The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS, Can he Succeed as a Business Man-A Successful Chicagoan Tells the Story of the Race as a Factor in Business and Incidently the Experiences of Twenty five Years of Activity. There has been so much controversy concerning the Negro, so much said and written about his alleged inferiority, such an attempt made to establish relationship between him and the monkey, that even in this new century there exists, in some quarters, grave doubts as to his origin, and a general misapprehension as to his nature, capabilities, and purposes. But research into the primeval history of man evinces the fact, beyond the possibility of skepticism, that mankind had only one common origin. We are taught that in the beginning God created man in His own image, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and that man became a living soul. The closest and most thorough analysis of the blood of different races fails to detect the slightest difference in the color, size, shape, or quality of its corpuscles. The fact that one people are white, another yellow, another red, another brown, and yet another black has its cause in the working of a law of nature which we do not fully understand. Sacred history plainly teaches that the Negro is a man like other men and that of one blood God created all nations; hence there can be no racial barrier to a successful business career in the general constitution of a black man. What was the business of the Negro in the land of his nativity, or at the time of his emancipation in this country, does not so much interest us now, except as it may help us to appreciate his capacity for business at present. Life for our forefathers in Africa was very plain and very simple. The multitude was engaged with problems little more difficult than the acquirement of food and drink and rest, raiment not being a necessity; hence their only business, aside from frequent wars with kindred tribes, was to explore a way to the fruit tree, the water brook, and the shade, and so their years were principally filled up with the business of merely satisfying those three physical wants—hunger, thirst, and rest. When human slavery was established in the colonies, those of our race, either fortunate or unfortunate enough to be brought to these shores were instructed mainly in the care of cotton, tobacco, and rice crops; and from these few Southern industries we could not turn aside. Slavery deprived the Negro of the little responsibility devolving upon him in his savage state—that of providing food and drink and finding rest. No responsibility was allowed to devolve upon him, other than to perform allotted work, not even the selection of his wife; and when children were born to him, he was not confronted with the problem of how he should provide food and shelter for them, nor wherewith they should be WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1901. MR. THEODORE W. JONES. Chicago's Leading Afro American Business Man. clothed. He and his issue being the property of his master, like swine or cattle, their issue were alike stalled and fed by the owner. With but few exceptions, this was the condition of the Negro when the proclamation of emancipation was issued, thirty-eight years ago. From that eventful day onward, the mighty aspiration of the ex-slave for education and material development has written a new page in the history of the world's progress. Let us now examine the record made, and call to our assistance the statistics of the Government that we may truthfully answer the question, Can the Negro succeed as a business man? We are indebted to ex-Congressman George H. White for the information that since the dawn of our freedom the race has reduced its illiteracy at least 45 per cent; that we have written and published nearly 500 books; have edito fully 300 newspapers; have 2,000 lawyers at the bar, a corresponding number of practicing physicians, and 32,000 school teachers. We own 140,000 homes and have real and personal property valued at $920,000,000. The Census of 1890 shows that 20,020 persons of African descent were engaged in business, and there were more than 17,000 barbers not included in those figures; and be it remembered that this showing was made more than ten years ago. It is true that we have produced no skilled master mechanics or great speculators: no commercial princes or merchant kings. These are beyond our immediate reach and reserved for later growth. But we have today, on the floor of this convention, colored men who represent nearly every business enumerated in the census reports. (Continued on page 14.) INVADING THE NEW SOUTH. Dr. Arnold a Howard Graduate Hangs out His Shing'e in Charlotte and Awaits the Course of Events—Editor Smith Writes of the Duties of the Professional men of the Race. Charlotte, N. C.—(Special.)—Dr. O. H. Arnold, of Washington, D. C., and a graduate of Howard University, came to our city last week to practice his profession—dentistry. He successfully passed a most rigid examination and was highly complimented by the examiner for his comprehensive and thorough treatment of all the subjects in which he was examined. The doctor is established on the leading business street of Charlotte. We paid him a visit and found his office furnished with a handsome and the latest improved "Harvard" dental chair, a fine dental engine, and a beautiful oak cabinet supplied with instruments of every description employed in his profession. The reception room showed in all of its appointments taste and artistic ability. In fact, the doctor is thoroughly equipped in every respect for practice. Dr. Arnold is cordially welcomed by the professional and business men of Charlotte and its best citizens. He fills a long-felt want in our community. We are now enabled to have the services of a skilled practitioner of our own race. And in place of the dingy back office and rickety chair of the prejudiced white dentist, we can now enter an office equal to any in the city and receive skillful treatment and courtesy, and not have our manhood degraded. Dr. Arnold is a pioneer in his profession, and Charlotte feels proud that it can boast of the first and only Negro dentist in the great State of North Carolina. Every year there are a large number of brilliant and accomplished young men of the race graduating from scientific and professional schools, who are afraid to venture away from the large cities. The social and intellectual facilities which the large Northern cities afford, particularly the social side, have influenced the greater number of our professional men to remain in those cities. In most of our large cities-the professions are already overcrowded and the young man who so settles himself is only enabled to eke out a mere existence. Come South, young men! It is the place for the black man to rise. Do not make the mistake of segregating in one or two places, but, like Dr. Arnold, have the push and pluck to venture forth and be a pioneer. There are a number of excellent fields all over the Southland ready and waiting for Negro doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, and dentists. Wilmington, Raleigh, Asheville, New Berne, Durham and Winston are thriving and populous cities, which stand in crying need of the services of a first-class Negro dentist. Any young man going to either of these cities will be assured of immediate success. J. W. SMITH, Charlotte, N. C. This image contains no text. 10 MRS. SARAH T. MOORE BURIE Wife of Prof L. B. Moore, Dean of the Teachers' College of Howard University Laid to Rest in Merion Cemetery Philadelphia, Pa. Brief and Impressive Services Here and in Philadelphia. Mrs. Sarah Moore Tanner, wife of Dr. L. B. Moore of Howard University, and daughter of Bishop B. T. Tanner, LL. D. of the A. M. E Church, who died at her late residence at Howard University on Tuesday, October 29, at 4 p.m. was buried Friday, November 1st from the home of her parents, No. 2908 Diamond street, Philadelphia, Pa. The remains were interred at Merlon Cemetery. Fine all services were held Thursday morning at Howard University under the direction of President J. E. Rankin, D. D., LL, D., Prof. W. V. Tunnel, Warden of King Hall Divinity School, Rev. S. N. Brown, pastor of Line 11 Memorial Congregational Temple, Dr. J. L. Ewel, Dr. Isaac Clark and Dr. F. W. Fairfield assisted in the services, Philadelphia services were conducted at the house Rev. Theodore Gould, D. D., Dr. Charles H. Richards, Dr. C. M. Crosby and Dr. H. T. Johnson, EICGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Sarah Elizabeth Tanner, daughter of Bishop B T. and Sarah E Tanner, was born in Philadelphia, June 24, 1873. She joined the church of her parents February 28, 1886, and led a consistent Christian life. By nature and training she was religious, and was prevented only by all health from entering more largely into church and philanthropic movements. She was educated in the public schools (Grammar, High and Normal) of Philadelphia, and at the University of Pennsylvania, where she took special courses in English Literature under Profs, Schilling and Penniman. She was a hard student, always taking high rank in her classes and receiving admirable testimonies from her teachers. She taught school for one year at Bordentown, N. J., where she was the first principal of the State school now presided over by Prof. J. W. Gregory of Washington. She was helpful, though quite young, in securing the first State appropriation of $5,000 to this school, and prepared the course of study, and issued the first catalogue. She was married December 19, 1895 to Lewis B Moore, then an instructor, now a Dean at Howard University, the engagement having been announced while the latter was living in Philadelphia as Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association Their married life was one of unusual happiness and mutual devotion. So much as was possible to one not robut in body, Mrs. Moore entered actively into her husband's interests and work at the University. During her first year in Washington she served as matron at Mner Hall, where her influence was regarded by the President and others as very helpful to the students, especially to the young ladies. But the sphere of activity in which she delighted most was that of the home, where she presided with elegance and rare dignity. Into this home she always delighted to welcome students, especially those who came under her husband's instruction. Despite her retiring disposition she made many friends by casual meetings, and enjoyed the respect of all who met her and the love of all who knew her, as was evident from the unusually large audiences at the services, and the tributes paid her by the eminent speak re Gentle in disposition, digrified in a appearance, instinctively pious in thought THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. G. word and act, she exerted a lasting and beneficient influence, in school and church circles, upon teachers and pupils, both through her own activity and that of her husband, who attributes much of his success to her character and ideals in their happy home life. Two children, a girl of four and a half years, and a boy of two and a half years survive her. BETHEL LITERARY ASSOCIATION. The Behl Literay Association, which for twenty years has met at the Metropolitan, A. M. E. Church on the Tuesdays between Oct., and May was addressed last Tuesday by Commissioner Macfarland, subject, 'Present Day Duties of an American Citizen,' Prof John T, Lay on and Miss Lola Johnson sang solos and Mr. Nathaniel Guy recited. From time to time the most prominent men and women in the country have appeared before this Association, founded in 1881 by Bishop Daniel Payne of the A. M. E. Church, and its meetings have always been attended by an interested and appreciative audience. The following programme has been arranged for the months of November and December: "The Anglo-Saxon Spirit and the British Policy," Hon. John S, Durham, Phila; "The Negro Literature," Mr. Paul L. Dunbar; Organization," Mrs. Rosetta Lawsor; "The Negro Teacher," Rev. Walter H. Brooks, pastor Nineteenth Street Baptist Church; "Condition, not Color," Hon. Ernest Lyon, Balt.; Special "Shakespeare," Prof. R. H. Terrell, Prin. M St. High School, supplemented by selections from that author by the Alumni Dramatic Association, music by the Amphion Glee Club; "The Ecumenical Council," Bishop B. G Lee, A. M. E. Church. The officers for the ensuing year are: President, F. L. Cardoza, Jr.; First V President, Wm. H. Joiner; Sec. V President, Miss Maria Jordan; Recording Sec'y, Miss Ella M. Boston; Corresponding Sec'y, L. M. Hershaw; Treasurer, Miss Mattie Bowen; Chaplain, R.v. D. G Hill, Pastor Metropolitan A M. E. Church; Miss Julia R.*Bush Librarian. The officers of the Battalion of the M Street High School, 1901 2, are: Major, Robert Mattingly; Adjutant, Roscoe Wormley; Sergeant-Major, Roscoe Brown. Co. A, Captain, Roland A, Johnson; 1st Lieut., Rutherford Berryman; 2nd Lieut., Luther Sadgwar; Co. C, Captain, Chester Jarvis; 1st Lieut., William E. Lewis; 2nd Lieut., Eugene Clark. Non-commissioned officers: Co. A, 1st Sergeant, Joseph Johnson; 2nd Sergeant, Hugh Francis; 3rd Sergeant, Harry Tignor; 4th Sergeant, Alphorz Lee; 5th Sergeant, George Clark: Co. B, 1st Sergeant, Royal Mundy; 2nd Sergeant, William Fair; 3rd Sergeant, E. French Tysor; 4th Sergrant, Aubrey Mortor; 5th Sergeant, George Clark Corporals: 1. Richard Crier; 2. Leon Perry; 3. Charles Turner, 4. Bernard Key; 5. Daniel Edmunds; 6. James Thomas; 7. William Clarke; 8. Benjamin Withers. Get a Copy. The Colored American can be had at all news stands, and persons desiring copies of the paper aan obtain them by asking the news dealer for them. 