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AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS --- ```markdown ``` THIRTY FOURTH AFRO-AMERICA Renewed discussion of the Negro "question" may be expected as a result of Mr. Otto Mitchel's appointment of Dr. E. P. Roberts to membership of the board of education of New York. Indignation will be expressed in quarters which are given to outbursts whenever recognition, in accordance with their deserts, are given the Negroes, but enlightened, tolerant and progressive people will applaud Mr. Mitchel's action and wish Doctor Roberts well in the honorary post to which he has been appointed. It may be taken for granted that he is qualified for the work, and it is a fair assumption that the very strangeness of his position and the inevitable opposition to his selection will prompt him to greater diligence and more intelligent effort than are given to the school service by some of the other nearly half a hundred members of the board. If he does, he will confound the critics of the mayor and considerably advance the members of his race in popular estimation. By the last census there were only 91,709 Negroes in Greater New York, not quite 2 per cent of the population, but a number sufficient to command recognition in the selection of public school managers, especially in a community that is given to affording representation to almost all of its varied elements in the conduct of public affairs. But the main point for consideration is that the Negroes are with us on an equality of citizenship with the whites, and if justice is to be done them and the more numerous Caucasians are not to pile up great trouble for themselves in the future they must be treated in accordance with their merits. It is important not only that they be made good citizens, but that it be made worth their while to be good citizens. Neither can be hoped for if the Negroes are to be discriminated against so that honorable ambition on their part is forever impossible of achievement. — Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. Monroe Henson, a very successful Negro farmer, who lives near Muldoo, is the first Negro in Fayette county to own an auto. Here is an example of progressiveness and thrift that is seldom shown by our colored friends and should be held up to them by those of their race who believe in making better citizens. Monroe Henson has been a render of the Journal for the past 25 years, during which time he has never been presented with a bill, or had to be notified that he was in arrears. Following closely the example set to him by his good white friends, he has worked hard, saved his money and filled the soil on his farm. It must be a pleasure to him, now that he is past the best years, to be able to enjoy the fruits of his labors and remain an immune to the wiles and pitfalls which are ever ready and which are so generously promoted by those who seek to prey upon the ignorance and superstition of the Negro—La Grange (Tex.) Journal. The Supreme court has been asked to decide whether the federal government shall pay $68,000,000 to former slaves and their heirs for cotton picked in slavery times. Their claims are presented in an appeal by H. N. Johnson of Muskegue, Okla., and other former slaves and their heirs and "all others similarly situated." The suit is directed against Secre- Leading colored men and women from all parts of the country are expected in Washington early in March to attend the celebration of the 81st anniversary of the incorporation of Howard university, for which elaborate plans are being made. The anniversary of the incorporation of the institution by congress, alumni associations of the university from New York to Texas and from the District of Columbia to California will hold exercises, simultaneously with the big celebration in that city. A feature of the celebration will be the presentation of a fund of $10,000 to the university by the alumni. The fund is being raised by having each alumnus contribute $1 for every year he has been away from the institution, up to ten years, and $1 for every five years thereafter. These contributions are expected from old students throughout the country. The tentative plan is to have the celebration open with a big public meeting in Convention hall. Historical night will be observed in the First Congregational church, when the history of the institution from its organization Establishment of an international park embracing both banks of the Niagara river at Niagara Falls, with the organization of an international committee to regulate the use of the waters and banks of the fall and the river, was advocated at a meeting held here by the Niagara state reservation commission. Cotton cloth is produced in Nicaragua only in small quantities, and the amount imported practically represents all that is used in the country. tary McAdoo as custodian of the government funds, and recites that the shaves were held in involuntary servitude and forced to gather the southern states' crops. They received no return for their labor, while the government collected the $95,000,000 in taxes on raw cotton. An accounting for the labor performed and a pro-rata distributor of the money among those entitled to remuneration for the labor are asked. The District of Columbia courts dismissed the suit. John D. Rockefeller has subscribed $10,000 toward the Robert C. Ogden memorial building which is being erected at Hamilton institute, Hamilton, Va. This makes a total of $140,000 subscribed toward the necessary fund of $200,000. Among the other large contributions are the following: Miss Harriet Blanchard, $10,000; Simon Guggenheim and brothers, $10,000; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harkness $7,000; E. H. Van Ingen, $7,500; George F. Baker, $5,000; Mrs. Edward Bok, $5,000; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, $5,000; Arthur Curtles James, $5,000; Mrs. Willis D. James, $5,000; V. Everett Macy, $5,000; Mrs. Russell Sage, $5,000. Ground was broken on the memorial site in November. Four conferences of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church in America united in celebrating the fifty-ninth birthday anniversary of Bishop Charles Heary Phillips of Nashville, Tenn., at Miles Memorial church, Louisville, Ky. In May Bishop Phillips will have served 16 years as bishop in the Tennessee conference, nine years in the California mission conference and eight years in the two Kentucky conferences. He was born at Milledgeville, Gn., January 17, 1858, and was licensed to preach at Barnsville, Gn., in 1878. He was a pastor in Louisville from 1891 to 1893. He has held many offices of distinction, one of them being the secretaryship of the Ecumenical conference held at Toronto, Cnn., in 1911, being the first and only Negro who was ever so honored. The message of the Tuskegee Negro conference to the black men of the South is that "right here in the South are great and permanent opportunities for the masses of our people. This section, we feel, is just entering upon its greatest era of development. Here your labor in the future is going to be in still greater demand." But there will still be many Negroes who leave the South to, go to the cold northern states on the promise of better wages and a functed equality with white people which will never exist in any section of this country. The Negro who stays in the South and secures for himself a home will be far on the road to prosperity and to the respect of his neighbors—both white and black—and he will not have to worry over $12-coal when winter comes around.—Houston (Tex.) Post. The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes offers fellowships of $25 a month for ten months and tuition of $100 at the New York School of Philanthropy, New York city, and also fellowships of $150 at Fisk university, Nashville, Tennessee. These fellowships are open to those who propose to engage in social work. North Carolina has three Negro normal schools. as a theological seminary in 1880 down to the present day will be related by speakers. March 3 will be Alumnt day, when the various classes will hold reunions In the afternoon there will be a general alumni rally. The celebration ends on the evening of March 3 with a reception tendered by the university. Negroes in Texas have been called to meet towards the end of February for the purpose of conforning and discussing industrial, economical, fraternal, educational, political and sanitary subjects or problems affecting the Negro race. The resties and migratory sentiments among Negroes must be studied and an honest, patriotic leadership be asserted and a selfish, immoral and corrupt leadership, wherever such is found, must be weeded out and put into the background if the Negro race is to become a factor in the righteous uplift of humanity in the future" Chicago is to have a stringent law to prevent tey sidewalks. The advance now being made by the Spanish language in the commercial world, brought to notice through propaganda and other forms of publicity, is indicated in the large enrollment for this course at American universities. At the University of Illinois those registering in Spanish this year numbered 620, as compared with 352 in 1015-16. Using benzine for fuel, a new cigarette lighter is a close facsimile of a cigarette. