Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO AN OBVIOUS LESSON FROM OUR EXPENDITURE ON CHURCH EDIFICES, BY JONATHAN COVER. VOL. XX11. AN OBV FROM OUR EXPENDITURE JONATHA In presenting the facts and figures that have appeared in the Statesman recently showing the growth and progress of Negro Religious Bodies, some inference of an uncomplimentary nature may have been deduced. Should this result develop it is our desire to disclaim anything of a personal animus and to assert most positively that our effort has been only to look facts in the face and present them, naked and cruel if need be, in order that all concerned may view them as portraying a condition which carries its own suggestion, as to remedy and correction. We have seen, briefly stated what enormous amounts the Race is expending for churches and it may be that in the main these funds are distinctively spent well and to good purpose, in a comparative way; yet it is a question whether or not they are altogether well spent. For instance, the City of Washington and its environment with their more than two hundred churches represents in the aggregate for salaries and upkeep, hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. It is a well known fact that this money is largely expended in these two especial ways and is derived in a considerable proportion from the poorer members of the community. Their hearts when touched, as they regularly are, convey the emotion to the purse strings and these are loosened to such extent, under the insistent appeal from an eloquent pulpit, that the giving is only halted when it is found there is nothing more to give, and the necessities of the morrow are left to care for themselves. It does seem to a conservative mind that the Race has gone far enough in this direction and that the time has come for the exercise of a little care and circumspection. We are speaking of course with particular reference to conditions here at Washington, but the appreciation may be pertinent in a general way to other communities. We find here a great craving for elaborately embellished and expensive church structures. A church organization no sooner finishes paying for what they have, than they immediately formulate plans for something larger and more modern. A $25,000 structure that is ample for all the needs of the congregation is consigned to the ash-heap, as it were, and a magnificent structure, on a more popular thoroughfare, is taken over at a cost of $60,000 or more. Again, a splendid old edifice, on which not a dollar is owed, and which for the practical purpose of the service of God has been found ample, must needs be demolished and in its stead for which the people pledge themselves to liquidate an indebtedness of thirty or forty thousand dollars. Thus it goes, glitter and display have been lifted to the first place in the service of the Master; Himself the lowliest of men and whose gospel of good-tidings to all mankind needs not these costly aids for conveyance to the hearts of men. It is a pertinent question then, whether or no a portion of this money might not be more appropriately and more purposefully spent. Suppose for instance a church or a group of churches of the same denomination should appropriate a percentage of their income to the support of an old folks home or to the care of other dependents of the Race, would it not be better than having our good and worthy poor left to the mercy of public charity? There are to be sure one or two apologies for what such homes should be, but how shamfully inadequate and in their cramped facilities, how greatly do they reflect the cruel selfishness of a so large and generally prosperous community of our people. An example of the kind of beneficial work towards which a small portion of the above avenue, seemingly might be diverted with profit is found in the recent collapse of the local Home for Friendless Girls. This institution was designed to care for unprotected working girls and in its comparatively brief existence the necessity for just such a home was abundantly established. This home was organized thru the sacrificial efforts of Mrs. Caroline Taylor, a noble christian woman, whose very life it may be said was given to this cause, for it was on the premises of the institution during one of her visits that she received injuries resulting in her death. Ground for this home had been donated by a white friend and a building modestly and comfortly DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916 State Hist & Nut Hist Boutique State House ADC E JOURNAL G, MONTAN DENVER COLORADO SA equipped, chiefly thru charitable merchants and friends of the other race, was constantly taxed to its utmost capacity. This effort too, it may be said represented the one distinctive racial charity with which Negroes of the District are identified and for its support the Board of Charities declined to ask appropriation of Congress, feeling that a population so large and prosperous might very properly be asked to care for its only charity. The lesson is obvious and viewed from every angle it must seem that an indictment holds good against the churches for a wasteful and too lavish outlay on mere superficials and against citizens generally for lack of racial pride and self-dependent in the matter of those essentials which are the practical evidences of substantial growth and unity and the coveted ideals of an uplocking people. HELP WANTED FOR COLORED BUSINESS MEN. Our suggestion in this article is on the defensive, and those who do not share our views must not attempt to entertain the offensive unless they reasonably show that our statements are without foundation. As we go along the streets of the city of Denver in the course of our business activities, we come in contact with an appearance among our colored business places that is far from being commendable, and which calls for more of foresight and discipline on the part of those who are proprietors and managers of such establishments. If the number of men and boys to be seen in the barber shops, drug stores, tailoring and cleaning departments, pool rooms, etc., were live-wires on patrons that have the interest of the various business men at heart—entering and transacting business, then make room for other customers, they would surely be delightful guests and their action would have our hearty approval. Even our undertaking firms come in for special attention from this class, who is neither suspicious or apprehensive of the turn things may take in the embalmers' operation on them. Discussion of the various topics of the day is the marked feature of these assemblies, and while the opinion among some of these spectators is, that it does not interfere with the workmen and clerks in the performance of their duties, yet we are informed by the owners that they dare not request these debaters not to use their business places as a rendezvous, as they would take umbrage and enedavor to further destory their trade. Now in all kindness we ask these men (for the women are entirely within the bounds of business reason and propriety in this particular to give this matter a serious thought and attach some importance to the struggle the Negro has in his attempt to do business, resolving to respect and help him to succeed as we do the white man and his business. There is no doubt that one of the chief causes of non-success in Negro business in Denver is due to this action, which in many cases may be unintentional but is ruinous, and the sufferer, fearing an increase of suffering, remains quiescently being forced to contribute to this detrimental result. Many intending customers or patrons have turned away in disgust and strangers are deceived by thinking that a roaring trade is carried on by the presence of this number of men who hardly realize the disastrous effect to their fellow men. We therefore make bold to remind our people that those who refuse to acquire the habit of construction, thereby assisting themselves and others to journey along the road of improvement and success, characteristic features of every business agency, should after a little sympathy to those who are trying, and not exhibit their plan of destruction which must eventually retard our progress as a whole. Resolve to think more of our business men and their investments. Do your business and leave the premises so that others can enter without intimidation and then become a worthy respondent to the Advertisement—"HELP WANTED." ARMY MAJOR WINS MEDAL YEARLY AWARDED TO NEGRO Boston, Feb. 22.—Maj. Charles Young, U. S. A., former military attache to Liberia, tonight was awarded the Spingarn medal, which is annually given the American citizen of African descent for the highest achievement in any field of human endeavor during the preceding year. The award was made at a meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, by a committee comprising Bishop John Hurst of Baltimore, as chairman; former President Taft, President John Hope of Moorehouse college, Oswald G. Villard of New York, and Dr. James H. Dillard of Virginia. VICTOR AND CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO. NWS. Wm. C. Harris.) Mrs. Allen Harrell spent the week in Colorado Springs visiting with her parents. Mr. Sam E. Waddy returned from a six weeks' visit with friends and relatives in the South and he reports a grand time, and he thinks that he will go back to Shreveport and enter business in the near future. Miss Sam Emma Waddy is visiting with her uncle, Mr. Sam E. and Arthur Waddy. Miss Waddy is one of the talented young ladies of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. J. C. Canty and Miss Sam E. Waddy were callers in Victor last week. Mr. William Morris, one of the old timers of the district, departed from this life on February 10th at Pueblo, where he has been for the last six months. Mr. Morris leaves a widow and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Mr. William C. Harris and Mr. Laurence Cotwell were visitors in Cripple Creek last week. Mrs. Boydson and daughters were callers in Cripple Creek last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Clay and son, were callers in Victor last week. The Elite Set of the district were in attendance at the Birth of a Nation which showed four days in Cripple Creek. Mr. Wm. C. Harris is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Wagner is on the sick list also. RACE NEWS Galverton; Texas, Feb. 21.—A suit against Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A., and two other defendants, was filed in the United States District court here today on behalf of twenty-six Negroes who ask damages aggregating $104,813. Texas City and the Texas City board of trade are co-defendants. These Negroes charge that after the tropical hurricane of last August they were arrested and set at work with no promise of pay General Bell was in command of troops then stationed at Texas City. last Thursday, appropriate exercises having been held under the auspices of the Nashville Negro Board of Trade, with Hon. A. N. Johnson, its president, as the principal speaker. Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave the Nashville Library Commission the $25,000 with which to erect the building. The city of Nashville furnished $5,000 with which to purchase the site. Under the direction of the Board of Trade the local colored citizenus contributed an additional $1,000 in order that a lot more desirable and more to their liking Pittsburgh, Pa —John McArdle, a white police officer, must pay $274 to John M. Banner and Wm. Woody, members of Pythian Lodge, which the police officer raided while candidates were being initiated. The two men brought suit against the officer and the jury brought in a verdict for $137 for each of the men. Attorney F. R. Steward was the counsel for the colored men, and it is probable other suits will be entered against the trespassing policeman. Boston, Mass.—Miss Jane R. Bosfield, 5 Sorento street, Allston, was discharged from her position at Medfield State Hospital, where she was a stenographer. She retained counsel and appealed to the trustees of the hospital, alleging that Dr. Edward French, superintendent, discharged her because she was colored. Dr. French has alleged incompetency as a reason for his action, but Miss Bosfield declares that in making requisition on the civil service commission for another stenographer the superintendent, asked specifically for a white appointee. The trustees met to bear Miss Bosfield's case, but her attorneys, Williams & Williams, decided to take it direct to the Supreme Court with an appeal for her reinstatement. She alleges that the hospital officials refused at first to allow her to have a room, but finally gave her one over the morgue, and that she was not allowed to eat in the dining room, but had meals served in the office. She went to the dining room on one occasion, but was told not to do so again and her discharge soon followed. THE NEW $25,000 BRANCH LIBRARY OPENED Nashville, Tenn.—The new $25, 000 branch library for colored citi- zens was formally opened here NO 28 last Thursday, appropriate exercises having been held under the auspices of the Nashville Negro Board of Trade, with Hon. A. N. Johnson, its president, as the principal speaker. Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave the Nashville Library Commission the $25,000 with which to erect the building. The city of Nashville furnished $5,000 with which to purchase the site. Under the direction of the Board of Trade the local colored citizenus contributed an additional $1,000 in order that a lot more desirable and more to their liking could be bought. In this respect, the Board of Trade, took the lead and the Library Commission gave its ear to this organization in the establishment of the branch for colored people, in the appointment of the colored librarian and as to other details. Miss Marian Hadley, a Fisk graduate was selected as the librarian, and Miss Hattie Watkins, also a most accomplished young woman, will serve as her assistant. At the opening exercises the president of the Nashville Library Commission and several members of that board were present, also the librarian of the Nashville Carnegie Library, each of whom made speeches. Dr. G. H. Bandy, a former president of the Board of Trade, presided, and an appropriate musical program was rendered, participated in by singers from the local colored educational institutions. The address of President Johnson was the main feature and was given considerable space here by the white press. He said in part: "This occasion emphasizes the truth that all American citizens need the same power of social, moral and intellectual uplift, and that there have come men and women of the South endowed with Christianity and love of right to accord to all citizens equal justice and opportunities in acquiring knowledge. "It is apparent to all that the day will come when all Americans will be called upon to stand in a solid phalanx for the salvation of this country, and the best guarantee that the Negro will exemplify the example of Attucks is the knowledge that in the land of his birth that his children will enjoy equal—if not exact—justice in pursuits of life, peace, progress and happiness." AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS It is not usual to think of the Negro as having contributed much to the "wisdom literature" of the world, but the following proverbial expressions are enough to show that he has not been altogether lacking in this respect: Not to aid one in distress is to kill him in your heart. Birth does not differ from birth; as the free man was born so was the slave. Much gesticulation does not prove courage. Do not repair another man's fence until you have seen to your own. You cannot kill game by looking at it. Familiarity induces contempt, but distance secures respect. Faults are like a hill, you stand on your own and you talk about those of other people. To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. The day on which one starts is not the time to commence one's preparation. He who forgives ends the quarrel. The sieve never sifts meal by itself. The dawn does not come twice to wake a man. "I have forgotten thy name" is bet- ten than "I know thee not." The fugitive never stops to pick the thorn from his foot. The elephant does not find his trunk heavy. But the outstanding feature of a new magazine is just the fact of its appearance. Launched at Chicago by a new organization, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, it does not intend "to drift into the discussion of the Negro problem, but rather to "popularize the movement of unearthing the Negro and his contributions to civilization . . . believing that facts properly set forth will speak for themselves." This is a new and stirring note in the advance of the black man. Comparatively few of any race have a broad or accurate knowledge of its past. It would be absurd to expect that the Negro will carry about in his head many details of a history from which he is separated by a tremendous break. It is not absurd to expect that he will gradually learn that he, too, has a heritage of something beside shame and wrong. By that knowledge he may be uplifted as he goes about his task of building from the bottom.—New York Evening Post. Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of Howard university, has contributed an article to the December number of Education, discussing the industrial and the higher education of Negroes, and taking the stand that the two are not antagonistic or inconsistent. He says: "The Negro's presence in this country in the first place, was due to the belief that he was intended by the Creator to be an instrument of crude service. His traditional function was mainly mechanical, and scarcely more human than that of the ox which pulls the plow. His personality was at first denied, and afterwards ignored. Men spoke of the Negro as a 'good hand' just as they spoke of a good ax or a good ox. The imputed virtue had exclusive reference to his utility as a tool. The traditional bias concerning the Negro's ordained place in the social scheme influences pres- The work that is being done toward the industrial education of the Negroes in a dozen schools scattered throughout the South by the American Church Institute for Negroes was described at Washington by Rev. Robert W. Patton before 400 women interested in social settlement work. Dr. David H. Greer, Episcopal Bishop of New York and president of the institute, presided at the meeting, which was held in the assembly hall of the Colony club and introduced the speaker. Rev. Mr. Patton said: "It cost the nation $10,000 per capita and a million lives besides to emancipate the slaves. But emancipation is not freedom. And after the bitterness of the reconstruction period in the South, which should be called the redestruction period, a group of men in the North and South decided that this was so. The Church institute is freeing the slaves at $100 each by giving the Negro the freedom of mind, body and soul." England's gold is placed at $800,000,000. Tommaso Salvini, the world-famous Italian actor, who died the other day, forbade his sons acting in Italy during the years of his own activity on the stage, although three of them, Gustavo, Alexander and Tommaso, were thespians. The father's namesake is said to be the most talented of the trio. A screwless corkscrew has been invented, a pointed shaft carrying a piece of metal on a pivot so that it falls at right angles beneath a cork that it has been thrust through. ent opinion concerning the kind of education which should be imparted to him. As a consequence of this attitude, that type of education which fits him for his accustomed sphere and place has found ready appreciation and favor; he is to be educated for his work, rather than for himself. As a matter of fact, the great bulk of this race must devote its chief energies to the cruder and coarser grades of service which fall to its lot as far in the future as our present vision can penetrate. The industrial education of the masses, therefore, becomes a matter of the highest concern to the practical statesmen and philanthropist. D. Booker T. Washington, in his moments of greatest enthusiasm, never overstated the importance of industrial training as an essential agency of the general social uplift. But at the same time, it should never be forgotten that the Negro is a human being as well as a utensil of service. A wise educational economy will seek to make him a man working, rather than a working man. Fortunately, however, the saner sense of the people is now reasserting itself. The two types of education are no longer contrasted as antagonistic and inconsistent, but compared as common factors of a joint product. Their relative claims should never have been made a matter of essential controversy, but merely a question of ratio and proportion. Negro colleges, following the lead of white prototypes, are adjusting their curricula to the demands of the age." In Chicago a movement is afoot to erect a memorial to the late Booker Washington and a large sum of money has already been collected for this scheme, which is to be entirely local, and to express for all time the sympathy and admiration of Chicago people for the great Negro educator. It will not be a statute or a symbolic temple of ornate architecture, but it will take the practical form of an industrial training school for Negro Children of the city. The Chicago Herald infers that If Booker Washington had been asked what sort of a monument he would desire to perpetuate his memory he would have answered: "A school for my people." Chicago's example is good and well worth following. A number of such memorial schools in various parts of the country, for the industrial education of the colored race, would serve to keep his memory green and go far toward the solution of the racial problem. To make his people self-supporting and self-reliant was the object of his life. No better monument to him could be thought of than a school to continue his mission. Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote a memorable sonnet to Booker T. Washington. It was read recently at the memorial exercises held at Tuskegee. In part it is: A poor Virginia cabin gave the seed, And from its dark and lowly door there came A peer of princes in the world's acclaim, A master spirit for the nation's need. Strong, silent, purposeful beyond his kind, kind. The mark of rugged force on brow and lip Straight on he goes, nor turns to look behind Where hot the hounds come baying at his hip. With courage foremost in his mind. Like the keen prow of some on-forging ship. The Negro population of the United States increased from 757,208, or 19.3 per cent of the total population, in 1790, to 9,827,763, or 10.7 per cent of the total in 1910. The increase between 1900 and 1910 was at the rate of 11.2 per cent, while during the same period the white population increased 22.3 per cent. Since 1810 there has been a continuous decrease in the proportion which Negroes have formed of the total population, due, at least in part, to the fact that the white population has been continually augmented by immigration, while there has been very little immigration of Negroes during the last hundred years. "Indians dying everywhere; maybe no more big talk," was what Chief Black Horse of the South Dakota Sioux said recently when arranging a big council of aborigines from that region at Deadwood. The subject of this, possibly the last of the pow wows, will be the right of the Sioux to the Black hills, on which they insist in the face of numerous adverse court decisions. Workmen on the Rouge river (Ore.) canal set off a blast and thereby uncovered a buried treasure. The coins were of the mintage of the fifties, and there were some Spanish coins among them. How the money came to be buried or when or why is unknown. According to some accounts, there was about $500 and to others about $2.500. According to an English scientist's estimate the world's total annual rainfall amounts to 29,347.4 cubic miles, of which less than one-fourth drains through rivers into the ocean. GAMBLE FOR CHASE JOB BOULDER JURIST NAMED ADJU TANT GENERAL BY THE GOVERNOR. New Head of State Militia Will Take Up His Official Duties April 1, Relieving General Chase. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—Judge Harry P. Gamble of Boulder has been formally appointed by Governor Carlson, Adjutant General of the State of Colorado He accepted by wire from Detroit. He will take up his official duties April 1st, succeeding Adjutant General John Chase. The new adjutant general has many friends in the Guard and is understood to be very agreeable to the United States War Department. The latter has inquired into his record. It is said that this appointment will take the militia out of politics, and it is expected that the plan for reorganization will begin at once. Judge Gamble was formerly on the bench of the Eighth judicial district. He came to Colorado in the early nineties from Detroit, Mich., and attended the University of Colorado, where he obtained his legal education. While there he was a prominent athlete, being elected captain of the team in 1896, the year of his graduation. Governor Carlson said Judge Gamble's appointment was due to his military record, which had commended itself not only to the governor but to a number of military authorities with whom he had conferred and that the new adjutant general would devote all of his time to bringing the National Guard up to the highest standard of efficiency. The governor also said that, on account of illness of Judge Gamble's sister, it may be impossible for the new adjutant general to take office April 1, but he thought such a contingency was remote. D. & R. G. Machinists Get Increase. The long-pending wage controversy between the machinists and allied crafts and the management of the Denver & Rio Grande terminated in an agreement by which the pay of the men is advanced 1 cent an hour. All the machinists, blacksmiths, boilermakers, carmen, pipefitters and tinners and electricians, and their apprentices and helpers on the entire system, about 2,500 in all, are affected Formal demand was served upon John F. Enright, superintendent of motive power of the Denver & Rio Grande. Dec. 22, for an increase of 4 cents an hour. At the expiration of the 30-day period the State Commission offered its services to the railroad company and to the union men to effect an adjustment. The railroad officials appeared before the commission, as did representatives of the workingmen, and told the commissioners that they believed an amicable agreement could be reached without the mediation of the state officials. After Patent for Carey Act Land. The State Land Board has prepared a petition for a state patent to the land developed under the Two Buttes project in Prowers and Baca counties. The Two Buttes is the first Carey Act project in Colorado. It has the distinction not only of being the first to be developed, but also of being developed through the use only of flood waters. Other projects with direct stream flow and much more water have failed while this has succeeded. Of 22,000 acres under the original project 13,000 have been irrigated and cultivated. John E. Field, engineer of the land board, has gone to Washington to present the request to the federal land department. Wins $8.439 for Husband's Death. While the laws of Colorado value a human life at $5,000, fixing the limit of recovery in damage suits at that sum, Mrs. Carrie Swanbrough was awarded a verdict for $8,439.88 by a jury in Judge Allen's division of the District Court for the death of her husband, Edward W. Swanbrough. The verdict, which was for the full amount sued for, was given on an insurance policy for the sum named. Her husband was killed in an automobile race at Overland Park in the fall of 1914. Claim State Can't Tax Barth Estate. In a brief filed with Inheritance Tax Appraiser Hubbard counsel for the estate of William Barth contend that the fortune left by the pioneer millionaire real estate owner is entirely exempt from inheritance tax by the state. The value of the property is estimated in excess of $1,500,000. The tax, according to estimates, would be in the neighborhood of $100,000. Many Bids for State Printing. Thirteen bids for the state printing contract were filed with the state printing board. According to state officials interested, the number of bids submitted this year indicates the effect of the new printing law in removing the obstacles which in the past virtually rendered it impossible for small firms to compete. Heretofore the bidding was practically limited to two large Denver firms, they claim. Pueblo, Grand Junction and Boulder, as well as Denver firms, are bidding this year. YIELD NO RIGHTS HONOR IS AT STAKE, PRESIDENT WILSON WRITES TO SEN- ATOR STONE. Letter Announces that Executive Will Hold Germany to Promises for Safety of Americans on the High Seas. Washington.—President Wilson on Thursday night, in a letter to Senator Stone explicitly declared that he will not consent to barring of American citizens from armed passenger ships as proposed by resolutions before Congress and that if any nation denies the right of Americans to safety on board such vessels the United States has "in honor no choice" as to what its course should be. The course which the central powers are pursuing in their order to sink without warning after March 1 all armed ships seems for the moment to threaten "insuperable obstacles," the President wrote, but added that, because of previous assurances, he must believe explanations putting a different aspect on the situation soon will be made. "White House, Feb. 24, 1916.