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Office hours from 8 to 9 p.m. 619 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. Washington's Pioneer Credit House to Build a Large Addition-Thirty five Years of Prosperity is the Record of Grogan's Mammoth Credit Establishment, So Well Known in This City Away back in 1867 Mr. Peter Grogan entered the furniture business in a modest way in the city of Biltmore. He continued the business there until March, 1883, when he removed to Washington, locating on Seventh street, near Knorthwest. After a few months of successful business at this location he leased the old "Rink," which site is now occupied by the Halls of the Ancients, at Thirteenth street and New York avenue. After remaining at the "Rink" for five years he again removed to Seventh street between G and H streets. About twelve years ago Mr. Grogan took possession of his present large building in the block above which is a familiar place to nearly all Washington housekeepers. Many of his present patrons made their first acquaintance with the House of Grogan nearly twenty years ago. But even this mammoth building, with its five double floors and basement, became too small and for the past two years he has been on the alert to discover means of increasing his floor space. On Monday last a deed was recorded which placed Mr. Grogan in possession of 51 feet frontage on I street, running back 133 feet and connecting, in L shape, with his present building. This property, which is a part of Blagden estate, was originally purchased by Messrs. Wolf and Rosenberg for the purpose of erecting thereon a large apartment house, but the site appeared so strongly to Mr. Grogan that negotiations were at once entered into, which culminated with the transfer as above stated. In the early spring the erection of a magnificent new addition will be commenced. It will be five stories high and the floors of the new structure will connect with those of the present build ing and will be of brick and iron construction throughout. It will contain swift passenger and freight elevators and will be planned along the most modern lines. The I street front will be inclosed in handsome plate glass, and will prove quite an ornament to that thoroughfare. The estimated cost of the new structure has been placed at about $75,000. This is, in brief, the story of one of Washington's most progressive establishments followed through nearly thirty-five years of business success. Mr. Grogan enjoys the distinction of being the pioneer credit man of Washington and one of the first in this country to enter the field on a large scale. His methods have won and held the confidence of the buying public because they have been planned and executed along the most liberal lines. Messrs. Thomas J. Grogan, P. J. Grogan, and Lawrence Grogan are closely identified with their father in business, which is a sufficient guaranty that the success of the old established house will be as pronounced in the future as it has been in the past. - The Post. A Chance For a Young Man. The Colored American needs a first class advertising solicitor. He must be intelligent, a good talker and a wilter of some ability. A permanent position to the right kind of man. One who has experience preferred. Address The Colored American, 459 C street, northwest, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES. And as Usual Virginia goes Democratic— Death's Doings—The McKinley Memorial Meetings—Notes. Alexandria, Va, Special:-At this writing, our Virginia campaign closes, and the political wars leading up to Virginia first administration in the 20th century. It will soon pass into history We will endeavor to tell you of the result, in the next issue as we see and find it, but desire to be heard to say in advance that after we have done what we could through the columns of The Colored American to uphold the rights and manhood of our race in the once grand old commonwealth. If we have failed, we feel it a duty to cling to the star spangled banner on board the Grand Old Republican Party ship, and give a hip hip, hurrah for Theod re Roosevelt and gather together what remnants there may be left of those who are fighting for human rights in this state and eventually down the democrats. The McKinley Memorial Meeting at the Shiloh Church Monday evening promises to be all that can be expressed in the terms. Among those who are expected to be present are the Rev. Walker Brooks, Editor E E. Cooper and Lawyer Thomas L. Jones of Washington, D. C. The city clergy has been invited also and are expected to be present. Weil, Bro, Warren knows how to do things anyway. The Rev. B. P. Perkins of Roberts' Chapel M. E Church preached a very able sermon from John 12;24: "Except a corn of wheat fell in to the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bingeth for h much fruit." By his splendid effort on this occasion the Rev. showed very conclusively by his text that certainly nothing is surer than the resurrection of the body. Entered into life eternal from the residence of her parents at Alexandria Va. 01 Thursday, Ocober 31st, 1901 just as the sun went down, Mary Virginia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F H M. Murray, in the tenth year of her age. This young life ended after an illness of many weeks and so long and painful that it made death almost a relief to the loving friends who watched over her. The funeral was from the family residence, North Alfred St., this city, Saturday afternoon. Rev. B. T. Perkins, of Roberts' Chapel M. E. Church, assisted by Rev. Alexander Trust of the Alfred St. First Baptist Church officiated. Interment in family burying plot at the Douglass Cemetery. THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF THE DELINEA OR. A fitting climax to a year of remarkable advancement is The Delineator for December, between the covers of which is contained a rare collection of special features of varied interest. The winter fashions are pictured and described in detail; there is a delightful article on the Floral Fetes of Japan, illustrated in colors; the home surroundings of several stage favorites are entertainingly presented and described; there are three splendid stories by well known authors, together with illustrated articles on holiday fancy work and home-made gifts; new recipes, entertainments, and a wealth of other material of a seasonable nature, devoted to the pleasure and profit of every member of the household. 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EDINGS OF THE NA- TIO BUSINESS LEAGUE" Edition in Boston, Mass., August 23-24, 1900. BINGTON, President and Founder. The first National Convention of color- in this or any other country. Every presented: the farmer, the banker, the lawyer, the manufacturer, the author, and municipalities. The addresses deliv- eral in this book besides over fifty cuts which makes it a valuable souvenir of TH ONLY. PRICE, $1.00. Order to 46 HOWARD ST., BOSTON, MASS. for your carpets, tell us so. We doors within 48 hours if you wish, and line them free of extra cost, grades of Velvet, Brussels, Tap s- for you to select from—every yard. We are complete house furn- tains, Draperies, Portieres, fine ar, Stoves, &c. All on easy weekly MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE. 11 OUR BAN Slands by the Colored Ministry Who are Doing the Most Noble and Effective Work in the Redemption of the Race. An article in the New York Tribune concerning the Hart Farm School, most complimentary of the work of the principal, Prof. W. H. H. Hart, was reprinted in the last issue of the Sunday Post. It paid a high tribute to the institution and its founder. Prof Hart, however, in spite of the high praise of him and his methods, takes exceptions to the Tribune article. He says it is "mischievous, false, and damaging," and, indeed, calls it an "outrageous slander." To correct the "wrong" done him "personally, and professionally" by the publication of this complimentary article concerning his school in the Tribune and its republication in the Post, Prof. Hart a ks that space be given to the following statement prepared by him: ```markdown ``` 12 PROF. WM. H. H. HART. (Article in Post of Thursday, Oct. 31st, 1901) My attention has been called to an article in Sunday's Post reerring to myself and the Hart Farm School and Junior Republic for Dependent Colored Boys, in which there are some errors when I very much desire to correct, because they do not represent my sentiments or the policy of the institution when I had the honor to found and carry forward to the present time. It is a fact that I purchased and hold 700 acres of land adjoining Fort Washington, Md., for this work, and have expended up to date in its development not $20,000, but more than $55,000 of my own earnings and savings. My effort has been to give the dear children committed to my care careful training in the elements of an English common school education through eight grades of study, as established in the common schools of the District of Columbia, together with elementary training in blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, the care and management of farm stock, dairying and poultry, raising and exhaustive training in gardening and general agriculture; and while I have not thought it best to make the institution sectarian, I have tried every way to apply wholesome Christian influences and doctrines to the moral and spiritual development of the character of our pupils. The beautiful and winome life of Jesus is the type constantly held up before these little ones for simulation and imitation, and the child life of David, Samuel, and Joseph are models by which their little lives are sought to be molded. The Ten Commandments constitute their code. They all know it. The faculty of teachers are devout Christians. The superintendent, Robert J. Evans, graduate of Hampton Institute, is a most devout Baptist; his assistant in the school-room for several years past a Catholic. I believe in religious principle as a sanction for morals, and my policy and practice are founded on this belief. I have welcomed the colored and white clergy at all times to the school, and have regretted that so few have manifested interest in the work I am trying to do. I have no choice between the several sects; I respect and value them all alike, so far as they promote pure moral and spiritual development and establish and confirm noble and upright human character. We have not altered nor varied the Lord's Prayer. We simply try to interpret it by living its divine life and trying to have His kingdom come in this world and His will done in this world as it is done in heaven. I do not know who the author of your article is; I never saw it until I saw it in print. If I had seen it I should not have authorized it. Whoever the author may be, he no doubt meant to comment me and to serve me, but he erred in attributing to me views touching the worthy body of colored clergymen which I do not entertain. I have said in the past that the education of the children—of our common country is far too important to society to be left to private charity or to Christian benevolence. It is the most far-reaching and important duty of the state if the heritage of the father is to be preserved in the future for humanity. That is all I have said on this subject at any time, and I again say it now." THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G. LITTLE COLORED AMERICANS. The day of personal journaliom is past What has become of The Colored American Magizine? The Atlanta Age says that Mr. W. Calvin Chase is a full blooded Negro. The Roosevelt—Washington dinner will promptly take its place in history. Ben Tillman—the Cyclops from South Carolina—is braying again. He is a disgrace to the United States Senate. Now that the occupation of the election prophet is gone he will turn his prophecies to hard times, race wars and other dire calamities. In the eyes of southern crackers a heathen, an anarchist and the scum of the earth are all superior to an educated American Negro. Jule T. Taylor, the blackguard who edits a patent back democratic sheet in Chicago was publicly whipped last week by a Mr. Terrell whom he had labeled. What will the Filipinos, the Cubans and Porto Ricans think of the foolish mouthings of a certain class of Americans anent the Roosevelt—Washington dinner? The November issue of the Southern Workman is rep'ete with good things. It gives a full and fair discussion of the Negro and Indian problems. Among the contributors are Prof W. E. D DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Alice Dunbar. E. A. Johnson, Rev. W. R. Pettiford and others. That ghost of American slavery prejudice is having its final inning. The chivalric southerner whose hatred is so bitter towards the male sex of the American Negro is making himself ridiculous in the eyes of his friends. The white women of the South, who know of the social doings in this section between the races, should now have an inning. Was awful nice an' ca'm When he said onto de president. 'Won't yer please ter pass de ham.' One evening week before last, Booker T. Washington, in his room at Whitfield McKinlay's here, was busy tying an attractive white tie on an immaculate white shirt front. It was a pleasing complement to an irreproachable dress suit. When the talented young leader had finished and was doffing his silk tile he indifferently said to the young man present, "Excuse me, but I shall have to leave you. I am going to dine with the president!" The White House carriage was at the door and soon left with the famous educator. An hour later when the young man told me of the incident, I decided that we couldn't dine with the president, but we could eat somewhere, so we went to an old hotel with a new name, and ordered our's. We drank a silent toast of coffee to the health of the Sage of Tuskegee, and our popular and beloved president.—T. H. Malone in Atlanta Age. Ushers of Second Baptist church were appointed last week by R.v.W. Bishop Johnson as follows: Mr. M. T. Clink-scales, president; Mr. Charles Jordan, first vice-president; Mr. M. J. Johnson, 2nd vice-president; Mr. J. T.C. Newsom, corresponding secretary; Mr A. Neal, treasurer. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers. ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. Office 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va. An order devoted to the interests of its members, both in their home and business relations. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edged business investment, in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed by colored men, who are members of the Order. If you are sound in health and mind, of good moral character, not younger than three (3) years nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to membership. There are two Fountains, the Subordinate and the Rosebud. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS: To join the Subordinate Fountain you must age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to all the country you pay 35 cents per month at months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 000ments. As Death Benefit, your family receives After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. are Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. 60 (according to age,) as joining fee. If you live 50 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per 80 cents per month. receive from $6 00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly pay our family receives $75.00 if you die within a year. Benefit is $125.00. To join the Subordinate Fontain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to age,) as joining fee. If you live in the country you pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6.00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75.00 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 14 year of age. You pay $1 00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents. Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4.00 per month, weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24 50. You die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. All dues are payable annually or quarterly. Limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $200 to $65. Limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6.50. Annual certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After $300. Limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual due is valued from date of issue at from $1 000 to $700. A Life Membership in either of the Fountains or the purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which is of 20 per cent. United Order of True Reformers has paid up to Juvenile Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264.75, over 1900 and shows its flourishing condition;— LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ... 88,125 Surplus fund ... 