Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RAGE COUNTRY PARTY COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO "LINCOLN AND THE NEGRO" W. H. DUNCAN OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS MAKES IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS AT SHORTER A. M. E. CHURCH FEB. 12. 1916. VOL. XX11. "LINCOLN THE N W. H. DUNCAN OF GLENWO PRESSIVE ADDRESS CHURCH FF Members and friends of the Col- ored Citizen's League: I am indeed very grateful to your Committee and this honorable and patriotic organization for the invitation extended to me to be with you on this, the one hundred and seventh anniversary of the immortal Lincoln. I entertain a very high regard for this splendid and patriotic organization. I say "patriotic" from the fact that if it were not for your love of patriotism you would not be here on this occasion. I can't help but believe that your roll of membership constitutes the cream of the Negro citizenship of the State of Colorado. I feel that I am in the house of my friends, and I am fully convinced that from my past political experience and the present outlook, politically, that your organization will be of great benefit not only to you here in Denver but to our people throughout the state. The anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be cherished not alone by the American people, but by all the liberty-loving people throughout the civilized world this evening. We may contemplate the character of a man whose life was a benefaction to the oppressed and down trodden of every clime and country the would over. It was Lincoln who gave to the hopes and aspirations of humanity a greater force and power than years of misdirected effort had accomplished, and who raised the sufferings of a despised race to the dignity of a national cause. History has not been slow in judging the character of Lincoln, or in estimating his worth and service to his country. He was great in his own generation, in his own time, and among his own people. With succeeding generations the light has grown brighter as we recede from the time when it seemed to grow dim. His public life was short, but it rounded out the closing epoch of tempestuous day when men were needed to direct the storm. No sentiment or sympathy that appealed to the masses of his fellow citizens escaped Lincoln. The poverty, privation and want of his early years fitted him to deal with the emotions of men with gentleness and wisdom. His soul was moulded in a world of cares and anxieties, depressions and exultations, advances and retreats. He had known the scorn of oppressors, the disappointments of affection, the insults of enemies, the taunts of cowards, the covert sneers of wealth, the open ridicule of traitors, and yet he taught the people of his day that the weak are chosen to confound the mighty, and the humble to abash the proud. When he split rails he was preparing himself to shatter systems of wrong and iniquity, and to uproot institutions that debased his country. Some years ago I had the pleasure of listening to a colored Democratic orator trying to explain to his hearers that it was not Mr. Lincoln's purpose to free the slaves; that it was only a war necessity. I want to deny that charge with all the force within me. As far back as 1836 Lincoln and one other in a convention endeavored to pass a resolution denouncing slavery. Of course we all must admit that our own civil war produced results unlooked for on either side. The South engaged in it to destroy the Union, that it might perpetuate its peculiar institution of slavery. It happily neither accomplished one or the other. What was the purpose of the North? I will give you its official purpose. On the 22nd day of July, 1861, the American congress passed a resolution declaring the determination and purpose of the American people. I will give you its exact language: "To defend the constitution of the United States and preserve the Union with all the rights, slavery and all, of the slave states. That resolution passed the Lower House with but two dissenting votes. It passed the Senate unanimously. You know that Mr. Lincoln was in the habit of saying that he would save the Union with slavery, or he would save it part slave and part free. Then, you have the resolution of Congress, and you know the statement of Mr. Lincoln. It was Mr. Lincoln's intent and purpose to be fair with the South, and at the same time to bring about the freeing of the slaves with as little bloodshed as possible. No man living at that time had looked at the race question with all its bearing as closely as Mr. Lincoln. He had studied DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1916 State Hist & Nat Hist Society State Houses ADC JOURNAL G, MONTANA DENVER COLORADO SAT the consequences of every step and had proceeded with the utmost caution. Six days after the surrender of General Lee the nation was thrown into the deepest grief, and the gloom that enshrouded the country was as thick as darkness. The people had come through many alternations of fear and hope to repose the utmost confidence and trust in Mr. Lincoln. They realized in the North that he had seen clearly when they had been blind; that he had known fully when they were ignorant; he had been patient, faithful and farseeing. Religious people began to regard him as one divinely appointed, like the Prophet of old, to a great work, and they found comfort in the parallel which they saw in his death with that of the Leader of Isreal. He, too, had reached the mountain top and had seen the land redeemed unto the utmost sea, and had then died. Mr. Lincoln united firmness and gentleness in a singular degree. He rarely ever spoke a harsh word; was ready to hear arguments, and always open to conviction. He adhered tenaciously to the conclusions he had fearlessly reached. He presented an extraordinary combination of mental and moral qualities. As a statesman he had the loftiest ideas, and it fell to his lot to inaugurate measures which changed the fate of millions of human beings. As a manager of political issued and master of the art of presenting them he had no rival in this country. His master stroke was when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, giving liberty to several millions of deserving people. By the stroke of the pen he converted the slave mart into a house of learning. The iron shackles which had once burdened the wrist of the slave were converted into more useful machinery. The auction block was carved into artificial designs and placed into the Halls of Justice where the free men and ex-master are supposed to meet on equal terms before the law, and would if Mr. Lincoln's wishes were lived up to. In the early fifties the statesmen of the East were not prepared for the revelations that came from Mr. Lincoln's simple words, and the people of the West mistrusted his inexperience until he measured himself against Douglass and overthrew the leader of the Senate. The obscure lawyer from Illinois was a National character from that time and drew the inspiration that sustained his after life from the common people, out of whose midst he had sprung. He walked among them, sharing in the trials and perplexities that marked the ruggedness of their lot in life, overcoming the same obstacles that strewed their way and typifying in his own person the strength of purpose and the will to accomplish what their coun men divi me this blac his priv laws pati pala bles alik in b H stor who nati que Nap false It was this implicit trust in the common sense and judgment of the American people that enabled Mr. Lincoln to bear the burdens of the government in safety, when others, less knowing, would have faltered. They were mutually helpful. When the leaders of his own party grew timid and afraid of the mutterings of Europe, Abraham Lincoln pointed to the coming of a future in which were placed the liberties of mankind. He knew the administration of a great nation could only successfully discharged its duties when every act was for the public good. The whispers of private interest for individual gain and preferment were never heard in his council chambers nor listened to in the formation of National policies for the genesal welfare. Conquest and glory were apart from his being. He was struggling to preserve the government of the people, by the people and for the people, and make it worthy of everlasting endurance. His superior merit did not measure itself alone by his success, but by the toils and labors he endured to reap it. If one seeks in history for him, who, in civil live under circumstances the most trying, found the greatest resources in himself and conceived the best things, one must stop at Lincoln—a statesman making prosperity and liberty come to his people, rent by civil strife, filling the coffers of a bankrupt treasury, creating and equipping armies, the best the world has ever seen, building navies that controlled the seas, encouraging and reorganizing a demoralized congress, withstanding the aggression of Europe with one hand and developing his country with the other—such a man was Lincoln. He was too sincere and earnest to be a demagogue; life has been too stern a reality to the son of Nancy Hanks for the indulgence of deceit, and Abraham Lincoln could only look upon his countrymen as one nation. He could not divide them into classes, nor measure them by their stores of this world's goods. Rich and poor black and white, were equal in his sight, entitled to the same privileges, protected by the same laws. A man could be upright and patriotic whether his home was a palace or a hut. The inestimable blessing of the times were for both alike, and to be maintained by each in his own sphere. History has teemed with its stories of statesmen and warriors who ruled the destinies of mighty nations. It has pictured the conquests of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and painted them in the false conception of battle, the RACE NEWS Baltimore, Md , Feb. 7.—In the evangelistic revivals planned for Billy Sunday in Baltimore, the local committee has provided separate meetings for the colored people, and the cooperation of the race has not been asked for. Aiken, S. C., Feb. 5—Miss Martha Schofield, founder of the Schofield Normal and Industrial School for Colored People, at Aiken, S. C., and former resident of Philadelphia, was buried from the Friends Meeting House Saturday. A movement is on foot here to a monument to the memory of her work. Raleigh, N. C.—The Governor of North Carolina has issued a special statement relative to the Wayne county lynching, declaring that there was no excuse for this lynching from any standpoint and that the good citizens of the state ought to make it known that they condemn this thing, and condemn its severely and with determination. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5.—Should the New Jersey State legislature grant the sum of $123,000 which the State board of education has decided is necessary for the further equipment of the State industrial school at Bordentown, N. J., it will be about the best institution of its kind in the State for the education Every beneficial trade will be glory and victories of war. The subtle intrigues of Cabinets, the violence and tumults of democracies, the rise and fall of dynasties and systems, have all claimed their share. Lincoln was not a character in these. He was an influence for civilization and humanity—greater than them all. We pass from the funeral oration of Pericles to the speech at Gettysburg to learn the best there is in men. Lincoln came to build up its fortunes and conditions of mankind, not to destroy them. The mission he fulfilled was the reconstruction of States, the regeneration of peoples, and the reestablishment of justice. The miseries of war were softened by the whispers of mercy; the desolution of homes was lessened by his own suffering. The weak and faltering were quickened by his words of patriotism; the purity and liberty of a nation were saved by his courage. Lincoln could be a martyr, because his life was martyrdom, and we have been blessed that he lived among us. The world loves those NO 27 taught under the plans which have been drawn. Colonel D. Stewart Craven, chairman of the institution, has asked the board to make the request for the money. Colonel Craven said that the school has been just drifting along for years and now that new blood has been infused into the management an attempt should be made to build up the school. Ahoskie, N. C., Feb. 6.—Within 24 hours of each other, death claimed Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Newsom, who lived on their plantation near this place. Mr. Newsom was 94 years old and Mrs. Alice Reynolds Newsom was in her 60th year. "Davy" Newsom, as he was affectionately known by both white and colored people in Hertford county, was known as the wealthiest colored man in his country. His land holdings and investments in town property, including many of the best store buildings in Ahoskie aggregated in value over $100,000. It has been long a matter of record that Mr. Newsom paid taxes on more acres of land than any man in Hertford county, white or colored. He owned most of the land lying between the towns of Winton and Ahoskie. Many of his tenants were white, and practically all of his store houses in Ahoskie were occupied by white merchants. who loved it, and Abraham Lincoln, who died for truth and justice, left behind him a light that covers this nation with imperishable glory. Exception in This Case. Exception In This Case. Gibbs—"So you went after the job? I thought you believed that the office should seek the man." Dibbs—"I do; but this is a fat job, and I thought it might get winded before it reached me."—Boston Transcript. Don't Worry About Posterity. One of the simplest and best ways of not borrowing trouble is not to allow yourself even to think of what's going to happen to posterity.