The Gazette

AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS IN VOLUNTAS SALVATUR New York, as here in Chicago, and nearly where else, the poorer and weaker part of the Negro population is forced to live in the most insinuitary tenements and in districts or on streets to whose elemenliness, healthfulness and moral conditions both property owners and the city administration are most indifferent and careless. It is these neglected and self-neglected districts, in most of which criminals of both races mingle, and disorderly resorts patronized by each are not only permitted to exist, but are forced upon the people, that become the harboring places and the very breeding spots of vice and crime. These conditions thus dangerously tolerated threaten to become more menacing with the sudden and increasing influx of southern Negroes into Chicago. They will include a smaller element of the worse with a much larger element of the better people of their race. But the pity and the peril will be that both are likely to be crowded together in the already overcrowded and neglected "black belt" of the South side and its offshoot on the West side. The police and the health department should not be left alone, either to prepare for or deal with this impending situation. At their best, they cannot interest, private-initiative, voluntary agencies and co-operative effort must be relied upon to grapple with this problem in advance and as it develops. For this grappling the Daily News has led the way by the timely facts, figures, descriptions and suggestions of Junius B. Wood in his recently published helpful series of articles on the Negro population of Chicago. Their reprint in pamphlet form will greatly aid the effort to promote the understanding and improvement of the conditions of Negro life and labor in Chicago. Fortunately this effort is to be made by the agency best qualified to undertake the task. It is the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. This league consists of able representatives of both races, who have organized to secure the cooperation of all agencies to promote the improvement of Negro life and labor, to protect their women and children, to fit their workers for efficient work, to train and boost Negro social workers for boys and girls' clubs, neighborhood centers, probation work, playground direction and for the prevention and relief of dependency, to investigate conditions of city life as a basis for practical work to improve the urban conditions of Negro populations. This national league is now moving to form such a local branch in Chicago as has been successfully established in New York, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and elsewhere. Among those Chicago citizens who have responded to the call of T. Arnold Hill, national organizer of the league, are Judge Jude W. Mack, Dr. George C. Hall, Miss S. P. Breckinridge, Judge Edward O. Brown, Mrs. Jesse Johnson, Horace J. Bridges, Mrs. Joanna Snowden Porter and A. L. Jacksong, together with Jane Addams and Dr. C. E. Bentley, national directors. This local league hopes to ally 400 Negro organizations—religious social, philanthropic, industrial, recreational and educational—in co-operative efforts for their own race. It expects to investigate conditions of employment, housing, delinquency, recreation, education and public administration as they affect the Negro population. The league deserves far more attention and support from the public-spir- In its recent article by Junius B. Wood and in editorial comment on those articles, the Chicago Daily News was called attention to the injury done the colored race by its exploitation at the hands of unscrupulous political leaders, who as a means of gaining power for themselves give jobs to unworthy colored men whom they control, the result of the practice being injurious to the colored race as a whole. It is a pleasure to record the honoring of a different type of representative of the colored race. Col. Franklin A. Denison, who has been appointed an assistant to Attorney General Brindage, stands on his own high character and meritorious achievements. He has striven to help the colored race forward, not to drag it down. His career as a useful citizen not only reflects credit upon the colored race, but furnishes to ambitious youths of that race an example of the way to win deserving success. The general public must commend such an appointment as that of Mr. Denison to a position on the staff of the attorney general of the state. It must continue to condemn efforts of A St. Louis lumber company with several different plants has them all in constant communication with each other by means of the wireless system. The latest in moving, picture galleries is a double screen, on one of which the picture is shown, with explanatory legends on the other. A special form of electric fan is made use of in markets to keep the flies from goods on display. THE GAZETTE ited citizens of Chicago than the few agencies, such as the Frederick Douglas Center and the Wendell Phillips Settlement, the Y. M. C. A. and the missions and churches, have yet received. Not only for the benefit of the Negro population, but for the safety and progress of the city as a whole, this league should rally to its equipment and direction, its growth and of efficiency. Both the personnel and financial resources adequate to this end. It should be organized in time to be represented at the national conference on Negro migration to be held in New York city January 26 at the Russell Sage Foundation building. It will thoroughly discuss the causes and consequences of the migration, the present condition of those migrating and what is to be done to aid the Negroes' adjustment to their new environment.—Chicago Daily News. There is no good reason why more of our children should not be it school and remain there for a greater length of time than has been the case. Not only are our rural schools failing to receive the proper consideration at the hands of those who should be most vitally concerned, but our secondary educational institutions are not being utilized and developed as they should be. It seems but logical to conclude in the face of foregoing statistics that many of us are showing the unwisdom of commercializing the most important years of the life of our children at the sacrifice of their future welfare. It is a crime against humanity to take the youth of a race and put it to hard commercial labor just when it should be utilizing the advantages for educational development and preparation for future usefulness. Texas has taken a step forward in passing a compulsory education law. Although it may seem a reflection on a people that they should be forced to enact a law, compelling themselves to give their children a chance to fit themselves for life, yet it would be worse than a reflection upon the state if it suffered its youth to grow up in ignorance and unpreparedness. Nothing will do more to complicate the already perplexing problems facing the people than for the people themselves to indulge in the criminally inexpedient policy of depriving the future citizens of the state of a chance to qualify themselves for citizenship. We as a face must quit lying to much in the future and begin to live more for the future. Selfishness always brings its consequent elephants. It is pure selfishness for any parent to take the school hours, school years of his, child and turn them to a manger—this is all it could be—material profit. The empty cartridge cases from an automatic pistol shot by an aviator may be the cause of serious dangue. A new invention is a wire cage built over the ejector side of the weapon to catch these missiles. The largest chain drive in the world is said to be in use in connection with the Späka river power development in Oregon. Eight chains, each 21 inches wide, transmit 5,000 horse power. A sanitary engineer of Pasadena, Cal., made a tour of inspection of the city sewers recently seated on the rear of a motorcycle. A woman has been appointed assistant attorney general of Colorado. self-seeking politicians to exploit special groups in the community for their own profit by selecting for political honors as representatives of those groups men unworthy of public confidence. When once the South shall have enabled its 10,000,000 Negroes to become generally efficient, intelligent, thrifty, self-reliant and independent, the fabric of southern industry will rest upon an everlasting foundation and the South will have solved in n.spirit of Christian benevolence a problem which has buffed the ages. These are some things that the white citizenry of the South and the Negroes should never forget, and their importance will become palpably impressed upon the minds of the thinking people of both races before long, when our immigration problems, due to restrictions and to the effect of the war, resume new and more complex phases.—Houston (Texas) Post. Telephone lines in use in the United States during the year 1912 amounted to 20,248,326 miles. A 72-inch reflecting telescope, the largest of its type, has been constructed for the Dominion astronomical observatory at Victoria, Canada. In Sweden articles sold as gold must contain not less than 75 per cent of the pure metal and those sold as silver at least 82 per cent of pure silver. One English invention for convalescence is a stout cane, from one end of which can be unfolded a projection to rest the user's foot. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. SOME OF THE GERMAN LINERS AT THE HOBOKEN DOCKS UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD GUARDSMEN ARE TO BE HELD ON BORDER El Paso, Texas. — The 9,000 Ohio national guardmen who are stationed at border points on patrol duty, as well as the thousands of guardmen from other states who have been here on federal service, have received orders countermanding instructions for demobilization issued recently by the war department. Six thousand of the Ohio guardmen were to have returned home within a short time, 3,000 remaining on duty. Under the new order all will remain here awaiting further orders from the war department. The state troopers will be held at the different border points indefinitely, to be used by the war department probably for guard duty in different sections of the country in case war is declared against Germany. The order revoking the demobilization plans came through Gen. Funston. He refused to discuss the situation. The move came as a big surprise to the guardmen; several organizations of which had already entrained at the different camps. Most of the troopers, surfeited with border patrolling, were looking forward with pleasure to the return to their homes. No intimation was given as to the final disposition of the guardmen by the war department. The thousands of guardmen from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and the District of Columbia, stationed here, were under orders to return home and had expected to move within a few days. TAKES CHARGE OF WIRES Atlantic City, New Jersey. — The United States government has taken over the wireless station at Tuckerton and removed its German operators. The plant is the only sending station to Germany, in this country. Similar precaution, is understood to have been taken at the plant at Snyville, L. L., which is used exclusively as the receiving station. Communication, however, is not cut off with Germany. American officers have assumed direction, and are to continue sending messages. TROOPS CROSS BORDER TROOPS CROSS BORDER PERSHING'S FORCES CROSS IN- TERNATIONAL LINE INTO UNITED STATES. Columbus, New Mexico.