clear in an excellent editorial in its issue of May 28, 1915. Our Southern democratic control of the government has never lost an op- portunity, since President Wilson was sworn in, to strike the Afro-American. Ws latest is to supplant, with Filipino enlisted men, the Afro-American mess attendants on the battleships, Ohio Wisconsin and Missouri during the summer cruise of the midshipmen from the government's Annapolis, Md., na val academy. ‘This is “an economical move," it is gravely announced, When the Afro-American gets done calling on God to do things for him, he can do himself, and “buckles down” energetically, consistently and per: sistently to the work necessary to ac- complish the desired result or results, the better it is going to be for this race of ours. And the sooner the race press, the ministers, teachers and leaders generally, begin to teach this common-sense doctrine, the better it is going to be for all of us, Rey. E. W. Kinchen, well known in Ohio, where he lived many years be- fore going West, studied for the min- istry and pastored several churches, is now located in Los Angeles, Cal. His many friends in this state will be greatly pleased to learn of his selec- tion by the International Lord's Day Congress to preside over the world’s convention, July 29, to be held in San Francisco, “Africa” will be the sub- Ject of discussion in the convention, that day. The editor of The Gazette adds his congratulations to those of hundreds of our people here in Ohio. Rey. Kinchen {s an aggressively loyal member of the racg. —_—_—_— It 4s reported that among the great U, 8. naval review participants, recent- ly displayed of the Hudson river, New York City, not a single Afro-American marine was in evidence, Many of the race papers are protesting. They seem to have forgotten that prejudiced Southern democrats, many of whom were in the rebel army during the civil war, are not only in control of the U, 8, navy and army but the entire government as well, and have not for- gotten, nor never will forget what those 200,000 members of the race, sol- diers io the’ war of the rebellion, helped to do to them and the rest of the confederates between the years, 1861 and 1885. Next year, the country will upload the ex-rebel-emocratic incubus. “RETRIBUTION”! ‘The following, trom the pen of Fa- for W. 0. Saunders, (white), of the Elizabeth City, (N, C.) Independent, is #0 exceptional and so true that {t ‘ought tobe republished in every ‘one of our race newspapers: “Last week I criticised Dr. Clarence Poe's race sexrezation scheme, in these columns. My criticism embodied a plea for justice for the black man, that seems to have given some of my readers a vague uneasiness. I have no apologies to make for anylbing | have said about the unfair treatment of the Negro by my race. The great white race has never been fair to any of Its darker hued brothers, ‘The whole his- tory of the white race has been one of & ruthless exploitation and oppression of weaker peoples. We must adopt a different policy. Christianity fs not helping things much. A Christianity that promises a people social equality in a world to come and denies them even a brotherly co-operation in this world, is a cheap farce that cannot mislead even @ Hottentot very long. “I say, we have got to adopt a dif. ferent policy in our dealings with all colored races. Retribution {s waiting for us just around the corner, with a terrible club. I have been wanting to say, for some time, that we may have attempted to exploit one race of col- ored people too many and we are be- ginning to find out our mistake. Not Satisfled with our extermination of the fed man and subjection of the black man, we set in to despoil the yellow man, The yellow man is beginning to bother us. * * * “The whole history of our dealings with the Colored people of the world is a hideous phantasmagoria of colossal errors, Inthe name of Christianity and civilization we have conquered and oppressed them and a few of our wealthy class have reaped rich finan: cial reward in the process. But for the dirty dollars a few of our rich manufacturers, exporters, bankers and railroad men have made from this op pression and exploitation, the bone headed mass of us have inherited a world of trouble.” ‘There is no doubt of the correctness of Editor Saunders’ prediction, that “retribution is waiting just around the corner” because Japan, since whipping Russia and becoming a world-power has not been at all backward in its frank and open denunciation of preju: dice on account of race or color, and has notifjed, and directly too, America particularly and the whole world that, at least, a8 far as its people are con: cemed, it must be eliminated. This cannot be done even in part without a wholesome effect. upon prejudice against other people of color, both in this country and abroad. Then, too, Japan's latest. move, in the case of China, though apparently drastic in the extreme and most humiliating to that country, is readily seen to be for the purpose of adding to her (Japan's) power and strength—particularly the latter. It will too, hasten the day when China will become a power to be reckoned with because of a great army and navy it is building just as rapidly fas it is possible. Five or ten years hence the two “yellow” countries will be in a position to see that “retribu tion’ comes to the American people it the latter's racial and color prejudice is not eliminated in a very large de- gree. ‘What Editor Saunders has to say of white American “Christianity” is too true, It is unquestionably a color-tine “Christianity,” in the main, and, as far as this particular phase is’ concerned, certainly is not misleading the great mass of intelligent Afro-Americans. ‘The “Christianity” of the average white American, like his boasted civil: ization, is a mighty thin veneer. That is why there is so much prejudice and so much lawlessness in this great country of ours. No other first, or even second class country on the globe, can equal it in these two re Speets. “The world of trouble, the bone: headed mass have inherited” because ‘of the “ruthless exploitation and op pression and unfair treatment of its weaker and darker hued brothers” by “rich manufacturers, exporters, bank ers, railroad men” and others, will be but a ripple upon the surface of the ‘water when compared with the “retri bution” to be meeted out by the vel low and black men in the not too dis tant future, if the foolish and sense less racial and color prejuldice con tinues to grow or even remains as it is ‘The American people can find much food for serious thought in that por tion of the Independent's editorial re published in the foregoing. A GRAND SUCCESS Was “Young Peoples’ Day” —“Pro- Qressive Class” Leads in a ‘Splendid Sunday Schoo! Siesta’ Canton, ©.--Sunday, there was launched in Canton, what promises to be one of the most far-reaching move- ments in the history of our Sunday school of this section. The occasion was the “Young Peoples’ Day” held by “Progressive class” of St. Paul’s A. M. E. church of this city and to which number of Sunday schools from cities in this section had been invited. Visitors (120) representing 12 cities and 18 8. S., responded to the invitation and three grand ses. sions were held, in which all the dif- ferent schools took part. At the aft: ernoon session, the question of a non- denominational S. 8. union was taken up and enthusiasm for the proposition ran extremely high. It ended by electing a committee to further the plans and by setting Sept. 3 and 4 as days for a convention to be called in Salem for the purpose of forming a non-denominational league of our S. S., the object being for the better- ment of all S. S. conditions. At 6 p. m,, all the visitors were guests of “Progressive class” at an elaborate dinner in the city auditorium. At the banquet table sat 150. The meet: ing was pronounced by all present as haying been one of the most enjoy: able and profitable it had ever been their pleasure to attend. Guests were present from Lisbon, Wellsville, East Liverpool, Salem, Alilance, Massillon, Akron, Wooster, Cleveland, Toledo, Coshocton, Uhrichsville, and New Philadelphia, Among the visitors were Mrs, Ida B, Wells, Miss Gladys Wells, Mrs. W, T. Blue. Clarence Blue and Mrs. Blue, sr., of Cleveland. $140,650 For Rural Schools. New York City.—The general edu- ‘cation board, one of the Rockefeller philanthropies, made an announce- ment, Sunday, of new appropriations ‘aggregating $596,650, for the purposes ‘Of education, For the purpose of further co-operation with the state universities and state departments of education in the south in the devel opment of secondary schools and rural kehools for both white and Afro-Am- erican races $140,050 is subscribed for the current year. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 191 | SMITHFIELD.—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. The play |dolnston, Mr. and Mrs. A. Reed and of being “4 little daughter, Mrs, Carrie Cook and is ground |many others trom Steubenville, spent sentation, |May 30 here—Mra. A. Washington actual fac See was Mrs. Chas, Smith's guest.—-Misses ence. Tt | : Mattie West and Estella Smith gradu- painted tr WRITTEN BY “THE OLD RELIA- ated trom the first grade High school diced imay BLE” GAZETTE'S CORRE- here, Tuesday evening. Many from deceptive | neighboring cities and towns attend- which to s SEONDENTS ed. Miss “Leota Moore graduated be otherw: ae from, the Mt. Pleasant High school. — inception Mrs. C. W. Parks entertained in honor sults, ever THROUGHOUT THE STATE \or str. ana airs. A. Reod, and Mre. | were a tru Howard of Fernwood—Rev. R. B. occurrence Lowe was in Martins Ferry and Mt, to be a w What Our Peopie Are Doing Each Pleasant in the interest of the enter. leged sce Week—Church, Personal, Social, |tainment to be given here, Saturday with not a Lesa? Literary aegis evening.—A six weeks’ session of the to support y Normal school will be held here, this | hardly be sical — Marriages, summer.—Mr. Chas, Adams of Fern: | main they Deaths, Eto. ‘wood, spent Sunday, here and in Me-| malicious Intyro, His dgughter, who had been | intended ‘ visiting ‘here, returnéd with him.— |race prej LEBANON.—Miss Georgia Bell and | Mrs. A. Washington and Mr. James | the interes Marie Murphy entertained at an ele-| Jones of Steubenville, visited rela-| tice, and n Sant dinner, Sunday evening, Mr. and | tives trom Friday to Monday evening. | pressed. > ‘Mrs, Geo, Bodine, Mr. Leonard Stock: |—Miss Minnie Beall is visiting In| harm. may ton, Mr. and Mrs. Gonie Thomas of |Fiushing and Harrisville.—Mr. and | therefore, Miamisburg, Miss Pear! Maxwell of | Mrs. G. Binns, Mra. G. M. Davis and | to suppres Middletown, and Mr. U. Davis of Ham |". Cnriatian, toured to Mt. Pleasant | suppress {iton.—Mrs, Celia Pitts and Mr, Jack | Thursday evening—Ross Faithful and | calculated Henderson were married, May 27, at) Willard Steward were here, Sunday | disorder i jher sister, Mra, Mary Seal’s, Quite | week —Mrs. L. B. Hargrave is {I.—| In this ‘4 number of friends were present. The /Quite a number from here attended | southern bride and groom left immediately for |the funeral services, Iast Tuesday, of | whereof 1 thelr cozy home on North Machanic| Mrs. James Harris Jr, at Cadiz.— | two class ‘St—Miss Elizabeth Williams enter-|F. Carter, Ernest Jackson and others | south whi tained a few friends, Sunday evening, ‘attended commencement at Mt. Pleas: | problem ¢ fn honor of Mr. Carl Smith of Cincin- ant, last Saturday evening.—Mr, Fred |The first nati. Cartar-wiaitad ia Mae Chaim ora EC | ote | cee AKRON.—Two companies (K and B) of the U. R. of our Cleveland K. P. came to Akron, Sunday, to participate in the K. P. annual services and parade here, ‘The crowd was too large for our church (the Second Baptist) to accommodate it. The result was that the pastor, Rey. R. A. Jones, preached the sermon in the First U. 'B. church (white), where the attendant services were also held. Lieut. RN. Dillard was the principal speaker, while Mrs, W. G. La Santeo, also of Cleveland, spoke for the Courts of Calanthe. Meals were served in our chureh. A band headed the parade and the dem- onstration throughout was most cred: itable indeed. A number of visitors from Cleveland and other nearby cities and towns came to the city to attend the gervices and witness the parade. CORRESPONDENTS must mall 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 clty or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Un- less this Intter {8 done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc, obituary no- tices, speeches, resolutions, poetry, in- quiries for relatives and advertise. ments of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of ten cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent «n application. Send postal note afd not stamps during warm weather. YOUNGSTOWN.—logan Lodge, K. of P., Louisa Edwards and Consuela Stewart courts attended the annual services of New Castle lodge and Chrysanthemum court, Sunday, going in a special car, Rey. J. W. Cheatham of Rochester, Pa., preached the ser- mon, The out-of-town guests were en: tertained at’ dinner. Miss Rhoda Holmes of Louisa Bdwards court, read an excellent paper; Elsie Williams, Mrs. Palmer, W. C. of Consuela Stew- art court, and Gaines Williams of Lo- gan lodge, spoke. The party returned at 7 p. m., having had a very pleasant time.-Sell Thomas visited relatives in Washington, Pa, Sunday and Mon: day.—Logan lodge ‘will elect officers, June 10—Mr. and Mrs. James Lawson of Erie, Pa, visited relatives here, Monday. There were a large number of visitors in the city, that day.—Let all who are opposed to the exhibition of the photo-play at the Doan theatre, write at once to Gov. Frank B. Willis, Captitol, Columbus, 0., stating your objections plainly and it will be stopped at once. He has forbidden its being exhibited in Ohio. SOBERLIN.—Roy Godette left ‘Thursday for Detroit, to work on a passenger boat.—Mrs. H. C. Tuck was called to Columbus, Sunday, by the death of an uncle, Mr. Henry Ridge- way——Mrs. Elizabeth Berry Hale died, May 25, at her son, J. A. Berry's. Funeral services, Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Berry and Guy W. Hale of Athens, aitended the funeral ‘Mrs, Nellie Mosby, is convalescing. Rheumatism.—Alvin Pope and Hen- ry Evans of Ann Arbor, Mich., former students, are here visiting. —Mrs. Bes- sie Evans and class of Rust M. E. S. S.. were entertained at dinner at Mrs, Ida Hodge's by H.C. Tuck, The class won, in a recent _contest.— “Pledging of Polly,” given by the En- tre Nous club, for the beneftt of the New M. E. church fund, was a suc: cess—The “May Festival” at Mt. Zion church was well attended.— Plans are being made for a public tennis court near Centennial build- ing. A rummage and bake sale is planned for Saturday afternoon.— Miss Mildred Green of Cleveland, visited her grandmother, Sunday. SANDUSKY.—The churches and the missionary meeting, Sunday, at the Second Baptist church, were well attended, A fine program was rend: ered, James R. Davis read an excel- lent paper on “The Signs of the Times.” and Miss Emma Gilkerson, one on giving an opportunity to oth- ers to learn the importance of mis: sion work in the church and foreign fields, The quartette, J. R. Davis, Arthur Alexander, Roy Smith, and Dean Alexander, sanz a selection which was fine. "Miss Dorothy Scott gave an instrumental solo. Mrs. Wm Jones, president, declared that the missionary spirit here never was 80 high as it is now.—Mrs. M. Ely is at home from the hospital. The doctors pronounced her disease incurable. She is very ill—Mrs. Anna Walton, and not Mra. Jeffry. was quietly married to Mr. Allen Butler by Rev. J. D. Singleton, last week —Sunday is rally day at the Second Baptist church.— Mrs. W. M. Gregory has been quite Mr. David Anderson has pur. chased a barbershop on Hays Ave— Rev. Geo. D. Smith is enjoying a fine garden. He and Mrs. Smith have heen getting vegetables from it for two weeks—L. V. Lacy went to To- ledo, Sunday—Rev. J. D. Singelton. pastor of the A. M_ H. church. will mreach at the Second Baptist church, Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. The pastor preached two fine sermons, Sunday. A missionary sermon at 10°20 a. m and st 7:80 p.m, his subject was “The Saving Power of the Gospel to il) Nations.” SMITHFIELD.—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. A. Reed and Tittle daughter, Mrs, Carrie Cook and any others trom Steubenville, spent May 20 here-Mrs, A. Washington ‘was Mrs, Chas, Smith's guest.