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. CLEVELAND; O., SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917. Mrs. Albert H. Hoy of Chicago, who was her daughter, Elizabeth, was drowned when the Cunarder Laconia was turpeded by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. PLOT AGAINST THE U. S. IS REVEALED Germany Proposed an Alliance With Mexico and Japan to Make War on America. Mexico, for Her Reward, Was to Receive Financial Support From Kiser. Washington, D. C. — That Germany, in planning unrestricted submarine warfare and counting its consequences, proposed an alliance with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States, if this country should not remain neutral, is the revelation made by the Associated Press. Japan, through Mexican mediation, was to be urged to abandon her allies and join in the attack on the United States. Mexico, for her reward, was to receive general financial support from Germany, reconquer Texas, New Mexico and Arizona—lost provinces—and share in the victorious peace terms Germany contemplated. Details were left to German Minister Von Eckhardt in Mexico City, who by instructions, signed, by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann, at Berlin, Jan. 19, 1917, was directed to propose the alliance with Mexico to Gen. Curranza and suggest that Mexico seek to bring Japan into the plot. Bernstorff Furthers War Plot. These instructions were transmitted to Von Eckhardt through Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador here. Germany pictured to Mexico, by broad intimation, England and the entente allies defeated; Germany and her allies triumph land in world domination by the instrument of unrestricted submarine warfare. A copy of Zimmermann's instructions to Von Eckhardt, sent through Von Bernstorf, is in possession of the United States' government. It is as follows: "Berlin, Jan. 19, 1917. "On the 1st of February we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America." "If this attempt is not successful we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona The details are left to you for settlement. Urge Secrecy on Mexico Chieftain. "You are instructed to inform the president of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is, certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the president of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate between Germany and Japan. "Please call to the attention of the president of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months. This document has been in the hands of the government since President Wilson broke off diplomatic relations with Germany. The document supplies the missing link to many separate chains of circumstances, which until now have seemed to lead to no definite point. Kills Hungry Children and Self. Indianapolis, Indiana. — Because he preferred to see his three children dead than hungry, Frank Stader, 35, shot and killed them as they slept, and then killed himself. Stader left two letters, one to a minister and one to a policeman, explaining his act. Since the death of his wife a year ago his employment had been irregular. Donavin, 8, the eldest child, was shot twice through the temple; Clifford, 6, was shot in the head, and Margaret, 3, was shot in the left temple. TEN DIE AS TRAIN HITS JITNEY AUTO Seven Are Seriously Injured When Freight Crashes Into Bus Filled With Men. Bodies of Some of the Victims Are Horribly Mutilated in Accident at Crossing. Lima, Ohio. Seven men were killed and 10 seriously if not fatally injured when a Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton freight train sturruck a jitney autonoble bus at the edge of Lima. The accident occurred at the Fourth street crossing, within sight of the Ohio Steel Foundry Company, where the men were employed. Identification in many cases was difficult, as the bodies of the victims were horribly entailed. Jerry O'Connor, 5F, assistant foreman. Samuel Delay, 35, moldor. C. Crites, 20, core maker. Louis Schupp, 28, core maker; broken neck. Injured in Hospital. George Gordon, internal injuries, bones broken. James O'Connor, broken arm and leg, bruises. Antonio Cira, left shoulder crushed, internal injuries. Lester Felker, bones broken and body bruises. Charles Henson, ankle broken, body bruises. Oscar Lease, skull, fractured, chest crushed, will die. Frank Dennis, chest crushed, ankle broken. B. E. Carter. The men were returning to Lima from the plant, where they had worked throughout the day. The plant is 215 miles from the center of the city. The auto 'bus, which has a capacity of 22, makes a trip to and from the city each day. It was filled when it left the factory. TWENTY DIE-IN WRECK Lives Snuffed Out as Freight Ploughs Into Passenger. Mount, Union, Penna. — Nineteen passengers and a Pullman porter were killed when a fast train crashed into the rear of the $ \mathrm{o} $ Mercantile express train No. 6, of the Pennsylvania railroad, eastbound, at the station here. The sleeping car Bellewood, on the fear of the express, was telescoped and every one in it with the exception of a woman and boy killed. The express, due here at 11:44 p.m., arrived 12 minutes late with brake trouble. It was held here while the trouble was remedied, and the signal to start had been given when the "preference" freight, speeding between 50 and 60 miles an hour, crashed into the rear sleeper. The impact smashed it into a compact mass. Caught in their berths, the passengers had not the slightest chance for their lives. Mistaken signals, air brake trouble and the fog are believed by road officials to have caused the wreck. THE WEST IS PREPARING THE WEST IS PREPARING Regiments of 'Minute Men' Are Being Formed, Says Major. New York City.—"The west has finally come to the realization that the country is in danger, and is unprepared. The country west of the Missouri is being apportioned into districts, and regiments of 'minute men' are being formed to spring to the national defense at a moment's notice." This announcement was made by Maj. Frederick Russell Burnham, California ranch owner and veteran of three South African wars. Maj. Burnham, who was stopping at the Hotel Belmont, has left for Arkansas to form a nucleus there for "minute men" regiments in that state. Maj. Burnham wanted it made clear that he was not at the head of the plan. U-Boats Hit Fremont. Fremont, Ohio. — At least one Fremont industry is feeling the effects of the U-boat blockade. This concern is the Burford Motol Truck Co, which has been making and shipping many trucks to the allies since the war started. Because the company cannot fill the European orders, a large force of men was laid off. Woman Gets Freedom. Fremont, Ohio. — Mrs. Louise Boston, who, the state charged, was "the other woman" in the Joshua Kiser murder case, has left fall, a free woman. Judge Garver ordered her discharge. She had been held as a witness. Prosecutor Baumann then asked permission "to withdraw the affidavit charging first degree murder which he made in Justice Buchman's court, Feb.17. This was granted. Mrs. Boston at the Kiser trial testified Kiser had told her he poisoned his wife. GEN. RAPHAEL REYES Gen. Raphael Reyes, former president of Colombia, is in Washington to press the claim of his country for $30,000,000 for the loss of territory caused by the creation of Panama into an independent state. SUFFER HORRORS AS LINER IS TORPEDOED Men, Women and Children Drift Aimlessly About in Dark for Five Hours. Queenstown, Ireland.—From quivering lips of pale-faced, agony-drawn men and women came, piece by piece, the first full story of the Laconia disaster. Queenstown, hardened by many a tale of ho or lived through by countless souls a few miles off shore; Queenstown, the first piece of land, the first warm refuge for the victims of scores of sea catastrophes in two years and a half, stalls agast as the narrative of the Laconia's slaking by two torpedoes off Fastnet is told. Even the horrors of the Lusitania were mild compared with those suffered by the 350 men, women and children aboard the Laconia, of whom 13—by a miracle only 13—are believed to have been killed. For the Lusitania was sent to the bottom in broad daylight. The Laconia's passengers and crew drifted amlessly for five hours in eight boats tossed by violent swells 12 feet high — and all around was deep darkness in which flares afil rockets seemed ridiculous mockery. Two things stand out in the disaster: The death from exposure of two American women, Mrs. and Miss Hoy — "buried at sea," as the laconic official telegram from the American consul puts it. The bravery of Mrs. Frank Harris, an American woman, who will go down in the history of marine disasters as the heroine of the Laconia. TO COMBAT OATS SMUT TO COMBAT OATS SMUT Solution to Overcome Trouble Is Given by Experts. Wooster, Ohio. — Treating seed oats with formaldehyde solution to prevent loose or head smut has been shown by the Ohio experimental station here to be highly profitable for time so spent. One pint or pound of 40 per cent formaldehyde, sold at drug stores as formalin, mixed in 40 gallons of water, will be sufficient to treat 40 bushels of seed oats. The solution should be sprinkled over the oats spread on a tight floor or canvas, and the oats shoved over so that every grain will be thoroughly moistened. After being covered with a blanket for three hours or over night, the oats should be spread out to dry. TRAIN RUNS INTO ROCK Passenger Locomotive and Car Overturns; None Hurt. Chicago Junction, Ohio. — A B. & O. passenger train, the Wheeling-Chicago limited, struck a rock at Glenco, turning the engine and baggage car on their sides. No one was injured except Engineer William Glenn of Newark, O., who was slightly bruised about the head. The line was obstructed several hours. Heavy rains caused the rock to slide down a steep embankment to the track and the weather was so foggy the engineer did not see the obstruction. Freed of Murder Charge. Fremont, Ohio. — Joshua Kiser is free. It took the jury in his case two hours to decide he did not poison his wife, Martina Kiser. Four ballots were necessary for a verdict. 