—Ohio State Journal. Beaver Dam Many Years Old. Naturalists have determined that a beaver dam on Eighth lake, in the Fulton chain, Hamilton, N. Y., is at least 150 years old. There are 125 distinguishable rings of annual construction and a great thickness that has already decayed. Remarkable Echo. There is an extraordinary echo in the cathedral at Pisa. If you sing two notes there is no reverberation, but if you sing three they are taken up, swelled and prolonged into a beautiful harmony. FOREIGN pea. ee Sean we en | China, it is reported at Peking, is to be trazsferred shortly to Tokio as Russian Ambassador to Japan. ‘The bundesrath has fixed maximum prices for swine in stalls at from 63 to 120 marks per 100 metric pounds live weight, according to the size of the animals. eaten ‘The Chamber of Commerce of Salon- iki places the loss caused to eighty merchants there by the recent Zeppe- lin bombardment at 5,640,000 francs (about $1,128,000). A suggestion of the possibility of the conclusion of peace in the near future is made by Baron von Zedlitz of the Prussian diet, according to the Vossische Zeitung. ‘That China will be split into two re- publics as the result of the revolution started in Yunnan province was the prediction of well-informed English- men arriving from Hongkong A dispatch to the Exchange Tele- graph Company from Amsterdam says that Emperor William has announced his decision that the marriage of Prince Joachim is to take place at Potsdam on March 11. It is expected the next vote of credit will be introduced soon after Parlia- ment reassembles. The statement Is made unofficially that the vote will be for £250,000,000, bringing up the total of war credits to £1,912,000,900. ‘The London Board of Trade has an- nounced a pension plan whereby wi dows of <lskermen killed in the war will receive £30) in addition to £26 for each child under 14 years of age, while the wife of any fisherman who is interned will recelve £1 weekly. An official statement issued at ‘Rome, according to the Rome corre- spondent of the Havas agency, says [that the French and Italian ministers ‘have come to an agreement on the ‘necessity for closer co-ordination of ‘the efforts of the allies, so as to as- sure more perfect unity of action. SPORTING NEWS Ad Wolgast will clash with Freddy Welsh in a ten-round bout at Milwau- kee March 6. The Swedish Football Association has invited the American Football As- sociation to play a match in Sweden next summer. Jack Britton of Chicago outpointed and outfought Ted (Kid) Lewis of England, in a tenround match in Brooklyn, N. Y, George Bauer of Goldfield was given the decision over Frankie Murphy of Denver at the end of fifteen rounds of fighting at Cripple Creek, Colo. Jess Willard announced in Chicago that he will ask a two-weeks’ post: ponement of his fight with Frank Moran. Ill in bed at his honie in Rog: ers Park, the champion directed Mrs. Willard to make that’ announcement to the newspapers. Aviator Floyd Smith, at the United States army aviation field at North Island, Cal, has establishea a new world’s record for pilot and three pas sengers in a seaplane by reaching an altitude of 9,600 feet. New Orleans fight promcters an nounced they had closed arrangements witih Freddie Welsh, world’s light weight champion, to meet the winner of the Joe MandotJohnny Dundee bout, to be held Feb, 21. Welsh will receive a guarantee of $13,000. GENERAL The New York city Board of Health announced the inauguration of a tem perance crusade. Insurance statistics show that the man who oyereats as well as the mat who indulges in alcoholic drinks is bad risk. Mrs. K. Grant, 60, of Rochester N. Y., died when a piece of toast she was eating lodged in her throat and strangled her. Hight persons died in New York Monday as a result of the cold wave which sent the mercury down to degrees above zero. ‘The list of victims of the mine ex. plosion at Ernest, Pa., reached twen- ty-six, with the death of Stephen Fer- ris, 30 years old, a miner, The Commission for Relief in Bel gium announced in New York that since the beginning of its winter cam paign it had sent 296,000 pairs ot shoes to the destitute of Belgium and northern France, Relatives of Edmund Newell, Jr, a | famous midget who was widely known | in the circus and theatrical worlds as | Major Newell, have recetyed news of | his death in Liverpool. He was a son of Mrs, Sarah EB. Newell of Newark, | N. J. | Former President William H, Tatt, Lin Jain ndliveash’ 0 caer Sans ah ikho THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS. PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPHS. SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. Weatern Newspaper Union News Service, ABOUT THE WAR Six persons killed in air raid on Milan, Italy. Russians capture one of Turkish forts at Erzerum, Hungarians routed at Zale Sezsyky and retire four miles. British cruiser Arethusa wrecked by mine and ten men killed. ’ Austro-Hungarians occupy Tirana in Albania, ncar port of Durazzo. Sinking of French cruiser Admiral Charner by submarine confirmed. Four hundred men killed. An Athens dispatch asserts Bul- garia has made overtures for sepa- rate peace to the entente powers. Ten days’ battle in France and Bel- gium has resulted, it is estimated, in total casualities of at least 100,000. Berlin officials pessimistic on re- ceipt of Bernstorff’s latest communi- cation on settlement of Lusitania case. A conference of the entente allies in Paris has been arranged. Japan has been invited to send a representa- tive. Germany and Austria announce that begining Merch 1 all armed mereh- antmen will be treated as warships, to be attacked without warning. The Germans, after clearing their path with several hours’ heavy artil- lery fire, broke thru an 800-yard line of British defenses around Ypres. Practically all the British defenders were killed, At the opening of the British Par- liament, Premier Asquith announced the war was costing $24,000,000 a day. He added that a credit of about $2, 500,000,000 would soon be asked. Lord Kitchener spoke on the urgent need of more soldiers. WESTERN Reports that great damage has been done to the Sai Diego 1916 exposition by the recent rains and overflow of Otay dam are untrue. Miss Rosa Lee Bubanks, 20 years old, cashier for a manufacturing com pany, was shot to death on a down town street at Macon, Ga, According to information received by Cleveland, Ohio, Hungarians, Sari Petrass, famous Hungarian actress who was noted in Europe for het beauty, has been executed as a Britis spy in Budapest. A startling charge that the sour served at the banquet to Archbishoj Mundlein was “maliciously poisoned’ was made in a statement issued by H. J, Doherty, manager of the Univer. sity Club at Chicago. At Sallisaw, Okla., Will, Henry, Ale and Marvin Shandlen. brothers 0 George Shandlen, a farmer living neai Muldro, are held, with seven othe: men, on the charge of being implicate: in an attack by night rivers on Shand len. A new $4,000,000 terminal at Nev Orleans, to be used by the Texas Pacific, the Missouri Pacific and th St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern was formally dedicated in ceremonie: participated in by government anc railroad officials. Convict labor on the California stat highway has been a success, accord ing to a statement contained in a rec ommendation made by Division High way Engineer Sumner to the Stati Highway Commission that convict la bor be continued and that more camp: be installed in Mendocino county, WASHINGTON Six amendments to the Federal Re serve Act were recommended to Con gress in the report of the Federal Re serve Board for the first full year o operation in the new banking sys tem. ‘The first train in four years ove: the Southern Pacific from Nogales Arizona, to Mazatlan, Mexico, was ruz on January 30, and State Department reports express a hope of keeping the line open. President Wilson formally an nounced his candidacy for reelection He wrote to Secretary of State Hiide brand of Ohio, announcing his assent to the placing of his name on the pri: mary ballots of that state. Prohibition amendments to the con: stitution, but not woman suffrage amendments, will be considered at this session of Congress, Mrs, Joseph B, Kuhn, wife of Col. Kuhn, American military attache at Berlin, died at the home of Secretary Garrison, after a stroke of apoplexy. eid bide ita ie. Wir temte ica ce ete COLORADO STATE NEWS veatern Newspaper Union News Service, DATES *£OR COMING EVENTS. March 9-11.—Meeting Western Colo- tado ‘Teachers’ Assuclation at Grand Junction. March 20-April 2—Co1orado Retall Merchants’ Association's Food and Industrial Exposition at. Denver. April 18 Democratic State Convention May 1—First Congressional District Republican Convenvion at Colorado Springs. May 2.——Republican State and Third and Fourth Congressional District Conyention at Pueblo. The Y. W. ©. A. is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. The Pueblo Salvation Army will have a tag day on the 19th, Joseph Lindsay, Leadville pioneer, died suddenly at Phoenix, Ariz, Springfield citizens expect the Santa Fe will build a line to that City. Allison Stocker, state treasurer, formally announced his candidacy for governor, Charles D, McPhee, a resident of Colorado since 1869, died at his home in Denver. The Postal Savings Department of the Fort Lupton postoffice has been discontinued. Samuel K. Young, 61, ploneer busi- ness man of the San Juan country, died in Denver. Many Denverites would change from the commission to the mayor form of government, Trinity Episcopal church in Gree- ley was damaged by fire to the ex- tent of about $300. ‘The noon banquet on Friday of the Lamar Farmers’ Week, Feb, 21 to 26, will be complimentary to Governor Carlson, The taxpayers of Firestone voted bonds in the sum of $12,000 for the purpose of constructing a municipal waterworks system, A call for the Democratic state cen- tral committee to convene in Denver Baturday, March 4, was issued by Chairman Wellington Gates. The Boy Scouts of Sopris celebrat- ed the sixth anniversary of their or- ganization at that camp with a ban- quet at the Lincoln school house. The 1916 beet contract stipulates the same price as last year, but lim- its the amount of seed to twelve pounds per acre and none for replant- ing. Arthur Montague, charged with an assault upon a young orphan girl, was denied a change of venue by Judge Wright in the West Side Court in Denver. The State Dairy Commission is |making extensive preparations for | the dairy sessions each forenoon and afternoon during the Lamar Farmers’ Week, Feb, 21-26. A rosewood table used by President Abraham Lincoln as his office desk in the White House now stands in | the drawing room of Mrs, Clarence A. | Brandenburg of Denver. | Denver and the intermountain coun- try is a beneficiary by an action taken by the railroads of the country, which lengthens the Colorado summer tour- Ist season just one month. During the month of January the Newton mill at Idaho Springs treated 1,600 tons of crude ore, which gave a product of 400 tons of concentrates with an average value of $30 per ton. Mrs, W. A. Osborne, 83, died at her home in Loveland of old age. Mrs. Osborne was the widow of Judge W. | A. Osborne and Was the second white woman to locate in the Big Thompson valley. | According to the report of the di- rectors of the Denver Young Men's Christian Association, 1915 was the most successful from any angle of any year in the history of the organ- ization, Dedicatory exercises for the United States District Court in Denver will be held in the new quarters at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 21, under the auspices of the Denver Bar Association, The funeral of Franklin KE. Brooks, former Congressman from Colorado, and one of the most widely known lawyers in the state was held in Colo- rado Springs from the First Baptist church, Sunday afternocn. Wm. Knaub of Windsor pleaded guilty in Greeley to giving away liquor at a wedding celebration held in Windsor after the prohibitional law went into effect. He was fined $100 and costs, Inquiry of officers and stockholders of the Denver Union Water Company developed the fact that the company stood ready and willing to sell its plant to the city and county of Den- ver for approximately $13,615,899. The Rey. Father Thomas H. Ma- GOVERNOR FIRES GAPP Phone Champa 2211 The Chesapeake Fish & Oyster Co. Denver’s Only Exclusive Fish and Oyster House Fresh Fish, Oysters, Salt, Smoked, Dried and Canned Fish Poultry and Game of All Kinds 828 Fifteenth Street | Denver, Colo. WARDEN DECLINES TO LEAVE STATE REFORMATORY. Order Issued by Executive After Ex- amination of Witnesses—Warden Refused to Attend Hearing. Western Newspaper Union News Service, Denver.—Governor Carlson Tues: day issued an order removing War- den M. P. Capp of the State Reform: atory at Buena Vista from office, af- ter declaring the warden guilty of ex- treme cruelty and neglect of duty. Warden Capp will refuse to relin- } quish his position, R. L. Shaw of Buena Vista, who was appointed war- den by Governor Carlson during the session of the last General Assembly but has never been able to obtain the office, will be reappointed by the gov- ernor or notified to take possession under his old appointment order, It is expected that Warden Capp will formally decline to turn the in- stitution over to Shaw upon demand and that Shaw will begin a quo war- ranto suit in court as a means of ousting Capp. The removal order was issued by Governor Carlson after he held a hearing on evidence against Warden Capp that occupied almost two hours. This evidence chiefly concerned the ‘whipping of inmates at the institu: ‘tion and charges that diseased meat had been fed- to them. Governor Carlson had summoned Warden Capp to appear before him to answer inquiries in regard to the charges but the warden did not ap- pear and was undefended before the executive, Instead, he sent a letter to the gov- ernor saying that he did not believe it was his duty to appear at the pres- ent time and that he had information which led him to believe that should he leave the institution an attempt “will be made to invade and take this institution by force by outsiders.” District Attorney G. A. Walker from Buena Vista, and William J. Candlish, state senator, who is re- sponsible for Shaw’s appointment, at- tended the hearing. Affidavits made by inmates who had been whipped were read, and three witnesses were examined. These were George T. Lindsey, for- merly a guard; Samuel W. Swenson, formerly head of the reformatory ‘Kitchen, and L. M. McCabe, fectranty eowerianard: ©. H. SHIRLEY, Pres. ‘J. 0, HAMPSON, Vice Pres PAUL J. 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Report Coney Slaughter in Honduras Pueblo—Coney Slaughter, former cashier of a Pueblo bank, who ab sconded from this city last June witl bank funds estimated at nearly $500, 000, bas been located by the federa authorities at Tequacigalpa, Hondu ras, where he {s said to be the owner of a large cattle ranch, The officers report that Slaughter left New Or leans on Jan. 27, accompanied by his wife. The government will be unabl to extradite him, Slaughter’s father W. B, Slaughter, is now under arres here, ‘Asks 4,500,000 Acres for Schools. PHONE MAIN 3028 RES. PHONE GALLUP 943 JOHN K, RETTIG -@. | Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET 4,,.. osear Wiiethanth Pn Denver, Cola Denver.— Senator Shafroth intro: duced a bill in the U. 8. Senate grant ing 4,500,000 acres of public land to the state of Colorado for school pur Poses to be selected from the public domain in the state. This would put Colorado on equal terms with the states that have the most favorable land grants. When Colorado was ad mitted to the Union it received only 6 per cent of public land for school purposes, while states admitted later like New Mexico and Utah, got 14 per cent. C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oysters, Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street Denver, Colorado Miss Young Elected Secretary. | _Denver.—Through the discharge of Mrs. Alice Adams Fulton as secretary of the new State Civil Service Com mission and the appointment of Miss Bleanor Young, active in civie work and prominent in society, to fill the vacancy, the complexity of the state civil service situation was increased Dr, Rider Dies of Shot Wound. Leadville—Dr. G. R. Rider of Wil- mette, Ill, who, it is charged, wax shot by HE. A. Sackett, a tram con- tractor of Telluride, at Twin Lakes, died in a hospital here. Mrs. Rider arrived from Illinois to take charge of the body. | “Preps” Win Both Sides of Contest. | Boulder.—The Prep school debaters won the annuaf triangular debate with Longmont and Loveland by winning a unanimous decision on both sides of the question of establishing a literacy Vat Yor lenialevanta. HAVE YOUR CLOTHES CLEANED, PRESSED, REPAIRED, ALTERED AND DYED AT THE Mutual Tailor a nore LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S SUITS MADE TO ORDER. Our Work Will Please You—Our Prices are Reasonable. Gentlemen's Suits Cleaned and Pressed...... .75 Overconters).cce cans besos ison hs Uae NaTD GOVER sn soi a sinen seria ¥clvtsceesiececses OS NGCK HES noi ainis 2 Stine is cboit aio ioine ji cess go OO 2204 WELTON ST. CALL MAIN 8519 Family Stricken by Typhoid Fever. Fowler—Two deaths in one fam ily in two days and the two remain. Ing members of the family in a dy- ing condition is the toll taken by ty- phoid fever fn the home of William Anderson in this city, Cousins Addresses Colorado G. O. P. Denver.—The Lincoln day banquet given by Colorado Republicans at El JeLel Temple was attended by over 800 persons, Charles A. Southard of Greeley Was toastmaster and Robert G. Cousins, former congressman from Iowa, was the orator of the evening, Girl Asserts Pastor Bataved Har. Sterling.—The Rev. William Clyde Rhea, 34, unmarried, was arrested at Sterling, charged by Miss Reta Bal lard of Merino, 19 years old, with be trayal and refusal to marry her. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Among the differences that set apart the Negro race as a peculiar people. none is more significant than the fact that he {s insistently adjured to look to the future. Other men may rejoice not only in the present, but also in the past. But if the Negro recalls the past, this is merely to enable him to measure his progress away from it. If he thinks of the present, it is as a basis for the radiant time that is to come. No doubt may ever cross his mind as to whether the present is as noble as some parts of the past. His past is happily dead. There is noth- ing in it he would perpetuate. His duty and his pleasure are to travel as fast and as far from it as he may. His own feeling about it has been en- forced frow the first day of freedom By those of more fortunate races who have shown an interest in him. Why then, asks the New York Eve ning Post, should the new year be signalized by the appearance of a magazine bearing the title, The Jour- nal of Negro History? How can there be such a thing as history for a race which is just beginning to live? For the Journal does not juggle the words; by “history” it means history and not current events. The answer is to be found within its pages. The opening article, “The Negros of Cin- cinnati Prior to the Civil War,” is a reminder that slavery did not cover all the country. Undaunted by per- sistent opposition, writes Doctor Woodson, “the Negroes of Cincinnati aghieved so much during the years hetween 1835 and 1840 that they de- served to be ranked among the most progressive people of the world.” Still, 1835 and 1840 are not very far back in the past, as other races meas- ure time. By “history” most people ‘mean ancient history. What has the ‘Negro to look back to in that sort of past that he would not prefer to tg- nore? Well, in an article on “The Passing Tradition and the African Civilization,” Monroe N. Work pre- sents little-regarded developments in the Dark Continent a thousand years ago which spow that the black man need not despise the rock whence he was hewn, “Not all black men every- where throughout the ages have heen hewers of wood and drawers of water. On the contrary, through long periods of time there were powerful black na- tions which have left the records of ‘their achievements and of which we are just now beginning to learn a lit. tle.” More impressive than these shad. owy records are literary productions of which neither the Negro nor his better-educated white brother is often aware. These are the most interest: ing and impressive things in the int tial number of the Journal, as to the Negro they should be the most in spiring. Here is one passage: “That the Americans after consider. ing the subject in this light—after making the most manly of all possible exertions in defense of liberty—after publishing to the world the principle upon which they contended, viz.: ‘That all men are by nature and of right ought to be free,’ should still re tain in subjection a numerous tribe of the human race merely for their own private use and emolument, ts, of all things, the strongest inconsistency, the deepest reflection on our conduct and the most abandoned apostacy that ever took place, since the Al. mighty flat spoke into existence this habitable world.” How many white men have argued Says the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: “To set up that the South can get along without the Negro is ridiculous, and this being true, not a county should be allowed to shirk its share of the problem by the simple expedient of shoving it off bodily into the next one.” Suppose that, by some magi- cian’s want, the Negro could be re- moved from the South. Instead of benefiting that section, the action would plunge it into bankruptcy. The African element is our farm la- bor—all we have and all we ever will have, If it is incompetent, that is a reason for improving it, not for dis- pensing with it. The trained Negro “4s a more efficient instrument than the untrained white man"—and it Is because the latter instinctively senses dangerous competition that he moves for banishment of the black. Empress Sadako of Japan 1s the mother of four sons, one having been born to her on December 2. The other children are Hiohito Michinomiva, the crown prince, born in 1901; Yasuhito Atsunomoya, born in 1902, and Nobu: hito Terunomlya, born in 1905. According to the United States pub- lic health service, a new disinfectant, derived from pine oil, a by-product in the manufacture of turpentine, pos- sesses qualities superior to ordinary disinfectants, being more than four times as powerful as carbolic acid for disinfecting purposes, yet nontoxic and without harmful effects when it comes in contact with delicate mem: branes or with fabrics or metals, This discovery s particularly valuable at this time because of the shortage of coal tar derivatives for disinfectant ‘purposes. more powerfully than the Negro who signed himself, in this essay and: an- another, “Othello”? He has a striking way of turning the tables: “Might not the inhabitants of At rica, with still greater justice on their side than we have on ours, cross the Atlantic, seize our citizens, carry them into Africa, and make slaves of them, provided they were able to do it? But should this be really the case, every corner of the globe would reverberate with the sound of African oppres- sion; so loud would be our complaint, jand so ‘feeling our appeal’ to the in habitants of the world at large. We should represent them as a lawless, piratical set of unprincipled robbers, plunderers and villains, who basely prostituted the superior powers anc information which God had given them for worthy purposes to the vilest of all ends.” “The chief aim of the higher educa- tion is to produce an efficient leader- ship,” remarks Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard university. “According to the last available data from the federal census, there are 15,000 Negro clergy- men, about two thousand Negro phy- siclans and dentists, 21,000 Negro teachers, 700 Negro lawyers, and sey- eral thousand workers along the oth- er lines of the higher callings and pursuits. These constitute about one- half of 1 per cent of the race; but it is to this class that the 99% per cent must look for leadership.” Then Professor Miller points out that the graduates of Negro colleges and universities are at times “derided in all the moods and tenses of irony and ridicule. “In the rapid rise of this class from the lower to the higher levels of life instances of mal-adaptations and gro- tesque misfits might naturally be ex- pected. But a wide acquaintance with the graduates of Negro colleges and universities in all parts of the land convinces me that such instances are exceptional, and do not in the least characterize them as a class. They are almost universally employed along lines of useful endeavor for the gener- al betterment of the community and command the respect and good will of the people of both races among whom they live and work.” In a communication to the Baltt- more American, Eliot Norton urges the formation of an army of Negroes. He writes: “Preparedness is in the air. Secre- tary of War Garrison recommends an army of 500,000 men. Such men would be the hired men of the United States government, but they would not be engaged in any useful labor. It would, therefore, be a detriment to the country and to every taxpayer to take them from the ranks of regular laboring men. There is no overplus of labor in this country. But we do have a class, constantly increasing. of men who idle away their lives, who are detrimentals and wasters. I refer to the Negroes, especially those in the cities. Why not make our proposed army out of them? They make first- class soldiers. And the training they would receive would make men of them. To take 500,000 male Negroes. or half that number, and to train and discipline them as soldiers would pretty nearly settle the so-called Ne- gro question.” The tensile strength of a paper fly wheel is greater than one made of iron. The swiftest dog in the world, the borzoi, or Rusréin wolfhound, has made record run& that show 75 feet in a second, while the gazelle has shown measured speed of more than 80 feet a second, which would give it a speed of 4,800 feet in a minute if the pace could be kept up. To enable an automobile to pull it self out of a mud hole there has been Invented a reel of broad tape which, when fastened to a mired wheel, is unwound by it to form a dry path way. By a Frenchman's invention as a language student hears a word spoken by a phonograph he also sees {t appeat on a printed roll in conjunction with its translation in his own tongue. During the last year 79,281,735 short tons of sand and gravel, having s value of $23,840,099, were dug out ir the United States. This year will establish a record for the number of messages sent over ‘Swediati’'telegrapii lines A new lifeboat which its inventor claims is proof against storm waves consists of a water-tight cylinder in closing a suspended floor that always remains level, connected to which are pipes to admit air. Japan will build at Tokyo an as- tronomical observatory the equal in size and completeness of anything in the United States or Europe. If a word to the wise 1s sufficient. lawyers must consider jurors a lot ot idiots. DURING 1915 INHERITANCE TAX COLLECTED TOTALED $295,479 Large Number of Payments Made Past Two Months Indicate New Record Will Be Made. ‘Weatern Newspaper Union News Service, Denyer—The record in collecting $405,063 in inheritance taxes during the biennial period of 1913-14, which was set by Leslie B. Hubbard, state Inheritance tax appraiser, will prob- ably be exceeded by him for the pres- ent biennial period in the next month. During the year 1915 his office col- lected $295,479.47 in inheritance taxes. During the first two months of the present year $139,717.69 have been collected, making a total so far for the biennial period of $435,197.16. Within the next month he expécts to collect from fifty-four estates $54,860 more. ‘The estate of the late Senator George W. Swink of Otero County paid a state inheritance tax of $4,219.26, The senator's holdings were valued at $725,530.52, but because of exemp tions allowed by the law a tax was collectible only on a value of $229,538 ‘The notes and accounts held by the estate were appraised at $176,814, the other personal property at $336,186.45, and the real estate at $212,470. De ductions were allowed on $495,992.52. ‘A tax of $13,247.52 was paid to the state by the administrators of the es | tate of Mrs. Annie W. Jacobson o DeVEE. State Plans Fight Against Diphtherla. Bacteriological examinations for the detection of certain contagious dis- eases will be made by the State Board of Health hereafter upon re- quest of health officers and physt- cians. This was decided at the month- ly meeting of the board. Lack of ‘funds will prevent the board from un- dertaking all examinations which would be presented to it, so that its investigations for the present will be confined to suspected cases of diph- theria. and to the examination of brains of animals suspected of rabies. A legislative appropriation which will permit more extensive investigations, especially of suspected cases of tu: berculosis, typhoid fever and similar ‘diseases, will be asked, The annual report of the secretary read at the meeting shows a/ decrease of diph: theria, smallpox, typhoid fever and measles in the state in 1915. In 1914 there were 720 cases of diphtheria, and 558 in 1915; typhoid fever, 639 cases in 1914 and 600 in 1915; measles, 4,415 in 1914 and 679 in 1915, | Governor Commutes Sentence. By an executive order Governor Carlson granted a commutation of sentence to Arthur MacLennan, man- aging editor of a Denver paper, who was fined $250 and costs in the Den- ver District Court for refusal to re- veal to the county grand jury his source of information for articles that led to the expulsion of William W. Howland as a member of the State House of Representatives a year ago. The state’s chief executive com- muted the sentence toa fine of $1 and costs. Counties Spend $547,501 for Poor. Colorado counties expended $547,- 501.81 for support and relief of the por during the year ending June 30, 1915, according to statistics compiled for the annual report of the board. At the same time the various coun- ties spent $92,701.38 for care of in- sane for whom there is no room at the state insane asylum, and $5,513 for care of feeble-minded persons who are not treated at state institutions. In all, the various counties expended $645,716.19 for support and relief of poor and insane, Hanse Colotade Heroee'ct Manila. | In memory of the Colorado yolun- teers, who raised the first United States flag in the Philippines and died in the service of their country during the Spanish-American war, a flag was raised with solemn services and a sa- lute of twenty-one guns was fired in front of the State Capitol building on Lincoln's Birthday, Lawson's Attorneys Ask New Trial. ‘The abstract of the record in the trial of John R. Lawson, labor leader who is under sentence of life impris- onment on the charge of conspiracy to murder during the Colorado coal strike, was filed in the Supreme Court. There are 920 pages of printed testi- mony and 227 errors alleged, To Obey Headlight and Switch Law. Notices have been sent by the State Public Utilities Commission to all the railroads in the state that it will en- force the “locomotive headlight” and “switchlight” laws. In the notices the commission tells its interpretations of the two statutes. Must Give Thirty-Day Notice. Employers and employés must give thirty days’ notice of an intended change in wages or hours of work, and no employé can go on strike or employer declare a lockout because of any dispute relative to wages or hours without giving thirty days’ no tice, which will permit the State In dustrial Commission to begin an in: vestigation, This interpretation of the state Industrial law was an. nounced in a ruling by Attorney Gen: eral Farrar | Hl FIRE LOSS AT FALL RIVER, MASS., ESTIMATED AT OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS. THREE HUNDRED FACE DEATH IN $3,000,000 FIRE SWEEPING BROOKLYN DOCK. Western Newspaper Union News Service ieetucns GwvsEe’ Ova ot NEW YORK.—Dock, pler,: steamers and several barges burned in $3,- 000,000 fire. Ships loading war munitions, TORONTO—American Club burned with $50,000 loss; one. man Killed and two’ injured; club recently scene of demonstration for allies. NEW YORK.—Britigh steamer puts back into port with fire in car- Bo. of oll cakes for Rotterdam. PHILADELPHIA—Fire in sugar cargo of British steamer Dalton bound for England, does $200,- 000 damage. FALL RIVER, MASS.—Two million dollars damage from fire that burns quarter of a mile through business district; no casualties MIDLAND, MICH.—One woman ‘ts dead, man missing, and $190,000 damage in fire that burns block ‘of town. CRESTON, IOWA.—Two boys, 15 and 8 years old, caught setting fire to parochial school, and ad- mit burning public high school. BUTTE, MONT.—Last of bodies of 21 miners killed in fire in Penn- sylvania shaft found. MEXIA, TEXAS.—Ten killed in collapse of opera house; many re- ported. injured, NATCHEZ," MISS.—Thousand _ per- sons face death from flood at Newellton; La: Mexia, Texas.