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VICIOUS ATTACK ON ROLAND HAYES IN UNION IS STRONGER FORTY-FOURTH Y VICIO FOURTH YEAR No. 22. CIOUS FORTY-FOURTH YEAR No.22. A MEN'S and YOUNG MEN'S Suits and Overcoats Choice of 2 Suits or 2 Coats or 1 Suit and 1 Overcoat 2 for $25 2 for $25 YOU SAVE $8.50 TO $10.00 If You Cannot Use Two Garments, I Friend—Each of You Buy One—Both All are of all wool fabrics in the newe els, patterns and colors. Suits are in and double-breasted styles. Coats in ulsterettes, half-belted models, etc. sizes 32 to 44, coats in 32 to 46. In th ment. You Cannot Use Two Garments, But—Each of You Buy One—Both for one of all wool fabrics in the newest patterns and colors. Suits are in double-breasted styles. Coats in uvettes, half-belted models, etc. S 32 to 44, coats in 32 to 46. In the If You Cannot Use Two Garments, Bring a Friend—Each of You Buy One—Both for $25 All are of all wool fabrics in the newest models, patterns and colors. Suits are in single and double-breasted styles. Coats in ulsters, ulsterettes, half-belted models, etc. Suits in sizes 32 to 44, coats in 32 to 46. In the Basement. The May Co. MASONIC HALL—Next Sunday Afternoon, Jan. 9. At 3 O'Clock ROLAND HAYES CELEBRATED AFRO-AMERICAN TENOR Tickets, $1.10 to $2.75, on sale at Bueschers', 1310 Huron Rd. Near. On sale at Masonic Hall, 3515 Enclid Ave., Sunday at 1 p.m. ONIC HALL—Next Sunday Afternoon, Jan At 3 O'Clock OLAND HAYE CELEBRATED AFRO-AMERICAN TENOR $1.10 to $2.75, on sale at Bueschers', 1310 H or sale at Masonic Hall, 3515 Euclid Ave., Sunday --- MASONIC HALL—Next Sunday Afternoon, Jan. 9, At 3 O'Clock CELEBRATED AFRO-AMERICAN TENOR Tickets, $1.10 to $2.75, on sale at Bueschers', 1310 Huron Rd. Now, on sale at Masonic Hall, 3515 Enclad Ave, Sunday at 1 p.m. A BIG SALE! Unclaimed Laundry Just Returned From New York With a Big Stock. Men's and Ladies' Underwear, Very Cheap! Also Bedding, Trunks and Suit-cases. 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ALLIANCE—A number attended Roland Hayes' concert, Friday, in Canton.—Mr. George Hall has pneumonia.—Mr. and Mrs. Simmons and daughter, and Georgia Board of Cleveland, spent New Years with Mrs. Ella Baldwin.—The emancipation celebration, Jan. 1 and 2, at Zion Church which has been removed, was a great success. Mayor Stevens and Dr. W. W. Dletrich, pastor of the First Methodist church (white), commended the race on the ground, and paid tribute to Dr. Booker T. Washington, Roland Hayes and others, and said none can tell what great personage the present generation of our people will produce, etc.—The people are enjoying the new roller skating rink over Linden market, Monday nights. WILBERFORCE.—In a lengthy communication, President Gilbert S. Jones of the university, says that the institution is the victim of unfavorable publicity during the past few weeks because of the mendaciousness of enemies. The threatened investigation brought about by the recent visit of Sheridan E. Brusseaux of the Keystone National Detective Agency of Chicago, Julius Rosenwald of that city, so his secretary has announced. Brusseaux claims that his expenses to date have amounted to $7,000, and he has been active in the matter only about three weeks. Supt. R. C. Bundy of the state department of the university has also issued a statement denouncing the authority of the investigation and the character of the investigators. It is now clear that President Jones of the university and President John R. C. Bundy of trustees of the state department blundered when they paid attention to Brusseaux and his requests, on the occasion of his recent visits here. CADIZ.—Miss Emma Wallace of Cleveland spent New Years with her The little mulatto republic, Santo Domingo (part of the island of Haiti), has joined the league of Nations (notions). The Inter-State Tattler, N. Y. City, failed to appear, recently, owing to a disagreement among its editors and publishers. The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Durham, is disposing of some of its southern branches with the idea of centralizing its major efforts in the north. Bishop M. W. Clair and bride sailed from New York, last week Tuesday, for Liberia. Bishop A. L. Gaines sails, today, for Barbados, B. W. I. and Bishop W. Sampson Brooks will sail, Feb. 10, for Liberia, W. A. Marcus Garvey's Liberty hall in New York City was threatened, this week, with a public auction sale because of mortgages amounting to $50,000 and the building cost $10,000, and $72,000 had been paid. But the present indubtedness amounts to $58,000, due to additional mortgages placed on the building in order to pay judgments against the N. U. I. A. secured by officials whose salaries had not been paid. Henry Plummer, age 106, of Dallas, Texas, is the father of 34 children, and a widower since the death of his fifth wife, 17 years ago. His father, age 133, is a resident of Georgetown D., and his mother Plummer is one of 29 children and has two brothers over 90 years of age, in Africa. Twenty-two of his children are living. The oldest, age 84, resides in Los Angeles, Cal. It was a kind act on the part of the southern congressman who prevented the sale of a church of the parents here.—Miss Bernice Robinson of Massillon is the guest of Miss Susie Lee. —Mr. and Mrs. Beula Strother and family visited in Athens, Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Wallace and son, Lloyd, have returned to Lorain after a week's visit with Cadiz relatives. —A bridal shower was given Miss Wilma Johnston and Mrs. Louise Lucas Cary, Tuesday evening. —Mrs. Hattie Brooks and children of Cleveland are guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lucas. —A pretty home wedding was that at Mrs. Parthena Doubts. Her daughter, Wilma Johnston, and Clarence Lucas, popular young musician of Cleveland, have guests included near relatives and a number of the boy and girl friends of the couple. Those from out-of-town were: Mrs. Thomas Davis and Miss Annetta Sisco of Cleveland. —Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Smith and sons visited Mrs. Elizabeth West, recently. —Mrs. M. L. Henderson is conducting evangelistic services at St. James A. M. E. church, which are to last until Jan. 16. HILLSBORO — Mrs. C. M. Gragson visited her brother and wife, Xmas, in Columbus. — Roy Kittrell of Cincinnati spent the week-end here with relatives. — Mr. Al. Tribune, age 59, of Ripley Hill was found dead, Jan. 1. Indigestion, Funeral, Monday, 2 p. m., from the A. M. E. church, conducted by Rev. J. B. Jurrub — Mrs. Jas, Sloane and son of Dayton visited her mother, Mrs. Jake Wallace, during the holidays. — Mrs. R. L. Bray and son have been ill. — Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hudson son returned to Dayton by delivery his mother, Mrs. Alline Burton. — Mrs. Gertrude Christy entertained young folk, Wednesday at 4 p. m. luncheon. — Wednesday night, Mrs. Archele Cole and Mrs. Jas. Sloane entertained at the former's home, the feature of the evening being progressive whist. Miss Lillian Harewood won first prize. — Mrs. Mattle Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carr, Mrs. Perdue and Mrs. Marce Carr, Mrs. Perdue and Mrs. Rose White of Cincinnati had a reunion at their parents, Rev. and P. H. Smith, on New Year's day. — Miss Rosetta Nelson left, Friday, for Denton, Md. to teach. — Miss Lillian Harewood returned to Wilberforce, Monday. She is a student in the normal department and was Miss Burnice Hudson's guest during the holidays. Mrs. Mary Holland and Mrs. Cedar Taylor both last Wednesday afternoon. A delightful repast served. — Mrs. Rhoda Newman has returned to Greenfield. She visited Mrs. Edward Jones. — Mr. O. Young is no better, at this writing. race in Washington, D. C., by giving Richard Butler the treasurer of the church, $200, because he was the son of the congressman's father. Are there any more of his large heartedness at Washington?—Little Rock (Ark.) Southwest Churchman. There were 33 lynchings in 1926, Florida leading with 8, Texas second with 5 and Mississippi third with 4. The other states are: Kansas, South Carolina and Georgia, 3 each; Louisiana and Tennessee, 2 each; Kentucky, New Mexico and Virginia, 1 each. Six victims were white, one was a Navajo Indian, and two were women of the race—one lynched at Alken, S. C., and the other at Houston, Tex. FORMER MRS. ALICE JOHNSON The address of Mrs. Alice Johnson who married a man by the name of Collins and later married again after locating in Cleveland, is desired by her son, Charley Johnson, 1126 N. Channing St., St. Louis, Mo. There is also a sister, Annie, and a brother, Samuel. Charley has not seen his mother for about fourteen years and is, of course, very anxious to hear from her. Any information relative to her will be thankfully received. Write him at once, please.