'The first ballot stood 10 to 2 for acquittal. Kiser, garage owner and farmer, seated beside his aged mother, Mrs. Chris Kiser, who had been his constant companion during the long drawn out trial, remained in the court room while the jury was out. He burst into tears when Clerk Thomas Weaver read the verdict. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS THE INFAMOUS FILM 'THE BIRTH OF A NATION' Columbus, O.—The local daily papers said nothing about the Beatty bill hearing, last week Tuesday, before the House of Representatives committee, and since have refrained from giving any notice of it. None of our several speakers failed to remind us that the country was at present in sad need of soldiers and, if these "Birth of a Nation" insults were allowed, the Afro-American would not feel it his duty to fight for it but on the contrary might feel like taking up arms against the country that set no premium on good citizenship, for no other reason than that of having a dark skin. It is currently whispered that if the Beatty bill were passed, Gov. Jas. M. Cox would it. This we do not want to believe. However, the following from the Columbus Citizen of one day, last week, is not very encouraging: WONT HELP BILL TO EXCLUDE FILM. That backers of the Beatty bill to bar films and plays which "inincite race prejudice" will get no "administration help" was apparent, Wednesday, following publication, Tuesday, of an editorial in the Dayton News, Governor Cox's newspaper, boosting the "Birth of a Nation" claim. "It is the Negro politicians who are now trying to stir up a tempest in a teapot" over the film, and "it is to be hoped they will not succeed." The editorial likewise brands the action of state movie censors, two years ago, in barring the film from Ohio as "a damnable attempt to use the machinery of the state for political purposes." The author says the editorial, that aroused no prejudice anywhere against the Negro. Of course about all of the foregoing is NOT true as everyone now knows: The "Negro politicians are not trying to stir up a tempest in a teapot" and the film has done, far more than "arouse prejudice against the Negro." It caused the death of an Afro-American man in Ft. Worth who was shot on the street by an enraged white man who had just left a theater in which he had witnessed the infamous photophy. The lack of concentrated effort and direct leadership in our fight on the miserable film is what is making the work of our people throughout Ohio ineffective. It is too bad we refuse to recognize this all-important fact, therefore, is being wasted. GET TOGETHER! Select a leader, work harmoniously and there is still a chance to succeed. "The Epoch Producing Co., which controls "The Birth of a Nation," is to exhibit the miserable photoplay to the Ohio Assembly soon, according to newspaper announcement, last week. If this be true, and the daily papers say Mr. Beauty has agreed to the same, the film will be TEMPORARILY eliminated, so as to gain the favor of the legislators. Watch and see. If we are not, correct. After, and when it is being exhibited elsewhere, it will be very different; the objectionable features will be restored to the film and local kicks and howls will avail nothing. The infamous photoplay will go on doing great harm at the arena as has done Boston, New York, Chicago. We hear here that the film is being exhibited in Cincolmatt, this week. A NATIONAL CAUSE. Help.Wanted for a Deserving Industrial School in North Carolina. There are very few institutions in this country that are doing more good in unbuilding 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 that town, is doing more 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 totally impossible for them alone to meet this offer, as they have 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 Blair, Wilson Semen, N.C., the money will be raised and the school buildings erected. This 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 Legislature. Any donation made now will be used to help the 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 school! If every reader who sees this item would send in $1 to Treasurer THE EAGLE Blair, the school equipment and efficiency could be increased to the ex-reader. The Gazette urges its readers to respond to this call just as promptly as possible. "WHITE SUPREMACY." Nearly forty years ago, the South was given a free hand to do as it pleased with the franchise of the colored race living there. President Hayes paved the way for "white supremacy." For a short while northern white men, colored men and some southern men ruled the South. This regime is called by the South, "carpet bag." Too often it has been maliciously stated that this was the curse of the South. This is NOT true! "While the so-called "carpet baggers" ran the government of the south, the people enjoyed an orderly government, save outbursts of violence, from lawless white southerners. The presence of federal soldiers made the South respect law! Their withdrawal was a signal for "legal violence." The shibboleth was "white supremacy." Under "white supremacy" have grown up men like Tillman, Cole Blease, James K. Vardman, Hoke Sick and many others. Under its regime the South has had a withering blight of lawlessness, lynching, burning, murder, pearson, white-cappers and red-shifters. Government has given away to mob law." The courts have been subsidized by politicians; education denied the poor whites, while the colored people have suffered almost the loss of all educational advantages. Race prejudice, like a hyena, creeps stealthily into everything. Christianity has civilization been so low as now while "white supremacy" rules. Not only it has gripped the South but it is cautiously planting itself everywhere. "White supremacy" may be defined as the absolute independence of white men to law and order. From "white supremacy" the colored South is running. Heaven smile upon their flight! Judged by its own record, "white supremacy" is the reign of brutal terror and barbarous ferocity. Under it all races retrograde. Is it not time for the reign of law and order? to be installed by the votes of the governed? Among the sufferers under this greatest evil, the colored race has been and is the principal. Like slavery, it must go. Let our people leave the south till it feels their absence surely and this will put an end to "white supremacy" quicker than anything else. The white South does not like work, especially in the hot sun. Send it into the fields and you will cure it. We rejoice in the fact that the ordinary colored man is solving his own problem. "Go to it," and free yourself of the incubus—"white supremacy." (REV.) WM. A. BYRD. DR. SPINGARN'S ARMY CALL! We have a great deal of confidence in Dr. J. E. Spingarn, of New York City, one of the race's best white friends, and ordinarily would accept without question, almost, any suggestion he would make to the race. And yet we question the wisdom of his latest suggestion that two hundred Afro-Americans make application to Gen. Leonard Wood for admission to a segregated 'or" jim-crow" military camp that will give them the training necessary to fit them to serve as officers of volunteers in case of war. No, thank you, Doctor! there is enough governmental segregation already. Then, too, there are enough officers for our volunteers in the regular army's four Afro-American regiments. Add to this, the fact that our southern democratic controlled government absolutely refused, last year when enacting into law the Army Re-organization bill, to make provision for the enlistment of afro-Americans, although our leading men at Washington, D. C., begged them to do so, and you will understand better our position in the matter. Until there is legislation to that effect, no Afro-American can enlist in the U. S. army, except those who have been members of it. If Thomas Woodrow Wilson leads this country into war, and we do not for a moment think he has enough courage to do so, we favor letting him and the rest of his southern democratic exebels, government officials and controlling members of Congress, who insisted upon barring Afro-Americans out of the army when they were making the Army. 