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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ONLY RELIABLE PEOPLE'S PAPER IN COLORADO "THE COLORADO STATESMAN" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY ARE YOU MOB-MINDED? ANTI-LYNCHING BILL IS KILLED (By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — If you would serve your country and civilization in general, don't follow crowds. This is the advice of psychologists to the modern man in general, and the American in particular. They say that America is becoming a mob-minded country, and that its progress toward a higher degree of civilization is blocked by this, perhaps more than by any other one thing. The only thing that can save us, according to the scientists, is an increase in the number of individuals who refuse to follow the crowd. Recent outbreaks of mob violence have attracted widespread attention, and have resulted in much discussion. Bills have been introduced into congress and into state legislatures to prevent them. And they illustrate the essential peculiarity of the mob-mind—its inferiority. It is well known that in a lynching mob, acts of violence and cruelty are committed by individuals who would not even contemplate them alone. The mob brings to the surface the lowest instincts which are shared by all its members. It is a reversion to savagery. But the mob of physical violence is only the most obvious mob. We are mob-minded as a people, the psychologists says, in ways less evident and even more dangerous. We all read the same things, eat the same things, wear the same things, hold the same opinions. Most of us are following crowds even when we are alone. There is no country in which people all act, talk, look and think so much alike. Individuality is rare among us, and we are apt to penalize it. The man who does not follow the crowd is often called queer and is ostracized. In no other country, we are told, is there so little tolerance for the man who is different. And when we ostracize or shun a man who is different, simply because he is different, we are doing in a less obvious way exactly what the mob did which tarred and feathered a reformer because it did not like the way he managed his own affairs. We suppress individuality, in its more obvious, distasteful manifestations by physical violence once in a while, and we constantly suppress individuality in harmless and sometimes valuable forms by mental and social violence. But individuality is the life blood of civilization. Civilization was built by men who dared to be different from the mob. Its constructive work is all ways carried on by them. A. Waste of Human Material. By penalizing individuality, say the psychologists, we are impeding our progress at its source. That is why England produces four or five great writers for every one that we produce with twice as great a population. It is why most important scientific discovery is made in Europe, while we merely make inventions. It is one reason why we rank about tenth among civilized nations in education, and why our universities are so far below those of Europe. Our salvation lies in the development of persons who will refrain from following crowds—and not only the lynching crowds and crowds that run to fires, and crowds that tar and feather reformers; but the less organ- VOL. XXVII. THE ONLY RELIANCE COLOR OB-MINDED? ized, less palpable crowd which runs after the same books, the same ideas, the same prejudices. If you would really raise yourself above the mob, we are told, you must form your own opinion of everything and it must be a logical opinion. When you do not know enough to form an opinin, you must admit it and hold your mind open to further evidence. You must hold no unreasoned opinions, for these are either prejudices or superstitions. When a man does something that arouses your aversion, instead of rushing off to have him tarred and feathered, whether literally or figuratively, you must first examine the grounds of your aversion, to see whether it is justified, and second, you must consider the matter from the other fellow's point of view, and see whether he may not be right after all. In a word, you must always be logical, just and tolerant—three things that the mob never is. You will often find yourself playing a lone game, but you will also yourself growing stronger for every struggle.—Rocky Mountain News. Maj. Moton Writes Instructive Article For English Paper Maj. Moton Writes Instructive Article For English Paper London Times Editorializes On Contribution From Pen of Principal of Tuskegee Commenting Upon the Remarkable Spirit of Restraint Shown In Face of Recent Happenings in the United States. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Aug. 17. In the American number of the London Times, published July 4th, was an article written by Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute. In this article Dr. Moton pointed out the progress which the Negro had made and what he contributed toward the development of America. Concerning the article, the editor of the Times commented as follows: "Nothing in all the number, however more deserves to be read with attention than Dr. Moton's essay on 'The Negro of Today,' Dr. Moton, himself a full-blooded Negro, as Mr. Booker T. Washington's successor as principal of the Tuskegee Institute. He is recognized as the leader of Negro thought in the United States and as the first champion of Negro progress, his influence being constantly exerted against all those who are preaching race hatred and revolt. It has to be remembered that there have recently occurred in the United States many things calculated to excite the anger of the Negro; conspicuously the terrible murders and outrages in the state of Georgia and the Oklahoma race riots. That Dr. Moton can at such a moment write with the moderation, gentleness and charity which he shows, is a great achievement and no small testimony to the character of the man. The story which he tells is a remarkable one; but still more remarkable is the spirit in which he tells it, so that his argument stands out luminously persuasive against the dark background of present passions. We are confident that in writing this article Dr. Moton will be found to have done a real service to the Negro cause." --- State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc. State House BLE PEOPLE'S PA ADC THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, ANTI-LYNCHING BILL IS KILLED IN MISSOURI ANTI-LYNCHING BILL IS KILLED IN MISSOURI St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 18.-The extra session of the Fifty-first general assembly of the Missouri legislature closed early Sunday morning, July 31, after a heated debate during the closing hours. The Anti-Lynching Bill. The house bill which was introduced by Walthall M. Moore, colored member, was left on the informal calendar of the house, after the bill had been amended so as to make it noneffective by the enemies of the bill. In the meanwhile a similar bill was introduced in the senate by Senator Anderson of St. Louis. The senate being a smaller body, it was thought that the bill would surely pass that body in time for it to go back to the house as a "senate bill" and as such, would have little or no trouble the second time. In keeping with his promise, Senator Bloedget of St. Louis had a public hearing on the bill before the senate committee on criminal jurisprudence of which he was chairman. This committee made a favorable report on the bill, but Mr. Anderson who introduced the bill never called the bill for consideration. Thus the antllynching bill "died" in the senate for lack of someone to call it up for consideration. Mr. Moore Worked Hard. Hon. Walthall M. Moore who was the author of the anti-lynching bill worked hard for its passage. He defended the bill before the house with great eloquence and ability. But there seemed to have been an organized movement to defeat the bill. Louisville Mayor Says He'll Fight Ku Klux Klan Louisville Mayor Says He'll Fight Ku Klux Klan Louisville, Ky., Aug. 22—Terming the Ku Klux Klan an organization which "all thoughtful men must be convinced must be a menace to the peace and good understandings between the people of Louisville," Mayor Smith today issued a statement asserting that he would use "every lawful means to prevent and suppress its growth in our community." The mayor's statement came on the heels of an announcement in local newspapers advertising for recruits for the order. Builds Aeroplane; Not Permitted to Make Trial Flight Builds Aeroplane; Not Permitted to Make Trial Flight New Orleans, La., Aug. 17.—After spending months in the assembling of every part of an aeroplane with his own hands, George Fisher, mechanic, was prevented from making a trial flight because he had no license. Tuesday evening he laid the entire matter before Mayor McShane, after some officious policeman had stopped him from making an exhibition flight Monday at the Fair grounds. It was to have been his initial flight in the plane. Everything was ready. The motor was whirring and crowds looked on. Just as he was set to go, the arm of the law interfered. DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY. AUGUST 27 1921 Negro Virginians Organize to Fight Republicans Richmond, Va., Aug. 16.—The first organized effort to defeat the Republican state ticket has been launched. Representatives from all over the state met and arranged a complete program for the next election. A committee was chosen to draft a platform which was introduced at the Bayshore Hotel, Buchroe Beach, Va., preparatory to the state convention which will be held in Richmond, Sept. 5. John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond Planet, head of the Knights of Pythias in Virginia and president of the Mechanic Saving bank, was recommended for governor. P. B. Young of Norfolk, Va., editor of the Norfolk Journal and Guide, president of the Tidewater Bank and Trust Company, was mentioned for lieutenant governor. J. R. Pollard, prominent lawyer and former candidate for governor Attorney General, Maggie L. Walker, prominent in society and financial circles of Richmond, was named superintendent of public instruction. Leroy Ragland of the Commercial Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, Va., secretary of the commonwealth, L. L. Downing, of Roanoke, Corporation Commissioner. Much interest is aroused throughout the state over the presentation of the colored side of the political question in Virginia arising from the Republican failure to recognize colored delegates in their recent convention. Fellow-Townsmen Pay Fit Tribute To Aged Citizen Colored and White Friends of the Late Uncle Mike Minton Join Hands in Funeral Obsequies of An Upright Man, Who Had Passed the Century Mark. Wheelock, Tex., Aug. 17.—Here in the center of the "black belt" of Texas the white neighbors of the late "Uncle Mike Hinton, a Negro, paid remarkable tribute to the upright life that he had led, by attending his funeral and officiating at the obsequies. The services at the grave were conducted jointly by white and Negro clergy. The pallbearers on one side of the bier were prominent white men of the community and on the other side they were Negroes. White and colored men worked side by side in shoveling the earth into the grave after the casket had been lowered. Hinton was a remarkable man in more respects than one. In the first place he was 116 years old at the time of his death. For eighty years he had lived here and during all that period he was leader of the people of his own race, always advising them to do right. On the marriage of James A. Pugh, eldest son of James Pugh, his owner in 1836, Mike and his sister were given as a wedding present to the young couple. Mike continued to follow the fortunes of his owner from Mississippi to Louisiana and Texas as the faithful, devoted and trusted body servant of Major James A. Pugh until by Lincoln's proclamation he with other Pugh Negroes were set free at Wheelock. General Jackson of Chicago Receives Big Appointment General Jackson of Chicago Receives Big Appointment General Jackson, who has been connected with the U. S. army more than thirty years, who has seen service in Cuba, on the Mexican border and in France, has been appointed a member of the industrial commission of Illinois, with a salary of $7,500 a year. Negroes Are Made Recruiting Officers Charleston, S. C.—Sergt. Maj. Robert Davis, 24th U. S. Infantry, formerly stationed at Columbus, New Mexico, has been to Charleston, S. C., to take charge of the recruiting station here. He will be recruiting officer for both white and colored men who desire to re-enlist. Sergeant Major Davis will be assisted by Major J. S. Johnson, recruiting officer. Sergt. Major Davis has seen twenty, nine years and one month service, having served at Santiago, San Juan Hill, the Philippines and in France. Sergt. Major Davis was a first lieutenant of Company M. 369. All men desiring to re-enlist in the U. S. army will find Sergt. Davis and his staff ready and willing to give them all the information desired. OGDEN, UTAH, NEWS The Utah, Wyo., and Idaho Missionary Baptist Association closed the most successful associational meeting that ever assembled in the mountain states. The Christian Spirit of oneness, and loving unison characterized the convention, in fact, it was a harmonious meeting. The National Baptist Convention of the U. S. was unanimously endorsed, and pledged our support. Dr. E. W. Hart's of Salt Lake was re-elected moderator; Rev. J. W. Randolph of Rock Springs, Wyo., vice moderator; Sister James Brown of Ogden, secretary; Deacon W. L. Johnson, Salt Lake, treasurer. Sunday School Convention. Sister J. E. Henry, Ogden, president; Sister Florence Porter, Salt Lake, secretary. B. Y. P. U. At 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday Rev. Randolph preached two soul-stirring gospel sermons. At 3 p. m. Dr. Hart took the stand and preached the sermon of his life. Five men and women were moved to shed tears and shout as never before. For a time it looked as if the house was moving. Rev. Hart is a wonderful gospel preacher. He used for his text "The Kingdom of God is at hand." The people of Ogden appreciated the meeting, as demonstrated by their attendance. Mr. G. M. Smith delivered the address of welcome on Thursday night. Mrs. Boulware of Denver was in the city over night last Saturday en route from a visit to her son and daughter. Rev. J. E. Allen, Sacramento, Calif. Lawyer Turner, an attorney of ability of this city, came before the convention and made a talk that was greatly appreciated by all. Any one that has legal business to be cared for will make no mistake if they first NO 46 CHEYENNE, WYO. NEWS CHEYENNE, WYO. NEWS MR. and Mrs. J. C. Gaskin and family motored to Log Cabin, Colo., Saturday to spend the Sabbath, returning home Monday after a very pleasant outing. Mr. E. W. Wright departed Monday for Elko, Nev., and Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Boyd of Denver is visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Endicott, also Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stemmons. The members of Allen Chapel are preparing to entertain the thirty-fifth annual session of the Colorado Conference of the A. M. E. church. We are looking forward to a very pleasant time. Little Gerald Ashford, who was injured a few weeks ago, is mending very fast and he will soon be as good as new. Master Jack Gilmore, the little son of Mrs. J. E. Leonard, had his right limb broken Friday afternoon by being run over by an automobile. At this time he is resting very comfortable and hopes to be out soon. Mr. George Hopkins is somewhat under the weather with a summer cold. Mrs. Daisy Thompson departed this week for an indefinite visit at Topeka, Kan., and Lincoln, Neb. Miss Alice Thompson will spend the fall and winter months with her grandmother, Mrs. Martin at Butte, Mont. Mrs. Thompson and daughter will be greatly missed this winter and we wish for both good luck and success. Mrs. Thompson's friends hope she will return to make Cheyenne her home in the near future. The ladies of the Searchlight Club gave a pleasant surprise party on Mrs. Thompson Monday eve, Aug. 15th, at her cozy home on 28th street. Mrs. Thompson received some very pretty gifts. A very dainty repast of sand-wiches, ice, coffee and candies were served. Instrumental music, singing, and remarks added to the pleasure of the evening. At a late hour after a very jolly time Auld Lang Syne was sung and