—Adv. Flowers-Lomiski Next Los Angeles, Cal.—"Tiger" Flowers, who was robbed of his championship, a month or so ago, will stage a ten-round bout with Leo Lomiski here at Wrigley base ball park, Jan. 22. The latter has whipped every good middleweight in the tournament andoubtedly give Flowers a real battle. Bob Lawson and Mack House will probably box the semi-windup. COL. HAMILTON FISH, JR. Member of the Lower House of Congress From New York City—Introduced Resolution for Memorial Monument in France to Our Soldiers. One of the old and wealthy families of the "Empire City" is that of which Congressman Hamilton Fish is a worthy representative. During the world war, he was a colonel in our New York City regiment, a unit of the 93d Division, A. E. F. Col. Fish is determined that there shall be a memorial monument erected in France to our soldiers of that division and to that end introduced because of the 9344 war that thorizes the expenditure of $30,000 for the purpose stated, to commemorate the vallant services of the division. This resolution has passed the House of Representatives and is in the committee on military affairs awaiting action by the U. S. Senate. Unless a vote on it is reached before war, the resolution will be made公开, the resolution or bill will be admitted, matically, and a favorable opportunity to secure such action by this Congress will have expired, and it will be much more difficult to take it up again in any future Congress. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance that every senator, particularly in northern states, be petitioned by letters and telegrams to work and vote for H. R. 9694 in order to seize the foregoing, Col. Fish recently sent the following letter to the N. A. A. C. P. headquarters, N. Y. city: "There were four hundred thousand colored soldiers in our army; there are twelve million colored people in the country and every one should be interested in seeing that recognition is given to the soldiers of the colored race who made the supreme sacrifice. The four regiments, 369th, 3704th, 371st and 372nd which composed the 93rd Division, served with the French Army. Three of the four regiments had their flags decorated with the French Oaks. The heroism is no more important to the heroesm, gallantry and courage of the colored fighting soldiers of the 93rd Division. Out of a total strength of approximately 10,000 soldiers in these four regiments, 457 were killed and 3,468 were wounded, amounting to 40 per cent casualties. "All the colored people of America should ask that the unjust discrimination against the heroism of their soldiers be done away with, and that a monument be erected in France which will be for all time an inspiration to patriotism and loyalty. I hope they will take upon themselves the responsibility of notifying the senators by resolutions, letters and telegrams that the entire twelve million colored people of America request and demand that the French Army be erected before March 4th in order that the gallantry of their soldiers who were segregated by order of the war department be recognized and a monument be erected on the battlefields of France, so that oncoming generations of America will know of the glorious record of their soldiers in France." ORIGIN OF "TWO SPIRITUALS" "Uncle" Wallace of the Southwest Was the Composer, Says a Mrs. Fountain—Fisk Jubilee Singers Used Them First. Durant, Okla.—As related by Mrs. L. Fountain (white), of this place, "Swing Low, Sweet Charlot," and "Steal Away to Jesus," were first written as sung by "Uncle" Wallace, a slave in an Indian family in Oklahoma. Indian missionaries, who frequently prevailed on him to render the voice in his sweet plaintive songs, wrote words and music and sent copies to the Fisk Jubilee singers, who were concerting throughout the country in the interest of the university. Two daughters of "Uncle" Wallace lived near Wapunucka, Okla. In later years, a representative of Fisk University wrote them requesting their photographs, and sending them money for a trip to Denison, Texas, to have them taken. They also offered to educate one of the daughters or granddaughters. Lizzie went one on one to Nashville and remained one year at Fisk, but could not be persuaded to stay longer, and thus lost an opportunity for a thorough education. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS THAT ALLEGED AUSTRIAN"LOVE-AFFAIR" SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH ONE-SIDED COUNTESS HELENA KOLOYRDO Seems to Have Done All the "Advancing"—The Count Sues for Divorce—Austrian Society Ladies Fight "Fiercely" to Get Into Theater to See and Hear Hayes—His Alleged Fight With the Count. (Special to the Gazette) Baltimore, Md.-According to an article in The Jewish Daily Forward which has just been translated from Yiddish into English by State Senator Henry O. Levin of Maryland, for The Baltimore Afro-American, society in Vienna raved over Roland Hayes, the tenor soloist, when he was last there, some three years ago, someone for the privilege of getting into the theater to hear and see him, it says, and that Mr. Hayes captured the heart of the well-known Vienna beauty, Countess Helena Koloyrdy, of a high-born Austrian family, formerly of the Kalser's court. Her husband is the distinguished Vienna aristocrat, Count Koloyrdy, an important figure in the Austrian regime. She never missed one of Hayes' concerts and invited him to her home where he sang for her; openly declared her love for the tenor with the result that the Count, so the Forward's article says, attempted to expel Hayes from the house, but was pretty severely manhandled by the latter. The Forward's story continues that the Countess fled with Hayes to an Austrian watering hole (Sempering), which apparently untrue. It also says that the Countess announced her engagement to Hayes, with the result that the Count filed suit for divorce. The Vienna press seething with extraordinary stories of the alleged affair. There is so much else that is so palpably untrue in the Forward's article that it is not worthy of notice in the columns of "The "LADIES OF QUALITY" Showed What They Unmistakably Were When a Little "High Brown" Wanted a Drink in the Penn. R. R. Station. New York City.—The holiday season was on, and the great Pennsylvania van station was filled with hurrying hundreds. In the main waiting room there was a mother with a little two-year-old brown baby girl, bundled for the weather in a woolen "Teddy Bear" suit, and cap. The mother was indulgent, and the little youngster walked amidlessly thru the waiting room. Sympathetic and cordial smiles and nods greeted her. She strolled beside a drinking fountain. Three charming and aristocratic appearing white ladies "of quality" had gone there for a drink. One dropped a penny in the slot, got a cup, filled it, and turning sweetly to the child said: "Do you wish a drink?" With the question she held the cup of water to the baby's lips, and the life one drank eagerly, with the two looked on cheerfully—and others were looking, too, but the three were oblivious. Patting the little one gently on the cheek, she took the same cup, filled it again, drank waved a bye-bye to the baby, joined in by the other two, and went their way. Five in One Year. Knoxville, Tenn.—Mrs. John Johnson, (white), of this city, who has had five children born to her within the space of one year. Twins came to the easy part of 1928 and now there are triplets, too. They arrived, last month. Detective Captain Resigns Los Angeles, Cal.—Wm W. Glenn, captain of detectives, resigned, Dec. 31, 1926, ending twenty-three years of faithful service. He will receive one-half of a captain's salary for the balance of his life. This city has several Afro-American lieutenant-detectives, Lleut. McDuff club being next in line for a captaincy. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gassaway, newlyweds, were given a "dawn party" during the holidays by Miss Vivian Smith at the women's club. It proved one of the most enjoyable social functions of the season, thus far. Mrs. Gassaway was, until a few months before her marriage, one of the prettiest, best and most popular teachers in the state department at Wilberforce University. The club rooms were nicely decorated for the occasion. Miss Corean Cooper, E. 97th St., was attacked last week. Tuesday night, thrown to the street and choked at Cedar and E. 90th St. She had just left and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Madison's, E. 87th St., and was enroute home. IN-UNION IS STRENGTH A COPY FIVE CENTS AYES GED LOVE-AFFAIR" VERY MUCH ONE-SIDED LENA KOLOYRDO I the "Advancing"—The force—Austrian Society scely" to Get Into I Hear Hayes—His With the Count. Old Reliable" Gazette. It is only fair to Mr. Hayes to say that he has continued to flatly deny the rumors of his engagement to the Austrian Countess and insists that the whole story was designed and manufactured for the sole purpose of injuring his present American concert tour, and we agree with him. The intense hatred of the Jews of the world for Austria arises from that country's pogroms. The Austrians are worse in their mistreatment of the Jews than the prejudiced of the Jews in their mistreatment of our people. Very natural, the Jews in this state at least, strike back at the Austrians whenever there is a chance. This explains the Jewish Daily Forward's article referred to above, the next to the final paragraph of which is the following—it speaks for itself: "Hayes Claims Royal Blood. "But wonderful is the handwork of God. It appears that Hayes claims to have discovered from certain old records, that he is not an ordinary Negro, but a prince; a descendant from a princely family; that his great-grandfather was a King in Abyssinia and a descendant of King Solomon, which of course means that we Jews are distantly related to Berber peoples, who have caused joy in our little community, because if Hayes is in fact, a descendant of Solomon, there is now nothing to prevent his marriage to the white countess and soon we will all be entitled as his kin to receive congratulations on the happy event." HAYES? SUNDAY CONCERT. "I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long." "Hold On." "Lit'l David Play on Your Harp." "Great Camp Meetin'." A SOUTHERN PROFESSOR Unqualifiedly Denounces Lynching and Segregation of a Migrant Child. Witnessed. Newcastle, Pa.—Prof. J. C. Andrew (white) of Montgomery, Ala., spoke here New Year's day, denouncing lynching and segregation in unqualified terms. He said while a resident of Tennessee he witnessed a burning at the stake, his first and last experience of the kind; that the screams of the poor victim was something terrible and that when his head dropped the leader of the mob shot him three times. Mr. Andrews said he was thorny convinced that "jim-crowism", segregation, disfranchisement, mob rule and race hatred were all wrong. Our mayor and other city officials said to be K. K. K. were present. He said nearly all our citizens of this community were law-abiding and would have his co-operation at all times; also that our people should stop "clinging to that old party stuff" and vote for the best man regardless of what ticket he is on and party he belongs to. J. 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Sintered at the postoftice in Cleve- land, Ohio, as second-class mail matter Address all communications to HARRY ©. SMITH Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE 826 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, O. (Bell “Phone: Cherry 125%) Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans publish- ed or circulated in the state of Ohio, and ‘comparison with any will im- mediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 850,000 in Ohio. 40,000 in Cleveland, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927. It must be Roland Hayes’ “win- ning ways”, his exceptional voice and the way he uses it. Don’t you think 80? —in— The bottom scems to be falling out of that Chicago threatened Wil- ‘erforce investigation already. It was attended by entirely too much characteristic blowbagism in the be- sinning. <a Some one will have to put some political TNT under that Republeian majority in Congress to make it wake up and sail into those southern Dem- ocratic members who are making a Political door-mat of it. i It you want to tind out just how great’ (7) is the “Coolidge prosper- ity” in Cleveland count the number of unemployed, the empty rooms, stores and houses in this city and then talk with local business men who will tell you the truth. —i— Prot. Monroe N. Work of Tuske- gee N, & I. school, says there were 29 lynchings, last year, and H. J. Seligmann, N. A. A. C. P. publicity director, claims there were 33. Which one is right? ‘One could hardiy imegine a more ridiculous proceeding than to permit the Cleveland board of elections to ‘sit in judgment on charges of fraud and corruption at the last or any ‘other local election. Now listen to ite “whitewash brush”, Sale ‘The editor of The Gazette grate- fully acknowledges the receipt of an annually issued check, on the “Bank of Prosperity", for “three hundred and sixty-five prosperous days”, from our longtime friend and confrere, Editor Wm. H. Stew- ard, of The American Baptist, Louis- ville, Ky. —i— Our editorlat on “The Notorious Third” was hardly in the hands of our many local readers, last week, Qefore all it contained was thoroly endorsed by major crimes, commit- ted in that section of the city right on the heels of the discontinuance of Director Barry's much-heralded “Shot-gun Drive.” le NICARAGUA AND HAITI. U. §. Senator Wheeler (Dem.) of Montana, has introduced a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal ot American marines and warships from Nicaragua, The senator 1s greatly concerned because of the ac- tivities of American forces in the central American republic and de- clares they are in violation of both ‘American and Nicaragua constitu- tions. He also says that American lives and American property in Ni- ‘caragua aré not now and never have deen in danger, and assails the U. 8. state department for sending Amer- fean armed forees into that country. ‘All this in the face of the fact that the little black republic of Haiti has tor years suffered greatly as the re- sult of this country’s sending its ma- rines there and establishing Amerl- ‘can control under the head of “oc- cupation”. Haitl’s finances are being juggled and wasted by representa- tives of our government, and thou- sands of natives have been brutally murdered and many of the women outraged by American marines. Strange that the infinitely worse con- dition in Haiti is ignored while that in Nicaragua has so stirred the sen- ator from Montana and other mem- bers of that august body. Lord, have mercy! el *TWAS EVER THUS. Every year when the measure which carries an appropriation for Howard University, Washington, D. C.,, comes up in Congress, some southern Democrat raises an objec- tion, and, if were not for the Kindly attitude of Republican mem- bers and northern Democrats, this THE GEEVUM GIRLS institution, the pride of the race, would be sadly lacking in the nec- essary facilities and equipment. When a Democratic senator” from Florida recently objected to an ftom of $150,000 for the construe- ton of a greatly needed girls’ dor- mitory at Howard, he was “rua- ning true to form”, Representing, as U, 8, senator, a constituency that is nearly ten per cent illiterate and a native white population that ts nearly three per ‘cent literate, the senator could hardly be expect- ed to favor such an improvement in the educational facilities of an institution devoted to the higher education of our youth. The sea- ator, whose term expires, March 3, 1929, would have found it most aifticult to explain to the owners ot Florida's miserable turpentine camps and peonage farms an atti- tude other than one that is caleu- lated to hinder, in every way pos- sible, the progroas of the Face. i CORRESPONDENTS WANTED! “The Old Reliable” Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a fittle time on Fridays or Saturdays {is required. We are especially desirous of hear- ing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Colum bus, Toledo. Steubénville, Zanesville, Wilmington, Xenia, Washington C. H., Lancaster, Hamilton, — Piqua, Lima, ©., and other places, particu. larly'in Ohio, where we have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, 226 West Superior Ave., Clevelznd, ©., and terms will be seit promptly Our readers will oblige us greatl, by sending at once the addresses oi persons in the cities named, and oth ers in the state to whom we can write relative to the matter. Attention! Readers! Our advertisers want your trade. ‘Those who do not ask for it in the columns of “The Old Reliable” Gazette certain- ly care little, if at all, for it. Therefore, we urge our read- ders and all of our friends to patronize those who ask in this paper for your patronage. Editor. | “HUMAN NATURE'S FOULEST BLOT." : My ear is pained, | My soul is sick with’ every day's report | Of wrong and outrage, with which the earth is’ filled, | There is no flesh in man’s ob- durate heart. | It does not feel for man; the natural bond | Of brotherhood is severed as the flax | That falls asunder at the touch of fire. | He finds his fellow guilty of a skin | Not colored like his own; and having power To enforce the wrong, for such . a worthy cause - Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. coy ‘Thus man devotes his brother, ‘and destroys: "Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. —Cowper. IS IT ANY USE TO OON- TEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the only race, responsible mem- ders of which are in favor of submitting to discrimination on the claim that their race “always will be discriminated against.” The Jews are still contending, after over 1900 years of universal discrimina- tion, and are winning even social rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. The race that Says It's of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say, “Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by nature without self-respect and have ~ no ‘guts’.” ‘The world respects only those who resent and re- sist proscriptions for race. Let us be worthy of the abolitionists, worthy of our own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of their race to equal Mberty, and forever resist de- nial of rights in our native land, however long race dis- crimination may continue. To submit is to deserve con- tempt—Boston (Mass.) Guar- dian. THE GAZ£TYE, CLEVELAND, 0. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927. THE QUALITY OF MERCY By STANLEY GREY jon opened, and then, very slowly and quietly, closed again. Footsteps hesitated along the hall, the light silken hangings were pushed aside with a band that clung (o them as if even thelr slender sup- port was a comfort, ahd the tall, ‘arelessly well-dressed boy, his face slek with misery nnd fear, entered the oom, All ther familiar beauty of the place might just as well have not ex: Isted so far as lhe was concerned, for ll he could see were his three iudges. His motherhis dear, Jolly mother—was sitting on the very ele of the divan, poised as If ready to Jump, at the very slightest excuse, to nis side, His old grandfather, sunk low into the dewths of wide, gaily tishioned chats, seemed to be larch ing the. sides with his long claw-like iagers, while his sunken eyes were cells of sorrowful accusation. His fa- ther, Just as he had always seen ‘im “fastidious in his appearance, nerv- vus in his movements, tense in every expression, his mouth a tight red line vehind which che. firm white teeth were snapped together—paced about Mad swung, his clenched hands, The boy moved forward, Nobody seemed at first t0 notice hiin, nobody asked him to sit down. On he came, fantil the erash of his father's fst, as it struck the long table, brought. him toa sickening stop. His father’s volce struck hil lke a sneering lash— So! You have stolen another man's money! “Yes, father,” hesitatingly, “Just as U wrote you." “You thought that you could play the market! You!" ‘The boy drew « breath of relief, Hls father would let him explain. “I know I shouldn't have’ touched the money at all—but Thad a. sure tp. I won, really I did at first—then, instead of dropping out T kept on and vost! Everything went wrong—T took ‘more and more to get back what Thad ‘taken. T never won again! I've gone deeper and. deeper—! “Men with brains—you notice T men: tion brains—have lost. Real men, playing with thelr own hard-earned dollars! And a young fool like you thought you could turn the trick!” “T wanted to make enough to pay it all back—honest, I did, tather—1 wanted to start fresh—and be clean {tgain—Just to be straight and clean— lean—" His voice quivered with ex- cited huskiness. “Why come to me?’ His father's tone dripped with sarcastic curiosity. “Why am I chosen to be your accom- lice? Am T invited to pay back what you have taken so that your pilfer- ig miay never be discovered? So that you may go on again—perhaps in the Same. way?” “Why, father!” The anguish in the boy's soul crept into his volee. “You're my father my own father where else should I. go for help? Please believe ine—T did intend to pay ie back “Pay! Pay! 1 am sick of the word:* He pushed back the heavy black hair from bis forehead with a hand that teemed heavy with weariness. “You are a good guesser, however, about the paying part, but Tm the one to pay! Youre a disgrace. Pack your helongings! Clear out of my sight! Get out of the house ! ‘The boy shrank as if from a bolt of lightning, There he cowered before the hand that bis father ad taken from hig heudl and potated at him with A diteetners that seemed to penetrate his body and thrust him backwards— find out of home, Ina moment his mother was beside him, her. sinall, fate head barely reaching his shaulder. Her agonizing glance took tn the two before her—the two so. niuch aike— the man of her choice and the man of her body. She threw her arm about the drooping shoulders.— “No! No!" she panted, “This can't go on! ‘This Is no way to settle It! Give him another chance, John—tet me help him—1 have mones—plenty of tn pay!” Her husband shook bis head with dogged persistence. “T am still head of this house, Mary.” ‘There was no gainsaying this truth, but she was defending not only the tall ereature who overtopped her now, but the tiny Infant—the toddiing baby “the schoolboy whose dependence had been the Joy of her life—she playea her strongest card “He's my bos, too “Bah! "I wouldn't be surprised to find some girl mixed up in this” “No!” shouted the bos, trying to pull away from the sheltering arm. “You see, ary, your ooy gives me orders.” With a quick, but gentle movement, the culprit twisted free. His bravado was almost good enough to pass for bravers. . “You let mother alone! Tm the one, I know what a fool Tve been, Til not answer another question nor ask another favor. Til get out!” “Walt, Fred, dear!” ‘walled the woman,” “Don't be hasty—let me help you—T understand—T know you didn’t Tealize what you were doing!” “Out It, mother! I'm done!” “Done?’ Done?” snapped the father. “1m the one who's done! My name! My standing! My family" ‘Between the sinner and the Judge. the woman stood dazed. With a des perate sob, she ran across the room and threw herself on her knees by ie chair of the crippled old tan. “eather! Father!” she implored, beating his poor body with her grop- ing hands. “My boy! My boy!" “ust #0, Mary—just so," quavered the old man, his arms closing about her He nodded curtly to the boy. “Pied yourself tnto a pretty knot, aidn't you, Fred?” “Now ‘you're going to start in at me,” groaned the Diack. sheep, mak ing for the doorway. “Come back here!” With dragging steps, the boy slouched unwilliugly to hte grandte ther's side, standing there Just as he used to stand as a little chap, The ‘old man’s voice seemed to have taken fn an unconscious vigor, “L musta't be understood to be ex cusing you, Fred, when T remark at this particular moment that you are not the first fool in the world, nor fs this same world coming to an end on account of what you have done” His ‘daughter raised her hiead at the aulet vehemence in his tones “Some years ago—" he went on, “I kmew another lad—one who acted just as you have done, ‘In this case, ow: -ever, the employer discovered, quite early in the game, exactly what was ‘going on. He watched him, and was bitterly tempted to turn him over to “the Inw—to disgrace him publlely But he couldn't!” ‘The silvery hen shook slowly. “His hands were tied His only daughter—the sweetest gle in the world—loved this clerk, It would break her heart, He was a wealthy mnan, but she was his most precious possession, THe couldn't see her suffer, So he thought It all out, and as he was rather clever, and had any ways and means at his disposal, he enused a large sum of money to come the way of hiseterk—in n legit imate way, mind you—Just to see what he was really made of, ‘The plan worked well, for the fellow, who couldn't have been bad at hearé—onls foolish—hnd learned a lesson ; he rust have been frantie with fear of expos tre, for immediately—at once—hy put back every cont that he had taken He fan straight after that and marcied his employer's daughter, He has sue ceeded In business—he 1s one of the most prominent eltizens, but to this day, he hax never, never dreamed that his ‘thet was discovered, or that he twas not only helped to refund ft, but Was Closely wateled while he did it! “Don’t talk about strangers, father, intertupted the mother Inpatiently “Think of our own trouble. What are we going to do? Here ts our boy— our baby—going to be without a home “without us?” “was about to say, Mary,” the old voice went on, “that this man ay a family. If one of his boys goes wrong. Tham sure he would understand--he'd be merefful—could he do differentiy. Femembering how near disaster care fo him?" ‘There was a silence for a moinent, then the talt man, the arrogance of ‘whose severity had dominated the Seene, who hind been listening with the others as the persistent tones ruse and fell, came slowly, rather pllid faced, and tight-lipped towards. the speaker. He, too, stood by the xayls cushioned chalr, and with eyes of wonder, stared as f he had come apo Some strange ind overwhelming plie homenon. He tried to speak—but the fwords wouldn't come, With a quick ovement he turned away, and was beside the boy ‘with iy arm linked in his “Let's go ont for a white, Fred,” he suggested quietly. "T-think we mis find way perhaps'to Ax this up." “Oh, father!” breathed the bey clinging to him geatotulty “T knew. sou couldn't be-so hard John," said the mother, “sjust so!” whispered the old min sinking back again into bis chair: “ust so!” ‘And the man and the boy went out together, How It’s Done “It took nearly ten years to tear that I couldn't write stories.” “T suppose you gave It up then?” “No,'no. 