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W. ‘Third Street, near Superior Ave. cas ie sa eye ears o ge ies ok eee ene eae ae red 2 ee os ee hundred dollars down arid the bal- ance, $25 per month. Apply at The ere ee aan < ae ee et aa iirc peace ot Se eee ine Uareeni.ce sae MFG. CO., 4188 W. BELLE PLACE, ‘ST. LOUIS, MO. AND MENTION Sr, boul. Mo. AND Cleveland Mr. Fred Blackburn visited” his mother in Elyria, Sunday. ‘Thomas Queen, of E. 43rd St., spent the past week in’ Chitago. Mrs. M. Lane and Mrs. Wm. Me Naughton spent Sunday in Oberlin. ‘The Coterie club met at Mrs. © Evans, Blaine Ave,, this Friday eve ning. Rev. 1. V. Bryant is pastor of the First Baptist church at Huntington, W.Va. Mrs, Jas. Rogers, Central Ave, was host to the Fortnightly club, last Fri day evening. E, C. Peck, finan. sec., of the Y. M ©. A., spoke for the Y. M. C. U. vesper serviee, Sunday. ‘There is only one way to get, the real race news and that is to take “the old reliable” Gazette. ‘Phe Coleridge Taylor Choral society gave a concert, Wednesday evening; Mrs. Rachel W. Turner, soloist. Mrs. George Clark, of B. 30th St. has returned from Pittsburg. Her sis: ter, Mrs. George Whitler, was ill Mrs, Lina Mason, of F. 29th St., was taken to Charity hospital, Thursday, to undergo an operation on her neck. ‘Ladies, our fashion page is the lat est and best—up to date! ‘Tell your friends and acquaintances about it, please, Mrs. Chas. Greene, of Hillsboro, joined her husband here, Saturday. Mrs. Anna Larter has returned to Hillsboro. ‘The Louisville (Ky.) News, of Feb. 24, ‘17, contains a portrait and an _in- teresting sketch of the editor of The Gazette. F. J. and W. H. Perkins spent, Sat- urday ‘and Sunday in Canton, Mich. with their sister, Mrs, Sarah Dean who is very ill Chas. 8. Sutton, Esq, spent Satur- day in Youngstown. What's the at- traction, Charley? This is the second trip there, recently. ‘Mr. Lee, an employe of the Chan: dier & Rudd Co,, and Mrs. Laura Wash- ington, of EB. 43rd St, were quietly married, Wednesday. ‘Our ‘most popular photographic studio, in this city, is the Smith Studio, 4207 Central Av. Go in and look over its fine work.—Adv. Rev. Davis has closed Antioch Bap- tist chureh’s revival and returned to Columbus. He was given a purse of $75 which did not quite satisfy him. Uncle Sam wants‘men to run ele- vators in postoffices. Applicants must submit photographs and pass educa- tional, physical and health tests. Sal- ary, $60 a month. Mr, Lawson, of Cedar Av., died the first of the week after a lengthy ill ness. His wife has the sympathy of ‘@ host of friends. - Funeral, Thursday afternoon, from the house. Rev. C. G. Fishback will hold bap tismal service immediately after the morning sermon; praise and commun: ion service in the afternoon. Collec- tions, Sunday, amounted to $147. Mrs. L, H. Staunton, formerly of Auburn, N, Y., delivered a splendid ad: Gress on “Home” at the P. W. vesper service, Sunday. Miss Jennie Hun- ter, sec., continues to improve in health. Charles F. Smith, who recently fin ished 20 years in the police depart. ment, has been secretary to. three chiefs, George B. Corner, Fred Kohler ‘and Chief Rowe. | do not share in it themselves % truckle to it and flatter it and 4 [IE accept it as a law of nature."— 3 | John stuart Mil E | Seance aaieniienamnanniei | Mes James Allen, of 1 Aand St, | delightfully entertained the Poinsettia |elub, Saturday afternoon. An excel [lent Inneheon was served and. Amer can flags were given ax favors | Gur advertisers want your trade Those who do not ack for it in The |Gazette certainly care Uttle, if at all, for it, Therefore, wo urge our read ers and all our friends to. patronize those who ask for your trade in this | paper. | Tis said that “Star,” Tom and “Ger many" are running dances “at Ides | WoodtiM) hall. The “boys” are want ing to know if there 1s anything else | they want, It looks as {f *gome one” is tring to break up thee Teutonia hall dances. Marrlage Heenshs were issued re cently to Chester V. Minnes, 2438 Cen tral Av., and Floreiice, Miller, 2470 B |AMth St Ernest De Loon and Lenora Chinn, 3209 46th ‘St; Charles. C Overton, 3739 Central AV, and Emmi | Moore, 3520 B. 28th St Willard Stokes, age 26, was to go on |triat in. Judge. Viekerys' ‘court, Mon: |day, on a first-degree murder charge |in coneetion with the shooting of Rob ert Rucker, Nov. 8. Pollee say: Ruck. |r, chet for « railroad laborers" gang, [wis killed during a quarrel over i | meat, |Win. Temple, an old resident and ‘for many years an active official of | Mt. Zion Cong, chureh, died, last week, after a brief iliness. Pneumonia. ‘The {funeral services, Sunday afternoon, st the chureh were largely attended. ‘The | pastor, itey. G. V. Clark, ofelaced. In |terment, Monday, in Woodland ceme- tery. Ladies’ Aid soclety, No. 3, of Cory /E. 46th St. Washington's birthday: Refreshmenis were served by the [hostess Next meeting, at Mrs, Har [rison's, B. 48rd. St, March 8. Mrs Schooler, pres., and Mrs, Mary Allen, | sec'y | Mrs, Marie Perkins entertained the ‘board of managers of the Old Folks’ ‘home, Monday afternoon. At this gathering it was understood that Wa. Temple, (deceased), had left his bar “bershop equipment Gn. storage) to the home. ‘The dinner atthe home, last Thursday evening, was attended by about 100, | ‘The editor of The Gazette acknow! | edges the receipt, last week, of an In. |vitation from the board of trustees of Howard University, Washington, D. C. “to attend a sociological conference and the fiftieth anniversary of the found. ing of the university, held at the In ‘stitution, ‘Thursday atid Friday of this week. [The Cleveland “Owls” wore defeat ed in Pittsburg, last week ‘Thursday “by the “Scholastics” ina brilliant ‘game of basket-ball. Score, 33 (0 23, |The personnel of the “Owls”: Ralph | Burke, Rob't, Brooks, Floyd Ramsey, Ernest P. Jackson, Orville Singer, Wm. Rose, Raymond Jackson and | Clarence Hill. | Samuel James, last Friday, stopped his trial on a charge of murdering his “I kiled her. Have mercy on me.” James for 4 months had insisted he was ‘guilty to manslaughter, and. Judge Vickery sentenced him to from one to 20 years in the penitentiary. Hon, George D. Jones, state senator from Franklin Co., and president of ‘the Columbus, O. Branch, N. A. A. C. 'P., will address the mass meeting, ‘Sunday, Mar. 4, at 3 p.m. at Antioch Baptist’ chureh! A. business meeting of the local branch will be held, Tues day evening, Mar. 6, at 8 o'clock at “Antioch Baptist church. S. P. Keeble, see—Adv. “The Lincoln Embroidery club met at Mrs, A. T. Apbota's, B. 96th. St. re ‘cently, and celebrated its eighth’ an- ‘niversary. ‘The home: was beautifully ‘decorated with American flags, a Lin- coln portrait—the gift of Mr. Abbott to the club, and red and white carna- tions, Twelve guests were present Mr. Abbott presented all with « white carnation. ‘Warner Davis, of B: goth St, was removed to Lakeside hospital, "Mon- day, to undergo an operation for ap- pendicitis, Sergeant Jesse Thrower, B, 43rd St, Mr. Selby Minor, Cedar ‘Ave; Mrs, George Randolph, Central ‘Ave; Miss Emma. Fields, Blsinor ‘Ave Mrs. Bass, EB. 40th St; Mrs, Da- vis, 2496 B 0th St,, and Mr. W. Nel son, E. 34r@ St., are recovering. ‘The revival ai ast Mt. Zion Bap- tist church, Rev. B. K. Smith, pastor, is meeting ‘with splendid resuits. Rev. 1. ¥. Bryagt, speaker, has delivered telling sermons and is @ power. There have been 26 for baptism and 9 by experience ‘und letter, Many are at the anxious seat and the interest grows. Rey, Bryant will preach every evening, this week. Everybody wel- come. Who would be a policeman? An opportunity awaits young men be- tween the ages of 21 and 33 who would like to become members of the Cleveland force. “The position, pays $900 for the first year of service,” said Secretary B.A. Kline of, the civil service commission. “We are going to have a new examination March 31. We would like to hear from appli eants as soon as possible.” About §20 was realized from the en- tertalnment given, Sunday afternoon, at Shiloh Baptist ehurch by Pete Ross! “new church” club. Mr, Purega Rico, basso profundo, sang a number of excellent selections, several read most acceptably (one of the best being Mr. Ross" selection), a lady, whose name we failed to secure, sang a very pret- ty soprano solo, and the pastor made fa short talk, Lunch was then served in the basement. ‘he Daw-Moser civil rights case has been appealed by the latten He was refused a new trial, Monday. Mr. Edward Daw won the case in common Senne Re caren eee ent Carn vertising in The Gazette certainly brings results.” Prince Oskazuma’s Southern Lite Plantation Company will open n ear nival, in the Spring, that will be a credit to the race. It will not give the old-time, worn-out plantation show with « few performers impersonating members of the race in old “bandan nas,” ragged clothes, shoes, and with their faces blacked, éte,, but. will give an uptodate entertaimnent in every Tespeet that will please the most fas: tidious and most eritieal. ‘The Prince's company will be allied with a large chrnival of 22 cars and 15. shows, of which {he Southern