each lady departed wishing such an evening would never end. Mrs. Myrtle Ashford and Mrs. S. M. Cave entertained Cheyenne's society matrons Saturday afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock in honor of Mrs. C. A. Bankhead of Tulsa, E. M. Adams, Okmulgee, Okla. A most delightful time was enjoyed by all present. Mrs. Bankhead and Adams enjoyed a delightful motor ride with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Jefferson over our city. The ladies departed for their home Sunday morning after a very pleasant visit with their niece, Mrs. Walter Davis. consult Ogden's attorney of great legal ability. Mr. Golden made a flying trip to Bingham this morning on business. Rev. Smith had breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Golden Tuesday morning. The Warsach lodge No. 51, I. B. P. O. E. of W. is making a membership drive for 100 members by the 1922 session. Bro. L. Morrison is a live wire in the office of exalted ruler. FOREIGN Fifteen persons were drowned when a ferry boat sank in the Cautin river at Temuco City, eighty miles northeast of Valdivia. China has formally replied with a cordial acceptance to the invitation to attend the Washington disarmament and far eastern conference. The number of pessants threatened with starvation in the Volga region, is now placed at 30,000,000 by a Moscow wireless dispatch. Of this number, 9,500,000 are children. Thirty-four lives were lost when the British steamship Perils was sunk near the coast of Siam. Fourteen persons were saved. The vessel was a small passenger carrier sailing from the port of Penang, India. Co-operation in the interest of their "common motherland" was pledged in an agreement signed at Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, by representative German industrial and political leaders and labor representatives from all Polish parties in Silesia. Whisky valued at several thousand dollars was seized at the mouth of the Fraser river, near Vancouver, B.C., when provincial police officers seized a party of men who had delivered two truckloads of liquor to be loaded on a scow. Officials believe the whisky was to have been exported to the United States. Forecasts of the wheat crop yield in the northern hemisphere, issued by the International Institute of Agriculture, show that it will be approximately 50,200,000 tons, compared to 51,300,000 tons in 1920. The crop in Europe, leaving out of consideration Great Britain, France and Germany, is estimated at 12,000,000 tons, compared to 10,500,000 last year. The United States and Canada are expected to produce 28,500,000 tons, against 28,600,000 tons in 1920, and India, Japan, Algeria, Morocco and Tunis will, it is said, y 9,400,000 tons, against 12,000,000 harvested last year. GENERAL Judge James E. Boyd, in federal court at Greenboro, N. C., held the new federal child labor law unconstitutional. The Owen-Keating child labor law was also held unconstitutional by Judge Boyd two years ago and that ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States. Julius M. Hansen, wanted in Lewistown, Mont., for the alleged embezzlement of $70,000 from the Empire Bank and Trust Company, was arrested at Shreveport, La. He has been sought since October, 1917. Preparations are being made to return him to Lewistown. Chief of Police Fitzmorris has officially barred public exhibition of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight pictures in Chicago. Fitzmorris announced that police would stop any attempt of Tex Rickard, the New York promoter, or any other person to exhibit the pictures before a paid audience. He said he would not interfere with exhibitions before wounded soldiers. The first day of the John Bailey murder trial at Mount Vernon, Ky., growing out of the Bailey-White mountain feud, was productive of nothing more thrilling than the searching for weapons of every person who entered the courtroom. Soldiers and deputy sheriffs stopped each clansman as he entered the doorway. None resisted the search and no weapons except a few pocket knives were found. Even the women were not exempt. Mrs. Rosa Cowan, who was operated on at Hopkinsville, Ky., about a month ago when five full-sized teaspoons were removed from her stomach, has so far recovered that she has been returned to her home near Kirkmansville in Todd county. She took the spoons home with her. Her complete recovery seems assured and her mental condition, which caused her to be sent to the state hospital for treatment, where she is supposed to have swallowed the spoons, is normal again. Jim Nesbit, nimble negro, turned a novel trick on the bloodhound seat out to trail him in South Carolina. Serving life sentence for murder on the chain gang, Nesbit escaped. A bloodhound was sent on his trail. The negro waited until the bloodhound caught up, tied the animal to a tree and continued his flight. He was captured later, however. Andrew Little, dishonorably discharged soldier, has learned to salute the American flag. It took a good flogging to teach him the lesson. Following the burial at Benton, IL., of Stanley McCollum, who was killed in the Argonne, Little, according to members of the American Legion, refused to salute the flag. The Legion men flogged him. Now he salutes. Two steam yachts, the Venice and the Tranquillo, confiscated by local authorities for alleged whisky running between Canada and Cleveland, Ohio, will be sold as soon as legal formalities can be arranged, Federal Prohibition Agent Fred Counts announced upon his return from a secret mission in connection with the ships. The estimated value of the crafts was placed at $40,000 each. Jay S. Gehan, Sioux City air pilot, was probably fatally injured and his brother, John C. Gehan, an occupant of the plane, was seriously injured when the airplane in which they were doing circus flying failed to come out of a tail spin and sent them crashing to the ground, 500 feet below on the flying field at South Sioux City, Neb. Bud Bridgens of Chicago was instantly killed at Rockford, Ill., when his parachute failed to open in a leap from an airplane. Bridgens was practicing for an aerial circus. He formerly was a moving picture actor. AN EPITOME OF LATE LIVE NEWS CONDENSED RECORD OF THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. FROM ALL SOURCES SAYINGS, DOINGS, ACHIEVE MENTS, SUFFERINGS, HOPES AND FEARS OF MANKIND. (Western Newspaper Union News Service.) WESTERN A St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train going from Hugo to Hope, Ark., collided with a westbound freight train at Sawyer, Okla. Three persons were seriously injured and thirty-six others cut and bruised. One soldier is dead and seven others are in an army hospital at San Antonio, Tex., in a serious condition, due to a food poisoning believed to be botulism resulting from eating uncooked sausage a few days ago. Eddie Rickenbacker, flying ace of World war fame, will enter the race for the Pulitzer prize for speed to be held in Omaha Nov. 3, in connection with an international aero congress, it was announced by Earl W. Porter, president of the Omaha Aero Club. James H. Mitchell, president of the City Fuel Company of Lincoln, for fifteen year prominent in Lincoln business circles, was killed when a car of coal he was inspecting in the railroad yards was struck by a switch engine and he was thrown under the wheels. A budget of $60,000 was voted for the Indian missions of Arizona by the Evangelical Lutheran synod in session at Milwaukee. A day school will be established at the principal mission stations. The Rev. F. Solm, Yakima, Wash., was elected a member of the mission board of the Pacific coast. Compton R. Hubbard, 27, whose burglary operations in many cities of the West are said by the police to have netted him upwards of $100,000 in jewelry during the last five months, was sentenced by Judge George A. Bartlett at Reno, Nev., to serve an indeterminate sentence of from two to fourteen years in the state prison. Five solid trainloads, aggregating 7,000 tons of raisins, was shipped east marking the first day of reduction in dried fruit freight rates, according to the California Associated Raisin company. The raisins are valued at $2,500,000, and a saving of $60,000 in freight and $5,000 in war tax results from the reduced freight rate A man who said he was George Williams of Philadelphia and believed by officers to be the robber who held up the Merchants and Farmers' bank at Rockford, Wash., and escaped with about $600 in currency, was captured after a running fight. Two citizen members of a posse cowed the supposed bandit into submission by displaying an unloaded revolver of small caliber. WASHINGTON The battleship "still is the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation's sea defense," General Pershing, senior member of the Joint army and naval board, declared, summarizing the result, of recent bombing tests off the Virginia capes. Fire of undetermined origin damaged the United States coast guard building and contents to the extent of more than $250,000. Offices and store rooms on the lower floors were gutted, and the loss of stationery belonging to the Treasury Department and stored there was estimated at more than $200,000. The resignation of Patrick H. Quinn, shipping commissioner of the port of New York, has been requested, Secretary Hoover announced. Mr. Quinn was suspended several weeks ago by the commerce department pending an investigation into charged of an alleged practice by deputy shipping commissioners in accepting gratuities from ship owners. Fred M. Harrison of Alaska was nominated to be United States attorney for the second division of the district of Alaska, and Ira K. Wells of Kansas was nominated United States attorney for the district of Porto Rico. Other nominations were Mart T. Christensen to be register of the land office, and Isaiah E. Yoder to be receiver of public moneys, Cheyenne, Wyo. Forty-four years ago Moses M. Bane was receiver of public moneys for the territory of Utah at Salt Lake City. He had to fish down into his own pocket to pay the rent of the office he occupied during 1877, 1878 and the first quarter of 1879. Last week the Senate passed a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay to the estate of Moses M. Bane $1,080 to cover the rent. Four United States vocational universities—one in the East, the Middle West, the South and on the Pacific coast—will be established in abandoned army cantonments by the veterans' bureau under a new policy for the rehabilitation of former service men, announced by Director Forbes. The new policy, Colonel Forbes said, was worked out with the approval of President Harding to correct "the system of farming out vocational patients" and properly rehabilitate the approximately 94,000 men now being trained. Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado (Western Newspaper Union News Service.) COMING EVENTS. Arkansas Valley, Fair, Rocky Ford Aug. 30, Sept. 2; J. L. Miller, Ford. secretary Washington County Fair, Akron, Aug. 31-Sept. 2; Joe K. Powelson, secre- ture Teller County Fair, Cripple Creek, Sept. 5: D. J. Tipton, secretary. Larimer County Fair, Loveland, Sept. 5-9, J. W. Thompson, secretary, Inter Mountain Live Stock and Fair, Grand Junction, Sept. 6-9. Grand Junction, Sept. 6-9. Moffat County Fair at Maybell, Sept. Boulder County Fair, Longmont, Sept. 13-17; Harry E. Niven, secretary. Phillips County Fair, Holyoke, Sept. 7-10. Routt County Fair, Hayden, Sept. 14- 16: B. T. Shelton, secretary. Logan County Fair, Sterling, Sept. 13- 16: C. L. Rank, manager. Delta County Fair, Hotchkiss; A. N. Minton, secretary; Sept. 13-16. Minton, secretary, Sept. 13-16. Saguache County Fair, Santa Fe, Sept. Lake William Follers, secretary, Western Slope Fair, Montrose, Sept. 20-23. Adams County Fair, Brighton, Sept. 20-23; George R. Smith, secretary. The long bridge over the Fountain river was completely swept away on the night of June 3, at Pueblo. It is to be replaced at once. As soon as acceptable plans are made the contract will be let by the city commissioners and the structure started. C. A. Finch, president of the Colorado Anti-Saloon League, in an address at Colorado Springs, said the fight being made in this country against the eighteenth amendment is being staged by English brewers. He intimated that workers for the amendment faced a harder fight to enforce the law than they did to secure its passage. The Berthoud city council has decided to discontinue the giving of free light for porch lights in town, because the light company asserts that many people have been hooking electrical appliances to these lights and using the free current for housework, and also because many of them were never turned on at nights as was intended. The city of Fort Collins has just purchased water right that will increase its available supply of water for domestic, irrigation and fire purposes by one-eight, increasing its total water volume from 7.151 feet per second to 8.001 feet. The additional .85 foot per second acquired cost the city $2,125. The water right was obtained from ditch No. 1, division No. 1, district 3, known as the J. H. Yeager ditch, and is an excellent acquisition as it has all priorities. An inspection trip of the Colorado-to-Gulf highway will be made by the executive officers of the North Star Highway Association of Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakotas the second week in September. The trip will be made in conjunction with the Colorado-to-Gulf Highway Association, according to plans being worked out at present by C. H. Walker, president of that organization, and E. R. Kielgas, president of the North Star organization in Sedgwick. Sugar beets ranks first in value among the irrigated crops grown in Colorado, though the acreage devoted to this crop is smaller than that devoted to either alfalfa or wild hay. The records of the census bureau showed that 99 per cent of the sugar beets grown in the state in 1909 were irrigated, while for 1919 only 82.8 per cent were irrigated. In both 1920 and 1921 the acreage of sugar beets cultivated was greater than for 1919 and the acreage cultivated under irrigation was greater each year than that shown by the census bureau for 1919. The census bureau report shows only 137, 329 acres of sugar beets grown under irrigation in 1919, while the records of the Immigration Department indicate that over 200,000 acres were grown under irrigation in 1920 and nearly 209,000 in 1921. Edgar T. Conquest has been nominated to be register of the land office, Sterling, Colo., and James D. Gallup, to be register of the land office, Buffalo, Wyo. Chicken thieves and allied crafts are waging a strong campaign upon the town of Wellington. Every night a dozen or more roosts have been robbed, garden truck is pulled up, and two five-gallon cans of gasoline were stolen from an irrigation well. The largest increase in acreage grown under irrigation shown for any crop in the decade is for alfalfa. The census bureau showed that 659,912 acres of alfalfa was grown under irrigation in Colorado in 1919, compared with 480,586 acres in 1900. There was also a considerable increase in acreage of alfalfa grown without irrigation, the census bureau reports showing that 94.4 per cent of all alfalfa grown in the state in 1909 was irrigated, while only 84.4 per cent of it was irrigated in 1919. Records of the State Immigration Department show that the acreage of alfalfa grown without irrigation in eastern Colorado counties is increasing rather rapidly each year. Fire threatened destruction to the entire town of Mead. The flames broke out in the general merchandise store of I. F. Mead, and had been burning for some time before being discovered. Calls were sent to Longmont and Loveland for help while bucket brides fought the spreading flames. The Longmont department arrived thirty-five minutes after being called and by hard work prevented the fire from spreading beyond the Walden store. The loss is estimated at $19,000. CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS A gymnasium to cost between $350,000 and $400,000 was authorized by the board of regents of the University of Colorado at a special session devoted almost entirely to a discussion of the building program. Ground is to bob roken early in September in an effort to have the gymnasium ready for use with the opening of school in the corresponding month of 1922. A site on the extreme eastern end of the campus, across the Colorado & Southern railroad tracks, has been selected. It adjoins the proposed athletic field