80,957 Undivided profits ... 6,826 Demand certificate of deposit ... 96,786 Time certificates of deposit ... 118,424 Total ... 391,120 Library and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth Street. Members of the Order and the public generally are savers of food products. The newspaper published by the order from its own stands for the voice of the people, representing one of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is the hired job office bids for the work of the people, which style and at low prices. Mond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased published thereon an "Old Folk's Home." With our broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit the members alone, nor even to members families, but to aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of the Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious whole people, black and white, North, East, South, their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Housewarded to the casier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Or and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., a hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. Department manages and controls all property interests, now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 house of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $1 00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents as Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4.00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24 50 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three (3) Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. All dues are payable annually or quarterly. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 ye dues, $4.75 to $7.60. The Certificate is val After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 year $9.50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first one year its value is $500 to $300. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 year $21 to $25. The certificate i valued from da You are entitled to a Life Membership Classe B and E upon purchase of the req pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of T 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with HALF MILLION DOLLARS. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual dues, $4.75 to $7.60. The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $33. After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6.50. Annual dues, $9.50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After one year its value is $500 to $300. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13.50. Annual dues $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from date of issue at from $1 000 to $700. You are entitled to a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in Classe B and E upon purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers has paid up to July 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264.75, over a HALE MILLION DOLLARS. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound and flourishing institution that is a credit not only to the Order but the race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The capital stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of any other regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by the same safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share to RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 O. her stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store Richmond, Va., and members of the Order 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper public office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the vo-operation and combination of the race and the General Messenger and the General Agent per year. A well-equipped job office bids for turned out in first class style and at low price. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico Co. 634 acres of land, and established thereon an exampled liberality and broad-minded gener- trance to this home to its members alone, no doors are opened to the aged and decrepid residence or connections. The Order makes charity, and calls upon the whole people, be- and West to assist by their contribution ther- idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as a Contributic s can be forwarded to the casu- who will send receipt for same and account- Members of the Order and the public, we invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 N. and desirable location. Service is of the best. The Real Estate Department manages the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 build- with a fee simple value of $122,500. In add- buildings. members, and pays 20 per cent. dividends. Both time and demand deposits are received and 4 per cent. interest is paid on time deposits. The following is a copy of the Cashier's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia at close of business Sept., 5, 1900 and shows its flourishing condition;— RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164 423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1 388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ..... 88,125 00 Surplus fund ..... 80,957 81 Undivided profits ..... 6,826 80 Demand certificate of deposit ..... 96,786 29 Time certificates of deposit ..... 118,424 74 Total ..... 391,120 64 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St. Richmond, Va., and members of the Order and the public generally are saved 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper published by the order from its own office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, representing cooperation and combination of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.00 per year. A well-equipped job office bids for the work of the people, which is turned out in first class style and at low prices. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased 634 acres of land, and established thereon an "Old Folk's Home." With unexampled liberality and broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit entrance to this home to its members alone, nor even to members families, but the doors are opened to the aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their residence or connections. The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious charity, and calls upon the whole people, black and white, North, East, South and West to assist by their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Home. Contributic s can be forwarded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, who will send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. who send a receipt for same and account for it to The Office Members of the Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va, are invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant and desirable location. Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. The Real Estate Department manages and controls all property interests of the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 ho with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases buildings. For any further information, address W. P. EURRELL, G. W. Secretary. Wm. L. TAYLOR G. W. Master. W, Master. A BEEHIVE ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS. W. P. EUBRELL, G. W. Secretary. Sold at all drug stores. Price, 25c. in large cans—Contains One Month's Treatment. If your druggist does not keep it he will get it for you, or we will mail it to any address, securely wrapped on receipt of 30c. in stamps or silver. For testimonials and full information, address AGENTS CAN MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING THIS WONDERFUL PREPARATION. WRITE AT ONCE FOR TERMS A. MR THEODORE W. JONES. A Successful Chicago Afro-American Whose Eloquent Speech Before the National Negro Business League Attracted So Much Attention. The subject of this sketch, the Hon. Theodore W. Jones, was born during the temporary residence of his parents in the beautiful City of Hamilton, Ontario, Sept. 19, 1853. His parents soon returned to New York, their native State, and there remained until he was twelve years old. In 1865 this family decided to make Illinois their home and settled in Chicago. Mr. Jones was one of a very large family; his parents were poor and unable to give him even a common school education. Compelled to support himself, Theodore W. Jones, at the age of fifteen years, was driving an express wagon. He was an industrious boy, full of pluck and energy. Without money and by his own unaided efforts, step by step, he pressed on and up, 2-COL AMER and soon built up a most successful express and moving business. Discouraged by no difficulty, the ambitious young expressman turned his attention toward acquiring an education. He was a diligent student. Through the aid of private tutors and the "midnight oil," he was able, when twenty-five years of age, to enter Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., and there received a thorough collegiate education. Leaving college, he returned to his business in Chicago and has been exceedingly prosperous. Mr. Jones is the owner of a large brick storage warehouse, Twenty-ninth Street and Shields Avenue; his office at 2209 Cottage Grove Avenue, and other valuable property in this city. In his employ are three lady clerks and about fifty men all colored. In 1894 Theodore W. Jones was elected on the Republican ticket to the responsible position of County Commissioner of Cook County, Ill. He ably and well performed the duties of this office. The following we quote from the white press: "Mr. Theodore W. Jones is an affable gentleman and his election to the high and responsible office of Commissioner of Cook County was not only a credit to the colored people and the Republicans of that county, but to our State and Nation." That he labored earnestly and unselfishly to advance the interests of the colored people we need relate only the following fact: During Mr. Jones' term of office the colored people of Cook County drew $50,000 yearly salary. This was about seven times the amount paid into the county treasury by our race. Hon. Theodore W. Jones is a valued member of the National Negro Business League. He was present in Boston at the organization and has organized a branch league in Chicago, known as the Business Men's League of Cook County. This league entertained the National League in Chicago August 21, 22, 23, 1901. THE COLORED AMERICAN WASHINGTON. D. Q. Nelson's Straightine FREE FROM ALL INJURIOUS CHEMICALS. GUARANTEED PERFECTLY HARMLESS. Nelson's Straightine Not only straightens the hair, but, by nourishing the roots, prevents it from falling out, removes Dandruff, cures itching, irritating Scalp Diseases, and gives a long and Beautiful Head of Hair. It is used and highly endorsed by the best people in all sections of this country. We guarantee Straightine to be free from all injurious chemicals, and cannot injure the hair. Straightine does not make the hair sticky or gummy, and is highly perfumed. Straightine does not require the use of irons, and can be left off at any time, or continued as long as desired. Thousands of testimonials on file. ```markdown ``` EDITOR'S MAIL BAG. COULDN'T DO WITHOUT IT. Editor The Colored American: - We have been a subscriber for The Colored American for the past 3 years. We could not do without it, as I consider it the Only Race paper. Yours for the continued success of The Colored American, East Orange, N J., Sept 6. J. N. V. NONE SHOURD BE WITHOUT IT. To the Editor of The Colored American:—Please find enclosed subscription for one (1) year for one of the best Negro paper I have ever seen or read. No colored family should be without it especially those of the Masonic Fraternity Trusting it may live from generation to generation, I am fraternally yours, A. F H., Sec'y, Chas. Datcher Lodge, 15, Washington, D.C., Oct.13. F.A.A.M. INSPIRING. To the Editor The Colored American I herewith enclose one dollar and ten cents, ($110), Please send me The Colored American for six months. I love to read the paper because its a Negro journal and it inspired me to the highest of my ambition, Caddo, I. T. N. J. B THE BRIGHTEST OF THEM ALL Mr. E. E. Cooper, Editor The Colored American, Sir:—Please find enclosed herewith my subscription to The Colored American. I am sorry I allowed my subscription to expire. I have no thought or intention of giving up your paper which in my humble judgement is the brightest and best of them all. Yours very truly, G. W. B. Oct. 11. Ft. Scott, Kans. The La Tosca Social Club celebrated their sixth anniversary at the residence of Mr. E W. Freeman, 1609 4 h street a. w., Thursday night, October 31st. Music was furnished by Profs. Braxton and Ambler and dancing was indulged in until midnight when a sumptuous supper was served. The members of the club have leased the hall corner 6th and C streets, n. w., and will open a dancing school next Wednesday evening. --- ains One Month's Treatment. If your dru get it for you, or we will mail it to any a t information, address RING[C0], 1333-1335 E. Franklin St., Richm REPARATION. WRITE AT ONCE FOR e Hotel Brunswi NELSON MANUFACTURING[C]., 1333-1335 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. The Hotel Brunswick. 235 Pennsylvania Avenue, n. w. A St ly F C H A Strictly First Class Hotel J. G. Van Brakle. Proprietor. A strictly first class hotel for the acc refurnished, centrally located, heated by improvements. Sixty rooms and first c Pennsylvania Ave. n. w., Washington, MainTelephone 1768 Established 1873 S. H. Hines & CO UNDERTAKERS, EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS 1315 14th St. n w. Washington, D. C first class hotel for the accommodation of colored suitally located, heated by steam, electric lights Sixty rooms and first class cafe Your patron Ave. n. w., Washington, D. C. A strictly first class hotel for the accommodation of colored people. Newly refurnished, centrally located, heated by steam, electric lights and all modern improvements. Sixty rooms and first class cafe Your patronage solicited. 235 Pennsylvania Ave. n. w., Washington, D. C. Thomas Carter's FURNITURE AND Baggage Express Office No. 2. Stand: 467 Mo. Ave. n w, B. and P. Depot Sample room. 518 Tenth street Baggage called for and delivered to all parts of the city. Washington, D. C. --- D. AFTER USING. treatment. If your druggist does he will mail it to any address, se- dress. 5 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. WRITE AT ONCE FOR TERMS Brunswick, A Strictly First Class Hotel accommodation of colored people. Newly by steam, electric lights and all modern t class cafe Your patronage solicited. 235 n, D. C. SANTAL-MIDY Standard remedy for Gleet, Conorrhea and Runnings N 48 HOURS Cures Kid- say and Bradden Trentines. The meeting of the S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society, to effect a permanent organization will be held at the residence of Mr. A. F. Hill er. 2526th street, n.w. Tuesday evening, November 5th at 7 o'clock sharp. A circular has been issued calling upon all persons interested in such a movement to attend the meeting and assist in organizing the society. The purpose is to form a huge chorus and sing S. Coleridge Taylor's famos 'Hawaii' during the coming winter. When the great composet is expected in Washington. Bennett B. Slade & Co. MERCHANT TAYLORS. Clean. g. Altering and Repairing. 