—Ten persons were killed here Wednesday night in the collapse of the old opera house build- ing. Then an explosion occurred and fire threatened the entire business section of the town. Numerous per- sons were injured. Search continued late into the night for the other bod- jes which it was feared might be buried in the ruins, although it was believed all persons in the building had been accounted for. | Natchez, Miss—An urgent appeal for help from Newellton, La., where the Mississippi levee broke, said one thousand or more persons were ma rooned by the flood waters, with only one motorboat available to take them to safety. Three negroes were drowned, New York—No evidence of incendi- aris has been found, it was an nounced, in connection with the fire on the Brooklyn waterfront which caused the destruction of three Brit ish steamships, thirty-seven lighters and barges, a new 900-foot pier of the New York Dock Company and $1,000, 000 worth of merchandise consigned to the entente allies. The total loss is estimated at between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. Although nearly 300 per sons were imperiled by the flames which raged fiercely for several hours, only one man of the crew of one of the steamers was unaccounted for. Fall River, Mass—Fire swept a quarter of a mile thru the business district and threatened the tenement section, Estimates made by owner of property and proprietors of stores in the burned section indicated that the total loss would be approximately $2,000,000. A score of buildings, in- cluding an apartment hotel and sev- eral of the largest retail stores in the city, were destroyed, and mony others were badly damaged. There was no loss of life and no one was injured. | | N. Y, DELEGATES UNINSTRUCTED -U. S, Preparedness Plank In Empire State Platform. New York—The Republican na tional campaign will be waged as fight for adequate military prepared ness and tariff reform, opposition tc granting early independence to the Philippines, and insistence on a vig. orous stand for American rights, A determined fight to obtain a reso lution recommending Elihu Root as New York's favorite son for the presi dency, was defeated in the committee on resolutions, and a counter resolu: tion—that no presidential candidate be indorsed—was passed unani- mously. 7 The question of indorsement ended in a compromise by which two resolu- {ions were presented, one dealing ex- clusively with national affairs and the other “commending” Governor Whit: man’s conduct of state affairs, After a fight of four hours, the com- mittee on delegates agreed on United States Senator James Wadsworth, Jr. Gov. Charles 8. Whitman, Fred: erick C, Tanner and Elon B. Brown. Lusitania Settlement Halted, Washington, Feb, 17.—The subma. rine controversy with Germany can not be closed until the United States has fully considered the possible ef. fict of the declared intention of the Germanie powers to sink all armed merchant-ships of their enemies with out warning after Feb, 29, This an nouncement was made by Secretary Lansing Wednesday instead of the long-expected announcement of a sat {sfactory settlement of the Lusitants dgerotiations. ee i e 3 : Curtis 44 ee CF Park © pe ‘oe eo Floral ea ea Ne Company @w Ts FLORAL DESIGNS S3"V¢ CHOICE PLANTS AND GUT FLOWERS Swszavns “NY | GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets The Champa Pharmacy Twenticth and Champa, Is the place to got your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WH SERVE ~ DRINES. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of tho city, JAMES E. THRALL, Propr. PHONE MAIN 2425. 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Display advertising, 50 cents per inch. An inch contains twelve agate lines. All communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. WHY IS ALL THIS UNREST? Surely something is wrong. We may try to put on the garb of splendor and attempt to blindfold the people of this city, but it takes just a common-sensed individual to know that "all is not gold that glitters," in observing the present state of affairs in this city. And this is being done by our leaders—our men of thought and action—our men of sinew and brawn who are supposed to have the city's interest at heart, with the hope that the people are going to risk once more the support of officials, organizations, etc., through sympathy and get entangled in the meshes of annoyance, hard times and general retrogression, from which there is no escape on account of troublesome factions that form stumbling blocks in the way of progress and success. At present we are passing through a series of unfortunate circumstances, dissatisfaction over our school question, our municipal government and other things affecting our welfare, the selfishness and private interests of a few being in evidence to the detriment of the whole. How long will this continue, we must ask these powers that be? Today we find the commercial organizations resolving themselves into one body, consolidating their plans for the purpose of becoming a powerful agent in our civic and commercial affairs which will tend to a better and prosperous Denver. On the other hand, we have political issues that are working unfavorably to the masses and which will result in driving business men farther from us than forming an invitation or attraction. We plead once more for HARMONY AMONG OUR LEADERS. Remember, the eyes of other cities are on us, as we are blessed with natural conditions here that help to advertise and make a city of refuge for the health-seeker, a restorer for the overworked. If leaders must insure good followers they must unite their forces and set the example for their disciples to admire. We are on the edge of the precipice, with the deep, dark chasm below; let our generals be not callous to the irregularities that are gnawing at our vitals, but, like the newly-formed Denver Civic and Commercial Association, adopt the get-together spirit and strive for that which will make our city the home of attractions for the investor and traveler and a model for others of the country. Let the watchword be "FORWARD." REV. JOHN ADAMS DEEPENS PATRIOTIC FERVOR. The soul-stirring and revivifying address made by the Rev. John Adams, D.D., L.L.D., of Pueblo, Colo., on the evening of February 12, at the Lincoln Day celebration held at the Shorter church, caused his hearers to recognize the inestimable worth of the occasion for which they had gathered, encouraged those who are struggling for equal civil rights and liberty among the colored element of the American nation, and resurrected the spirit of patriotism that possibly was lying dormant in the minds of others. The logical reasoning, the cogent argument, the striking analogy that he presented his auditors in dealing with the subject—"PROVIDENCE AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN"—made a great impression, and the eloquence and rhetoric that ran throughout the address classified the speaker as one of our renowned orators of the West. The following are a few excerpts which will give an idea of the rare treat that was afforded a representative audience in the offering of facts that pertain to our every-day life as a part of this American republic, towards the making of a more perfect government." Again the speaker "It is well nigh impossible," said he, "to beat back the recurring gloom of those darker clouds which overhung our people for approximately two hundred and forty years. I know it is difficult to keep from before our vision the awfulness of that long period of murder and crime. But if we would be patriotic Americans we must do it. Dispossessed of clarified vision, no man can appreciate the grandeur of that mighty conception out of which this vast commonwealth has sprung, unfortunate indeed that American who forestalls what strikes me as being a compelling optimism, by an attempt at historic abstraction, which excludes the possibility of a candid recognition of those definite and true evolutionary principles moving now towards the making of a more perfect government." Agagin the speaker expressed his confidence thus: "I have great faith and absolute confidence in the final outcome of that movement which has ever been manifest in our body politic preventing, though at times by force, any considerable part of our people from departing and remaining alien to the first principles of the fathers. I am not bothered about the pros and cons of sociological debate. I can say without embarrassment that I see the handwriting upon the wall, and upon this vision I am willing to lay down the proposition—that if the beginning and the unfolding of the present; life of the American people are in any degree as their historians claim, it is just as impossible to deter for any long historic period sure growth to perfect religious and political and civil liberty in this country as it is to say to the seed of the rose, thou shalt not bring forth beauty but ugliness, or to the planted seed of the Prince of Peace, thy production shall be a creature after the manner of murderous Cain and not those who shall reflect Thy purity and the nobility of Thy great life. The maxim, my friends, that like must beget like has not been repudiated. The language that he made every seed to bear seed after his kind is still the sweet song of the prophet. Then truly the national seed of our planting must bring forth a fruit after the manner of its nature. An America where every man is equal before the law; an America where caste must give way for a more brotherly consideration; an America protesting and forbidding trespasses upon the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of all whose happy portion it is to elect her land as their home." The speaker continued: "Clearly defined, providence is a manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures. I am not here to give an answer for the reasonableness of what I am now about to say, but in the economy of this wonderful world about us there does seem to be a sort of predestinating display in the beginning and ending of things animate and inanimate. It makes no difference whether this statement is able to stand at the bar of theological or scientific investigation, I personally like to think that it is true, because I like to think that the vision which I hold of my race, the vision of power, wealth and culture, the vision of prestige, character and moral worth, is the sure future of my people, not to be monopolized by them, to be held in equal proportion with the dominant races of today. I not only like to think that, but I like to believe that there is some great and beneficent hand of power guiding us unto that end. I believe that my fathers thought this; I believe that my fathers relied upon this vision; otherwise there could be no answer to the wisdom of their patient endurance as they passed through the fires of oppression." The foregoing are among the many golden thoughts the Rev. Adams left on the minds of a large and appreciative audience, concluding as he did with offering the channels of education, race unity and solidarity, perpetuation of unity by the adoption of certain methods and the reliability of the press in its continuous agitation for the cause of right for a people as the best solution for the problem set before us by those who have demonstrated their opposition to the great work accomplished by the master mind of Lincoln. We delight in having the good fortune of hearing such a worthy member of our race and hope the public may have another opportunity of listening to this literary genius. Every Girl Ought to Be Employed By Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, Boston, Mass. The problem of the working girl who lives at home is not only an economic one but is a basic problem of life, in which the individual pays through service the debt she owes society. The working girls who live at home may be divided roughly into two groups—the wage-earning girl whose father's pay is too small to even keep the household together without the earnings of his children, and, secondly, the girl whose earnings pay for her board and help to give her a great many things which her father could not afford. To the first group belong the great majority of our working girls. They are the daughters of men in the unskilled trades, who never earn a living wage, or of men whose wages are high, but only seasonal. They are the girls who leave school at fourteen, who go to work in an unskilled trade, such as candy or box making, because the more skilled industries do not take them so young. Unfortunately, owing to the lack of opportunity to get further training, many of them remain in these low-paid trades. The second group includes the highest-paid wage worker and the salaried woman. These are stenographers, some girls in department stores, teachers, nurses, etc. Like the others, these women work because they must; but, unlike their sisters in industry, they are able to support themselves and at the same time afford some recreation and the clothing fitted to their position. Their wage gives them a chance to live, while the wage of the first group only keeps the wolf from the door. It is often objected that some of these women do not need to work, and that the expenses, such as laundry and cooking, are not counterbalanced by what they contribute to the family budget. The home of the average wage-earning man contains from three to five rooms. The housework is done by the wife and mother, and therefore the daughter's help is not needed, but her economic or earning power is necessary because if it were withdrawn the home could not be kept up. In the case of the girl whose father earns a better wage, the objection does not hold. Unless she works for very small pay she is always able to have a margin outside her regular expenses which her father's income would not permit. We must also look at the question from the point of view of the woman herself. Housework is confining and monotonous and—unless one has a special liking for it—very hard. Why should she deny herself work that is congenial, that furthers her own development, enables her to do good in the world and makes her independent when her home breaks up? It is just like everything else. So long as you control your impulses you will find them helpful to you in many ways. But the minute you allow your impulses to govern you they are no Control of Impulses Is Great Factor By W. B. Barrington, Wilmington, Del. It is just like everything else. So long as you control your impulses you will find them helpful to you in many ways. But the minute you allow your impulses to govern you they are no longer of any use to you, but will drive you in many a wrong direction. The only way to make them serviceable is to keep them under restraint with the aid of common sense. It is not intended by this to underestimate the value of intuition. There is a sort of sixth sense, which women in particular have. It warns them when danger is lurking. We call it woman's intuition for want of a better name, and often you can trust your intuition when common sense seems to find no way out for you. But don't do anything on the spur of the moment. Impulse in conjunction with sober thought and common sense will sway you in the right direction, but impulse alone will lead you where you are bound to regret. If you are angry don't let impulse drive you to put your anger in speech, for you may find later that you have no grounds for your anger, but if you have put it in speech it is too late to retract the things you have said. Don't give way to impulsive anger. Sit down and reason it out, and if after an hour's sober reflection you conclude to say something severe to the offender, then you have at least some grains of right on your side. Don't write letters on the impulse of the moment. Remember you are writing in one mood and the recipient will read in another and may see your meaning in quite a different light. Govern your impulses with discretion and common sense if you wish to make them useful. Just at this time the American turf has its opportunity. The opportunity comes with the very natural curtailment of racing in England, France, Germany and Austria. Good Chance Offered for American Turf BY HARRY M. WILLIAMS, New York Just at this time the American turf has its opportunity. The opportunity comes with the very natural curtailment of racing in England, France, Germany and Austria, where racing is more or less of a national institution. Conditions abroad have made it possible to purchase high-class thoroughbreds that in times of peace would never go to the sales ring. The American thoroughbreds were driven out in vast numbers by the adverse legislation a few years back, and it was imperative to restock the farms if the breeding of thoroughbreds was to continue. There have been many purchases of note, and this fall many of these English-bred horses will be offered at auction. Others have been brought over by individuals for their own breeding purposes, and it is safe to assume that within a few years this infusion of new English blood will be of vast benefit to the American strains. There are many stout old American strains, but they cannot be better benefited than by the infusion of English blood, just as the English lines are from time to time strengthened and made better by French, German or American horses. Racing is much more than the running of horses around a track. The horse plays a very important part in national defense, and it is pretty generally agreed that the thoroughbred is the one horse above all others to produce the army horse. This alone should make the great big sport above the reproach that has frequently come from those who have made no real study of racing. Don't Label Persons, but Know Them By Bishop Charles D. Williams, Detroit, Mich. Don't Label Persons, but Know Them By Bishop Charles D. Williams, Detroit, Mich. Nine-tenths of all our social strife, our hatreds and our indifference toward our neighbors is because we do not know them—because we give persons numbers or labels instead of really getting acquainted. We have class distinctions in America, just as everywhere else. What is the capitalist to the workingman? Simply a man with jobs to give. What is the workingman to the capitalist? Simply a name or a number. Take the word "foreigner." The moment we give that label to a man he becomes something entirely different from us. And such things determine our whole attitude. 