to be constructed in a ravine that traverses this portion of the university holdings. W. H. Logan, former head of the federal vocational board at Pueblo, has been arrested by City Detective Art Grady on a charge of forgery. The arrest was made at the request of R. K. Goddard of the United States secret service. Logan is alleged to have indorsed and cashed at least sixteen compensation checks amounting to more than $1,000. Lee Hutchinson, who lives north of Waverly, was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $300; Wallee Johnson was sentenced to sixty days in jail, and Roy Brossman was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $250 by Judge Jay H. Bouton in the County court at Fort Collins when they pleaded guilty to the charge of transporting liquor. Glenn Hubbard of upper California mesa, about six miles west of Olathe, was instantly killed by a flash of lightning, while the horse he was riding escaped injury. This is the third sudden death in the family within a few years, one brother being killed during the war, and a second suffering a broken neck when thrown from a horse. The filling station of the Continental Oil Company at Lake and Northern avenues in Pueblo was robbed by a man and a lad not over 12 years of age. Raleigh Tracy, in charge of the station, was forced by the man, who had a pistol, to stand with his hands up and face the wall while the boy riffled the cash register of $60. Jake Cleveland, Boulder fireman, has a badly broken right leg as a result of a jump of six feet from a ladder in the rear of the fire station at Boulder. He was practicing fire fighting with other members of the department when the ladder on which he was standing started to slip. To save himself from a fall he jumped. William Mahar and J. P. Henthorne of Pueblo escaped death on the Sky Line drive at Cafon City by jumping from their automobile just before it backed off the road and plunged 400 feet below. Mahar attempted to shift from high gear to low while ascending the drive but the clutch and brakes refused to work. Arrangements are being made by American Beet Sugar Company to start their factory at Rocky Ford Sept. 15. Beet harvest will begin about Sept. 8. The crop in this section appears to be the best in years and the campaign promises to be one of the longest in the history of the factory. James Chamberlain, a farmer near Wiggins, claims to have discovered a unique way of increasing the flow of milk from his cows. The Chamberlain farm has been the scene of many dances, and Mr. Chamberlain avers that he finds on the morning after the dances, particularly when the music lasted until the early morning hours. that his cows are more generous with the milk. Weld county is being deluged with hoboes as the result of the action of the Union Pacific railroad in employing special agents to rid its trains of the non-paying travelers. Special Agent Tom Cole, with a posse of assistants, "cleaned" two extra freight trains at Plerce. a station twenty miles north of Greeley, of sixty hoboes, many of whom were negroes. Before a crowd of 1,500 persons, one of the largest gatherings ever in attendance at the Deertrail annual fair, Cody Martin, about 35 years old, a rider in the grand free-for-all half-mile running race, was killed when he was thrown with his mount after the animal had stumbled and fallen while holding the inside of the track next to the fence. The cost of educating is going up. The school board of Boulder spent $58.60 per pupil this last fiscal year, an increase of $10.38 over last year. The total cost of the schools was $175.775.68, which is $27,656.54 in excess of the preceding year. The total paid to teachers during the year was $132.24.58. Plans for the new National Guard armory building to be located in Brighton are completed, and as soon as the site is selected building operations will be started. The cost of the structure is estimated at $81,000. THE COLORADO STATESMAN The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West 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. $2.50 A YEAR NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS President Is Building Up Popularity A Get-Together Industrial Committee Plight of the Water Power Commission Many Women Working on the Railroads Many Women Working on the Railroads WHITE HOUSE Warren G. Harding is building for him a popularity that was not foreseen when he became President. Whether he is a great statesman is still a matter of debate, and one which time and events will have to prove, but there is no shadow of doubt but that he has entrenched himself strongly in the hearts of the people of Washington, especially of the children of all ages. If he were a candidate, says a writer in the Christian Science Monitor, he would doubtless be accused of using political wiles, but he is assured of his position for almost four years and yet every day he yields to some fresh demand for personal favor and adds to the sum of enjoyment by shaking hands with hundreds and conferring with scores of individuals. THE National Civic federation, with the approval of President Harding, Secretary of Labor Davis and Secretary of Commerce Hoover, has organized a national industrial committee, designed to bring together for conference leading representatives of conservative labor organizations, employers who believe their interests are closely allied with the interests of their employees, and the general public. Formation of such an organization, including in its membership such men as former President Taft, Samuel Gompers, John Hays Hammond, T. Coleman Du Pont and John D. Ryan, is believed to be an encouraging feature of the development and active operation of a sound, sane Americanism and to represent a healthy, patriotic and progressive thought and spirit in this country, which will provide the best possible insurance against the development of such fanatical radicalism as that which is now making Russia a center of human misery, devastated by typhus, cholera, starvation and restriction of liberty. Russia's downfall was due primarily B ECAUSE of the failure of congress to provide adequate means for its expeditious administration, the federal water power commission at the end of its first year of existence finds itself almost unable to handle properly the requirements of water-power development in the United States. In creating the commission, the congress gave the commission no personnel to perform its work other than its executive secretary and engineer officer. To do what it has done it has been necessary for the commission to borrow from the several departments personnel for its Washington office. The commission has no field force, loaned or otherwise. Even the limited appropriations made by congress for WOMEN workers are now flocking to the employ of the nation's railroads. Nearly 100,000 women are helping to build lines and maintain and operate existing systems, a forthcoming report of the interstate commerce commission is expected to show. Women constituted in 1920 nearly five per cent of the nation's 2,000,000 railway employees, according to a census taken by the interstate commerce commission, and the number is increasing daily. The commission now is preparing a new census of female railway workers for 1921. The 1920 census snows that women are going in for all kinds of rail work, heavy as well as light. They are cleaning engines and headlights in roundhouses, keeping watch night as well as day at dangerous grade crossings, operating telegraph keys, carrying messages of train dispatchers, and even doing carpentry and other heavy work in the railroad shops. In some jobs women. the railroads are learning, are more efficient than male workers. Some jobs In which numbers of women are at work are: The White House is open—it is the people's house. That is fine, but of greater significance is it that the President is accessible to boys who want a swimming pool as well as to senators and diplomatists. The secretaries are kept busy scribbling memoranda of a representative who wants to present the son of a constituent; of another who seeks the President's influence in saving a local industry; of women who are seeking class legislation; of a man who wants to tell him about San Domingo; another about Alaska; of a delegation of Indians, another of Quakers, one of the African Methodist Episcopal church. The President decides that he can give one man five minutes; another must get on with two or three; he can't get rid of a delegation or a committee under 10 or 15 minutes. A senior class from a high school or the orphans from a Masonic home must shake hands with the President, every one of them. Some of them will want to say something to him. In the other rooms of the executive offices there are, at all times, persons coming and going, men waiting for their chance to get in or to see some one coming out, newspaper men apprising it all and the attendants quite cheerful and obliging. National Civic Federation to the fact that there was no adequate middle class, no common ground on which the downtrodden peasant and workingman could meet with employer, business man, politician or professional man for consideration of their mutual interests and improvement of their economic and social position. There was ease and luxury on the one side and toll and misery on the other. There was no medium through which these extremes might be brought together and blended into a tolerable, stable existence for all. America has already gone far toward eliminating such extremes. There exists a common ground on which all may meet. the work of the commission are being returned to the treasury unused because congress, after making these appropriations failed to grant the legislative authority to use them. Up to June 30, 1921, there had been filed with the commission 229 applications aggregating 14,675,000 horsepower and affecting 33 states, the District of Columbia and Alaska. This amount is 75 per cent greater than the entire water-power development of the United States today. The projects applied for vary in size from less than 100 horsepower up to the 3,000,000 horsepower scheme of the Southern California Edison company on the Colorado river. The first license was issued on March 1 to the Niagara Falls Power company. Between that date and July 1 final action has been taken on 47 applications, 13 preliminary permits have been issued involving 1,075,000 horsepower, and 15 licenses involving 757,000 primary horsepower and 460,000 secondary horsepower, or a total of 1,217,000 horsepower, making an aggregate of 28 projects, involving 2,292,000 horsepower, or as much as was issued by all of the executive departments during the ten years preceding the passage of the water-power act. Attendants, more than 1,000; cleaning, 4,000; shop workers, more than 1,000; station agents and assistants, 1,200; telegraph and telephone signal service, nearly 2,000; car department, 1,500. More than 400 women are at work in each of these classes of jobs: Messenger service, roundhouse general work, watchwoman at warehouses and docks. Nearly 300 women are listed as common laborers, while 500 were taken on for roundhouse clerical work. More than 100 are at work wiping engines in the dirt and grease of shops and roundhouses, while a few are employed at turntables. WOOD MAY TAKE POST IN ISLANDS RUMOR THAT HE WILL BE MADE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES. NATIVES WANT HIM APPOINTED Sending the Woods-Forbes Mission Was a Diplomatic Step Toward the Refusal to Grant the Filipinos Immediate Independence. Bv EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington.—There has been considerable interest in Washington in the whisper in administration circles that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, now in the Phillippines on inquiry bent, may once more be asked to take the governor generalship of the islands, and that possibly he may accept it. The country has understood that General Wood already has accepted the place of provost of the University of Pennsylvania. It is possible that he has not committed himself wholly in this matter, and if he should change his mind, or, rather, if he feels that he can change it, his friends say that the action will be due to things that he feels he has learned in the Phillippines and to pressure which has been brought to bear upon him to undertake the Phillippines duty. The conception of the Wood-Forbes mission to the Philippines was curious. There is not the slightest doubt that the administration, or rather the War department, which is the same thing in this case, knew everything that was going on in the Philippines, and really needed no report even from such a deep student of affairs as the general. The word is that the administration wanted something which it could put forward definitely as the basis of future dealings with the Fillplinos, and that rather than use the documents and information already in the hands of the War department, it concluded that what it intended to do in the islands would be better received when based on a new report. Bureau Undoubtedly Knew. There is a bureau of insular affairs functioning in Washington. It is a stabilized bureau and for years it has been doing executive work. Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards was for years its chief and his first assistant was Frank McIntyre, now a major general and the successor of Edwards in the insular bureau. While the bureau could not play politics, nor even in a way play policy, it unquestionably is believed that under the recent administration not only the bent of mind of the President, but the feelings of the Filipinos themselves led to the general belief that the government's wards had expected independence and that almost instantly. It is said by the opponents of granting such liberty that there never has been a belief among the men who really know about Philippine affairs that the islands are yet fitted for independence. It is asserted that idealism and a "self-determinationism" figured in the matter of a former presidential suggestion that the Filipinos should be given their liberty and figured also in the movements made in the islands to bring about liberation. When the present administration came into power it probably was told bluntly by some of the officials that the "Little Brown Brother" of former President Taft is not at the advanced stage of citizenship and executive ability which will make him fit for the job of self-government. It readily can be seen that if General Wood and W. Cameron Forbes had not been sent to the Philippines on a mission, the administration would have been compelled to act on information which the War department already possessed, but which it would be charged came from prejudiced sources, although the sources hardly can be conceived as prejudiced, because the War department's American guardians of the Filipino brother always have been fair to him. Filipinos Want Wood. Now it is held that General Wood is the only man who, because of the feeling of respect which the Filipinos have for him, will be able as governor general to carry out the administration's policy of deferring the day of freedom. The word is that the Filipinos themselves want General Wood, and yet they must know what this will mean to their hopes for instant liberation from the binding tie. From outward appearances there was every reason to believe when this administration took office that it was not over keen to do anything for General Wood. Perhaps the President himself was willing to do something, and one can put this stronger than by qualifying it with a "perhaps," but there were influences at work which were powerful in preventing the offer of any high recognition by the administration. Reduced Taxes Not Likely How much is the tax bill of the American citizen to be cut by the revenue measure which before the frost comes will have a place upon the statute books of the United States? It is a mighty hard thing to tell. It may not be cut at all, and it may be increased, but perhaps the country generally speaking will feel that it has been relieved a bit by the shifting of burdens of taxation from one place to If, for instance, they should take the tax off something which all men, women and children buy nearly every day of their lives, the people probably would feel that they had been relieved of some expense, forgetting perhaps the tax would go somewhere else and that in the long run it might have its effect upon them. The plain truth about taxation is that the