—The American punitive expedition sent into Mexico last spring, to capture Villa marched back upon American soil with the main object of its invasion of Mexico unaccomplished. Gen. Pershing, commanding the expedition, led his men across the international line Monday. Family 'Perish' in Fire. Philadelphia, Penna. — Max Pomerants, his wife, three sons and a daughter were burned to death when fire destroyed the Pomerants home here. The family was trapped by fire while asleep. Explorers Rescued Wellington, New Zealand. — Seven survivors of the Shackleton Antarctic expedition who were stranded on Elephant island, have been rescued by the relief steamer Aurora, Pass Immigration BILL Washington, D. C. — Ignoring the state department's warning against serious complications with Japan, the senate passed the immigration bill, containing the literacy-test, over the president's veto, by a vote of 62 to 19. The bill will become a law, without the president's signature, on May 1. The administration forces showed a slight gain in strength in the final vote, 19 votes being cast against the measure as compared to 7 against when it passed the senate several months ago. LINER IS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING British Ship Torpedoed Off Coast of Ireland by German Submarine. New York City. — The British liner California, crack vessel of the Anchor line, with one American in the crew, was torpedoed and sunk without warning off the north coast of Ireland. The American, John A. Lee of Montgomery, Ala., was saved, according to a cable dispatch from Consul Frost at Queenstown, who states, however, that one person perished and that 30 others were injured. The captain of the ship is quoted in Consul Frost's message as saying the submarine did not kill or give any warnife before firing two torpedoes from distance of 300 yards, and sendin, the California down. The liner carried 31 passengers and a crew of 184, of which Lee was a member. Some of the passengers and crew still are missing, including two women and several children. The passengers, it was said by officials of the line, were all British or Canadian subjects. Thirteen ships were listed as additional toll of unrestricted U-boat warfare. WATCH MAN END LIFE LEAPS FROM BRIDGE TO ICE-COVERED RIVER 100 FEET BELOW. Cleveland, Ohio. — Men and women walking over the Rocky river concrete bridge in the chill wind that swept in from the lake, saw a young man walk to the ornamental balustrade and hastily begin removing his garments. Even as they watched, the young man tossed his hat, his coats, and a muffier to the sidewalk, climbed on the balustrade, hesitated only a moment and then leaped. Nearly 100 feet below was the frozen river. He did not break through the ice, but was instantly killed. Gerard Reported Out of Germany. Washington, D. C.—The arrival of Ambassador James W. Gerard in Berna was announced in a dispatch from him to Ambassador Willard in Madrid, who forwarded it without further information to the state department. A. Havas dispatch from Barcelona, Spain, says that Ambassador Gerard will sail from that port for the United States on a 'Spanish trans-Atlantic liner. No direct report has been received from Berna from Mr. Gerard or from the American minister there. The last dispatch from Mr. Gerard at Berlin was dated Feb. 5. 4,000 Disappear. From Intermed Ships. New York City. — Evidence that the 31 German and Austrian ships detained in this port have been disabled in possession of federal officials, it is authoritatively stated. Government investigators say more than 4,000 members of the crews have vanished. Woman 89 Severely Burned Woman, 80, Severely Burned. Elyria, O.—M. Catherine Springer, 80 years old, pioneer resident of Russia township, near Oberlin, is in a serious condition as a result of a sweater she was wearing igniting while she was cooking. Her face, body and limbs were severely burned. Cheaper Paper Far Off. New York City. — There is no immediate prospect of cheaper paper, according to reports made to the National-Paper Trade association and the Americanulp & Paper association, which are holding annual conventions here. Break Ends Spy Case Washington, D. C.—There will be no further prosecution of the case against Karl Arminga Graves, self-styled international spy, arrested here recently charged with attempting to extort $3,000 from Countess Von Bernstorff. Government agents handling the case have abandoned all plans respecting it because the principal witnesses against Graves are connected with the German embassy and will have departed from the United States before the time for trial. WON'T STOP FOOD SHIPMENT TO BELGIUM Germany Tells Relief Commission Work Can Go On; Eight Cargoes Now on Sea. London, Eng. --- Categorical assur safe conduct from the German consul that it does not intend to interfere with the feeding of civilians in Belgium and northern France were received at the local office of the Belgian relief commission. Under these assurances, it was stated, the American agents of the commission may remain, in the occupied zones unless war is declared, and in that event they would receive safe conduct. This information is regarded here as considerably improving the Belgian relief situation. The only hindrance to the usual course of forwarding food to Belgium lies in the inability thus far to reach an agreement as to the routing of it through the submarine zone. Eight ships of the commission of an aggregate tonage of 48,000 and carrying enormously valuable cargoes of wheat, bacon and unize are now on the high seas, out of a total of 167,000 tons of shipping flying the commissions flag. Most of those on the high seas are from American ports and therefore carry the customary safe conduct from the German consul at the port of departure. NEW YORK CENTRAL TIES UP SHIPMENTS NEW YORK CENTRAL TIES UP SHIPMENTS Places Seven-Day Embargo on All Freight but Coal; Big Four May Follow. Cleveland, Ohio.—Coal only is exempted in a seven-day embargo on all incoming and outgoing freight which the New York Central Railroad Co. put into effect on its entire system. Even perishable foods are included in an embargo which Cleveland commission houses, manufacturers and merchants regard as a serious blow at a time when all shipments are considerably behind time. Weather and operating difficulties were given by Cleveland officials of the New York Central as the reason for the embargo. "The possibility of war has nothing to do with the present situation," railroad men declared. New York Central officials said they hoped to be in a position to lift the embargo in less than seven days, but the duration of the tie-up, they say, will depend on the weather. Deadlock Over Resolution Lansing, Michigan. — Apparently the Michigan legislature is hopeless deadlocked over the kind of a resolution that should be presented to President Wilson expressing the sentiment of the people of the state in the international crisis. Certain members of both branches are opposed to any endorsement of President Wilson's action in severing diplomatic relations that in any way condemn the German government. Standard Oil Recalls Steamer New York City. — A wireless, message 420 miles at sea, telling of the rupture of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany, recalled the oil tank steamship Communpaw of the Standard Oil Co's fleet to this port. Withdraw Cash in German Banks. New York City. — Evidently fearing seizure of money deposited in German banks in the event of war between Germany and the United States, depositors have begun heavy withdrawals. New Bridge Collapses. Spokane, Washington. — Four men went to their death and eight others were injured, one probably fatally, when the bridge being built across the Spokane river just above the falls here, collapsed without warning, precipitating 26 workmen into the river with the wreckage. The wreckage damning the river, made rescue work difficult, but one by one the men struggling in the water were either brought to shore or swam to safety until 21 had been accounted for. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS WILSON WILL NOT ACT UNTIL SURE Peace Feeling Less Strong as Washington Grows More Certain Germany Means War. STILL MAKING PREPARATIONS Officials Are Silent on Activities to Avoid Charge of Aggression; United States Will Be Sole Judge. Washington, D. C. — Washington officials are awaiting, with grave anxiety for complete information, concerning the sinking of the Anchor line steamship California off the coast of Ireland. Whether the attack on the California constitutes the overt act which will cause President Wilson to go before congress and ask authority to use the armed forces of the United States against Germany rests entirely, it was stated, on the circumstances. If the California was warned and the passenger given an opportunity to get away in lifeboats, hostilities will not be precipitated. If the official report on the circumstances reveal that the attack was in violation of the rules laid down by the United States, war with Germany, it was stated, seems inevitable. Officials refuse all comment until the complete facts are in hand. In the event the attack on the California proves to have been actual execution by Germany of her declaration of ruthless warfare, deeds, rather than words, will be the reply of the United States. The optimism in official circles, born of a hope that Germany might yet hold back from forcing hostilities, has vanished nearly to zero. In all departments there was the conviction that there will be no turning back by President Wilson, and that each hour brings further evidence of the purpose of Germany to go through with her submarine program. The state department forwarded to all shipping companies engaged in the ocean carrying trade a communication of a character not made public here, but believed to have informed them that the government would not take upon itself the responsibility of advising them to sail or not to sail, if their voyages would carry them into Germany's submarine zones. It was believed that the communication to ship owners indicated the willingness, of the government to supply armament and gun crews to American vessels for their protection against the illegal attacks, if the owners desire this protection. Prepares to Leave. Vienna, via London.