Colorado Statesman

PATRONIZE MERCHANTS WHO ADV. IN THE PEOPLE'S PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Negro Progress Emphasized By the Splendid Work of the Negro Census Clerks. VOL. XX11. Negro Pr Em By the Splendid Work of (By Jonathan Cover) Apart from the "Atmosphere" of progress and recognition which surrounds the Negro in every department of his civic life and to which allusion was made in my last letter, many concrete and palpable proofs of the fact are readily obtainable. Through the agency of the Census there has been developed a veritable mine of the most valuable information concerning the enormous growth and prosperity of the Nation and incidentally a surprising, the very gratifying array of facts concerning the educational, spiritual and industrial progress of the Negro. Some idea of the scope of the work of this department may be had from the fact that there were employed in the taking of the last census some 70,000 people entailing a cost of approximately $14,000,000. The gathering, compiling and presentation of statistics in an understandable way is a scientific accomplishment that can be attained only by arduous labor and application. The Census Bureau of the United States, operating under the Department of Commerce, as concerns the matter of general statistical information, also comparatively young as years go, is one of the most interesting as well as important of the many Federal activities. During the brief period of its more comprehensive efforts it has trained a corps of statistical experts who should and doubtless do, take high rank among the more valuable assets of Uncle Sams government. It is a generally accepted commentary, that seems borne out by facts that are indisputable, that in the important human adjustments made necessary by the intricate machinery operating the affairs of the Nation, that somewhere among the assembled material there will always be found the human brain and brawn in its vestment of ebon hue. It may be we find him filling a niche that carries no distinction, but the duties being performed are proved to be as necessary and when well done, as as-ential to success as those by persons of larger place. It may revolve about so delicate a piece of diplomacy as handling a retiring diplomat his passports or braving the treacherous sluiceways and frozen regions of the North, in the effort to discover the Pole—somehow, there he is. This fact is eloquently illustrated in the working force of the Census Office where a number of Negro clerks, thro many years of earnest endeavor, have developed among themselves a dependable class of statistical experts. Thru these gentlemen the Negro problem has been reduced to an exact science—a problem of facts and figures. Bulletin of the Census No. 129 which is the result of their efforts shows the number of the Negroes in the United States (9,000,000) their geographic distinction, rate of increase, birth, death, age, sex, mental condition, home ownership and occupations; farm tenancy, ownership and mortgages; data of religious bodies, membership and value of edifices indebtedness are among other most interesting details of this exhaustive treatise. Among the facts of especial interest to Coloradoans we glean that out of a total number of 9990 Negroes, ten years of age or over the illiterates number only 396 or 77 males and 460 or 95 females. Doubtless by the time the 1920 Census, is taken, this small percentage of illiterates will have been entirely wiped out. The total Negro population of Colorado is given as 11,453 and that of Denver as 5426. At least four years have elapsed since these figures were taken and the present population may be very materially increased. In his letter of transmittal to the Secretary of Commerce the Director of the Census, the Hon. Wm. J. Harris has this to say:—"The object in view is to embody in a simple publication the principal and most recent census statistics relative to the Negro, arranged in such a way as to contribute as much information as possible regarding the status and progress of the Negro in the United States. The statistical tables were planned and arranged by three Negro employes of the Bureau, Charles E. Hall, William Jennifer and Robert A. Pelham." In paying this well earned tribute in so prominent a way, the Director furnishes a splendid example to those charge with the direction of governmental affairs, who too often are disposed to ig DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916 State Hist & Nat Hist Hoges State House GIANTS WHO ADC E JOURNAL DENVER COLORADO S nore the assistance rendered by this class of employes. COLORED MANUFACTURERS MAKE AUTOMOBILES Greenfield, Ohio, Jan. 14.—C R. Patterson and Sons announce their 1916 model of the Patterson Greenfield automobile. Patterson and Sons have since 1865 manufactured wagons, carriages and buggies and are the most reliable firm in the state. Recently they decided to go into the automobile industry and now they are having great success. They are building two styles of cars, both five passenger cars, one model "4.25," costing $685, and the other a model "4.35" costing $775. They are all so turning out two fine little roadsters at a smaller price. Those who have bought the machines claim that they are the best on the market. Our purchaser drove three thousand miles last year without a mishap to the motor or the mechanical workings of the car. Fifty years of practical experience has proven this firm second to none. NECRO CONV.CTS VALUABLE ASSET TO MISSISSIPP According to Col. Montgomery's report more than a million dollars in net cash has been paid into the State treasury in the last eight years. This is the product of Negro convict labor. We clip the following from the Commercial Appeal. During his eight years as he reports, Col Montgomery has seen the property valuation advanced competent appraisements from $928,97727 to $3,245,250.81 while they have paid into the treasury the sum of $1,488,561.70 in net cash, more than all the sums ever appropriated by legislatures for carrying on the work of the penitentiary. The penitentiary trustees today turned into the treasury the sum of $32,226 being proceeds of a settlement for part of the cotton sold during December, that purchased by Humphrey & Co. of Greenwood. There is still outstanding a sum of $190,000 from the same sale, which amounted to 3,536 bales of the staple. In addition to the cotton crop made this year. Mr Matthews tracks the record in order to show the following other crops made: Corn, 150,000 bushels; hay, 2,090 tons; syrup, 9,000 gallons; sweet potatoes. 19,250 bushels; Irish potatoes, 2,400 bushels; peas, 3,2,0 bushels; peanuts, 900 bushels; wheat, 2,400 bushels, oats, 22,500 bushels; brick made, 2,000,000 shingles made. 700,000; lumber cut, 800,000 feet. Prisoners in the penitentiary: A total of 1,438, including 127 white men, one white woman, 1,283 Negro men and 27 Negro women. FILIPINO FREEDOM IN SIGHT. Washington, Jan. 8, 1916.—One of the most astonishing developments in connection with the Philippine situation is the growth of sentiment in the Senate, noticeably on the Republican side, in favor of "getting rid" of the islands. This sentiment has been responsible in part for the smooth progress of the Philippine bill, which was made the first item of large business undertaken by the Senate. It is likely to pass in reasonable time. The House is reported earger to accept the measure substantially as it leaves the Senate, to insure the success of the legislation. Declaration Bill May Pass. The title of the bill is an act to "declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to future political status" of the people of the Philippines, and in terms promises "complete independence" when, "in the judgment of the United States, it will be to the permanent interest of the Filipinos. Senator Shafroth, a Democrat who spoke yesterday, thinks the islands can be released in two years. Senator Kenyon, a Republican, says ten years, but adds that he perceives a growing sentiment for setting the islands free at the earliest moment. A Load in Case of War. Then sentiment is stimulated, no doubt, by the realization that in case of war the islands would be a great embarrassment to the United States, as they are now and have been for a long time admittedly a liability rather than a national asset. This view gains strength in congress despite the general belief that the islands would become turbulent if the United States should let go of them. Senator Shafroth declares that Japan would willingly agree with the United States upon neutralization of the islands, but if such an agreement were made, it is pointed out, it would hardly dispose of the likelihood that Japan would intervene in her own interest if conditions in the Philippines became intolerable. The significance of the whole situation is the gradual acquiescence in the thought that Japanese control of the islands should not be regarded as an unmixed evil by the people of this country. It is generally taken for granted, however, that so long as the United States maintains the status quo no trouble with Japan over the islands need be feared.—W. E. B. in Boston Transcript. Times for Disappearing. A man ought not only to go into his closet to pray, but also to eat corn on the cob and fried chicken.—Judge. RACE NEWS San Diego, Cal., Jan. 10. — Geo. C. Ramsey has been appointed a sanitary inspector for the 1916 San Diego Expositions. He will have twenty men under him. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 11 — Gertrude Hubbard, the 9 year-old girl who rescued her brother and baby sister from their burning home several weeks ago, was presented a gold medal by the Woman's Civic League. The little girl has her home in the South. question, also studying the lines upon which members of the Caucasian race discriminate against the colored people. He has spent most of his time in the South and purposes returning to France and publishing his findings in a leading French newspaper that will be circulated around the world. There seems to be a considerable amount of dissatisfaction among Pythianism in Kentucky on the account of the recent law compell Ottawa, Kan, Jan. 10.—Today there is lying in a military hospital at Camp Valbonne Ain, S. L. Rogers, a well known young colored man of this city, who has served in the European War during the past year and is now suffering with frozen feet and other permanent disabilities which may result in his death. His regiment is made up entirely of foreigners He enlisted under the name of Henry Williams and is 21 years old. Portland, Ore, Jan. 12.—One of the wealthiest and most prominent white men of Salem, Ore, says: "Up at my home in Salem, we have two colored lad es of which we are very proud, one is a talented pianist and the other a vocalist of note and they with their families enjoy the respect of the best citizens of Salem and there is never anything of a public gathering out of the ordinary, but what those ladies are invariably invited to participate. Oakland, Calif.,—The Southern Pacific has again come forth and added another race man to their commissary officials. Max Hall, who has been in their employ as a waiter for the past ten years, has been given the position as "Traveling Head Waiter." His duties will be to inspect and instruct all waiters in the service of the company, and will carry him over an area covering 8,000 miles, from Portland, Ore., to New Orleans, and from San Francisco to Ogden, Utah. He carries a Pullman pass as well as railroad transportation. He reports directly to the superintendent at San Fran isco. New York, Jan. 8.—Rev. John Wesley Johnson, vicar of St. Cyprians Protestant Episcopal Church, recently invited representative men of this city to meet Prof. H. Moens, of Holland, a noted scholar and scientist, who is in this country studying the race NO 23 question, also studying the lines upon which members of the Caucasian race discriminate against the colored people. He has spent most of his time in the South and purposes returning to France and publishing his findings in a leading French newspaper that will be circulated around the world. There seems to be a considerable amount of dissatisfaction among Pythianism in Kentucky on the account of the recent law compelling member to pay five dollars to finish the $125,000 Pythian Temple at Louisville, which was alleged to have been built without fire escapes Blue Grass Lodge, the largest local order in Kentucky, will stand a law suit rather than to pay five dollars per member. Twenty seven lodges alleged to not have been represented at Harrodsburg at the State meeting. Not a contractor in all Pythianism was a member of the committee to see that these blue prints were correctly adjusted. It is noped the matter will be adjusted in the Grand Lodge instead of being carried out in the courts. Washington.