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Superior Ave., opposite the Hotel Cleveland. House For Sale $1,000 CASH—PRICE $9,000 Dandy two-family, three garages, nice lot, near Cedar Ave. and E. 89th St. CALL MAIN 5265. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Miss Sammie McCryar, a Wilberforce student, spent the holidays with relatives here. Current rumor has it that Pete Brooks, an old resident of the S. E. end of the city, died, recently. Walter and Wm. Johnson have returned from Hillsboro where they attended the funeral of a brother, Andrew. Mrs. O. B. Moss, of Central Ave., was visited recently, by her sister, Mrs. L. C. Byrd, and cousin, Ben Archer, of Columbus. Mrs. Oliver A. Taylor and daughter, Thelma, a student of Heidelberg university, Tiffin, O., visited in Columbus, last week. Mrs. Hattie Brooks and children are visiting in Cadiz, and Mrs. Thomas Davis and Miss Annetta Sisco attended a wedding there, last week. Miss Adelaide Carter, E. 97th St., stenographer, has been offered the position as an assistant registrar of Spellman college, Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, daughter and Georgia Board spent New Years in Alliance and Miss Emma Wallace spent the day in Cadiz with her parents. Additional New Year's greetings have been received, this week, from Mr. and Mrs. J. Francis Gregory and the Alvin C. Gibbs Co., of this city. Mrs. Edna Roberts Jackson, a popular resident of this city in her girl-hood days, who visited a son here for ten days, has returned to Urbana. Harry Kersey and D. W. Ware, new deputies, were our first to be appointed by a Democratic sheriff in thirty-two years. Ware is on night duty. The Inter-racial Study club entertained their husbands and friends with a Xmas party, Dec 30, at Mrs. J. J. Arnold's, E. 82nd St. Mrs. Ida M. Burton is president of the club. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hunter, E. 83d St. spent the first part of Xmas week in Detroit, the guest of Mrs. C. L. 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FOR RENT.—Four rooms, all conveniences, $20. Inquire at 2715 E. 62nd St. holiday visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolden in Chicago, former residents of Cleveland, Mrs. Cash and Mrs. Sade Cisco Bolden are cousins. Announcement was made by the U. S. Civil Service commission, Tuesday, that applications will be received until Jan. 18 for positions as social workers for psychiatric duty at Veterans bureau hospitals throughout the country. Do you know that practically the same Rhinestone-setting bracelet that a Benjamin's Drug store was selling, Xmas week, for ten dollars, was being sold at The May Co., Euclid Ave., for $4.98 and $5.98? Jesse Ormes, the new secretary of the Empire Savings and Loan Co., has been connected with the N. C. Mutual Insurance Co., Durham, N. C., for the past three years. He is a former resident of this city. The family of Dr. Joseph Walker, new pastor of St. James A. M. E. church, E. E., arrived from Pittsburgh, last week, and stopped with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Welch, E. 85th St., until the parsonage was ready for occupancy. Rev. and Mrs. Saul A. Lucas, E. 80th St., gave a family reunion Xmas dinner after which presents were distributed from a tree present were: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lucas and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gales, Mrs. Eliza Scott and Wm. Simmons of Atlanta. St. John's S. S. class, No. 5, was entertained at its recent Christmas party by its teacher, Mrs. Harriett Stewart of Crennell Ave., who has been in charge of the class for nine years. She was presented two beautiful taffeta pillows as a token of the class' high esteem. Bishop and Mrs. E. Thomas Demby, the latter former Miss Nettie M. Ricks of this city, are slowly recovering from injuries sustained in a recent auto accident near Memphis. Mrs. Demby is still in that city while the Bishop is at home in Little Rock, Arkansas. Atty. and Mrs. Alex. H. Martin entertained, at an elaborate Christmas dinner, the following: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Curtis and niece, Esther, of Chillicothe; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. King and daughter, Ruth; Miss Denola Collum and Capt. and Mrs. Charles E. Frye and baby son. Mr. Dan Hill, an old resident, who had been in the observation ward of the city hospital for some weeks, died, last week Monday, and DREAM SM THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927. was buried, last week Thursday afternoon. Mr. Hill is survived by a son and daughter who have the sympathy of many friends in this community. Orland Fleming, age 39, 2269 Scovill Ave., was in Charity hospital with a possible fracture of the skull, Monday, while police were searching for a neighbor who is said to have struck him with a club. Fleming's entrance into a family quarrel as a protector of a woman from her husband is said to have brought on use of the blow. Louia V. Jones, violinist, spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louia S. Jones, E. 101st St. For four weeks, he was the leading violinist in the Ethel Waters Company at Detroit and Chicago. He will soon give his first recital of the year in Boston, where he received his violin training before going to Paris, France. After singing carols for inmates of the Old Folk's home, the following young people were entertained, during the holidays, by Miss Ruth King and mother, of Pasadena Ave.: Lydia and Sarah Mazilee Potts, Edna Pleasing, Thos Holloway, Roland Jackson, Howard Evans and Alex. H. Martin, Jr. Mrs. Clara Roundtree died, last week Wednesday afternoon, in Topeka, Kan., after a brief illness. Her former husband, Atty. John Roundtree, attended the funeral. The Roundtree came here from Terre Haute. A Haute, about seven years ago, and was one of our public school teachers for most of that time. She and her husband were divorced about a year ago. The members of the Independent Banking club were entertained by their husbands, Dec. 31, '26, at the P. W. A., at a banquet. The guests of honor were: Rev. H. P. Jones, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church, Rev. and Mrs. Jos. Walker of St. James' A. M. E. church and Mrs. Edna Roberts Jackson of Urbana. Speeches were made by the guests, Mrs. Grace Willis Thompson and P. W. Lemon. Attys. James M. Williams and John D. Wilkerson announce the new law firm of Williams and Wilkerson, offices in the Boyd Building, 4223 Central Ave.; Gar. 9471-J. Mr. Williams is one of the veteran attorneys of the Indiana and Ohio Bar, while Mr. Wilkerson, who has been offered a position to teach history and business law in our junior high school at St. Louis, is president of the Diamond Business college. In a letter received, Wednesday, from our longtime friend, Floyd J. Williams, former resident of Cleveland but for some years located in Baltimore, he writes that he and Mrs. Williams spent New Years day in Philadelphia, that Mrs. Williams has not been so well, and that both of them wish to be remembered to all their many friends in this community. Floyd writes that he likes Baltimore much better than he did at first. Dr. Edward A. Bailey's filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, last week, was only an effort to straighten his business affairs without too great loss. The doctor's assets, $71,150, are greater than his liabilities which are $66-774, and show that he is still "to "broke" as some would have it. Dr. Bailey came to Cleveland, some years ago, from Texas and has a lucrative practice. Best wishes, Doctor. Mrs. Wm. Owens, of Hotel Geraldine, returned, recently, from an extended trip, visiting a brother-in-law and sister, Rev, and Mrs. C. B. Askew of Pittsburgh; a brother, Dr. W. T. Beeber, in her old home, Washington, N. C., and attending an annual C. M. E. conference there from which she received an appointment as a missionary lecturer of the conference. Beeber Memorial church is being erected in honor of her father, Bishop Beeber. The conference made a pilgrimage to his grave, holding memorial services there. Our advertisers want your trade. Those who do not ask for it in the columns of "The Old Reliable" Gazette certainly care little, if at all, for it. Therefore, we urge our readers and all of our friends to patronize those who ask in this paper for your patronage.