1202 E STREET, NORTHWEST. BRANCH: 6th and Missouri ave. (opposite Penna Station) WASHINGTON, D. C. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON B. C. BE NOT TO THE COLORED PE King of all "OZO DECEIVED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. Hair Tonics, NO. " BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." BEFORE. CHRISTOPHER ENG CO. BILHAMD VOL. AFTER BEFORE. AFTER. TRADE-MARK. Recognizing the fact that there are many SO CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U. S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: Boston Chemical Company ; Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Here is another: Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. TRADE MARK BEFORE AFTER Boston Chemical Co., Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle-4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. Name..... House, No..... Street..... City..... County..... State..... If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. 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The New Century Gift Bazaar which is being held at Asbury M. E. church, corner 11th and K streets, n. w., continues to draw large crowds nightly. Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, has just returned from the campaign in New Jersey where he made a number of rousing speeches. Have you visited the Hotel Bunswick at 235 Penna , Ave., N. W? Col. P. M. Moten, postmaster at Athens, Ga., passed through the city last week enroute from the East to his home in Georgia. He stopped off in Washington and shook hands with a few friends. Col. Jas. Madison Jackson, the popular mixologist at Gaskins' and Gaines' Academy Cafe, was a spectator a the Coliseum last Thursday. The Col. is growing so rapidly in adiposity that he was in a number of instances mistaken for Jim Perker, the Buffalo hero. A reception was given Friday, Oct. 25 h at Murray's banquet hall in honor of Mr. Thomas Abrams, who has recently returned from the Phillippine Islands and dancing was indulged in until a late hour. 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Curtis, Missionary Agent, Starts on His Work for the New England States—'Four Nights in the Wilderness" a Success-Hartford News in a Nut Shell. Hartford, Conn., Special:—Mr. Jas. A, Curtis, who was elected missionary agent for the six New England States at the Fifty seventh Annual Convention at Providence last May, left the city last Saturday to enter upon his home mission work. An injured foot has prevented his starting out before. He will work through Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts this fall and winter. The New England Conference is to be congratulated upon securing the services of Mr. Curtis as he is a man of great ability and well fitted for the work before him. He was born in St Mary's County, Md., of slave parents in 1845 and in '65 joined the army at Benedict, Md., serving throughout the war and was honorably discharged in 1866 with the rest of his regiment in Baltimore, Md., after which time he remained with his brother in Portsmouth Va., a number of years. From there he went to New York where he was in the employ of Dr E. H. Chaplain, brother-in-law to President Roosevelt. In 1891 he came to Providence and for five years was in the employ of Dr. P. D. Peltier. For a number of years he has been engaged in the house cleaning and while washing business and had among his contracts the houses of some of Hartford's well-hest and best known residents. He became a member of the A. M. E. Church in 1874 under the patronage of Rev James Smith. Mr. Curtis enters upon his new work highly endorsed by the leading ministers and the heads of the conference and other prominent men of the city. ```markdown ``` 16 A HARTFORD WEDDING. The wedding which took place Thursday evening, October 31st, at the A. M. E. Church was a very brilliant affair Rev J Sulla Cooper performed the ceremony at 8 P. M., which was witnessed by a great number of invited guests Miss Josephine V. Thames, the bride, came in escorted by the best man, Mr. G. Frederick Freeman, preceeded by Messrs. N. Johnson, Daniel Murray, Walter Coston, Charles Thomas, and the bridesmaids, Misses Josephine Shoto Susie Thompson and Lulu Sutton. Rev. Cooper was assisted by Rev. L. H. Taylor of Derby A. M. E Zion Church. After the wedding a reception was held at 101½ Ford Street, where the bride and groom recived the congratulations of between four and five hundred friends. Among the guests from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. H. Baker of Plainville, Conn : Mrs. John J. Williams and Misses Christmas and Baker. New Britain, Conn ; Mrs. A. C. Carroll, Rockville, Conn ; Miss Lucy Winston, Windsor Locks, Conn ; Miss Florence Robinson, Williomantic, Conn. The presents were numerous and beautiful. The benefit concert concert and entertainment to be given at the Zlon Church the 14th of this month, promises to be a grand affair. Among those on the program are Mr. H. H. Larkum humorist, Mr. Wm. J. Caroll, the popular tenor, Mrs. Hattle Fisher, elucidist of New Haven; Prof. Fred Major, cornetist; Mrs M. Randolph, the pleasing vocalist and the Cares O.chestra. The Zon Church cleared from their "Four Nights in the Wilderness" ninety some dollars. Mrs. T. Young was awarded the gold watch for selling the largest number of tickets Miss Edith Dixon got the second prize and Mrs. Annie B. Wilson the third prize. Miss Bessie Taylor, daughter of Dea THE OLD TOWN AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. D. con Taylor, is very sick with pneumonia Mr. Patrick Mills of Main Street is also down with pneumonia. Mr. E Hand land wife of N. Main Street, are suffering from colds. Mr. R. M. Shields who has been sick at the hospital for the last two weeks with an abscess is slowly recovering at this date. Miss Annie C. Francis was able to leave the hospital last week and he many friends were pleased to greet her Sunday morning at Church. Mr. Arthur Coston, brother of Walter Coston was in our city Sunday. He hails from Waterbury. Mrs. Anna C Carroll while in the city attending the Jones-Thames wedding was the guest of Mr. and Mrs John Fay of Huntly Place. Mrs. Effie Wilson, of Williamantic, paid Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson of 31 Warren St., a short visit last Tuesday. She was returning from New Haven where she had been to see the R.v. Clinton Powers of the Emanuel Baptist Church. Mrs. Wilson has been successful in procuring her divorce from her husband, Mr. Thomas, and with it her maiden name, Miss Wilson. In our next letter we will have an interesting sketch of Mr. Paul Morris and his grocery store on Mautner Street. SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. The Ladies Sewing Circle and Missionary Society of the Talcott Street Church are making preparations to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the church building on Sunday, Nov 10th, The Pastor, Rev. R F. Wheeler will preach the anniversary sermon. During the week there will be entertainments by The Young People's Society and the Sunday School children reading of interesting papers and addresses by prominent ministers and lay men. Friday evening there will be a Mock Trial under the direction of F O Cros A special offering will be taken up on the seventy fifth anniversary toward a new office. Town Topics. Town Topics. Tom morrow evening, sacred service of song, at St Luke's Church. Mr James Wells made an effective campaign speech at Hyatteville, Md last Monday night. Dr. M. O, Dumas, who has been quite ill, has now fully recovered and has returned to his practice. Have you seen the new palatial dining room of Gray & Costley's? It is a thing of beauty. Call and see it. Mr. Arney Green and cousin, Miss Jessie Keemer left for their home in Springfield, O, last Monday night. Mr William J, Curry, of the Treasury Department, was promoted Ja week to a clerk of Class, 2, at $1400. Mr. Robt. J. Taylor, an attachee of the State House, Boston, Mass., was in the city last week, the guest of friends Mr, and Mrs. E. F. Arnold have the best wishes of their many friends who hope to learn of the speedy recovery of their little daughter. Messrs. A. T. Arnett, W. S. B. cath burn and T. Bliss Green, et al, have gone to Ohio where they voted and will enjoy a brief vacation. Hon H. P. Cheatham has returned to the city from a bridal tour to Virginia and points in North Carolina. He will begin housekeeping. Mr. H. C. Ferguson of Houston Tex brother of the well known Texan leader, Hon. Chas. M. Ferguson, died at his home in Houston, Texas, last week. The voters who went to their rever states to cast their ballot last-Tuesday are returning to the city and explaining to their friends how it happened. DINNER SET FREE ments of all kinds and many other premiums for selling Salvona Soaps and Perfumes. We allow you 15 days to deliver goods and collect for them. We give cash commission if desired. No money required. We prepay all freight charges. Illustrated catalogue free. Write 10-day, SALVONA SOAP CO., Chesman Bldg., St Louis, Mo. We can personally assure our readers that the Salvona Soap Co., is thoroughly reliable and trustworthy — Editor H. K. FULTON'S Loan Office 314 9th Street Nort.west. Money Loaned on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, etc.. Unredeemed Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry for sale at greatly reduced prices Old gold and Silver Bought. Mrs. Chas. E. Hall, who was call d from the city some weeks ago to her home in Aurora. Ill., to attend the funeral of her father, has returned to the city. Atlanta University won, recently, its first game of football of the season from the Atlanta Baptist College by a score of 5 0. The game was very exciting throughout. Dr. P. A. Hubbard, who has been confined to his room since his return from the Ecumenical Conference in London, is convalescing and his friends can to see him out at an early date W. J White, Jr., who is associated with his venerable father as editor of The Georgia Baptist, passed through the city this week with his bride, on a return trip to New York and other points. Miss Anna Geneva Shorter and Rev Samuel A Brown of Boston, Mass. were married Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride's father. Mr Charles H. Shorter The Rev. S. ling H. Brown officiated. Mrs Elizabeth Beverly and children will leave for Ind annaio is, Ind, next week to join the husband and father Mr. Beverly has charge of the Columbia club—the richest and most influential club in the state. The B chel rs Benedict Club hall ist regular tri-monthly meeting at the home of Vice President W L. Hous'on to make prel minary arrangements for its annual entertainment to be given December 31st. Rev J. W. Clift of East Lake, Ala. and Mr. G. o H. Green of New Orleans and Pres. Sec. of the Ex-slave Pension movement, left the city last Tuesday evening for home after spending two weeks in this city. Grogan's mammoth furniture house on 7 h street, is offering rare bargains in carpets, stoves and all kinds of household furniture, preparatory to moving into the larger quarters now in course of construction. Cards are out to the effect that the officers and members of the 19 h Street Baptist Church will celebrate the nineteenth anniversary of Rev. Walter H Brook's pastorate of that church and its election as trustee of the United Society of Christian Endeavor to represent the colored Baptists of the world. The regular monthly meeting of the Musical Association of the St. Luke's Church was he'd Monday evening last at the Crummell Rectory, 1411 Coleran St., N. W. After disposing of the regular business routine, the following music I program was rendered: Cornet solo M. Robinson; Duet, (Instrumental, piano and violin) Miss Howe and Mr. Ambler; Solo. (Instrumental) Miss How; Slo. (vocal) Miss Vance; Voluntary, (Instrumental) Miss Howe, Messrs. 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Wanted Colored Salesmen Twenty-five good, industrious, energetic and stickatitive colored men, who have been forced to hide their talent on account of color and who can come well recommended, to become members of, and to act as solicitors for an order, study employment, and liberal compensation for the right parties. Address for ten days in the care of the Colored American, 459 C st n. w. Washington D. C. A Chance: For a Young Man. The Colored American needs a first class advertising solicitor. He must be intelligent, a good talker and a writer of some ability. A permanent position to the right kind of man. One who has experience preferred Address The Colored American, 459 C street, north west. THE WOMEN'S WORLD Address all communications for these columns to the Department Editor Mrs. J. Silone-Yates, President National Association of Colored Women. 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo. 2 The results of the Federation meetings (white) of the various States are creating much comment as the time for the biennial meeting in June next approaches. We place before our readers for perusal, comment and discussion, the following letter from Mrs. Leonora Halsted, written for the Globe-Democrat of St. Louis, and appearing in the issue of October 20: A meeting of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs is to be held a few days hence, at which some important questions in regard to the general Federation are to be voted upon. One of these is an amendment proposed by Georgia, advocating that the general Federation shall be composed exclusively of clubs of white women. Against this Massachusetts has protested, and offers a substitute involving a re-organization of the Federation (a measure that was voted down at the last biennial), but whose main point is that each State should decide its own rules of membership by which it should be admitted into the Federation. In order to clear the issue from all extraneous questions, the Wednesday Club, of St. Louis, offers another substitute, and has instructed its delegates to present the following: "That clubs containing colored women should be eligible to the general Federation in those States in which they are eligible to membership in the State Federation." This brings the matter squarely before the house, and what is Missouri going to do about it? The question has been debated with some warmth in most cases in all the Missouri clubs, and now the State has to decide how she will put herself on record at the biennial to meet next June. The issue cannot now be avoided. Every club did its best no doubt to find a method of evasion, but failed, for the situation is this: Massachusetts sent a colored delegate to the last biennial; the President of the Federation is a Georgia woman; so Georgia says, "This shall not be," while Massachusetts says, "Let each State settle the matter for itself." "No," says Georgia, "that will not do at all. Go my way, or I will seede," and the solid South no doubt will follow Georgia's lead. But Massachusetts will not; she declines the honor; and if the amendment is adopted, Massachusetts, followed by New England, Ohio and Illinois will go out. Either way there seems no choice but rupture, unless one side or the other surrenders, which is not likely, and so a Federation composed of 400,000 women who have worked in harmony before