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 Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver The Colorado Statesman 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25 Phone Main 7417 --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE WEST LABOR BURIAL FREE RACE CORPORATION PARTY THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU OF INFORMATION 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25. DENVER, COLORADC Phone: Main 7417. Mrs. L. M. Brown of 2328 Walnut street, who has been sick for some time, is improving. The infant son of Frank S. Reed, embalmer of this city, is reported sick. Mrs. Anna James of 2945 Glenarm place, who has been suffering with la grippe, is able to be out again. Mrs. William Gibson of 3230 Gilpin street, who has been sick for the last six weeks, is able to be out. James Cooper left Thursday night for Los Angeles, Calif., to attend the bedside of his sister, Mrs. N. Gordon who is very ill. Miss Cora Phillips, known as Donna Teressa, of 1219 Twenty-first street, after a severe case of illness, is fast improving. George Parsons left the city last Wednesday on the private car of Mr. Lawrence C. Phipps, Sr., for a few days on the Moffat road. Mrs. Ellen Russ received a telegram from Oakland, Cal., Tuesday, informing her of the death of Mr. Theodore Parks, who died Sunday after a brief illness. The Colored Citizens' League offers its sincere appreciation to the Rev. R. L. Pope, the trustees of Shorter A. M. E. Church, and all persons who so kindly contributed to the success of their Lincoln Day celebration. Mrs. R. J. von Dickersohn and granddaughter, Lillian, returned home from Los Angeles, Cal., where they have been for five months. She says that Los Angeles is nice, but give her Denver. Justin W. Mackey has received news of the death of his father, James Mackey, at San Diego, Cal. Mr. Mackey was well known in Denver for a number of years. The Colorado Statesman offers its sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Grand Master E. V. Cammel returned home Saturday from his annual visits to La Junta, Trinidad, Albuquerque and Pueblo, where he reports the work of the U. B. F. & S. M. F. steadily growing and the conditions of the order much improved from last year. Four new branches of the organization are now being established and the outlook is great for the future. Mr. Richard Frazier has severed his connection with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Club, as the following shows. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Denver, Colo., Feb. 14, 1916. Rocky Mountain Athletic Club. Gentlemen: I hereby tender my resignation as secretary and director of your club, to take effect immediately. MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Petitions are in circulation to obtain signatures, in accordance with the law, to put on the ballot the question of a new charter plan for the city and county of Denver, to take the place of the present commission form. The amendment provides for the election of four officers—mayor, assessor, treasurer and auditor; city and county attorney and nine councilmen, nominated from districts in which they reside and elected at large. The election commission gives out the statement that under the Twentieth Amendment to the constitution it takes ten per cent of the vote for governor at the last general election in signatures to file a petition to amend the charter, which would be 6,880. --- E. V. GILL PIONEER PASSES AWAY. One of our oldest residents of this city and pioneers of the state in the person of E. V. Gill, veteran expressman, joined the throng of the great majority on Thursday last at 4 a.m. when he obeyed the death summons at his residence, 1766 Race street. Mr. Gill has been ailing for some time and while he had the benefit of very skilled physicians yet he succumbed to the malady that laid hold of him. He was a very popular citizen and was in the express business for a number of years. He leaves a widow and many friends to mourn his loss Funeral takes place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Cammel Undertaking Parlors, Rev. R. L. Pope, officiating, Interment at Fairmont Cemetery. Friends will please omit flowers. The Colorado Statesman offers its sincere condolence to the relatives in this their hour of bereavement. PETER OGDEN'S DAY, MARCH 1, 1916. All members of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and their auxiliaries to join in paying a fitting memorial to the life and work of Peter Ogden, the founder of this grand and noble organization in America. This event will take place on March 1 at the People's Presbyterian Church, 23d Avenue and Washington street at 8 o'clock, and a request is made for members to be fittingly regaled and to participate in this service with all the spirit and enthusiasm that characterize Odd Fellowship. The invitation is also offered to friends and neighbors of members. The committee is exerting every effort to provide a special program for the occasion and all members of the order should show their appreciation of such a character by putting in their appearance. CAMMEL & CO. FUNERAL NOTICE Mr. George W. Gordon's funeral was held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from the parlors. Interment at Riverside. Rev. P. R. Fossette officiated. GREAT CELEBRATION Lincoln Day, Feb. 12, 1916, Under the Auspices of Colored Citizens' (By a Patriot) The atmosphere of the spacious auditorium of Shorter A. M. E. Church must surely have been permeated with the true spirit of the ever-memorable Abraham Lincoln to have caused such a huge success to attend the efforts of the Colored Citizens' League in their celebration of the one hundred and seventh birthday of this noble American and emancipator of the Negro race in America. Although it was Saturday evening (a generally busy time for our people), a large and appreciative audience gathered to show their loyalty to the memory of one so endeared to their hearts, and to attest their patriotism to the land which gave them a new birth. The auditorium of the church, under the skillful hand of the decoration committee of the league, presented an appearance that only the poet could give justice in graphically describing. Large American flags were to be seen on both sides of a life size portrait of Lincoln, suspended in front of the rostrum, which was surrounded by numerous pots of beautiful palms and carnations, while a large bouquet of American beauties adorned the table of the presiding officer. In front of the gallery was another flag of such large dimensions as to occupy nearly the entire length. The fragrance of the flowers as it was sniffed by the hundreds of people, coupled with the charming aspect of the decorations, seemed to have given rise to a thrill of gratitude for the privilege of enjoying this commemorative event, and the program, which was faultlessly rendered, gave another proof of the ability of the race to hold its own when it is nurtured in the environments of that which enriches, ennobles and uplifts. The celebration was opened with prayer by the Rev. R. L. Pope, pastor of the church, who presided but later was substituted by Rev. T. E. Henderson, as the former had to respond to an urgent call of illness. Morrison's orchestra then aroused the enthusiasm of the audience by playing selections of popular American patrioticairs, followed by Miss Elsie Von Dickersohn in an address on "Lincoln's. Early Life," which quite impressed her auditors. Master Atwell Rose on the violin and Miss Cleo I. Hobson at the piano gave startling revelations of what emancipation means to the Negro youth of this country, as their selections were highly commended by the rounds of applause they received and the encores they gave in response. Both being of very tender years, their contribution to the program was quite appreciated, and the blessings attendant with Lincoln's action were fully realized by these juvenile exponents of art. The Emancipation Proclamation, read by Mrs. T. E. McClain, wife of the popular dentist, Dr. McClain, gave a very striking reminder of the determination of Lincoln to serve humanity, as those who listened to the delivery of Mrs. McClain, with her clearness of tone and marked forcibility, concluded that a better choice could not have been made by the committee to convey to the audience this proclamation of the equality of all men in the eyes of the law and the freedom of a people from bondage. Mrs. Jessie C. Roy delighted the assembly with a vocal solo which was a very acceptable contribution to the program. She possesses a rich and powerful tone, with good timber, and would be quite an auxiliary to the musical element of the city. Mrs. Roy was accompanied by Miss Helen Minnis, graduate of Western University, Kahsas, who gave an exhibition of touch and technique seldom seen in Denver. This young artist should be a very valuable acquisition to Denver musical circles. Addresses by W. H. Duncan of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and Rev. John Adams, Pueblo, Colo., on "Lincoln and the Negro" and "Providence and Lincoln," respectively, were delivered in a masterly manner, setting forth the type of citizen Lincoln was, and the principles that he laid down for the improvement and progress of the human family seemed to have had the Divine approval. At the close of the program the stewardess board of the church served refreshments in the chapel room, which was enjoyed by all. Truly, it can be said this event surpassed anything of its kind ever held in our city to pay honor to whom honor is due, and if the promoters—The Colored Citizens' League of Denver, Colo.—will continue to provide such get-together meetings for a better working and more harmonious relationship among us, there is every reason to expect a progressive people, a better Colorado and a greater nation. Patriotic colored citizens, ally yourselves, therefore, with the forces of good, and the reaping of a rich harvest is bound to result from the sowing of the seed by Lincoln. Y. M. C. A. NOTES The boys of the Y. M. C. A. are beginning to line up for the baseball season. Two teams will be put in the field at an early date—a lightweight team composed of boys from 12 to 14, and a middleweight team composed of boys from 15 to 18. In this way it is the intention of the committee to always have one or more teams in readiness for work. The members of the two teams will be announced later. Some pretty good boxing is being done by those who like that sort of sport. Some of the young boys are developing into real good knockers. The wireless club is still improving the wireless plant and getting better results all the while. While sitting with his instruments at his ears a few evenings ago, the president of the club heard the operator giving out the time from the government station in Arlington, Va. Forty-two boys attended a social givien by the boys' department on Monday evening. Quite a number of them were non-members, who had been brought by some boys who were members. Ice cream and cake were served, and games and other sports were indulged in. Last Sunday afternoon twenty-three boys attended the boys' meeting which was held at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Leslie Eichelberger, of the Denver University, delivered the address to the boys. The men's meeting, which was held at 4 o'clock, was addressed by Rev. Dr. John Adams, pastor of the A. M. E. Church at Pueblo, who forcefully explained the opportunity now lying before the Young Men's Christian Associations all over the country. Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the boys' meeting will be addressed by Mr. R. F. Frey, of the Central Association. The men's meeting at 4 o'clock will be addressed by Rev. S. A. Stripling of Oklahoma, presiding elder of the Scott M. E. Church. Mr. Stripling is one of the ablest preachers in the M. E. Church, and will bring a strong message, to which all men are invited. A Washington Birthday Social will be held next Tuesday evening, the 22d, to which everybody will be welcome. Men will be permitted to bring their wives and their lady friends. Everything will be free. SHORTER CHAPEL'S NOTES. --- Rev. Robert L. Pope, B.D., Pastor. Shorter was in her glory last Sabbath, with Rev. John Adams, D.D., of Pucblo, as gospel messenger. A magnificent audience turned out at the morning hour and a splendid crowd at evening, and on both occasions this man of God delivered a most inspiring message. While in the city Dr. Adams spoke before the Y. M. C. A. and delivered an able address at the Lincoln Day celebration at Shorter Saturday evening. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Our pastor's sermon topic tomorrow at 11 will be, "The Life for Others." At the evening hour the Allen Christian Endeavor League will render its annual program, which promises to be unusually interesting. See program in another column. The Lincoln Day celebration held Saturday evening under the auspices of the Colored Citizens League succeeded far beyond our most sanguine expectation. Aside from some of the best talent of the city, the program included two out-of-town speakers—Dr. John Adams of Pueblo and Mr. Duncan of Glenwood Springs. This advanced step taken by Editor Rivers and other members of the Colored Citizens League met with a most hearty response, as shown by the large and representative audience which was in attendance. The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West Shorters sick room this week includes little Marguerite Barbour, County hospital; Hollis Frazier, 2335 Glencoe; Henry Bryant, Goode block; J. W. Wilson, 2246 Glenarm; Mesdames F. A. Early, 2368 Jasmine; Elisa Connell, 729 Elati; Rosa C. Johnson, 1401 East Twenty-fourth; Louisa Cooper, 2632 Marion; Isabella Stewart, 2351 Lafayette; Minnie Levert, 1015 Twentieth street, and Miss Lena Barnes, 2938 Glenarm. Our pastor's wife, along with most of our sick, is convalescent. Don't miss the grand musical at Shorter Thursday evening, the 24th. This will be given under the auspices of the Mite Missionary Society, and you know its reputation. Admission 15 cents. Shorter's Spring Campaign is on in dead earnest, and something is going to happen on the fourth Sunday in March. Let every one lend a hand. A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN East Twenty-third avenue and Washington street. Pastor, J. A. Thos-Hazell, S.T.B. Sermon Topics—11 a. m., "Shut Out"; 5 p. m., "Vocation Day Exercises." Next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights the ladies of the church will conduct a mid-winter indoor "fair" in the chapel. A program will be the feature of the ado. The Odd Fellows will observe a memorial service in honor of the founder of their organization. Wednesday night, March 1, in the auditorium of the church. The ladies of the church, with Mrs. Susie Rose, president, and Mrs. Mattie Wilson, secretary, will entertain the order and their friends with refreshments at the close of the exercise in the chapel. THE COLORADO STATESMAN There are six weeks more when the efforts for our church year will be consummated. The faithful members are hereby commended for their heroic sacrifices during the year. ZION CHURCH NOTES. DO NOT FAIL TO BE PRESENT NEXT SUNDAY MORNING AT 11:15. TO HEAR THE HONORABLE GEORGE A. CARLSON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE. Every citizen who believes in law enforcement will deli- ght to take this opportunity to do the governor honor. The subject of his address is, "Good Citizenship." To be seated you must be on time. Do not fail. Last Sunday's services were largely attended. Rev. Over preached at the morning service. Col. A. T. Morgan spoke in the evening. There was also baptizing at the close of the latter service. Brother Charles Sherlotte united during the day. Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. The Bible Class work of the church is progressing in a fine spirit. The men's class meets on Tuesday evening at 8. The ladies meet Thursdays at 2:30 p. m. Everyone welcome. The Willing Workers, as usual on Monday evenings; and the Church Aid on Friday afternoon at 2:30. The Ladies' Mission Circle will meet Thursday afternoon after the Women's Bible Class. Among the sick this week are numbered Brother Thomas Grimes, Sister Crumley, Sister Gipson and Sister Maud Hereford. The mother of Sister Ada Pritchette is also very ill. Others reported are convalescent. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. Church of the Holy Redeemer Twenty-second avenue and Humboldt street. The Rev. Henry B. Brown, vicar. 7:30 a. m.—Celebration of the Holy Eucharist. 9:45 a. m.—Sunday school. 9:45 a. m.—Sunday school. 11:15 a. m.—Choral, Sollemn Eucharist with sermon. Subject, "Economy." Solo, "The Lord Is My Light" (Miss Minnis). TWODOLLARSAYEAR 7:45 p. m.—Choral, Solemn Events song with sermon. "The Crown, Incorruptible and Corruptible." Wednesday, 2:30 p. m.—Meeting of the Guild of St. Perpetua. Thursday, 3 p. m.—The Parish Guild will meet. Friday, 4. p. m.—Junior Choir rehearsal. 8 p. m., Litany and general choir rehearsal. For Rent—Furnished rooms at the Reo Club, 2710 Welton street, E. R. Page, proprietor. Permanent or transient. Piano tuning and light repairing by A. Covington. Phone Main 4052. AT THE ENGLISH HOME OF THE WASHINGTON FAMILY Sulgrave Manor, in Northamptonshire, is preserved as a peace memorial between Great Britain and the United States. Here is an interesting story of the historical place N a quiet, rural neighborhood, where the farmhouses are quaint and antiquated, stands Sulgrave Manor, the one-time English home of the Washington family. The manor never really saw George Washington or his father, or even his grandfather, but the Washington family possessed and occupied it during most of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is still possible to distinguish over the main entrance N a quiet, rural neighborhood, where the farmhouses are quaint and antiquated, stands Sulgrave Manor, the one-time English home of the Washington family. The manor never really saw George Washington or his father, or even his grandfather, but the Washington family possessed and occupied it during most of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is still possible to distinguish over the main entrance to the old building the heraldic device of stars and stripes which Washington accepted as his own coat of arms, and which is commonly regarded as the origin of the American flag. In the summer of 1911 the suggestion was made by a prominent member of the British Peace committee that the historical property should be purchased and dedicated as a memorial to the peaceful relations existing between the two countries during the past century, the dedication to be one of the features of the international celebrations in 1914. This idea immediately met with popular favor. The British committee acquired the property, and dedicated it to peace between England and the United States In the summer of 1911 the suggestion was made by a prominent member of the British Peace committee that the historical property should be purchased and dedicated as a memorial to the peaceful relations existing between the two countries during the past century, the dedication to be one of the features of the international celebrations in 1914. This idea immediately met with popular favor. The British committee acquired the property, and dedicated it to peace between England and the United States. The manor has been made into a Hall of Records, where matter pertaining to Anglo-American unity is kept. It is understood that a lecture chair soon will be supplied by the purchasers and that James Bryce, ex-embassador to the United States, will be its first occupant. Charming Old Place. The manor is a charming piece of old architecture, gray with the rains, frost and sunshine of 300 years. The house stands at the eastern extremity of the village of Sulgrave, in Northamptonshire, and it is approached from the west by a pretty green croft, separated from the almost encircling road by a hedge. To the right of the gable end of the manor is a low stone wall with a larch gate facing a small court, partly paved and partly in grass. From the courtyard the house is entered by a handsome old stone doorway, above which a little attic projects from a tilled roof. The fine old Tudor doorway is surmounted by a shield containing the Washington coat of arms, which three centuries have somewhat robbed of its original sharpness, but which is still unmistakable. What a fortune had that shield of a private English gentleman—to become the most notable blazon of all the world! Strange to think that this little obscure stone coat of arms in a secluded Northamptonshire village should be the original of so much—should still be extant. As strange to think of the contrast between the torpid and monotonous rustic life surrounding it for so many generations with the rush and roar of existence in our great republic. There is very little doubt that the three stars and the three stripes furnished the idea for the American flag. In the flag, as in the original, the stars signify divine influence guiding the bearer in the right way, while the bars denote one who sets the bar of conscience and religion against wicked temptations and evil desires. The colors, red and white, seem to follow also; the red meaning military bravery and fortitude; the white peace and sincerity. The manor is a charming piece of old architecture, gray with the rains, frost and sunshine of 300 years. The house stands at the eastern extremity of the village of Sulgrave, in Northamptonshire, and it is approached from the west by a pretty green croft, separated from the almost encircling road by a hedge. To the right of the gable end of the manor is a low stone wall with a larch gate, facing a small court, partly paved and partly in grass. From the courtyard the house is entered by handsome old stone doorway, above which a little attic projects from a tiled roof. The fine old Tudor doorway is surmounted by a shield containing the Washington coat of arms, which three centuries have somewhat robbed of its original sharpness, but which is still unmistakable. What a fortune had that shield of a private English gentleman—to become the most notable blazon of all the world! Strange to think that this little obscure stone coat of arms in a secluded Northamptonshire village should be the original of so much—should still be extant. As strange to think of the contrast between the torpid and monotonous rustic life surrounding it for so many generations with the rush and roar of existence in our great republic. There is very little doubt that the three stars and the three stripes furnished the idea for the American flag. In the flag, as in the original, the stars signify divine influence guiding the bearer in the right way, while the bars denote one who sets the bar of conscience and religion against wicked temptations and evil desires. The colors, red and white, seem to follow also; the red meaning military bravery and fortitude; the white peace and sincerity. Tradition attributes the suggestion to Benjamin Franklin. Tupper is probably right when, in his "Contennial Drama," he makes Franklin say: I proposed it to the congress. It was the leaders old crusading blazon. Washington's coat, his own heraldic shield. And on the spur, when we must choose a flag Symboling independent unity. We and not he—all was unknown to him— Took up his coat of arms and multiplied And magnified it, in every way to this Our glorious national banner. He adds, also, some allusions to the old man- sion: The Washingtons, of Wassyngton, In County Durham, and on Sulgrave Manor, County Northampton, bore upon their shield Three stars atop and for the crest An eagle's head upspringing to the light, The architraves of Sulgrave testify, As sundry printed windows in the hall At Wessyngton, this was their family coat. And at Mount Vernon I myself have noted An old cast-iron, scutecheoned chimney-back Charged with that heraldry. The old building is in an excellent state of preservation. The main hall has a fine fireplace and an oak beam ceiling. The ancient oak stair- case has very beguiling twisted banisters and a fascinating secret cupboard at the intermediate landing. The drawing room is on the second floor, as was the custom in the days when it was built, and in one of the bedrooms it is said that Queen Elizabeth once slept. The estate surrounding Sulgrave manor con- sists of about two hundred acres of gently rolling land, substantially all of it in full view of the manor. The ownership carries with it the lord- ship of the manor, "with the Rights, Royalities, Privileges and Appurtenances thereto belonging," and is subject to "a fee farm rent of 11s 5d ($2.84) per annum." The old building is in an excellent state of preservation. The main hall has a fine fireplace and an oak beam ceiling. The ancient oak staircase has very beguiling twisted banisters and a fascinating secret cupboard at the intermediate landing. The drawing room is on the second floor, as was the custom in the days when it was built, and in one of the bedrooms it is said that Queen Elizabeth once slept. The estate surrounding Sulgrave manor consists of about two hundred acres of gently rolling land, substantially all of it in full view of the manor. The ownership carries with it the lordship of the manor, "with the Rights, Royalities, Privileges and Appurtenances thereto belonging," and is subject to "a fee farm rent of 11s 5d ($2.84) per annum." Sulgrave Manor is the place in England most closely associated with the name of Washington, and yet it is true that George Washington himself attached little importance to this fact. In the early days of the American republic, ancestry was despised much more than is now the case. In 1788 George Washington refused to accept the dedication of a book on heraldry because a portion of the community were: "Clamorously endeavoring to propogate an idea that those whom they wished invidiously to designate by the name 'well-born' were meditating in the first instance to distinguish themselves from their compatriots and to wrest the dearest privileges from the bulk of the people." But the ability to trace one's ancestors has a greater value in this country today than it had in the days of the first president. Washington knew very little about his own forefathers. When he was asked about them by the Garter King-of-Arms, he said the first of his family in Virginia had come from one of the northern counties in England, possibly Yorkshire or Lancashire, or even farther north. Later there was considerable disputation about the root of the family tree from which he was descended, and it was finally agreed by genealogists that the Washingtonts of Sulgrave and Brighton did actually spring from the Washingtonts in Warton, Lancashire, a place on the Westmoreland border. Several generations of Washingtons of Warton are recorded, and one of these was the father of Laurence Washington, mayor of Northampton in 1532 and 1545. He seems to have taken up his residence at Sulgrave, though members of his family continued to remain at Warton for several generations. This Laurence Washington had for mother the daughter of Robert Kytson of Hengrave in Suffolk. This proved a matter of very considerable importance in their history, because it brought them into connection with the Spencers of Althrop and Wormleighton, through the marriage of Sir Thomas Kytson's daughter, Catherine, to Sir John Spencer of Wormleighton, whose grandson, Sir Robert Spencer, was created Baron Spencer of Wormleighton in 1603. In the process of time the Washingtonons of Sulgrave appear to have got into financial difficulties. Laurence Washington entered the wool trade, perhaps induced to do so by the fact that Lord Spencer was one of the great flock-masters of his day. This Laurence acquired considerable riches in the wool trade. In 1539 he became possessed of the Manor of Sulgrave for the sum of three hundred and twenty-one pounds, fourteen shillings, and subsequently he purchased additional property Sundial With Washington Arms. He had many sons, of whom the oldest was Robert, the ancestor of George Washington. He succeeded his father in 1585, when he was of the age of forty, but he does not seem to have been so prosperous as his father. Yet it appears that he was able to send both his sons, Christopher and William, to Oriel college, Oxford, where they were in 1588, the year of the great armada. Robert's oldest was named Laurence, probably after the mayor of Northampton, and in 1610 Robert, in agreement with his son, agreed to sell Sulgrave to their cousin Laurence. Makenese. He had many sons, of whom the oldest was Robert, the ancestor of George Washington. He succeeded his father in 1585, when he was of the age of forty, but he does not seem to have been so prosperous as his father. Yet it appears that he was able to send both his sons, Christopher and William, to Oriel college, Oxford, where they were in 1588, the year of the great armada. Robert's oldest was named Laurence, probably after the mayor of Northampton, and in 1610 Robert, in agreement with his son, agreed to sell Sulgrave to their cousin, Laurence Makepeace. The second Laurence Washington then removed to Brington, near Northampton, his father perhaps going with him, though the latter was buried in the family vault at Sulgrave. Laurence Washington had seventeen children, two of whom rose to high positions and were knighted —Sir William Washington of Packington in 1622 and Sir John Washington of Thrapston in 1623. The old church of St. Mary's, where the Washington family worshiped for years, is near the old manor, and is in a good state of preservation. it forms a point of considerable interest containing, as it does, three memorial brasses on the gray stone slab put down in memory of Laurence Washington and his family. These brasses consist of Laurence Washington's effigy, a shield bearing the Washington arms, and the following inscription: "Here lyeh buried ye bodys of Laurence Washington, Gent, & Anne his wyf by whom he had issue iifj sons and ij daughts wo laurence Dyed ye day . . . ano 15 . . . & Anne Deceased the vj of October ano Dni 1564." Apparently Laurence Washington, great-great-great-grandfather of George Washington, devised this monument as a memorial to his wife, leaving the date of his own death blank to be filled in after his death. This, however, has never been done. Two other records of the Washington are found in the village of Brington. In this little township, not far distant from Northampton, stands the house to which the family moved from Sulgrave. It was in this house that Robert Washington died in 1622, and in the yard, engraved upon a sundial, is found the Washington coat of arms. In the Church of All Saints, near