—The Supreme Court is to be asked to pass on the question of whether the failure in southern states to select Negroes for jury duty is denial to Negroes accused of crime of the equal protection of the law. Counsel for Robert Kitchen, a Negro sentenced to be hanged in Washington Co., Ga., for the murder of Henry Brantley, a white man, today filed a brief in court, urging that the Federal district court in Southern Georgia, erred in refusing to release Kitchen, after conviction on a writ of habeas corpus. He urged that the failure to have Negroes on the grand and petit juries which passed on Kitchin's case deprived the trial court of jurisdiction. Counsel for the sheriff of Washington county filed a brief in support of the conviction. He urged that the Georgia law in requiring the selection for juries of the "most upright and intelligent men" was absolutely impartial, and further, on the authority of he Leo M. Frank decision, that habeas corpus was not Kitchen's proper remedy, in as much as no objection was offered at the beginning of the trial to the jury make up. Failure to make such an objection cannot justly be raised it is urged, because of alleged charges by counsel of mob violence, if the point has been raised. CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPH8. STORY OF THE WEEK SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR Reports from Keiv indicate the evacuation of Lutsk by the Germans. Leyland liner Huronian torpedoed by submarine near spot where Lusitania sank. Germany officially announces Kaiser has recovered from illness and returned to war front. The Greek army is believed unfriendly to the King and the populace have rioted against royalty. The French marked the surrender of Montenegro by an air raid on Bulgar positions northeast of Saloniki. They killed or wounded hundreds of Bulgarians. Germany notifies Great Britain reprisal measures will be adopted for alleged shooting of crew of German submarine which was sunk by the patrol boat Baralong. Russians lose heavily in new attacks on Austrians and, according to reports from Vienna, fail to gain inch of ground. Czar's men advance in columns twelve to fourteen deep and bayonet fighting is frequent. Reports from Berlin, Athens and London indicate the allies have determined to force the Greek ruler to aid them or quit his throne. Allied forces control Corfu, Saloniki and Corinth, giving them bases that practically surround Greece. On the heels of an Austrian report to the effect that Montenegro has unconditionally sued for peace, comes a statement from Zurich, Switzerland, that King Nicolas has refused to consider peace terms from the Teutonic powers. WESTERN At Newton, N. J., Charles Ashford Schaefer, 103 years old, died from paralysis. Billy Sunday closed a successful campaign at Syracuse, N. Y. Net returns, $23,112.27. An Illinois Central passenger train jumped the track near Pisgah, Iowa. Four persons were seriously hurt and a score injured. The Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad has placed an order with a Pittsburg company for 2,000 steel cars to cost about $2,000,000. A verdict of not guilty was returned at Joplin, Mo., by the jury in the case of Menace Publishing Company of Aurora, Mo., and four of its officials. Three persons were drowned when the buggy in which they were driving furiously to escape the floods between Anaheim and Fullerton, Cal., was swept from the state highway. The Alainza Hispano Americana, which is said to have a membership of 3,000, extending over New Mexico Texas, Arizona and California, held a national convention in Albuquerque, N. M. Two men were reported drowned and hundreds of persons were homeless Monday night as a result of the heavy rainstorm which has caused almost every river and stream in southern California to overflow its banks and inundate the lowlands. WASHINGTON Secretary McAdoo asked a deficiency appropriation of $594,000 to complete the approaches to the Lincoln memorial. The House military affairs committee will give a hearing on the Keating bill to establish an $8,000,000 munitions plant at Pueblo. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the British suffragist leader detained by New York immigration authorities, was ordered admitted to the United States unconditionally. The second of the administration conservation measures, a bill under which more than 700,000,000 acres of public lands would be thrown open for lease by private interests, passed the House without roll call. Immediately afterward the 640-acre homestead bill was taken up with a prospect that it would be passed. Opposition to the land lease bill was confined principally to far western representatives, as in the case of the water power leasing bill, passed a few days ago. Secretary Lansing announced that the Berlin foreign office had informed Ambassador Gerard that all German submarines in the Mediterranean have reported, and that none was concerned in the destruction of the British liner Persia. Establishment of a neutral zone in northern Mexico to be jointly policed by the forces of Mexico and the United States unless disorders are speedily controlled, is proposed in a resolution introduced by Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma. FOREIGN The Prussian Parliament met on Jan. 13. Russia's offensive in East Galicia has been checked. Direct passenger service between Berlin and Constantinople has been inaugurated. The conscription bill passed the British House of Commons committee without change. Several amendments were suggested but none accepted. All street traffic at Hamburg was tied up by the unprecedented floods, caused by a storm blowing water from the sea back up the Elbe river. At Guatemala City, Manael Estrada was declared re-elected president of the republic for the term beginning March, 1917, and running for six years. Sixty thousand revolutionary troops have defeated the forces of Yuan Sui Kai, head of the Chinese government, in an action fought in the province of Sze Chuen. The cathedral at Sora was destroyed by fire while services were in progress throughout Italy commemorating the earthquake at Avezzano and Sora a year ago. In the face of Villa's threat to exterminate Americans and foreigners, four Americans, heavily armed, left for the mountains north of La Junta, Mexico, to rescue Dr. R. P. Kramer. Late dispatches indicate that King Constantine is tootting on his throne. There is a disposition among the entente powers to replace the monarchy with a republic headed by Venizelos. The American members of the Ford peace mission, except those associated with the permanent peace board, sailed from Rotterdam aboard the steamer Rotterdam for New York. The corpse of Gen. Jose Rodriguez, Villa's cavalry leader, was placed on public exhibition Monday in the yard of the Juarez custom house. The gruesome show was meant to prove that the Carranza government was determined to punish the murderers of Americans and other foreigners. A committee to regulate the cost of living at Juarez, Mex., by the fixing of prices and profits was appointed by Gen. Gabriel Gavira, Carranza commandant, who also announced that the bodies of Rodriguez and Rivas, Villa chiefs, shot after the force of Rodriguez had been defeated at Pearson, would reach the border so Americans might verify the report of their execution. SPORTING NEWS Mike Gibbons of St. Paul knocked out Young Ahern in the first round of their scheduled ten-round bout at St. Paul, Minn. W. H. Williams, star halfback of last year's School of Mines football team at Golden, Colo., was elected captain of the 1916 gridiron squad. Dick Gilbert, the Denver heavyweight, was matched to meet vic Hanson, the coast heavy, in a ten-round battle at Kansas City on the night of January 24. Fred Lewis of England was ready to take on Packey McFarland for the wetterweight championship. as a result of his easy win at Milwaukee over Kid Graves of Cleveland. Black men and white may hereafter stage boxing bouts in New York state. The athletic commission will rescind the old rule against mixed bouts because the attorney general says it is unconstitutional. James C. McGill, Denver and Indianapolis baseball magnate, defendant in suits filed in the District Court by John F. Coffey, formerly manager of the Denver team, and his wife, Loreen V. Coffey, who charge assault, must defend the actions in the identical courtroom in which he appeared ten years ago when Estelle F. Del Poso, a beautiful Spanish girl, sued him for $50,000 for breach of promise. GENERAL An earth temblor was felt at El Centro, Cal., and at other points in the Imperial valley. No damage resulted. Blackmailing operations carried on at the seaside summer resorts, netting more than $250,000 were revealed by two arrests in New York. The Rainer club, the principal social club in Seattle, Wash., was raided by deputy sheriffs, who confiscated 400 quarts of whiskey, champagne, gin and other intoxicants. A Fremont, Ohio, dispatch says F. I. Gahn of Rich township is perhaps the biggest country schoolboy in Ohio if not in the United States. He is 16 years of age and weighs 260 pounds. According to advices received at Douglas, Ariz., regarding the reported capture of Baca-Valles and Clisneros, eight armed followers with the Villa bandit leaders also were taken into custody. The police, working without a semblance of a clew, were unable to establish a motive for the murder of Edward B. Dodge of Boston, who was shot to death in front of St. George's Episcopal chapel in St. Louis. Madame E. Lanel, wife of the French minister to Brazil', who died in Rio Janeiro, was Miss Amy McKee, the daughter of Mrs. Sam Bell McKee of Oakland, Cal. She is survived by her husband, mother, a brother and two sisters. Miss Lillian Conklin, pretty New York governess, 20, was awarded $2,000 damages by a jury that heard her tell how George R. Kaufman, wealthy mining engineer, gave her a "short kiss and a lingering kiss" when she called at his home seeking employment. Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. Feb. 13—Annual convention Colorado Metal Mining Association, at Denver March 20-April 2. Colorado Retail Merchants' Association's Food and Industrial Exposition at Denver. Clarence Darrow delivered a lecture in Denver on the single-tax question. Citizens of Durango voted $175,000 bonds to build a new high school building. Much interest is being manifested in the good roads meeting at Denver, Jan. 19-20. The funeral of Mrs. Mary L. Corlew, 92 years old, who died suddenly, was held in Denver. Delegates from all parts of the state attended the Good Roads Association meeting in Denver. John Greenawalt spoke on "The Telephone Business" at the Denver Advertising Club's weekly luncheon. The Colorado State Editorial Association held its winter meeting in Denver on Monday and Tuesday. The Colorado Osteopathic Association will hold its nineteenth annual meeting in Denver, Jan. 28 and 29. David Stewart, 67, at one time one of the best known mining men in the state, died at his home near Empire. Louis Boyvin, pioneer logger of Colorado, died at his residence in Denver of pneumonia. He was 73 years old. Twelve of Colorado's pony express messengers of the early '60s occupy a place in the new Federal building in Denver. The grand champion carload of Hereford bulls (twenty head) at the Western Live Stock Show at Denver were sold for $450 per head. Mrs. Mary Brennan, 75 years old, a widow living at West Thirty-second avenue and Tejon street, Denver, was painfully burned in a fire at her home. The fire was caused by an overheated stove. Denver is destined to become the center of metal mining research work for the United States and the chief headquarters of the United States Bureau of Mines, in the opinion of members of the office in Denver. The plant of the Western Sugar & Land Company at Grand Junction will be purchased and operated by a new concern, headed by A. E. Carlton, Cripple Creek banker and mining man, which intends to build a factory at Delta. A honeymoon trip on foot to New York city, with pedometers to record the number of miles covered, is the novel scheme planned by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Anderson, who were married in Golden Christmas day. William H. Lawrence, Denver pioneer and one of the founders of the Saturday and Sunday Hospital Association, died at his home, 247 Bannock street. Mr. Lawrence was 67 years old and had been in excellent health until the day before he died, when he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. Freeman L. Loomis of Redcliffe who "jumped" his bond three months ago on statutory charges and led the police and private detectives a chase of nearly 2,000 miles before his capture in Ruskin, Neb., was turned over to Eagle county officials on his arrival in Denver in custody of Sheriff J. A. Jones. Mrs. Effie Adams, wife of Harry L. Adams, pal of Claude Maddox, who was dangerously wounded—the police say while he was trying to rob the Hotel Du' Nan—was arrested in Denver in the West Side Court on a warrant charging her with receiving $370 worth of stolen furs. Her ball was fixed at $2,000. James Barton Adams, pioneer Denver poet, is in a critical condition at his home in Vancouver, Wash., as the result of an automobile accident which befell him a few days ago. While in Portland, Ore., on a visit Mr. Adams was run down by a machine, and because of the serious nature of the accident and his advanced age his friends are alarmed over the outcome. Abandoning the last ray of hope of escape from the leash of evidence collected by the Denver police with his detection in the act of preparing a saw which he admitted was to be used in a plot to break from the Denver city jail, Harry L. Adams, alleged accomplice of Claude Maddox, broke down and confessed that he and Maddox committed the recent series of daring burglaries in Denver which the police have charged to the pair. Some of the loot has been recovered and identified. The Denver police have been asked to aid in a countrywide search recently started by Miss Myrtle Fairchild, a 17-year-old San Diego girl, for her father, A. Murton Fairchild, a railroad man, whom she has not seen since she was a baby. According to the annual report of the Denver Union Stockyards Company, there has been handled since the yards opened thirty years ago an aggregate of 11,828,786 sheep, 7,633,913 cattle, 247,790 calves and 4,264,864 hogs. There were 407,138 horses and mules received. SHIP $250,000 IN GOLD CRIPPLE CREEK SENDS OUT 175 TONS OF RICH ORE. Largest Consignment Made Since Last February Went Out Under Armed Guard. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Cripple Creek, Colo.—The world wants gold. At the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1816 the Bank of England made gold the sole standard of value at $20.67 per ounce fine. Germany followed suit in 1871 by reason of victory over France, and the United States, being ambitious to establish an over-seas commerce, joined the movement at the end of the century. Responding to this universal demand for the yellow metal the small Cripple Creek district—some twelve miles in width and eighteen miles from north to south—shipped out under the care of armed men, a consignment of high-grade ore worth $250,000 at the sampler. Of the seven box-car loads (175 tons) the Cresson mine furnished fifty tons, the Portland mine twenty-five tons and the Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company 100 tons or four-sevenths of the total. Since the Cresson "vug" shipment in February, 1915, which was valued at $243,240, this is the most valuable single consignment that has left the camp. This ore will be gradually treated at the mill of the Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company at Colorado City. At the low-grade end of the camp's future it is reported that $200,000 has been set aside by the directors of the Vindicator Company for the construction of a 1,000-ton flotation plant near the mines for the benefit primarily of the larger dumps accumulated and the tailings from the Vindicator and Golden Cycle coarse concentration plants, each handling 150 tons daily. Boulder Man Victim of Bandits. Boulder.—W. J. Wallace of El Paso, Tex., reported to have been slain by Villa troops in Chihuahua, Mex., was a resident of Boulder for three years until last fall, when he went to El Paso, where his son, W. W. Wallace, opened a law office. The latter was graduated from the university law school last June. Mr. Wallace was a retired merchant of Fairplay. Germans Form Colony in Colorado Durango—Plans are being made to bring 1,000 German farmers from Alberta and Manitoba provinces,ada, to Southwestern Colorado and Northern New Mexico, according to an announcement here by W. Goff Black and George F. Bruington of Aztec, N. M. The announcement states that the exodus is caused by anti-Teutonic feeling in Canada resulting from the war. Mrs. Mae Oles Again on Trial. Boulder.