—Editor. Guaranteed and Efficient Work TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 'Phone: Bell, Randolph 6978 Sundays by Appointment An Epoch Making Certificate Douglass National Bank, NP 1059 State of Illinois Chicago, IL SEP 21 1920 192 $190,000 Certificate of Deposit May be issued in check Victory Life Insurance Co. payable to the order of Victory Life Insurance Co. on the condition of this Certificate properly endorsed the name of A. 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How Our Men And Women Are Insulted And Humiliated How Our Men And Women Are Insulted And Humiliated In the Government's Departments—Will the Self and Race-Respecting Negro Press and People of This Country Continue to Stand for This Sort of Thing? Coolidge Permits It. Washington, D. C., (Special). —There is more segregation in Washington today under President Coolidge than there has ever been since the Civil War. The beginnings of segregation were under President Taft. It was greatly extended, under President Wilson; increased still further, under President Richard Nixon under President Coolidge. For instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the present administration has found time and desire to introduce it even there. To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case. Mr. Taft introduced it in the bureau of engraving. He segregated the censorship in this city in 1910, restricting white residents to white buildings, and black to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, an announced in his official capacity that Negroes should not hold office where white people complained. Segregation, then, is a situation and not a Democratic one. Negroes are by Republicans, and carried on to its all-enbracing extent by Republicans! There is far more of it in the departments, today, than at any time since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. The picture requirement in the civil service, which makes it next to impossible for a colored lady or gentleman to enter the civil service, since their color is disclosed in their photograph which must accompany papers, is enacted on hold to on our Republic's President. Only lass a colored girl appeared after having passed the best examination, and after having been telegraphed for by the department. The photograph had failed to tell her true color, and they flatly refused to appoint her when she appeared, and they saw her complexion. Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau with thousands of clerks will not appoint a Negro clerk his word is law there, as is the special favorite Mellon and Coidge. He halls from North Carolina, the home of the other favorite and leader of the segregation forces, Col. Sherrill, superintendent of buildings and grounds, is no use to complain of either of these southern gentlemen. The colored people here who know the President could destroy segregation in the departments of the government, and the photograph requirements in the civil service by the mere nod of his head, are at a loss to understand what he does not put his splendid declarations on someone into operation here, where it would not even cost him a single vote and where he has full power and absolutely no opposition. They wonder if he is not a firm believer in segregation, especially since segregation is one of the states et al. who has and 's its "welcome home" in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republican President. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—In the postofficer segregation is rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious cafeteria for whites only, where these inferior white clerks can buy appetizing luncheons and chat in comfort while eating, while the colored clerks must bring cold luncheons from home and eat them any place they can. The physical discomfort, disadvantages as it is, is far less appealing to the colored clerks than is the thought of their government, taking their taxes, as it takes three of the whites, for consumption of the latter, and setting them off as though they were lepers. The injustice stings all the more when they reflect that they are far more capable than the whites, and render the government more intelligent and efficient service—the white man of their attainment being able to get far more lucrative employment. The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whiles and neglect of colored. It maintains a well-appointed club room with pool tables and other games, com for t able lounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and recreation, and nothing for these same colored employees. This private club is in the magnificent postoffice building, built and maintained by ALL of the people. In the locker room there segregation, and segregation even attempted, to toilet the toilets. And all of this is against the most dependable and faithful employees. Last year the white employees passed around invitations to the white employees, in the very presence of the colored, to attend a reception to the heads of department, including the postmaster general, in the postoffice building. It announced danced with a pleasant social event with the officials for "the postoffice employee" yet not one was delivered to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come off, and he ordered the postmaster to invite the colored as well as the white. These clerks get around their colored co-workers by giving the function at a local hotel. It is inevitable that the wicked spirit of segregation would express itself in appointments, assignments, and salaries. Colored applicants are often passed over though their examination was superior. No Negro, however efficient or old in the service, must ever dream of a promotion to a directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one after another, though many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and accuracy in hiring the mall. The colored clerks have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his decisions to the postmaster-general. It has secured some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—The government printing office keeps faith with the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept inferior positions there on account of the better and more lucrative avenues of employment being closed to them because of their color. The whites are generally of a very mediocre group, far from equaling our girls in educational equipment, culture, and working efficiency. Yet these superior girls are set off from the whites with the latter, of course, having the better working conditions, salaries and recreational facilities. There is a large cafeteria in this huge structure in the company, but there are no tables in an out-of-the-way section reserved for our employees. I am glad to say that few, very few, of our people patronize the place, preferring a little physical inconvenience to the open, semi-public humiliation of segregation. In toilet facilities, dressing-rooms, and work assignments, wherever possible, the law of segregation is in full force, and, of course, this same undemocratic practice reveals itself on the salary roll and in the hard caste that bars promotions. Here, the law of segregation passes over our superior employees to directive positions, and higher salaries. The whites have a large recreational center in this public building with many fine appointments for rest and amusements. During lunch and dinner hours they repair to this restful retreat for sociability and dance. Last fall, a young Afro-American with a splendid record in his work, felt the injustice of the office of one of the company that he secured the company of a young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple started to dance the music was abruptly stopped, and the young man reported for attempting to take part in an entertainment provided for employees. He was called to the office, lectured for being "one of those-smart Negroes who believe in the truth and that the dismissed on a trumped-up charge. He was a night-employee, hence he carried a pistol. Right after the dance incident a fire broke out in the office. He was quickly accused of setting the building afire in revenge for his exclusion from the dance floor. Detectives came to the building to arrest him, and failing to secure any evidence searched him only to discover the pistol. They dropped him on the floor and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons for which he was immediately dismissed. By this severe punishment our employees are taught that there is no way of escape for one who dares to resent the daily insults that their government (under President Coolidge) gives them. Many of the employees have expressed their deeply-wounded feelings to me at being considered a pariah by the government whose institutions they are serving so faithfully, and I have taken up a number of cases only to be met by a denial that the conditions complained of exist, and a request for the names of my informants. I knew the fate these informants would suffer so I have never given a single name! The department then taking the position that it cannot take up the case. It is perfectly clear that this iniquitous scheme of segregation is a difficult thing to fight, since the government is so well settled upon it, and the complainants cannot bear witness to it. (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C.