government needs a huge amount of money to pay the interest on its bonds and to pay its running expenses. There is only one way to raise this money, and that is by taxation, except of course through tariff, and some persons maintain that the tariff is a tax. It follows, therefore, that unless the expenses of government are cut, taxation cannot be cut. It is not Uncle Sam's fault that bills fall due and it is a credit, of course, to his honesty that he wants to pay them. Little Reduction in Sight. There was a strong belief that taxation this year might be cut materially. It is the solid truth today, however, to say that few men in congress seemingly believe that any great amount of the burden can be lifted. The chairman of the house committee on ways and means, Mr. Fordney, says that the attempt will be to cut half a billion dollars from the tax bill of next year. His fellow members of the committee are very much less optimistic. They say that they do not want to make any promises because if disappointment shall come the promises will return to plague them. All the members of congress, members of the minority party as well as of the majority, seem to be in sympathy with the proposal to repeal the transportation taxes, those which hit freight as they hit the passenger by land and sea. When a man travels today he not only pays a good deal more for his straight ticket than he did a few years ago, but he has to pay a tax in addition, and as Americans like to travel, this form of taxation has been felt keenly. It has been said that the taxes collected each year from the passengers and the freight shippers amount to considerably more than one-third of a billion dollars. Of course if this tax lifted the third of a billion dollars must be raised in some other way and as yet no specific plan for doing it has developed. It seems likely today that only a part of the transportation tax will be lifted. The government is going to save some money this year through economy in the administration of the departments. Through the efforts of the budget commission, and of the congressional committee plus a noncongressman who is its chairman, and which is charged with the work of reorganizing the departments, the chances seem to be that several hundred millions of dollars will be saved. Expenses Increase Yearly. The trouble is, however, that the government is growing all the time and that its ordinary expenses increase from year to year. Therefore it seems that if the saving will offset the legitimate increase arising from the growth of the government, it will do about all that it can be expected to do. Of course it is a saving nevertheless. The army will not cost as much as it did last year, nor will the navy cost quite as much, but the sea service will come pretty near to equaling its last year's expenditures. Congress as a whole, Democrats and Republicans together, agreed that the navy should be maintained at close to its last year's efficiency, while congress as a whole seemed perfectly willing that the army should be cut so materially that today army officers fear the service actually will be crippled badly. Society Hopes for Princes. Washington actually has started preparing for the disarmament and Far East conference which is to open here some time in the gray month of November. It is a long time in advance, and yet already hotels are being requested to make reservations for what may be called arriving day. Those persons, however, who expect that all the foreign notables with their great retinues are to get here at the same time will find themselves much mistaken. "Arriving day" will be several days. Washington society is worth watching from the side lines, especially that part of the society which composes what in other towns would be called the smart set. There has been a rumor running along the avenues that the prince of Wales is to come to town to watch the proceedings and further to democratize himself. The prince was here once before, and it is said that he wants to come here again. Even those persons who do not feel an overweaning affection for the British empire seem to feel kindly disposed toward this young man. Society also has heard that it is possible that the crown prince of Japan may make a visit to this town some time in the near future. It may be remembered that the prince intended to come here some time ago, but owing to circumstances over which he had no control, his traveling was cut short, and he had to content himself with a visit to England, where they made a great ado over him. Washington society of the smart set kind would have a great time of it if it had two princes to entertain at once. As to the rest of the Washington world, it probably would manage to take the matter calmly, but there would be interest enough everywhere, although the Washington populace is a little bit fed up on dignitaries, another, and by the new means of raising the necessary money. Phone Main 4843 J. GIBSON Art GIBSON SMITH Art Dealer Front St. BANKS —Props.— N. F. 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AS OTHERS SEE US. THE ENTHUSIASM of this year's visitors to Denver and Colorado augurs well for our reputation, as a wide-awake and charitable people, and for the enticing glories of Colorado as a place of superb natural beauty and climate. The teachers who have been lingering with us since the close of their schools are full of praise of the hospitality of Denver's citizens and of admiration for our evidences of enterprise and progressiveness. Other visitors who are spending vacations or making tours of inspection in Colorado, make similar declarations expressive of their sentiments regarding the state as a possible and pleasant home for those who have lived all their lives in the old, conservative districts of the East and South. Colorado presents to them a new picture of life and its possibilities for success and happiness, and they are sure to tell their home folks, by word and letter, something of the discoveries that they have made. There is a little more freedom, a little more life, a little better opportunity here than anywhere else for people who want a change of scene and home, and we heartily commend the people of Denver and other Colorado cities who have striven honestly and naturally to so impress our summer visitors, from whose reports we may expect to acquire some very desirable future citizens. MARCHING IN LINE. ON ANOTHER page, and under the caption of "Are You Mob-Minded," there appears in this issue of THE COLORADO STATESMAN a letter by Frederic J. Haskin that should be read, digested and taken home to the heart of every person in America. It is a letter, a treatise that should be taken seriously. It should cause every man and woman to take stock of themselves, search out their own hearts and cleanse their minds. Mr. Haskin it a wonderful writer, an authority on many intricate questions, a man who has contributed much to the intellectual bread basket of this nation. Moreover, he is usually sound in his reasonings and logical in his deductions. It is a trite and timely question he has addressed to the American public, "Are You Mob-Minded?" If it be true that psychologists and experts are convinced after exhaustive investigation, that America is rapidly becoming a mob-minded country, then something is radically wrong with the machinery we call "government." And yet it is a question that every man must answer for himself. The inclination to follow the crowd, to march in line, as it were, is a strongly inherent human trait. But what of the mob spirit, the acts of violence but little removed from down right savagery? Mr. Haskin observes that many a man will resort to acts of cruelty and violence when a member of a lynching mob that he would revolt at even contemplating when alone. And he might have added that many a cowardly whelp, calling himself a man at other times, will join a lynching mob that alone would be too nerveless to even defend himself or his family. It only goes to show how easily the bestial characteristic can be aroused in man. It also shows that our boasted Christian civilization is a frail bit of fabric after all. Of course, in his answers to his own query, Mr. Haskin takes a very analytical stand and is able to detect the mob spirit and mob activity in the mob-minded at times other than when some one is lynched, or shot down, or burned at the stake, or taken out and tarred and feathered. He proves, or at least attempts to do so, that one can be really refined and nosthetic in all his tastes and yet mob-minded as regards politics, literature or religion. However, such niceties and fine distinctions will not suffice for our consideration of this question. Lynching and mob violence is our most damnable American institution, and it is strictly an American institution. We shaped, moulded and built it, and made it what it is today. It is strictly of our own creation and, we fear, ideas. At one time lynching was sectional, being confined to a limited area in the South land. Then, too, it was largely racial in its operations, the Negro being mainly in the path of its venom. But the spirit grew, the mob-minded were recruited from new and unsolicited points until it has now become, no longer sectional, but reaching every part of our common country. And, just as the mob spirit, hellish in its conception and barbaric in its application, burst the chains that made it sectional, so has it out grown the restraint that for a time made it racial. No class, race or sex can be said to be wholly beyond the scope of its wrath. Mob spirit and mob violence, manifested in any form, is in direct conflict with law and order. There is neither excuse nor palliation for its existence. To tar and feather a man because of a fancied or even real offense against society, to mob a woman because of an interreperate speech or social indiscretion, is just as destructive of our constitutional bulwarks as any other kind of mob violence. What then is your answer to the question, how will you meet the issue? The President of the U. S., governor's of various states, Congress, Legislatures and strong civic and commercial bodies are seeking means and power to curb this growing evil. But to make any law effective there must be a healthy public sentiment in favor of its enforcement. Perhaps you would hotly deny a charge that you were mob-minded, perhaps you would resent a suggestion that you were falling in line with the lawless and barbaric. If so, you must accept the alternative and join openly those who see in the constant spread of this evil a positive peril to our free institutions and system of government. Mob violence is hydra-headed, cold, merciless and resentful. It is like the wolf with bloody jaws running from place to place, menacing every thing within its path, and always seeking new victims to devour. Its very "breath out-venoms all the serpents of the Nile." We are glad to see such able writers as Frederic Haskin come out in the open on this question. We are pleased to note the complete unanimity with which the N. A. A. C. P., the Equal Rights League, the Knights of Pythias and other big gatherings join hands in condemnation of the lynching habit. It augurs well. The program is a large one and were the Negro alone the interested party, our hopes could not be bidden to arise very high. But the dominant race finds its only means of self-preservation is to turn about and destroy the very institution that it founded. No other course is open to those who would avoid the mallstrom of lawlessness and destruction that follows in the wake of any mob outbreak, and who instead would give to our government the stability designed for it by our fathers. The Most Vital Problem in American Politics at the Present Time By W. E. BORAH, U. S. Senator From Idaho It may seem incredible to many, but to me the most vital problem in American politics at the present time is the preservation of the great guarantees of civil liberty found in our Constitution, and so long supposed to be secure and indispensable. It may seem still more incredible when the opinion is confidently ventured that these principles, the safeguards of our liberty, are not so much in danger from those who openly oppose them as from those who, professing to believe in them, are willing to ignore them when found inconvenient to their purposes. It may seem incredible to many, but to me the most vital problem in American politics at the present time is the preservation of the great guarantees of civil liberty found in our Constitution, and so long supposed to be secure and indispensable. It may seem still more incredible when the opinion is confidently ventured that these principles, the safeguards of our liberty, are not so much in danger from those who openly oppose them as from those who, professing to believe in them, are willing to ignore them when found inconvenient to their purposes. One of the most common traits of the political pharisee—the man who is always professing great devotion to the Constitution and always betraying it or disregarding it—is that of constantly expressing the fear that the people may have their minds poisoned by false doctrines; hence the necessity of censoring the press and circumscribing public meetings and arbitrarily punishing men for expressing "dangerous" views. As a matter of fact, there is no one more difficult to lead astray and no one in whose keeping the true principles of free government are so safe as the average citizen. Those who do not believe that the people are capable of choosing as their representatives men of courage and wisdom, who do not believe that they are fitted to select and approve the wisest and most efficient laws and institutions which the ripest intellects of the time can give and will do so, and who do not believe in the freest discussion among the people, do not in fact believe in popular government—they have mistaken the sickly forebodings of the uninformed for the larger outlines of a great faith. The whole superstructure of American institutions rests upon the principles of constitutional morality. Let us respect our laws and the provisions of our Constitution as they are made and as they exist from time to time. It is our right and it is a privilege which no free people will ever surrender to change the Constitution, to modify it, to rewrite it. But as it exists at any particular time, obedience to it and respect for its provisions and terms constitute true devotion to the American republic. Community Should Give Its Children No Less Than Its Best Care By JUDGE VICTOR P. ARNOLD, Chicago Juvenile Court The Juvenile court is the branch of the state government which exercises the state's authority in determining that no child shall be denied proper parental care or guardianship. There is no fixed standard by which to judge just what proper care is. The standard advances as the community's interest and intelligence grows. It will be seen that of necessity the standard which the court uses as a guide is a minimum standard. Below that minimum standard the care given to a child must not fall. We can not as a community rest satisfied with minimum standards. If our American ideals of life are to endure, it will be through nurture of these ideals in the youth. All constructive forces of the state and nation must work together to this end, beginning with the home—the foundation of our society, and continuing through the school, the church, the playground and the varied activities of the community which are aimed to develop the youth. Miss Lathrop of the federal children's bureau has well expressed an ideal in the words: "What the wisest and best parent wants for his own child that must the community want for all its children." "It's All Buncombe"—English Agitation Against Athletics for Girls By GEORGE C. DIEHL, President A. A. A. It's all buncombe—the agitation now spreading over England against athletics for girls because of the alleged serious after-effects in childbirth and motherhood. It is true, of course, that many women do have trouble in childbirth, but it is unfair to say that it is because of athletics. Athletic training is ideal for woman; it develops just the muscles of the abdomen and the lower part of the back that she is compelled to use in this crisis. Overindulgence, overtraining—that is another thing altogether. I do not believe in that. I have fought excesses all my life. You read more and more of the necessity of resorting to the Caesarian method. It is because so many women have undeveloped muscles of the abdomen and lower part of the back. It is because these women have never been called upon to do any work, to make any effort of their own. A certain amount of energy is inherited, of course; but it is inherited from generations of ancestors of men and women who have worked. Why A. A. A. Favors Passage of Federal Motoring Reciprocity Bills By GEORGE C. DIEHE, President A. A. A. Among the national legislative measures in which the American Automobile association is interested is what is known as the federal motoring reciprocity bills. Briefly, the passage of these bills makes it possible for motorists to travel anywhere in the United States for indefinite periods with none but a home state license tag. At present all states do not grant yearly reciprocity to the other states, and in many visiting motorists are limited to a 15-day touring; others give 30 days, some 60 days, while Maryland does not permit a District of Columbia motorist to enter that state without a Maryland license, this imposing an unfair restriction on legal residents of the United States. Also some states have burdensome and annoying registration regulations. The District of Columbia, particularly, has a new regulation requiring visiting motorists to register with the Washington police if the visit extends over three days. Passage of these motoring reciprocity bills would obviate all of these nuisances, unfair requirements and un-American regulations. 