—-Misses Mattie West and Estella Smith gradu: ated from the first grate High school here, Tuesday evening. Many. from neighboring ‘cities and’ towns attend: ed. Miss Leota, Moore” graduated from, the Mt Pleasant Hight school. MraC. W. Parks entertained in honor of Mr and Mrs. A. Reed, and Mrs. Howard of Fernwood—Rev. R. B. Lowe was in Martin Ferry and. Mt Pleasant In the Interest of the enter: tainment to be given here, Saturday evering—A six weeks’ session of the Normal school will be held here, this summer oMr, Chas, “Adama of Fern: ‘wood, spent Sunday, tere and ine Intyre,” His daughter, who had been visiting here, returned with -him,— Mrs. A. Washington and. Mr, James Jones of Steubenville, visited. rela tives trom Friday to. Monday evening “Miss Minnie ‘Beall is. visiting. In Flushing” and) Harrisville Me. and ‘Mrs. G) Binns, Mrs. G. M- Davis and [B.Caintinn, toured to, Mi. Plonsant ‘Thuretay eveniug. Rose Palthtal and [Willard Steward. were bere, Sunday week—Mrs. L. B. Hargrave is tll— ‘Quite a number from here attended [the tuneral services, last Tuesday, of Mrs. James, Haris! Jr, at. Cadiz—— |F. Carter, Ernest Jackson and others Attended commencement at Mt, Pleas ant, let Saturday evening: Hr. Prod Career visited in, St. Clatrsvitle, Sum deyoMe a Fowler of Bradley |snent May 30, here: Atisy Inez Smith jand Mr, Anthony Little of Mcintyre, | were quietly married, tost. Thureday "Sir. “and “Mrs. Joseph Teall. enter tained the Re W, and. B, ribbon club last. Tuesday evening. A. fine ‘pro gram and a delicious, Iuneheon, Th Sutottown visitors: were Miss’ Evtell Smith of Melntyre and Miss F. Adams St reaneood: Who Keep the So-Called Race Problem Constantly Before the Public MONEY-SEEKERS AND POLITICIANS Hon. John R. Lynch Riddles the “The Birth of a Nation” and the Lying ‘Attacks on Our People and the State Governments in the South During the “Re- construction” Period. Chicago, Thousands of the old er generation of people, throughout the ‘country, will remember the Hon John R. Lynch asa part of the ‘south's “Reconstruction” period; as a member of Congress, for several terms, from the-state of Mississippi: as the temporary chairman of a Na ional Republican convention held. in Chicago, many years ago; as a Re- publican leader of his homestate, ‘Mississippi, for many” years; and “Anally, ax @ chaplain of the U. 8. army SHEN: plkead wawerthe. retines tet & dit 4 Sh igre oe Sy es ta, ue Vee Ae 627 Vee | ss oF ps Bp Zn GIES LAA GEIB NAN Beg 2) LG Seuntne ev uce year or two ago. Few men living are 80 thoroughly capable and such an authority on the subjects diseussed in ‘the following communication to the ‘Chicago Daily Tribune, as is Major [Lyneh: -_ Speaking of the photoplay called “The Birth of a Nation,” the Tribune says “It is in all essential episodes grounded on historical fact, represens: ing the struggles of that terrible time in the south when the whites, back ‘from war, saw theit government taken ‘over by the newly enfranchised blacks controlled by the northern carpetbag- gers. What happened with the Negro ‘ascendant and how the white re-estab- ished his supremacy 1s shown with ‘obvious natural sympathy for the south, and no doubt with such helght- ‘ening of effect as dramatic art has a Fight to employ. It presents what the south says and the north of our day, ft least, ts inclined to believe to be trath.” | Exactly the reverse of this is true, for there never was a time when any ‘one of the state governments of the south was taken over by the newly enfranchised blacks controlled by the northern carpetbaggers. That some mistakes were made during the prog ress of reconstruction will not be de- nied. How could it be otherwise? The war had just come to an end. Sec- tional animosity was bitter and in- tense. The Republican party was looked upon as the enemy of the south. No white man could identify himselt with the Republican party at that time In any one of the southern states without running the risk of be- ing socially ostracised and” publicly characterized as an enemy to his sec- tion, his state, and his race. Notwith- standing these things, not less than 25 per cent of the white men of that section—men who were to the manor born, many of them exConfederate soldiers, identified themselves with and became leaders of the Republican party. These, in the main, were the men that the newly enfranchised blacks selected as their leaders and whose leadership they loyally and faithfully followed. 1 do not hesitate to assert that the reconstructed state governments at the south were the beat governments those states ever had before or have ever had since. There never was a time when there was actual physicel “Negro domina- tion,” or even carpetbas domination, in any one of the reconstructed states. Ane piny to which you refer, tatend of being “grounded on historical fact,” is grounded on historical misrepre- sentation, without having a single actual fact as the basis of its exist- ence. It is fiction pure and simple, painted from a diseased and preju- diced imagination, with a false and deceptive background as a basis upon which to stand. Such a play could not be otherwise than mischievous in its inception and dangerous in its re- sults, even if the scenes depicted were a truthful reproduction of actual occurrences. But when it is or ought to be a weil known fact that the al- leged scenes are pure fabrications with not a single background of truth ‘to support them, their production can ‘hardly be less than erfminal, In the main they are false, slanderous, and malleious, ‘They are caleulated and Jintended to engender and intensify. [race prejudice and race hatred, In the interest of peace, order, truth, jus- tice, and morality they should be sup- pressed. No good can come but much harm may result from them. It is, \therefore, the duty of the authorities |to suppress them, Just as they would | suppress any other nuisance that is |ealculated to tncite crime and general | disorder in the community. | In this connection allow men, as a southern man, to say, and fo say |whereof I know, that there are just |two classes of white people at the jsouth who keep this so-called race problem constantly before the public. | ho Arachne compan hone who commercialize Tace prejudice |simpiy for the dollars and cents they can make out of it. The second class is composed of those who utilize race | prejudice for the purpose of securing political distinction and official recog: nition which they could never secure through any merit of their own. It makes no difference with these people how much harm to the pubife or injus- tice Is done to any people or race as long as they can accomplish the pur pose desired. ‘They know there is not @ particle of truth in anything they Say or produce relative to this matter. But what difference does that make to them? The office seeker finds that this is his.best paying political asset. What is the use, then, of considering Jor discussing the tarift, the fnatciah or any other subject or question as [Jong as this mythical race question will answer the purpose? ‘They find that this is the one question upon which they can hold the white men of the south in abject political subjection and upon which the average white man at the north can be easily fooled and. deceived. AS long.then, as the country believes, as you seem to be- eve, that these things are true and that public sentiment must tolerate them and approve methods that are criminal and practices that would be otherwise indefensible for the pur- pose of preventing "Negro domina- tion,” just so long will this state of affairs continue. 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If you have not yet used Johnston's Wonderful Hair Dressing, send 10c to cover postage for a box with full particulars. Johnston & Sons Co., Broad & 25th Str'. Richmond, Va. Cleveland Sixth City Be sure to read carefully Hon John R. Lynch's important communication, elsewhere in this paper. Misses Alice Ellis, Gladys Poindexter and Bernice Crosby of Detroit, were in the city the first of the week. The last services were held at St. Andrew's P. E. church, Sunday evening. The building is to be torn down. The congregation talks of building a new church at the cor. E. 49th St., and Cedar Ave. Our porters at the Bailey Co. are very much out of patience with one of their number, who went to Elyria, or some small town near Cleveland, Sunday, dressed up in a red suit and heading a Bailey Co. ball team (white). There are some things our people ought not to do, even for money, and especially when not in dire need. The suits to be fled against the Mrs. Rosa Boyd estate bid fair to develop a sensation or two. It seems that Mrs. Boyd's relatives on her mother's side, most of whom are derestood to the state, Napa county, are members of the other race. It is said that they are to contest the will. Pastors of several of our churches are planning to wage open warfare against saloons in Central Ave, east of E. 29th St. Efforts are to be made to call an election to make the district dry. A delegation appealed to Rev. John S. Rutledge, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, for help. They told Rutledge that complaints made against a number of places to the county liquor commission and to the police failed to get the desired effect, and said that women and children were being insulted by loafers about the saloons in Central Av, and that cones were becoming alarming. Rutledge told the delegation he would help them and ascertain whether it would be possible to call a special election. The pastors active are: Rev. G. V. Clark, Mt. Zion Cong. church, E. 31st St, near Central Av.; Rev. H. C. Bailey, Antioch Baptist church, Central Ave, and E. 24th St.; Rev. E. A. White, Cory M. e. church, Scovill Ave, and E. 35th St.; Rev. H. C. Young, representing St. John's A. M. church, Central Ave, and A. S. C. Harris, M. E. church, E. 30th St, near Cedar Ave. Is said our saloonkeeper in Central Av, are organizing to retract some of the claims of the pastors, to help clean up the district, and to show the failure of the prohibition claims of the ministers apparently so active, last week. --- --- *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 Ave. The Gazette regularly should notify delivered promptly. fully examine The Gazette's adver- s. Business men who advertise in image of Afro-Americans. The fact that they want it. tirements) ten cents a line (six Personal Mrs. Mose Dixon's mother, of Zanes- ville, is visiting her. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leatherman visited Mr. and Mrs. John Young of Dayton, last week. J. S. Thomas and F. A. Baldwin motored to Elyria and Oberlin, Monday. Theodore B. Green, Esq., left the first of the week for Jacksonville, Fla., to spend ten days. Miss A. M. Pogue, a school teacher of Virginia, taking a course at Oberlin College, spent the first of the week in the city. [Name] Our assessor, Jas. R. Snyder, has been doing such excellent work, for some weeks past, that he has been assigned to the Nottingham district. Mt. Zion's baseball club defeated St. John's Boothian class club by a score of 9 to 8 at Woodland Hills Park, Monday. F. H. Weaver, proprietor of the people's drug store, and Miss Ella Margaret Bailey of Pittsburg, were married in bride's Wednesday evening. Congratulations, Dr. and Mrs. Weaver. Mr. Gibbs' class of Mt. Zion S. S. gave a very creditable musicale, Wednesday evening. There is only one way to get our race's news, local and general, and that is by taking "the old and reliable" Gazette, every week. Mr. W. Berry, mother of Mrs. Mary McNeal and Mrs. S. Nash, died, Monday. Appropriate patriotic services were held, Sunday, at Mt. Zion Cong. church, Ree C. W. Coulson of Indiana, an excellent sermon in the evening, the Baraca class held special services. The program was of unusual merit and uplifting. Splendid music, by the choir. Other race papers come and go while "the old reliable" Gazette remains with you. There is no race publication in this part of the country that compares at all favorably with it, in circulation or otherwise. You can easily satisfy yourself as to this, if you are interested. Subscribe for and advertise in The Gazette if you want the BEST. Mrs. Robert L. Bass of 2312 E. 30th St, left Thursday for Marietta, to visit her sister, Mrs. William Bass. Miss Laura Nelson of Lexington, Ky., is the guest of Mrs. W. Gregory, 2214 E. 46th St. Dum罗民 says Mr. Albert Copes will take to himself as wife very soon, one of our most popular young ladies, Miss Mayme Yates. Lawrence Rogers and Garrett Morgan and wives "autoed" to Elyria, Oberlin and other neighboring towns, Monday. Daniel Prower won the first prize at the spelling contest, held at Cory chapel, last week. Sunday will be celebrated as "old folks' day" at St. John's church. The pastor will preach a special sermon. In the evening memorial services will be held in honor of the late Bishop H. M. Turner. Quarterly meeting, last Sunday, Rev. Maxwell, P. E., preaching an able sermon. The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of an invitation from Ellsworth W. Underwood, son of Dr. E. E. Underwood of Frankfort, Ky., to attend the commencement exercises of Clinton St. High School that city Wednesday, June 9 at the Central theatre. Ellsworth is historian of his graduating-class, and a cousin of Mr. Edward Turner, motorman on the Central Ave. street-car line for many years. His father was a resident of Cleveland, many years ago. --- Mrs. Frank Dyer of E. 30th St., and son, Robert, spent memorial day in Oberlin. Two companies of our U. R., K. P., members of the Courts of Calanthe, and a number of friends, went to Akron, Sunday, to participate in the parade and annual services of our K. P. there. All report a fine trip. See Akron letter, elsewhere in this paper, for further information relative to the services, etc. OUR SUCO Most Distinct Says Be Benjamin article in the man has the the possibil advancement music: You cannot blame us for calling attention, repeatedly, to the fact that John P. Green served THREE terms (six years) in the Ohio Assembly, prior to 1884, AND MADE ABSOLUTELY NO EFFORT TO DO THE THINGS OUR PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OHIO WERE IN SUCH SORE NEED OF. This too, in spite of the fact that HE WAS IMPORTUNED BY MEMBERS OF THE RACE (THE WRITER AMONG THE NUMBER) TO INTRODUCE A CIVIL RIGHTS' BILL. The State Anti-Liquor Conference held at St. John's A. M. E. church last Tuesday, under the auspices of the Colored Dry League of Cuyahoga County, was an interesting session. Rev. A. R. Johnson, secretary and state supervisor of temperance work, was chairman. Among those taking part in the services were Revs. R. L. Bayliss, E. A. White, H. C. Bailey, C. R. Jones, Mitchell, Allen, C. W. McCail, C. H. Young, S. C. Church, W. Smith, B. Woolson, G. V. Clark, D. Bradley, W. Woodson, E. Hampton, Charles Bundy, J. S. Rutledge, J. H. Watkins, W. M. Page and Attorney Wayne B. Wheeler. Musical numbers were rendered by Mrs. C. H. Young and J. Walter Wills. Under the head, "Can Go Some?" our contemporary, the Cincinnati (O.) Union, published the following recently: "One afternoon last week Mr. Ben Wilson of this city (Cincinnati), known as 'The Black Prince', strolled down Broadway. Dressed in the height of fashion, with his silk hat, his Prince Albert, his fancy cane twirling, his glance of admiration from the women. The usual crowd of Colored men and women clustered around the corners and held conversation up, down and across the street. All eyes were turned upon the Black Prince; the looks of envy from the men, the glance of admiration from the women. That gentleman, calm, contented, happy, still twirling the cane proudly entered a flat in the neighborhood. In just about twenty minutes a noise was heard in that flat, louver it grew until the sounds reached the many groups gathered in that vienna. Conversation ended on a street the people on the street the same day were to happen. As usual the people were right. Something did happen right away. The door suddenly flew open and out leaped the Black Prince. His glorious garments had departed. Without his silk hat, Prince Albert and cane, he swept into view and was surely going some. Down the street he flashed, and behind came a stout man with a heavy stick. He was going some, too, but he needed a race car. He was not going to catch the black Prince. They swept through the neighborhood, back again, down to the Police Station, out again, and then into a street car the Prince leaped but 'the villian still pursued him.' Finally he escaped. Two hours later the Prince returned to Broadway with a light check summer-suit, a straw hat and a bamboo cane. It was noticed that he watchd it. It was down near the flat in which doubtless reposed the silk hat, the Prince Albert and the cane. From what we can learn the quarrel, fight and flight was occasioned by a political argument, as the Black Prince is a well-known politician." PETER H. HARRIS JUDGE TERRELL IN BANKRUPTCY COURT. Washington, D. C.—Recently Robert H. Terrell, a judge of the municipal court, filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He lists his debts at $13,491.58, and says his assets consist of $82.50 above his legal exemptions. An attempt to revive judgments of eleven years ago growing out of the failure of the Capital Savings Bank, in which he had been a stockholder, is assigned by Judge Terrell as the cause of his action in invoking the bankruptcy law. A PAPER WITH A SOUL. A thing can not be judged by its size. This is especially true of the spiritual. Some of the most famous men and women known to history were those whose great souls were encased in fragile bodies. Among our exchanges are several papers which are filled with TYPE, but in spite of their excellent news service, splendid "make up," and vain boastings, they are as painted sepulchres. Something is lacking. They print columns of news (?) but condone wrong. Another paper, a modest little five column folio, often poorly printed comes to the editor. Every week it strikes strong blows for justice and truth, and its editors, many veritable gems, not only against those who oppress, but also against the contemptible curs within, who kiss the hands which smite. The little paper is the Pioneer-Press of Martinsburg, W. Va.