will split into a divided North and South. It is a great pity, and it seems strange enough that this ancient issue should come up among women to be fought over again, and argued about with the old refuted arguments, as if history were not, and its verdict written large and in blood on the face of the times were invisible to our eyes. But it is said the colored people have equal rights before the law (the burnings and scourgings that are a national degredation being ignored), need we take them into our homes and marry them to our brothers and sons? Would that inevitably follow? Are they so irresistibly attractive that the bringing of a few colored delegates into a business meeting that comes together only once in two years, would immediately disrupt our homes and pollute our race? It is the old argument of Douglass withered by Lincoln before the war, and one of the signal proofs of its futility lies in the fact that since the Negroes were freed their color has grown bluer. However, this is but the entering wedge, says the Georgians. "Mix the race here and you mix them everywhere." "Not at all," says the Massachusetts folk. "We need not even THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. that we have almost been born into, shall we say even then "No; you shan't share the very best of our advantages?" It is incredible. Happily the largest and most influential club in Missouri has put itself on the right side; not perhaps because its members have no prejudice against colored folk, for many of them were brought up in the traditions of slavery, but because their principles are stronger than their prejudices, and seeing the right, they must fight on its side. It is the true American spirit. While we fought for the liberation of Cuba we had small admiration or even liking the Cubans, but they were human beings and we would not have them tortured within our hearing. It was the same way during the civil war. The North was not enamored of the Negro; facts prove indeed that it had far less thought of winning Negroes than had the South, but it fought and bled and died for the cause of freedom, and history records its triumph and the public opinion of the world has but one verdict—that of approval. This is the crushing reply to those who say that to disregard the color line in such matters as this of the Federation is too ideal a position for practical life. It is an ideal the nation realized forty years ago, and we are going to try to reverse the edict and side with what was justly defeated, what the whole world condemns. Missouri is now more in the world's eye than for a long time; she will be increasingly conspicuous for the next four years. Now is her opportunity. She was saved by a handful of brave spirits from throwing herself on the wrong side in the civil war; let her now declare her advance in this war of women, forty years after men fought out the issue, and proclaim herself overwhelmingly on the side of justice, equity, principle and right. It is moved that Missouri instruct her delegates to vote at the biennial meeting for the following proposition: "All clubs, without distinction, may be admitted into the general Federation if they are members of the Federation in the State from which they come." Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, although of free parents, before the war, he received very little schooling, but by perseverance and application he has picked up what might be called a common school education. He began life as a farmer and made a success of it. In 1875 he left the farm and went to Baltimore to take charge of a grocery and produce business there, which he had been interested in financially. In 1881 he sold out his Baltimore business and came to Washington, having in the meantime married Miss Mary Anthony, a school teacher from New Bedford, Mass. He bought his present place in 1882, and began in the grocery business in Washington. His business has steadily prospered. It is a source of pride to be able to point to his nearly twenty years of uninterrupted success in business in one spot, to say nothing of his six years in Baltimore. The man who enjoys the unique distinction of being the only colored clerk in Washington in a clothing store is Mr. P. A. Dixon, now with Loeb & Company, dealers in gents' tailor-made clothing, furnishings, hats, etc., at 621 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. Mr. Dixon is as affable a gentleman as one would meet in a day's travel, always deals with customers on the square, and has won the confidence of a large circle of friends, many of whom will follow him wherever he may be located in business. Mr. Dixon has been in the clothing business twenty years, and what he does not know about clothing is not worth much. He has been a clerk at Sack's, Parker & Bridget's and Eiseman & Co., all first-class houses, and well may it be said to his credit that he can go to work again for any of them should he so wish. The Colored American wishes him a prosperous future and hopes to see him in business for himself before long. admit them to individual clubs." These are composed of persons who move in the same social circle. There are thousands in town who are equal to any one on our visiting list no doubt, but we happen to know these and not those. We don't come in contact with them, and there is no reason why they should join our clubs, be it the Wednesday or any other. But when it comes to a representative meeting, once in two years, of women from all over the country, few of whom ever heard of one another, it is quite a different matter. To draw the color line there, and not only that, but for one State to draw it in spite of protests of other States, is a step distinctly backward, a retrogression to tyranny. With the consciousness so symptomatic of a wrong cause the other side is there brought forward. Far from being irresistibly attractive, it is argued that Negro women, especially in the black belt, are ignorant and filthy in their personal habits, and that to see them is sufficient to establish their ineligibility. Why, of course, but what has this to do with the case in hand? Aren't there millions of white folk with whom we would not wish to come in contact? Women who live in filthy ignorance would not be apt to form clubs, nor would they wish to join a Federation, nor would they pass the scrutiny of its executive committee. No one claims that it was a person of this class that Massachusetts sent to Milwaukee. On the contrary, even the most prejudiced admit that she was an educated, refined woman. So the props are knocked from under the very artificial feet of this argument. Others maintain that colored women do not care a bit about the matter; that it is the stubborn obtinsacy of Massachusetts that insists on breaking up the Federation even if she has to ransack the State to find colored delegates. Isn't it better they plead that half a dozen such women should be excluded than that the good work of 400,000 women in harmony should be disturbed? To this the only answer need be, one man in the right and God make a majority. But it may be added that while there are not half a dozen persons in a generation who become presidents, the possibility that they may is an immense incentive. To be barred from any position whatever by so superficial and empty a matter as color is an injustice that sinks deeper and retards growth incalculably. It is our fault that the Negroes are among us. They were brought here by force and kept here under cruel duress. Now, when they try to climb is it our part as women of a Christian nation, to thrust them back saying, "Keep away! Don't touch me! I'll have none of you!" But there are those quite willing to declare plainly that they don't want colored women in the Federation because they wont have it; that the fact of color stigmatizes a race as inferior and they won't associate with it; that it is a matter on which their minds are made up, and they will brook no meddling with it. Of course, to this declaration of prejudice the only answer is the declaration of principle. The minds of those on its side are made up to, and they have buoyant support in the fact that history proclaims their's to be the side of victory. The great lesson, not only of our republic, but of the French revolution has been "All careers open to talent." Are we women of America, and its best exponents as we claim, going to throw the weight of our federated strength against those few weak women, whom we, as a race to race, have cruelly wronged, and who yet have climbed painfully to our level? When they have attained against every obstacle the education and refinement Second? LEONORA B. HALSTED. COLORED WASHINGTON Fritz Reuter's WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave. 202, 208 and 210 41 3. Northwa MOORE & PRIOLEAU, Sparta - Buffet and Cafe 1216 Pa. Av. Wash., D.C. Fine wines, liquors and cigars, Hot Free Lunch Every Day. Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. Jas. F. Keenan, Rectifier and Wholesale Liquor Dealer. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wiues, Brand- ies, Gins, Etc 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. T.F Conroy & Co. Distillers' Agents & Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors. 1421 1421 P Street, Northwest ...C. H. NAUGHTON... LIQUORS AND SEGARS FINE WIINFS. Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth St., Northwest. Gray & Costley, WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS, Lauries and Gentlemen's Dining Room a stairs. The best of service guaranteed 1313 E Street N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Chris.Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th st. NW. Established 36 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 240 kinds.) at Chris Xander's moderate prices no others can compete in quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. (No branch houses,) Phone 1425. W. M. DRURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W. Washington. D. C. THANKSGIVING DAY. Proclamation Issued by the President Thursday, November 28 Designated for General Giving of Thanks for National Prosperity. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S Thanksgiving proclamation was made public Sat- day. It is as follows: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S Thanksgiving proclamation was made public Saturday. It is as follows: By the President of the United States of America, A PROCLAMATION. The reason is nigh when, according to the time-hallowed custom of our people, the President appoints a day as the especial occasion for praise and thanksgiving to God. This Thanksgiving finds the people still bowed with sorrow for the death of a great and good President. We mourn President McKinley because we so loved and honored him, and the manner of his death should awaken in the breasts of our people a keen anxiety for the country, and at the same time a resolute purpose not to be driven by any calamity from the path of strong, orderly, popular liberty which, as a nation, we have thus far safely trod. Yet, in spite of this great disaster, it is nevertheless true that no people on earth have such abundant cause for thanksgiving as we have. The past year in particular has been one of peace and plenty. We have prospered in things material and have been able to work for our own uplifting in things intellectual and spiritual. Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us; and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shows itself in deeds. We can best prove our thankfulness to the Almighty by the way in which on this earth and at this time each of us does his duty to his fellow men. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general Thanksgiving. Thursday, the 28th of this present November and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their wonted occupations, and at their several homes and places of worship reverently thank the Giver of all good for the countless blessings of our national life. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. (Seal.) Done at the city of Washington this 2nd day of November, in the year of our Lord 1901, and the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the President: John Hay, Secretary of State. The Capital Savings Bank. Several years ago the statement was made on the floor of the United States Senate that the Negro race, with all its boasted progress, had not to its credit a single bank, or insurance company. This statement, which at the time was only too true, was a spur to some of our leading men, and in a few weeks the Capital Savings Bank opened its doors at 804 F street in a rented room. Fortunately, there had been in training for the position of Cashier a young man who has done much to make the Bank a success, and who, when he entered the Spencerian Business College to take a course in "banking," had no idea where he would find employment, for there probably was not a colored bank clerk in the United States, to say nothing THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. ing of the position of cashier, of a colored bank. Although the prospect was not alluring, so great was the faith of Douglass B. McCary in himself and in the future that he fitted himself by a thorough course of training, for his chosen lif JOYCE ENG CO work and when he had graduated, the opportunity came. How well he has taken advantage of it, the success of the Capital Savings Bank so well attests. The Bank is now the owner of its splendid office building at 609 F street, n. w., containing some twenty office rooms heated by steam. It has a paid up capital of fifty thousand dollars and a considerable surplus. Great Literary Enterprise, HERE you revel in an everchanging marvel of literary beauty. Poetry, philosophy, science, song and story, rarities, curiosities, literary oddites, standard and useful—all in easy reach of eye and purse. Enthroned before us were"Lewis Blackstone,""Innocents Abroad,""Famous Leaders" "Practical Electrical Engineering," "Crain's Universal Atlas,""A History of Free-masonry," and many more of kindred quality near which were many fine examples of early and late fiction in paper and cloth Turning to the educationat department we found a complete assortment of text-books, from a primer for the lisping tot to logorithms for the figureflend-from study of stars to practical carpentry. Languages, old and young, classics, history, law, medicine, natural and philosophical sciences, lives of the great men, discussions of learned doctors on Divine law. Every "ology," "osophy," "ism," and "ic" that has a place in mental effort, is here represented. Now we come to the collection on "Negro Authors and Slavery." etc Here are seven large shelves crowded with rare books and pamphlets, touching every phase of the subject, to us, so important. Narratives of slaves and runaways, histories of efforts and movements toward freedom. Abolition and pro-Slavery auguments, the slave trade, the South, old and new, the race problem in every phase, poems, stories, biographies. Every expressed idea is here elaborated pro and con. This is the largest stock on sale in the entire would. In the magazine department, we saw how fifteen thousand monthly periodicals can be managed so that any one of them can be easily handled, also a striking variety of documents, reports, pamphlets