—Segregation in the bureau of engraving and printing has an interesting history involving President Thomas Woodrow Wilson and members of his family, three heroic young colored women who lost their jobs in the war, the noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette. Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a mem- der of his family visited the bureau where she saw white and colored girls working together in perfect harmony, oblivious to any thought of race. Shortly thereafter came an order for segregation of the races, and a white lady who had been noted for her philanthropy among our people and who was upon intimate touch at the Ward House appeared at the bureau to tell our girls to be contented with the new order as "a great Negro leader had taught colored people to stay in their places." Three of the young ladies resisted the order to the last ditch and were summarily dismissed! abolition of the division altogether; so they remain in a dilemma, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept segregation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress compels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen, President Calvin oblige can stop every bit of this damnable segregation, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan. Senator La Follette lodged a protest with Secretary McAdoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic innovation. She took the platform here in Washington and Boston before the famous Twentieth Century club. She used the columns of the Senator's magazine, sparing neither space nor vigor of utterance. She thundered against it in our local white press, and addressed the national gathering of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in New York. When our people here were so profoundly discouraged, she came out one stormy afternoon to the Y. M. C. A. of them to continue the fight for democracy was at the crises. Oswald Garrison Villard came to town to attack White House and Cabinet and arouse our people, and the Nation Association secured publicity in over six hundred influential white papers in the country. The fight checked what was thought to the intention of the segregators, namely, the elimination of the colored employees from the bureau altogether. The same segregation which some of our people think is the cherished institution of the Democratic party is still there, in all of its fullness, under the administration of the party that *braham Lincoln*, Charles Summer and Frederick Douglass helped to found. Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the public service. THEY ARE SEGREGATED in their rest rooms, toilets, and working stations, and of course nom are ever the result of for promotions executive places. The girls from our best nomes, most of them with high age normal school training, and fine culture. The white girls are of no such grade, as there is no segregation for them in the great world of things. They have unlimited fields at high wage for even mediocre talents. The best of our girls must take these inferior positions, the inevitable result of sequestration, the people are forced for the issuance of an order destroying this iniquitous practice in all of our government departments, for it not only humiliates the best of the government servants but impaire the government service. (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C.—The treasury department, according to the President's recent acceptance speech, is now under the ablest financial genius since the days of Alexander Hamilton. It is to be remembered that the great Hamilton came from the West Coast and was the first history that the President traversed are the mighty Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury in Lincoln's cabinet such as this country has never known, devised the national Constitution, Civil War; and Ohio's master financier, John Sherman. These men never knew what segregation was! The present head of the department of internal revenue, Mr. Blair from North Carolina, has not appointed a colored clerk since his incumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a Democrat from Texas, appointed and promoted several of them. Since the income tax legislation and the numberless new taxes that the recent war necessitated, this is by far the largest department of the treasury, employing several thousand employees, and are there that they can't be noticed. There is the same general complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there is in the other branches of the government—failure to recognize their efficiency when promotions are due; ability to go so far and no farer. The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toilet, locker rooms, rest rooms, etc., set off for colored. The toilers for the colored are few in such a large structure. Hence, the segregated clerks are forced to endure physical inconvenience at times, and are forced to work in the kitchen to stire the use of them. The department maintains a huge, magnificent cafeteria, in the splendid sweep of woodland along our national driveway, where white people of every class can come to rest, dine, and socialize of afternoons and evenings at minimum costs. The white press of the city is constantly telling of the thousands who take advantage of this 'delightful retreat', and the people who create it. It seats two thousand diners with space to spare; but not one Negro! His only share is in the taxes he is forced to pay for this luxury for another group! The registrieship of the treasury, which Republican Presidents have given the Negro since Garfield appointed Blanch K. Bruce, is now filled by a white man, and the colored people are congregated in a separate room which is publicly proclaimed as "a colored division." When it is discovered that Negro clerks are "working as white" in other divisions, they are promptly transferred to this "colored division." Our people fear that protest against this segregation would result in the abolition of the division altogether; so they remain in a dilemma, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept segregation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress compels endurance of it. The worst stroke of his pen, President Calvin Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segregation, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan. COOLIDGE'S SEGREGATION Washington, D. C.—We wish to call attention to the fact that in the fight against the segregation of our government employees, the Treasury Department will most likely be the center of attack, for segregation in several of its bureaus has been most pronounced. This is particularly true of the office of the register of the treasury and the internal revenue bureau. In the former, better board walls were maintained until recently. In the latter there have been two cases of discrimination on account of color brought to public view. The words, announcing the election of President Clinton, were hardly cold before the effort to increase segregation in the departments here was on again at full speed. It had slowed up a little during the campaign. Investigation of Burcus An investigation of the executive departments and bureaus listed below shows that segregation prevails in them as follows: P. O. Separate Lunch Room Facility Department - a segregated CHARACTER. 