2962 WELTON CHAMPA 3522 CORN-FED MEATS Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries Fresh Watermelons on Ice Fruits and Fresh Vegetables of All Kinds FACE MADE YOUNG ```markdown ``` The secret of a youth face is to have your faded hair turned back to its natural color by using Mme Hammond's hair ointment. Will turn in twenty minutes; guaranteed harmless. First class line of human hair goods. National bobs, straightening combs, pressing irons. Hair manufactured in any style. MME. T. J. HAMMOND 1625 South Lincoln St. THE BARBER'S CAFE Bolden Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massages FIRST CLASS SERVICE R. B. BOLDEN, Proprietor R. B. BOLDEN, Proprietor 926 19th St., Denver HOWARD & HOWARD GROCERIES AND MEATS Fresh Vegetables and Fruits Daily Does your friend trade with us? If not, read this advertisement as an invitation for him to know how to get our service and our quality goods. Free delivery to any part of the city. PHONE YORK 9552. 718 E. TWENTY-SIXTH AVE. 718 E. TWENTY-SIXTH AVE. A. E. MICHAELSON'S HARVEY G. WEBSTER PATRIOTIC SHOE SHINING PARLOR 1526 Welton St Phone Main 2196 THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE REVENUE OF THE EVERY CABON HANDLE FREE IMPACT COUNTRY PARTY --- Legard C. Jones, who was operated on a few weeks ago for appendicitis, is improving rapidly. Mrs. Nettie Boalware, who has been visiting in California several months, returned home last Tuesday. She reports a delightful trip. Watch for the full account of the Twenty-first Biennial Convention of Knights of Pythias that convened in Topeka, Kansas, which will appear in next week's issue. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Dickson motored from St. Louis and were the guests of Mrs. Julia DePriest, for three weeks. Miss Edna Wayman, a reigning belle in Washington's young society, is visiting in Denver, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. N. Pitt. Mrs. Albert Stevens and sons returned home Wednesday from a very enjoyable visit with relatives and friends in Topeka, Kans., and Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Ruth Watson and little son, who have been visiting relatives in the city for several weeks, left Monday for their home in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. George F. Mangini, prominent newspaper man of Denver has been appointed as one of the dry agents by Mr. McClenahan. THE COLORADO STATESMAN extends congratulations to Mr. Mangini. Hon. S. E. Thompson, a prominent and wealthy attorney of Detroit, Mich., came to the city last Tuesday evening for a short visit with his sister, Mrs. C. N. Pitt, 933 East Twenty-third. Dr. T. E. McClain has returned after an extended trip to St. Louis and Nashville, Tenn., where he visited his parents, after fourteen years' absence. He is now open for business. One of our latest home buyers is our good friend C. D. Craig, comparatively a new comer and yet a man whose very first steps mark him as a substantial citizen. Mr. Craig has purchased a home at 2342 Ogden. The Parish Guild of the Church of the Redeemer, gave a social affair for the benefit of the church at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. Dishman, 2139 Gilpin street, Wednesday evening. A large crowd attended and a neat sum was realized. Word was received from Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, our popular physician, that he and Mrs. Westbrook were sojourning in Marshall, Mo., the old home of Mrs. Westbrook. They expect to return to Denver early next week. Horace W. Conrad, A. M. D. D., manager of the Park Sanitarium of Guthrie, Okla., was a visitor in the city this week. Dr. Conrad, in company with John Canady, were pleasant callers at our office Tuesday. Mrs. Mary E. Logan and Mrs. Hattie E. Johnson grand officers of the Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem, left Monday to attend the Grand Lodge which convened in Leavenworth, Kansas, this week. They will visit several Eastern cities before returning home. LOOK! ATTEND! SEE AND HEAR the little Misses Portia Washington and Hazel Hawkins, in elecutionary recital, under the auspices of the Progressive Art Club, at the People's Presbyterian church, Thursday, Sept. 8, at 8 p. m. Admission 25 cents. Mr. Victor B. Walker, exalted ruler of the I. B. P. O. E. of W., and deputy sheriff, left last Thursday to attend the Elks Supreme Lodge at Boston. He will be gone about two weeks and will visit several cities while east. Mrs. Mabel C. Fallings, who holds a responsible position at the state capitol left last Saturday for a visit to Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Fallings is our worthy representative to the national convention of Colored Women's Republican clubs. Arrivals at Fairbanks Hotel, 2716 1 ORIGINAL IN POOR CONDITION Welton street; Mr. Chas. Smith, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. McKirk and daughter, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr. Wm. Kane, Kansas City, Kans.; Mr. L. Martin, Omaha, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Carter, Chicago. Mrs. Charlotte Britton, wife of Mr. Charles Britton, clerk in the U. S. postoffice, is quite ill at St. Joseph's hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Britton are quite prominent socially and well known, and their many friends regret to learn of Mrs. Britton's illness and hope for her early recovery. Miss Josephine Davis, our beloved secretary of the Y. W. C. A., led a jolly party of twenty-two young ladies on a hike to Lookout Mountain last Sunday morning. Each carried a basket of good eats and spent a most delightful day among the hills. Ben Delano, a well known colored chauffeur and in the employ of the Bean Taxi Company, was killed instantly Wednesday morning in an auto crash on the road ten miles north of Denver. Delano has always been known as a careful driver but from all accounts of the wreck, he must have had his car traveling at a terrific rate when the accident happened. Mrs. Bertha Revels Brown, the charming Chicago matron who has scintillated so brilliantly in Denver smart society this summer, left Friday morning of last week for home. She was the house guest of Mrs. T. Ernest McClain while here. Mrs. Brown formerly lived here and leaves this time with a heart full of gratitude for all who aided in making her stay so pleasant. THE COLORADO STATESMAN is pleased to observe the constant growth and prosperity of the Santa Fe Lumber Company, located at First and Santa Fe drive. We enjoy a personal acquaintance with the officers of this company and no finer set of men can be found for square dealing and fair treatment. The officers are: J. Hamilton, president; E. H. DeChein, vice president; J. E. Hall, secretary and treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. McGill of Jacksonville, Fla., were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo, W. Gross, 1627 E. 22nd avenue. Mr. McGill is a prominent attorney of Jacksonville, and was representative from Florida to the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Pythias that recently met in Topeka, Kansas. He was joined here on Wednesday night by the Supreme Grand Chancellor, S. W. Green and wife, of New Orleans, and the jolly party of four left for a sojourn in southern California Thursday afternoon. Chancellor Green and Mrs. Green were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. Dishman during their stay in Denver. THE DENVER COLORED CIVIC ASSOCIATION. The regular meeting of*The Denver Colored Civic Association will be held on Wednesday eve, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m., at Odd Fellows' hall, 2630 Welton street. All members will please take notice and be on hand early. A smoker will be the feature of the evening after the regular business is transacted. Come and hear the addresses by the invited guests and members. THOS. CAMPBELL, Pres. WM. R. CHAPMAN, Secy. DOUGLAS UNDERTAKING CO. Funeral Notices. Dale, Florence Doyle, 65 years, who departed this life Aug. 11, funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday Aug. 23rd, from Douglas chapel. Rev. Jones officiated, interment in Riverside. Prevost, Alice, 37 years, beloved wife of Oscar B. Prevost, sisters of Mrs. Mary Gilliam, Memphis, Tenn., departed this life Aug. 19th. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Friday, from Douglas chapel. Rev. I. S. Wilson officiated. Interment in Riverside cemetery. NOTICE The regular meetings of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, Denver Division No. 118, are held at the Masons' new hall, 2900 Welton street (entrance on 28th St.) every first and third Tuesday in the month at 8 o'clock, New Life! New Vigor! New Hope! for our people. EDWARD C. DAVIS, Sec'y. Office, 2626 Welton St. Save a Portion of Your Income Have you ever wanted $100, $500 or $1,000 in a hurry and didn't know a bank or a person from whom you could borrow it? If not, the time is apt to come when you will need it. you will need it. Many people spend all they earn believing that some time—somehow—a phantom ship of good fortune will land at their door—so like the Mexican they put off until tomorrow what they should do today—and tomorrow never comes. This is characteristic of the Spanish race and the chief cause of their lack of progress. You realize that money today only buys about one-half what it did four years ago; $1,000 in cash a few years from now will probably purchase as much as $2,000 will today. Therefore, you not only save $1,000 on each bond purchased from us, but the buying capacity of your dollar is increasing constantly. Send or phone Champa 6968 for free booklet explaining our saving's plan. CHARLES S. WEST Special Representative of The Bond & Mortgage Company 821 Foster Bldg. Denver, Colo. SOCIAL CALENDAR Last Sunday afternoon a party of seven motored to Lookout mountain and back through Bear Creek caffon. Mrs. Laura Gunnell was hostess and Miss W. Sexton guest of honor. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Contee were hostess at a party of about forty children last Thursday afternoon at their beautiful home, 2456 Lafayette street. A most enjoyable afternoon was spent by all present. Sunday afternoon, Aug. 14, one of the prettiest receptions of the season took place at the residence of Mrs. Mayme Burns, 1849 Marion, given in honor of Miss W. Sexton of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Keene Langford gave a formal dinner party Monday evening at 8 o'clock complimentary to Mrs. Baptiste, who has been the inspiration of so many beautiful functions in Denver during the past ten days. One of the most enjoyable outings of the week was the picnic given by "The Modern Girls of '76" to Lookout mountain, last Sunday. They left at 6 o'clock in the morning, returning at 7 in the evening after a very enjoyable day. Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Spratlin turned their beautiful home into a fairyland of beauty and pleasure Wednesday night, by giving a reception in honor of Prof. N. W. Harliee, Prof. V. Spratlin and Mrs. Baptiste. It was one of the most enjoyable affairs of this unusual social season. Mrs. Thos. H. Allen, a very popular matron and Mrs. Ida Carrie, a winsome widow, both of Chicago, are preparing to return to their home city after having spent a summer of gayety in Denver. Mrs. Allen leaves a host of new found, valued friends. Mrs. Carrie leaves a number of clamoring hearts. Mrs. John H. Short, 1525 E. 30th avenue, was hostess to a very pretty breakfast party Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in honor of Mrs. Baptiste of Pasedena, Calif. Covers were laid for fourteen and those enjoying the hospitality of Mrs. Short were Mesdames Granberry, Roy, Ratley, Brown, Turner, Baptiste, Mann, Stewart, Gross, Gates of Lincoln, Neb., Anderson, McClain, Froman and Jones of Chicago. A most beautiful wedding ceremony took place promptly at S o'clock Wednesday night when Miss Roberta Ann Barbee, a charming Denver girl and Mr. Stephen Thorne Cutlout, a prosperous real estate young man of Chicago, became man and wife at the Barbee residence, 2530 Humboldt St. Only a few personal friends witnessed the ceremony. Rev. H. E. Pahming performed the ceremony. The Colorado Statesman extends congratulations to this very worthy young couple. A dancing party of unusual brilliancy was given at Old Colony hall Tuesday night by Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Pitt, at which 200 guests were royally entertained. Hon. S. E. Thompson of Detroit, an attorney of high standing be- fore the Michigan bar, a man of large means and, who is a brother of Mrs. Pitt, and Miss Edna Wayman of Washington, D. C., a niece, were the honor guests. Many tourists were present to add to the cosmopolitan grandeur of the party. In the receiving line were Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, S. E. Thompson, Miss Edna Wayman, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Gross. The hall was gorgeously decorated and rare indeed have been the occasion when a more enjoyable dancing party has been given in Denver. Prof. N. W. Harlee, for eleven years principal of the high schools of Dallas, Texas, for one year inspector of all the schools and now principal of the grammar schools of the same city is visiting in Denver. Prof. Harlee is a man of broad travels, a recognized literary genius and an acknowledged authority on mathematics. On Sunday he was the guest of honor at a sumptuous dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Phoenix of Clarkson street, and Wednesday night Dr. P. E. Spratlin, a life-long friend and companion, tendered him a lovely reception. Mrs. Anna Baptiste was also a guest of honor of the Spratlin, Monday morning Prof. Harlee accompanied by Miss Gwynn, a noted teacher and vocalist of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Andrews, proprietress of Andrews park, made the Moffat road trip to Corona. They report a most delightful and highly instructive trip. The social whirl is still on. The present week opened with two lavish and beautiful functions. On Sunday afternoon from 4 until 6, MRS. FRANK G. TURNER, 2227 Clarkson street, was hostess to a richly appointed reception in honor of Mrs. Anna Baptiste of Pasedena, Calif., and Mrs. Golden Price of Seattle, Wash. Of the many lovely affairs given in Denver this season, none have surpassed this one in beautiful floral decorations. About 125 ladies attended the reception, Prof. Valucrez Spatritin presided at the piano. Then on Monday evening, MRS. GEO. W. GROSS, 1627 E. 22nd avenue entertained in lavish style complimentary to Mrs. Anna Baptiste of Pasedena, Calif., Mrs. Ida Carrie of Chicago, Mrs. Thos. Allen of Chicago, Mrs. Golden Price of Seattle, and Attorney S. E. Thompson of Detroit. This was another. VISITORS AT SHORTER CHAPEL AS ANNOUNCED BY SHORTER USHER CLUB, AUGUST 21, 1921 A PROPOSED CRUISE TO AFRICA One of the most appealing and pretentious efforts along the line of Race enterprise that has come to our notice in years is that of the American African Tours Co., 701 S. 19th St., Philadelphia, that is sending out literature and promoting a "spend your Christmas in Africa" party. We know of no movement more romantic nor business like in its possibilities than the proposed cruise. It offers a glowing opportunity for those who are in any way interested in Africa to gain first hand knowledge of climatic and economic conditions in the dark continent. So much has been said and written about the "back to Africa" movement in recent years by the American Negro that this trip is indeed most timely. President C. D. B. King of Liberia, during his visit to America most generously extended an invitation to all Americans to visit and see for themselves the riches of the country he represents. The many places of unusual interest to be touched on this trip are the Canary Islands, Dakar Senegal, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monovia, Liberia, Grand Bassa, Liberia; Cape Palmas, Liberia; Cape Verck Islands, Bermuda Islands. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Who at The First N. THE MERCHANT The MERCHANT is the mariner of be- wise one today handling the hel- his ballast is credit; his moorin- k. Over MERCHANTS have found The National Bank a sturdy mooring for f- lues, enabling thousands of customers a period of time to outride financial- which make the present spell of "low" seem like a zephyr. May successful MERCHANTS who find here the most complete com- making service, combined with the city, have grown up with this bank. Your accounts date back half a century today serving the heirs of the pioneer- them in the '60s. Is something of a credit distinction in circles to transact your business at National checks. Yet you need all sum with which to open a check out here and but one dollar with what a savings deposit. FIRST NATIONAL OF DENVER, COLO. Who's Who at The First National THE MERCHANT The MERCHANT is the mariner of business. The wise one today is handling the helm himself. His ballast is credit; his mooring, the bank. Denver MERCHANTS have found The First National Bank a sturdy mooring for fifty-six years, enabling thousands of customers in that long period of time to outride financial storms which make the present spell of "low barometer" seem like a zephyr. Many successful MERCHANTS who have found here the most complete commercial banking service, combined with the utmost safety, have grown up with this bank. Some of our accounts date back half a century. We are today serving the heirs of the pioneers who started them in the '60s. It is something of a credit distinction in financial circles to transact your business with First National checks. Yet you need but a small sum with which to open a checking account here and but one dollar with which to start a savings deposit. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER COLO. 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Some back half a century. We heirs of the pioneers who '60s. credit distinction in finan- sact your business with krs. Yet you need but a push to open a checking ac- one dollar with which to visit. NATIONAL BANK VER, COLO. BIG SALE .45 May Co. Champa Streets FOR UNION LABEL AREL Use for Ultra-Violet Rays. For some years ultra-violet rays have been used for sterilizing water, milk and other fluids. The idea has now been applied to the disinfecting of barrels and casks. Senintatlihnianieeticadameiaiahaetiapinmenamiiaes te ate is oe eal f | ie * ey Beat (ee a 3, e . r, Sees ia be ot ES eee ee ee r eae: iat. 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Ireland occupied the center of the world stage last week, and at this writing it is uncertain whether she will gain peace by accepting the Brit- ish government's offer of dominion rule, or adopt the irreconcilable att! tude of De Valera and the other Sinn fein leaders and thereby probably wing upon herself a suicidal war with ireat Britain, In the closing days of tie week Dall Eireann, the Sinn Fein parliament, was In secret session de- hating the momentous problem. ‘There was a slight chance that It would not indorse De Valera’s rejection of the Lloyd George offer, and another chance that the plan would be sub- mitted to a plebiscite by which the people of southern Ireland might in- Struct their leaders to accept the do- minion rule offer. It was made evident thar the Sinn Feiners were trying to bring Ulster in- to accord with the South so that the conversutions with the British govern- iment might be renewed and possibly f counter offer made to Lloyd George. The atitude hitherto assumed by Sic James Craig and his colleagues did hot promise well for the success of that effort. Indeed, Ulster has been the stumbling block all through the negotiations. ‘To the unprejudiced mind the Brit- Ish offer seems extremely Liberal, gly- ing to Iveland equal membership as a dominion in the British emplre, with full control of its finances, posts, army and Internal government, and demand- ing little exeept loyalty to the em pire, control of the seas about Ireland and certain military and aviation rights, It was specified, also, that coercion should not be employed against Ulster, and De Valera has de- clared southern Ireland can be brought into an Irish domlatop without the use of force. He meant by the use of the commercial poycott and. simi- lar measures, but General Smuts Is confident that time and experience will bring about the sare result am- cubly. In addressing Dall Etreann, De Valera declared Lloyd George had not offered to Ireland the status of a do- minion government, because no Ire land was mentioned In the terms, only two broken pleces of Irelund; and be- cause dominions have the right to secede, but Ireland siust stay within the empire whether er uot It wishes to do so. Said he: “Only on a basis of our recognition ax an Irish repub- Ne will we deal with any nation or forelgn country whatever. ‘Phe only government che peopfe of Ireland rec- ognize ig the ministry of the Dail Eireann. He Mtterly scored the British gov- ernment, declaring it was practically Impossinle to negotiate with It be- cause of its “lack of prineiple,” and cited the many “inconsistencies” of Lloyd George; but the reservations In his speech, expressed and implied, seemed to leave the way open for further negotiations. Although Lloyd George declared his offer was the utmost the British gov- ernment could make, It is Just possible a way may be found to satisfy the Irlsh principle of independence. Dub- lin correspondents call attention to the fact that England already has practically recognized the existence of she Irish republic by the dealings of the premier with De Valera and in many other minor particulars. ‘There- fore, they hold, Dail Btreann, instead of accepting Lloyd George’s proposals, might offer the same terms to Great Britain by a treaty as between two free and independent nations. One thing Is falrly certain: If the British offer comes to naught and war- fare Is resumed, the British govern- ment will start in whole-heartedly co “clean up the Emerald Isle,” and that with the practically unanimous sup- port of the people of the rest of the empire. All factions in the United Kingdom now admit that the premler has made a sincere effort to pacity Ireland and right her wrongs, and if he feels compelled to defend the gov- ernment’s position by force of arms, his course will be generally Justified. ‘Throughout the world the real friends of Ireland who have been watching her struggle with Interest and concern will regret deeply the Irreconcllability of her leaders. Already the British are preparing for a possible resump- tion of hostilities. The League of Nations counell wilt meet In Geneva probably on August 27 to consider the Silesian problem, and Premier Briand 1s quoted as saying It undoubtedly will be able to settle the disputed questions conformably with the terins and spirit of the peace treaty. Its Inbors may be lightened by the present attitude of the Ger- man industrial and political leaders and the Polish Inbor representatives in Upper Silesia, They haye held secret conference in Kattowitz and pledged co-operation In the interest of thelr “common motherland.” It was believed they would petition the leagne council to settle the Silesian trouble promptly by giving Upper Silesin all to Poland or all te Ger- many. All the conferees were op- posed to the further use of force. Germans and Polish Irregular troops had a fight near the villages of Sternalitz and Kostellitz, and the Ger- mans killed 24 Poles and drove the rest across the frontier, The Greeks resumed just week their offensive against the Turkish national- ists, and four strong columns advanced far toward the Kemalist seat of gov- ernment at Angora while a fifth moved north toward Ismld, which the ‘Turks were said to be evacuating. It was reported again that the natlonal- {sts also were giving up Angora, ‘The Turks made a stand at the ancient city of Gordium, near the confluence of the Pursak and Sakarla rivers, which was used as a concentration camp by Alexander the Great when he Invaded Persia. It {s almost incredible, but true nevertheless, that the Bolshevik rul- ers of Russia were still haggling last week over the terms on which Amert- cans should be permitted to undertake ‘the rellef of the starving and pest icieven milllons of the Volga valley and southern Russia, Day after day Maxim Litvinoff, head of the soviet famine relief commission, fenced with Walter L, Brown, chef of the Euro- pean section of the American relief administration, yfelding slowly and reluctantly to Mr, Brown's demands, suspicious Uke his fellow Bolsheviks that any foreigners admitted to Rus: sin will’ take advantage of the oppor- tunity to conspire to overthrow the sowet regime. At this writing Lit- vinoff has given in on all points save one. He still insists that the Bol- sheviks shall have the right to limit the number of relief workers and to expel any of them, Meanwhile the Russtans are dying like files for lack of food and medicines. It Is Interesting to note that sovlet Russia has abandoned prohibition. A decree has been issued permitting the manufacture and sale of beverages containing up to 14 per cent of al- cohol, which will be heayily taxed. Nationalization of real estate also has been dropped and Individuals are now permitted to buy houses or land from ‘the government. Having made pretty “much of a wreck of the countrys, Lenin and ‘Trotzky are gradually receding from their impossible position. China has cordially accepted the tn- vitation to the disarmament confer- ence in Washington, and Japan's note of acceptance has been prepared and submitted to the cabinet In Tokyo for approval. ‘The Japanese reply, it ts understood, asks Mmitatlon on the questions to be discussed, The ac: eeptance of France, which was a mere formality, also was recelved early in the week, together with the assur- ance of Premier Briand that be will CRAY ES OE SRR eee ae mae accompany the French delegation. Yresident Harding has numed two of the American delegates—Seeretary of State Hughes and Senator Lodge. ‘That the administration will not make the conference the oceaston for lavish expenditures ts assured by Its request for an appropriation of only $200,000 for expenses of the meeting. Of course the Republicans took advantage of their chance to make comparisons with the huge sum expended by Pres- ident Wilson and his peace comrls- sion in Europe, Mr. Dresel, our commissioner to Berlin, has been busy negotiating the terms of the peace treaty with Ger- many, and has. run against several snags, among them a renewed oppos!- tion on the part of Germany to ad- mit Its sole blame for the war. Amer- fea reserves to Itself all the advan- tages nceruing under the treaty of Versailles, and Germany demands sev- eral things, Including restoration of all German property seized In Amer- ica or the proceeds of the sale of such property. ‘The tax revision bill was introduced into the house and the fight for its adoption began promptly under a spe- cial rule which provided for final ac- tion at three o'clock Suturday after- noon, ‘There was little doubt that the measure would be passed almost as reported, but there was a chance that it might be changed in one important respect. Just before it was Introduced the Republican members of the house in caucus ordered that tt be altered to provide that repeal of the excess profits tax, substitution of an tn creased corporation tax and reduction of the higher individual surtaxes should become, effective on Income of the calendar year 1922 instead of 1921, ‘This was not In accord with the desizes of the administration, which belleved the party was commit- ted to a revision of the tax laws which would apply to 1921 Income, and it was thought the action of the caucus might be reversed. The Dem- oeratie members of the house also enuensed and voted to fight the tax bill, declaring In a resolution that it is “subversive of the principle that should govern taxation for the sup- port of this government” and that {t “relieves profiteers and taxpayers of large Incomes from thelr Just share of the lond of taxation and leaves an unfair portion of the burden to be borne by the people of moderate means.” Fifty-two Democratic mem- hers did not attend the party caucus. In a majority report of a special investigating committee fled with the house of representatives last week, Samuel 't. Ansel, former acting Judge advocate general of the army; Col. John E, Hunt and Col. ©. C. Cresson were charged with conspiracy in con- nection with the escape of Grover C. Bergdoll, the most despicable of the draft evaders, Ansell, tt ts charged, was the master mind in the plot by which Bergdoll, whose attorney he was, was released from military prison under guard to dig up a pot of gold, and the report recommends that he be disbarred from practicing tn the courts of the nation “above whose safety and Integrity he placed gold.” Colonel Hunt Is held directly responsible for the escape of Bergdoll because he neglected to have him handcuffed and adequately guarded ; and Colonel Cres- son Is seserely critielzed for his “pre- tense of prosecution” of Colonel Hunt, who was tried by court-martial. ‘The majority report was signed by Repre- sentativees Luhring of Indiana, Repub- lean, and Flood of Virginia and Johnson of Kentucky. Democrats. Chairman Peters of Maine and MeAr- thur of Oregon, Republicans, submit- ted a minority report dissenting from most of the findings of the majority. ‘The field of athlete sports provided a minor sensation in the breakdown of Suzanne Lenglen, famous French tennis player, while she was contend- Ing with Mrs, Molla Mallory, Ameri- can champton, tn the women’s natlonay champlonship tournament at Forest Hills, L. I, Mile, Tanglen, who had landed only a day or so before, was suffering from a severe cough and after Mrs. Mallory had won the first set and two points of the second, the French girl quit, weeping, and de- faulted. It 1s belleved that these two remarkable players will have another match before Suzaone returns home. BIMPLICITY MARKS CEREMONY WHEN REPRESENTATIVES AT. TACH SIGNATURES. = . RESERVES ALL RIGHIS AMERICA ASSUMES NO OBLIGA- TIONS OF VERSAILLES TREATY IN NEW PACT. Berlin. —The treaty of peace be Qveon Germany and the United States thus been signed here. The signing occurred in the office of Foreign Minister Rosen in the Wile inelitaeranae: ‘The funtion oveupled jabout ten minutes, Ellis Loring Dres- el, the American commissioner, who "was seated opposite the foreign nine ‘ister at the latter's desk, signed both copies of the treaty first and) then pushed the document aeross the desk ‘to Herr Rosen, who affixed his own signature, The German foreign minister, in Signing, expressed gratification at this ‘act for the resumption of friendly re- lutions berween the two natious, Mr. Drexel replying with reciprocal sentl ment. Pomp and oratory played no. part in the signing, and simplicity —sur- rounded the ceremony. Mr, Dresel was accompanied by three aides, Coun- sellor Wilson and Secreturles’ Pen- hoyer and Amory, while Under For- eign Secretary Haniel yon Hafmhaus- en and three foreign office depart: ment chiefs made up Herr Rosen's re- tinue. AID stood about us the signa- tures and seals were affixed, Washington.