—My Dear Senator: I very warmly appreciate. your kind and frank letter of to-day and feel that it calls for an equally frank reply. You are right in assuming that I shall do everything in my power to keep the United States out of war. I think the country will feel no uneasiness about my course in that respect. Through many anxious months I have striven for that object amidst difficulties more manifold than can have been apparent upon the surface, and so far I have succeeded. I do not doubt that I shall continue to succeed. "The course which the central European powers have announced their intention of following in the future with regard to under-sea wartime seems for the moment to threaten superable obstacles, but its apparent meaning is so manifestly inconsistent with explicit assurances recently given us by those powers with regard to their treatment of merchant vessels on the high seas that I must believe that explanations will presently ensue which will put a different aspect upon it. We have had no reason to question their good faith or their fidelity to their promises in the past, and I, for one, feel confident that we shall have none in the future. "But in any event our duty is clear: No nation or group of nations has the right while the war is in progress to alter or disregard the principles which all nations have agreed upon in mitigation of the horrors and sufferings of war, and if the clear rights of American citizens should ever unhappily be abridged or denied by any such action, we should, it seems to me, have in honor no choice as to what our own course should be. For my own part, I cannot consent to any abridgement of the rights of Ameri can citizens in any respect. The honor and self-respect of the nation is involved. We covet peace and shall preserve it at any cost, but the loss of honor. To forbid our people to exercise their rights for fear we might be called upon to vindicate them would be a deep humiliation in deed. "It would be an implicit, all but an explicit, acquiescence in the violation of the rights of mankind everywhere and of whatever nation or allegiance. It would be a deliberate abdication of our hitherto proud position as spokes men even amid the turmoil of war for the law and the right. It would make everything this government has at tempted and everything that it has achieved during this terrible struggle of nations meaningless and futile. "It is important to reflect that if in this instance we allowed expediency to take the place of principle, the door would inevitably be opened to still further concessions. Once accept a single abatement of right and many other humiliations would certainly follow and the whole fine fabric of international law might crumble under our hands, piece by piece. What we are contending for in this matter is of the very essence of the things that have made America a sovereign nation. She cannot yield them without conceding her own impotency as a nation and making virtual surrender of her independent position among the nations of the world. "I am speaking, my dear senator, in deep solemnity without heat, with a clear consciousness of the high responsibilities of my office, and as your sincere and devoted friend. If we should unhappily differ, we shall differ as friends, but where issues so momentous as these are involved we must, just because we are friends, speak our minds without reservation. Faithfully yours. "WOODROW WILSON." The President's letter was in answer to one written late Thursday afternoon by Senator Stone outlining the situation existing at the capitol, where for two days, persistent demands had been made for some action which might lessen the possibility of war between the United States and Germany. War Tale Sends Wheat Down Chicago. A rumor, which was denied, but which, while it was current on the Board of Trade near the close Thursday, sent the price of wheat down 7 cents, will be investigated by a committee, it was stated. Business Suspended During Funeral. Pueblo, Colo.—Business in Pueblo ceased during the time of the funeral of M. D. Thatcher. Not only were all of the banks closed, but all of the business houses, railroad offices and all public buildings as well. The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO The Champa Pharmacy When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails, Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings, or any other part of the hog except the squeal, go to East's Market The WARD AUCTION COMPANY Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO— 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O.P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 163 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. Phone Main 6544. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. TELEPHONE YORK 6668. J. H. 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Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1-cent and 2-cent stamps taken. JOURNALISM AND ITS ETHICS. Some of our colored newspaper editors, in endeavoring to present to the public, articles on "the suppression of evil" in a community, or in their denouncements of leaders and organizations whom they believe are misleading Negro electors, forget in their anxiety to adhere to the particular system of principles or rules concerning duty—generally termed ETHICS. Journalism has its code of ethics which must be followed strictly alike morals, the arts and sciences, and however great the temptation to an editor to vent his spleen, he should be guarded from making personal attacks, whether from a domestic, social or business standpoint. Healthy editorials find circulation and lodgement among a people that are always willing to be guided by leaders, whether in person or by the pen; but when the writers go beyond the boundaries of newspaper propriety, clothing themselves with the old quotation—"To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right," etc.—then, however just the cause or righteous the action, an offense will generally be given to some members of the community. We are not dictating the politic action of any paper or news journal, but being in the field, we bear a portion of public criticism when we are spoken of as a whole—generally termed COLORED NEWSPAPER MEN. REMARKABLE LEAP OF BUSINESS IN DENVER. With the announcements from the banking institutions, real estate firms and merchants in general, Denver is about to be ushered into a dawn of prosperity which will be unequalled by any city of the Western states of the Union. What with the great merger of all commercial departments and business men in our city, the erection of buildings by the W. H. Kistler Stationery Co. adjoining the Boston building on Champa at a cost of $100,000, the new plant of the Beatrice Creamery Co., Eighteenth and Wynkoop streets, costing $125,000; the Children's Hospital, Nineteenth avenue and Downing streets, at $150,000; besides enlargement of the State Mercantile Bank in the Ernest & Cranmer building; also permits for $56,500 issued for new homes, and numerous other investments, surely the pessimist, the knocker, the despondent mind must give way to the rays of hope that are illuminating us in the form of business. The unemployed for the past few years gradually increased their ranks in the city, and for a time things assumed alarming proportions, but, thanks to our business heads who have resolved to consolidate, not for monopoly, but to make Denver win a recognition from all over the country by opening channels for the workingman which will improve the financial status of our population and attract investors who will help to put us on a higher plane and a well-merited business platform. What greater proof can be given of the determination for a greater Denver than the recently formed CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL UNION which has resolved on a membership of 5,000, and in two days have succeeded in obtaining over 1,500 members, consisting of business firms as well as individuals. Think what will be the result when such a combination with hearts beating as one for the progress of the city they call their own, and the welfare of its citizens, resolve to thrust aside the old form of selfishness and avarice and provide avenues to bring about a better distribution of wealth among the people as a whole. An example of examples, a standard of standards, would be set, the following of which would include all classes and conditions of humanity who are bent on seizing opportunities for good every time they present themselves. On every hand we can realize the gloom of despair being penetrated by a vista of hope which will soon consign it to ancient or mediaeval age where it stands ever still, leaving us to pursue a course of success terminating in happiness hitherto unknown. If then, the citizens of Denver are to be numbered in this progressiveness that extends its invitation to them, they must forget the past which forces an unpleasant reminder occasionally on them, grasp the present with nerve and grit, bending towards a glorious future which will present itself in a tangible and conspicuous form, a separation from which may never fall to their lot. From the humblest shopkeeper to the greatest merchant, from the peanut vendor to the wholesale firm, from the laborer to the corporation, all should join in this common issue and formulate a great melting pot which will serve the best interests of our Western township and create a new era of prosperity. Bearly for Him Farmer's Debt to the Silo Farmer's Debt to the Silo. The Wall Street Journal calls the period between 1910 and 1920 the "era of the silo" in American agriculture, adding: "The silo is the fortress by which the American farm restores and develops the fertility of the farm acres to pristine productiveness." "Tomorrow, gentlemen," said the professor in a lecture on taking notes, "I will bring in my cards and show you my card system." Voice: "O. K., doc Fetch some chips and we'll have a regular party."—Penasylvania Punch Bowl. Responsive. To Remove Ink. "I verily believe that inanimate things sometimes enter into the spirit of a festal occasion." "I know it. Last night, when I was going to a blowout my automobile chimed in with a couple of its own."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Cyanide of potassium will remove all indelible inks the base of which is nitrate of silver. Turpentine or alcohol rubbed in hot removes the new inks, using soda and soap freely in hot water afterward. Many Realize Need of Universal Language BY C. A. PETERSON, St. Louis, Mo. Many people realize the need of a universal language. The inability of one race to understand another places a barrier between them that can only be surmounted by considerable study. Only a few persons, who have the least need for this information, can find time to devote to a study of languages. Esperanto, it seems, has not made much headway, and, while I am not familiar with its method or system, I have a plan which seems practical. The vocabulary of the average man is extremely limited. The number of words required in the ordinary course of business or personal activities will probably not exceed a thousand. An organization should be formed composed of one representative from each of the leading countries of the Caucasian race. Their voting power will be in proportion to the number of people having a thorough knowledge of their language. For example, let us assume there are 2,000,000,000 Caucasians. One billion of them speak English. The English representative would therefore be entitled to choose one-half of the words considered necessary for the universal vocabulary, the others choosing in proportion to the number of their people. They could single out, for instance, words which are more or less universal now and adopt them with perhaps but little variation in spelling and pronunciation. They could also, as a basis for judgment, discard words in any of the languages which are arbitrarily spelled or pronounced and give preference to words of other nations which are more adaptable. The alphabet could easily be standardized. Vowel marks should be used in all cases so that the ability to pronounce a written word will require the least amount of education. The foregoing plan, it will readily be seen, would distribute the amount of effort necessary to master this universal language between the various races. For instance, under this plan an English student would be required to master but 500 words out of the 1,000, and even this would be reduced by the use of words which are more or less in use by both English and other people. An American citizen of German descent would be required to master but about 25 per cent, and so on. Don't Let Clothing Misrepresent You By MISS ELEANOR CRAIG, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. It is interesting to analyze the influence of character on clothes, clothes being a rather sure indication of the type of the individual. Of course we readily make up our minds that the unshaven man with soiled and frayed collar and tie, baggy trousers and unshined boots, falls into the same lot with the down-at-the-heels woman, whose belt fails to perform its duty, whose buttonholes are buttonless, and whose ratty-looking hair suggests the need of a thorough combing. But, aside from these, we can easily recognize the neat, nonimaginative kind, regular in habits, going through life in well-made, unostentatious garb that never attracts attention, because of its commonplaceness. Every rent is darned and there are often patches, but the clothes never need pressing or show the lack of mending. The imaginative person suggests his bent by a bit of color, a line of originality in the style of the gown, in his selection of tie or his boot, and, nowadays, even of his hosiery. There is the foppish man appearing in the morning in one costume, another in the afternoon, another in the evening, with further changes for the following day. It takes no great insight to know that his wardrobe absorbs all the thought in his little brain, and we rejoice that fortune has given him a means of existence other than his own exertions. Of course one's purse must limit the personality expressed in clothes, but the dominant traits are bound to be reflected, if not in the whole, in little ways. A Priscilla cannot dress as a Dolly Madison, nor a Miles Standish as a Lord Chesterfield. Light but Warm Clothing for Children By W. J. BARRY. New York Provide your kiddies with light but warm sweaters to wear to school under their coats. If the schoolrooms are