—Mrs. Frederic C. Penfield, wife of the American ambassador, closed the workshop whereto for 30 months at, her own expense were produced millions of bandages and wound dressings, an effort to which the late' Emperor Francis Joseph gave his recognition by conferring on Mrs. Penfield a high order. Alda New York Suffrage. Albany, New York. — The assembly judiciary, committee voted unanimously to report favorably a bill-calling the abolition of the suffrage question this fall. THE MARKETS' Grain, Provisions and Live Stock. Cleveland, Feb. 8. — Flour — Minnesota patients $4.50@9.85. Vale — No. 14. Corn — No. 2 yellow $1.10. Oats — No. 6 white $1.10. Butter — Best creamery $42@42½c. Cheese — New 25c. Pineapple — New 25c. Potatoes — Choice white $2.40 per bu. Hay — No. 1 timothy $15.00. Cattle — Best steers $9.50@9.75, calves $14.50. Sheep — Wethers $10.50@11.00, lambs $14.00. Hogs — Yorkers $12.70, plgs $12.25. Toledo, Feb. 8. — Wheat — Cash $1.80½c. Corn — Cash $78¢c. Cloverseed — Cash $11.20. Buffalo, Feb. 8. — Cattle — Shipping $8.90@11.75. Hogs — Yorkers $12.90@13.00, plgs $12.00. Sheep — Wethers $11.50@11.75, lambs $11.00@14.85. Pittsburgh, Feb. 8. — Cattle — Prime $10.50@11.40. Hogs — Yorkers $12.70@12.80, plgs $11.50. Sheep — Top sheep $11.75, top lambs $14.85. Calves — Top $16.00. Chicago, Feb. 8. — Wheat — May $1.70. Corn — May $1.01. Oats — May $1.50. Pork — May $21.0. Lard — May $16.37. Cattle — Native steers $7.00@12.25, cows and heifers $5.15@10.50. Hogs — Heavy $11.90@12.50, plgs $8.75 @14.00. Sheep — Native $10.50@11.75, lambs native $12.00@14.50. Germans Discharged. San Francisco, Cal. — Acting under instructions from Washington, more than a dozen Germans in the United States coast guard and lighthouse, service have been dismissed from government employ. Five of the men were attached to the Golden Gate life saving station, leaving that station badly crippled for men, and three were on the revenue cutter Bear. All of the men dismissed had taken out their first citizenship papers but had not consummated citizenship. All were considered faithful employees. 1817 HON. A. LEE BEATTY. "The Birth of a Nation", Barred. From Ohio for Two Years, Finally Admitted—Beatty's Bill. Columbus, O.-By the action of two members of the state board of censors, W. R. Wilson and Mrs. Maud M. Miller, the infamous photoplay, "The Birth of a Nation", was admitted, Feb. I, after having been barred from Ohio for two years. The third member, Chishman C. G. Williams, again became a critic, carefully thing (Originally it was barred because much of the film was very bad and not because of a refusal of its managers to change it in any manner. It has been announced that changes have been made in the film." Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Miller were appointed members of the board, several years ago, by James M. Miller, the first president of Columbus for the past 25 years, was born in the South and "prides herself" on the fact. She is connected with the Columbus Despatch, a democratic daily paper. Mr. Wilson, who joined with Mr. Williams, the only Republican member of the board of three members, to bar from Ohio the miserable change of mind, the result undoubtedly of political influence. Motion-picture men are telling one another of the large sum (said to be $40,000) alleged to have been given, last fall; to the democratic state campaign fund by the company promoting the infamous film, but under an assumed name or names. The only obstacle the film MAY have is a pending bill by Representative A. Lee Beatty, of the film barring from an photoplayers designed to create real dissensions, etc. The legislature is DEMOCRATIC! It is this—democratic influence—that enabled the film's promoters to bring about the change in the decision of the state board of censors. So it will not do to "bank on" the Beatty bill becoming a law. It should be remembered that Mr. Beatty is a Republican, the legislature democratic and the film promoters, southern democrats, representing millions of dollars of capital and that has fought its way (through the courts, etc.) into N. Y. City, Boston and Chicago. The bill, as introduced by Mr. Beatty, provides as follows: "That any corporation, person or combination of persons, who shall advertise, publish, present or exhibit in any public place in this State, any lithograph, drawing, picture, play, drama or sketch that tends to incite in the mind of a person to request or present or purport to represent any hanging, lynching or burning of any human being, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than two hundred ($200) dollars, nor more than one thousand ($1000) dollars. "This bill, if passed, will not only bar The Birth of the Nation" from Ohio, but might bar "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and Shakespeare's play, "The Merchant of Venice," since the former might be construed as inciting hatred between the North and South, and the latter, as inciting hatred against the North and South, and the Merchant of Venice," which depicts "Shylock" as typical of the Jew, all Jewish citizens will favor it, and if it should bar "Uncle Tom's Cabin" our people of the state will cheerfully agree to its elimination in order to bar "The Birth of the Nation" the photophyll which Hon. Abraham Lincoln first inaugurated opposition against and led to a successful finish two years ago. M. A. B. Wins a Long and Hard-Fought Suit for Damage Against a Traction Company. Mr. W. Tilton, of this city, a traveling lecturer, has recently won a signal victory in the courts, securing to the amount of $200 from the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co. A conductor on one of its "Limited" cars, who had collected Mr. Tilton's fare, put him off charging nonpayment of the same. It pays to fight in the courts for your rights and privileges. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY One Year.....$1.50. Six Months.....1.00 Three Months.....59 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order 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 1898; 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 that accurately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 240,000 in Ohio. 20,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. DARE TO DO YOUR DUTY. "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."—Abraham Lincoln. The army of Gen. Pershing in Mexico, in the language of Carranza, moved neither to the east nor to the south nor to the west. And in the language of Col. Roosevelt, it is certain that President Wilson has waged "peace" without victory in Mexico. America is at peace today because it had no entangling alliances with Europe and only because it did not have them. Whenever it signs up an agreement to keep the peace of the world by force, it signs up for possible war. We don't look for war with Germany because we do not think that that country can do enough to this country to make President Wilson declare war. Mexico couldn't, and there is a difference in those two countries' war strength. While we know Dr. Byrd can take care of himself in this controversy with Editor Oswald Garrison Villard of the N. Y. Evening Post, and is doing so, nevertheless we desire to call attention to the fact that the former said the latter had resigned from the board of the Crisis and not as treasurer of the N. A. A. C. P. And we understand that that statement is correct, too. By a vote of 38 to 30 the democratic senate has tabled Senator Cummins' resolution for a discussion of President Wilson's peace address. The silencer has been applied. Possibly our Democratic brethren thought the address so loose in logic that the right of free speech had to be withheld even from that body which the President, in his address, had referred to as "the council associated with me in the final determination of our international, obligations." It comes natural as well as convenient for a party which denies political liberty in the Southern states to attempt to deny free speech in the U. S. Senate. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson ordered Gen. Pershing and his U. S. soldiers, many of whom were Afro-Americans, into Mexico, many months ago, to get "Pancho" Villa, dead or alive. They have returned, leaving Pancho very much alive and apparently the most active and troublesome of "First Chief" Carranza's several leading opponents. They have returned leaving the bones of about 20 dead American soldiers (white) at Parral and nearly as many dead Afro-American soldiers at Carrizal, to say nothing of the individual American civilians—men, women and children—murdered in that country since Pershing and his brave men rode into it on order of the President. This is an excellent explanation and exposition of our or rather President Wilson's "Mexican policy." "THE BIRTH OF A NATION." The following from a well-known member of the race, a resident of Columbus, is self-explanatory and spirit pertinent at this time that we ask a careful and thoughtful reading of it: "But our people appeared (two years ago) to show little interest as to the outcome of the effort against 'The Birth of a Nation', save the limited few, like yourself, who agitated and led the opposition to it. And this apparent lack of interest was remarked about by whites. Had the N. A. A. C. P. furnished your funds sufficient to justify your giving the matter more publicity and sending The Gazette broadcast, our people generally might have been aroused and your work made much easier and lighter. What money, for publicity or publications, that was contributed by the N. A. A. C. P. went to The Crisis, a monthly publication in New York City, which has steadily published leading the right, and here on the ground, received no financial assistance whatever. "When Mr. Beaty introduced his bill recently, the producers of "The Birth of a Nation" redoubled their efforts and made haste for fear the bill might pass and shut them out. All the time so far as I know, the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. here (and elsewhere in the state) was doing nothing, although it was known that the film people were active. "Now for suggestions; "If Mr. Beaty's bill could be pushed up on the calendar, and rushed through both branches of the legislature it might become a law before the film gets opportunity to show in Ohio. He advises me that the Democrats have promised him their support, as well as the Republican members, to pass it, and the Democratic member of the senate, from this county, has offered to take charge of the matter. If you are familiar with the modus overandi of getting a bill shoved up on the calendar, and rushed through. Why not take up the matter with Mr. Beaty, advising, suggesting and urging him to push the matter? Naturally, the Republican would be of great benefit to him just now in handing the bill he has introduced. "There is one point, however, you ought to drive home, and that is 'The Birth of a Nation' people, if they show in Ohio, will merely bring to the state an exaggerated, inaccurate historical film that breathes race-hatred and insecurity into the state. When shown, they will take away a full million dollars of Ohio money, leaving in exchange increased race prejudices, and 160,000 Negroes who, citizens of Ohio, will remain here to suffer additionally from its banal effects. The film people, none of them citizens of the state, merely 'Get-rich-er' Washington. Waving hands, commercialize racial prejudices for the dollar." It ought to be and doubtless is plain to our people of Ohio—that they have a fight on their hands—against the infamous film—which will require money and a better organization (state and local) than they have ever had, if "The Birth of a Nation" is again to be shut out of Ohio; AND THIS IS POSSIBLE! All local organizations should work harmoniously under the direction of a state organization or individual, and the work should be inaugurated at once. Two years ago, the editor of The Gazette inaugurated and led the successful fight against the miserable photoplays, "The Nigger" and "The Birth of a Nation", as he has many others in the last thirty-four years, giving his time and spending his own money freely. In all these years never a dollar has been asked or received by him; nor has the great mass of our people seemed particularly grateful. Certainly they have not shown a disposition to help financially or re-linburse those who spent their hard-earned money freely for them. For several years, the Ohio branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, headquarters in N. Y. City, have been collecting a dollar and more, a year, from each one of its many hundreds of members in this state. The latter have given freely. We trust that some of this money will now be used to some effect in their behalf in this "Birth of a Nation" trouble. One thing, it will be necessary for our Ohio people to do something to help themselves or suffer the consequences of a failure to do so. If any of them doubt the baneful effect of exhibiting that infamous play in Ohio —something even the South will not permit for reasons obvious — they have only to remember the young southerner (white) who became so enraged against our people as the result of witnessing the miserable photoplay in a Ft. Wayne, Ind. movie", last year, that he shot to death a youth, the first member of the race he met on leaving the theater. No member of any other race can witness the miserable film but what will become greatly embittered against our people unless he or she knows they are witnessing maliciously harmful scenes that are misrepresentations made purposefully. This is equally true of the North and Civil War veterans, G. A. R., both of whom are libied by the infamous film which glorifies the South, the rebels, Ku Klux Klan (night-riders and murderers) and everything else southern, to the deterrent of everything northern. And the North permits with such. Let northerners $ ^{a} $ South and try to so ridicule, insult and outrage the South and Civil War rebels and show the Ku Klux Klan in its tree light, and see how quickly and effectively a quietus will be put on such an effort. As a matter of fact, as $ ^{a} $ have said, the South does not allow "The Birth of a Nation" to show in but a few outlying cities and towns. Our people, it seems, in this effort to protect their own must help awaken the rest of the North—a sleeping giant; sleeping sounder and sounder year since the close of the war of the rebellion. While he has slept and sleeps, about all the North won in that contest has been regained by the South. The Beatty bill should be enacted into law if such a thing be possible. With the film people opposing, this will prove no easy task. Our people throughout Ohio should call upon their members of the Ohio Assembly, particularly those of the lower house, and urge them to assist Mr. Beatty and his bill all they can. That will help! Being a new member of the Legislature, he needs the assistance of experienced ex-members and others, of the race. This, and other things, too numerous to mention in this article, must be provided for by a state organization or leader, supported by local organizations, etc. AS TO MR. VILLARD. I read with interest the communication from Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, published in The Gazette of Feb. 1, 1917. It may be a habit of clergymen, of writing upon things before they know the real truth about them, but when this habit finds it basis in the reliance upon the newspaper press, of which Mr. Villard is a leading representative, clergymen cannot be condemned for the part they take; but let the press investigate their publications and find out the trust. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAN, O.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917 worthiness of them before publishing. Mr. Villard's paper fought Mr. Hughes and just before the election endorsed the re-election Mr. Wilson. It may be Mr. Villard is willing to whoop for Mr. Wilson through his paper and yet refuse to vote for him. This to our mind is reprehensible. According to Mr. Villard's confession, he did resign. The press learned of it and published it. Mr. Villard has not, prior to this time, entered any denial of his resignation so that the press could correct its first report. No one is to be blamed for the false rumor but himself. We do not object to Mr. Villard's voting for Mr. Wilson or his refusal to vote for Mr. Hughes but we do object to Mr. Villard giving his moral support as the head of the N. A. A. C. P. to Mr. Wilson when Mr. Wilson is the avowed enemy of the colored people politically. Mr. Villard believes the election of Mr. Wilson is one of the best things that have ever happened to the U. S. In this we dissent from him. Mr. Wilson's election is one of the greatest disasters that ever happened, to this country. His peace efforts are puerile, questionable and hurtful. His peace efforts in Mexico have been ignominious and financially wasteful. His present efforts are futile and repugnant to every sense of manhood and honest conviction. Mr. Villard said he denounced Mr. Wilson for his illtreatment of the colored people. That is immaterial to us; but when he throws the weight of his great paper on the side of Mr. Wilson, his denouncing counts for but little. We are unwilling to follow any man, in this fight for political justice to the colored race, social justice, civil rights and personal protection, who is unwilling to oppose Mr. Wilson personally and politically. Those who lead the N. A. A. C. P. movement must not compromise. Mr. Wilson stands for southern democracy which means death to every vestige of Negro liberty and rights. He stood for the debauching of the ballot in Oklahoma, by turning loose thieves of the franchise convicted and sentenced to prison in that state. This Mr. Wilson did because he believes in depriving colored people of their rights. The N. A. A. C. P. must make itself clearly understood—that it demands every other American citizen enjoys under the constitution. Mr. Villard must choose between the colored race and its arch-enemy. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, who is the exponent of southern oppression. We admit we infinitely prefer Mr. Hughes to Mr. Wilson as president of this nation. Mr. Hughes' record, as associate justice of the N. A. S. supreme court, sets him straight on the colored man's issue. No judge was more outspoken against southern devices to deprive colored people of their rights than he. We are unwilling to do Mr. Villard any harm. We based our position upon the reliable reports of the Associated Press. However, the acknowledgment on the part of Mr. Villard that Mr. Wilson is doing great good for the "darker races", in a measure impaces his heretofore keen judgment of men and things. The "darker races" cannot see it as he does. In this country there should be no question of "darker races", but simply American citizens. What this country needs above all else is to teach men of Mr. Villard's race that they have no "divine right" to America. That they are simply, very fallible beings with privileges no greater than any other race, under a just government. Help Wanted for a Deserving Indus trial School in North Carolina. There are very few institutions in this country that are doing more good in upbuilding the race and thus making self-reliant and self-respecting citizens, than the Slater Industrial school for our people at Winston-Salem, N. C., and perhaps it would not be over-stating the case to say that Mr. William A. Blair, who is treasurer of the school and vice-president of the People's National Bank of the United States, to help the poor handicapped Afro-Americans of the South than any other white man in that section of the country. The school buildings, land and appliances have cost $70,000. It is the third Afro-American school of the kind in importance. So great is its influence that the North Carolina Legislature has offered the trustees $12,000 if they can raise the same amount. It is impossible for them alone to meet this offer, so they strained themselves to the extreme limit to bring the school to its present worth. If each reader of this article will slip one dollar into an envelope and mail it to the treasurer, Mr. William A. Blair, Winston-Salem, N. C., the money will be raised and the money will go to repair small amount will not hurt any one and will very greatly aid a most worthy cause. It is a sad sight to see the number of our children who are turned away from this school for lack of accommodation. If our readers knew the facts in detail, it would give them much pleasure to respond to this call, and send the $1 immediately, thus helping the trustees raise $12,000 to meet the offer made by the North Carolina Legion for a donation made new will multiply four times when it becomes brick and mortar, as the students and friends of the school will do the construction work when the materials are furnished. Let it be remembered that Afro-Americans are loyal citizens. Not one of us has ever raised a hand against the flag, and many are in the army, and brave soldiers, too. Should the President call for volunteers our people would furnish their full share. Let us do our duty to Slater Industrial Bank, and we would send this item would send in $1 to Treese Blair, the school equipment and efficiency could be increased to the extent of $84,000. The Gazette urges its readers to respond to this call just as promptly as possible. IN MEMORIAM. NEWTON—In loving memory of my husband who passed away, Feb. 8, 1916. Just one year ago, dear husband, God called you to His home; Amid to be aching For you left me all alone. From your lonely wife, (—Adv.) JOSEPHINE. A Genuine Rupture Cure Sent On Trial To Prove It Don't Wear a Truss Any Longer. If you have tried most everything else, come to me. Where others fall is not the same. 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THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY! GRASP IT AT ONCE! FOR PARTICULARS, WRITE EVELYN HORTON MFG.CO., 4188 W. BELLE PLACE, ST. LOUIS, MO., AND MENTION "THE GAZETTE" PLEASE. Cleveland Sixth City Annual S. S. day at St. John's, Sunday. Installation of officers and teachers. R. J. Callahan, of E. 36th St., and J. T. Bowles, of Scovill Ave., and E. 36th St., are ill. There is only one way to get the real race news and that is to take "the old reliable" Gazette. Miss Cora Robinson, former resident of this city, married a widower and located at Riverside, Cal. Roller-skating at Forest City Park rink, every Tuesday evening. Kohlen and Buchanan, managers—Adv. Hon. Frederick Douglass delivered an address in this city in 1848 on "Farming and Industrial Education." Mrs. Sarah Jones, an inmate of the Old Folk's home, sustained what was thought to be a stroke of paralysis, Monday. Emily Harangue, one of the Wilson sisters of Indianapolis, former residents of this city, died just before the record was set. Mr. Ada Young was called to Detroit, last week, by her sister, Jeanette's illness. The latter underwent an operation at a hospital. Mr. Ernest Ingram, of Morrison Ave., was given a birthday dinner, Tuesday evening, by his wife that was also thoroughly enjoyed by about a dozen of their friends. Mr. J. P. Rawley, of Winston-Salem, N. C. is in the city representing the Slater industrial school of that city. He called on The Gazette, several times first of the week. Miss Rathburn, sec. of the Y. W. C. A. will speak for Y. M. C. U.'s user services, Sunday, 4 to 5 p. m. Also Miss Jennie Hunter of the P. W. A. The public is invited, especially the ladies. Misses Clara and Clara Hackett, of E. 36th St., gave a very enjoyable surprise party, last Friday evening, their sister, Anna's birthday. About 30 persons attended and were served light refreshments. To show sisters a day are being received the State-City Free Employment bureau from southern Aro-Americans asking for jobs in Cleveland, Employment Commissioner Arndt said last week Thursday. The Cleveland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold a Lincoln-Douglas day mass-meeting at Cory M. E. church, Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 p. m. All are welcome—Adv. The executive board of the North Ohio conference branch W. M. M. S. met at Mrs. Hollingsworth's, E. M. 36th St. last 'saturday. Mrs. Emma Williams, first vice-pres. and Mrs. Linnie Guy, treas., were here Saturday and Sunday. The former was elected president to succeed Mrs. Rosa Johnson (deceased). Al. Gaines, 3112 Central Ave., one of our oldest and best known barbers in *DR. WEAVER'S, 3315 Central Ave. *A. GORDON'S, 2928 Central Ave. *MRS. BESSIE KITZMILLER'S 3943 Central Ave. The Gazette regularly should notify delivered promptly. business matters to The Gazette's of- you wish to see the editor call there, finally examine The Gazette's adver- sor. Business men who advertise in image of our people. The fact that they want it. attentions) ten cents a line (six ing space, fifty cents an inch, single current issues of The Gazette, must SDAY of that week, at the latest. "Any prejudice whatever will be insurmountable if those who do not share in it themselves truckle to it and flatter it and accept it as a law of nature."