at hand, where Robert Washington is buried, an inscription reads as follows: "Here lies interred ye bodies of Ellizab Washington, widowe, who changed this life for immortalite ye 19th day of March, 1622. As also ye body of Robert Washington, Gent., her late husband second sonne of Robert Washington of Solgrave in ye County of North, Esqr., who depted this life ye 10th of March, 1622, after they lived lovingly together." Laurence Washington, grandson of the Laurence of Sulgrave, died in 1616, and is also buried here. Unfortunately little of the village of Sulgrave as it was in the days of the Washingtonons now remains. A disastrous fire in 1675 swept the village, and only a relic may be seen here and there in an ancient house. Most of the streets are set with neat brick houses. Coming toward the Church of All Saints, one might fancy oneself in the business center of some minor New England city, but with rather less of glare and noise, and the community held in a certain abeyance by the presence of the old church. Unfortunately little of the village of Sulgrave as it was in the days of the Washington now remains. A disastrous fire in 1675 swept the village, and only a relic may be seen here and there in an ancient house. Most of the streets are set with neat brick houses. Coming toward the Church of All Saints, one might fancy oneself in the business center of some minor New England city, but with rather less of glare and noise, and the community held in a certain abeyance by the presence of the old church. In dedicating the manor as a memorial to the peaceful relations existing between the two great English-speaking nations during a century, the British committee has created a permanent memorial of permanent interest. First to Die for Liberty First to Die for Liberty It would be difficult to say who was the first man killed in the Revolutionary war. The spirit of revolt prevailed and some collisions between the people and British soldiers occurred before the war actually began. The battle of Concord occurred more than a year before the Declaration of Independence, but there was bloodshed before the battle of Concord One of the earliest of these collisions was the so-called Boston massacre, March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers fired upon citizens, killing three and wounding eight. The first to fall in this affray was Crispus Attucks, a mulatto. The first man killed in the battle of Concord, April 19, 1775, was Capt. Isaac Davis of the Massachusetts "minute men." In the battle of Concord the Americans lost 93 killed, wounded and missing, but no complete list of names was preserved. Kindliness is the true wealth of the mind and I beg you to keep it in your heart as a priceless treasure—Glusti. --- Three Stars GETTING A START By NATHANIEL C. FOWLER, Jr. Man is made of Dust. Dust settles. Be a man. Settle! That is a good word with which to conjure. He who does not settle his accounts, whether they are monetary or otherwise, is not manly and does not stand well among men. Everybody is under obligation to somebody. He owes money or he owes something beside money. He cannot succeed, he cannot be true to himself and to the world, unless he is under obligations to somebody or to something, and unless others are under similar obligations to him. Reciprocity is one of the first laws of business and of every other department of life. Alone, we amount to nothing. With others there is no limit to our attainment. Many a man pays his bills promptly and forgets to keep his engagements. He is financially honest and socially and otherwise dishonest. An obligation is binding, no matter how small it may be. If you agree to meet a man at a certain hour or upon a certain day, it is just as important that you keep this engagement as it is that you pay your bills. Nothing detracts more from one's reputation than carelessness in keeping obligations, however small they may be. Men of mark, men who rightly occupy high positions, never forget an engagement, they are always on time, and they consider themselves under obligations to those with whom they come in contact, in business and out of it. Their word is as good as their bond, and their bond is usually above par. I do not find any excuse for professional men who are forgetful and who do not appear to realize the importance of meeting every obligation and of keeping every engagement. Some of them may excuse themselves by claiming that their minds are preoccupied with other things. Sheer nonsense! The mind that cannot grasp and surround and meet an obligation, whether it belongs to a great scientist or to a clerk behind the counter, is not the kind of mind which is predestined to succeed. There is no excuse for failure to meet an appointment or other obligation, or for delay in answering a letter which requires an immediate reply. "I am too busy," is not an excuse. You can trust a busy man, you can depend upon him more than you can upon a man who has nothing to do. If I desired help, I should go to the busiest man I know, for he has time. The loafer hasn't. At times it may be impossible for you to do the work of the day during the day; but, in the majority of cases, each day's work can be performed more easily today than it can be done tomorrow. Settle at the time of settlement. Today is yours; tomorrow may not be. You are dependent upon your fellow men. Treat them as you would have them treat you, and realize that they have equal rights with you; that when you promise to do a thing, and do not do it, you have stolen another man's time and are just as much a thief as you would be if you robbed his money drawer. Religion of the Future. From President Eliot's "Religion of the Future" it appears that the "progress of the nineteenth century far outstripped that of similar periods"—as far perhaps as that of the last twenty-five years has in turn outstripped it. The "new ideas of God" which it has produced give the basis for a new twentieth century religion superior to all others. Some of these new ideas are monotheism, immanence, God's love, the adoration (dulla, not latria) of all righteous persons, and the "tendency toward progress." It rejects polytheism, apotheosis, tribal religion, sudden change of character, mediation, dogma, mystery, sacraments, the fall of man, alienation from God and the condemnation of the majority. It abjures the devil and will attack all his works quickly; it will teach that he is best who loves best and serves best, and the greatest service will be to increase the stock of good will. Magic String. Procure a few pieces of cotton string each about one and one-half feet long, and fill them well with soap. Prepare a brine by dissolving three tablespoonfuls or salt in a cupful of water. Place the strings in the brine and allow them to soak for two hours or longer. It is necessary that they be thoroughly saturated with the brine. When taken out of the brine and thoroughly dried, suspend one of them from a nail on a ledge, and hang a finger ring on its lower end. Apply a lighted match to the string and allow it to burn. The ring will not fall, but will hang by the ash. Every man who does not know anything, and most men who do know something, love to talk about what they think they know, or do know. The close-mouthed merchant, the "yea, yea, nay, nay" sort of a fellow, who uses his mind more than his mouth, will, if encouraged, talk for hours upon any subject in which he is intensely interested. His head is a storehouse of information, and, although it may have more entrances than exits, he will open himself to anyone who knows how to knock at the door of his mind. I have a friend who, although not liberally educated, possesses more general information to the square inch than 99 per cent of educators have to the square foot, and that is one hundred and forty-four to one. He obtained this knowledge largely because he was a good listener and possessed the ability to make others talk. If he were riding on a train he would select from among the passengers the man who he thought was intelligent and carried with him a heavy stock of information. In a diplomatic way he would discover the stranger's business or profession and the subject in which he was the most interested. He would turn the conversation in that direction, asking an intelligent question here and there, and showing deep interest in the subject. He seldom failed to obtain the desired result. He met all classes of people, from the classical student to the keeper of a meat market, and from each he drew a supply of information, much of which, naturally, was valueless. He had sense enough, however, to realize that he could not expect to receive valuable information alone; that he must be content with chaff as well as with wheat; but from each he drew something worth while. The worth while he remembered; the worthless he forgot. Conversation is, I believe, the best medium for the obtaining of information. Everybody has something of his own of which he is proud, and which he is willing to distribute. Bear in mind, however, that the listener is only half a man. He must give, if he would receive. He, therefore, is not only a good listener, but a good distributor. He exchanges what he knows for what others know, plays a game of mutual winning, giving what he can afford to spare, and taking from others what they are willing to distribute. Social as well as business life is based upon exchange. Education does not consist of receiving and of not distributing. If you give freely to others, they will as freely give to you. Conversation, rightly turned, leads to profit, and is that kind of work which is both recreation and business. While you should give the preference to the acquiring of information which is directly in your line, do not confine your mental receipts to that alone. Familiarity with general affairs, even though many of them may not be of direct benefit to you, broadends the mind and makes you better able to use that part of the information received which is a part and parcel of your livelihood-making. Don't be afraid of knowing too much. Mrs. Sam Tyle met her dearest friend, Mrs. George Reen, in the street. "How lucky to meet you!" gushed Mrs. S. Tyle. "I'm—er—we want another maid; there is too much work for two. So I'm looking for a parlor maid." Mrs. G. Reen hid her envy under a smiling face. "How strange," she gushed back. "I think I know the very girl for you. And I can recommend her personally, because she is leaving us next week." Mrs. Tyle darted a suspicious look at her friend. "But—er—why are you—er—getting rid of her?" she demanded. Mrs. G. Reen smiled. Mrs. G. Reen smiled coolly. "Oh, she's given me notice, dear!" she said, with well-assured frankness. "You see, she complains that there is too much silver to clean at our house. So I know she'll just suit you!" She'd Heard That Before. Ananias went home to Sapphira the other day, after having lost heavily through some shady venture, and he was feeling very penitent and repentant. "Sapphira," he said, "I'm going to reform, pitch in, fix up the house, buy shoes and clothes for the children, and get you just about everything you want to dress up like a perfect lady." But Sapphira just smiled wearily. "Go on," she said, "you talk like a police commissioner."—Kansas City Star. But Many Know It Is Not The Order of Fools was founded in 1331 by Adolphus, count of Cleves, for humane and charitable purposes. And some one has the temerity to declare it extinct. The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation If There Is a Damp, Low Spot in Your Garden Convert it Into a Pond Lily Bed. THE FOUNTAIN One of the Beauty Places of Long Island. On a Less Elaborate Scale This Garden Could Be Carried Out Successfully. It Has Many Interesting Features Worth Studying. GROWING WATER LILIES Fortunate are those having a natural pond or site where one may be easily constructed. Yet a miniature pond in the garden is within the reach of anyone. In selecting a site, choose one, if possible, partly shaded from the noonday glare, yet having the full benefit of the morning sun. It should be on low ground, the top being preferably just below the ground level. If there is not a natural depression, an artificial one can easily be made, the earth removed from the pool being arranged at the proper place at the sides to make a gradual slope. It should be about two feet deep for our native illies and lotus, but another foot must be added if you are so ambitious as to try to grow that giant beauty. Victoria Regina. Have it protected from high winds in some way; trees or shrubs serve nicely. The material used in making the pond may be concrete or brick. An outlet or an overflow pipe are essential. Unless the pond is large, one must be shy of trying many varieties, as the stronger soon crowd out the weaker. If the tank with pipes is not within reach, a beautiful effect may be obtained by sinking a tub or half barrel into the ground and placing one or two plants in it. The soil should be very rich and filled in to a depth of two-thirds. An ideal soil is made by composting barnyard manure with rich soils of a loamy nature, using in the proportion of one and two-thirds, respectively. Sprinkle a little sand over the top and fill the tank with water. With a sunny exposure during a part of the day, the plants will grow and bloom nicely. Unless one is willing to pipe the water, it must be supplied as needed, by filling from pails. As the plants need very little other care, this can well be afforded. ABOUT EDIBLE FLOWERS Rose leaf preserve is made in Turkey, and carnations, lavender, syringa are crystallized for confections. The violet is recognized as an edible titbit almost everywhere it grows. In many parts of Europe it is the custom to make use of roses, violets and lime blossoms for flavoring. A delicious orange flower candy or conserve is made of tiny bitter embryo oranges picked from the blossom's center. Sandwiches are made with nasturtiums as a filling. Nasturtiums are probably the most-used edible flower. Its young leaves, seed pods and stems with or without the flowers form an appetizing salad and add flavor to sauces, gravies, meat dishes and salads made of potatoes and herbs. In England finely chopped spearmint is used in sandwiches spread with thin cheese. Another food flower is cauliflower. This is truly a flower that is eaten, for the snowy flowers are the unexpanded flowers of a variety of cabbage. The Mexicans and French eat the cuber of the dahlia. It is somewhat acrid and was introduced into Europe for the commercial purpose of supplanting or supplementing the potato. The dandelion makes a wine, while the young, tender leaves make the finest kind of greens and are also delightful in salad. Elderberry blossoms make a white wine, the berry makes a blue wine, while the elderblow tea was a favorite remedy of our grandmothers. INDOOR BLOSSOMS A foretaste of spring may be nad by the nature-lover, while King Frost reigns in the field and forest, if he will force a few twigs to bloom in the house. Go into the garden, the orchard, the forest, the hedges, and cut twigs a foot or two long and sort them into bouquets—each sort separate. Place in vases in water in a sunny window. A little charcoal added will help keep the water sweet. Change the water twice a week and wash the cut ends in warm, soapy water once a week. The vases should be washed thoroughly every time the water is changed. Once a week it is well to soak the branches in warm water, before the flowers open, and thus take the place of the warm, spring rains. Do not keep them in a dry, hot atmosphere. Hazel tassels will develop in the sitting room, so will the pussy willow. One of the earliest and quickest shrubs in the house is the forsythia, along with the flowering almond. The dogwood unfolds its lovely disks side by side with the fragrant crab apple. Almost all the fruit trees will blossom indoors, but they take a long time to do so. Many flowering shrubs may be relied upon for blossoms, while the maple, grape, willow, beech, horse chestnut, etc., will give leaves that we prize, as they come "before the swallow dares," and remind us that the resurrection of nature is at hand. Davy Crockett's Rifle Now in National Museum WASHINGTON.