and records. Scholars, student's, professional men, scientists, collectors, curio-busters, teathers, pupi's, come eagerly here, seeking the treasures of learning and wit, or the rarer gems of genius. This is truly a place of wonderful interest and the proprietor, Mr. John H. Will's, a man of remarkable energy of mind. tactful, shrewd and artist'e, informed on every subject of human interest, and a graceful and fascinating conversationalist. He makes a pleasure and delight of his business. Visit him at his store, 506 11th St. N.W., and learn what charms literature and learning may have for you and your friends. AMONG THE TEACHERS. At the meeting of First Grade teachers of the schools held last Saturday at Sumner School, the following officers were elected: President, Miss Ada Hand; Secretary, Miss Marie Wright; Executive Committee, Misses Gertrude Tibts, Mary Mason, Rosa Sprague, and Charlotte Onley. At the next regular meeting Miss Rosa Sprague will present a paper upon "Phonics," and Miss Roberta Gray will show how she teaches spelling. The following officers were unanimously eected for the second grade organization: President, Mr. Berj Washington; Secretary, Miss M. F. Quander. The second grade meetings will be held the second Saturday in every month, at 11 e'clock, lasting one hour. A very excellent program has been prepared to be rendered on November 9 The main feature is "How to Make a Plan," which will be demonstrated by four competent teachers of the second grade. Every second grade in the public schools is expected to attend these meetings. These officers were elected for the third and fourth grade organization: President, Miss Ursaline Brooks; VicePresident, Miss Plummer; Secretary, Mr. A. P. Lowi; Assistant secretary, Miss E. A. Clark. This promises to be a very beneficial year in the history of these organizations. A record is kept of every teacher's attendance at these meetings and especially those who appear upon the program and participate in the exercises. The model teachers in each division are Ninth division, First grade, Miss Brooks, Magruder school; Ninth division. Second grade, Miss Brooks, Magruder school; Tenth division, First grade, Miss Taylor, Garnet school; Tenth division, Second grade, Miss Wormley, Garnet school; Eleventh division, First grade, Miss Bush, Giddings school; Eleventh division, Second grade, Mr B. Washington, Lovejoy school These model teachers will be expected to visit all primary teachers and assist them in their methods of teaching. All primary teachers will be required to visit the model schools to observe the very best methods and be benefited. Sampson as a Lecturer. Graduates of the Naval Academy of the year 1878 cannot fail to recall with pleasure a course of lectures delivered in the Department of Physics during the junior year. The lecturer never failed to impress his students as he stood quietly behind a long wooden desk covered with apparatus set up for experimental demonstration. His speech came slowly, expressing in the fewest possible words the ideas and facts that he wished to place before his audience. His sentences were models of clearness and accuracy; but what I have since come to regard as marvelous was the uniform success of his experiments. I do not recall a single failure. He never had to apologize for the behavior of the electric current or to lay blame on the atmosphere. Everything did precisely what he said it was going to do. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THE M'KINLEY HOUSE, 489 Missouri Ave. Near 6 St. First-class accommodations for all. An up-to-date Hotel for colored people. Rooms neatly furnished, linens clean, and prices within reach of all. Meals and Lunches served at all hours. The PORTER : HOUSE : CAFE 103 6th St., N. W. Wines, Liquors and Cigars.—A full line of the choicest liquors, the best brands of cigars and the coolest beer in Washington. BROWN & SMITH, Proprietors. TH E SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board, steam heat and electric bells. Home comforts, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Av., n. w., Washington, D. C. Fine wines, liquors, cigars and Tobacco. JACK M. RYAN, PROP. The Woodson House first-class, newly fur nished and decorated, un, surpassed cuisine, convenient to all cars, One half square from Pennsylvania Espot. 467 Missouri Avenue. HENRY WOODSON, Proprietor. FINE WINES OLD WHIRKEY AND BRANNDIES Liquors of all kinds, Choice Cigars. PHILADELPHIA HOUSE. M. F. CARROLL, Prop. Restaurant and Saloon, 348 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. Meals to Order. Everything First Class. Billiard and Pool Parlors Attached. SMITH CAFE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S DINING ROOM. Board by the Day or Week. A. M. SMITH, 479 Missouri Ave. Prop HOTEL CLYDE, 475 MISSOURI AVE, N.W. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRs. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. The Hotel Brunswick 235 Pa. Ave. and 220 B Street, n. w ON EUROPEAN PLAN. First class in Every Particular. J. G. VAN BRAKLE, Proprietor. WASHINGTON, D. G. CAN COLOKED MEN SUCCEED IN BUSINESS? (Continued From First Page.) wagon-makers, watchmakers, grocers, druggists, bankers, brokers, bakers, barbers, hotel keepers, caterers, undertakers, builders, contractors, printers, publishers, decorators, manufacturers, tailors, insurance agents, coal dealers, real estate agents, collectors, the proprietor of a brick yard, the owners of a cotton factory, and the president of a coal mine. The number engaged, and the capital invested, may not reach very pretentious figures, but the beginning has been made. Aside from the above, we have produced soldiers whose valor has reached world-wide reputation, poets, artists, teachers, and professional men and women of recognized ability. There are hordes of others pursuing the humbler walks of life eager to acquire by education a higher ideal of manliness and womanliness, and to learn the ways of advanced civilization and approved citizenship. These achievements have been wrought by us under the most adverse conditions. We have wearily toled by day and by night; have made bricks without straw, helped ourselves and taken advantage of small opportunities; though these are days of increasing combinations of capital, growing corporations, and gigantic trusts, which greatly lessen the possibilities of individual success. Surely there is in the black man the same capacity for business, the self-same spirit, purpose and aspiration that there is to be found in the white man, and he is as much entitled to the blessings of life, and to share its honors and rewards, as the descendants of other races; notwithstanding Senator Tillman's recent plea for lynching Negroes, and the plaudits and acclaim of a Wisconsin audience Despite the fact that the door of nearly every large factory, shop, and department store is closed against us; despite the fact that prejudice stalks our business streets with unblushing tread and dominates in all the commercial centers of our common country—yet we are not here today pleading for special legislation in our behalf; we are not here whining to be given a chance; we are not here, even to complain of our hard lot, or to find fault with conditions which we cannot change. This, we conceive, would be a very poor programme to attract the attention of the business world; but we are here, representing hundreds of thousands of dollars, thus demonstrating that we have achieved at least in a small measure, one of the things which, by common consent, is taken as evidence of progress, ability, and worth. We have made money, have saved money, and are succeeding in many profitable business enterprises which require the possession of skill and executive ability to direct and control. The Jew traces the industrial strides of his people from the first foot-sore peddler to their present position of affluence in the financial world, and so without reciting further the early struggles and hindrances experienced by our ploneers in business, sufficient is it to say that we have men who should be placed in the class with Nelson Morris, A. M. Rothschild, and Mandel Bros. Not that they can compare with these men in the sum total of their wealth; no one expects this. But that they began life without a dollar, have accumulated property and acquired influence, and are today men of public affairs, able to stand, persevere, and prevail in the fierce struggles and competitions of business life. These mercantile strides the members of our race are taking in the face of proscription and oppression, in the face of the administration of unjust laws, and in the face of disfranchisement and barbarous lynchings, such as no other men ever had to face. In fact we are prospering under conditions which would not only fill other business men with hopelessness and despair, but would surely drive them into bankruptcy. It is not true that the business patronage of the Negro is confined to his own race, nor is it true that he is a cringer, and solicits patronage among the whites because of the fact that he is a colored man. We have long since learned that we are entitled to no more consideration because we are black than other men are who chance to have red hair, big mouths, or misshapen feet. If you will pardon personal mention, I would say that in my business as a furniture mover, few customers, indeed, have I among my own people; nor do I ask to remove any man's goods because of the color of my complexion or the texture of my hair; but because I have put brains into my humble calling and made the business of moving furniture a science. What is true in this instance is true in all others, where progress is made. We are grasping opportunities and compelling adverse circumstances and forces to work together for our profit. Under the wise leadership of Booker T. Washington, we are finding our bearings, and casting anchor in the dark and muddy waters of industrial conditions in which we were sent adrift without rudder, compass, or means of existence, less than thirty-eight years ago. It is not strange that, as business men, we have made some failures. It is a long way from the depth of the valley to the summit of the mountain; from a barbarian to a master mechanic; from the jungles of Africa to a successful business career, and from the slave cabin to the professor's chair. We have not all outgrown the feeling of dependence instilled in us by more than 250 years of chattel bondage; many of us yet shrink from responsibility, and lack the requisite amount of ambition. We recognize our shortcomings, our peculiar environments and the limitations of our experience and powers. We are beginning to learn that if the Negro is to become more and more a factor in the business world, he must take a more active part in all of the trades, competitions, industries, and occupations of life. Again, he is learning, slowly perhaps, but surely, that he must outgrow the weakness and confusion resulting from distracted purposes; that he must have one aim, and be one thing all the time. He must stop doing things in a slipshod and half-way manner and become more thorough. He must put the force of a strong character and a determined will power into whatever he undertakes, and he must stop stumbling and falling over impediments, especially of his own placing. The Negro is, however, affected by nothing now which education and personal endeavor will not in time remove. For example, we take the liberty to refer to our honored President, who about forty-two years ago was born a slave in Virginia. At an early age he began the battle for himself untutored and untrained in all the ways of life. What he has since accomplished is a sufficient answer to those who claim that the Negro is void of any capacity for doing business, and that his offspring has no chance to rise in the world. For twenty years Booker T. Washington has not only been president of a great industrial institution, but has had very largely the acquisition, management, investment, and expenditure of its finances. In recent years there has scarcely been a month in which he has not been offered positions in important and influential business enterprises, as well as in the affairs of government. His career is evidence that there is plenty of room at the top for Negro boys who have sense enough to rise to the level of their opportunities. The lack is not so much of opportunities as of men. It is a fact which cannot be gainsaid that success still is, and most likely always will be, a question determined very largely by the individual. For the man or woman who has made thorough preparation and is willing to do hard work a place will always be waiting, irrespective of race or color. The tone of this convention clearly indicates that the Negro will succeed as a business man in proportion as he learns that manhood and womanhood are qualities of his own making, and that no external force can either give or take them away. It demonstrates that intelligence, punctuality, industry. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. and integrity are the conquering forces in the business and commercial world, as well as in all the affairs of human life. Permit me, in closing, to quote the language of President McKinley addressed to the students at the Tuskegee Institute. "Integrity and industry," he said, "are the best possessions which any man can have, and every man can have them. No man who has them ever gets into the Police Court or before the grand jury or in the workhouse or the chain gang. They are indispensable to success. The merchant requires the clerk whom he employs to have them; the railroad corporation inquires whether the man seeking employment possesses them. Every avenue of human endeavor welcomes them. They are the only keys to open with certainty the door of opportunity to struggling manhood. If you do not already have them, get them." For our encouragement, reference has been made to a portion of the history of the distinguished president of this convention, and also, for the same purpose, quotation has been made from a speech of the honored President of his country. We thus have before us the example of the former and the precept of the latter—each a leader in his own sphere, the one black and the other white. By following the example of the one and the advice of the other, the Negro will not only succeed as a business man, but the early dawn of the present century will yet witness the best achievements and the loftiest conceptions of a once enslaved race. POPULAR BISHOP GRANT SPEAKS. Packed Churches in Atlanta—"Three Things that make up the Life of Man" the Topic of His Lecture before the Y. M. C. A.