—John Stuart Mill. the city, sustained a third stroke of paralysis, last week Tuesday, and died Thursday night. His wife, George, came from Toledo and took the remains to Jackson, Mich, where the deceased's aged mother resides, for interment. Sunday, 10.45 a. m., at Mt. Zion Cong. church address by the pastor, Rev G. V. Clark, followed by installation of newly elected officers. The service is of importance. At 7 p. m., the Linein-Douglass memorial: a masterly address on Lincoln by Rev, Dr. Stuchell of E. Cleveland Cong. church, Euclid Ay. The following from Dr. E. A. Dale accompanied a box of fine cigars, received early last week: "To the Hom. Harry C. Smith: My long, loyal and true friend—in commemoration of his birth (Jan. 28). Accept this as having arrived. I am grateful and have been enjoying them ever since. Many thanks, good friend. Duston Brownston was near death in City hospital, Monday. He fled from the hospital, Sunday, scantily clad, went into the home of John C. Higgins, 3336 Scranton Rd., and frightened the hospital and hospital attendants took him to Brownston is suffering from pneumonia. He lives at 2360 E. 34th St. David Brown, age 37, alias "King Dave," was convicted on a white slavery charge by a federal court jury, last week Friday. Judge Killits sentenced him to four years and six months in Atlanta prison. Brown was accused of having brought Myrtle Johnson, (white), from Buffalo to Cleveland. The woman's husband is serving a life term in the Columbus penitentiary on a charge of having stabbed her to death in their home on Cedar Ave., after Brown was indicted. Dr. Charles L. Reason (30) defeated George Wheeler (50) at the Brunswick parlorls last week Thursday night in the first block of the play-off of the tie for third place in the Cleveland-Theodore Union Billard League tournament. The match lasted sixty-two innings. Each made a high run of four. The following evening the second block of the series was played at the Euclid Arcade room, Reason winning and taking third place with a score of 60, to Wheeler's 94 for the two nights. Mrs. Anna Fields, wife of Mr. George Fields of 9514 Dunlap Ave., died Saturday night after some weeks' illness, and was buried. Wednesday afternoon, from the family residence, Mrs. Fields met her and have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends in this city. Mrs. Fields came to Cleveland, many years ago, from Meadville, Pa., and was noted for her kindness of heart and large sympathy. She was a good wife and mother, and an intensely loyal reader whose subscription began with the birth of the old reliable Gazette. A reader of The Gazette who heard Dr. Wm. A. Byrd, of Rochester, N. Y., contributing editor of The Gazette, speak recently at Antioch Baptist church, wrote The Gazette, the day following, as follows: "Dr. Byrd is a MANLY man. I have read his articles in The Gazette and from them I have respected the man greatly, but last night showed me how 'big' a man he is. It was a BIG man recognizing an antioch man. "Wr. Smith (Harry C.) was a white man and had done for the white race what he has done for the colored race, he would be cannonized—that is put in the list of Saints." Rev. Triggs, of Pittsburg, will preach, Sunday, at Cory M. E. church. In the afternoon, $2.50 in gold is to be given to the writer of the best paper on Lincoln. The Ladies' Aid society, No. 3, will meet Thursday at 2:30 p. m., at Mrs. Kerney's, E. 90th St. Mrs. J. L. Schooler, pres. The S. S. is sorry to learn of Miss Fannie Byebee's nursing, was well attended and the program excellent. Mrs. Clara Williams' paper, and Mrs. O'Connell's address, Sunday, deserve special mention. The latter urged the S. S. to support the effort to clear of debt the Frederick Douglass home at Anacostia, D. C., and it will give a large donation. Ladies' Aid, No. 4, met at its president, Mrs. Wm. Owens', E. 49th st. Feb. and listened to an address by Mrs. H. M. Gorman of B. W. I. Cory's order of worship. Sunday: 6:30 a. m., prayer-meeting; 10:45, preaching; 12:30 noon, S. S.; 6:30 p. m., Epworth lecture; 7:45 preaching, Class-meeting, Tuesday, 8 p. m.; choir practice, Thursday, 8 p. m.; prayer-meeting, Friday, 8 p. m. Garrett A. Morgan called on The Gazette, Monday, and gave us an opportunity to view the beautiful gold medal (with a diamond inset) given to the writer of afternoon at St. John's church by a prominent presenter. Mr. Victor Sincere and other prominent citizens in recogni- --- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917 Written by 'The Old Reliable Gazette's Correspondents THROUGHOUT THE STATE What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. ELYRIA.—Mr. Alex. Ward died last Friday and was buried, Monday.—Miss Eva Davidson was in Cleveland, last Thursday.—Miss Marjorie Burwell visited Miss H. Black who has been quite ill the past week.—The W. W. T. club held an important business meeting at Miss Lois Davis', recently.—The revival has been suspended because of the shortage of gas.—Miss N. Smith entertained a few friends, Friday evening.—Miss M. Burwell and cousins were out of town recently. SANDUSKY.—The cold weather Sunday, retarded the progress of the S. S. and churches.—O. B. Shackelford is still quite ill.—S. D. Anderson is improving.—Rev. Thos. Morris has six converts to his credit.—Dean Alexander is home from school for a week visiting his parents.—There is not much sickness among our people coming from the South, and in the winter time, too. Some of them are already buying homes and are very prosperous.—Some of them, especially those aiming to better their condition. But those who have no object in view can stay where they are.—Andrew Harris was given 60 days in the Toledo workhouse for cutting Mr. Bryant.—Read The Gazette; it is our best race paper and advocate. Rev. G. D. Smith, agent. 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 city or town on the outside of the 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, inventions, of all kinds, and advertisements 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 on application. CADIZ—Mr. Joseph Carter, a Civil War veteran and farmer, had a civil broken by a horse falling on him.—Sunday was rally day at the A. M. E. S. S. A special program, and good attendance in spite of the inclement weather.—Francis Raymond Lee, the eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Lee, died at the Ohio Valley hospital in Wheeling, following an operation. Funeral Saturday afternoon. Rev. O. W. Childers officiated, assisted by Rev. W. H. Lucas. Miss Reba Vee of Alliance, Miss Robinson and children of Musselon Mrs. Cora Verse of Wheeling and Mrs. Jess Thompson of Warren, were the relatives from a distance.—General regret is expressed here now that "The Birth of a Nation" will be shown in Ohio. YOUNGSTOWN. — Mack Parham, Mrs. J. T. Hill, Mrs. Geo, Martin and Mrs. Rebecca White are ill. Mrs. Chester Williams returned Friday from a visit with relatives in Columbus and other Ohio cities. Roy Andrews, of Rayen High school, will address St. Augustine Men's club at the mission, 614 Parmelee Ave., Monday at 8 p. m. all men are welcome. Mr. Alex. Winston died Thursday in Columbus. Mrs. Alex. Winston is in need of a niece. — Mrs. Anna Jackson spent a week in Pittsburgh. — Mrs. Alice Biggs, of Bellaire, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mayfield. — Buckeye lodge, Elks will meet, Thursday evening. Invitations for their annual re-union, Mar. 8, are being mailed. — Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Johnson have a brand new boy and Mr. and Mrs. Evans, a girl. — Mrs. Wormley, of Hubbard, was entered at the Sunday, by Mrs. T. A. Johnson. — Rayen Spent a week in Columbus with relatives. — Archie Thomas was in Pittsburgh, Friday. — Order The Gazette, if you want the race news. HILLSBORO. — Mr. Willis White and daughter, Alline, of Indianapolis, were here, last week. He purchased a lot and will build in the near future. —Mr. Alex. Holland has had a severe attack of la gripe but is better. —C. L. Anderson was in Cincinnati, Saturday. —Dr. Hawkins, president of our hospital in Xenia, defended the hospital in Yerkes, Lincoln school, to an appreciative audience. —Mrs. Bertha Clark entertained Mrs. Anna Smith and daughter at dinner. Sunday. —Master Harold Henderson has been sick for several days. —Mr. Vivian Hudson spent Monday in Cincinnati. —Mrs. Anna Woods visited her mother, Mrs. Hannah Pleasant, Friday, and returned to Cincinnati, Saturday. —Mr. Dewey Alger has been teaching during his absence. —Mrs. Susan Morton, age 88, died at her son, Mr. John Burns', in Washington C. H., last Monday. The remains were brought here, Wednes tion of the valuable services Garrett rendered, last year in July, when he led in the rescue work after the tunnel disaster in Lake Erie. Several persons who assisted him were given recognition by the Carnegie Hero Commission which seems to have overlooked Garrett's fatal injury, which is largely due to the delay of Mayor Harry Davis and one of his directors, Thos. Farrell, in sending him letters acknowledging the splendid work he did and in, and too, at their request. It seems that the letters were delayed until they were of no use with the Carnegie Hero Commission because of the lack of legal action and others are financially interested in the Morgan helmet which Garrett, his brother and others used in the tunnel rescue work. Sunday afternoon no reference at all was made to the good work of Garrett's brother who sat on the platform and who very materially helped him in the rescue work. Mr. Sincere sent a letter to the meeting and the Ministers' Alliance presented a set of documents ordered to the Carnegie Commission. Attendance, 125. day, to her grand-daughter, Miss Florence Burns', where she had made her home until last summer. Funeral. Thursday, conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. M. Ross, at the A. M. E. church. During Miss Burns' absence on Friday, she taught—Mr. W. Pope, of Columbus, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Blanton—Miss Esther Hough, of Jamestown, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lange Young—A. M. E. church ladies will give a supper at the I. S. C. hall. Feb. 22. The