—The trial of Mrs. Mae Oles, who is charged with the forgery of a contract between her father, J. N. Bradford, and the late A. J. Macky, Boulder pioneer and philanthropist, by which she hoped to gain one third of the $400,000 Macky estate, began in the District Court here before Judge J. W. Sheafer of Colorado Springs. Ray Heads Editorial Association. Denver.—Roy Ray, editor of the Windsor Poudre Valley, was elected president of the Colorado Editorial Association at the first day of the annual meeting of the organization. David Elliot of the Colorado Springs Telegraph was chosen vice president, and Alva A. Swain of the Pueblo Chleftain succeeded himself as secretary. Second Davidson Trial Feb. 9 Colorado Springs. The case of 1. Lofton Davidson, the Denver undertaker, charged with conspiracy to defraud insurance companies, was set for Feb. 9 in the District Court. The jury at a former trial recently was discharged because the members were unable to agree on a verdict. Pueblo Church Burns; Loss. $20,000. Pueblo.—Fire swept the Broadway Christian church, resulted in serious injuries to Charles B. Willis, captain of motor engine No. 3 of the fire department, minor, injuries, including frozen hands and feet to a half a dozen other firemen and caused a financial loss of probably $20,000. Prize Stock of Nation at Denver Show Prize Stock of Nation at Denver Show. Denver.—With the finest domestic menagerie ever assembled in one place, the National Western Stock and Horse Show opened Monday at the Denver stockyards and thousands of people poured through the gates Ranchman's Body Found Frozen. Trinidad.—Walton Dilks, 42 years old, a ranchman, is dead. His frozen body was found in his cabin near here by M. L. 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I cannot fill his place, but with the guidance and support of Tuskegee's wise and sympathetic board of trustees, and with the earnest co-operation and loyal help of the faithful and efficient corps of workers whom Doctor Washington gathered about him at Tuskegee. I shall endeavor to the best of my ability to carry on the work to which he gave his life with the same spirit and with the same rational methods which he so wisely and so successfully used." Major Moton, it is known, was Doctor Washington's choice as his successor as leader of Tuskegee's work. The two men were intimate friends, held the same views as to the best methods for helping their race to a fuller citizenship, and often spoke from the same platform in the North and on the "educational tours" of the Southern states. The subcommittee which chose Major Moton was composed of Seth Low, Frank Trumbull, W. W. Campbell, Victor H. Tulane, and Edgar A. Bancroft. Mr Low gave out the following statement: "The trustees of Tuskegee institute at their meeting in Tuskegee, December 13, appointed the under-signed committee with power to select the principal, provided it could act unanimously. The committee today has, by unanimous action, appointed Major R. R. Moton to be principal. His installation will take place at the commencement next May. In taking this action, the committee has not been unmindful of the long devotion and many qualifications of Emmet J. Scott for the position. The problem to be dealt with is a many-sided one, and it has seemed wise to seek a solution of it that will bring to the work of Tuskegee another forceful personality." The late Booker T. Washington, in his book entitled "My Larger Education," had this to say of the man who is to succeed him as principal of the institution which Doctor Washington built up from a log cabin, and to which he devoted his life: "It has been my privilege to come into contact with many different types of people, but I know few men who are so lovable, and, at the same time, so sensible in their nature as Major Moton. He is chock-full of common sense. Further than that he is a man who, without obtruding himself and without understanding how he does it, makes you believe in him from the very first time you see him and from your first contact with him, and, at the same time, makes you love him. He is the kind of man in whose company I always feel like being, never tire of, always want to be around him or always want to be near him. "One of the continual sources of surprise to people who come for the first time into the southern states is to hear of the affection with which white men and women speak of the older generation of colored people with whom they grew up, particularly the old colored nurses. The lifelong friendships that exist between these old 'aunties' and 'uncles' and the white children with whom they were raised No financial achievement which St. Louis has put to its credit in the past half century is more significant than the success of the colored citizens of St. Louis in raising $50,000 for a colored Y. M. C. A. building. But a scant half century ago the colored citizens of St. Louis had just emerged from slavery; and, as Booker Washington put it, their sole assets consisted of a few bed quilts, pumpkins and fowls "miscellaneously gathered." Today the race numbers many men of substantial means and big civic spirit. A large proportion of the people of St. Louis, including the writer of these words, come of Southern stock. Our ancestors were tended in their infancy, served in their mature years and tendered care for in their old age by the strong hands and warm hearts of American Negroes. This obligation thus accumulated through the generations is one which we can never fully discharge. The opportunity to help in the work so nobly started in the interest of an institution whose function is to make colored boys into good citizens, who might otherwise develop into bad ones, is one that we cannot af- Nice shiny bugles may be bought very cheaply up in Manitoba, where a large consignment intended for the troops has been cast aside because in a wee sma' nook on the inside was found these words: "Made in Germany." King Alfonso has reigned longer than any other European sovereign, with the exception of the king of Montenegro and the emperor of Austria. He was born a king, and so has reigned just over 29 years. is something that is hard for strangers to understand. It is just these qualities of human sympathy and affection that endeared so many of the older generation of Negroes to their masters and mistresses, and which seems to have found expression, in a higher form, in Major Moton. Although he has little schooling outside of what he was able to get at Hampton institute, Major Moton is one of the best read men and one of the most interesting men to talk with I have ever met. Education has not 'spoiled' him, as it seems to have done in the case of some other educated Negroes. It has not embittered or narrowed him in his affections. He has not learned to hate or distrust any class of people, and he is just as ready to assist and show a kindness to a white man as to a black man, to a Southerner as to a Northerner. How flies and mosquitoes carry disease was one of the phases treated in the exhibit on hygiene and sanitation made recently by the colored pupils of the Washington (D. C. schools. The models in this were made by junior students of the schools, and will be used in instructing grade children as to the methods of keeping well. Right and wrong kind of dairies, right and wrong methods of supplying houses with drinking water, as well as a model of the District's water supply plant; right and wrong methods of ventilating houses; proper methods of disposing of garbage and trash, and how children may aid in keeping communities in which they live clean and healthful were included among the models displayed. One of the points of interest about this part of the quadruplex exhibit was that the cost of the material used was but slight. Old boxes, pasteboard, clay and illustrations cut from magazines were all used to good purpose. Miss Jessie Wormley of the normal faculty directed the students. Students taking the domestic science course under Miss Helen Irving compiled to exhibit the various uses to which cotton is put, as well as its by-products. From the raw material to various finished products was shown through actual material and pictures, not only of cotton, but also of linen, wool, hemp, ramie, jute and silk. So far as is possible material and information furnished was used. The students made crayon pictures, showing various nutritive materials and units contained in the ordinary foods. Some of the most modern pieces of apparatus were on display in the laboratories under Charles M. Thomas, who has charge of the sciences in the school. The equipment for psychology tests is "up to the minute" and serves a double purpose—for instructing the embryo teachers in psychology and how they can best teach those who come under them, and for carrying on psychological experiments, particularly with defective children. Although the material used in the science department is always out, being in constant use, it is attracting wider attention now than ordinarily, in connection with the other exhibits. Teachers attending various institutes recently have inspected it, and had its used explained to them by Mr. Thomas. The 90,000 waiters and kitchen attendants of the New York hotels and restaurants are being licensed. To do so they must pass a physical examination. ford, in view of past history and present needs, to pass by.—St. Louis Ke public. From 1790 to 1870 the actual work of gathering census statistics was performed by the United States marshals, and the enumerations varied in length from ten to eighteen months. In 1880 there was adopted the plan, followed at all subsequent censuses, of having this work done by a large body of enumerators under the direction of supervisors. A recent investigation by Professor Haberlandt of Germany shows that living wood is of much food value, sapwood, twigs and branches containing large quantities of sugar, starch and oil, with some albumen. Soft woods contain much oil, hard woods much starch. An electrical smoke abatement device has been invented whereby the particles of soot are charged by current led through fine wires in a smoke stack until they unite and become heavy enough to fall into a receptacle. A London railroad station has been equipped with penny-in-the-slot machines to sell tickets to persons who wish to accompany friends to trains. A California inventor's wave power motor utilizes the horizontal motion of the water instead of the vertical usually the case in such devices. On a farm conducted by the muniel pality of Berlin cows are being milked in the fields by electrical machines deriving their power through cabies. BOARD ON CASH BASIS AND HAS SURPLUS. Nearly 6,000 Accident Cases Reported and Fifty-Six Death Claims Adjusted During Five Months. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—The first annual report of the Colorado State Industrial Commission, covering the five months of its existence, was made to Governor Carlson and shows marked progress in the development of the compensation, insurance and industrial branches of the commission's activities. During the five months between 5,000 and 6,000 accidents were reported from all parts of the state. Fifty-six death claims, each calling for monthly payments aggregating $2,500, were settled. A total of 450 injury claims were adjusted, with compensation averaging $100. Twelve industrial disputes were settled without disorder or loss of time to employer or employe. One disagreement, that of the journeymen tailors, is now being investigated. The commission got work for more than 100 former strikers by interceding with employers. Prosperity shown by the figures of the State Compensation Insurance fund is considered by the commission to be perhaps the most important feature of the report. The fund has a surplus of $16,664.57, this being over and above reserves abundantly sufficient, in the opinion of the manager, to liquidate every obligation. Business written and paid for indicates an annual premium income to the state fund of $109,335.92, of which $94,003.92 is collected from private employers. Approximately 7,500 employees, earning $7,573,000 annually, are covered by the policies. "The state fund's business," says the report, "has been uniformly conducted on a strictly cash basis, a fact auguring well for the character of the risks underwritten, since willingness to pay cash in advance generally is accepted as evidence of a good 'moral hazard.'" The report declares that the fund's premium income is growing steadily, drawn from virtually every industry in the state, except coal mining and the manufacture of explosives. The first dividend will be paid to policy holders next July. "It may be stated with propriety," the report declares, "that, for private employers, the expectation of a dividend averaging 20 per cent of the premiums is a justifiable one." Value of Terminals in Denver. The Colorado & Southern railroad claims a valuation of $7,223,089.17 for its Denver terminals, including switch engines, according to an exhibit it has filed with the State Public Utilities Commission in the "switching charge" case brought before the commission last July for a number of industrial concerns. The Burlington values its Denver terminals at $8,011,309.44. These were the only two companies which filed detailed statements. The complainants seek to have the rates reduced from 20 and 25 cents per ton to 8 and 10 cents per ton for interchange and industrial switching with a minimum of $2 and $2.50 per car. Colorado Sends 752 Men to Army. The United States army, navy and marine corps enlisted 752 men from Colorado in 1915. There were 3,598 applicants, but owing to rigid examinations only about 21 per cent passed. The army recruiting stations mustered in 354. There were 2,917 applications. The naval station accepted 245 of 951 applicants. The marine corps accepted only 153 of 720 men. May Change Appointive Officers According to reports at the state house, a number of changes affecting incumbents in appointive offices may be looked for within the next few weeks. The reports include the offices of the adjutant general, warden of the penitentiary and the boiler and factory inspectors. Governor and Food Chief Confer. Governor Carlson conferred with John Lynch, state pure food and drug commissioner, and the inspectors working under Mr. Lynch, to outline the work he desires the inspectors to do in aiding the enforcement of the prohibition penalty law. Delegates to Security Convention. Governor Carlson appointed Frank M. Taylor, Charles MacA. Willcox, Forrest S. Rutherford, E. C. Stimson, Harold Kountze and Frank C. Goudy delegates to the National Security League Congress, that will meet in Washington, D. C. Uniform Accounting for Utilities A uniform system of accounting will be adopted by all electric utilities in the state of Colorado, according to an order sent out by the State Public Utilities Commission The order becomes effective at once Several weeks ago the commission held a conference with representatives of electric utilities from all parts of the state to determine upon the best uniform method of accounting. BIG SNOWSLIDE AT LEADVILLE MINE BUILDINGS WRECKED AND TREES SNAPPED LIKE STRAWS IN DISASTER. TWO DIE, BUT 20 ESCAPE TOTTERING DAM IMPERILS MANY LIVES AND MILLIONS IN PROP- ERTY IN CALIFORNIA. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Leadville, Colo.—Leaving death and ruin in its white course, a 'tremendous snowslide swept with terrific impact down the steep passes of Mount Elbert, in lake county one mile above Twin Lakes, Wednesday afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, buried alive two mining men, one a former resident of Denver. Twenty other mine employés narrowly escaped death as the frozen snow and earth thundered down the mountain side. The dead are J. W. Remine, 33 years old, brother of Mrs. John Winkler, 1114 Acoma street, Denver, and Paul Stiffler, 40 years old, of Twin lakes. Remine was the son of W. P. Remine, the mention of whose name recalls to the pioneer prospectors one of the most successful of the early-day gold diggers. Both men were in the employ of the Gordon group of gold mines. With a score of other men they were endeavoring to reach a shaft opening by cutting their way through deep snow. Then came the moving, crashing, thundering slide, snapping trees at the roots as if they were straws, sweeping them down, down the bottomless depths of the sheer mountain side. In the path of the slide were the mine buildings, which were wrecked by the oncoming run and carried along in its maddening speed. With a great roar, the slide finally was broken up when it struck a high barrier of cliffs near where the town of Twin Lakes is situated. Twelve Hundred Marooned. Los Angeles, Jan. 20.—Whether the great levees which hold the Colorado river back from the Imperial valley will hold was a question on which hinged the possible fate of human lives and millions of dollars' worth of property. Heavy rains moving eastward left most of southern California recovering from floods, troublesome but receding, which claimed four lives and caused damage estimated at $2,000,000. A wall of water eleven feet high was sweeping over the spillways of the Roosevelt dam on the Salt river. The rise, however, had ceased, though another one was predicted by reclamation officials. Flood conditions assumed alarming proportions at Yuma, Ariz., last night. Reports from all points along the Gila river above here as far as Phoenix were to the effect that the river was rising rapidly. The Colorado river rose one and one-half feet in twenty-four hours and began to rise more rapidly late Wednesday night. In addition to the flood of water rushing toward Phoenix down these two rivers, between 12,000 and 15,000 feet of water a second was pouring over the Laguna dam. British Ship Sunk by U-Boat. London.—The British steamer Marere was sunk by a submarine. Her crew was rescued. CZAR'S MEN ROUT TURKS. Russians Capture Sixty-Six Miles of Trenches in Hand-to-Hand Fight in Lake Tortem Region. London, Jan. 20.—Tearing through the Turkish lines in the Caucasus, the Russians captured sixty-six miles of trenches, routed the Moslems from strong positions in the region of Lake Tortem, and occupied a line extending to the Charlains river north of Melazghert. The Ottoman forces fled after a desperate hand-to-hand battle in which soldiers fought with fists, stones, clubbed rifles and broken bayonets. The Sultan's troops finally established themselves on the strongly fortified plain of Ezerum, but in order to cover their retreat sacrificed a large portion of their army. Entente allied airmen have dropped bombs on Metz and Arnaville, doing some material damage. With the announcement that Monte-negro had broken off negotiations for peace with Austro-Hungary comes the official statement in a Paris newspaper that King Nicholas and his family and suite are already on their way to Italy. Gen. Villa's Life Forfeit on Sight. El Paso.—General Carranza telegraphed the Mexican embassy at Washington that he had formally proclaimed Francisco Villa an outlaw and authorized his execution by any citizen of the republic who might encounter him. 1 Killed in Powder Plant Explosion. Hopeville, Va.—One man was killed and a dozen severely injured by an explosion in the nitrate house of the Du Pont powder plant here. The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO The Champa Pharmacy The Champa Pharmacy Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, PROPR. PHONE MAIN 2425. When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails, Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings, or any other part of the hog except the squeal, go to East's Market The WARD AUCTION COMPANY Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO— 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O.P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. Phone Main 6544. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. TELEPHONE YORK 6668. J. H. Biggins GENERAL FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING. WORK GUARANTEED. 1417 East 24th Avenue, Denver, Colo. 2300-6 Larimer Street Phone Main 1461 1848 Arapahoe Phone Main 4896 Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending sample of hair; also combings made up. Cheapest Switches 50 Cents 1219 21st St. Denver, Colo. DO IT NOW Subscribe for THIS PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN JOS. D. D. RIVERS.....Proprietor 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. Phone Main 7417. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....1.00 Three Months .....6.00 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the city of Denver, Colorado. It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any number when due, inform us by postal card and we will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper; must reach us Tuesdays, if possible, anyway, not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. 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There are some facts, however, connected with the race problem in the United States, which, we believe, are not the rightful source of so much complacent assurance as a hopeful but tolerant people are inclined to give them. We are making indisputable progress in the channels of material success as the years go by, but the actual result of that progress is not altogether what we are prone to consider it. At the beginning of the present year the colored people of the United States own more land and more personal property than they ever owned before. They can boast of a higher educational standing, a material advance along the lines of intellectual and moral development and a greater adaptation to those industrial forces by which the strength and worth of a people are measured. We are growing along all lines which tend to make a people worthy of consideration and respect, and every sensible Negro can feel a high sense of satisfaction over the realization of this evidence of our advancement. But when we attempt to fix the comparative position which we should occupy as citizens among the country's associated elements, the expected ratio does not hold good. Up to a certain point our rights seem to be definitely recognized. That point is fixed more by a universal legal necessity than by any equitable or moral obligation. We are permitted to own property and generally to enjoy the fruits of it and of our labors upon it. We are permitted to share, to a certain extent, in the educational facilities of the country and to apply our education to our own further class development. Among ourselves we may instigate and carry out such moral or material movements or labors as may suggest themselves to our sense of self-improvement. But in the realm of civil and POLITICAL LIBERTY—that great source of associated governmental and business intercourse—we are worse off today than we were thirty years ago. In the South the pretended fear of Negro domination is made a pretext to deprive us of almost all POLITICAL privilege. In Colorado a general and carefully nursed but no less efficient bias makes our participation in POLITICAL affairs almost as fruitless, and all indications point to a still greater diminution of POLITICAL benefits which other elements are able to safeguard by a change of political allegiance. Our business relations with other elements, like those POLITICAL, are hampered and hedged in by unwavering rules of prejudice. In these two great branches of progress we are at a standstill, and neither individual or race can see over the wall of racial separation. It does not argue well for our future TRANQUILITY, though, as we stated in the beginning, it may be for the best. At any rate, we will go ahead along the lines on which we are not hampered. We will increase our wealth, our knowledge and our worth; we will rely more upon ourselves and develop more within ourselves. We are a patient, tolerant people and time is proving that we are not without inherent capabilities which must some day, somewhere, lead us to the full enjoyment of a freeman's rights. EDUCATIONAL CHANGES AMONG THE NEGROES OF THE SOUTHLAND. The Negro of the present period is not by any means the Negro of sixty years ago; nor the Negro of thirty years ago, for that matter. That he is changing is just as evident as looking at the changing figures in a kaleidoscope. A little more than a quarter of a century ago it was difficult to tell who was the greater slave; the master or the toiler in the field. He who slept with a revolver under his downy pillow, or he who laid his weary body down at night on the cabin floor. He who sipped his coffee at a comfortable hour in the morning or he who arose with the first peep of the sun to go forth under the dictum and whip of the overseer. Apprehensiveness was mirrored in the face and stirred the soul of the slave owner. Comprehensiveness and desire to learn was evidenced upon the countenance and in the mind of the slave. These two forces working in opposite directions yet have been productive of remarkable results. The Ghost of desire to learn would not down and teachable blacks were found everywhere with spelling book in hand and the consequences are that today everywhere in the Southland are found day schools, boarding schools, primary, secondary and normal schools, industrial schools, theological and manual trainink schools, supported by public or private charity and sometimes no support at all, but still existing and turning out students imbued with the spirit of self-help and aggressiveness. Every burg, hamlet, county and city has one or more of these schools. In fact, the schools seem overdone rather than neglected and the new problem will be to correlate and systematize this work so as to bring it into proper gradation. The spread of these educational institutions means better homes, better churches, better business methods, better lives and better services in every way. The school uplift means the uplift of the race and this is being successfully done everywhere throughout the South. This educational uplift is being greatly aided by the moral and religious work of the churches who are doing a tremendous work and whose power is being felt in every avenue of life. With these forces operative and multiplying there is no question but a brighter outlook is ahead and the race has everything to hope. Interesting Facts About Lip Reading By S. C. IVERSEN, Terre Haute, Ind. The fact that lip reading for the hard of hearing is so little known about was brought forcibly to my mind when I spoke to a physician a few weeks ago. On telling him that I was hard of hearing and a lip reader, he gave no sign of having any prior knowledge of it. This seems remarkable to me. In looking for relief from my deafness, I have been treated or examined by about a half-dozen physicians. Only one of them recommended lip reading. He was the last one, and I have followed his advice with the most gratifying results. I am positive the others knew very little, if anything, about the art of lip reading. If they knew of its value to the deaf, they would have suggested it without hesitation. The Volta bureau of Washington, D. C., an association devoted to the interests of the deaf, will gladly furnish information when requested and where teachers may be found. Private instruction is better than class instruction, as there are various mental habits to be overcome before the pupil can become expert in lip reading. Class instruction, as given in the Chicago public schools is desirable where the person cannot afford the other method. I took seventy-four lessons, three a week, privately. When I had taken about half of them I could understand my folks at home with very little difficulty, without hearing their voices. Now I read their lips with ease and understand them very well, as I do many of my friends and people I come in contact with every day. I am acquainted with a score or more of lip readers. A few are more proficient than I am, most of them are as good, and others are beginners and getting along nicely. All of us are gradually learning to forget our defect and human intercourse is becoming more a pleasure than torture. Do you know which is the weakest link in your chain of life? Is it heart, lungs, digestion or nerves? Which of the various organs and functions of the body seems to threaten trouble? Weakest Link in Chain of Life By SAMUEL G. DIXON, Commissioner of Health for Pennsylvania Do you know which is the weakest link in your chain of life? Is it heart, lungs, digestion or nerves? Which of the various organs and functions of the body seems to threaten trouble? The chances are that unless you have a thorough physical examination you could not tell, for symptoms are misleading and often their manifestation is general or sympathetically indicates the trouble is located in some other organ than the one which is the actual seat of the trouble. If there is a knock in the engine of your automobile you are the first to desire an overhauling to rectify the trouble. You know if a mechanical defect of this sort continues it is going to multiply the trouble before long, and that is just what happens with the human mechanism. It is well known by the medical