Life company will be one, There will be a real planta: Hon cottomgin, church and other things necessary to properly exhibit outhern life under a tent 120 with 2-40 middle pieces. More than 100 persons and a band of 15 pleces will take part in the earniyal ‘Theodore B, Burton served many, many years in Congress’ both branches. From the first to the inst, he refused to say in elther body. a word in behalf of our people, and throughout his career_as a national representative and U, S, senator falled 9 secure us even one decent federal appointment. Heilin, Hoke Smith, Vardamay, Jeff. Davis, former U, 5 senator from Arkansas, and other never were able to abuse, malign and traduce our people enough to: cause Burton to arive in his seat to utter one word in our defense. And yet among his most loyal constituents in this county and state siways were our peo- ple. Some of them attended the re cent Hughes League ‘banquet and joined in’ singing his “praises” and some of them will be howling for May- or Harry Davis, this fall. "Twas ever thus. LORD, HAVE MERCY! We honestly believe that the elev- enth ward would have been better off, last and this year without a coun- cilman, ‘The present incumbent, as such, is really amusing. The young men of the ward and the old ones, too —not job-holders—say he must go, and go it shall be. ‘This fall will see the “Starlight”—Tom Fleming regime (Masebke's) “walk the plank” for the “good and welfare” of our people of tat ward and the city. The Gazette said early last year, and during. the Bachr administration, that such “Ne- gro local leadership" would not be tol erated by our people and It was not, has not and will not be. Some peo- ple (white), who affect to believe that we do not know when we are more than grossly insulted, will know better after this fall's lection as. they Iarned, in_part at least, at the end of Mayor Buehr’s one term. Mayor Davis was advertised as a speaker at the recent Lincoln-Doug- lass banquet of the Attucks club but failed to put in an appearance, Ac- cording to the Cleveland Moving Pic- ture Bulletin, Columbia bldg., Davis says: "I don’t think at this time we have the power to bar ‘The Birth of a Nation’, but I don't think it ought to be shown.” ‘This is far from being encouraging. Maybe he thought some one would ask him about this state ment, at the banquet, and so “side- stepped” it. Filthy dirty streets, dir- ty old cars and worse car-servies, ab- solutely no proper police protection because the officers are not allowed to do their duty by the Maschke-Davis administration, practically no decent service from the city in the way of azh collection, etc, are only a few of the things that will make our people of the eleventh ward help, this fall, to get rid of the whole set of city offi: eials including their alleged council- man (Fleming, Tom). All colored peo- ple are apparently too black to serve as clerks in the city hall, the only Afro-American clerk there’ being an appointee of the preceding democratic administration. Mayor Davis and Maschke simply will not give our peo- ple such appointments in that build- ing. Indeed, the great majority of the appointments in the garbage de- partment were secured under Mayor Baker (dem.) ‘The present local ad- ministration has not given our peo- ple a single first-class appointment in any department of the city’s service, and now it is again asking our sup: port. Help to VOTE THEM AND TOM FLEMING OU’ of office, in No- vember! Director Sprosty’s | recent spectacular raid (?) was amusing, not because Chief Rowe was left out of it, but because it was such a gigantic bluff. We fail to see how even the lo- cal ministers (white) can “fall for such stuff” and.be fooled by it. With one exception, those arrested were given suspended sentences. Wonder if they did not know of the alleged “raid” before it was “pulled off”? Cleveland's moral status. WAS. NEVER SO LOW in all its history as t is under the Maschke-Davis adimin- stration. ‘There is double the amount of gambling, vice, ete., and the police ure powerless because of Maschke-Da- vis-Sprosty methods. Then Davis" shameful treatment of R. R. Cheeks nd other Afro-Americans who asked 0 be appointed an assistant police prosecutor, and his treatment of a del- rgation headed by Rev. E. A. White which sought in vain to see him about fhe matter; also the turndown of James R. Snyder and others who sarned small positions in elvil service xaminations and have been steadfast- y refused them. 0, the shameful and lisgusting mistreatment our people of his community have received from rhe present local administration is enough to sicken even some of its Afro-American job-holders. FOR YOUR PROTECTION! ‘Three prominent gentlemen of Cleveland will visit “the Florence Estates, sometime in May, at my ex pense, in order to investigate and in- spect ‘the merits of “THE FLORENCE ESTATES ‘which, I guarantee are located at Flor ‘ence, ‘Camden County, New Jersey, eighteen miles from Philadelphia, on the main line of the Reading Railroad to Atlantic City, ten minutes walk from the station, and: located on one of the highest points in South Jersey. ‘The ground is fertile and level. Every lot is staked and numbered, and every street is cut, through, ready for cui tivation and building. " SHOULD THE DELEGATION, UPON VISITING THE PROPERTY, FIND IT OTHER WISE THAN STATED IN THIS AD. VERTISEMENT, ALL PURCHAS. ERS WILL HAVE THEIR MONEY REFUNDED WITH SIX PER CENT INTEREST. The above statement is in conformity with what my repre sentative, Mr. ‘Allen, has told you. ‘The names of the delegation members are as follows: ‘The Hon. Harry C. Smith, Ex-mem ber of the Ohio Legislature, Owner and Editor of The Gazette. Rev. H. C. Bailey, well-known pas ‘tor of Antioch Baptist church. |B. Owinska Delwright, of the Peo ple’s Drug Store, Cleveland, Ohto. ‘Their report will be published in all ‘the Cleveland newspapers. WILLIAM LIPKIN, Owner, 3208 Arch St., Philadelphia. eee . IT’S TIME TO GIVE US YOUR ~’ Photo Order Let us bear your photo troubles. |Our shoulders are broad and our photos are satisfying. You will like our portraits, our methods and our service. The = 7 =e Smith Studio 4207 Central Avenue ) Ce Prospect 1095-3 J. H. COX (oe COX DRY CLEANING CO. | ¢ See \ The Clothing Hospital ee fk yee eee | = ~F | Repairing, Pressing, Clean- e ea + | ing, etc., on short order. os ea fc | Suits Pressed, 30 Cents i “ ea so 2738 Central Avenue a” CLEVELAND, 0. Cuyahoga, Central 5727 Edward Doctor’s Cafe (THE Z) 3035 Central Avenue Wm. Brack, Prop. - - Frank Doctor, Manager James Mabel, Chef SLAUGHTER BROS. 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Its influence is destined to be felt in all sections of the country in improved Negro community life wherever our trained workers Tecate. Settlement workers, missionaries for home and foreign mis- sion fields, Y. M.C. A. and Y, W. C. A. secretaries and district urses. receive a compreliensive grasp of thelr studies, Under & | Wellestey graduate and experienced coworkers and actual. every: day practice throush the school's social service department. We aim also to create a better qualified ministry. Industrial training, advanced literary bran. hes, business schol. ‘Thirty-two acres, ten modern buildings, healthful location. | We can accommodate a few more earnest, ambitious student, Communities requiring social workers should write us, Next School Term Opens Oct. 4, 1916. |For catalogue and detailed information address Pres. JAS. E. SHEPARD | National Training School DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA should take PURO HERBS, the great Spring remedy. Cleanses the orgons and purifien the blood. A blood medicine with a réputa- tion that cannot be besten. Yade from Nature's health give ing herbs. ( a0 Pn pacicaon Dry porn vmuces | 8: Pam BOEECE riquta pom (SP RnEor asta stoes FOR SALE ONLY AT BROWN DRUG Co. CARL R. SEYFERT, Prop 2742 Central Ave. Cor. Es 28th Phillips? Dining Parlor and Lunch Room 3046 SCOVILL AVENUE | THE BEST MEALS and . QUICK SERVICE at the lowest rates B. P. Phillips WOMAN IS PRISONER IN BURNING HOUSE Victim Is Bound, Gagged and Finally Rescued, Assailant's Identity Being Mystery. Sandusky, Ohio. — Attracted by smoke pouring from the windows of the house, neighbors entered the home of Mrs. Tina Dress, 31, Wednesday to find her lying on the floor, hands and feet bound and a gag in her mouth. Rags saturated with oil were found between the walls of the house. When released from her perilous position, Mrs. Dress fainted. When she recovered she declared she had been bound since Monday night, but doesn't know the identity of her assailant. Dress secured a divorce from the woman about two weeks ago and she had been out of the city until Monday. The story told by Mrs. Dress has caused the police to believe that she has been the victim of 'some kind of plot, which does not involve her husband. She declared that she returned to this city from Toledo on Monday afternoon. She went to a picture show in the evening and upon leaving the theater was seized with an epileptic fit, according to her story. When she recovered, she was lying on the floor at her own home and was bound hand and foot and gagged. Detective Sergeant