—The treaty with Ger- many, which was signed In Berlin, has been made public by the State Depart- ment. It puts into force the economic, reparations, military and various other provisions of the unratified treaty of Versailles, but provides specifically that the United States shall not be bound by the coyenant of the league of nations or by other enumerated parts of the Versuilles settlement. The department's statement re- viewed the treaty In detail, emphasiz- ing that any advantage which might have been pained by ratification of the treaty of Versailles is fully preserved under the present instrument, Would Bar President's Absence. Washington. — The vice president would take over ali duties of the President when the latter Is away from Washington for more than twen- ty-four hours under a bill introduced by Representative Kissel, Republican, New York. In event both the Presi- dent and vice president were out of town the speaker of the House would assume powers of the President. The bi would make it unlawful for the President at any time to absent him self from the territorlal Jurisdiction of the United States. Revolt in British India. Bombay.—A — grave situation has arisen in the Malabar district, on the west coust of British India, where se- ditious agitators have been working on the religious fanaticism: of ignor- ant natives, ‘Their activities have re: sulted in serious rioting, blood. shed aud destruction of property. Military forces have fired upon rioters, caus: ing many casualties. Railway: lines have been cut, postoffices have been robbed and mob law is almost su: preme in several small towns. Tourist Rescues Girl. Yellowstone Park, Wyo. — Miss Beatrice Lucille Devine of Chicago slipped while picking flowers on the rim of Yellowstone cafion, plunged over the edge and for more than an hour clung to a ledge, with her body and feet hanging in space, before she was rescued by dames E. Johnson of West Lebanon, Ind., member of a tour: ist party. The purty reached — the scene just as exhaustion was about to compel Miss Devine to relinquish her grip and fall to death on Jagged rocks hundreds of feet below. Three Dead in Olt. Fire. Tulsa, Okla. — Three men were burned to death and the south part of the oil town of Yale, Okla. fifty miles south of here, almost totally de- stroyed as the result of a tank car explosion, which occurred at the load: ing tracks of the Sun Refininsy Com- pany. ‘The burning ofl spread to ad- Joining buildings and was extinguished only after great property damage had been done. ‘The cause of the explo- sion is unknown, Posse Pursuing Bandits. Denison, ‘Texas.—Sheriff's posses are scouring the surrounding country in a search for two masked bandits who held up and robbed the — mail couch in a Missouri, Kansas & Texas Mmited train as it was entering this city. Although no complete check has been made, postal authorities intimat- ed that the robbers’ loot may reach $500,000. One suspect, who’ was arly- ing an automobile believed to have been used by the bandits, has been ar rested. . “Forty Winks” Under Happiest of Conditions. Idea Seems to Appeal With Consider. “able Force to Writer in Louis ville Courier-Journal. Cool, — cavernous, well-ventilated, cushioned churches are fine places in which to snatch 40 winks of sleep. But for the disposition of mean-na- tured persons to speak unkindly of one who sleeps in chureh the invita tion of a Louisville minister to sleep w his church during bis sermons night jam the building Sunday morn- ings, making sleeping In a pew as comfortless as sleeping three in @ ped. ‘Those who are not sensitive to un- kind, un-Christian, criticism can en- joy sleeping In church and going home, as the pustor says, “refreshed and Jeclaring the sermon and the theology fine.” Sleep in itself is the supreme realized experience of the average work-ridden, worry-bitten, dog-tired human being, declares a writer in the Loutsvilte Courier-Journal, It proy sides all of the refreshment of the ‘bath without the labor of tubbing*and rubbing. Sleep is more reconstruc- tive than a drink, and it is an anti- toxin, whereas the drink may be, now- adays cold poison procured by bribery. The poets, many-voiced, silver- tongued, have smitten the lyre and sung the delights, the uses, the magic of sleep. The philosophers have point- ed out to the weary, to the disillu- sioned, the “poppled ways of sleep.” Sleep paroles the prisoner whose days are spent in penal servitude and whose nights are spent in a cell, mak- Ing him as free and as light-footed as Ariel, Sleep suspends the life sentence of the man who is in the clutches of In- ‘curable illness and beckons him to ‘the ruddy experience of youth and health, The jilted lover sleeps and knows the happiness of love requited, ‘The bankrupt sleeps and experi- ences the dignity and the power that wealth showers with barbaric hand upon the merchant princes of the gor- geous west, along with pearl and gold, The widow, gray, bent, old, child- less, a victim of poverty and loneli- ness, sleeps and is again the bride whose slippered feet are at the gates of Elysimn, “Sleep” Is found, [In any book of fa- milar quotations, between “slander” and “shivery,” from both of which It provides respite, and next to “smiles,” near “solitude” and “song,” and “sun- shine." But it is found nowhere tn happier circumstances than in church, somewhere between the announce- ment of the text and the pronounce- ment of the benediction, for sleep's caress upon the eyelids of the weary falls more softly and sweetly when it comes “like Dinna’s kiss, unasked, un- sought,” than when it responds to such advances as getting into night-clothes und into bed. Sleep in church is at its best when the church is made of logs and stands in a wood. The preacher is long- winded. The squirrel barks, the blue jay chides, the leaves rustle outside the windows. As the parson thunders out damnation in mid-discourse the meat of the argument goes to your wakeful neighbor while you “eat in dreams the custard.” Even in town, with the Jangling nolses of the streets invading the edifice, there are rare sweetness and solace in the nature of a minister who Invites the weary to come to the church and enjoy a nap, for which he promises, generously, to provide the lullaby. Chilean Fruit in America. An experimental shipment of grapes was sent to New York with a view of ascertaining whether a market could be found In the United States for the product of the Chilean vineyards. ‘The grapes were shipped in cold storage and are reported to haye arrived in excellent condition and to have been sold at highly satisfactory prices, It Is reported that another shipment Is planned as soon as arrangements can be made. The experiment is of par- ticular interest, since It is possible that the exportation of fresh fruit from Chile to the United States might be- come -very profitable, providing that shipping facilities were available, Chile produces fine fruit of almost every variety known to the temperate zone and it ripens during the winter months in the United States when the market would be at its best. Flies Spread Plaques in Russia. Spread of dread diseases In Russia, fs due to swarms of files and gnats. At the Pan-Russian health congress at Moscow Health Commissioner Samas}- ko presented a sensational report. Plague, he said, was rapidly spreading in southeast Russia from Persia and Siberia, cholera was raging In the southern and middle governments, and there was hardly one part of Russia unaffected by malaria. ‘This alarming condition of things he attributed to enormous swarms of flies and gnats, which were the disease carriers. By Way of Proof. It is being insisted upon that col- lege students of today are not nearly as great fools as thelr great-grandfa- thers, who graduated. It must be so. Nobody today tries to get a cow into chapel or upon the roof of the dormf- ‘tory.—Minneapolis Journal. a al fas i tii 9 D'S ao ¢ pe 1 " Hoump 3 Poon cnannycr e notages, ait + et oe ae ; + inviten thetmiblitof Denver td 3 5 RCE NS Inadorny etactrlentls 4 $ inpeiwd dental ania, sag Wel 4 ce sigue same tate nao 4 gate. Chama 207. 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(Second Floor) BETTER QUARTERS —MORE CENTRAL- LY LOCATED—BET- TER STREET CAR SERVICE Auction Every Day, 2 p.m. Take Elevator to Second Floor Special Sale on Retail Floor Phone Main 1675 1617-23 Lawrence St. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY, Phone Main 6644, 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. = gs ap oe Zz hig 24 Ssie ga <i § ma Kas bq 3 = 5 = 2 me Fn Zag x bd oo UO si Sb Re een Do You ST SS Use Good Paper When); You Write? We Can Print Anything * and Do It Right q COMMUNITY CANNING POPULAR THE CAFE Home Demonstration Agent Conducting a Canning School. MILK FOR YOUNG CHILD IS URGED How Lime and Vitamines Promote Growth and Bone Development in Children. RATS USEFUL IN ILLUSTRATION Rodents Given Milk Grew Large While Those Without Were Weak—Tea and Coffee Not Favored for Youth. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) "What a lot of milk you use," exclaimed Mrs. Olds, watching the milkman place four quart bottles and a pint on her neighbor's step. "What on earth do you do with it all?" Mrs. Newsom looked somewhat astonished. "Why," she replied, "we drink most of it, of course. A pint and a half a day or a glass each meal for each of the three children, the pint for grandmother, a glass or more each for Mr. Newsom and myself, and the rest for breakfast cereals, coffee and cooking. In fact, I often have to buy an extra bottle if I want to make a pudding. Tom, especially since he has been on the high school athletic team, very often uses a glass or two more than I allow for him." Some Children Do Not Like Milk. "Goodness, my children wouldn't drink milk if I paid them. We only take two quarts a day, and hardly ever use all of that. My family's larger than yours, too," Mrs. Olds reflected. "Seven of the children at A Milk-Fed Rat Compared With One Which Had No Milk or Butter. home, now that Maude is married. I often wish I would get Florence and Ida to take milk and eggs better. They're both thin and nervous and seem to get tired out so easily. But even Billy wants his coffee for breakfast and tea for dinner." "You don't mean to say you give four-year-old Billy tea and coffee?" An illumination of many points about her neighbor's family came suddenly to Mrs. Newsom. She had always supposed the Olds children were delicate and obviously undernourished, because there were so many of them to bring up on a small salary. Apparently, however, there had been a very grave blunder in the diet of the whole family, one which could have been avoided even with their limited income, because milk is one of cheapest sources of nourishment obtainable. "I wish you might have been with me yesterday," remarked Mrs. Newsom. "I heard a talk about an exhibit prepared by some milk specialists in the dairy division of the United States Department of Agriculture. In fact, I brought home a picture which illustrated the lecture. I think it would interest you." She stepped inside the house for a moment, and then invited her neighbor to sit down while she explained. "The exhibit was of some white rats, and showed the practical results of research work done by nutrition scien- COMMUNITY CA Home Demonstration Agent (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) There is a live farm bureau and some live-wire project leaders in Yakima County, Wash. With the help of the home demonstration agent, cooperatively employed by the state agricultural college and the United States Department of Agriculture, Mrs. Helen Wells, who is community leader of the food preservation project at Wapato, established a community canning school in her own town. The use of one of the Indian service bunk houses tists. The lecturer explained that the condition of the rats illustrated the good effect of adding milk to an inadequate diet. The rats having milk, you see, grew large and muscular, with strong bones, bright eyes and glossy hair. Those that did not have milk added to their diet had weak bones, because they lacked minerals, especially lime, which is so abundant in milk, and also milk proteins, which are unexcelled for making firm, strong muscles. They also lacked vitamins, the important food accessories so essential to growth and health. Poor little things, they did not gain, but actually lost, while their comrades in the next cage thrived, and in six weeks had more than doubled their weight at the beginning of the demonstration. "The lecturer explained that the exhibit was not an experiment, because the facts had already been proved by experimental evidence. It was merely a practical illustration. "Of course," went on Mrs. Newsom, "we know perfectly well that a baby will double its weight in six months on milk alone and really we should not be surprised that these half-grown rats would have done the same when they had all the milk they wished. "The lecturer showed us the stuffed pelts, which were absolutely lifelike, and the mounted skeletons. The milk-fed rats had firm, well-formed bones, because they got plenty of lime, whereas the poor little undernourished ones had such frail skeletons that some of them had to be exhibited in bottles instead of being mounted." Causes of Weak Bones. Mrs. Olds looked very thoughtful, "I wonder," she said finally, "whether the small amount of milk the children have had would partly account for the easily broken bones in our family." Three of the children have had fractured arms or legs—and Ida's back seems so weak." "It seems probable, though, one can't say positively, of course, Mrs. Olds. The lecturer yesterday confirmed my belief that milk is better for the child's nervous system than tea and coffee, which, as you know, are not foods at all, and which contain elements that affect the nerves. It's a problem to break a food habit after a child once forms it, I know; that is why I have always avoided starting the tea and coffee habit." "I believe," said Mrs. Olds, "that the two youngest children might listen to me if I could tell them the story of the rats—and perhaps show them the picture." "I'll be so glad to lend it to you," smiled Mrs. Newsom. C All Around the House Rugs should not be placed cornerwise in a room. * * * * Season a veal casserole with a bit of caramelized sugar. * * * * In making quince jelly try coloring with a few drops of beet juice. * * * * To remove stains from tinware rub with a damp cloth dipped in soda. * * * * A rich dough always absorbs more fat in frying than a plainer mixture. * * * * Flour that has been allowed to get damp makes heavy cakes and puddings. * * * * Never use soiled suds for washing colored clothes unless you expect them to be muddy looking. If a steel article has become rusty rub well with a mixture of half an ounce of emery powder and one ounce of soap. NNING POPULAR Conducting a Canning School. was obtained and four vats were installed. A 50-gallon oil tank was converted into a canning tank by the addition of two racks, a cover, and a pressure gauge. Some old tanks were repaired and equipped with drains for washing spinach and other vegetables preparatory to canning. Blanching equipment was also installed in the form of two small vats into which steam could be forced, and 400 cans and a sealer were purchased. With this equipment four tons of spinach were canned in two days. THE KITCHEN CABINET (© 1921, Western Newspaper Union.) Solitude is as necessary to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.—Lowell. VEGETABLES PREPARED THE FRENCH WAY. The French, being masters in the art of cooking and seasoning, observe a few rules which explains the delicacy of their dishes. ```markdown ``` All vegetables are cleaned and covered with cold water, except such vegetables as tomatoes, egg plant, corn or peas, which depend much on their flavor for palatability. Then all vegetables, with few exceptions, are cooked in boiling water, and the water is boiling when the vegetable is dropped in. At the end of the cooking period the vegetable is carefully drained (except in cases where the vegetable is cooked in a very small amount of water and the water is used with seasonings as a sauce to serve with it, for example, green peas, and all steam removed before the seasonings are added. Stuffed Cabbage.—Select a small, hard head of cabbage and steam it or tie in a cloth and cook until tender, using salt in the water. When nearly tender enough, drain upside down and put into it between the leaves or in a hollow made in the center the following filling: One cupful of chopped cooked meat, one cupful of soaked bread crumbs, one chopped onion, two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley, one teaspoonful of thyme and a clove of garlic, finely minced, one-half teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of pepper. Place in a steamer and cook until thoroughly tender. Serve a thin white sauce in which a half cupful of cheese has been grated. Tomato Canape.