—A New Dry Goods Store Opened-W. O. Murphy's Shoe Store soon to Open for Business. Atlanta, Ga, Special:—Last Sunday Bishop A. Grant preached at Bethel A. M. E. Church at 11 o'clock to three thousand or more. Hundreds were turned away failing to gain admission at 7 30 in the evening he preached at Allen Temple Church and standing room in this large auditorium was at a premium. On Monday evening at Bethel Church under the auspices of the Colored Y. M. C. A, he delivered a very fine lecture to an audience of several thousand persons both white and colored, the subject being "The three Things that Make up the Life of Man" which he handled to the satisfaction of all present. The Bishop is very popular here and when it is known that he is to appear the people come from far and near to hear him. The Y. M. C. A. is in quite a flourishing condition and is accomplishing much good. It is composed of some of our best professional and business men. Dr. H. R. Butler the President and Dr. James R. Porter, the Secretary were quite fortunate in securing the services of Bishop Grant for this occasion. Messis, I. L. Lee and Sons, have recently purchased and added to their large business a very fine funeral carriage costing over $3,000 Capt F. H Crumly, who returned some time ago from the Philippine Islands has opened up an up-to-date Dry Good Store on Auburn Avenue where he carries a full line of notions and dry goods Mr. W. O. Murphy is pushing right along with his shoe company. He hopes sood to be able to throw doors open for active business. Master Chas. E. Cheatham is at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C. Mr. R. W. Thompson left this city for New York Sunday night. Capt. James E Hamlin has returned to his old home in Raleigh, N.C. Mr. W. T. Menard read a very interesting paper before Second Baptist Lyceum last Sunday. Among those who discussed the paper were Hon. Lewis H. Douglass, Prof Jesse B Lawson, J. R Pollard and Mrs. Katie A. Browne. There will be a grand Thanksgiving reception by the Teachers Benefit and Annuity Association at the Conservatory of Music Friday evening, Nov 29 1901, at 7.30 o'clock. A tempting Thanksgiving Supper will be served. Good music and dancing. TALK Is Cheap. * But the proof of the pudding * is the tasting of it Why do * we advertise to give SAMPLES * free for comparison ? * BECAUSE..... * We defy any Tailor to give * better. if as good, value for the * same money. We Give QUALITY, MAKE, AND FIT. "With Written Guarantee." TRY ONE OF OUR..... Suits or Overcoats. MADE TO YOUR MEASURE SIO. Our finer grade, $15, $20 $25, are clased with the finest. Some charge double: We Carry the largest Stock in the City. S.Goldheim & Sons, 403 & 405 7th St. Branch Store: 1006 7th St., N. W. Second Baptist Lyceum, 3rd Street, between H and I sts. n. w. A FREE FORUM Meets every Sunday at 3:15 p.m. LIVE TOPICS, ABLE SPEAKERS, GOOD MUSIC. The public cordially invited. Seats Free. R. W. THOMPSON, President. REV. 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Baltimore, Md., Special.—The wedding balls have been ringing loud and long in Baltimore during the past week, and the net result is that two of the city's "fairest and best" have been lured to other climes. At Madison St. Presbyterian church on Wednesday evening, Oct. 3, at 7 o'clock sharp, Dr. William A. Warfield, Surgeon in Chief of Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, led to the altar Miss Violet B. Thompson, one of Baltimore's most estimable and worthy young ladies, and one of the oldest colored school teachers in point of service in the city. Dr. Warfield accompanied by Mr. Ralph Stewart, of Washington, was at the altar promptly at 6 55, at which moment the choir of 18 voices led by Mr. James Fesson, sang the Lorngren wedding march, and up the aisle leaning upon the arm of her father, came the bride. As she reached the altar Rev. Dr. Wm H. Weaver began the reading of the marraige ceremony, which was brief but beautiful. The church was taxed beyond its seating capacity and colored society turned out en masse to cover the bridal party with their approving smiles. After the wedding a reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents, after which the party left for Washington where they will reside. Miss Minnette Williams robed in yellow silk, accompanied by Mr. Thao Thompson, brother of the tride, served as bridesmaid. No less brilliant was the marriage of Mr. Noah D. Thompson, of Chicago, and Miss Lillie B. Murphy. This ceremony was performed at Madison St. Presbyterian church on Wednesday evening last by Rev. Dr. W. H. Weaver. Colored society was out in full force to cheer the bride, who is conceded to be one of the most lovable young society ladies. The bride was costumed tastefully, and her attendants were equally brilliant in appearance. A reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents, 1336 N. Carey St. The couple will make their home in Chicago, where the groom is employed in a responsible position the U. S. Express Co. Probably the most elaborate banquet given for years was tendered to Mr. Noah D, Thompson, of Chicago, who on Wednesday evening wedded Miss Llie B Murphy, on Monday evening. The banquet was he'd at the handsome residence of Mr. Edmund Bernard Taylor, 11 N. Stricker Street. The menu was remarkable for its richness and delicacy. Handsome souvenir menu cards were presented to each of the guests and those present were: Mr. Noan Dav is Thompson, Chicago; Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Washington; Dr. A. M, Curtis, Chicago; Mr. Ralph B, Stewart, Washington; Dr. Conwell Banton, THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. C. Wilmington. Hosts: Mr. Edmund Bernard Taylor, chairman; Mr. Cabell Calloway. Jr., secretary; Mr Harry S Cummings, Dr. H. Stanton McCard, Mr. J. Clarence Chambers, Dr Wm H. Wright, Dr. Daniel C. Brown, Mr T. Evans Fernadis, Mr. Alphorso O Stafford, Dr. Richard Johnson, Dr. J W. Prather, Mr. W. Melville Lee, Dr Edward J Wheatley, Mr Daniel H Murphy, Mr. Jacob C Nicholson, Mr. Truly Hatchett, Dr Richard G. Baker, Mr. James R Hatchett, Mr Robert W Coleman, Mr. R C. Wright, Mr Geo. B. Murphy, Mr J. B. Parker. The Maryland Agricultural and Industrial Institute for colored youths opened its doors on Wedne-day, Oct. 30th, with twelve students on roll. Students are coming in each day and attendance for the first year bids fair to exceed the expectations of the projectors. The farm is in good condition and everything is in readiness to instruct the students in the academic as well the agricultural line. Rev, Ernest Lyon, the President, is tireless in his efforts to make everything comfortable for the students as they arrive. With the opening of this school the citizens of the State are confident that they have a State institution which will yearly turn out creditable young colored men. The colored Presbyterian ministers of Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and Delaware held their annual Council at Grace Presbyterian church, this city during the past week The Council was largely attended and several instructive papers were read, which evoked quite a lively discussion. The ladies at Grace and Madison St. Presbyterian church were very industrious and hospitable in their en attainment of the visiting clergy Mr. Edward Barnet was granted an absolute divorce from his wife, Lizzie Barnet, last week. Lawyer Henry S. Cummings was his attorney. Miss Beatrice Lewis, of Washington, was in the city on Saturday and Sunday last visiting her aunt Mrs Henry Jakes. Mr. Ralph Stewart, Dr. Emmett Sewell and wife, Dr Wm Naylor and wife, and Dr Pride were in the city attending the wedding of Dr. Warfield and Miss Thompson. ARLIE. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Warfield are pleasantly located in their new home, No 1901 11th Street, N. W. Their reception on Thursday night was thoroughly aristocratic and was attended by the city's "400" in the height of style and fashion. The evening was most enjoyably spent and will not be soon forgotten by the bride, the groom, nor their many friends. Get Back Numbers. Old issues of The Colored American can be procured at any news stand Subscribers missing an issue, or persous desiring a new or an old copy can p oure the same by calling at the nearest news stand for it. DRESSMAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System Mme J. A. Smallwood, Sole Agent 1513 Madison street, northwest, Morning class from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings from 7.30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, dressmakers and ladies who wish to do their own dressmaking. WANTED—To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Tailor System. Seamless Basques without one inch of visible seam, in lining or goods, not even on the shoulder. 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My "Palmistic Chart" tells your life from the Crdle to the Grave 10 cents. Prof. Marlowe, Box 242, B. Albany, N. Y. Southern Dental Supply Co. 705 12th Streetet. Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. Student supplies at prices less than S. S. White's. Our goods are warranted. The Al. Walker Boot Blocking Stand STRICTLY HIGH-CLASS WORK The Latest Shades of Dressing in Tan and Russet Shoes. Private Messenger Service. Main Stand B and O. Hote Bicycles Cleaned, Stored and Repaired. Y. AGUILAR, Cuban Cigar Manufacturer, ... Importer and Dealer In... LEAF Tobacco. 340 Penn Ave., N.W. WASHINGTON, D. O. Gray, Drumgoole & Parker, Caterers Caterers 625 L STREET, N. W. The Dining Room For the People. First-class in Every Respect. Seating Capacity Twenty-five WASHINGTON, D. C. TERMS REASONABLE. LOSTIE E. WILSON, Fine Art Studio, 806 M ST., N. W. Pastel and Oil Paintings—ess na in Free Hand Drawing and Painting —Portrait Work in Miniature and Life Sizes a Specialty, --- 6 MRS. D. T. 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(From the Boston Advertiser ) People who have been saying all along that Theodore Roosevelt's extraordinarily rapid rise is sheer luck have now, at length, at least, some solid ground of appearance on which to rest their claim. A great many things that seemed to be comparatively trivial in themselves turned out to his advantage; such as, for a few instances, his appointment to the civil service commissionership just when the spoils mongers were beginning to make themselves so recklessly disgusting that decent people were ready to throw up their hats in honor of any man who could thwart them; his entrance into the police commissionership of New York precisely at a time when everybody was sick and mad on account of the corrupt feebleness of New York's police force; his transfer to Washington as assistant secretary of the navy on the verge of the outbreak of the war with Spain; a position from which it was easy for Roosevelt to obtain the military appointment for service in Cuba which led straight on to the picturesqueness of the Rough Riders' regiment and the El Cany exploits, which more than made up in appeals to popular imagination whatever may have been lacking in solid warfare; and the close of the Spanish-American war precisely in time, not a day too soon or too late, to furnish the very candidate Senator Platt desperately needed to enable him to "down" Gov. Black for insubordination, and at the same time to keep the State of New York from slipping back into the democratic hands, which it came periously near doing. RCOSEVELT IN ALBANY. But the rapid succession of events propitious to Roosevelt's rise did not come to an end with is election in 1898 as Governor of New York. Roosevelt took his seat at Albany, by a curious coincidence, at a juncture when a dashing, daring, and at the same time not too "impractical," Governor had such an opportunity as no other republican Governor of New York has had in forty years; to please the head of the party organization by making himself both useful and necessary; to bring delight to anti-boss republicans by kicking over the traces now and then, and to make himself solid with independents by taking the bit between his teeth, and going his own pace, without paying any other heed to the party whip than slightly laying back his ears. No wonder such a governor was hailed by sharp-sighted politicians as surely the coming dark horse! If Gov. Roosevelt had been a bit more subservient to Platt, the easy boss would have insisted upon renominating him to that office; and political usage to say nothing of the governor's own avowed preferences at that time, would have brought it about. On the other hand, if he had broken altogether with Platt, the Philadelphia convention would not so far broken all precedents as to nominate for a place on the ticket a man out of favor with the party organization in his own State. THE WASHINGTON DINNER. And now comes the Booker Washington dinner. It was a little dinner. Considered by any standard that is usually employed in measuring dinners in which the public feels concerned, this one was singularly insignificant. It is doubtful if President Roosevelt, shrewd as he is, had any slightest idea in advance that he was doing anything very remarkable when he invited, to a private dinner with himself and family at the executive mansion, a distinguished gentleman, highly bred and scholarly, who is president of the Tusgekee Institute. Probably President Roosevelt's act had no other prompting than the natural and hospitable impulse to welcome at his table a gentleman whose conversation could not fail to be in the highest degree agreeable to a cultivated man of the world, such as Mr. Roosevelt is. It there was any additional motive, it was no doubt the wish to talk over informally the educational movement, so fraught with the happiest prospects for several millions of American citizens, as is that at the head of which Booker T. Washington has long stood. Ye, "what luck!" Not a dozen carefully prepared campaign crations, not the most brilliant and adroit presidential message sent to Congress, scarcely the most striking triumph of diplomacy regarding the canal treaty, or the Boer war, or reciprocal trade, or our open door in China, could have given President Rocsevelt such a sudden access of popularity among at least three-fourths of the people of the Union, as has come to him from inviting Bocker Washington to dinner. ARCUSES OLD REPUBLICANS. It has appealed like a trumpet note to the chivalry of the lovers of freedom everywhere. It has at one stroke aroused dormant enthusiasm in that very large number of republican voters who are old enough to retain memories of the war for the Union and the days of reconstruction; voters of whom not a few have been lately feeling extremely sore on account of what has seemed to them a drift of the republican party back and downward from its best ideals. At the same time, Americans young or old, republican or democrat, who like courage, and who admire sincerity, whose hearts respond to any out-flashing of manly independence, instinctly admire President Roosevelt for that act. They may not indorse it as expedient, but they applaud it as "spunky!" Perhaps they would not have done it themselves, but they are proud to live in a country with a man at its head who dared to do it. Dunbar and Johnson. Next mouth there will be produced in New York a comedy, entitled "The Cannibal King." It was written by Paul Lawrence Dunbar and J. W. Johnson and will be rendered by colored talent only. The fact that Dunbar and Johnson wrote it and that Bob Cole will take the leading part guarantees that it will be we.1 received.—Ex. It Leads Them All The Hotel Dale, Atlantic City N. J. is the largest and most complete and most elegantly furnished hotel in the United States for the accommodation of colored people. The proprietor, Mr. E. W. Dale, on account of not being able to give the management his personal attention, would be glad to consider a proposition from some experienced hotel manager for the purchase of this hotel. It will be a paying investment to the right parties. Address E. W. Dale, Cape May, N. J. tf. FINANCIAL. HERE IS A CHANCE To get the money you want. We have more than we need. We will make loans to everybody without delay. If you want money see us to-day. You will not be disappointed. Loans made on Furnitre, Pianos Organs, Etc., Etc., without removal. Loans to salaried employees without indorser. 