Shieffley found the bowl of an oil lamp which contained a few drops of oil in a vacant lot near the house. It is believed that the oil saturated rags which were found between the walls had been saturated with the oil which was in the lamp. TO AVENGE KIN'S DEATH Austin Hoy Thinks Relatives' Deaths an Outrage Washington, D. C. — A cablegraph from Austin Y. Hoy, calling upon the United States to average the deaths of his mother, Mrs. Mary Hoy, and his sister, Miss Elizabeth Hoy, on the submarined Laconia, has just reached Washington from London. He addressed it to President Wilson and said that unless the United States acted he would fight against Germany under another flag. The text of the message follows: "I am an American citizen, representing the Sullivan Machinery Co. of Chicago, living abroad not as an expatriate, but for the promotion of American trade. I love the flag, believing its significance. My beloved mother and sister, passengers on the Laconia, have been foully murdered on the high seas. As an American citizen outraged and as such fully within my rights as an American son and brother bereaved, I call upon my government to preserve its citizens' self-respect and save others of my countrymen from such deep grief as I now feel. I am of military age, able to fight. If my country can use me against these brutal assassins, I am at its call. If it stultifies my manhood and my nation by remaining passive under outrage, I shall seek a man's chance under another flag." Drowns Self in Well. Elyria. — Charles Kolbe, 50, married, committed suicide by drowning in an abandoned well on his farm. The body was recovered. THE MARKETS Grain, Provisions and Live Stock. Cleveland, March 1. Flour—Munster patents Sheep — Wethers $10.50@11.50, lambs $14.00@14.35. Hogs- Yorkers $13.65, pigs 12.00. Toledo, March 1- Wheat-Cash $1.95. Corn-Cash $1.074. Oats-Cash 62%c.. Buffalo, March I. - Cattle - Shipping $10.50%11.00. ½ $10.50%11.00. Hogs — Yorkers $13.90@14.00, pigs $12.90@14.65 Sheep — Wethers $12.00@12.50, lambs $12.00@14.65. Pittsburgh, March 1. — Cattle — Prime $10.00@11.00. Hogs — Yorkers $13.60@13.70, pigs $12.35@21.50 Sheep — Top sheep $11.75, top lambs $14.50 Calves — Top $13.50 Chicago, March 1 — Wheat — May $1.814, Corn — May $1.02 Cotton — May $7.56 Pork — May $18.7 Lard — May $18.45 Cattle — Native steers $8.00@12.15, cows and heifers $5.50@10.30 Hogs — Heavy $13.25@13.55, pligs $10.25@ 10.30 Sheep — Wethers $10.75@12.00, lambs native $11.85@14.40 Washington, D. C. — The doom o, the demon rum in the national capital was assured when the house by a vote of 273 to 137 passed the Sheppard bill establishing prohibition in the District of Columbia. The measure is not a "bone, dry" affair, but it eliminates the saloon completely without making any prohibition against the "personal use" of intoxicants. Dry forces in the house voted down all amendments to the measure and passed it in the exact form in which it passed the senate. Made Girl Pull Plow. Warren, Ohio. — Allen Edick, aged 64, living two miles south of this city, on the witness stand admitted he had caused Miss Rose Moffitt, 17, who lives with him and his wife, to pull a hand cultivator in his garden, also to help in making hay. "But it was merely a playtime thing for her," he explained to the jury. Edick is being tried on a charge preferred by the girl, who has lived with the Edick family since she, at the age of 9, was taken from a home in Erie. Pa. Woman Must Be Her Own Guide New York.—During the obt tide of fashions is the time to plan one's campaign in clothes. There may have been days on this continent when a woman could have gone along without confusion, bought one or two of the new things offered by the dressmakers and worn them with seventy until the following season. But today there is dire confusion concerning clothes in the minds of most women. Few are strong enough to rise above it, and not many are sufficiently poised to disregard the perplexities that confront every woman who is attempting to dress either on a small or a large income. Dressmakers have sprung up like mushrooms; importers who were once content with sending clothes from Paris twice a year, now feel it necessary to import them by every boat, and standing orders are left by them with the French houses to send over anything that appears new or is designated as such. This may not be true of all the centers of American Hfe, but it is certainly true of a handful of great cities, and as women are traveling this year in great flocks, like birds do, it is the great centers that are catering to their tastes and caprices and persuading the coin out of their purses. Season of Uncertainty. So, here you have this condition of life in early spring—conflicting rumors of what will be worn and what will be passed up; a widespread and sensational prosperity which enables women to spend quantities of money in the name of vanity; an immense number of importers, who are shuttling across the ocean and making new clothes do the same; a Paris needing money and, therefore, constrained to originate new garments at every turn in order to get the money out of the only continent that has it. Looking this condition in the face, one finds it almost impossible to sail above it. Serenity of mind is a difficult thing to have when one is beaten by currents of fashion and rivalry. The woman who can go calmly on from October to April, content either through taste or through philosophy, with the clothes she has, is to be envied. She is not the friend of the master; she is the enemy of the importer; she is desired by the shops; but she keeps her hand above perplexities and con- A woman in a long dress with a wide brimmed umbrella and a hat. She is holding a lantern in her left hand. Barrel skirt in Jersey silk; the color is oyster white; the embroidery at hips, at waist and at nock is done in a primitive design in the same shade as the gown. fusion and should set an example to other women who may follow her in part, if not in whole. March is the month that divides the year in half, as far as women and clothes are concerned. One seems to have run a breathless race with or against fashion until this time, and one knows that the race will be picked up again soon. Therefore, it is wise to give a few weeks over to mapping out a campaign that will lead to WITH THE CROCHET HOOK That Especially Feminine Utenail Is Likely to Be Kept Busy This Coming Season. From all indications the use of crochet work on hats, accessories and costumes for spring is assured. Some of the oldest things are used as mediums for crochet work. For instance, one may have a neat toque crocheted from half-inch strands of changeable taffeta. The stitches are not tight and the taffeta is slightly frayed. The effect is almost that of rough straw. Indeed, fine straw bralid, what one might call a straw soutache, is crocheted into a large picture hat, giving the effect of a Tuscan straw. Chenille is treated in the same way for some very stunning sports hats. The top of a fine silk bag is composed of a meshwork of cords of the silk with black baby ribbon crocheted with a large hook in an open pattern. The use of the chemise dress demands wide braids for girdles. Thus one dress solves the girdle question by crocheting strands of soutache braid THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917 success or, at least, keep one out of a series of quagmires. No one, not even the rich woman, wants to continue failures in the purchase of clothes. She who has $100 a year to spend on her apparel and she who has $10,000 is freeful if she sees her closet filled with garments that are wrong, unbecoming, or inopportune. There are the stern economists who insist upon wearing their failures with the grim determination to punish themselves for making mistakes; and there are others who discard them with the feeling that it is unwise to be tempted into looking one's worst and that it is far better THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Bandeau and bodice to match; new fashion started by French actress is to complete an evening costume with a headaddress of the same material. The gown is made of rose-colored satin ruffles from a deep, pointed cururess of net embroidered in gold and colored crystals. The high bandeau with its chin strap, is of the same. to refuse invitations and stay at home than to appear in costumes that are ugly, unbecoming, or not well made. No one can tell your faults to you as well as you can do it yourself. One has heard a hundred women cry out for an expert to go over all the clothes they have, carefully mark down the social opportunities they are likely to have, regard well the figure and complexion and the personality that shines through the face, and, taking all these facts and possibilities together, map out a rigid system of dress that will exclude failures. If any woman were successful along that line she would make more money than a powerful captain of industry. But the cry goes out into the wilderness and no prophet answers. There are dressmakers who take entire charge of certain women and guide them as best they can; there are earnest friends who are willing to give advice for nothing and make