—Cut thick slices of ripe round tomatoes and on each put a spoonful of the following: chopped hard-cooked egg yolk, mixed smooth with one or two anchovies for flavor, adding seasoning, onion juice, and serve with a sprinkling of finely minced chives. Spinach With Gravy.—Steam or cook the spinach in the water which clings to the leaves. Drain and chop fine. Return the spinach to the heat, add two tablespoonfuls of butter and one teaspoonful of flour. When well mixed add one and one-half cupfuls of any meat gravy or a sauce made from boulton cubes. Serve hot. A college for women which does not send back to her home the daughter more willing and capable to enter into the home problems and solve them with strength and grace is not an institution of learning. It is an institution of unlearning.—Frank W. Gunsaulus. SOME SOUTHERN DISHES. The dishes of the South are different, many of them often because of different products; the following, however, may be prepared in almost any section of the United States; ICE BOTTLE New Orleans Bisque. Heat one cupful of milk, lacking a tablespoonful which is used to mix with a tablespoonful of cornstarch; stir until it boils and the cornstarch is well cooked. Remove, strain and cool. Then add two cupfuls of thin cream, one-half cupful of sugar, a teaspoonful of vanilla and freeze in the usual way. When half frozen, stir in one dozen finely crumbled macaroons. Finish freezing. Cucumber and Pimento Salad.—Pare a chilled cucumber and cut into matchlike pieces. Remove the pimentoes from the can, rinse in cold water and cut into strips like the cucumbers. Use equal measures of each. Dress each separately with French dressing with a little scraped onion added. Arrange in a salad bowl and serve with fish. Peppers a la Creole. — Take three large green peppers, three medium-sized tomatoes, six small slices of bacon, one teaspoonful of chopped onion, one cupful of cooked rice, one teaspoonful of salt, a few dashes of pepper and three-fourths of a cupful of water. Cut the peppers in halves, remove the seeds. Remove the skins and cores of the tomatoes and cut into fine pieces. Try out the bacon which has been finely minced and brown the onions in the fat. Mix the tomatoes with the bacon, onion, rice and seasonings and fill the cavities of the peppers with the mixture. Surround the peppers with hot water and two tablespoonfuls of the drippings, cover and bake in a moderate oven. Remove the cover 15 minutes before taking from the oven; baste occasionally while baking. Serve hot. Tripe a la Creole.—Wash one and one-half pounds of tripe in three waters, using soda in the last water. Boil the tripe until tender—about one and one-half hours—then cut with scissors into narrow strips. Brown two small sliced onions in two tablespoonfuls of fat. Add one red and one green pepper finely chopped, a bit of mace, six pepper corns, four allspice, two and one-fourth teaspoonfuls of salt, dash of pepper, and one quart of tomato with one-half teaspoonful of soda and one teaspoonful of sugar. Simmer 20 minutes. Serve with hot boiled rice. Nessie Maxwell The Kitchen Cabinet --- (© 1921, Western Newspaper Union.) The world goes up and the world goes down. And the sunshine follows the rain; And yesterday's sleer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again. —Charles Kingsley. SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT. The following dish may be made as successfully in the North as in the South, for we are told that okra is easily grown in northern latitudes; however, there is always the canned variety available: O Creole Gumbo.—Melt four tablespoonfuls of fat in a saucepan, add three tablespoonfuls of flour and cook until well blended. In this brown one-half pound of steak which has been cut in fine pieces, and one onion chopped. Add two medium sized tomatoes, one green pepper chopped; cook together, stirring constantly. Lastly add one quart of chopped okra and a cupful of hot water with two and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, one-half teaspoonful of pepper. Simmer gently until the vegetables are tender, adding more water as needed, stirring frequently. Serve with hot boiled rice. Reheated Mutton With Peas.—A left-over dish which is very appetizing may be prepared as follows: Take thin slices of cold cooked mutton, reheat in a hot frying pan with a little butter, serve with some reheated peas in a thick cream sauce, the sauce poured around the mutton on the platter. Green peppers parboiled and stuffed with chopped, seasoned mutton, then baked, makes a fine dish, and one which will use a small amount of meat. Rice Omelet With Peas. — Take a cupful of cooked peas added to a cupful of cream sauce—leftover peas may be used in this dish. Beat the eggs, using two eggs, add a cupful of cooked rice to the yolks, then fold in the whites beaten stiff. Cook as usual and serve with the hot peas poured around the omelet. Corn Meal Waffles.—Put two cupfuls of water and a teaspoonful of salt over the fire to boll; add gradually one cupful of corn meal mixed with one cupful of cold water, add very slowly, then cover and cook over boiling water stirring occasionally for one hour. Add one-fourth of a cupful of shortening and pour into a bowl; when cooled a little add one-half cupful of sour cream or buttermilk and two-thirds of a cupful of sweet milk. Sift together two cupfuls of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of soda and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, beat well into the first mixture, add two well beaten egg yolks and fold in two well beaten egg whites. Bake on a hot, well greased waffle iron. This amount will fill the iron five or six times. Today is what you have. It is also what you are. And again today is what you do. And if you haven't anything, and aren't anybody, and do nothing—why, then, for you there is no today—George Matthew Adams. SUMMERY GOOD THINGS. For the woman who likes to cook and prepare dalty food, there is no pleasure greater to her than an occasional visit to an up-to-date lunch room where she may order a lunch and at the same time gain new ideas in gar- to her than an occasional visit to an up-to-date lunch room where she may order a lunch and at the same time gain new ideas in garnishing and serving food combinations. Pepermint Candy Ice Cream.—Add to partly frozen unflavored ice cream one-half cupful each of seeded raisins, chopped pecan meats and shredded almonds, with one cupful of pepermint candy crushed fine. Pack in a mold and when unmolded garnish with whipped cream streaked with red coloring. This is done by drawing a fork dipped in color through the cream. Ice Cream, Lillian Russell.—Heat one quart of milk and one cupful of double cream, one cupful of sugar until lukewarm (not over 100 degrees), add one junket tablet crushed and dissolved in a tablespoonful of water. Mix thoroughly and let stand in a warm room until the mixture is thick, then chill and freeze. Serve in chilled muskmelon. Sprinkle with cinnamon over the top of the cream in each melon. Peach Shortcake. — Prepare and make a rich biseuilt mixture. Spread one layer with butter and thinly sliced peeled peaches well sugared, then put on the other layer and cover with more of the prepared peaches. On top place halves of choice peaches, dredge with sugar, then pipe a rosette of sweetened whipped cream in the hollow of each half peach. This may be served in individual shortcakes, making a very attractive dessert. Rhubarb Jam.—Select the red stalks of rhubarb, leaving as much of the red of the peeling on it as possible, cut up into half-inch stalks, weigh and add an equal weight of sugar; let stand over night. For each three pounds of fruit add the grated rind and juice of a lemon, let simmer for a half-hour after boiling one hour. Just before taking off the fire add one ounce of sliced blanched almonds. Nellie Maxwell SOMETHING NEW GARDNER THE TAILOR Is giving a United Certificate for each 25 cents spent with him for cleaning, pressing, repairing or tailoring. These Certificates are good for Community Silverware, or may be exchanged for cash at the Globe National Bank of Denver. Get your share of them by calling Champa 1019. 1025 21ST STREET. A. HASER, Prop. 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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 WEAT HAT HIGHEST QUALITY AND FINISHING New Location, ALBANY THE CHAP TWENTI Is DRUGS, CHEMIC W PRESCRIPT Phone us and we will call JAME WEATHERHEAD HAT FACTORY ESTABLISHED 1876 HIGHEST QUALITY RENOVATING, REMODELING AND FINISHING OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HATS New Location, ALBANY HOTEL, 1722 STOUT ST., DENVER, COLO. THE CHAMPA PHARMACY TWENTIETH AND CHAMPA. Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, Propr. PHONE MAIN 2425. C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 The Market Company Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and C Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. 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Fresh and Cured Ted Meats Cry and Game. 4303, 4304, 4305 DENVER, COLORADO RES. PHONE GALLUP 942 Rettig APLE GROCERIES STREET 1864 CURTIS STREET --- Denver, Colo. C. B. Weatherhead Denver, Colo. Aiding Nature in Her Work TO repair the damage done by destructive forces is a process of no short time. But to prevent these bad effects is but the routine of a few precious moments. In either case, Madam C. J. Wølker's Superfine Toilettes stand ready to aid you in the task a. hand. Madam C. J. Walker's Vanishing Cream Superfine Face Powder (white, rose-flesh, brown) Compact Rouge TO PREVENT THE ON-RUSH OF OLD AGE Madam C. J. Walker's Cleansing Cream Witch Hazel Jelly Floral Cluster Talc 640 North West Street Indianapolis, Ind. Makers of 18 superfine preparations for the hair and skin Tan-Off—A Skin Bleach For many years thousands of Madam C. J. Walker's satisfied customers urged her to perfect an effective skin bleach, and in response to their demands, she made arrangements to place Tan-Off on the market, and her daughter, who succeeded her as President of the Company, after three years of effort, has perfected and recommends for frequent use Tan-Off—a safe and efficient compound for brightening dark and sallow skin, an effective treatment for tan, freckles and skin blotch and for clearing dull, lifeless complexions. ADDRESS ALL ORDER TO THE MADAM C. J. WALKER MFG. CO. 640 North West Street, Indianapolis, Ind. WANTED to place in each of the fifteen thousand homes of our people in Denver, a copy of Scott's Official History of the American Negro and the World War SCOTTS OFFICIAL HISTORY of the AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR EMMETT J. SCOTT SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO SECRETARY OF WAR A complete and authentic narration of the participation of American soldiers of the Negro race in the great fight for democracy. Illustrated with official and personal photographs of over two hundred in number, this work offers delightful reading of its 600 pages for the youth, the middle-aged and the old, and each home will add dignity and loyalty to our race and country by being provided with a copy of this commendable work. A very desirable gift in and out of season. This book is being offered at the very reasonable price of $3.00 at the office of THE COLORADO STATESMAN P. O. Box 116 Room 25, 1824 Curtis St. at the office of Arrangements can also be made over phone. Call Main 7417 PRESS COMMENT: No library is complete without Scott's History of "The American Negro in the World War," and no better legacy could be left to posterity than this great work of Negro heroism and patriotism. INTERPRETING THE STYLES FOR EARLY FALL WEAR M brown caracul fur. It fastens up the front with odd, oblong buttons. It is a youthful affair as it is, but a band of fur substituted for the enchille fringe will adapt it to very young women. The shortness of the skirt indicates that it was meant for them. ACCEPTED styles in suits are interpreted in many ways. The art of the tailor is put to the test when he must adapt a mode to the age of his patron and modify it in accordance. In suits there are those that express the buoyancy of youth, those that convey the spirit and poise of later and fuller life, and those that attest to the dignity, quiet and richness of age. None of these have been altogether left out of the displays, but it is natural that suits for younger women should predominate and two of these are pictured here. The handsome suit at the right, made of black suede cloth, is distinctly matronly. The coat is elaborated by side panels, by variations in its length and by a rich embroidery of black silk and silver tinsel. It has a modish collar of natural squirrel fur and both the skirt and coat approve the style of longer lines. It would be hard to find anything to excel this in a suit that is distinctive and rich enough for the usual social affairs that interest women. It is just what they need for their clubs, concerts, church entertainments, teas and other informal gatherings. The suit at the left of the illustration is built on youthful lines to start with and is made of a soft cloth—"duvet de laine." in brown. The box coat, which flares somewhat, has a novel trimming at the bottom of chequile fringe and a collar and cuffs of left. It is a picture hat of felt and seems to belong to girlhood, enhancing the beauty of faces that can wear it. It is simply trimmed—preserving its youthful character by refraining from any ornament except the quaint applique flower motif on the front of the very large crown. FOUR distinct types of hats appear here, each one of them entitled to be called a star in the galaxy of its particular kind. They are forecasts of what we may expect to see in the millinery sky this winter, and they are enchanting. At a glance we perceive them to be the work of artists, from the frame foundations to the last minute details of their making and trimming, and concede that only expert professionals can make them. Think this over when the price of hats is under discussion and be willing to pay for faultless workmanship. The well-poised, spirited matron will find a hat that suits her in the brilliant turban of brocaded satin at the right, with its odd, sophisticated drapery. This hat has a French accent, but whatever its origin, its distinction is clear. The last hat in the group is a familiar shape draped with duvetyn and trimmed with beads and bead tassels. It is here because it is demanded, and is quite likely to prove the favorite type of hat for street wear. At the top of the group a dress hat, of black velvet, has a soft crown and straight wide brim with a novel finish about its edge. For this border numbers of shiny black ornaments having the sparkle of jet are used. The lines of the crown and brim are beautifully balanced, and the shape becoming to many faces. Julie Bottomby COPYRIGHT BY WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION One of the shapes that artists love appears in the youthful model at the J. R. CONTEE, Pres. and Mgr. Phone Main 6123—Day or Night Residence Phone York 7992 THE OLD RELIABLE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC FRANK S. REED. Licensed Embalmer and Director Lady Assistant. Polite Service to all. Parlors, 2745 Welton Street. DENVER, COLORADO. Chop Suey :: Noodles And Short Orders 1223 Twenty-First Street THE STAR HAIR GROWER A Wonderful Hair Dressing and Grower. 1,000 AGENTS WANTED. Good Money THE WORLD'S FINEST HAIRDRESSER send $1.00 and we will send you a full supply that you can begin work with at once: also agent's terms. Send all money by money order to THE STAR HAIR GROWER MF'R., P. O. Box 812, Greensboro, N. C. THE O. P. BAUR CONFECTIONERY CO. Established 1872 Caterers and Confectioners 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON Every Home Needs the BEST NEGRO WEEKLY PAPER and the LEADING MONTHLY MAGAZINE We Offer Both The Colorado Statesman, per year..... $1.50 The Competitor (National Magazine), per year..... 1.00 Regular rate for both, per year..... 4.50 You keep abreast of the times and save..... 2.00 COLORADO STATESMAN Box 116 Denver, Colorado FILL IN THE COUPON BELOW AND MAIL TO US Gentlemen: Please send me THE COLORADO STATESMAN and THE COMPETITOR for one year. I enclose herewith the combination subscription price of $2.50. Yours very truly, Name ... Street and number ... Town..... State...... Date.....