—Among the thousands of relics in the National museum there are few objects more replete with historical interest than a certain Derringer rifle, catalogue No. 9,509. This rifle was used by Col. David sights, a percussion lock, and a "set" trigger. Col. Wright Rives, U S. A., who has deposited the rifle in the museum, says it was made for his father, John Cook Rives, by Henry Derringer, celebrated for manufacturing superior firearms, particularly the well-known pocket pistol known as the derringer. Louis Ludlow Really Didn't Need an Automobile THIS has to do with Louis Ludlow, the Hoosier correspondent, figured as a near-purchaser of an automobile. Mr. Ludlow is by all odds the champion pedestrian of the newspaper profession of Washington. He has a walk eight leaps ahead. So it was anything but a happy thought that prompted the agent of a local automobile house to take on Mr. Ludlow as a possible purchaser. It is not yet clear just what attracted him to Mr. Ludlow. Some think the formidable array of newspapers he represents, as chronicled in the Congressional Directory, was the main reason, but there are those who think the agent was given a wrong steer, just to add a bit of excitement to Louis' routine life. He found Ludlow in his Munsey building office, just reaching for his hat. The agent mentioned he would like to have a few minutes' conversation and thought he could interest Mr. Ludlow. The latter replied he was in a hurry and that they could talk as he journeyed toward the capitol. About the end of the third block Louis has faint recollection of hearing something like, "Mr. Ludlow, it is plainly evident you do not need an automobile." When Ludlow was able to apply the brakes and come to a full stop he turned around and saw his late companion many yards in the rear, his face turned in the opposite direction, retracing his steps at a considerable reduction in speed. This Woman Knew a Country Dog When She Saw One ONE morning, as the flagging from the treasury to the Mills building was alive with clerks on their way to work, a setter dog mixed with the crowd, yelping as he ran. Men and women stopped to watch the dog as he situation. One of his kind always hobs up, if you notice. He was a nice-looking little man, too, with spiked ends to his gray mustache and a watch chain that gold-linked a badge across his vest. All the same, his name was Mr. Smart Aleck, for as the dog, in flying by, came near submarining his valuable black cloth legs, he yelled out loud enough for six of his size: "That dog's mad! Somebody shoot that dog! He's mad——" "Oh, for goodness sake, shut up! The dog isn't half as mad as you are." The small man fairly tangoed his rage at the insult. "What do you mean, madam?" But madam, who had bestowed her remark informally in passing, kept right along. She didn't at all look like a woman who would speak to a strange man on the street, for while she was as ugly as the mud fence which so accommodatingly serves for comparison, and her black skirt failed to ripple three distinct times as it had ougher, she was really very—very genteel. Perhaps she knew a country dog when she saw one. Perhaps, also, she knew what was liable to happen if a policeman came along with a gun—— Unless, he was wise enough to know a country dog on sight. Uncle Sam's Diplomatic Codes No Longer Secret IT cannot be said truthfully that the state department was surprised when, recently, word came across the water that Colonel House had discovered our "secret" diplomatic code was no secret at all to the diplomats and sues Secretary Daniels is equally well known. Formerly when Washington sent a note to a European power the embassy, after decoding the communication, always paraphrased it. This was done so that no code expert in the employ of a foreign government could lay the embassy translation by the side of the cabled code message and thus work out the code. Recently there have been several mistakes that have made it a simple matter for experts to learn the American cipher. Th state department, for instance, gave out the copy of Austria's reply to an American note as it was translated literally from the American code. Any belligerent who saw this translation and then saw the code message as it passed through the hands of the telegraph official on its way to Washington would have little difficulty working out the code by use of cipher experts. DAVY CROCKETT'S RIFLE sights, a percussion lock, and a "set" who has deposited the rifle in the mus John Cook Rives, by Henry Derringer, firearms, particularly the well-known Louis Ludlow Really Did THIS has to do with Louis Ludlow, a near-purchaser of an automobile, pion pedestrian of the newspaper profe that is a cross between a kangaroo's jump and the lope of a horse, and in order to keep step with the average citizen it is necessary for him to take about three reefs in his stride. In his daily routine, in which he will travel between twelve and fourteen miles. Mr Ludlow runs to each point on schedule time. Representatives of opposition papers on more than one occasion have endeavored to reach a telegraph office in advance, only to find that Ludlow had been there about eight leaps ahead. So it was anything the agent of a local automobile house purchaser. It is not yet clear just what think the formidable array of newsap Congressional Directory, was the main the agent was given a wrong steer, just routine life. He found Ludlow in his for his hat. The agent mentioned he would like and thought he could interest Mr. Luhurry and that they could talk as he j About the end of the third block something like, "Mr. Ludlow, it is automobile." When Ludlow was able stop he turned around and saw his la his face turned in the opposite direction reduction in speed. This Woman Knew a Count ONE morning, as the flagging from alive with clerks on their way to crowd, yelping as he ran. Men and v bounded madly after a wagon in the middle of the asphalt. Over to the park side, to a man swinging along with a cane; back across the street to the White House gates; out again to the roadway between the grounds and state department, and then, with a rush, back to the avenue, barking every step of the way. He was hunting for a master he could not find. In all the crowd of clerks there was but one who misunderstood the situation. One of his kind blew He was a nice-looking little man mustache and a watch chain that gold-same, his name was Mr. Smart Aleck, submarining his valuable black cloth of his size: "That dog's mad! Somebody shot "Oh, for goodness sake, shut up! The small man fairly tangued his "What do you mean, madam?" But madam, who had bestowed her right along. She didn't at all look like a woman on the street, for while she was as ugly datingly serves for comparison, and distinct times as it had ougher, she w Perhaps she knew a country dog knew what was liable to happen if a p Unless, he was wise enough to kn Uncle Sam's Diplomatic It cannot be said truthfully that the recently, word came across the war our "secret" diplomatic code was no s I'll WORK THIS OUT IF IT TAKES A YEAR CODE ISSUE Secretary Daniels is equally well known a note to a European power the embassy always paraphrased it. This was done of a foreign government could lay the cabled code message and thus work on. Recently there have been several matter for experts to learn the Ameri instance, gave out the copy of Austrian translated literally from the American translation and then saw the code me of the telegraph official on its way to working out the code by use of cipher Smollett on Golf. Now of course there are still one or two men who think golf is a more or less good game, but they should hear what the English writer, Smollett, thought of it back in 1766. Said he: "Of this diversion the Scotch are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks mingled together in their shirts, and following the ball with the utmost eagerness. Among others, I was shown one particular set of golfers, the youngest of whom was turned of four- GINAL IN PO CAPITAL Now in National Museum sands of relics in the National museum plete with historical interest than a cer- 9,509. This rifle was used by Col. David Crockett of Alamo fame, and also was the weapon fired by William J. Graves in the duel with Jonathan Gilley, resulting in the death of the latter. It was made about one hundred years ago, and the curator of the division of technology says it is an exceedingly well made and finely finished gun, being still in excellent condition. It is a .44-caliber, muzzle-loading, sporting rifles; the octagon rifled barrel is 45 inches long, and fitted with a full stock of curly maple, plain open set" trigger. Col. Wright Rives, U S. A., museum, says it was made for his father, er, celebrated for manufacturing superior own pocket pistol known as the derringer. Didn't Need an Automobile low, the Hoosier correspondent, figured as mile. Mr. Ludlow is by all odds the champrofession of Washington. He has a walk MISTER LU... LUDLOW thing but a happy thought that prompted house to take on Mr. Ludlow as a possible what attracted him to Mr. Ludlow Some papers he represents, as chronicle in the main reason, but there are those who think just to add a bit of excitement to Louis' his Munsey building office, just reaching I like to have a few minutes' conversation Ludlow. The latter replied he was in a journeyed toward the capitol. Jack Louis has faint recollection of hearing his plainly evident you do not need an able to apply the brakes and come to a full late companion many yards in the rear, action, retracing his steps at a considerable Country Dog When She Saw One from the treasury to the Mills building was easy to work, a setter dog mixed with the and women stopped to watch the dog as he SOMEBODY SHOOT THAT DOG! HE'S MAD bobs up, if you notice. man, too, with spiked ends to his gray fold-linked a badge across his vest. All the beck, for as the dog, in flying by, came near both legs, he yelled out loud enough for six shoot that dog! He's mad——" up! The dog isn't half as mad as you are." his rage at the insult. and her remark informally in passing, kept woman who would speak to a strange man ugly as the mud fence which so accommod her black skirt failed to ripple three he was really very—very genteel. dog when she saw one. Perhaps, also, she a policeman came along with a gun—— know a country dog on sight. Codes No Longer Secret the state department was surprised when, water that Colonel House had discovered no secret at all to the diplomats and spies of Europe. There now are three diplomatic codes in use by American ambassadors, said to be from five to seven years old. European governments change their codes at least three times every two years to keep them from falling into the hands of spies. The "green code," supposed to be the most secret of all, is said to be well understood by agents of European countries. The code by which American naval attaches communicate with known. Formerly when Washington sent embassy, after decoding the communication, one so that no code expert in the employ the embassy translation by the side of the k out the code.oral mistakes that have made it a simple american cipher. Th state department, forria's reply to an American note as it was can code. 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DAY OR NIGHT A 12 If the pretty suit for spring, which is pictured above, had nothing else to recommend it but the charm of simplicity, it would still possess the best of all attributes of the street dress. But it has also the distinction which belongs to novelty in design and is compellingly good to look at. This is one of a number of new models in which taffeta is combined with a cloth in making up suits. In this particular case it is made up with serge. The skirt is wide and plain, with most of the fullness disposed at the sides. The facing, of serge, is very wide and is set on to the taffeta with a double row of machine stitching. Skirts made in the same way, of cloth, are faced up with leather in the same color as the cloth, set on with a small piping of leather, and were among the earliest imports of the season. The smart coat of taffeta is designed with a yoke of serge and finished at the bottom with a wide banding of it. This is rather an exception to the Dignified and S Everybody that is young enough, and some persons who are not, appear to have adopted one of those many styles in hairdressing patterned after the "Bobby" coiffure The "Castle bob," made popular by the famous dancer, requires a bare forehead with the hair drawn back and a bob at each side. The Bobby coiffure is youthful looking bet sometimes unbecoming. Only the possessor of a beautiful brow looks well with it entirely uncovered To get over this difficulty the wearing of a narrow band of velvet or other ribbon bound about the forehead nas come into vogue. Although not much may be said in favor of this particular style of hairdress so far as becoming is concerned, we may thank it for compelling a beautiful finish and neatness in other styles. The hair may be waved or curled, or it may be dressed without either, but whatever else it is, fashion requires that the coiffure shall be beautifully done, and finished looking. For the more dignified styles in hairdressing, the French twist, rolled softly and close to the head, as shown in the picture given here, is used rule of bandings on street suits, but is admirable because it corresponds with the skirt facing, as it should. The plain, wide belt is of the serge also and the sleeves are finished with cuffs of it. The sailor collar is made of the taffeta and stands rather high at the back. It is protected by a white organdie collar with scalloped edges, and this is decorated with black hemstitching, another of the new-style features for spring. In the coat, as in the skirt, most of the fullness is gathered in at the sides at the waist line, where it is apparently confined by the belt. It would not be easy to find a more dependable style in a spring suit than this. It is one of many in which two materials are combined, but it is not always done with such nice balance. The silk and cloth are of the same shade and usually in dark colors. Less practical but very elegant suits are made in light gray and in tan color. Simple Coiffure with many variations in little details of finishing. The hair is trimmed in a light, curving bang, and a short strand is turned forward in a flat ring let on the cheek, in one style. In an other the hair is waved and parted at one sife. It is brought down on the forehead, as in the coiffure pictured here, but is coiled in a moderately high coil at the top of the head. This is particularly effective with the tall turbans which are to be worn. She is a wise woman who remains faithful to a style of hairdress that she finds more becoming than any other. The charm that belongs to a well-groomed appearance is within every woman's reach and it is unfailing. In the matter of the coiffure, at least she can afford to be independent of fashion and to cultivate individuality Julie Bottmley To make a child maintain an erect position while writing at a school desk a German has invented a rod to be attached to a deck, terminating in a cup against the child's chin. RESIDENCE PHONE YORK 7992 FRANK S. REED, License Embalmer & Director Lady Assistant Polite Service to All Parlors, 2745 Welton Street BOLDEN B and LUNC 924 19th Street, OLDEN BROS. CAFE and LUNCH ROOM 24 19th Street, Denver, Colorado 924 19th Street, Denver, Colorado NNER 30 to 2 p.m. Short Or at All He DINNER 11:30 to 2 p.m. All Kinds of Bolden Bros. Baths, Elect FIRST CLAS R. A. BOLDEN, Mgr TOM JOHNSON, Pres GASAWAY WA Eureka So Billiards All Kinds of Sandwiches Golden Bros. Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massage FIRST CLASS SERVICE L. BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver JNSON, Pres HENRY EARLEY, Sec. 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