too cold, they can wear their little sweaters in class. But the windows in a schoolroom should be kept part way open at all times. This is essential where a number of children from different districts are assembled. Fresh air will help to ruin the power of any germs brought in on the clothing. The trouble is that often the teacher is uncomfortable with the windows open in winter and will not agree to any such procedure. If every mother took an active interest in the ventilation of the schoolroom, there would be less sickness spreading among whole schools of children. Most teachers, however, realize the necessity for fresh air both for their pupils and for their own health. At night the windows should be opened wide. Now, with all this talk of fresh air, it does not mean that the children should be frozen out of school and home. You should be absolutely sure that the youngsters are very warmly clad. And at night the best sleeping garments are the light flannel pajamas which cover them from neck to foot. They should have as many bed coverings as they need to be comfortably warm. But, first and foremost, the mother should insist on plenty of fresh air. Girls Expect Too Much From Husbands By A. G. BERNARD, Washington, D. C. The reason given by most bachelors for being single is "I can't afford a wife." Now that does not mean that he blames the feminine sex with all the trouble, necessarily. It may also mean that he, too, has his expensive tastes and if the two are added together it spells prohibition as far as marriage is concerned. The modern tendency to educate daughters to expect as much from their husbands as they receive from their parents at the time of marriage, explains the aloofness of many a good man who ought to marry and really wants to. Without criticizing the ambition of every girl to have higher education and many graceful accomplishments, the fact remains that her greatest and best accomplishment should be the care of a home, the ability and willingness to cook a perfect dinner. Now, girls, don't flare up and say that when you marry you won't be anybody's drudge. That is what fills the divorce courts. Marry with the idea that it is a fifty-fifty division of work and responsibility. Let the young man find you in the kitchen making toothsome dishes once in a while, rather than always in the parlor dressed in your most expensive gown. Don't Let Clothing Misrepresent You By MISS ELEANOR CRAIG, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. Light but Warm Clothing for Children By W. J. BARRY. New York Girls Expect Too Much From Husbands By A. G. BERNARD, Washington, D. C. --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN --- The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West --- A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR THE GREAT ORGAN OF THE LABORING MASSES THE COLORADO STATESMAN Wait for the Masons' entertainment Easter Monday at East Turner Hall. Miss Novell Roddy of 2616 Welton street, who has been very ill is able to attend school. The son of A. W. Stradwick, who broke his arm a few days ago is getting along nicely. among the ladies, while Mrs. Rev won second prize. Mr. Wm. Wall won the gentlemen's first prize while the booby prize was highly appreciated by Mr. Eccles. The decorative consisting of pink carnations and ferns transformed the rooms into veritable floral garden which presented a fine aspect. A daily luncheon was served and dancing enjoyed until the wee sma' hours Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook who was operated on Tuesday for appendicitis, is doing nicely. Edward Davis, employé of the Santa Fe ticket office, left last Sunday for Las Vegas, New Mexico. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Barber, is improving from an attack of diptheria in the Steel Hospital. Jordan White, one of our prominent bank messengers is not able to be at his post of duty on account of rheumatism in his knee. J. Henry Turner, the popular chef on the President's private car of the Burlington system, spent last Sunday in our city. Benj. Givens has resigned from the D. A. C. club and will in future devote his time conducting his pool hall at 2051 Champa. Give him a call. The Bethlehem Tent will give an entertainment March 9th, at Fern Hall by the children aged from 6 to 12 years. Morrison's Orchestra. Admission 25c. Mrs. J. J. Brown, manager. The barn, horse and chickens belonging to Mrs. E. M. Gibson of 568 Columbine street were totally destroyed by fire a few days ago. Mrs. J. Davis of 2360 Glenarm, who has been quite ill is on the road to recovery to the delight of her many friends. Vick Walker, proprietor of the Rocky Mountain Club, has made many changes in that popular resort, which adds very materially to its appearance. The youngest daughter of Frank Osborn of 3544 Tennyson street, is quite sick, being threatened with pneumonia. The Statesman extends sympathy. Mrs. Minrod Gordon, who died last Thursday in Los Angeles, was a former well known resident of this city. She leaves a husband, child, mother, sister, brother and many friends who mourn her demise. The Colored boys who stole the phonograph Sunday night from 217 Twenty-fourth street are known, and had better return same to avoid trouble. Mrs. C. H. Roberts and little neice, Leola John, arrived in the city last Thursday to be at the bedside of her sick mother, Mrs. H. Williams, of 3000 South Delaware street, Englewood. Eugene Parks passed through this city last Sunday en route to California to attend the funeral of his father, Theodore Parks, who was well known in this city. While in the city he was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Helen Russ. A. D. Griffin at one time connected with the Plaindealer, is publishing the Elevator at Kansas City, Kansas. It is Democrat in politics. Kansas City is a noted newspaper graveyard. No doubt the Elevator will survive the national campaign. The Statesman wonders if Griffin will be able to elevate himself into the Recorder of Deeds job? BRILLIANT BIRTHDAY FUNCTION. Mrs. John Levell passed another milestone of life on Thursday last when she celebrated her birthday anniversary. A number of friends who assembled at the invitation of Wm. and Mrs. John Levell enjoyed the evening in games of whist, for which prizes were offered. Mrs. William Walker won first prize among the ladies, while Mrs. Revels won second prize. Mr. Wm. Walker won the gentlemen's first prize while the booby prize was highly appreciated by Mr. Eccles. The decorations consisting of pink carnations and ferns transformed the rooms into a veritable floral garden which presented a fine aspect. A dainty luncheon was served and dancing enjoyed until the wee sma' hours of the morning when the guests reluctantly departed wishing Mrs. Levell an addition of many more years. J. H. Doniphan, popular Denver citizen, and energetic agent of the Negro Year Book, returned to the city last Saturday after a few weeks' visit to Kansas City, Kan. While there he was the guest of his sister, Mrs. L. D. Hall, who with other friends lavishly entertained him. Mr. Doniphan is loud in praise of the hospitality of Kansans. You ought to see friend Josh with his additional tend pounds avoiddupois. CAMMEL AND CO. FUNERAL NO TICE. Mr. V. Gill departed this life at his home, 1766 Race street, Thursday, Feb. 17. Funeral was held Saturday 2 p. m. from parlors. Rev. R. L. Pope officiated. Interment Fairmont. Mr. Hollis Frazier departed this life at his home, 2335 Glenarm street, Sunday morning, Feb. 20. Funeral was held at the residence Thursday, 2 p. m. Remains was shipped to Topeka, Kansas for burial. Rev. R. L. Pope, officiated. Mr. Ike Williams departed this life Saturday morning, February 19, at the County Hospital. Funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, 3 p. m. from parlors. Rev. D. E. Over officiated. Interment, Riverside. Mr. Walter Smith departed this life February 19 at his home, 3122 Downing. Program of the People's Sunday Alliance to be rendered at Nipon Hall, 2049 Champa street, Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 o'clock: 1—Instrumental duet—Mrs. Minnie Hayes and Mr. W. A. Moore. 2—Address—The Rev. J. A. Thomas Hazell. 3—Musical selection. 4—Address, "The Impending World's Crisis," Col. Morgan. 5—Musical selection. 6—"What Co-operation Among Negroes Will Do," Mr. William Hill. 7—"Investigation of the Manual Training Inter-Racial Trouble." Discussion. The public is cordially invited to attend. W. A. JONES, M. D., Pres. I. C. MKENZIE, Secretary. NOTES OF THE ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. There was a great crowd present last Sunday morning to hear the message of Governor Carlson, and those who came expecting an unusual address were not disappointed. The governor's subject was "Christian Citizenship, which presented in no uncertain way the duty of citizens to unite to give assistance in the enforcement of the prohibitory laws, Eloquence, earnestness and passion of utterance determined the delivery of the address, which was greatly enjoyed by an enthusiastic audience. The Pulpit Aid Circle gave a Leap Year social last week at the home of Sister Ida King, which was novel and delightful in its entertaining features. On the evening of the first Sunday the Young People's Chorus will render a song service in lieu of the regular program. The audience is certain to be delighted. The Men's Bible class is manifesting exceptional interest in the course of lessons being given this season. Lesson leaflets are distributed each week for home study. The men are getting into the truth. Every man is welcome. The hour is Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Woman's Bible class meets at 2:30 on Thursday afternoon. The attendance is evidence that the women are receiving profit. Every woman in the community should endeavor to get into the meetings. The studies cover the life of Christ. NEGRO YEAR BOOK. Should be in the home of every Negro. It contains the achievements, the industries and activities of the race. Every phase of the economic life of the Negro is discussed. It is a compendium of useful knowledge, a ready reference book of 450 pages. Order one today. Copies for sale at the Statesman office, 1824 Curtis street, Room 25. A Sale of Women's Coats for SATURDAY & MONDAY Choice Saturday and Monday Clearaway of 50 Fines VALUES $8.50 T INCLUDED ARE CORD AND ZIBILI Saturday and Monday Clearaway of 50 Fine Coats at $3.95 VALUES $8.50 TO $12.50. INCLUDED ARE CORDUOYS, BOUCLES AND ZIBILENES. SALE ON SECOND FLOOR----SATURDAY AND MONDAY rial year 1916-17 (April-March) not later than tomorrow and turn the same over to Mrs. James Gibbs, clerk and treasurer of the session. The month of March winds up the religious activities of the Presbyterian Church year. Remittance will be made to the various agencies of the Church for benevolence immediately after the third Sabbath. The Boards of Home and Foreign Missions, Education, Publication and Sabbath School Work, Church Erection, Ministerial Relief and Sustenation, Freedmen, Colleges and Temperance should have the support of every intelligent Presbyterian member. To this end all in arrears are kindly asked to honor their pledges made for the present Church year 1915-16 (April-March). An unusually interesting program under the auspices of the Sabbath school was rendered last Sabbath evening in lieu of the regular evening services. The papers read were very pointed, timely and suggestive. The occasion being "Vacation Day," every scholar was given an opportunity to declare his life's mission as a disciple of his Blessed Lord. The pupils seemed to have had a definite idea as to what their profession in life would be. Let us pray for the realization of their ideal. Mesdames Mattie Wilson and Bertha Brooks are to be commended for their interest in the work of the school as superintendents. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The Young Women's Christian Association among the colored women and girls of Denver is the one thing uppermost in discussion during these days. The Phillis Wheatley Club as it has been designated, meets every Monday evening in its assembly room, 318 Twenty-fifth street promptly at 8 o'clock. Since its organization in Shorter African M. E. Church just four months ago, its growth has been marvelous. Its activities are many and each meeting is pronounced the best. In less than two months after its beginning the large store room at 318 Twenty-fifth street was rented and up to date furniture and furnishings have been donated so as to make it attractive and comfortable. The furnishings have come largely through Mrs. Gertrude E. Ross, who heads the Home committee. Mrs. Bondurant leads the roll in catching members. Through Mrs. A. M. Ward an excellent piano was secured and placed in the building without cost to the Club for the shower entertainment on February 14. The Taka Art Club gave a gift of $10.00 (ten dollars). Presiding Elder Ward furnished the stove, Mrs. I. B. Perkins gave rugs and rockers. Captain Johnson, retired fireman, gave six chairs of thirteen new chairs solicited by Mrs. Ross outside of the membership. in keeping with Associations throughout the United States, this new club is taking part in the jubilee celebration, marking fifty years of the Y. W. C. A. existence in this country. It was just fifty years ago that this wonderful world-wide movement had its beginning in Massachusetts. About the same time it also started in New York City, N. Y. On the last Monday evening, Mrs. Edwin H. Platt entertained the club in dramatic reading of Tennyson's "Holy Grael," which was a treat for the large gathering assembled. The (general secretary) Miss Venable, Mrs. I. B. Perkins and Mrs. Platt, Sr., were in attendance. Miss Beatrice Thrasher presided at the piano. Mrs. Ward filled the chair and Miss H. Jones recorded the doings. Mrs. White was elected chairman of the Vesper and Bible Committee. Mrs. Bondurant of the Program committee. --- U 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. 11:15 a. m. Choral Solemn Mations with sermon. Subject, "Our Daughters as Polished Corner Stones." 7:45 p. m., Choral Solemn Evensong with sermon. Subject, "The Power of the Word." Wednesday, 2:30 p. m.—Meeting of the Guild of St. Perpetua. Friday, 4 p. m.—Junior Choir rehearsal. 8 p. m. Litany and general choir rehearsal. Saturday, 4:30 p. m.