profession that those suffering from organic complaints may often, through vigorous adherence to certain rational methods of living, recover sufficiently to live long and useful lives, while those suffering from functional disorders may, by following out the instructions of able medical men, entirely recover their health. Everyone suffering with a persistent cold, headache or pains should consult a good physician and submit himself to a thorough physical examination. It would be well for everyone to be examined once a year. This should include an examination of the blood vessels, blood, heart, lungs, kidneys, a consideration of weight in regard to height, and the general activities of the various organs. Such an examination superficially made is of no value. It should be thorough and the daily routine and habits of the individual carefully considered in relation to his physical condition. Men ordinarily are obliged to submit to a medical examination now and then when they take out life insurance. Women are not so often insured, and hence under ordinary circumstances are more apt to neglect physical examination. It is equally essential to both. The people of country places, much more than city folks, are dependent upon one another. The city man may, and very often does, find business and social associates in a part of the People Dependent Upon One Another By HERBERT C. LONG, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. The people of country places, much more than city folks, are dependent upon one another. The city man may, and very often does, find business and social associates in a part of the city remote from his place of residence; but the man who lives in the rural locality is almost wholly dependent in both business and social matters upon those who might properly be called his neighbors. It would seem, therefore, that such people ought to be on the best of terms. As a matter of fact, they are not always. They know each other too well. In a small community everybody knows everybody else, and a large topic of conversation is the faults and failings of the absent neighbors. In reality they do not know each other as well as they think they do; their acquaintance is superficial because it is the result of association and not friendliness. Some people make themselves and others miserable because they insist on putting the worst possible interpretation upon the words and acts of their neighbors, when, as a matter of fact, the chief fault lies in themselves. People should try to interpret the conduct of those about them sympathetically, and when possible attribute good motives to them. People in rural communities would find life much more enjoyable if they cultivated a spirit of friendly helpfulness. There are such communities, and it is a pleasure to live in them. What are you doing to cultivate such a spirit in your neighborhood? Folks can't be hateful and happy too. While residing, in the country, some years ago, and walking out one evening, I found a nest of young blackbirds. The young birds were almost fledged. Taking them home While residing, in the country, some years ago, and walking out one evening, I found a nest of young blackbirds. The young birds were almost fledged. Taking them home with me, I put them in a cage, and the next morning hung them out under a tree, and in about an hour I saw the old birds at the cage, evidently delighted to find their young. The old birds came regularly every two hours and fed them with worms and grubs. This continued for two days, the old birds trying all in their power to get the young ones out. On the third day I noticed the old birds bring a berry, which they gave the young ones, two of whom died that evening and the rest next day. The old birds then left off coming. The berries, on examination, proved to be the seeds of the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade. This convinced me of what I had heard about these birds destroying their young if allowed to feed them in imprisious manner. I am told that other birds have the same instinct. Do You Know That— The COLORADO STATESMAN IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs A SPECIALTY Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the Printing Line Turned Out in the Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. We Have Supplied Our Office with New Job Press & Type of Up-to-Date Style and Our Work Will Be on a Par with the Very Best. Give Us a Trial and and We Will Give You Satisfaction Give Us a Trial and and We Will Give You Satisfaction Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver The Colorado Statesman 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25 Phone Main 7417 --- THE FLOWER Carnations Are Attractive Flowers in the Garden—Easy to Grow and Beautiful. A WORD ABOUT PEONIES Peonies should be planted in the autumn early if they are to do well the first year, October being the best time for the work. They are not too particular as to soil; but in every case this should be well dug to the depth of 18 inches, enriching it with manure, which should not, however, be allowed to come in contact with the root in planting, but rather be mixed with the top soil, at the distance of a few inches from the plant. Peonies are propagated both by seed and by division; the former plan, however, is lengthy and troublesome, as the majority of a batch of hybrids will be found worthless, and a large plot of ground is necessary as a place of trial. They can only be obtained true to name by division of the roots; but this should not be attempted until the plant has been in one place for two or three years, as they do much better when undisturbed, when it will mature fine shoots, which year by year increase in size until the peonies become one of the grandest sights in the garden. During a drought in summer (particularly when the plant is young) an occasional soaking with water will benefit the peony, and every spring Some Ho THE PALM TREE Some House Plants. DESIRABLE HOUSE PLANTS DESIRABLE HOUSE PLANTS By ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYSEN. Asparagus plumosus is one of the most beautiful pot plants. The dark green leaves are lacelike and fine for cutting. Asparagus sprengeri is for vases, hanging baskets and brackets. The branches droop gracefully in long, delicate lacelike sprays and are occasionally covered with delicate sweet-scented white blossoms which are succeeded by earlobes berries. If you have not provided yourself with a hanging basket they can be had already arranged from the florist. There is nothing lovelier. Oxalis bulbs make pretty plants and for best efforts should have been bedded sometime ago. One of the best palms and the quickest growing is the Washington filifera. The seeds will germinate as readily as corn, and the plant will stand dust, dry air, lack of sunshine and general neglect, growing right along in any situation and with any treatment that will keep a geranium alive. It is a compact grower, well adapted to the living room and always ornamental everywhere. Another choice palm is the Areca catecens. Another still as desirable is the Kentia fosteriana. Palms are like one of the family when well cared for. They are always beautiful, always useful. --- (in March) a mulch of rich soil or hotbed material should be laid over its roots. When peonies are grown in a separate bed an edging of daffodils will be effective with the crimson shoots of the peonies in April. The foliage of many of these plants turns in autumn to various shades of purple, bronze and crimson, when the plants again become decorative; and it is a mistake to cut off the foliage of the peony directly after flowering, as it is necessary to the plant while maturing its growth for next season and makes a mass of not undecorative green. Tall lilies can be grown between the peonies in a border, choosing the hardiest varieties for a cold situation. These will make their way between the foliage of the peonies and look very handsome after the peonies cease to bloom. Other suitable plants for massing with peonies are the tall blue and white delphiniums, Campanula persicifolia (in blue or white), pyrethrums, aquilegias, etc., all of which are perennials. Carnations are attractive massed with peonies, and will do well with the same cultivation as the peonies. For a bouquet for the home, these splendid flowers are unique when cut with long stems and arrange in a bowl with plenty of their own foliage to set them off. use Plants. Aspidistra lurida variegata is one of the best house plants. Give it a compost of two parts fibrous loam, one part old manure and one part fine sand. It grows slowly, cannot be hurried and will endure neglect and ill treatment with the greatest patience, and will increase in beauty every year. Pot early in the spring. The amaranthus is a much-neglected plant. It can be made more effective than the canna or the caladium. With it color schemes in red and red and yellow, and red and yellow and green can very easily be worked out. It is worth a trial. By far the greatest number of flowers have no smell at all. For instance of the 4,200 species of flowers in Europe, only about 10 per cent give forth any odor. The commonest flowers are white ones, and of those only one sixth are fragrant. Roses and other similar plants that can be bent to the ground can be protected by laying the branches in a trench made by removing a spadeful of earth at one side of the plant and covering them with six inches of earth. TRY AMARANTHUS ODORLESS FLOWERS CARE OF ROSES GETTING A START (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newsoaper Syndicate.) SAM WAS DISCOURAGED "What's the matter, Sam?" asked his friend Will. "I'm discouraged," replied Sam. "I haven't been late for a year, and I've worked hard; but the boss doesn't seem to appreciate me. Only yesterday he raised the pay of a fellow who hasn't been there half as long as I have." "Kind of tough. I admit," replied Will, consolingly. "How did it happen? You say the other fellow got his pay raised. There must be a reason for it." "The only reason I can think of is partiality. The boss always liked him and just pushed him ahead." "Let's talk it over," said Will. "Perhaps the boss was partial, but was this partiality due to what the fellow did? Think hard." "Not much," snapped Sam. "Walter has always been fresh, putting himself in the boss' way, and getting him to notice him, while I've minded my business." "Let's be fair, Sam," said his friend. "You say that Walter has made his boss notice him. What has he done?" "Well," replied Sam. "he's all the time doing a lot of things that he hasn't any business to do, things which he isn't paid for doing." "Such as what?" "Well, he fixes up the boss' desk, sees that the inkstand is filled, puts on a new piece of blotting paper once in a while, arranges the letters, and a lot of other things which nobody asks him to do." "Sam," said Will quietly, "you've hit it. You've minded your own business, while Walter has done the same thing and more. You're getting all you are worth for what you're doing. Walter hasn't neglected his regular duties, has he?" "No," snapped Sam. "Now, you see, old boy, that Walter has mined his own business as well as you have. He hasn't neglected anything which he should do, but he has gone beyond that and done a lot of little things which the boss particularly appreciates." "How is a fellow going to do more than his regular work when he is busy all the time?" "Isn't Walter busy all the time, too? But he found a way, and so can you, Sam, if you want to. Walter has been interested. He has felt his responsibility. You've not been particularly interested, and you've not realized your responsibility. You've let well enough alone. Walter has gone farther. My boss lectured us the other day, and told us how he became a member of the house because he felt just as though he were the firm himself, when he was getting five dollars a week; and he looked out for the firm's interest as well as he would have done if he had owned it. I tell you, Sam, the fellow who gets anywhere nowadays has got to get out of the rut. Sticking to your duties isn't enough. The boss expects you to do that, but he raises the pay of the man who does what he doesn't have to do, provided, of course, that he performs his regular duties satisfactorily." Was Sam convinced? I think not, for at the end of the year he was out of a job, and his friend—well, he isn't a partner yet, and perhaps he never will be, he is the head of a large department. He did what he didn't have to dc and "got there." Slightly Different Some little time ago a benevolent lady read in the papers a paragraph to the effect that, in an effort to save his cat from being crushed by the wheels of a passing omnibus, a small boy had been knocked down and seriously injured by the vehicle, and had been obliged to be taken to a London hospital. The lady, who kept cats herself, greatly admired the boy's devotion to the "poor dumb animal," and wrote to the hospital, inclosing a handsome sum "for the brave and humane sufferer." By return of post came a letter from the matron acknowledging the receipt of the money, but alas! explaining that the cat which had been the cause of all the woe was an even dumber thing that the lady had imagined it was, in fact that somewhat dangerous toy, a tipcat. True Sport. "The manager of my store," declared the merchant to a little coterie of friends, "is a peculiar genius. Why, would you believe it, when he draws his weekly salary he keeps out only one dollar for spending money and sends the rest to his wife in Indianapolis!" His listeners—with one exception, who sat silent and reflective—gave vent to loud murmurs of wonder and admiration. "Now, it may sound thin," added the speaker, but it is true, nevertheless." "Ob, I don't doubt it at all!" quickly rejoined the quiet one; "I was only wondering what he does with the dollar!" WHAT YOU PAY FOR. "I'll never trade at Blank's any more," exclaimed a friend. "Why?" "Look at this suit," he replied. "It's all out of shape; it's shabby, and it doesn't fit me." "How long have you had it?" "Six months." "Ever had it sponged and pressed?" "No!" "What did you pay for it?" "Sixteen dollars. I think." "John," I said soberly. "When you buy a $16 suit at Blank's or anywhere else, you may get $16 worth of cloth, wear, style, and fit, and you don't get any more. You've had the suit six months, and no suit at any price looks well if it isn't pressed as often as once a month. I know Blank, and he is about honest as anybody else in the business. He makes a specialty of low-priced clothes, and he gives you your money's worth." But John went away disgruntled. He had purchased a cheap suit, and expected it to wear as well, and to look as