—a newspaper with a soul—St. Paul (Minn.) Appeal. OUR SUCCESS IN MUSIC. Most Distinctive In America, Says Benjamin Brawley. Benjamin Brawley in a recent article in the Southern Work- man has the following to say of the possibilities of the race for advancement in the arts and in music: With reference to the Negro two things are observable. One is that any distinction so far won by a member of the race in America has been almost always in some one of the arts, and the other is that any influence so far exerted by the Negro on American civilization has been primarily in the field of aesthetics. But there is something deeper than the sensuousness of beauty that makes for the possibilities of the Negro in the realm of the arts, and that is the soul of the race. The wall of the old melodies and the plaintive quality that is ever present in the Negro voice are but the reflection of the background of tragedy. No race can rise to the greatest heights of art until it has yearned and suffered. The Russians are a case in point. Such has been their background in oppression and striving that their literature and art today are marked by an unmistakable note of power. The same future beckons to the American Negro. The Negro has great gifts of voice and ear and soul, but so far much of his talent has not soared above the vaudeville stage. This is due most largely, of course, to economic instability. It is the call of patriotism, however, that America should realize that the Negro has peculiar gifts which need all possible cultivation and which will one day add to the glory of the country. Already his music is recognized as the most distinctive that the United States has yet produced. TYLER AN HONOR GRADUATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OHIO Son of Ralph W. Tyler Completes Course In Pharmacy. Columbus, O.-The only member of our race in this year's graduating class at the College of Pharmacy of the University of Ohio is Waldo Woodson Tyler of this city, son of former auditor for the navy, Ralph W. Tyler, Young Tyler took the four year course, specializing in chemistry, in which he has been rated high, and will graduate with the degree of bachelor of science. There are thirty members of this year's graduating class, the remaining twenty-nine being white. The majority of the white students took the two year pharmacy course, but Tyler, along with eight whites, took the four year course, and this course at the University of Ohio is regarded as one of the hardest and most efficient of any university in the country. From the ten colleges which make up the University of Ohio there will graduate this year over 800 students, only seven of whom are colored. One young colored man graduates from the College of Agriculture in the person of Henry A. Wilson of Talladega, Ala. There will be five graduates from the College of Veterinary Medicine—Norman Dumas Miller of Fort Smith, Ark.; Robert M. Winkfield, Lexington, Ky.; Louis M. Weaver, Ironton, O.; Ralph Vincent Kennon, Cedarville, O., and Elmer LeRoy Carson of this city. The University of Ohio has 5,000 students, only about thirty-five of whom are colored. The institution is richly endowed by federal and state appropriations, and possesses buildings that are second to no university in the country. No distinction is made in the admission of students on account of color. Commencement Week at Tuskegee. Commencement week at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute began on Sunday, May 23. The commencement sermon was preached by the Right Rev. Theodore D. Bratton of Jackson, Miss. The students marched to the chapel in a body. Thursday, May 27, was observed as commencement day, and the address was delivered by the Right, Rev. R. S. Williams, bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church of Angustia, Ga. Special trains for commencement day were run from Opelika, Fla., and Montgomery, Ala. H. Jr. J. W. Darden was in charge of the party from Opelika and Victor H. Tulane was in charge of the Montgomery delegation. National Sunday School Congress. Henry Allen Boyd, secretary of the National Baptist Sunday School congress, is congratulating the local committee on entertainment at Birmingham, Ala., where the annual session is to be held beginning Wednesday, June 9. on the splendid arrangements which it has made for the care and comfort of the thousands of delegates and visitors who will attend the sessions of the congress. The meetings will run for six days. The program is ready for distribution, and the subjects cover every phase of Sunday school methods and management. Sahara Temple to Hold Big Reception. One of the largest events in secret society circles for the early part of June in Pittsburgh will be the summer reception of Sahara temple No. 2, Ancient Accepted Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, which will be held at Duquesne Garden on Monday evening, June 7. Brazilians Intermarry An American writer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, last week, wrote the following, among other things, to a local daily newspaper: "The Brazilians, alitto primarily of Portuguese stock, have so freely intermixed with Indians, Negroes and Europeans, that a distinct new race has developed. "It is a great eye-opener to white people who come here from our southern states to see how this mixture of races is encouraged. All men and women are judged by their earning capacity, irrespective of color." Rosedale 2770 Quality Service SLAUGHTER BROS. 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Describe scalp, enclosing piece of hair and 10 cents for sample of THOMAS' MAGIC HAIRGROWER, price $2c and $1. THOMAS' REACHING CREAM makes you three shades fairer and is harmless, price $2c. THOMAS' STRAIGHTENING CREAM, $2c. Start a business of your own, MME. THOMAS will teach you to treat the scalp, straighten the hair, and give you three guaranteed hair-promoter formulas for $5.00. Liberal terms to agents. Fine hair goods always in stock. MME. ALYCE THOMAS No. 3565 Prairie Ave. Chicago, IL --- SIR STANLEY BUCKMASTER 7) ee reine rere me irae igh come ee MAST IS DEDICATED TO THE MAINE DEAD Memorial Erected in Arlington National Cemetery Is Unveiled. PRESIDENT WILSON ANO GOV. WILLIS THERE Ohio's Executive, in Speech, Eulogizes 264 Americans Who Lost Lives When U. 8. Ship Was Blown Up In Havana Harbor. Washington, D. C.—Unveiling and Aedication of the Maine memorial mon: Liment, erected by the government to the dead of the battleship destroyed 17 years ago in Havana harbor, was the Drincipal feature of Memorial day cere- ‘Monies in Arlington national cemetery. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, Secretary Daniels and Gov. Frank B. Willis of Onto were on the program, ‘The monument dedicated to the Maine dead {s the mainmast and Aght- ing top of the battleship, which long lay imbedded with other wreckage in the bottom of Havana harbor. Re. stored and rigged as it was on the deck of the Maine, it now arises from ‘@ granite and marble base chiseled in the form of a gun turret. with the names of the Maine's 264 victims ‘carved on its curved exterior, Ip his address Gov. Willis said: “In these sepulchers of silence sleep a race of heroes, Here are those whose names are known round the world— great captains of the grand armies whose titanic conflict shook a planet. ‘The fame of these great chieftains is secure, their place in history is as- sured. As these great leaders of a generation gone marshal their hosts on “fame’s eternal camping groimd,’ Tet us keep green the memory of the common soldier in the ranks, who won battles and by his valor gave place in history to the officers who commanded while he executed. ‘These soldier boys sleep yonder on hillside and in vale. And besides these there is the vast un- numbered host of unknown dead, “Over yonder rest thé remains of the ‘boys who went down with the Maine, Reverence Dead, Honor Living. “We are met to reverence the dead and honor the living; as we drop a tear and lay a wreath on the grave of every American soldier dead, let us pin & flower on the breast of every soldier living, “Blue and gray sleep here wide by side—there are tears and love for the gray, love and tears for the blue. Thefr children, inspired by 2 common patriotism and with solemn pride in their valorous deeds, fully realize that ‘ours fs a nation of peace, not a nation of war. “This nation must remember that there is a heroism of peace as well ax a