public is cordially Aunt Rosa Williams is better. DOINGS OF THE RACE Dr. Roscoe Giles has been certified for an appointment as a junior physician on the staff of the Chicago municipal tuberculosis sanitarium. Lead our fashion page is the latest and best-up to date! Tell your friends and acquaintances about it, please. The National Equal Rights league urges our people to observe the Hon. Frederick Douglass' centenary, Feb. 14, and it should be done. Frederick Douglass anticipated Billy the Kid War from the state of industrial education by at least thirty years. — The Champion Magazine, Chicago, Ill. The number of southern Negroes who have migrated North has been grossly exaggerated. The N. Y. World thus states the number: From Alabama, 60,000; Tennessee, 22,000; Florida, 12,000; Georgia, 10,000; Virginia, 12,000; Carolina, 2,000; Kentucky, 2,000; North Carolina, 2,000; Arkansas, 2,000; Mississippi, 2,000 The Negro editor and the Negro journalist can be a constructive leader. The Negro journalist and editor more or less have always assumed that role. When the rank and file of the Negro community can appreciate what the Negro journals and editors have done and are doing in their behalf, they will give our newspapers and our newspaper men that support which will at least show a faint appreciation of the Negro community. Samuel Barrett in Champion Magazine. EXPLODES THE PET CLAIM Of the White South and Tells Some Truhes to the Power 10 Prof. Howard, Boston Dr. George Elliott Howard, head of the political science and sociology department of the University of Nebraska, recently uttered some bold and true words at an open forum meeting at All Souls Church in Lincoln, Neb. He said in part: "The solution of the Southern race problem is to come through the education of the whites. It is time that the whites emancipated themselves from the racism of the South does not know the Negro, although it claims full knowledge of him. It cannot see the forest for the trees." The brave sociologist went on to show that the whites are more guilty of relations with Negro women than are Negro men with a passion for despousing white women. Dr. Howard went still further and showed that Negroes were superior to Russian serfs during 1861. The per capita width of the serfs in fifty years, with only 30 per cent able to read or write, has grown to $36.00, while the per capita wealth of the Negro with 70 per cent, able to read or write has grown to $70.00. WILLIS BANQUET SPEAKER Special to The Gazette. Special to The Gazette. St. Louis, Mo.—Ex-Gov. Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, will be the only out of the state speaker at the 18th annual Lincoln Day banquet of the Association (which is held in the A.M. museum), in this city. This announcement was made by President Forrest C. Donnell. The daily papers have made considerable of this affair and have claimed that Mr. Willis was one of the most eloquent speakers at the Chicago national convention. It seems a travesty on the memory of the sacred Lincoln, that a man who thinks so little of Negro manhood as Willis should be invited to speak at a function commemorating the great emancipator; yet his appearance here is in perfect accord with the Republican party of this state which thought that Negro men were of things that they maintained a "jim crow" state headquarters, during the last campaign, in the International Life Building for Colored Republicans. The only protest heard, too, came from Negro Democrats who made capital and over 1,000 votes out of the incident. DOUGLASS' FINE TRIBUTE. The Hon. Frederick Douglass wrote the editor of The Gazette a few years prior to his death: "In the midst of hurried preparations for a long tour in Europe, I snatch my pen and spend a few moments to tell you how completely I sympathize, with your political tude, to do exhort your readers to stand by your efforts to lead the colored citizens of Ohio to wise and successful political action." 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Spring Styles Not Determined Fashion Seems to Hesitate Between the Directoire Period and the Panel Skirt. TUNIC MAY BE DISCARDED Would Naturally Be in Conflict With the Directoire Effect—Collar Not Much in Evidence—Apparel for the Street—Wide Variety in Belts. New York.—There are conflicting rumors 'coming from France, each of which has a set of American experts to accept it. One rumor is that the directoire period will come back for spring, followed by the first-empire fashions for summer. Another rumor is that the juepe tonneau, or barrel skirt, which Callot put out a year ago and which we wore ten years before that, is to be revived. To guess which of these two prophecies will come true is as futtle as guessing what is to be the outcome of the great war. It is quite probable that the directoire will be greeted with a bit more enthusiasm by Americans than the barrel skirt. There is nothing new about the latter. It provides the same extended circumference between the hips and knees that we got so familiar with last winter, and its only claim to a departure from the commonplace is its narrow hem. It may be that the introduction of this barrel skirt as a forerunner of the spring openings is really to emphasize the determination of the French designers to make the skirts longer and much narrower at the hem. It will also be remembered in connection with this fashion that there is a certain type of directoire skirt which is high-waisted, has folds that fall outward at the hips to increase the circumference there, and then, shapes downward to the very ankles, where it is so narrow that the wearer can scarcely walk. First-Empire Skirt. Four years ago this skirt, was launched for the evening by a few smart designers and was called a first-empire skirt. Mark you, there is a grace about such a skirt, and not the ugliness which the stiff barrel exploits. If we are to wear narrow skirts, and everything points toward that fact, then it is much better to have the kind of skirt known as the first-empire. This has plaits at the high waist line, which, in their downward sweep, keep the material of the skirt from girdling in the figure at the end of the corsets across the back, which provides one of the ugliest lines known in the history of dress. Such a skirt, is admirably portrayed in that wonderful picture by Zuluaga of Mile. Marcelle Souty, which is on exhibition in America and which has been widely copied and printed throughout this continent. The barrel skirt as it is seen in its present form, arriving from the house of Callot and a few of her imitators, has little to recommend it; if it is merely an indication of something else to come, a shadow that foretells the loosening of the waist line and the tightening of the ankle line, then it should be gladly greeted. There are few women who look well in extra full skirts, especially when their fullness is added to by vague and useless drapery, by horizontal bands of ornamentation and by taffeta petticoats that hold the hems far away from the ankle and display the feet in an ugly manner. Will the Tunic Go Out? Even the best advices from Paris differ as to whether or not the chemise, or twelfth-century, tunic will be entirely ousted by the new spring fashions. Surely, one cannot be medieval and later directore at the same time, but fashion can keep both styles going as it did Victorianism and Louis Quinze. There are enough women to dress one way of the other, and it is a relief to the reporter, the artist and the dressmaker when the whole world does not take up one silhouetted, one fabric and one style of ornamentation. The high-standing orgyd collar with which the continent was flooded last summer and autumn, have not only given way to other things, but the new line which is being accepted more commonly every day, threatens to relieve all garments of collars. Young women are wearing their new coats with only a neckband, slightly elongated at the shoulders and finished with an Egyptian or Peruvian design in silk floss or bullion threads. Street Apparel Regarding street apparel, it may be true that the one-piece sandwich gown will become second in choice to others, but it is more than probable that the shortened tunic made of satin and embroidered in a primitive design that could easily be used GET RIGHT KIND OF CORSET Matter of the Highest Importance, Though Many Women Are Care- ness in the Matter. The kind of corsets women wear is as essential to health as the kind of food they eat, and should no more be dictated by fashion than should their bread and butter. The history of the varying shapes and proportions of corsets is found in the history of the costumes fashionable at the different periods described—the corset designed for the fashion, not the fashion for the corset. This is the opinion of Emma E. Goodwin, who is an authority on corsets and who has given her time and talents to the consideration of corsets in their relation to health for many years. Never has the designer of fashionable corsets taken into consideration the physiological fact that constriction of the flesh of the body around one portion will result in an increase at the point where pressure ceases; as a stage setting for Alda, will remain high in favor. This is all that can so far be said with any authority to help those who are thinking only of freshening up their winter wardrobe in order to make it last until spring. There are many things that can be done with the gowns and suits that we have, for there is no doubt that the accessories have changed since September and that remarkably good and new touches have been put into the field of fashion to stimulate new fruit. It may be that these will make instructive reading, for one can always rely on the fact that a large mass of women prefer to know the small touches ruthere than the broad general outline of dress, except at the moment of the sharply changing seasons. New Touches That Count. Suppose, let us say, that you have taken an inventory of the clothes that hang in the wardrobe and have A Gown With Belt Only at Back: New kind of medieval frock which has a straight front and a gold band and buckle holding in the back; it is of chestnut-colored satin trimmed with bands of gold embroidery. made up your mind, wisely, an expert would say, not to buy anything new unless you are tripping to a fashionable southern resort. Human nature is quite capable of almost any endurance that it puts upon itself, and it can steel itself to wearing clothes from the first of October to the first of May in exactly the same condition as when they were first worn; but human nature likes diversion, and diversion is good for it, and the weariness of the clothes we have abolished and our senses are stimulated by doing something, we care not what, to the garments we have. Varlations in Belts. If there is no belt on your coat, it is wiser to put one on. The sandwich gown has also taken on a belt, and Paris is running the scale in these girdles. They are as narrow as that worn by Martie Antonette, and as wide as that worn by a Russian peasant. They are Chinese in coloring. Montenegrin in embroidery. Serbian in the matter of applied fabrics in bold designs, and Japanese, because France has gone quite crazy about Japanese accessories during the winter. If you have no other alteration on your winter clothes, at least to see it to that they have a gay piece of material that goes around the waist or at the hips. (Copyright 1917, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Neck Ruffs. Ostrich, maline, ribbon and flowers are combined in the making of neck ruffs. Neat, close-fitting styles divide attention with the extreme cape novelties. The number of shapes in separate collars for street wear is exceedingly varied, ranging in size from the narrow round style to the deep-backed cavailer collar. hence the bulging shoulder flesh and protruding abdomen of the waist constricting corset and the widening thigh muscles of the flat hip corset of the present mode. What corsets should and should not be both clearly and uniformly defined in the writings of many medical and physiological authorities. Broadly stated, the corset should be constructed primarily for support, not compression. It should assist, not prevent, normal bodily development. It should permit, not restrict, free breathing, heart action, digestion, circulation and muscular activity. **Symbolical Coats of Chinese Liked.