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Subscribe Now THE DEBUTANTE MAKES HER BOW IN BOUFFANT FROCKS OF TAFFETA Orderwood & Orderwood METAL BROCADE SHAWLS COMPETE WITH MALINES SCARFS FOR EVENING 1 MY, OH my! But won't the photographers and portrait artists be kept busy this season? For where is the maiden fair who owns a dress of taffeta as quaint and lovely as the one in this picture, who will not be wanting to have her "picture taken," to "have and to hold" long after fickle fashion turns its attention to some new favorite? It is amid rustle of taffeta and flutter of maline that youth is dancing its way through this midwinter social whirl. A more picturesque styling of taffeta than that of bouffant skirts with their semi-tight bodices has not entered into the mode's program for many a decade—that is, taffeta for the debutante and her younger sister, with velvet for the robes de style of their elders. Such ravishing colors are as to be had in the new taffetas! Peach, flesh, Nile, orchid, azure blue, silver, maize, white or changeable in opalescent tints, any of these for the choosling! Just to fill the cup of beauty full to overflowing, an airy-fairy border of malines finishes the bottom of the yards-and-yards-around taffeta skirt. METAL BROCADE S WITH MALINES SC SUCH gorgeousness as is being fashed along the path of fashion this season! Especially is this true of evening accessories. Not even may the queen of Sheba have been arrayed in more lavish splendor than is the society woman of today in her box at the opera, or at banquet or ball. As exponents of regal elegance, the new metal cloth or brocade shawls have no peer—for the shawl for evening wear, you must know, has "arrived." Nothing more rarely beautiful has past or present beheld in the way of an evening wrap. To all appearances at least, they are worth their weight in gold. Indeed they are actually made of gold or silver cloth or brocade. Note the handsome shawl to the left in the picture. Its center is of multi-colored metal brocade, and it is bordered with gleaming silver tissue for the sides, with squares of cloth of gold at each corner, the entire joined by faggoted hemstitching. Of course, one can make such a shawl at home, that is if one is willing to pay dollars and dollars per yard for the material. Paris metallic imprints include many GAZETTE Subscribe a Most often there is just a wide band of transparency, such as adds fascination to this adorable gown in the picture. Not always is the hemline conventionally bordered. A variation in mallines hemline is registered in some pretty bridesmaid's frocks designed for a fashionable wedding to take place during the holidays. There are three of peach color and three of hydrangea blue, all made exactly alike. Qualitly long are the skirts sloping longer to the back. The hemlines are cut in deep scallops, with several tiers of hemstitched mallines scalloping to the depth of a quarter of a yard or more. There's another very special item of beauty which the mode is featuring in connection with the bountiful taffetta skirt and that is a basket of wee flowers applied just as this picture shows. This cunning idea has caught the fancy of the stylist, not to mention the young enthusiasts who are to wear these shimmering silken frocks. Ever so many party dresses this season are garnitured with flower-basket motifs. JULIA BOTTOMLEY, (© 1926, Western Newpaper Union.) HAWLS COMPETE ARFS FOR EVENING shawl versions. Some show silver or gold grounds patterned with flowers in brilliant multi-colors. These are bordered in doubled georgette of the dominant coloring in the flowers, and cornered with metal cloth squares. One could continue indefinitely to tell of the glories of these evening shawls; there are the Italian hand-painted shawls, the Spanish all-over embroidered types, both deeply fringed—but what of the new maline scarfs? They are too adorably lovely to lightly pass by. It is "all the rage" to swath one's decolete shoulders and throat in machine with long, fluttering scarf ends. Flesh is by far the preferred color, but even so there is many a vivid green, and gay flame or coral shade or hydrangea blue scarf of maline now to harmonize or contrast the frock. Sometimes the maline has a spangled border as is pictured in the figure to the right. For a maline scarf to wrap around the shoulders as in the picture, buy two yards. It requires a half-yard more to encircle the throat bringing the long ends to the front. JULIA BOTTOMLEY ( @1926, Western Newspaper Union. ) After Reading Replacing Brake Lining Is Not Difficult Task To replace a brake lining, the bands or shoes are taken off, the axle is placed in a vise, while the rivets are knocked off with a cold chisel or hammer. New strips of the lining fabric are cut to size. Beginning then at one end of the strip, two or three rivet holes are located with a blue pencil and cut with a punch, after which the fabric is put in position on the shoe. Medium hard rivets, to prevent scoring of the drums, are passed through the holes and are then headed down securely at the back of the band. They must be sunk well into the fabric lining, so that no projections are left. With the strip held tightly to prevent wrinkling, and with the band at its original curvature, the next hole is marked, punched and riveted in the same way. The operator simply keeps on around until the entire strip of lining is riveted down into place on the shoe. The braking systems of our modern cars are efficient enough under ordinary circumstances, but they are not powerful enough to allow a margin for slack maintenance. They must be kept right up to the mark, and systematic inspections and repairs when needed are dictated by common sense. Lost Compression Quite Disagreeable to Driver Do not allow your engine to lose compression. It is disagreeable to the good driver and creates a larger running expense, causing loss of fuel and power. The careful motorists will check up on compression in each cylinder at regular intervals, opening all priming cups or removing all spark plugs, one at a time, and revolving crank. If the cylinder which has its priming cup closed or plug inserted resists to a good extent his efforts to revolve the engine, that cylinder has good compression. All cylinders can be tested in the same manner, closing priming cups and replacing spark plugs in each cylinder when the test is completed. There are other methods for testing, such as listening for hissing noises on compression strokes of pistons, allowing the car to go down hill with ignition turned off and with transmission in low or second speeds to note the resistance of the movement of the car which each cylinder offers, or a compression gauge may be used. Getting Out of Sand When a car is driven into a sandy spot in the road and the rear wheels spin there is no use in keeping on spinning them. The more the wheels spin the deeper the car sinks in the sand and the more difficult it will be to get it out. If no rope or burlap is available, deflate the tires and with the gears in first engage the clutch slowly. If this doesn't help, get two wooden planks and place them behind the rear wheels. Means Pen in the Engine Did you ever wonder why the engine does not show the accustomed pep or why the lights burn dimly or the ignition seems poor? Unfasten the wires and bars at the battery terminals and notice if they are clean. They must be clean if current is to flow freely. Scrape off with a stick any green or white deposit you see, and spread a little cup grease over the parts to prevent corrosion. Horn Saves Car Sounding the horn upon approaching the crest is splended insurance against a head-on collision. The wise motorist is sensible enough not to be on the wrong side of the road in the act of passing another car at the crest of a steep hill, but he never knows but that the "other fellow" may be doing it on the other side. The modern motorist has to be his brother's keeper for his own safety. Use for Old Files Frequently it is necessary for the car owner who does his own repair work to file a piece of cast iron that has been subjected to friction and so has acquired a glaze or skin. The best way to get through this skin is to use the edges of an old file. If a new file is used on this sort of surface it is likely to be ruined. Skip Figureheads Prized Among the most highly prized of the relics saved from old ships of Nelson's day and from other vessels are the carefully carved oak figureheads which adorned the prows, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. A London shipbreaker has collected a number of these specimens and, after they are repaired and redecorated, they are in great demand as antiques. A giant figurehead of the first duke of Wellington is typical of the carvings which were lavished on the ships of olden days. You Never Can Tell A man who went over Niagara falls in a barrel in 1911 without mishap slipped on an orange peel in Auckland, New Zealand, and broke his lez Danger of Scoring A car which has been standing idle for several days—long enough for the cylinder waits of the engine to become dry—should have a few spoonfuls of light oil injected into each cylinder by way of the petcocks; the engine should then be turned over a few times. This oil prevents any danger of scoring and assists in getting good compression.