well, as one for double or more the price. You can't get more than you pay for except by accident, and accidents are not to be depended upon. There is a restaurant not far from my office, where they serve wholesome food at reasonable prices. The food is good, but the savil is or; there are no finger bowls, and the napkins are small; but everything is scrupulously clean. The restaurant gives you what you pay for, yet many of the boarders are continually kicking. They expect the same quality of food, and the same service, for 40 cents that they would receive if they paid $1 or $1.50. The restaurant serves a good 40-cent dinner. It is worth all you pay for it, and no more. On the train the other day I overheard a stranger condemning the man who sold him a watch. In the course of the conversation it leaked out that he had paid $10 for the timepiece and didn't like it because it didn't run as well as his brother's $50 watch. The 10-cent moving picture house, with vaudeville between the films, isn't likely to give you as good an acting show as you will receive where the prices run from 50 cents to $1, yet half of the audiences compare the acts with those of higher priced houses. If you don't get what you pay for, kick and kick hard. If you get what you pay for, no matter what it is, keep your mouth shut. The kicker is one of the pushers of progress, provided he kicks at things which should be kicked at. Criticism is all right when you have something to criticize, but this everlasting kicking and criticism, when you are receiving all that you have paid for, injures you and everybody with whom you come in contact. Take the weather, for example. It doesn't seem to suit more than a small portion of the people, and the majority are finding fault with it. I have a suspicion that kicking against the weather doesn't change it. If it did, I'd raise a fund for the establishment of a weather-kicking bureau. When it rains, let it rain. Don't try to stop it. Buy an umbrella, a raincoat, and a pair of rubbers. THE FARMER AS CONSUMER Agriculturist Noted as a Good All- Around Customer of the Hard- ware Dealer. The farmer is the greatest and most universal consumer of goods in the hardware line of any class in this country. Not only does he use every form of farming implement, but he has likewise usually a complete assortment of carpenter's and mechanic's tools. He is by far the best customer of the hardware dealer in household and kitchen utensils, and in these days of sanitation has become a large user of bathroom fixtures and plumbing sundries. He is the great cobbler of the day, being a steady absorber of shoe soles, shoe nails, shoe hammers, shoe lasts, and rubber heels. He is about the principal consumer now left in the harness and saddlery line, and likewise buys heavily of automobile and bicycle sundries. Of late he has become a large user of electric light fixtures and of telephone appliances. Besides that he is a liberal spender in the way of pocket knives and cutlery in general. Also he is the best buyer of stoves and stove fixings known to the trade. He is of more value to the hardware dealer as an all-around customer than a dozen city men living in steamheated flats and apartments Good Taste. Patience—It is said that rats are not only very cunning, but display good taste. Patrice—I guess that's so. All the pictures I have seen of girls being frightened by mice were good-looking girls. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Jan. 17, 1915. Allies took German trenches in Belgium and closed in on Lille. Russians took Kirlibaba pass in Bukowina and pushed along right bank of Vistula. Germans were pushed back on Plotsk. Turkish co-ps was cut to pieces in the Caucasus. Antiwar demonstration in Vienna; Czech editor executed for treason. Jan 18. 1915. Fierce fighting took place at La Boisselle. Germans occupied Kielce and Russians fell back to Radom. Plotsk evacuated by the Germans. Paris darkened at night by police order. Jan. 19. 1915. French advanced in attempt to cut off St. Mihiel. German airships dropped bombs on Yammouth, King's Lynn, and other English towns, killing four persons. French in forest of Le Pretre within ten miles of Metz. Austrian army flanked by Russians in Bukowina. Jan. 20, 1915. British troops captured Freylinghuysen. Russians drove back Austrians in Hungary and marched on Jacobeni. Dutch naval patrol boat sunk by mine, five men drowned. Governor of Cracow ordered partial evacuation of the city. Jan. 21. 1915. Germans repulsed in the Ardennes woods by French and Belgians. French retook trenches at Notre Dame de Lorette. Germans retook the forest of Le Pretre. Russians renewed their offensive against Milawa. Austrians routed Russians from intrenchments along the Donajec. German cruiser Karisruhe reported off Porto Rico. Allied airmen dropped bombs on Essen. Jan. 22, 1915. Fierce fighting in Hartmanns weilerkopf region. New Russian army neared Prussian border. Russian invasion of Hungary was halted. German submarine sank British Steamer Durward. Maj. Gen. Sam Hughes began enlisting third Canadian contingent. Russia ordered expulsion of Austrian and German subjects. Jan. 23. 1915. German troops were massed in Hungary. Russians made further advance in the north. German airmen dropped bombs on Dunkirk. Mme. Groulitch came to America seeking seeds for Serbians. Germans renewed their activity near Ypres and bombarded left wing of allies. Severe battle in the Argonne region. German supply ship was sunk by Australian cruiser. Italian vice-consul at Liege dismissed by Germans for aiding Belgians. TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES In Sweden a mile is 11,690 yards. Scotland has the longest bridge in the world—the Lay, two miles and 70 yards in length. It is said that a humming bird when stripped of its feathers is no larger than a bumble bee. A duster made of cheesecloth, soaked in turpentine and then dried, will accumulate dust instead of scattering it. The Cape Cod canal is now restricted to boats of less than 18 feet draft, but it will soon be deepened to a 35-foot waterway. A Russian inventor claims to have perfected a motor that can safely utilize electricity drawn from storm clouds. A partitioned gravy dish has been invented that permits fat gravy to be poured from one side and lean from the other. The governments of both Denmark and Sweden are investigating a recent discovery of coal on the island of Bornholm, a Danish possession close to the Swedish coast. So that bicyclists will not have to wear trouser guards a North Carolina has invented a large disk to be attached to the outside of the forward sprocket of a wheel. The needless infantile death rate owing to neglect and ignorance costs this country $3,000,000 a day. One of the famous carillons of Flanders, a magnificent chime of bells, has been transferred to the English village of Cattistock, where great interest is taken in the frequent concerns for which use is made of them The fossil of an elephant that is being excavated from a gravel bed near Chatham, England, is declared to have supported the carcass of an "elephas antiquus of the early pleistocene period," a piny little runt of a beast but a trifle larger than a mammoth. THE KITCHEN CABINET "It costs more to live than it did years ago," said the man who complains. "Yes," answered the man who enjoys modern conveniences, "but it's worth more." THOUGHT FOR THE INVALID. Invalid cooking is a most important and interesting subject, and one which demands a knowledge of dietetics as well as taste, tact and patience. 0.1 First and foremost in dealing with an invalid we must remember that he is out of balance mentally as well as physically. In the days of convalescence, when life is beginning to be worth while, the small things of every day will interest and little things will irritate, which would never be noticed in health. It is not necessary to mention that the tray should be as immaculate in its appointments, no matter how simple, as are all other things about an invalid. Where laundry needs to be considered, there are any number of pretty paper napkins which can be bought in different designs and colors. For a child the bright colors will be interesting and a variety will be a source of entertainment. In case of infectious diseases paper napkins are quite a necessity. The small paper cases, too, may be used for a tiny custard or bit of dessert. A flower or two on the tray will be most welcome. The tiny vases which hold a small bunch of violets or a single rose are well adapted for use on a tray. Set the tray as carefully as a place is laid at the table, and in the same order. A small pot of steaming tea which may be poured by the invalid is an item to be remembered. Never ask a patient what he would like to eat or drink. Let his food be a surprise, as it will taste better. Do not watch every mouthful he eats, for some people do not enjoy the sensation. Do not serve fried foods to a sick person, nor food in any large quantity. It is much better for them to want more than be surfeited at the sight of too much, Twice baked bread should be served with the broths and beef juices. Sponge cake is the only desirable kind to serve. Cocoa is better than chocolate, unless the patient needs the fat, and is able to take care of it. GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE. For a company cake the following recipe is especially fine: Take the whites of six eggs, the yolks of five, one cupful each of sugar and flour, three-fourths of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, the juice and rind of a large orange. Beat the whites very stiff and add half of the sugar, beat the yolks and add the other half heat five whites of six eggs, the yolks of five, one cupful each of sugar and flour, three-fourths of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, the juice and rind of a large orange. Beat the whites very stiff and add half of the sugar, beat the yolks and add the other half, beat five minutes, add the orange to the yolks and when well mixed add to the whites, then fold in the flour that has been sifted with the cream of tartar. Bake slowly 40 minutes. If using a gas oven, light the oven just as the cake is put in. Chocolate Caramel Cake.—Take two ounces of chocolate, one cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of milk, a quarter of a cupful of butter, two cupfuls of flour, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Mix as usual and bake in layers. For the filling cook together a cupful and a half of sugar, half a cupful of sweet milk, a tablespoonful of butter; cook until it hairs. Cool, add vanilla. Date Torte.—A cupful each of chopped dates, nuts and sugar, a tablespoonful of flour, and a teaspoonful of baking powder with two well-beaten eggs. Bake and serve with whipped cream. Almond Tartlets.—Line patty tins with rich paste. Blanch and chop a third of a pound of almonds, add two tablespoonfuls of rolled cracker crumbs, sifted, three eggs, beaten, a third of a cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of milk, salt and vanilla to taste. Fill the shells and bake. Date Bars.—Take a cupful of dates chopped fine, beat two eggs, separating the yolks from the whites, add three-fourths of a cupful of sugar to the yolks, then add six level tablespoonfuls of flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder with a fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, add the chopped dates and a cupful of walnut meats chopped, then fold in the whites and bake in a slow oven in a sheet. Cut when cold in pieces the size of a wafer. Nerzie Maxwell Silk In History. The credit of making the first silk is given to Si-Ling, wife of Hoang-Ti, emperor of China, 2600 B. C. Among the Greeks Aristotle—384-322 B. C.—is the first who mentions it. It was not until A. D. 530, however, that it began to be cultivated in Europe, the first eggs being then brought from India by some monks. t Doesn't Follow. A common error is in regarding a man who has made a success in one thing as an authority on everything. Blind Man's Luck By P. G. ECCLES "Please help the blind," was the inscription on Harry Larkin's placard, which he wore round his neck as he sat day after day at the foot of the elevated stairs. Sometimes a charitable woman, or a man who was feeling friendly toward the world, stopped and deposited a coin, looking sympathetically at the old man seated with crossed legs and bowed body, his sightless eyes peering into vacancy. To Harry Larkin every footstep conveyed its significance. He could tell the woman shopper from the shopgirl, the man of business from the "rounder." He knew a good part of his patrons, for generally the same people remembered the blind man. Especially in the theater hour did he come to recognize the footsteps and the voices of those who went by his post. There was the girl's voice, for instance. It was a merry, laughing voice, and her steps were like a fairy's. The first time she hesitated in front of him Larkin heard a masculine voice exclaim impatiently: "Don't waste your money on those kers, Elaine!" But Larkin only thanked the young girl, for a beggar is schooled to insults. He heard the footsteps of the girl and the man recede up the stairs. Then, perhaps a year afterward, he suddenly fished Elaine and her father out of the caverns of his memory. For PLEASE HELP THE BLIND "You Brought Me Luck." footsteps halted near him, and the same merry voice exclaimed: "Wait a minute, Jack! Look at this poor blind man!" "Hurry, then, or we'll be late for the show," answered another voice, a young man's voice. The next morning, during the shopping hour, the young girl halted in front of Larkin, and the laughing voice said, with just a catch of tears in it: "You brought me luck last night, blind man. I can't tell you how happy I am, but I am going to give you this. It is a one-dollar bill." "Thank you, Miss. I know the value," answered Larkin. "How do you know it isn't a five?" asked the young girl. "Nobody ever gives a five to a blind man, Miss." said Larkin. The young girl went off, laughing merrily, and after that Larkin would hear, once in a while, the same merry voice, and a coin would be dropped into his hat. He came to listen for it, and when he did not hear it for weeks together the blind man would feel disappointed. Once in a while the blind man heard the footsteps of the young man who had been with the girl. He knew them, as the blind man knows steps, by their individuality. There was the least longer interval than the normal between the stroke of the heel and the click of the sole. Larkin was sure he would always know those footsteps. Now and again oftener as the year went by, he heard the steps of the young girl and the man as they went up the stairs to the train which was