—The Guild of St. Mary, the Virgin (Altar Guild) will meet. SHORTER CHAPEL'S NOTES. Rev. Robert L. Pope, B. D. Pastor. Rev. John H. Bell, secretary of the Colored branch of the Y. M. C. A., will fill the pulpit tomorrow at the morning hour and the pastor will deliver a special sermon for the Colored branch of the Y. W. C. A. at the evening hour. The Y. W. C. A. will turn out in a body and a brief program will be rendered in connection with the sermon. At the close of our pastors sermon last Sunday the following persons united with Shorter: O. W. Glenn, Little Myra Glenn and Vernon Green, who accepted Christ as his Savior The Allen C. E. League held forth in the evening and the participants. Mrs. A. W. Ward, Miss Victoria Parker and Messrs. Hebert Williams and E. J. Norris simply lifted their audience out of its boots with their splendid renditions. The senior choir was on hand to make its contribution toward the delightfulness of the hour. Good for Mr. Brown and the League. The Stewardess Board and Sewing Circle held interesting meetings last week at the residences of Mrs. Alice Campbell and Mrs. Anna Hicks, and in each case the entertainment called forth its meed of praise. Plans for a "Better Babies Contest" were completed and Thursday evening, April 20th, was the date set for the popular affair. Watch for ad for details. Bishop J. Albert Johnson, resident Bishop of South Africa, and without almost an exception, the finest preacher of the race, will arrive in Denver March 16th for a two-weeks' visit to the state. While here, he will preach and deliver his celebrated lecture on Africa (illustrated) in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Boulder. This will afford a rare opportunity to get first-hand information about conditions in the Dark Continent. Our campaign to burn Shorter mortgage is now on and every loyal member will show his colors. Every captain has pledged to raise $100. If every member would give like you, would the $100 for your club be assured? PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN E. 23rd Ave. and Washington St. Pastor, J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T. B. Sermon topics, Sunday, Feb. 27; 11 a. m.—"The Inevitable Blood." 5 p. m.—"Christ and His Works." The Odd Fellows will observe Peter Ogdens day, Wednesday night, the 1st of March. The choir will lead in the singing of the National Hymn. Ladies of the Church will serve refreshments at the close of the exercises in the Chapel. All the members are reminded to have their subscription cards duly filled out for the ensuing Presbyte- COATS THAT HAVE BEEN MARKED TO SELL AT $25.00 TO $40.00 INCLUDED ARE FINE PLUSHES, BROADCLOTHS, NOVELTY CLOTHS, etc. $10.00 e Coats at $3.95 TO $12.50. UROYS, BOUCLES ENES. day $3.95 Joslin DRY GOODS CO. The club voted to hold Vesper service from 4 to 5 p. m. in the headquarters on Sunday. There were twenty-four present in the First Aid Class. Dr. Crump was instructor on Monday evening. The Central Y. W. C. A. will conduct the first Vesper serive at 4 p. m. next Sunday. All women and girls are invited. On Thursday evening of each week the Bible class with Miss Scott as teacher is held from 7 to 8. The Sewing class, Miss Benson teacher, from 8 to 9 and the Every Day English class from 9 to 9:30, Miss Hocking, teacher. On Saturday evening from 8 to 9 at the gymnasium of the "Rest and Recreation Rooms," the "gym" class meets. All activities except the gymnasium work is free to all members. The latter course is given to the members in fifteen lessons for one dollar additional to the membership. For membership for each year the women pay one dollar, the girls under 18 pays fifty cents yearly. The Association has something for every woman and girl. Come and join. Next Sunday at 8 p. m. a Y. W. C. A. service will be held in Shorter A. M. E. Church. On Monday evening Mrs. Ward will talk on "Life of Phyllis Wheatley." On Friday evening March 3, all Y. W. C. A. members are to attend this jubilee celebration at the Central Presbyterian Church. LYDIA C. SMITH WARD, President. Plymouth, N. C., Feb. 15.—W. D. Davis, 94 years old, thought he was lonely, and decided to take a fourth wife who was Mrs. Macon, 39 years old. By his other three wives Davis had thirty-three children. At the ceremony were twenty-six children and more than one hundred grand children. FOR RENT—3 houses at 2360 Tremont Place; 320 and 322 24th street. Call at the Colorado Statesmen office. 1824 Curtis street. Room 25. Walking distance—Rooming house, 12 rooms and barn, good money-maker, cheap rent. Call at Elite Drug Store, 21st and Arapahoe street. Bodies Found in Strange Places. Bodies Found in Strange Places. A strange find was made by some workmen recently while engaged on alterations on an old building in the center of Nuneaton, England. During the course of the work they unearthed beneath the floor a gravestone bearing the names of five people, some of whom died in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Sawed-Off Sermon. The average girl is more courageous than a puglist. She is usually ready to make a match with a man twice her size.-Indianaapolis Star. It's always hard for a man holding office to realize that the place used to be run without help and that it's going to be again. Never Ask for This. Bismethylaminotetraminoarsenobenzenehydrochloride contains 26.4 per cent of arsenic.-Cincinnati Enquirer. A bridge over the River Dee, in England, that was built in 1280 still is in use FOR THOSE FOND OF HONEY Missouri College of Agriculture Has Published Some Recipes That Will Be Found Useful. Brown Bread.—One-half cupful of honey, one and a half cupfuls of sour milk or buttermilk, three cupfuls of graham flour, one teaspoonful of soda. Nuts and raisins may be added if desired. Soft Gingerbread.—Half a cupful of sugar, one cupful of extracted honey (or sorghum), half a cupful of butter, one teaspoonful each of cloves, ginger and cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in one cupful of boiling water, two and a half cupfuls of flour. Add two well-beaten eggs the last thing before baking. Honey Muffins.—One pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, sifted four times; yolks of two eggs beaten lightly, one and a fourth cupfuls of cream. Beat thoroughly, then fold in lightly in the beaten whites of two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of extracted honey. Bake in muffin pans and serve white hot. WORTH KEEPING IN MIND Housekeeping Hints That It Would Be Well to Preserve for Future Reference. If the clock in a sick room annoyes the person place a glass shade over it. Water potatoes have been boiled in is excellent for cleaning stains from silver knives and forks. If washing greasy dishes, use a little ammonia in the water and, you will save soap and your hands. When washing cut glass add a little borax to the suds and rinse in clear water with few drops of bluing added, if you wish glass to sparkle like new. Patent leather shoes are successfully cleaned by removing all dirt, then wiping them with a soft cloth dipped in milk, polish them with a dry cloth. The milk is valuable in preserving and softening the leather. Apples pared, cored and set into a dish with sugar and water, to bake till tender, but not broken, are delicious served with custard poured over them. Buns. One pint milk, one ounce yeast, one half pound flour, one teaspoonful sugar; rub the flour through a sieve cream the yeast and sugar together and add lukewarm milk; strain this mixture into the flour and beat well. Cover the basin with paper and set in warm place (on the fender) to rise for one hour. In another basin put $1 \frac{1}{4}$ pounds of flour, one-quarter pound butter, two ounces candied peel, two eggs, one-quarter pound sultanas or currants, one-quarter pound sugar. When the sponge in the first basin has risen, beat in all the dry ingredients from the second basin with two eggs. Thoroughly mix and beat them for about five minutes. Set this sponge to rise again for about $1 \frac{1}{2}$ hours. Then shape the mixture into buns and bake on a greased tin for one-half hour. When cooked and while still hot brush them over with a little milk and sugar to glaze them. Fine-Grained Gake. Have mixing bowl warm and the child taken off the milk. Use finest grade granulated sugar. Use measuring cup and follow directions carefully. One third cupful butter, three-fouths cupful sugar, two eggs, one half cupful milk, one and one-half cupful bread flour sifted before measuring; return to sifter and add two teaspoonful cream tartar and one of soda. One teaspoonful lemon extract. Soften butter, add sugar and stir just enough to blend, add well-beaten eggs, and bear until light colored. Stir in milk, then sift in prepared flour and beat at least five minutes to make fine grained. Add flavoring, bake in a slow oven. Chocolate Rice Cream. Wash the rice (Carolina rice of good quality) and cook gently in milk with a piece of stick vanilla and some sugar until thoroughly swelled and tender. Remove the vanilla. When cool stir in enough cream to make the rice like a thickish, lumpy looking custard. Place in custard glasses and scatter powdered chocolate over. To four ounces of rice allow one and three-quarters pints of milk and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Use a double milk saucepan and cook long and slowly. To Prevent Cheese Hardening. The addition of a raw egg to the mixture of grated cheese and cream, for cheese wafers prevents the cheese from hardening when cold. My plan is slightly to butter crackers, or dip them in melted butter, place in pan and put a spoonful or more of the cheese mixture upon each one. Sprinkle with paprika and place in nected oven after turning off the gas. They are delicious hot, and are good cold, and can easily be reheated. Baked Sweet Potatoes With Cream. Steam four large sweet potatoes for ten minutes; take out and peel, slice lengthwise half an inch thick; put into baking pan, spread each slice with butter, sprinkle powdered sugar over them, pinch of salt, pour over half a cupful of cream. Set in oven to heat through. Cooking Hint. To prevent citron, raisins or currants from sinking to the bottom of your cake have them well warmed before adding them to the batter. A Double Confession By Frank E. Finch (Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman.) "I never imagined human nature could ever be like this," said Rev. John Saunders to Miss Mary, the matron at the Shelter society's headquarters. Miss Mary smiled upon him with the dignity of five and twenty years, four of which had been spent in the society's service. "I guess it's the same everywhere, Mr. Saunders," she answered lightly, mentally registering her pity that a young man of her own age should know so little of life. In fact, Mr. Saunders, who had come straight to the chaplain's post from the theological seminary, a month before, was, in comparison with herself, a child. Miss Mary had evinced a decided partiality for Rev. Mr. Saunders. He, himself, was not indifferent to her. In the secrecy of his heart he had even dared to dream things relating to a little home somewhere, when he got his coveted post in a small town, far from the noise of the lower East side. In this home, like a presiding genius, was enthroned Miss Mary Pagshaw, with a changed name. What Miss Mary thought must not be revealed. But she thought a good deal of him. "If I could advise it, Mr. Saunders," said Miss Mary, "I wouldn't be quite so eager to save these men's souls. They're pretty hardened, some of them. They want example more than breaching. Now there's 'Red' Larrigan. Five years ago, when he began coming here, he was a hardened drunkard. Now he—he works sometime. And he's quit swearing. Well, Mr. Harrison never spoke one word to him about salvation. 'Never mind his soul until its ready,' he used to say. 'We'll feed his body and show him the dif A Put Their Heads Together After the Meeting. ference in conditions by example. And any day he may come up to the mercy seat.' Well, Mr. Saunders, 'Red' Larrigan is a far different man from what he was, and, mark you, the day will come when you'll finish what Mr. Harrison began." She spoke with great earnestness, but the young clergyman was not convinced. He, too, had noticed a difference in Larrigan, even during that month. His heart was burning to pull this piece of human wreckage out of the mire. Then there was "Blister" Mike. Mike was a regular hobo who put into the mission during the winter and found subsistence in return for some very meager work at the wood-pile. On the next evening both these characters being in attendance, Mr. Saunders took the opportunity for a little private talk with each. The results were disconcerting. "Red" relapsed. He uttered an oath. "Five years I've been coming here, Mr. Saunders, and nobody never said a word about religion to me," he complained, greatly aggrieved. "I dunno what to make of it. Seems to me it ain't fair on a guy." And he ended with a threat, which he had no intention of carrying out, of transferring his patronage elsewhere. "Blister" listened with the same sense of a grievance, but Mr. Saunders got only vague promises out of him. He did not notice how the two down-and-outs put their heads together after the meeting, while they supped their coffee and munched the slabs of bread and butter with which the mission provided them. It was some days later that Mr. Saunders was amazed, after the service, to receive a voluntary visit from "Blister." "Yes, my dear fellow, what can I do for you?" he inquired, laying his hand upon the hobo's shoulder. "I want to tell you, mister, your words went straight to my heart," said "Blister." "And it made me feel what you said—we got to square ourselves. I'm wanted in Chicago." "Wanted, Blister—I mean Mike?" "Bigamy," said "Blister" laconically. "You have committed bigamy?" "And arson. That's what they "And arson. That's what they called it. I burned down our home to get rid of my old woman. She beat it. Else it would have been murder as well." "Dear me!" muttered the young man, staring hopelessly at the trampa "My dear fellow, you—of course you're going to give yourself up to the police." "Police?" shouted "Blister." "If I wanted to do that I could have done it any time the last three years. No, what I want is to get square, to be forgiven." For half an hour Mr. Saunders pleaded with him in vain. "Blister" apparently had no intention of paying the penalty of his crimes, and at last stalked off in a huff—to admit "Red." "Mr. Saunders," "Red" began, "I been thinking over your words about getting square, and I want to tell you something that's been preying on my mind for years." "Red" could talk quite well if he tried to. "Four years ago I killed a man!" "Killed a man!" echoed the young minister, staring at this new confidant in absolute horror. "Yep, in Chicago," said "Red." "It was while I was engaged in a little private affair—well, sir, a burglar. He was an old guy, too, turned eighty, I believe. I smashed his head in with my jimmy. He shouldn't have interfered, at his age, unless he'd had a thicker head. But, Mister Saunders, his last look has haunted me to my dying day. I want to get