herolam of war. He who calmly, pa- tlently, conscientiously and unceasing. ly does his best to perform his duty to his family, to society and the state, though he may be to fortune and fame unknown, is nevertheless rendering a high public service, “The president of the United States 4s making a successful effort to keep us out of the brofls of Europe. Now 4s the time to keep cool, think care- folly and stand by the president. He and his cabinet know yastly more of ‘our delivate relations with European belligerents than the rest of us can possibly Know; let us hold up his hands in the patriotic effort he is making in this crisis, “Our fing must mean the same to all the world that It means to us—it must Stand for calm courage, steadfast de- Yotlon and lofty purpose in all our dealing with foreign nations. Right: eousness 1s the strength of our cause. “America is for the preservation of the rights of America. for equity and Justice and peace with honor. These ‘that flag symbolizes.” De Palma Wins 500-Mile Auto Race. Indianapolis, Ind. —Breaking all speed records for the track snd for the world, Ralph De Palma in his Mer- cedes won the 500-mile sweepstakes with an average time of 89.84 miles an hoor. Louis Fontaine was his mech- enician. Dario Resta, who earlier this year ‘wou the Vanderbilt cup and Grand Prix at Los Angeles, was second in his Pougot, with an average of 89.28 miles per hour. Gil Anderson in a Stutz was third, with an average of 87.50 mlles. Not a. accident marred the day. United States Trade Expands. Washington, D. C—American shipe carried $35,600,000 worth of the Im: ports and exports of the United States Pabed the eight months ending with arch 31, . Figures Just made public by the department of, commerce showed that the total of imports and exports amounted to $2.1 000, of which 12.64 per cent was ported fm vessels under the flag, compared with 8.34 per ‘2 total ‘*# ¥2,960,200,000 hand Amer ean vessels during the period Jest year. we AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS A Negro woman led a small boy up to the front door of the Y. MC. A duilding at 1834 Paseo a few weeks ago and literally pushed him inside. “Maybe these folks can do some- thing with you,” she said severely to the email boy, wh. was looking stubborn and keeping still. “If they can’t Pim through with you." dhe left @ little money for the small boy's uplift and departed, voluble with doubts. ‘The young Negro men at the ¥. M,C. A. are a hopetul crowd. He was @ sturdy simall boy. and he would look you squarely in the eye, and abundant energy is a good fault, even though it doos take Satante outlets at times. If there were just some way of getting him. And presently"it developed that the ‘small boy was extremely fond of swim: ming. A grin of pure raptu » over Spread his countenance when he saw ‘the big pool of clear green water in the basement—and thereafter the small boy's interest was assured. He’ bossing a Bible class now and swim ming in races with fellovs twice his size, and ollowing the big straight military Hardy, "gym" instructor, who Used to play on a real college foot bali team with surprising precision. He raps out his orders in good style, this man Hardy; and he's train ing them not to shuffie thietr feet, and to hold up their heads and thelr shoulders, and yet he has time to give pat on the back to the fat boy whe hag such a hard time getting over the “horse” and who reduces the entire room, including the “raging” pianc player, to gleeful laughter. It Is very new, this Negro ¥. M. C A—it’s only been open two months— and comparatively few people know Shout It, Also, there is a good deal o! fantastie misinformation current on Vine street. A lodging Louse keeper will ell you that the rooms are ken nels and the beds bunks hollowed out of the wall. As a matter of fact, the rooms, with their oak furniture, elec tric lights, steam heat and clean beds and a big window in each room, are hard to beat anywhere in town. They rent for $1.00 to $2.50 a week, and there is no accommodation for Ne groes in town to compare with them. It is interesting, too, ‘» see the pride the men take in keeping the rooms clean,—Kansas City Star. The growing literacy of the Ne groes is an occasion for general ap proval. In every city and state the percentage of illiteracy among Negroes is lower in younger generations than in the older. In Georgia, for example, among Negroes from ten to fourteen years old the percentage of those who | can't write was 22.1. Among those be tween twenty-five and thirty-four years the percentage of illiteracy was $2.7. Among those from fifty-five to sixty: four years and over the percentage was 70.2, ‘The Negro is taking advan- tage of the educational opportunities at hand. In Boston the number of Negro chil aren who go to school is in a greater proportion than the number of native white children in ten other census cities, But even so, less than half of the Negro children from six to twenty years old are attending school, taking the country as a whole, These bare figures, however, recount a record of progress made ‘possible only by tre. mendous efforts, Within sixty years of freedom the Negro has achieve ments to his credit of which any race might be proud. ‘That education fs the solution of the Negro problem in the United States is the practical and proved theory being advanced today by the enlightened men and women both of the white and colored races. When one considers that it was only a fittle more than balt & century ago that the Negro was freed from bondage in this country, the advancement made by these peo- ple in almost every walk and profes: sion of life is almost remarkable. Earning a living through clyil serv- foe furnishes Interesting proof of the Negro’s faithfulness and ability. When the Negro was first admitted to civil service examination it was polnted out ‘by Negrophobists that with the merit aystem the Negro would be eliminated from civil service, but just the reverse hhas happened: It has been found that wiceless tele graph waves are propagated along the surface of the earth with a velocity slightly inferior to that of light. | More than 24,000,000,000 tons of coal remain to be taken from the flelds in Wales, according to geolozists. A Sheffield firm has received from Holland a contract for the manufac- ture of 80,000 army pocket knives, to be made to the pattern of those hither- to {mported from Germany. | ‘The jinricksha is the man-propelied vehicle of the far East. It ts being su- perseded by a vehicle known as the cyclericksta Salubite, a new explosive, 's 50 times more powerful than dynamite, and is mauch safer, for It will explode only by means of the percussion cup. ‘The Faster bells will soon ring out peace—over your wife's bills and those of your eldest daughter. ‘The sunshine we spread along the way fs all stored up for us against a ‘rainy day, ‘ —— Hypnotism may elect candidates but tt doean’t stop the candy cries of your youngest. ‘The average ostrich lives 30 years and yields from two to four pounds ‘of plumes. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND. 0. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915. In the American Magazine appears an account of Mrs. Dismukes, Nogro laundress in Fisk university at Nash- ville, Tenn., who, out of her small means has given $1,000 toward a music butiding for Fisk university. Forty: nine other thousands ure necessary if the building ts tc be realized, but Mrs. Dismukes has infinite faith that they will be forthcoming. Following 1s an extract from the account of what this wonian hap done. ‘The article was written by the late Dr. George A. Gates, the Inte president of Fisk unt- versity: “Her story is almost too sacred to Put Into print, She felt and feels that all of life that fg worth while she owes to Fisk university and what it has revealed to her of the spirit of high- minded and ¢ nerous men and wom- en. She has felt that all she could do was too little in return for what she has recetyed. So this hard-work- ing, faithful and efficient Negro wom: an has kept her home, her husband maintaining it with a man’s self-re spect. She meantime has done -her full work and borne her full responst- bility in her place in the institution. For the last four years she has turned back her monthly salary check into the institution, until just now she has completed her long cherished plan to give $1,000 as the beginning of a fund for a music building on our campus. “On the day that the last $25 was turned into the school treasury, com: pleting the thousand, Mrs. Dismukes declared she wouldn't exchange places with anyone, that she was the bap. plest woman in the world. “The