** Interest is being revived in mandarin coats. At many of the smartest social functions ladies are wearing these and it is taken to betoken a revived interest in the history and art of China. These coats include ivory white, dark blue, imperial yellow, jade and black and they have the typical embroideries done in dragons, medallions, waves of eternity, lotus and other more symbolical motifs. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. LIGHT COLORS BACK TOUCH OF BRIGHTNESS ALLOWED FAIR PIIRIENNES Entirely Black and Dark Neutra Tints May Be Believed—Splendid Evening Dress by Worth— Latest Model in Millinery. It is true that black and dark neutral tints are very fashionable this winter in Paris for suits and costumes; on the other hand, the new wrap coats are nearly all bright in color. It is a delicate point. It is not quite correct to wear a whole costume in a notably bright color in the street. But wrap coats, also worn in the street, may be in the most vivid shades of blue, red or violet, writes a Paris correspondent. Countess d'Hautpoul wore an admirable silk jersey suit on the opening day of the charity bazaar, which was entirely expressed in dull shades of taupe gray. The jersey material was thick and heavily ribbed, and the color was taupe gray. There was a long loose coat, bordered with a wide band of moleskin and embroidered, above the coat, with gray silks and dull silver threads. The coat was buttoned up the front and it was finished at the neck with a very high roll-over collar of moleskin. A model recently created by Worth for a well-known English duchess was arranged, so far as the skirt was concerned, in three tiers. The material was silver gray chiffon velvet, and each tier, or shaped flounce, was bordered with chinchilla. Then there was one of the quaint tight corsages which are now so popular; a sort of 1870 corsage, which buttons down the front from throat to waist. Over the sho lders there was a curious little cape, very skimpy in outline. This cape was bordered with chinchilla, but there was no fur on the collar, which was made of folded velvet. The sleeves of this dress were of the leo-*o*-mutton order, with tight undersleeves made of crepe de chine. It is worthy of note that nearly all the new models created by Worth show generous folds in the skirts, and also in the hem of the long coats. I am not dealing with evening dresses this week, but if I were I should draw special attention to the fact that Worth, Pamuin and Douet THE Novel Touque of Dull Blue Velvet With Blue Feather Trimming Tipped With Gold. are all showing classical draperies in these newest evening models. The head sketched this week shows the latest model in the millinery world. The high velvet touque, bordered with feathers, is a distinct novelty, for these feathers are lightly tipped with gold paint. This is a very pretty fashion and metallic paints in various tints are introduced in the same way. The feathers are so lightly and daintily tipped that each strand stands out separate from its neighbor, but the general effect is glittering. New Luncheon Cloth Idea It is a new idea now among observing housewives to have, instead of the round or square luncheon cloth, one long runner for the square or oblong table, with enough large and small dolls matching it to fill in along the sides. Of course, both ends of the table are covered by the runner, an excellent idea when part of the meal is served from the table instead of from the "slide." While this arrangement is especially Fashion Says No Collars The neckwear people are decidedly concerned over the fashion for the collarless blouse and gown. We are given over to a vast variety of neckwear invention. This constitutes one of the most popular and paying departments in nearly every shop. If the demand is to be steadily cut off, there is reason for concern. That fashion calls for a lack of collars is quite certain; will sufficient people hold the call to diminish the sales of neckwear? The revival of fashions that existed between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, until the dawn of the renaissance in Italy, is responsible for the abolition of collars. There is no longer any attempt to insist upon the one way of cutting the neck line, which was the genuine way of the fourteenth century. There are straight lines and round lines that go up in the back and down in the front and the other way around, so that there will be enough to suit the majority of faces. These edges, no matter how they appropriate for the oblong table, it can be used for the square, oval or round table with some modification. In the square table the symmetry is often better preserved by two runners crossing in the middle. In the oval or round table, the ugly line where the runner falls over the rounded edge is done away with by cutting the runner, rounding the edge to fit the table, and setting on the end to fit with a fine seam or a bit of beading. This arrangement means that the runner could be used only for the one size of table, but it is worth the trouble. Square hemistitched dolls with a simple corner motif are used with the plain hemistitched runner. It is a good plan to make plate dolls and napkins of the same size and decoration, so that if one gives out, the other may come to the rescue. A large dolly for the plate will do away with an extra tumbler or teacap dolly. Swastika Design Dorothy Walker & Baldwin An extremely attractive sweatika design in complimentary colors appears on this skirt of "khaki kool" material. The skirt, which is a beauty, and the sport waist make a most pleasing combination for wear in resorts of the South with balmy temperatures. Rage for Flexible Jewelry The newest idea in flexible bracelets is so arranged that the man who gives them must donate three. This fashion deserves to be popular, for what woman will fail to favor the fad that brings her three jeweled bands instead of one? The way it is managed is simple. Each bracelet is made a trifle shorter than the other before it, so that one of sapphires is seconded by one of rubles, all, of course, to be worn on the same arm. Men cannot complain. The jeweler's forethought has saved them forever after from being called "pikers." The flexible idea also includes wedding rings, just as if marriage were not flexible enough anyway. Anyhow these new rings are charming. They contain about 20 diamonds in an even line, on the order of the bracelets. One may also obtain flexible rings in other styles, so that kind of "marriage bond circlet" is not, after all, too obviously suggestive of freedom. Eastern Colors Will Rule The colors for the coming spring season have definitely been decided upon, and it is not surprising, considering the Oriental inspiration for the newest frocks, that Eastern colors with suggestive names will be the vogue. For instance, there is "Fujiyama," named after the famous Japanese mountain, the color being a rich bright gold. That gold is going to be very much in evidence is proved by the varieties of this color. A dark gold is called "mongol," and old gold "soiionque," while something brighter than gold, but in the same color scale, is a bright orange known as "mikado." Terra-cottas promise unusual vogue also. The original color taken from the ancient brick is called "Ben Hur," and rightly so. There is an Egyptian pink called "pyramid," which may be classed in the terra-cotta scale. "Gorizna," an old Roman gold, is another example of this search among the antiquities. Hand-Work on Gowns There is a tendency toward extreme daintiness in the make of the dresses we are to wear next summer. This is shown in the advance models. A touch of handwork is seen somewhere on many of the blouses, either in eyellet or solid embroidery, five pln tucks, bits of hand-stitching and touches of drawn-work. Frilly bows and jabots are said to be returning to favor, in fact everything that is light and airy. are cut, are finished with embroidery. On ultra-fashionable gowns, collars do not stand up or turn over; they simply do not exist. While every woman may not accept this verdict, it is well that she should know about it. If she wears collars, she must remember that the neck line is always flat. The square cape collar is out of fashion. Whenever a collar is boned at the back today it must be pulled singly to the front, so that the material never leaves the neck. Changeable Silk for Sports Suits Every possible material is being used this year for sports clothes. Some of the smartest suits turned out by a New York house for Palm Beach wear are of softest taffeta and georgette, and even changeable taffeta is being used sometimes for the facing of collar, cuffs and skirt, but also for entire suits. It is only by the cut that a sports suit may now be distinguished and even this is gradually becoming less and less informal. Neat and Useful --- A raincoat for a small boy or girl is practically indispensable, winter or summer. One of the worth-while features of winter raincoats is that they may be made of material sufficiently heavy to afford perfection from cold and from rain at one and the same time. There are a number of chemical processes by which fabrics are rendered waterproof, and while in all cases it is not possible to guarantee that a heavy downpour of rain will fall to penetrate fabric so treated, it will usually withstand an average shower. Hence the old-fashioned raincoat that was a raincoat; pure and simple—nothing more—has been relegated to oblivion, and in its place has come a garment that does not advertise itself as exclusively for rainy-day wear. An attractive little coat is made of rainproofed English suiting in a wide checked pattern, and it is finished all around with braid and belted in at the waist with a patent leather belt, which may be in black or some vivid color, as green, red, etc. Generous pockets and a smart little storm collar use features of the garment. A rain hat of matching fabric may be made up if desired, banded with leather or trimmed with a little wreath of rubber flowers, such as used to decorate rubber bathing caps. A fabric raincoat for a small girl should be warmly lined and interlined, inasmuch as it is usually not merely slipped on for a few minutes during a downpour and then abandoned for the warmer coat of fur, velvet or plush, but must be worn to school on rainy days and worn home again, regardless of drops in temperature, etc. A warm fabric raincoat is an excellent investment for either a small girl or a large one, and suitable fabrics may be purchased at any well-stocked