that advice as good as human nature permits, but the majority of women, after trying the dressmaker and the friend, still come face to face with these failures in clothes, for the purely human reason that salvation is from within and not from without. Must Make Own Endeavors Count. I do not mean that every woman is her own best guide. There are thousands who are lifted out of the quagmire of failure by sensible friends or dressmakers who literally pull them out by the arms and compel them to wear the things that are becoming and suitable; but it is rare that these women rise to any enmence in the art of dress. The woman who really dresses well, whose clothes are rarely failures and who appears suitably dressed on all occasions is the woman who takes her clothes seriously, maps out her campaign of purchasing, puts cotton in her ears when she hears the siren's cry and passes on her own way, rising to whatever heights of dress she can through her own endeavors. (Copyright, 1917, by the McClure Newspe syndicate.) Roughing It Watch out for rough ways in the fashion world this spring! It's a fact that most every sort of fabric will turn its rough side foremost. Thus you will find rough straws of all sorts, toques and high-crowned mushrooms made of wide rough straw braids, Silks, especially for sports wear, are of the heavy rough Japanese silks, tussore heavy, rough crepes and shantungs, etc. Wools for sports suits show ruffled surfaces, pebbled and basket weaves being particularly noticeable. into a two-inch wide girdle of intricate design. Cultivate the crochet hook if you have not already made its acquaintance, for it will come in very handy when the spring clothes are being made. Gowns of the Moment The gowns de luxe of the moment are certainly most distinctive. Gray Liberty is blended with tulle and embroidered in oxidized silver. Long capes, which really are more like trains from the shoulder, fall all over the back in tulle and gossamer fabrics. Many vivid contrasts are introduced in mere touches, which, however infinitesimal, are effective. Light and tender yellow is fashionable, especially in velvet, and such velvet dresses quite ignore the waistline, while the decoletude is mostly bordered with beads and metallic thread ornamentation in yellow, gold and silver. Many evening gowns are quite narrow and trained, having tulle sleeves to the wrist. The Jewel work on many gowns is superb, but must naturally be costly. ANKLE LENGTH NEW SKIRTS, WITHOUT, EXCEPTION, ARE TO BE LONGER. Question of Width Not Altogether Decided, Both Wide and Narrow Styles Be Worn—Charming Toque of Black Faille. A very remarkable Riviera costume which will certainly create a sensation on the Casino terrace, was composed of pure white velours de laine with a very deep hem of black broadtail on the round skirt and a wide ceiliture of S Touce of black Faille, drapery and toque over veil of "Periwinkle" blue tulle Touque of black Faille, drapery and cross-over veil of "Periwinkle" blue tulle. black suede, almost covered with cut jet embroideries, to confine the boose folds of the Russian blouse-contce. The latter was not trimmed with fur with the exception of the high collar which was lined with broadtail. The Russian blouse was rather short and it was very full at the hem. It buttoned down the left side, from throat to hemi and it was lined with hedge-sparrow-blue satin. This original costume was accompanied by a wide-brimmed cavalier hat made of soft black felt; this hat was absolutely untrimmed, but it was held in place by very long, narrow plus covered with cut jet facets. All the new skirts, without exception, are ankle length, writes a Paris correspondent. The question of width is not all so distinctly decided. Some of the new walking skirts are quite narrow; not more than two yards at Dainty Costume. International Film Service Here is a slip-on dress of checkered material; black and white serge. It is trimmed with a white broadcloth collar, cuffs and belt. The costume is completed by a white feather hat with a black straw facing and a black wing on the left side. Every day the number of persons who wear silk underwear is increasing. There are many women who would rather do with a smaller sized wardrobe of outer garments in order to afford silk underwear. It is true that one cannot help having a feeling of being well dressed when one is conscious of the fact that the foundation for the top clothing is composed of clean and fine underwear. But the woman who makes such a sacrifice should be most careful in the launderning of her silk possessions. Carelessness in this matter will cause the various garments to wear out in quick time. Perspiration causes garments of every material to wear out quickly, but those made of silk are much easier affected than those of other materials. Therefore, if a person would rinse out stockings and undervests as soon as they are removed, one would find that they would wear many times longer. It takes only a few minutes to wash these things out, and the frequent washings mean that very little rubbing the extreme hem, at most. Others are much wider in reality, but they look narrow because they are image of ex-ceptionally soft and supply materials which fall in straight, heavy folds. A Redfern suit, intended for the Riviera, was composed of Quaker-gray mirror velvet, with a border of taupe on the hem of the skirt, and a long coat which fitted quite tightly at the waist, and which fell into plats, these plats being set into the tight portion of the coat under some bands of effective brading. There was a roll-over collar, with cuffs to match, of taupe. Several of Redfern's newest models show this tight upper portion combined with full plats or folds which form a sort of tunic. Indeed at the immediate moment it may be said that the two most popular styles, where tailored suits are concerned, are the fitted coats which have long, full Lasques, and the blouse coats which do away with the waistline altogether. The latter style will certainly be popular all through the spring for girls' outdoor costumes. Is it not charming, the little tque created by Lucille Hamar which I have sketched this week? This is a genuine Monte Carlo model; exactly the right thing for wearing at five o'clock at the Hotel de Paris or at the Casino itself in the evening. The toque was made of black faille and the cleverly arranged drapery was made of perlwinkle-blue tulle. Directly in front, placed high on the draped crown, there was an exquisite rose made of pastel pink chiffon; the little vell, which barely covered the eyes, was made of the same chiffon, with a pictor border of black silk. Keeps Litter From Floor. No one knows better than the person whose duty it is to clear it up, what a litter the little folks make during play time. It is therefore quite well worth while to provide them with WASTE PAPER Waste-Paper Box. something in which they themselves may place their waste paper, etc. at the conclusion of their games. We give a sketch of a decorative and useful little article for this purpose that can be bung upon the playroom wall at some convenient spot low enough down to be well within reach of little hands. It can be easily made from any strong wooden box of the shape indicated in the illustration. The lid is cut in half and the portion that remains nailed down. The further end of the box is removed and the sides cut down. The diagram on the right at the top of the sketch explains how this is done, and the dotted lines show the portion of the box that will not be required. The box is covered with casement cloth, the material being turned over at the edges and underneath and at the back and fastened on with tiny tucks. On the materiil covering the back the words "waste paper" are worked with embroidery thread, also the conventional design which appears in front. The edges of the box are finished off with small brass-headed nails driven in close together, and for suspending it from nails in the wall two ordinary brass picture rings are screwed into the upper edge at the back. Go Ear Back for Designs. The artists in Paris have gone to the old tomes in the libraries to get designs for primitive embroideries that suit the kind of clothes we wear. They have drawn from Nineveh and Tyre, and one would think, from Sodom and Gomorrah. In looking at the results. These designs are generally classed as Babylonian or Byzantine, and to the American they are somewhat suggestive of the markings found in the old caves in our southwest land. Colored worsteds, bullion threads and silk floss are used to carry out the designs. There is nothing floriated about them. The lines are sharp and strongly silhouetted against the background. Machine stitching is sometimes used for this kind of embroidery, instead of handwork. If one has no Byzantine or Babylonian history to draw from, it would be interesting to copy the designs from any bit of our own Indian pottery or blanket work and see how easily this scheme of decoration fits in with what we get from Paris. will be required, and here again there will be a saving on the wear of the garments. If each article is stretched it can be worn again the next morning. Beginning of Muffs. The