square." John Saunders placed both his hands on "Red's" shoulders and looked him earnestly in the eyes. "There is only one way in which you can square and make atonement for your past," he said. "I knew it!" shouted "Red" exultantly. "Name it. I'll do it." "I will pay your fare back to Chicago," answered the clergyman. "Red's" jaw dropped. "What in blazes would I want to go back to Chicago for?" he asked. "I had trouble enough getting away." To give yourself up and satisfy the law," said Mr. Saunders. "That is the only way in which you can square yourself." "I won't, I tell you," shouted "Red." "And you won't snitch on me, neither. I come to you and told you that in confidence. I come to you to get square and you want to kill me!" And he flung himself out of the clergyman's presence, leaving Mr. Saunders white and shaking. All that night he thought over his predicament. Here were two of his flock, one a murderer, the other with two atrocious crimes unpunished. Both were repentant; neither was willing to pay the price of forgiveness. What should he do? Could he betray them?" He was too sick to get up that morning. In the afternoon he rose and dressed; just as he had completed his toilet there came a tap at the door and Miss Mary stood revealed, carrying a tray on which a hot lunch was smoking. "I was afraid you were ill, Mr. Saunders, when you didn't come down to breakfast," she explained. "I hope it is nothing much?" In spite of the weight upon the young man's mind he could not help thinking that he would like to catch this vision and keep her to be his for ever. Miss Mary set down the tray and came toward him, holding out her hands impulsively. "You are in trouble," she said. "Tell me what it is." He told her, sick and trembling. When he had finished he asked for her advice. But to his amazement Miss Mary was actually smiling—smiling, while the tears stood in her eyes. "Oh Mr. Saunders!" she exclaimed. "You didn't believe a word those two dreadful liars said? Why. I saw them plotting together last night. They are both highly respectable men, of their kind, except for drink and shiftlessness. Mr. Saunders, they wanted to give you something to occupy your mind, that's all. They tried that trick with Mr. Harrison once. You speak to them and you'll find out." The young man gasped. "Are you sure, Miss Mary?" he demanded, seizing her hands again. "Dead sure," she answered. And suddenly a silence fell between them. "Miss Mary," said John in an altered voice. "I am a fool. I need someone to look after me. Will you—won't you—will you try, dear?" And Miss Mary promised that she would. Say "Women;" Not "Ladies." Don't say "ladies," please; don't draw that distinction. Ladies belong to the past; the Victorian period saw the last of them, writes Jane Cowl in the Washington Times. Modern womanhood is something nobler, and it has for its ideal, "sisterhood," the equality of women without class distinction; that is the new note in our life. Women, the world over, have come to recognize their duties toward each other. The fine lady is no longer respected for merely being a fine lady; she is more honored for what she does for the poor, unfortunate members of her sex. The finest women in our great, glorious land have reached out and given a helping hand to unhappy girls like Ellen Neal in "Common Clay." A new spirit of sisterly love prevails among all women, which is to do great things for civilization in the future. In the Vernacular. "You say Mr. Dubwaite was detained in town last night by business?" asked the visitor. "Yes," replied Mrs. Dubwaite, in a slightly sarcastic tone. "Business of trying to look pleasant when his strongest card was a two-spot." the farm," but "Stay on the farm." The belief of all the government students of agricultural conditions in the United States is that if the farming industry be made increasingly profitable and that if conditions of farm life be bettered the "Back to the farm" movement will take care of itself. In other words, the magnet will be on the farm and it will draw to itself the dwellers in the cities who are ambitious to better their condition. Secretary Houston was asked by your correspondent to give a message to those who are engaged in a comprehensive plan to show the boys of their communities that it is advisable to stay on the farm instead of leaving it to go to the hurly-burly and uncertainty of city life. Mr. Houston spoke feelingly on the subject. He combined a statement of what is being done by the federal and state governments to give the farming life holding qualities, with a message on the growing opportunities for young men to make a signal success of agricultural occupations. "It is not so much a problem of bringing young men back to the farm as it is one of so improving agricultural conditions and rural life as to make it clear to the young men that they will be better off in the long run by staying where they are than by going elsewhere. "The great problem confronting the nation is how to make agriculture profitable and the rural life comfortable, attractive and healthful." "If we successfully attack that problem we shall be relieved of the necessity of talking so much about staying on the farm or of going back to the farm. All the efforts of land-grant colleges and of this department are directed to this end. The agencies are becoming consolidated in the extent and efficiency of machinery, and financial support has been forthcoming from the states and the nation, which combined are spending at present $60,000,000 a year through the land-grant colleges and the state and federal departments of agriculture for the improvement of agricultural and rural life. "The aim is to increase production through plant and animal breeding, better cultural methods, eradication or control of plant and animal diseases which are costing hundreds of millions a year; to study newer problems in agriculture; to improve distribution, especially marketing, and to develop community co-operation and teamwork with a view to the better standardization and handling of products and a fuller knowledge of markets and market conditions and the transportation of products—in short, a better organization of rural life. "In the interest of the young people we are organizing a large number of agricultural clubs, canning clubs, poultry clubs, corn clubs, hog clubs, and so on. The work is being promoted by the demonstration force, now a co-operative machinery under the joint support of land-grant colleges and the federal department." "In many counties throughout the country there are county agents whose duty it is to work with the farmers on the farms for the improvement of agricultural conditions as they affect production and distribution. Under the Smith-Lever act the states and the nation together will be expending in seven years $9,000,000 yearly for this extension of agricultural education. "It seems reasonably clear with the natural opportunities we have and with the improvements made by the farmers supplementing these agencies, that the opportunities for young men to make a success in farming will be increased gradually, and that now outside of the actual business of farming there is a loud call for leaders of all these enterprises in rural districts. "I see no reason why an aspiring country boy should not direct his attention to the opportunities presented in this great field of effort rather than to those of the other industrial offerings presented by city life." Secretary Houston spoke strongly of three factors of the problem of how to keep young men on the farm. They are good rural schools, first-class country roads and a more attractive social life. Schools and a brightening of the social life are wholly state and community problems. In the matter of the improvement of roads the federal government has a voice and power. The secretary has a heartfelt interest in the solution of the rural-school problem. He believes, as others believe with him, that the boy and girl in the country should have the same opportunities for education that are given to the boy and girl of the city. The lack of proper educational facilities in country districts, he believes, has sent many ambitious parents away from the farms to the cities in order to give their children the advantages which the schools of the large centers afford. "Better Off On the Farm" An interview with Secretary of Agriculture David F Houston by Edward B. Clark the farm," but "Stay on the farm." The students of agricultural conditions in the Urdu industry be made increasingly profitable and be bettered the "Back to the farm" movement other words, the magnet will be on the far dwellers in the cities who are ambitious to Secretary Houston was asked by your to those who are engaged in a comprehensive communities that it is advisable to stay on to go to the hurly-burly and uncertainty of feelingly on the subject. He combined a by the federal and state governments to give ties, with a message on the growing opportunity a signal success of agricultural occupation. "It is not so much a problem of bringing as it is one of so improving agricultural make it clear to the young men that they will by staying where they are than by going to the great problem confronting the nature profitable and the rural life comfortable. "If we successfully attack that problem necessity of talking so much about staying to the farm. All the efforts of land-grant are directed to this end. The agencies are extent and efficiency of machinery, and for coming from the states and the nation, we present $60,000,000 a year through the land and federal departments of agriculture for turai and rural life. "The aim is to increase production thing, better cultural methods, eradication of diseases which are costing hundreds of m problems in agriculture; to improve distribution to develop community co-operation and team standardization and handling of products in kets and market conditions and the transp a better organization of rural life. "In the interest of the young people we of agricultural clubs, canning clubs, poultry and so on. The work is being promoted by co-operative machinery under the joint sup the federal department. "In many counties throughout the country whose duty it is to work with the farmers ment of agricultural conditions as they aff Under the Smith-Lever act the states are expending in seven years $9,000,000 yearlural education. "It seems reasonably clear with the nation with the improvements made by the farmer that the opportunities for young men to be increased gradually, and that now our farming there is a loud call for leaders of districts. "I see no reason why an aspiring concern to the opportunities presented in than to those of the other industrial offering. Secretary Houston spoke strongly of how to keep young men on the farm. The class country roads and a more attractive seening of the social life are wholly state and matter of the improvement of roads the and power. The secretary has a heartfelt interest school problem. He believes, as others belgirl in the country should have the same are given to the boy and girl of the city. facilities in country districts, he believes, ha away from the farms to the cities in order tages which the schools of the large center THE CITY OFFERS FEW ADVANTAGES Chicago Banker Gives Some Sound Advice to Young Men and Women. SHOWS RURAL OPPORTUNITY Farmer Has Greater Possibility of Comfort in Old Age, With More Wholesome Pleasure and Real Cultivation. (By FREDERICK H. RAWSON, President Union Trust Co., Chicago.) UNLESS the young man is specially trained by education and practice for some particular kind of work to be found in the city, or has capital to be invested in some legitimate enterprise, he will be better off in the country or small town. Cities are all overcrowded. Jobs in all ordinary lines of industry are scarce because there are generally more job-hunters than jobs. With so much competition for work, labor is cheap and wages are low. It costs much more to live in the city than in the country. If a man receives low wages he must find shelter in low-class lodgings—crowded, dirty, garretlike places in poor neighborhoods where fresh air is at a premium and the constant noise maddening. He cannot buy good, nourishing food but must get along on what he can afford to buy. Consequently his health suffers. He cannot afford to buy clothing of good quality, so he must wear shoddy. He can save nothing out of small earnings, so sickness or any other emergency need for funds finds nim in serious circumstances. And to live as he must live is a constant invitation to sickness. City Pleasure False. There seems to be an impression in the country that life in the city is one continual round of entertain- It should and doubtless does go without saying that David Franklin Houston, secretary of agriculture, is interested deeply in the solution of the problem of how to keep the young men of the country on the farm Mr. Houston, like many others who have given careful study to the situation, declares that the cry should not be "Back to The belief of all the government stu- te United States is that if the farming stable and that if conditions of farm life movement will take care of itself. In the farm and it will draw to itself the ous to better their condition. Your correspondent to give a message essential plan to show the boys of their stay on the farm instead of leaving it unity of city life. Mr. Houston spoke a statement of what is being done to give the farming life holding quali- opportunities for young men to make oations. Bringing young men back to the farm natural conditions and rural life as to they will be better off in the long run going elsewhere. For the nation is how to make agricul- fortable, attractive and healthful. In problem we shall be relieved of the staying on the farm or of going back grant colleges and of this department ties are becoming consolidated in the and financial support has been forth- ing, which combined are spending at the land-grant colleges and the state ure for the improvement of agricul- tion through plant and animal breed- ation or control of plant and animal of millions a year; to study newer distribution, especially marketing, and and teamwork with a view to the better ducts and a fuller knowledge of mart- transportation of products—in short, people we are organizing a large number poultry clubs, corn clubs, hog clubs, ted by the demonstration force, now a nt support of land-grant colleges and the country there are county agents farmers on the farms for the improve- ey affect production and distribution. States and the nation together will be yearly for this extension of agricul- the natural opportunities we have and farmers supplementing these agencies, on to make a success in