shop. To make a coat such as the one described will require for a seven or eight-year-old girl two and a quarter yards of material 36 inches wide. 1 This is in lime ripple cloth and has collar and cuffs of plain blue silk, hem-stitched at edges; fullness at waist is drawn in by a girdle. Materials required: Three and one-half yards 40 inches wide; one-half yard 22-inch for collar and cuffs. BROWN AND BLACK POPULAR Some of the prettiest Evening Dresses Seen Recently Have Been in Those Two Shades. Some of the very prettiest evening frocks have appeared during the last week, remarks the New York Telegram. There is a pronounced feeling for bronze and fatally brown shades, and these it is which were responsible for a pretty gown seen recently, through which a lovely knotted scarf of mauvish-pink, the real cyanstyamn pink, was threaded. The velling was of bronze lace run with metal thread, falling over an underdress of palest brown charmeuse, which had a plain swathed bodice and the tucked-up skirt that is so decided a mark of many new models. Black gowns are more worn than ever, mourning apart, and for them fish net is first favorite. This net was used in a second evening frock, the bodice of which was carried out in a new panne material of delightful substance, or the lack of it. This fabric has some of the characteristics of Tight Skirts Under Loose Panels. Do not think that the tight underskirt has disappeared. It can be seen on many of the new dress models. It is about two and one-half yards around. It serves to lengthen the line of the short skirts. These short skirts are now simply panels or tunics attached to a short bodice. Outer panels measure in proportion to the underskirt about three to three and a half yards. While they are not distended, they are slashed in front or at the sides so they fly out prettily with every movement of the wearer. Economical Negligee It seems almost beyond belief that an attractive negligee can be fashioned out of three yards of net, and that without cutting the lace. Run a hem up the two ends and a gathering of thread along the top, turning in the upper edge to make a little puff. Massing most of the fullness at the center back, sew some tiny chiffon roses, ripped from a discarded dance frock, along the gathers which form the neck of the lace cape. Place a bow of pink ribbon at the top of the full lace folds rure Persian rugs, those rugs which connoisseurs hang on walls or at the most allow to drape sofas. For with all its rich velvety appearance it is as soft and pliable and light as the finest satin; indeed, just as with the rugs, it is not until one handles it, finding into what tiny space it can be compressed—almost passing through the proverbial ring—and into what graceful folds it falls, that the illusion of stability given by depth of pile is removed. And the surface has much of the Persian beauty and silken softness too. In the gown in question it was trimmed somewhat elaborately with fern leaves in ribbon work, after one of the most successful of the new models. USEFUL FOR KEEPING STRING Holder That May Be Quickly and Easily Constructed, at an Extremely Small Cost. This useful little article for holding three balls of string, thick, medium and thin, and a pair of scissors can be easily constructed with the aid of a piece of strong board and three THICK MEDIUM THIN Useful String Holder. round tins. Tins into which the balls of string will fit comfortably should be selected; syrup tins are just the thing. A hole is made in the center of the bottom of each tin, and another small hole in the position indicated by the cross in dingram B. The tins are fastened firmly to the wood with screws and the string can be drawn off through the base of each tin. Diagram A shows the shape of the piece of wood that will be required and it will look better if it is beveled at the edges. In the center at the top a small circular hole is made by which the holder can be suspended from a nail in the wall and just below this a short strap of leather is fastened on with two brass-headed nails and behind which a pair of scissors may be slipped. When complete the whole thing should be painted with pale green quick-drying enamel, and for the words upon the tins black paint or enamel can be used. Plaid Linings for Cloth Skirt Plaid Linings for Crown Skirts A very pretty revival is the lining dark worsted, and serge skirts with brilliant Scotch plaid skirts. The silk is sometimes also used for the coat lining, but this is not always the case as solid linings of satin are considered rather better taste, especially as the new silk skirts are often plaid or embroidered with beads or chenille. Waterproof Costumes. A smart waterproof leather costume is shown for the schoolgirl, and includes a coat that entirely covers her dress and buttons up to the chin, while the skipper hat fastens under the chin with a strap. CHIC SPRING BONNET UNDERWOOD & UNDERWEAR As spring approaches Dame Fashion goes into council with her talented aids and devises just what will be the prevailing modes for the coming season. This spring there is offered a most charming assortment of new and novel bonnets, in which the one shown above is truly representative, although in itself distinctive. The hat is of green braid, the lines new and attractive. The bonnet is just the thing for wear with spring suits. It is simply trimmed. at the back of the cape, and two 'ends of the ribbon will form tles in front. The lace cape falls below the waist, and this allows the arm to the elbow, and this little piece is just the thing to slip on to telephone in or to wear to the bathroom. Pajamas for Miladi Tailored rather than frilly effects are sought in the development of silk pajamas for women. Stitching is frequently the only trimming used, and where ribbon is employed it is set on as a binding rather than in bows and loosely flowing ends. Separate Skirts New separate skirts show heavy satin, trimmed with fur and maribou. One model has a plain, very wide plaited overskirt, edged with heavy brown maribou. The color of the skirt is brown. Indian Beaded Belts. Suede belts about five inches wide in various sports shades are trimmed with lacings of one-fourth-inch bands of beads in Indian colors Frequently a Failure Because the Proper Kind of Flavoring Was Not Used in it. - The average housewife wonder why she often or under salts her dishes when she "knows" that she salted them just right, as she always did, and as the recipes called for. The reason is just this: The seasoning value of different brands of salt varies widely. This is easily proved. Take five slices of ripe tomatoes; apply equal parts of five makes of salt upon the separate pieces. Eat as soon as salted. The difference in flavor, permeation, rapidity and equality of dissolution and seasoning value are readily detected. A table salt should be fine, the crystals of equal size, quickly soluble and free from ingredients which absorb moisture from the air. Large and small crystals will not dissolve uniformly, consequently the full salting effect is not obtained until the large crystals are dissolved. The quickly soluble salt diffuses itself through the food at once and gives an equality of savor. Sticky salt is an intrusive nuisance. Failures in salting are largely due to changing from one make of salt to another. Get the best grade, grow accustomed to its use, stick to it. SAVING IN ODDS AND ENDS Small Economies That Seem to Amount to Little, but Are Well Worth Keeping in Mind. Never throw away the water that dried beef has been boiled in. A bayleaf and a few cloves cooked in this stock gives it a pleasant flavor. Add a tiny bit of red pepper and serve in bouillon cups with a slice of lemon. The stock from half a pound of dried beef will serve four persons. Save the pound tins in which baking-powder comes and use them to steam brown bread and puddings, allowing less time for cooking when the large steamer is used; about one hour and a half is enough for bread and two for suet pudding. Finding that I had a lot of small ends of paraffin candles that were too short to use for lighting purposes, I hit upon the scheme of melting them up, taking out the wick and then using the melted paraffin as a covering for jelly, marmalade, etc.—People's Home Journal. Sauce for Maitre De Hotel. One sliced onion, six whole peppers and a bay leaf in a saucepan with two ounces of good butter on the hot stove. Stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour to thicken, then mix in a pint of chicken or white broth. Mix well, remove any fat accumulated. Add a half teaspoonful of salt. Cook for twenty-five minutes. Beat the yolks of three eggs with the juice of half a lemon, being careful not to boll again after they have been added, then put through a sleeve. Add then a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, half an ounce of butter, small teaspoonful of pepper and half a teaspoonful of nutmeg. Handy Things for the Kitchen. A bottle makes a good potato masher. A can cover with a few holes punched in it makes a good grater. A large kettle makes a good bread box and then you have it for extra use, such as boiled dinners. Sifted wood ashes make a good cleanser. Put your soiled handkerchiefs in cold water and a little soap powder, let boll a few minutes and they will wash very easy. When making ice cream whip your cream first. It is enough better to pay. Honey Diyinity. One-third cupful strained honey, two cupfuls sugar, one-third cupful water, two egg whites, one cupful pecan meats, broken in pieces; one teaspoonful vanilla. Cook honey, sugar and water together until mixture will spin: fine thread from the tines of a fork. Beat the egg whites until stiff and pour syrup over them, beating all the time. When slightly cooled add vanilla and nut meats. Beat until candy begins to harden. Drop from a spoon in little piles on buttered tins or on waxed paper—Mothers' Magazine. Money in "Waste" Material The waste material business in the United States has amounted to more than $1,000,000,000, officials of the association assert. There have been extraordinary increases in the prices of waste materials during the last year, it was announced. Used Sunday five-cent newspapers are now worth one cent, old black stockings bring about one cent a pair, woolen rags are worth 16 cents a pound to dealers, white mixed rags sell for four and a half cents in the middle West and three cents on the Pacific coast. $ Berkshire Sardines. Remove fish from box, take out backbones and break into small pieces. Melt four tablespoonfuls of butter, add one-quarter cupful of bread crumbs and one cupful of cream or rich milk, with a little more butter. Stir until heated, add two hard-bolled eggs finely chopped and the sardines. Season with salt, pepper and paprika. When very hot pour over toast. Boileo Dressing This is a good boiled salad dressing: Beat the yolks of two eggs until creamy. ?ix with a teaspoonful of mustard, the same of salt, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of cream and one of butter. Over this pour two-thirds of a cupful of hot vinegar and cook over hot water, stirring until thick and smooth. Cool and use with vegetable salads. Mr. Flatbush—What's wrong now? "Oh, I read today that if the earth were to revolve seventeen times faster than it does bodies at the equator would lose their weight and remain stationary in the air without support." "Don't worry, dear; if we ever get there I'll support you just the same."