music building has not yet ma terlalized, but her faith is undaunted and she frequently remarks to some teacher in the music department: ‘Of course that music building is coming! I know it, I fee’ it. Why, it’s bound to come! But I wish it might while T'm alive to seo it!” While Negroes increased numerical- ly in the United States between 1900 and 1910 to the extent of 112 per cent, they did not keep pace with the whites, ‘That was dug to {mmigra- tion. On this account there has been ‘ continuous decrease in the propor- tion of Negroes to the rest of the in- habitants, In 1790 Negroes made up nearly one-fifth of the population; in 1910 they composed slightly over one- tenth. Further, the number of mulattoes appears to have increased continuous: ly during the last forty years, Of the 9,827,763 Negroes in the country fat the time of the last counting, more than one-fifth were of mixed white ‘and Negro blood. That Indicates how prevalent is the process of miscegena- tion, a process through which in the course of a thousand years or so the Negro will have lost his color, ac- cording to at least one anthropologist of great reputation, In 1900 20 per cent of Negro homes were owned. In 1910 the per- centage had grown to 224. In Vir gina 41.8 per cent of all Negro homes were owned, an extremely high fg: Virginia, however, had fewer Ne- groes in 1910 than It had a decade previous, From Virginia 206,764 Ne groes migrated to other states during the ten-year period. ‘Though popular ‘opinion in the South holds that Ne- groes “go North” when they move, ‘Arkansas, a southern state, showed the greatest gain from this migration. ‘One of the evils of war 1s the lower- ing of the national physique. In the generation after the Franco-German war there was an appreciabl2 decrease in the etature of Frenchmen through the large number of young men of good physique who were killed, Grape seeds, for which hitherto. no use has been known, have been found to contain oil which Is especially valu- able in the manufacture of soap, and ‘a South American refinery ts making preparations to produce it on a large scale. At Japanese auctions each bidder writes his name and bid on a slip of paper, which he puts in a box provided for the purpose. When the bidding is over the box {s opened and the goods declared the property of the highest bidder. In these days of political germfna- Uon, some fellows forget thelr friends and let their enemies forget them, ven when thawed and cooked froz- en beets have been found to contain a polson deadly to live stock. ‘The mountains of Puerto Rico are 50 magnetic that they attract surveyors’ plumb line. It has been found that some old surveyors are incorrect by half a mile or more. “He is the sort of fellow,” sald Eph Wiley, recently, in speaking of his son: inlaw, “who builds a theater Ina small town.” Marriage 1s the ceremony which binds a woman to work for her board and clothes for the remainder of her natural life | eam the average man's favorite occu ‘pation is taking rules for other men , to obey. | Direct wireless communication across the oceans is Ukely £0 be ac: complished soon. Good four adheres to the hands and retains the imprint of thelr Iines when pressed tightly In France tobacco shop privileges are unvially granted to the widows of iahign aortas yey MISS MARIA CARBO ce fF ee EO } EHO ! egal a eae. wees ie temers See” ee re % o es < a 1 ON fo : nee > FAY RG fee ee Bie os a remeger INN NGA Ane CUva: panied praia an Mian tein mise ie Ss efouis, iace sere, runes weet at ee Seat Wilson Serves Notice On Factional Leaders That They Must Restore Peace. DEMANDS RECOGNIZABLE GOVERNMENT Nation's Executive, in Statement to ‘American People, Says He Wants Chiefs of Republic to Act Within ‘a Very Short Time.’ Washington, D. C.—In a statement to tne Amertaa people Prontdent Wit a techeane a wea eotne Teak ter et Monet ue: uawer witie very short time” they unite to set up eter nae a ay seeite tne thoes clase il ne coe strained to decide what means should be employed by the United States in order to help Mexico save herself and serve her people.” Folica Wisoas statement tb lows: pee arcs scien, contempt of the rights of itx people, and CS Oeece A cand oben’ tay econ: EN ple err ita peat) hay eal pe cease A as mee rar ena oe GP Se eee acta gieaa bringing about a settlement which will Ce ecm are See reer car ene eng ee che th eer Ge ee arcane, ogee eet cere Soeeinenme ara Ce ene eee ee sak SF ate ies calrety soaeed ek Oa lame rey ne Pi ep gars Seeceger news oF See eet a eget Ge eee eee eee the United States In order to hel Young Desperadoes Are Nabbed. Erie, Pa—After an all-day hunt by a posse of more than 200 men, headed by County Detective John P. Sullivan and District Attorney J. Orin Wait, two young desperadoes who as- saulted, robbed and shot Richard Mack at his Lome near Waterford, were found th a woods that had been surrounded, ‘They Were arrested and confessed," They gave their names as Earl Mack and Emery Eaton of Sher- man, N, Y,, and said they came here purposely to rob Mack, an uncle of one of them, Hoth are 21 years old, ‘Seven Americans Slain in Mexico. Washington, D. C—J, N. Bennett, ‘an American, while in a launch with Carranza soldiers, south of Panuco, was shot and killed by a Villa trooper, aecording to a dispatch to the state department from Tampico. Secretary Bryan annognced the government {s investigating Capt. Oscare Lane of the steamer Winifred, from Tampico, which has fast docked at Houston, Tex., says he Positively knows of six American cltl- zens who were killed near Tampico in the last few days. NEW FASHION FREAKS THE WAR 18 RESPONSIBLE FOR POPULARITY OF SILKS. Criaper Fabrice Im the Lead and Pat ternea is Preferred tothe Plain =A Revival of the Gren- ine: New York.—A curious study for those interested In the history of cos tume is the widespread results of an accidental cause in the national adop- tion of some detail of fashion. A great king, for example, develops scalp trouble and: loses his hair, so every gentleman of his day shaves his own locks und adopts a pertwig to be in the movement. ‘A modern emperor has a defective left hand and wears a bracelet to aid him in using table implements, and every young officer in his empire with any pretensions of smartness, promptly puts a bracelet on his own left arm. A great officer joses an arm, and the oneslezved jacket is assumed as the distinguishing mark of a hussar forever after. Perhaps if we knew the real in- side history of every radical change in the mode, we should find many queer reasons, and quaint stories. The immense vogue of silk this season is sald by the cognoscenti to be due to the fact that war has closed the woolen mills of northern France, while the more southerly silk fac: tories are still turning out materials, and the production of the Italian mills is uninterrupted, Whatever the reason, the fact 1s undisputed and indisputable—silk is triumphant, Though for a time it seemed as If the French supply were threatened, the makers have rallied their forces, and huge shipments are boing exported to the American mar. kets. Domestic silks are so much improved of late years that our choles is truly a wide one. To start, in pedagogic fashion, from the general and proceed to the particular, It may be said that the crisper silken fabrics are in the lead and that the patterned is trying hard to supersede the plain. All the designs and colorings are discreet ‘The Poiret colors and Martini pat terns are now only found in the oc- casional lining of a neutral-colored topcoat. Black and white combina: tions are simply legion, and stripes have Imposed themselves upon every- i va Lae. - ee Na <f 1 a ; 2 Blue Silk With a mipoltted Plarica Fume of Blas sn0 thing. In these two particulars, in- deed, ft behooves the woman who likes to be a bit exclusive in her dress, to be rather careful Along with the crispy fabrics there is a yery noticable revival of grena- dine, and, above all, of voile, of which more anon. Fabrics, of course, are the foundation of dress. The ques- tion of which comes first—the fabric or the fashion—reminds one of that other hoary-headed Interrogation— which comes first—the lien or the egg? ‘This season it seems as {f the fabrics have it, and as there lives not the woman who does not faney herself in silk, let us rejoice in our blessings and buy a silk gown, Taffeta undoubtedly leads so far among the weaves, whether pat- terned or plain, Very charming are the new taffetas with small self-col- ored figures, a stripe, a spot or a small flower. When the small flow- er in several pastel colors appears upon a plain ground, like an old bro- cade, ft seems made for a flowing