farming will now outside of the actual business of orders of all these enterprises in rural long country boy should not direct his student in this great field of effort rather offerings presented by city life." Only of three factors of the problem of They are good rural schools, first- tive social life. Schools and a bright- ate and community problems. In the the federal government has a voice interest in the solution of the rural- ers believe with him, that the boy and same opportunities for education that city. The lack of proper educational lives, has sent many ambitious parents order to give their children the advancenters afford. ment and pleasure. All such so-called pleasure is expensive and all of it becomes quickly tiresome. There is the saloon, the low-class moving picture show and the dive, as forms of entertainment not found in a majority of small towns. But in the city men who cannot afford better things have a tendency to drift to these places and get acquainted with people and habits that wreck character. City entertainment is false, artificial. I have been up in the Dakotas quite a bit. I have found that farmers and small town people usually are better read than the average city person—better informed about worth-while things than I am. They get good newspapers and good magazines in the rural communities. They can hear the world's finest music on the phonograph. They get as much dramatic entertainment as the majority of city people get, for in every village and town there is at least one moving picture show. They are always within a few hours of the city's rush and bang, for the express train and electric interurban limited penetrate every corner of the nation. The Unwary Girl. And the young woman who wants to the city? It is much harder for her to get along than for the young man. Wages for women in the industries are very low and jobs are scarce. Decent living conditions are beyond her reach unless she gets good pay. Pitfalls for the unwary or unfortunate young woman are everywhere. Even if the girl must work as a domestic back in the home town she gets as much pay likely as she can get without special training in the city. Living conditions are healthful, physically and morally, in the rural community. Recently I watched a large crowd of girl workers enter a factory. Nearly every one wore those high French heeled shoes. I venture not one had a bank savings account. Suppose one of those girls gets sick, or the factory shuts down. What can she do? The whole nation will be vastly better off when our young men and young women of the small towns-I include cities of ten thousand population in this description-decide to make the most of opportunity at home. Mixed Carnations That Bloom the First Summer. START SEEDS IN HOTBED By L. M. BENNINGTON. Flower seeds which will have to be started either in the house or in hotbeds are as follows: One package mixed verbenas. One package salvia splendens. One-eighth ounce mixed pansies. One package mixed double petunias. One package heliotrope. One package mixed geraniums. One package mixed geraniums. One package hardy garden pinks, mixed. One package coleus. One package cobea scandens (climber), mixed. One package mixed carnations that bloom the first summer. One package begonia Vernon. One package mixed canna seed. These should be cut at one end one-sixteenth of an inch and soaked in warm water 24 hours and sowed in February in the house. You will not fall to be extremely pleased with the result. This list, of course, may be shortened or increased according to the size of flower bed or garden, but these flowers I consider the best varieties for a really useful and handsome showing. They can all be picked and used for decoration, and the more you pick the more you may, for picking the flowers does the plants good, and you and your friends will be benefited. SOME EASILY-MADE BEDS By EBEN E. REXFORD. Personally, I am not much of an admirer of carpet or ribbon bedding or the "designs" which the enthusiastic amateur gardener attempts, but is pretty sure to abandon later in the season, because he discovers that designs work out unsatisfactorily in annuals. The fact is, carpet bedding plans are not only effective when such foliage plants, as the coelus, archyranhes, centurea, pyretrum and alternanthera are used, because they can be kept within their proper limits by shearing and pruning, while the annuals have too much sprawl to be tractable, and very few kinds give a sufficient mass of blooms to produce the desired color effect. We are likely to think that because a plant has yellow, red or blue flowers, that it will prove effective wherever these colors are desired, but we lose sight of the fact that the flowers will be so few in number and so far apart that there is seldom any solid color effect such as is necessary in properly working out patterns. This being the case, only the sim- THE GATE Where Nature Left Little for the Landscape Gardener to Do. One package coleus. pler designs should be attempted with annuals, and only such effects aimed at, as can be produced by contrast in which harmony plays an important part. Ribbon beds are easiest of all to make. Very pleasing ones can be made with pink, pale-yellow and white Philox Drummondi, planted in rows. If darker colors are preferred, the scarlet and crimson can be used, always combining them with white to give the necessary contrast and relief. Do not use the soft, delicate colors with the stronger tones, as there is a lack of harmony between them. Asters can be planted in rows of white and lavender, with very pleasing results, provided the same kind is used in each row. If we were to use the tall, branching variety in one row and dwarfs in another, the effect would be unsatisfactory, though the tall-growing sorts could be used in three rows, one each of the colors named, with the dwarfs as an edging or border, with very good results. Ribbon beds would become monotonously tiresome if we were to confine ourselves to them, therefore it is advisable to have something else for a change. Next to them the circular bed is easiest to make. I would not advise too many colors. Have the center of one color—say lavender, if asters are used, then a row of pale pink with white in the outside row. This arrangement of colors can be varied to suit individual taste. If sweet alyssum or white candytuft is used as an edging, the effect is heightened, as these plants bring a mass of foliage and bloom down to the ground, and hide the tall stalks of the asters. A very brilliant combination is made by filling the center of a circular bed with calliopsis, and the softer shade of the same color in the phlox is charming. If another color seems advisable, use pink phlox. This harmonizes beautifully with the stronger tones of the calliopsis. The center of a circular bed can be filled with scarlet salvia, with nasturtiums as a border. The contrast between the fiery scarlet and the rich tones of yellow and orange and sulphur found in the latter plant, is exceedingly lovely, while the pea-green foliage of the nasturtium affords just the right amount of that color to bring into strong relief the blossoms of both plants. Such a bed anyone can make with very little trouble. Look to it that the ditches and drains are in good order. AeA A INEST So INS PTE SL 2 | CEA BIND TS Pedy iD ne oe Bqueeze a laugh from ft Instead of a = MEXICAN DISHES. Some of these tasty dishes will ap peal to the taste of the average diner. 0 Pepper Soup— i =f Take eight large Mm Bl chili peppers, re- NL cramtlI SG snore "tho soca i | a fh })) and veins and put hi Ki] pulp through a Hh fi i colander, after edi cooking until ten — der. To this add an ecill, | f wa a cupful of boiled rice, mashed smooth. Season highly with tabasco and salt. Beat one egg with a half cupful of cream“and add it to a quart of milk, heated hot. Combine mixtures and let boil up once; pour over toasted Squares of bread and serve immedi. ately. Tomato and Cheese Salad.—Take large, ripe tomatoes, peel and cut in half, lay on a bed of heart leaves of lettuce. Roll cream cheese, well sea soned, with butter paddies into balls. Lay two or three on each tomato slice, cover with mayonnaise and serve sprinkled with paprika. Baked Chicken a Ia Mexican— Steam 20 minutes two young chickens, then cut up as for fricassee. Strain a can of tomatoes and mix with a can of corn; add one green pepper chopped fine, a littie parsley, cayenne pepper and paprika. Put the chicker into this mixture and thicken witt bread crumbs. Bake in an earther dish with lumps of butter over the top Bake half an hour. Fried Peppers With Cheese— Choose large, green chilis and bliste: them in the oven until they peel eas ily. Cut open, rethove the seeds anc veins and wrap it around a piece o strong cheese. Fry in good, swee' lard or better, olive oil. Prepare : sauce of browned butter, flour and flavor of garlic to pour over the pep pers when ready to serve. Chili Con Carne—aA dozen fres! chilies or the dry ones soaked; pre Pare as usual, put through a grinder Cut in pieces a pound of beef or pork brown in hot fat, then add a clove o garlic, an onion, cut fine, then add : tablespoonful of flour and the chili Simmer ten minutes; add more wate if necessary and serve. THE DELICIOUS RAISIN. In days of old the popular superst!- tion in regard to raisins was that {f a eaten raw they caused se @ fits in children. This ides estepge still clings to many, as [S73 %% occasionally read an [FEA article which says not te /)j;¥m==em feed raisins to children LH = Small children should = not eat any tough Se, skinned fruit as they do ———_ not masticate it and it year nacre re [se y= = disturbances, but after the child has teeth and is taught to use them prop. erly there can be no reason that a few raisins now and then should not be a benefit. Raisifis have a decided medicinal value, as they have a laxative effect, but for those who have trouble in digesting them they are best steamed or cooked in bread, when the skin is softened and made easier of mastica- tion. ‘The English people should teach us the proper value of the raisin as they eat six peunds per capita while we eat one. Raisin Sandwiches.—Chop fine one cupful of raisins with a cupful of nuts, pecans or walnuts, mix with whipped cream, a dash of salt and spread on thin slices of buttered bread. Prepare only a short while before serving and the raisins are better and more dt gestible if steamed before using. Raisins with bread and butter make the finest kind of a lunch when tray: eling, and are always. ready to take. A delicious little cake to serve with tea in the afternoon is the marguarite. ‘Take emall round wafers and heap on thom the whipped white of an egg. with two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, a tablespoonful of chopped nuts and two of chopped raisins steamed Put into the oven and bake until well puffed up and brown, Raisin pie is so delicious we should serve {fgoften and it is not more ex- pensive than many ordinary ple fill- ings. Stir together a cupful of water. ‘a tablespoonful of cornstarch and a cupful of sugar, two tublespoonfuls of butter, add the grated rind of a lemon. the juice, and a cupful of chopped raisins. Cook this until smooth and thick, cool, then bake with two crusts. Just Split the Difference. In a jury trial in a small town not many miles from civilization the rural gentlemen into whose hands the case of the plaintiff and defendant was placed were so stubbornly divided that they were some twenty-odd hours in reaching a verdict. As they left the court, after having rendered the verdict, one of them was asked by 0 friend what the trouble was. “Waal,” he sad, “six on ‘em wanted to give the plaintiff $4,000. and six on ‘em wanted to give him $3,000, 8o we split the dif- ference an’ give him $500.” BRITISH LINER IS TAKEN BY RAIDER 206 CAPTIVES ABOARD Wextern Newspaper Union News Service, London, Feb. 24.—A dispatch re- ceived from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, Canary Islands, says the British steamer Westburn has put in there for repairs, flying the German fing, and with a prize crew of seven men and one officer. The officer is believed to belong to the German raider Moewe. In addi- tion to her own crew there are 206 prisoners taken from various British vessels, on the Westburn. The West- burn left Liverpool Jan. 21 for Buenos Aires, The Westburn is a vessel of 3,500 tons. She was built in 1893 and is owned by J. Westall of Sunder- land. ‘The prisoners on board came from the British steamers Flamenco, Hor- ace, Clan MacTavish and Cambridge, the British bark Edinburgh and the Belgian steamer Luxembourg. ‘The Westburn, after her departure, from Liverpool, was last reported as passing St. Vincent, Cape Verde, Feb. 4, The Flamenco left Newport, Eng: | land, for Valparaiso, Jan. 21, and the Horace left Buenos Aires, Jan. 26, for Liver} ool, ‘The Luxembourg was on a voyage from Newport for Buenos Aires, hay- ing departed for the South American port Jan, 18, The bark Edinburgh | sailed from Rangoon, India, Sept. 22, | for Liverpool. The Luxembourg and | the Fiamenco had been placed on the ‘overdue list. The Cambridge cannot be identified, The fact that the steamer Westburn has, among the prisoners on board men from the British steamer Clan MacTavish, which was sunk after ar exciting battle by the German raider Moewe off the coast of Africa in Jan ‘uary, seemingly would indicate that the Flamenco, Horace, Edinburgh an¢ Luxembourg had met a similar fate ‘The Luxembourg and Flamenco aré the largest of the vessels mentionet in the London dispatch. Both o them carry passengers. PARTY WAYLAID IN CANON. Thirty Yaqui Indians Murder Guards in Pack Train Fight. Douglas, Ariz—A pack train en route to a mine near Toniche, Sonora, 250 miles south of Douglas, was at- tacked two weeks ago by a band of thirty Yaqui Indians and three men guarding the train were Killed before the Indians were driven off, say per- sons arriving at Douglas from Tont- che. The attack occurred in a cafion. Residents of Toniche and San Anto- to, a nearby mining camp, later drove the Indians from the district after a day's fighting. Hurl 280,000 Men Against French, London, Feb. 24.