muff has a history of its own; it begin life, so far as can be judged from the absence of any previous reference to it, in the year 1662, memorable for the severity and duration of its long frost. Samuel Peepys records in his diary that both he and his wife wore their "muffes" in St James' Park for the first time during the winter of that year, and that on the same occasion he, likewise for the first time, watched a number of people skating on the ice there; he does not, however, furnish any particulars as to how the "muffes" were fashioned or how ornamented. The muff having once made its appearance, had come to stay, and throughout the eighteenth century was affected as much by men as by women, a fact attested by many of the portraits of the day—Fur World. BARREL SKIRT HERE DESIGNS OF NEW EFFECT ARE ALREADY BEING SHOWN. Cannot Be Said to Have Been Absolutely Accepted, but Rather Has Been Put Forward for Approval or Disapproval. Behold the barrel skirt! Not for several seasons has a threatened change in silhouette excited so much comment and caused so much perturbation of spirit among costumers as the present season introduction of the barrel skirt, or "juppe tonceau," as the French designate it. The figure silhouette had been quite serenely and happily settled when bulletins concerning the arrival of the barrel skirt were heard, to be followed shortly by the skirt itself. It has not been accepted; make no mistake about that; but it is threatened, and ever so many interpretations THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Bhold the Barrel Skirt! of the garment are before the public, pleading for approval. Some are very simple affairs, really only glorified members of the old favorite, the peg-top skirt, while others are decidedly freakish, and there are some models that qualify as new and are attractive as well, and worth very serious contentment. One such is shown in the sketch presented herewith. This model barrel skirt is the most interesting half of a gown employing two fabrics, and in the arrangement of the skirt, with its slightly bulging hip gores of fabric contrasting in color with the major portion of the garment, a suggestion is given that the skirt may be simply unbuttoned at the bottom and a regular skirt result. This is not true, however. It is merely an illusion. The skirt of the frock shown measures two yards at the bottom, and its silhouette is arrived at, as one may clearly see by a glance at the sketch, by two straight front and back panels of equal width, top and bottom, gathered in at the waistline, left open at either side to about the knees, and from the fastened securely, the inset of contrasting fabric bulging so as to accentuate a hip flare and result in the barrel silhouette. The bodice of this little gown is very smart; but in the excitement of considering the barrel skirt, whether it is to be or not to be, the question of bodice grows to be of comparatively major importance. It must be considered, however, and it may be stated that the bodice fastens simply in the center back with small bullet buttons matching those employed on the skirt. The gown might be attractively developed with sand-colored serge and taffeta in a contrasting shade, narrow black soutache braid giving a smart trimming touch. Four and a quarter yards of material 36 inches wide will be required for the gown proper, with one and a half yards of combination fabric—Washington Star. MANY MODELS IN BLOUSES Not for Several Seasons Has Such a Pleasing Variety Been Offered as Just Now. A noticeable feature about the number of blouses for the coming season is the fact that there is a little of everything to be found among them. While peplums are not so strong as they were, they are being used to give distinction to a few models. It is expected that they will receive greater NEW SPRING SUITS OF SATIN Designers Plan to Use This Material Largely as a Substitute for the Serge. The designers are bringing out a heavy weave of satin for the first spring suits, as a substitute for serge. There is a strong tendency to omit a blouse and arrange the coat so that it can be kept on. A few of these new coats are buttoned down the back from neck to hem, which removes any possibility of their being taken off in a public place. It appears that the prevailing creed in fashion is that a woman must not think of going in her shirt sleeves any more than a man would think of doing it; she wears a wash blouse beneath the jacket for purposes of cleanliness, but not publicity. So far-reaching is this creed that the medieval tunic, which extends only to the hip line and is fastened to the shoulder or slips over the head, is worn with a cloth skirt over a blouse even in the house. Probably the best thing to remem- welcome when white skirts are worn. A white or light peplum looks out of place with a dark skirt. Paisley colorings and Paisley designs are very popular, and hand embroidery, along with soutache braid, is being rushed as strong as possible. A particularly attractive blouse of dark blue chiffon was printed in a large floral design, rose, blue, green and gold in color. The collar was of rose. Rose stripes around the blouse gave a brocade effect. The peplum was bound in rose. A clever peplum idea was carried out on a dark blue satin blouse in the form of heavily brocaded metallic tissue in various colors. The bands passed over the shoulders and extended below the waistline to give a peplum effect. Bright-colored prints are very much in evidence. Stripes and ploids in blue and gold and rose, with a touch of black somewhere about them, all-over Paisleys and white with Paisley and Persian dots are seen. An important trimming on blouses of georgette crepe and on cotton blouses is Irish crochet lace. In many instances it is dyed to match the color of the blouse on which it is used. On a biscuit-colored georgette crepe blouse the lace, dyed to match, forms the back of the square collar. In the front the collar forms a surplus effect and is edged with Irish crochet picot. The fullness of the sleeves is caught by an insert of the lace several inches above the wrist. Diamond-shaped inserts of the lace dyed are very effective on the fronts of blouses. DAINTY FOR DRESSING TABLE Jewel Tray Almost as Much of an Ornament as Articles it is Meant to Contain. It is nice to have upon the dressing table some little receptacle in which rings, brooches, etc., can be easily placed and covered up, so that the air will not tarnish them while they are not in use. We give a sketch of a dainty little truy to make for this purpose. It can be made from the lid of a cardboard box of a suitable size. The sides are covered with thin silk, the Jewel Tray for Dressing Table. material being turned over at the edges and underneath and fastened on with a strong adhesive. The interior is loosely lined with silk fastened in place with a few stitches run through the card. The flap which covers the tray is made of thicker silk or satin edged with silk cord, and lined with soft white silk. It is swn on at the back of the tray and the cord in front is arranged in two little loops which fasten to two barrel buttons sewn on where indicated in the sketch. Upon the front of the flap a pretty little floral design is embroidered, consisting of a pale pink rose and leaves worked in various shades of green, and within this design the initials of the owner are worked in gold, inclosed in a horseshoe composed of tiny green leaves. DICTATES OF FASHION Dainty handkerchiefs have net edges. The aigrette is once more in vogue. New tricorn hats are soft and pliable. The tam-o'-shanter crown is fashionable. Metal brocaded ribbons are having a great vogue. There are toques made entirely of ostrich feathers. Some charming frocks are ruffled from waist to hem. The skating girl must wear a tamo-'o-shanter and scarf to match. The trains on some evening gowns are still no bigger than sashes. The entire silhouette promises to be a little narrower and a little closer. Unusual Sham. A pillow sham that is unusual is made of fine white linen, ornamented with three fillet_crochet insets. The sham measures about 59 inches long and 22 inches wide and is finished with a deep hemstitched hem. ber in buying clothes now is that the figure must be straightened out in the medieval manner, from bust to hips. You can choose your own way of doing it, whether by a deep girdle, by the straight lines of the fabric or by a belt of suede or leather that conceals any inward curve beneath the nirs toward the waist. There is no evidence that embroidery in bullion and silk thread will go out of fashion this spring, but the ornate French designs taken from stained-glass windows of the fifteenth century have given way to the more primitive designs that one sees on the pottery of Indians. The fashion for the cashmere and Paisley shawls that came out in October will again find expression this spring in figures printed on flat surfaces, and also the reproduction of the Paisley pear, which is an, old Indian design, in embroidery done in colored and bullion threads. Instead of stringing beads and cutting out funny pictures, children in a California school are being taught to darn daddy's socks.