skirted, tight-bodiced, elbow-sleeved gown, like the ones in which the re- doubtable Charlotte continued cut- ting bread and butter. - For street wear, the hairline stripe of white on a dark blue or black ground is very VARIETY IN FULL SKIRTS Dame Fashion Approves of Three Dif- ferent Methods of Handling Them. ‘There are three methods of handling the full skirt, those who still. cling to the tight underskirt merely add the short full overskirt. The fuil under- shirts with the overskirts that are si ghily if any shorter are another va- riety, while those that are frankly short skirts and very full at back, and worn without even a petticoat, form the third. While on the subject of pet- Ueoata there is a word to be said Petticoats are to be treated seriously and not lightly set aside as they have been for several seasons past. Many women reluctantly gave up the frilly feminine affairs and will welcome them quite as reluctantly for their elimination has simplified dressing to a great extent. But petticoats are to be worn, there is no getting away from that fact Many of the French gowns have little ruffles that give the ‘petticoat effect, these ruffles attached PRETTY HAT FROM PARIS baie rue: 4 Pest ) i JO th % 8 CH ae ee iv 2 J: a ae [ft (2 =& Ld ieee ee A very smart Paris design in mil- nery 1s a military effect made on a wire frame with a narrow band of the ‘same material joined at the front with ‘a buckle forming the gole adornment. For street wear this could be made of silk of any shade to harmonize with the suit with which it is to be worn, and for practical wear or rainy days it could be made of covert cloth to | match the raincoat. ‘satisfactory. For evening the new ‘pale shades are. ravishing even to (Fond about primrose pinks botterea, Yellow, orchid lavender—even the amen are irresistible Newer than taffeta for evening gowns is the gros de Londres, with {te slightly vibbed murface, and’ tts sagséstion of cliteaiioned’ vichness [ot material. it iv flexible and. ath: era well, but there Js.a frumaesa about it which recalls the silk that would “stand alone.” IDEAS FOR EVENING DRESS \Bodices Cut Straight From Shoulder to Shoulder Are Popular—Skirts Ne ails The new evening gowns are particu- larly suited to victorian styles where a charming simplicity and grace is required. A favorite model is of taffeta in any of the new tones, made with a full shirred skirt and a wide draped belt that forms the bodice. Velvet ribbon shoulder straps seemingly hold up the belt and a scrap of lace forms thy sleeves. Very pretty are the bodices cut straight from shoulder to shoulder and filled in with a shirred guimpe ef- fect which leaves the shoulders bare. ‘The skirts are all full, sometimes be- ing cut circular, sometimes shirred at the waist line and permitted to stand out full or gathered tn slightly at the ankles. It fs not unusual to note the use of @ haireloth lace, cable cord or very fine wire employed to keep the skirt standing off from the figure. Quite new is a full rose ruche, fully three inches wide, set on to a full shirred skirt at the hips, and giving the effect of a minaret tunic. Flounces are seen fulled on to one another until the width at tha hem is fully five yards, Such skirts are made with three, five or seven flounces. Laces and ribbons are tavishly used on eve- ning dresses. FiTtines FOR THE VERANDA Care In the Selection of Suitable Fur nishings Is Worth More Than a Little Thought. | A charming breakfast porch may be equipped entirely with kitchen furnt niture painted and decorated like the expensive “peasant” and. “cottage sets whieh are in vogue at present Ono of the heavy, plain Ironing tables that can be converted into a settee i the best type of table to buy, and the chairs should be of the plainest Get your furniture in the natural wood and paint it any color you wish —though green, on the wliole, 1s mos satisfactory, Make or buy a stencil of some simple design; conventional ized lowers, like the decorations. on the Swedish ‘or Hungarian pottery, are g00d. Stencil a border of these around your table and on the backs of your chairs, Paint it im bright “peasant” ‘colors, and when these are dried go ‘over ihe decorations with a. water proof varnish. This is not Work that demands any great skill, but it calle for time, pa lence and extreme neatness. The ef fect is well worth the trouble, fo with the outlay of a few dollars you will have @ set of furniture that you could not buy for five times. that amount. Dairy venches and stools decorated to the same way make very attrae tive garden furniture RNIN SE IN to the underside of the skirt proper The petticoat that was much talked about in a recent opening In New York was fashioned of accordion plait ed erass green hemstitehed ehitfon Sb Sania tail lengths petticder: Braid-Zound Frocks, A rood many of the new models are bound: with Urald. There is ee man esting white pique model, imported by Jeanne Lauvin, that shows a binding of black braid. The result is startling and really very attractive. And ‘Lau. tin, who seems to like braid tor bine tng, tas 3 charming coat ait (ey young girl, blue bound with carte ‘There are also some good mode ts 'serge or gabardine with juchers an jskirta bound along the edges wns ‘black ailk braid. Perhaps the best part of a workbag 1s that it will stay put For part the bag an essential Part is the rib- bon or string by which it may be hung on peg or the arm’ et te bank ota Chale’ CA Ip Ci Bid (oi eA mY a \ oe 1 rast WED Shane wits TORNED TABLES Moses Mendelssohn, who was the victim of much abuse, but whose sharp wit always turned the tables on his perseciitors, was once sitting in an inn where a number of cava- Mers were feasting. ‘They observed the philosopher, and in order to an- noy him sent him a plate of apple- parings which remained from thelr re- Dast. ‘The philosopher accepted the gift gravely and seemed plunged in thought, ‘Then the cavallers sudden- ly noticed that there were tears in his eyes. “Why are you crying?” asked one of them, “I am thinking of something my dead mother once said to me,” replied Moses. “When I was a child I had very sweet tooth, and mother tried to discourage me. Once when she caught me stealing some sweets he sald: “My son, if you keep on this way you shall have to be content some day with the leavings of pigs.’ “But why are you crying?” relter- ted the cavalier, “Alas!” responded the philosopher, “her prophecy has come true!” Gnieta ces as Mrs. Styles—This paper says in the days of old Rome 8 woman's character was known by her dress. The toga was worn by the men, but the stola was the raiment for the women. Mr. Styles—And I suppose it was the custom for the wite to have half a dozen stolas to the old man’s one toga, Very True. Mr. Bacon.—I see in the Arctic re- sion a man who wants a divorce leaves home in anger and does not return for several days. ‘The wife takes the hint and departs. Mre. Bacon—But how 1s the wife to know if he wants a divorce or has gone away to avoid the housecleaning? It American Tourist—So your brother ‘went to America? | Peasant—Yes; an’ he was makin’ a mint o' money. It he'd lived he'd be a gintleman this day!—Judge. His Excuse. “You were a very long time going on that errand, Tommy?" “Yes, mother. but you see I'm en- tered In a race at school tomorrow, and I wanted to save my speed.” Light on His Feet. ““Tudgivy from the way old Mr. Gad- son tangces, he doesn’t feél the welght of his years much,” “No, and apparently he doesn’t feel the weight of his sins, either.” Raichlen ane. “T notice you hustle hurriedly down when Cholly calls.” “Yes; he always brings me a bor of candy. But if | keep him waiting he'll beein eating 1." WOMAN'S REASON. J Gig) Ge A) Lo} Wes x SN ! 4 V Fe AK ONS) (SE yA YF V7#A V i y Mes = lS “She's very masculine, isn’t she?” “She ts, and she iau't” “What do you mean?” *Lasked her last week why she was vo mannish aad she replied, “Be- cause.” Never Touched Him. “1 think my: sermon tit your hus- band this morning. “He squirmed com siderably and yeemeed to be muttering In a remorseful way." “Sorry, reverend, but ho was hav. praia Ati ki aeesedeahad Why He Was Late, "Sam, you are late this morning.” "Yas, boss; 1 lost mab hat an’ 1 ald “have t' go after it.” “Did you walk or run after it, Sam?" “Nelther one, boss; dat ‘onery mule iicked me after it His Offense, “Is this your first offense?” asked the judge of the prisoner at the bar after his conviction. “No, your honor” was the reply; “I hired a lawyer once before.” Cause of Delay. Mr. Gotham—It you don't burry up, dear, we'll be late for the theater, Mrs. Gotham—Why, you're not going to drive the automobile down ‘yourself, are you?