—Troops belonging to seven German army corps, under Crown Prince Frederick William, are engaged along a twenty-five-mile front north of Verdun in a desperate effort to drive back the French defending forces, probably with the capture of the great fortress of Verdun in view. About 280,000 men are in the German arive. VILLA CRUSHES CAVAZOS ARMY. Carranza General Retreats to Capital With Fifteen Men After Battle Ne tee OO eT El Paso, Tex—Reports reaching the border Wednesday tended to confirm a previous statement to the effect that Gen, Cavazos sustained an over- whelming defeat in western Chihua- hua at the hands of Gen. Francisco Villa, Reports were that Cavazos’ force of 309 surrendered to Villa with- out a shot and joined the rebels. Ca- vazos, it was sald, retreated to the capital with fifteen men, It was also said that 700 Carranza troops have been hurried out of Chihuahua along the railroad to Minaca and that more are to be sent. Official dispatches received at the Mexican consulate stated that Fran- cisco Lagos Chazaro, the last Conven- tionalist President, has offered the un- conditional surrender of the remnant of his forces, The place at which the alleged surrender was offered was not designated in the dispatches. ‘The un- conditional surrender of the Zapata general, Novou, with 200 followers, was also reported, Senate to Confirm Fletcher. Washington.—Henry Prather Fletch- er's nomination as ambassador to Mexico was’ ordered reported to the Senate by the foreign relations com- mittee with the recommendation that ft be confirmed, Brewster Accepts Maine Bishopric. Portland, Maine———The Rev. Ben- jamin Brewster, missionary bishop of western Colorado, in a letter, accepted his election as bishop of the Protes tant Episcopal diecese of Maine. andl FSS TP 9, Pe Pe mee Preah rss 7 WU ics 3 | ee Museum Exhibit Shows How Felt Hats Are Made Wa ern AL of us mean hats, and many of us what are known as felt hats, but how many know that they are made of fur or the differ- ence between a soft felt and a stiff one? One of the latest exhibits in the on eS Sig enue are ete Be and finished products shown, into a tangible story. In the manufacture of one of the most popular brands of American hats the fur of North American beaver, South American nutria, Saxony hare, and English and Scotch coney are used. When the pelts of these animals are received at the factory they are first washed with whale-oil soap, after which the long, coarse hairs are re- moved, since they would tend to make the felt too rough. The skins are then treated with nitrate of mercury, a process called “carroting,” which gives the fur its “felting properties,” making {t knot together when hot water and pressure are applied. The skins are then brushed by a machine which removes all the dust and other foreign substances. Having been brushed the skin next goes to a cutting machine, where revolving shears strip away the fur, cutting it so close that it appears to have been shaved off. ‘When the fur has been properly seasoned, it is mixed in certain propor- tions to produce the desired texture and color. A certain amount of fur is then weighed out, according to the weight of the hat to be made, and blown upon a copper cone perforated with many thousand tiny hvles, so that it looks like a sieve. The cone fs about three feet in height, and as wide at the base. Au exhaust fan operates inside and below the cone. The air passes through the openings, but the fine particles of fur stick and cover the whole surface. The cone holding the film of fur ts inclosed in a snugly fitting Jacket and lowered into a vat of boiling water. This develops the felting properties of the fur, the particles of which mat and lock together, enabling the thin, delicate film of wet fur to be lifted from the cone. The resulting cone of fur is a very delicate embryo hat, except as to size; in that respect it might be the hat for a giant. A bundle of about twelve of these large forms is rolled in a wet condition until the fibers knit together slightly, giving the hats hardness and strength. Then they are put into a sizzling kettle, where they are shrunk in hot water, beaten, and manipulated until they are between ten and fourteen inches in diameter. Each hat is then stretched, pulled and blocked with the aid of hot water until it takes the form of a regular hat with crown and brim, ‘The museum exhibit includes five cases, one containing the different raw and prepared materials, one the hats in the process of manvfacture, one each the leather and silk trimmings, and the last containing many styles of finished hats for our own and for export trade. Amusing Incident at a White House Reception PE OLIVER LA GORCE, one of bes aa of the National Geographic Magazine, is a most imposing-looking individual. At a recent White House reception he was one of a small party, including one Val Ridsdale, whose real army officer in great coils of dress uniform placed his arm across the open door and asked with frigid air: “Have you entree here?” | And then John Oliver La Gorce seemed to be translated to a great height, and looking down upon that young lieutenant he replied with scorn that licked up that officer as a prairie fire licks up the dry grass in early autumn. He drew back a trifle, and, with the tone of voice one would expect a Roman emperor to use when an Appian wsy traffic cop stopped his chariot, said: “Certainly.” The army officer's arm dropped as if a lightning bolt had withered it, and he mumbled something. The La Gorce procession swept in. | And’ then came along Mr. Ridsdale, who saw his buddy John Oliver booming onward into the quiet of the blue room. He, too, approached the army officer, who had recovered his stony countenance in time to ask again: “Have you entree here?” Ridsdale paused a moment and then made a gesture toward John Oliver. “I am one of his excellency's suite,” he said. And again the lieutenant withered and the arm came down. pee 7 7 a f Briton Finds Washington Most Beautiful City “N° YOU know that I believe Washington is the most beautiful city in the world,” and a recent English visitor, evidently very much surprised at having to make the admission, came to a dead stop at the intersection of emncede this superiority in municipal beauty to an American city. If not already 80, Washington is rapidly becoming the fairest city in the world, and its well-laid design sets it easily in line for the premier position it will soon hold without question. The landscape gardening of a city has now come to be regarded as one of the most potent factors in its beautifi cation, To the late-George Hay Brown, for fifty years landscape gardener of Washington, is largely due the splenild showing of trees which makes the city without question the best shated in the world. After Mr. Brown’s death, five years ago, a civil service examination was held for the post of landscape architect. Thera were over seventy appli- cants examined. Georgo Burnap, then professor of landscape design in Cor- nell university, won the position. He is an enthusiast in his profession and talks of the possibility of Washington's becoming the city beautiful of the ‘world as a matter to be looked forward to with certainty. “It 18 a more promising fleld for landscape architecture than any other city,” he said. “Thanks to its early designers, its skeleton lines are right. “Our main trouble is lack of means. The lack of a practical realization by those who govern expenditures that landscape gardening on a scale com- mensurate with the growth and importance of the capital of the United States, requires adequate financial support is a serious handicap to those who wish Washington to make rapid advancement as a modern and model city. We are, however, working slowly along the best lines in landscape ‘erehitecture and have accomplished some things that are gratitving.” eS cor es Faery ke re eGR are, eee este Oem r etree in aes was a crowded reception and John Oliver panted for space to spread him- self, Over on the right was the little blue room with only a few persons in It, and John Oliver, little dreaming that it was a place to segregate a select few for special reasons, began moving toward the door accompanied by one of the ladies. He was a grand sight! At the door of the blue room an y gd EXTRAW- Ce ng THAR i.e che en eee es eles anal SN SF Steg errs Tt Ss concede this superiority in municipal | If not already so, Washington is r world, and its well-laid design sets it it will soon hold without question. 1 now come to be regarded as one of t cation. To the late-George Hay Brown, Washington, is largely due the splen4 city without question the best shaded | After Mr. Brown's death, five year held for the post of landscape archit cants examined. George Burnap, then nell university, won the position. He talks of the possibility of Washington ‘world as a matter to be looked forwar MBPT *SION Of LEXLUOS:OD TUS NSUONRS In seum shows clearly just how such hats are made—from the fur to the finished product—and includes many of the latest and most popular styles ready to wear, as well as special shapes manufactured for particular foreign markets. The exhibit is accompanied with photographs illustrating scenes in the factory of one of the largest and best-known American hat manu- facturers. These enable the observer Oe a a a eae me eS se LD FREFARED 1U DU ALL KINDS OF Commercial, Fraternal, - Church, Book and | Stationery Jobs ———————__ 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 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 | on fe} er | GRE a EP a OS “Kes r det ee — Massachusetts avenue and Sixteenth street. Behind him and in front of the five-mile stretch of linden trees lining this avenue made a seemingly endless pleached walk for as far as the eye could reach in both directions; the White House completed the lovely vista on the south, and at that twilight hour North Sixteenth street presented ite best aspect of green and gracious affluence. “It is very extraordinary,” mur- mured the Briton, as though loth to beauty to an American city. apidly becoming the fairest city in the easily in line for the premier position the landscape gardening of a city has he most potent factors in its beautifi- for fifty years landscape gardener of id showing of trees which makes the in the world. ‘8 4g0, a civil service examination was ect. Thera were over seventy appli- professor of landscape design in Cor- is an enthusiast in his profession and 1's becoming the city beautiful of the d to with certainty. landscape architecture than any other PHONE CHAMPA 2077 E. V. Cammel, PRES. @ MGR. You Will Be Delighted With Little Things That Count LA CURTIS M. HARRIS Assistant Manager and Funeral Di OFFICE AND PARLORS FERN 2711 W Can be rented for Private or Pub of any nature, with latest first-ch Phone Hall can be rented Thursday night night R. L. Phynix Socia Ladies Free. Weatherh TELEPHO M. HARRIS Auto for Manager and Funeral Director PARLORS 2807 WELTON ST. FERN HALL 2711 Welton Street for Private or Public Parties. Dances o with latest first-class accommodation. E. V. Cammel, PRES. & MGR. You Will Be Delighted With Our Service As We Look After The Little Things That Count LADY ATTENDANT. CURTIS M. HARRIS Auto for Hire Assistant Manager and Funeral Director OFFICE AND PARLORS 2807 WELTON ST. DENVER FERN HALL 2711 Welton Street Can be rented for Private or Public Parties. Dances or Gatherings of any nature, with latest first-class accommodation. Phone Main 2860 Hall can be rented Thursday night. When not rented Thursday. night R. L. Phynix Social Dance. 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Walker's toilet requisites. DAY OR NIGHT Q Designed for the Coming Summer If the number of new models in separate skirts indicates the demand for them, the American woman continues unswervingly loyal to a garment that her judgment has approved for years. Her loyalty appears to have grown into enthusiasm this spring. It is evident that the separate skirt flourishes since it has come within the influences that nourish sports clothes. Light weight woolen fabrics and cottons of special weaves—including corduroys—are indicated in the styles now on display, as the fabrics that will endure throughout the spring and summer seasons for making these more than ever popular garments. Stripes, large and small checks, crossbars and novel weaves, showing strong color contrasts in mixtures, have eclipsed plain cloths. Stripes are handled with originality and cleverness. These and cross-bar materials are rarely cut on the straight of the goods but so managed Designed for the A plain little everyday dress or corded madras, designed for wear in the coming summer, presents little novelty as to cut but reflects a feature or two of the styles for spring. These are seen in the tightening and lifting of the belt, in the suggestion of a square opening at the neck and in the introduction of a bit of hemstitching. Every mother who makes her children's clothes is familiar with the advantages of this pattern in which the short sleeves are cut in one place with the garment. Using for it the ordinary garies which make up the daily wear of 'little folks—chambrays, gingham, been, etc.—it is possible to vary the dresses by varying the details of finishing. Combinations of striped and plain materials, the use of bright butons, outline embroidery and the introduction of ornamental stitches in loose yarns are much in evidence on the model dresses already on display. A variety of pockets put on in a variety of positions attest to the resourcefulness of designers in their attempts to give each dress individuality. --- that seams are on the diagonal. A few skirts are cut with several gores and the stripes matched in points at the seams. In spite of the prevalent fullness many of these skirts are smooth fitting about the hips, cut on a circular pattern that gives them ample width at the bottom and a full ripple below the hips. The skirt shown above is made of a light weight woolen cloth in gray with white cross bar. The seam down the front is cut on the diagonal with bars carefully matched. Fullness is introduced at each side by two plaits and at the back by a triple boxplait. The double belt and the facing at the bottom are of the same material as the skirt. These skirts are worn with short belted coats in a plain color and with silk or lingerie blouses. In time lost and medical attention the wage-earners of this country have an annual sick bill of $650,000,000. Coming Summer The dress as pictured here for the girl of five is perfectly plain except for a shaped band of white, let in at the neck with hemstitching. The belt is provided at each end with a button hole which slips over a flat pearl button at each side of the front. Developed for a smaller child the belt is emitted and a pair of pockets set to the front may be ornamented with a duckling or rabbit, or some other of the fascinations the earth holds for childhood, done in outline stitch in heavy yarn. A small batch pocket on the breast at one side is really required when the dress has no other. And speaking of fascinations, pockets are among the things which little children delight in. For the busy mother there is a question as to the economy of making up the children's clothes at home. Every mother must settle it for herself. 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