to carry them to the theater. And then one night they came down the stairs, right at the time when they should have been enjoying the play, and the merry voice was a sobbing voice "I'll never, never speak to you as long—" he heard the girl say, and he went home a very dejected blind man. He did not expect to near the girl's voice again, but on the very next morning she stood in front of him. "If I had given you a present last night you might have brought me luck, blind man," she whispered, chokingly. "Here, take this! And wish me well, blind man!" She put a fifty-cent piece into the blind man's nat and went away. Several times she passed him after that, but she never left any money in his hat. The blind man fancied that she had taken a dislike to him. Once or twice she went by up the stairs, in the theater hour, with some young man, but it was never Jack. The blind man recognized her voice, and it was never merry any more, even though she was laughing. Once or twice Jack passed, but he never paid any attention to the blind man. Once he went to the theater with another girl, and once he was with a woman whose laughter made the blind man shiver, it was so hard. The blind man often wished that the man and Elaine might meet when they were alone. But weeks rolled by and passed into months, and he never attained his wish. And gradually new interests came into his mind. He had almost forgotten Jack and Elaine until one afternoon—late one wet, foggy afternoon. The blind man's post was in the little sheltered way between the stairs and the street. People who passed almost brushed the blind man. This afternoon the streets were almost deserted, and hardly a soul went up or came down the stairs. Suddenly the blind man's keen ears heard the click of Jack's footsteps in the street. He knew that Jack was coming into the little place where he sat, with the purpose of ascending the stairs. But then he heard the man stop, and knew what was happening: he was buying a paper to take in the train. And just at that instant he heard the footsteps of Elaine coming down the stairs. The blind man snifted his position a little, so that he sat right in the path of the girl. She stopped. A girl's mind is not a weighty thing always, and Elaine had evidently almost forgotten the past. "You are in the way, blind man," she said impatiently. "Will you kindly let me pass?" The blind man mumbled and began to move slowly back. Everything in the world now depended upon the factor of time. The blind man was very slow in moving. Suddenly he heard the girl start, and a shrill petition was in her voice. "Let me pass! Let me pass at once, blind man!" At that instant the blind man could hear the clickety-clack of Jack's foot-steps upon the sidewalk. "O let me pass, blind man!" sobbed the girl; and then the blind man heard the start that the man gave. For just an instant the blind man's heart was in his mouth. The next, he knew that Jack had taken Elaine in his arms in the street, yes, right in the very presence of the blind man. "Darling, forgive me!" he heard the man whisper. "O Jack, I have been so unhappy all this long time" "But you love me?" "Always, Jack!" "And we will never be parted again? There!—there!" "O hush, Jack! The blind man will hear us!" "—— the blind man!" said Jack. But the blind man felt something papery dropped into his hand, which closed on it. "Do you know what that is, blind man?" inquired the girl. "A one-dollar bill," mumbled the blind man. "A five," said Elaine. "For you have brought me luck after all, and I almost love you, you dear blind man!" STONE EAGLE A WORK OF ART Remarkable Stone Figure of Bird a Legacy Left to State of Georgia On the broad top of a stony, rain-gulled hill in middle Georgia there lies a very large eagle, concerning which conflicting stories are told. The one point that seems to be certain is that the Indians left the eagle as a legacy to the state. A hundred years from now it will probably be found lying on its back, with outspread wings and tail, even as it lies today. For it is made of quartz rocks so cunningly placed that it would require a pick in a strong man's hands to displace any one of them. The rocks lap and overlap in such a manner as to represent feathers. No cement holds them in position, and the stones vary in size, weighing from a half pound to three or four pounds. The image rests on a very firm foundation, for the stonework extends several feet into the ground. Once, perhaps twice, treasure-seeking vandals dug into the breast of the eagle; but the work must have proved too laborious, for the diggers gave up before they had reached the bottom layer of overlapping stones. Rough but fairly accurate measurements of the bird show the length of the eagle from the middle of the tail to the head to be one hundred and two feet, and from tip to tip of outspread wings, one hundred and twenty feet. The length of the beak is ten feet, and the height of the body at the center of the breast is ten feet. The eagle lies with its head to the west. Tradition does not give any satisfactory explanation of the age or the meaning of the great stone mound. It may have had religious significance to the red men who built it, and it may be the burial place of some great chief. it is one of the most mysterious and most interesting of prehistoric monuments in the United States.—Youth's Companion. Dangerous Employment. Forty per cent of the high explosive makers and shell packers in Germany are women, while 50 per cent of the makers of tents, haversacks and similar equipments also belong to the same sex, and in the manufacture of tinned meats and preserves 75 per cent of those employed are females. "I know it. That's from going with you so much." WASHINGTON GOSSIP Internal Revenue Secret Service Is Doing Well WASHINGTON.—The new "secret service" of the United States bureau of internal revenue has been in full operation for several months. Placed upon a permanent basis by an executive order of the secretary of the treas the government which might otherwise have gone undetected. The statement continued: "These officers will be the personal representatives of the commissioner and, in fact, will be his eyes and ears throughout the country. Violators of the law, or unfaithful employees of the government, if there be any, will not know when the eyes of the commissioner are upon them. "These agents will be sent into any part of the country where the commissioner has reason to believe that fraud is being committed which it is impossible for the regular revenue officers to uncover. Revenue officers are largely known in their districts, and a strange, unidentified person may be able to detect irregularities where regular officers may fail. "This action reduces to permanent form the temporary policy which has been followed and which has unearthed numerous frauds on the revenues. It was through the work of a number of similar agents temporarily appointed, that the vast oleomargarine frauds were brought to light. The organization of this force is no reflection on the regular internal revenue force, but is intended to promote the general welfare and efficiency of the service." Introduction Broker Busy in National Capitol SENATORS and members of the house have been discussing with surprise, not to mention indignation, a report that an "introduction broker" has been doing a thriving business in the capitol since the beginning of the present session. As in cases of the ing the introduction. It is understood that a cabinet officer may be met in this formal way for $100, although contracts of this character are taken, it is said, on a contingent fee of smaller proportions, because cabinet officers are not so available as members of congress. This operator was doing very well until he tried to "take in too much territory." He agreed to introduce a client to a certain public man. They reached the man and when the introduction was accomplished, the public man turned to the introducer and asked him his name and whom he represented. This made the client suspicious and he subsequently told all about the "broker." Washington has a number of characters of this type, some of whom work among the politicians and others among society folk. As in every other city where society plays a big part, there are innumerable society brokers in Washington. They work a bit more cleverly than the "introduction broker" of the capitol, but they work more slowly. Old Glory Now Being "Made in America" of Cotton Old Glory Now Being "Made in America" of Cotton OLD GLORY, to which the patriotic American dofs his hat as typifying the spirit of America, is in about nine cases out of ten not a domestic article. For ever since Betsy Ross made her first American flag, the official emblem government in listing specifications for cotton flags side by side with those for woolen bunting which has heretofore appeared alone; and by the announcement of the treasury department, one of the heaviest users of flags among Uncle_Sam's family of departments, that it will in the future use cotton flags almost exclusively. The action of the supply committee is not one of patriotism alone. When the European war put a stop to the exportation of cotton and there was agitation for putting the South's staple crop to new uses at home the committee became interested in the possibilities of cotton flags, but determined on rigid tests before any action should be taken. Cotton flags were therefore made up and placed on several of the revenue cutters, and samples of cotton-flag goods were sent to the United States bureau of standards for tests. Both kinds of tests were highly favorable for cotton. The flags stood the strain of constant use in all kinds of weather as well as flags of wool, the report from the revenue cutter service said. White House Mannequins in the National Museum White House Mannequins in the National Museum RECENTLY there has been placed on view in the National museum a series of lay figures representing the mistresses of the White House under successive administrations running back to Martha Washington, who appears in a gown she used to wear, seated in one of her own chairs, by the side of a Mount Vernon table. Recent visitors to the museum, as might be expected, find this exhibit remarkably interesting. But sometimes they are critical of the likenesses of the White House ladies. While admit ting that many of them are good, they think that others are not first rate. Back of all this there is a real joke, for, be it understood, the faces of the White House mistresses are not meant to be likenesses at all. In fact, their faces are all the same face, the original of which is the face of a classical statue. So far as the features are concerned, Martha Washington, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Taft and all the rest are one woman. The important difference is in the arrangement of the hair. The idea of the exhibit is not to offer a series of portraits of the women concerned, but to show the costumes they wore—these, as a collection, affording a most useful study of phases of fashion in feminine attire as they have succeeded one another since the days of the revolution. All of the gowns that adorn the lay figures were actually worn by the White House mistresses represented; and even the minor accessories, such as tens, handkerchiefs, tables and chinaware, were personal belongings of the ladies themselves. I FEEL JIST LIKE ONE O' THEM SECRET SERVICE GUYS WUZ WATCHIN' ME — the government which might otherwid ment continued: "These officers will be the personal and, in fact, will be his eyes and ears the law, or unfaithful employees of the know when the eyes of the commission "These agents will be sent into an missioner has reason to believe that impossible for the regular revenue off-largely known in their districts, and able to detect irregularities where reg "This action reduces to permanen- been followed and which has unearth- it was through the work of a number of that the vast deomargarine frauds we of this force is no reflection on the intended to promote the general welfare Introduction Broker Bu SENATORS and members of the hou- not to mention indignation, a rep been doing a thriving business in the present session. As in cases of the numerous petty grafters who infest the capitol, it has been found extremely difficult to catch this man "with the goods." Quotations on introductions, according to the gossip, were $25 for a senator and $5 for a member of the house. The rates are varied in accordance with the influence of the senator or representative to whom the introduction was sought and the poignancy of the desire of the person seek- ing the introduction. It is understood this formal way for $100, although co is said, on a contingent fee of smaller are not so available as members of co This operator was doing very well territory." He agreed to introduce as reached the man and when the intrie man turned to the introducer and as resented. This made the client sus about the "broker." Washington has a number of o work among the politicians and other city where society plays a big brokers in Washington. They work a tion broker" of the capitol, but they w Old Glory Now Being "Ma OLD GLORY, to which the patriotic spirit of America, is in about nine. For ever since Betsy Ross made her UNION government in listing specifications for for woolen bunting which has hereto nouncement of the treasury department among Uncle Sam's family of department flags almost exclusively. The action of the supply committee the European war put a stop to the agitation for putting the South's staple mitte became interested in the possi on rigid tests before any action should made up and placed on several of the ton-flag goods were sent to the United Both kinds of tests were highly favo strain of constant use in all kinds of report from the revenue cutter service White House Mannequins RECENTLY there has been placed series of lay figures representing under successive administrations runn appears in a gown she used to wear, seated in one of her own chairs, by the side of a Mount Vernon table. For a modern contrast, Mrs. Grover Cleveland is attired in a wonderful frock of white silk sprinkled over with full-blown roses, the arm loops and upper edge of the corsage decorated with big butterflies of gold and glittering sequins—about a dozen of the gorgeous insects in all, one of them adorning the bosom. Recent visitors to the museum, as might be expected, find this exhibit re- they are critical of the likenesses of ting that many of them are good, they Back of all this there is a real joke, the White House mistresses are not m their faces are all the same face, the classical statue. So far as the features are concerned Mrs. Taft and all the rest are one woe the arrangement of the hair. The idea of the exhibit is not to oi concerned, but to show the costumer affording a most useful study of phases have succeeded one another since the 4 All of the gowns that adorn the B White House mistresses represented; as tens, handkerchiefs, tables and chi the ladies themselves. Do You Know That— ury, the "flying squad" of special agents is becoming one of the most picturesque of the many government organizations charged with secret duties. The COLORADO STATESMAN The official statement announcing the permanent organization of this body stated that the success of a temporary body of secret service agents had demonstrated the value of such a force. Through the activities of the organization the bureau has uncertaintly many frauds against IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF ose have gone undetected. The state- ial representatives of the commissioner throughout the country. Violators of the government, if there be any, will not neer are upon them. My part of the country where the com- fraud is being committed which it is encers to uncover. Revenue officers are a strange, unidentified person may be regular officers may fail. It form the temporary policy which has used numerous frauds on the revenues. Of similar agents temporarily appointed, were brought to light. The organization regular internal revenue force, but is free and efficiency of the service." Easy in National Capitol! These have been discussing with surprise, short that an "introduction broker" has the capitol since the beginning of the JOB PRINTING Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs A SPECIALTY ? Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the Printing Line Turned Out in the Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. If that a cabinet officer may be met in contracts of this character are taken, it is proportions, because cabinet officersgress. I will until he tried to "take in too much client to a certain public man. They production was accomplished, the public asked him his name and whom he repudious and he subsequently told all characters of this type, some of whom users among society folk. As in every part, there are innumerable society a bit more cleverly than the "introduce-work more slowly. made in America" of Cotton American dofs his hat as typifying the cases out of ten not a domestic article. first American flag, the official emblem We Have Supplied Our Office with New Job Press & Type of Up-to-Date Style and Our Work Will Be on a Par with the Very Best. of the country and all its auxiliary banners that fly from thousands of public buildings, army posts and ships' masts have been made of woolen bunting—practically all of it imported. In the future, however, a large proportion of the government's flags will be "made in America," from the planting of the fiber to the sewing of the last stitch in the completed banner. This is assured by the action of the general supply committee of the Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction or cotton flags side by side with those before appeared alone; and by the anent, one of the heaviest users of flags events, that it will in the future use cot he is not one of patriotism alone. When the exportation of cotton and there was the crop to new uses at home the compilations of cotton flags, but determined to be taken. Cotton flags were therefore the revenue cutters, and samples of cotton States bureau of standards for tests, rabble for cotton. The flags stood the weather as well as flags of wool, the said. in the National Museum on view in the National museum a the mistresses of the White House being back to Martha Washington, who Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver DRESS WORN BY WIFE OF PRESIDENT C. J. JOHNSON 1907 markably interesting. But sometimes the White House ladies. While admit think that others are not first rate. For, be it understood, the faces of meant to be likenesses at all. In fact, the original of which is the face of a, Martha Washington, Mrs. Cleveland, man. The important difference is in offer a series of portraits of the women they wore—these, as a collection, of fashion in feminine attire as they days of the revolution. May figures were actually worn by the and even the minor accessories, such傻ware, were personal belongings of GOLF THE FASHION WEEKLY The middy blouse is one of those modern conveniences which matches up so well with the athletic girl that it has come to stay. Whole establishments are given over to its manufacture, and there are middies—and midies. The enthusiast in golf or tennis and the all-round sportswoman is a keen judge when it comes to choosing sports clothes fitted to her needs and style. They seem to have had the lion's share of attention lately if we include those designed for skating and for the benefit of southern tourists. Among the costumes, short, flaring skirts in wide stripes worn with plain coats in the color of the dark stripes are very chic. The circular cut of these skirts gives a snappy variety in the direction of the stripes, which manage never to run straight up and down. Checks, in strong contrast, are of much the same character and are worn, like the striped skirts, with plain coats. Velveteen and jersey cloth, serge and gaberdine are the favored fabrics for sports clothes. The winter resorts will show how strong an influence these styles will have on those of the coming season. To return to the middy, of which an example is pictured here, it is a fixture like the sweater in the wardrobe Mourning Hats F Millinery that is grave and dignified and beautiful must be produced by the artists who are to give significance to the headwear of those in mourning. Their medium of expression is found in English crape—the one fabric which means everywhere that the wearer is observing a period of formal mourning. With this one fabric, in only black and white, we are furnished with such exquisite examples of millinery art, are pictured here. tourning hats are made of crape, either all black or all white or of the two combined. The problem the designer faces now is that of avoiding too somber millinery without getting away from that which is grave. The all-white hats of crape are lovely, but not practical for those who cannot afford many crape hats, inasmuch as any white soils quickly. Just now the combination of black and white is in favor but even the all-black hats of crape are saved from being gloomy by the beauty of the crape-made flowers and ornaments that adorn them. Two elegant hats which illustrate the present vogue perfectly are pictured here. One of them has a moderately wide brim and round crown --- of the well-equipped, whether at home or afield. It is made of strong washable linen or cotton fabrics, usually in white. The model shown is of heavy butcher's linen and is banded with blue. The front is fastened with blue lacers at the neck opening. The pockets are laid in shallow box plaits with the blue banding stitched to the center plait, and they are roomy enough to be practical. They are set on before the blouse is hemmed up, and are made stronger by this arrangement. The sleeves are finished with a deep hem. This design is simple, but very smart. It would be hard to improve upon it in any way. Sleeves Modish. Evening dresses are sleeved! Sometimes the sleeves are mere wisps, 'tis true, but yet they cover to an extent milady's pretty shoulders and make them even prettier for the veiling. A few evening dresses will be sleeveless, but they will be the exception. The 1860 drop shoulder is also forcing itself upon fashionable notice and a few extreme evening gowns show its charming lines. Driven by electricity, a machine has been perfected for opening letters at a rate of 300 a minute. rom Fifth Avenue covered with crape put on plain. A large, full-blown rose, grapes, leaves with stems and tendrils, are all made of white crape with exceptional cleverness and neatness and are used for trimming. The all-black turban is made entirely of crape also. It has a round crown with the crape put on smooth and a band at the sides laid in folds at each edge. Clusters of grapes, with leaves, form the trimming and they are made with the exquisite care which makes at least half the beauty of mourning millinery. Julia Bottomley To clean a white belt, make rather a thick paste of cream of tartar and cold water. Ruh the belt with it. Leave for an hour, and then rub with a mixture of alum and fuller's earth in equal parts. 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AUTOS IF Auto for Hire DENVER Our relations are far too artificial and complicated, our nutriment and mode of life without their proper nurture and our social intercourse is without proper love and good will Every one is polished and courteous. but no one has the courage to be hearty and true.—Goethe. BHOE WORKBOX WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL. Worthy Tribute of Affection From Small Daughter to the Mother She Adores—Calls for Careful and Conscientious Work. The small girl who would like to make mother or 'elder sister a gift, but whose pocket money is limited, should try her hand at this little Chinese V Plan for Box. shoe workbox. She will surely succeed if she can sew at all, and if she will be very careful about the cutting and sewing. One must cut two pieces of cardboard, each seven inches long. ```markdown ``` The Box Complete. shape it into a sole and take off one-quarter inch from the toe of one piece. The larger piece is covered on one side with white muslin and the smaller ARRANGEMENT OF THE HAIR Various Ideas Which Will Commend Themselves to the Woman Who Dresses With Taste. Every woman should study her face, forehead, ears, the set of her head on her shoulders. Then she should dress her hair to hide any unattractive angles or features and to accentuate the well-formed and attractive features To some the hair is more becoming if the greater part of the forehead shows. To others the hair drawn down so as to "cut" the forehead proves more becoming. If the ears are not beautifully shaped the hair should be brought over them by all means. If covering the entire ear forms an angle that is not becoming to the face, the lobe of the ear should be allowed to show. The eyes are particularly affected by the manner of combing the hair. Some eyes, especially the almond-shaped, are most beautiful when the hair comes over the forehead, almost touching the eyebrows. Other eyes appear larger and give forth more brilliancy if the hair is drawn well away. Parting the hair in the center or on the side also has great influence on the eyes. And the nose! That is placed in such a variety of positions and is itself of so many shapes and sizes that there seems no set rule to go by. The principal thing to avoid is accentuating the length of a large nose and the smallness of a small nose. Also to remember that the profile should be one of woman's greatest attractions. If the hair on the back of the head is dressed out from the head too far and UNDERWOOD K UNDERWOOD This charming sweater set primarily intended for the outdoor girl, has become so popular that all those desiring a chic combination have taken to it. The model is a silk set in banana color with white coat and deep girdle sash and the smartest of caps. with a bit of bright silk or satin. Next, a strip of muslin is sewed all around the white covered sole and then to the smaller sole, silk upward. When this is sewed together you have a sole half an inch in thickness, turning up at the toe as the Chinaman's shoe does. Fill this with cotton. The "upper" of the shoe is made from scraps of left-over black satin embroidered in bright, crude Chinese colorings, simple or elaborate as one is skilled at such work. The satin should be about eight inches square, but the better plan is to measure carefully after the sole is ready. This may measure a little more or less than the dimensions given, depending upon the depth of the seam taken or similar trifles. The decorated "upper" is lined with the bright silk, the edges button-holed together and then joined at the heel, A to B. Lastly it is sewed to the sole. To furnish make a little pincushion and push into the toe; put a strap across the heel to take a pocket of needles; place a spool each of black and white thread in the basket, together with a tiny pair of scissors, which can be bought for ten cents. The one thing to remember is to take time in making this pretty box. It costs next to nothing, but it will not be a success if carelessly done. I saw an exquisite model of this work case that is to be given to a bride. It is carried out in white satin embroidered in silk and silver thread in a wistaria design, the lining being of wistaria colored silk to match. Asbestos Silence Cloth Far better than either the felt or quilted silence cloth is the one of asbestos. This cloth protects the table top not only from the spots made by hot dishes, but also from stains and damage done by hot liquids being spilled. The cloth is waterproof as well as heatproof; it is, of course, lintless, and is finished with a neat binding. It is made in halves, each consisting of three strongly bound and hinged sections. It does not warp, and may be folded and put in the sideboard drawer when not in use. too low the profile of a large nosed person is entirely spoiled; and the head looks disfigured. A well-shaped head makes the art of hair dressing much less difficult than it is for the person with a poorly shaped head. But the right puffs, braids, knots and swirls of hair will make any woman's head appear to be of classic shape. Effective Schemes. Fur is frequently introduced as a trimming detail, and several effective schemes are being carried out with a combination of crape and skunk. A charming example is a blouse of the palest of pale pink chiffon with veiled fine ivory shadow lace arranged to fall in a little basque movement over a deep belt of black panne, tiny black dots trimming the V-shaped neck opening and sleeves, which are furthermore adorned by ruffles of fine net. The distinctive feature is a little bolero of old gold mousseline de sole, the edges bordered by a finger depth of skunk fur, the fronts just caught together by a cameo brooch. New Leghorn Models When summer days approach leghorn hats, with masses of pink roses and beautiful laces will be the choice of the charmingly attired woman. Many of these models are turned up in the rear, and their picturesque lines accentuated by the streamers of soft silk. Attractive creations are also developed with broad brims of French crepe, on which are embroidered dainty flowers in delicately colored silks. Even the quaint poke and other modes favored by the Empress Eugenie will find expression in the new leghorn models.