602 F St., N. W. Cor. 6TH St., Capital Loan Guarantee Company. Loans of $10 Loans of $10 and upwards made on FURNITURE PIANOS HORSES, Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and on the day you apply. We are loaning on the Building and Loan Association plan, which makes the cost of carrying loans much less than you pay elsewhere, and allows you to pay it off in any sized notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. You only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it. If you have a loan with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheerfully given, and no cost to you unless the loan is made. Loans made any where in the District. Call and get rates. Front room, first floor, Scientific American Building. National Mortgage Loan Co. 625 F St., N. W. The National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company Corner 15th St. & New York Ave. Pays interest on deposits. Rents Safes insides Furglar-proof Vaults. Acts as administrator executor, trustee, &c. DO YOU NEED If so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your convenience. We make loans on Furniture, Pianos, &c., without removal or any publicity in any way. All business is private. Washington Mortgage Loan Co., 610-F Street-610 CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK. 609 F St. N. W., Washington,D.C. Capital $50,000 Hon. Jno. R. Lynch, President. L. C. Bailey, Treasurer. J. A. Johnson, Secretary. D. B. McCary, Cashier. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton Whitefield McKinlay, L. C. Bailey, Robt. H. Terrell, W. S, Montgomery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre HenryE. Baker, Robt. Williams J. T. Bradford, Dr. W. A. Warfield, J. A. Johnson, Dr. A. W. Tancil Howard H. Williams. Deposits received from 10 cents up-ward. Interest allowed on $5,00 and above. Collections meet with prompt attention. A general exchange and banking business done Bank open from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. OFFICE HOURS: 9 A M TO 12 M. TELEPHONE WEST 33-D I TO 5 P. M. Dr. C. Clifford Fry, SURGEON DENTIST. 1407 28th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. MASONIC The matter of absorbing interest in masonic circles during the past week was the recurrence of the annual contest for the much coveted jewel presented the Grand Lodge a number of years ago for the greatest proficiency in masonic ritualistic work. The participants this year were Eureka Lodge, No 5 and Prince Hall, No 14, the same antagonists who fought so gallantly last year for the prize and whose merits were so equal that it required the utmost care on the part of the judges to determine the victor. Apparently the other lodges in the jurisdiction saw the utter futility of aligning themselves in a contest with either of the giants and realizing that they would have been mere pigmies in such a bat le royal, prudently contented themselves by sitting in the grand stand, as it were, and modestly looking on. The conditions of the contest were that the first degree of masonry should be exemplified and that this should in include the ceremonies of opening and closing the lodge. The judges selected by the Grand Lodge to superintend the work and determine the result were Bros : Turner, Eureka, Cardiza of Prince Hall, Neal of Warren, Burnett of Widow's Son, Weatherless of Pythegoras. The work performed by the contestants was in each instance both rare and beautiful, probably never having been approached in any previous exemplification of this degree. Eureka, as the holder of the jewel, having won it in the brilliant contest of 1900, submitted her reception of the selected degree on the evening of Wednesday, the 23d instant, and Prince Hall on Friday night, the 25th instant. Each Lodge had an appreciative audience and numerous compliments were paid to each for excellence at various points. The judges met on Sunday, the 27th instant and as a result of their findings the jewel was again awarded to Eureka Lodge, the announcement being made that she had won by fifteen points. She is entitled to the heartiest congratulations of the craft, especially in view of the embarrassment caused by the enforced absence of the Worshipful Master, Bro. Ellis Brown, who is but just recovering after a long period of wasting sickness and of the consequent addition to the duties and responsibilities of the Senior Warden and Acting Master, Bro. H. J. Davis, of whom it is but just to say that he acquitted himself most creditably in his trying position. It may be of interest to the craft to know the method pursued by the judges in determining the relative merits of the contestants. It was agreed that the bases of comparison should be fourfold—"appearance"—"floor work"—"delivery," and "memory," and that out of a possible perfect of 100, these bases should have a comparative value repective's follows: Appearance, 5; floor, 15; delivery. 20; memory. 60; total, 100. The actual findings of the judges promptly reported to the Most Worshipful Grand Master by whom authority was given for this publication, were as follows: Prince Hall. Eureka, 5.... Appearance..... 5 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 5..... Floor work ..... 15 20..... Delivery ..... 20 45..... Memory ..... £0 This result made Dureka a clear winner by fifteen points. It will be observed that in respect of appearance and delivery, the lodges were found to be of equal merit—a truly handsome and well-deserved compliment to all the participants and distinct testimony to the impartiality of the judges. We presume that this article should go further into the details of the contest and tell of the splendid work done by each of the teams and notably by Bros. Henry, the Worshipful Master and Haines, Senior Deacon of Prince Hall Lodge, and by Bros. Davis and Stevens, respectively the Worshipful Master and Senior Deacon of Eureka Lodge, but great as is the temptation and richly as they deserve such mention, this article has already gone far beyond the bounds anticipated and we must reluctantly forbear. One thought however will intrude and it is whether, after all, the contests are beneficial to the craft. We do not presume to answer the question but it is open to grave and serious discussion as to whether they are to so serve that the pure and beautiful principles of our order will be reflected in our daily lives or whether we are cultivating and encouraging a mere trick of the memory—a frivolous lip service—a high sounding array of platitudes, which to our daily lives are to be as unreal an unsubstantial as "A little pain ed ship upon a pairted ocean." Let every brother take this question home to the privacy of his closet and let his life un'old the proper answer. Ill. George E. Frey, 33°, Worshipful Master of Enterprise Lodge, No. 3, located at Baltimore City, will pick team that will contest with a picked team from our lodges for a jewel on the conferring of any of the three symbolic degrees. Ill. Alexander T. Walla and Ils. J. H. Murphy and Cooper are members of Enterprise Lodge. A committee should be appointed to make arrangements and we will go over and visit the brethren. Ill. A. W. Tancil on hearing the proposition, said, "Father, forgive them, for they knew not what they do." Admiral Sampson and the Pub lic. (Ira N. Hollis in The World's Work) Admiral Simpson has been badly treated outside of the service, which understands him and entrusts him. After the campaign in Cuba it would have been basely unjust on the part of the President not to give him the proper reward for his services. The public has been stamped into an hysterical attitude by that section of the press which was on the alert to get the earliest news of the war, even at the expense of betraying his plans and movements to the enemy, and the recommendation of President McKinley and the Navy Department has been treated as a conspiracy, Certain foolish politicians have contributed to the perpetration of an act of cruel ingratitude. No man ever represented a better type of American citizen. He has the calmness, modesty and self-police most characteristic of Lee, Gnt, Farragut and other great men who have borne arms for the nation, and no man could exhibit in his daily life a more unassuming conduct. TEE NATIONAL COLORED Teachers Bureau. 459 C St., N. W. Washington, D. C. TEACHERS WANTED. AVERY COLLEGE TRADES SCHOOL ALLEGHENY, PA. ```markdown ``` A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trade School for Colored Boys and Girls, Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plastering, Painting and Interior Decorations. 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All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN, EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sold by all all News Dealers. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1901. LESSONS OF THE ELECTION. The result of the elections held Tuesday day is gratifying to all Republicans and to those whose desire a continuance of the present conditions of business and trade. The republicans have everywhere won signal victories. The people show no signs of drawing away from the policies of the party now in power. For an "off year" the result is remarkable, and indicates that if the present administrative and economic policies continue to be carried out the republican party has a long lease of power before it. The republican victory in Ohio assures the return of Senator Foraker at the expiration of his present term, to the United States Senate. Low and the fusion forces win in New York City. Already we have the announcement of the retirement of Richard Croker from leadership in Tammany Hall. What further results may follow is highly problematical. The prestige of Tammany is eclipsed; some say the eclipse is permanent. This, however, is doubtful. The result in Maryland is in some doubt as we write this, but it is to be hoped that Negro-baiting has been rebuked. Virginia went as every one knew she would go. Generally speaking, the colored man took little interest in the candidacy of J. Hampton Hoge. Mr. Hoge and Mr. Montague were at one on the Negro question; hence the sensible Negro had nothing to do with either. The growinn discrimination in the casting of the ballot by the Negro is one of the best signs of progress in recent events. The wave of prosperity was given a boost by last Tuesday's election. MIND IS THE STANDARD. Anent the discussion of the Roosevelt-Waahington dinner, no more sensible explanation has been printed than that which comes from a contributor of the Nashville American, who is a native Southerner. It states the case THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. C. so clearly and with such reason that it is herewith reproduced in part. In view of the many comments of the press regarding the entertainment of Booker T. Washington by President Roosevelt. I am prompted to ask space in your valuable paper for this article. I read with a sense of pride the varied forms in which the host and guest of the White House on the 18th ultimo are depicted by the press. Booker T. Washington was born among us, eared among us, and his life's work has been given to the promotion of that species of the human family which is peculiarly adapted to us. Being thus connected with us and our interests, what ever serves to advance his interests and to give him prominence in any sphere must of necessity help us. We should be proud of him. The honor received by him at the hands of the chief executive of the nation is honor to us. But, instead, we are loud in denouncing the affair, and give vent to rude utterances regarding the men and their causes. Would it not have been an insult to the chief executive for an humble citizen to have refused the President's invitation? I believe it would. I believe the attitude of our press furnishes amusement for the more reasonable in the journalistic arena in other sections. If after doing all you can to advance the Negro's interests, when the fruits of your labor are esteemed by others, should it not be yours to utter words of commendation and praise? Can it be that our journalism seeks to draw distinction by expressing adverse views of the affair or can it be that the men who are molding public opinion are not the better element of our people? I am inclined to believe the latter. I am in a quandary as to what should be the course of the Negro. I have been of the opinion that those Negroes who evinced a desire to become something higher than menials, and possessed the necessary qualifications, we were ready and willing to assist in every honorable way. But such comments as have been published in our leading journals make me believe that their former saying were bags of wind which are forgotten when blown off. Have not our leading journals published whole speeches of Broker T. Washington, and furnishd columns of editorials in laudation of his remarks? Then the outburst is not the maturer judgment of s ber thou ht. Such occurrences, it is said, 'predict social equality.' Let it be an men of what it may be, there is one thing we and our press must learn—'the mind is the standard of the man.' Wherever a man has shown by his works and action that he thinks and that his th ughs are the product of a fertile brain, he must of necessity bring forth words of commendation and esteem from those with whom he comes in contact. Knowledge is the ambition of intelligent men. Knowledge is power. Then, one in possession of that rare gem will of necessity command the respect of th that are respectable. I believe that the material interest of our people would be better subserved if we would direct our forces to the general pursuits of life instead of trying to hold others back. --- Boss Croaker, it is announced, will retire from politics-rats desert a sinking ship. Now that the Philadelphia campaign is over Editors Perry and Johnson can have coffee and pistols. Editor T. Thomas Fortune of New Jersey is doing considerable literary work nowadays. His fine Italian hard is discernable in many effusions which do not bear his signature. There is a difference between Northern and Southern democrats as shown by the election in New York this week. It is an endorsement of honest elections reform in municipal government and equality of citizen and manhood rights In the appointment of Justices of the Peace for the District it is understood that three of them will be colored men. This is as it should be and no better man for one of these places can be found than Lawyer Reuben S. Smil h. He is an up to date practicioner, well versed in law and if appointed would be a credit to the position, to his race and to the administration. There was a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Second Baptist Lyceum last Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. S. E. Lacy, 1732 10th St. n.w, James S. Slaughter was elected librarain; Miss Mamie Boyd, assistant according secretary. TRIBUTE TO MR. FURGUSON. The Career of a Wealthy Afro-American Texan and a Leader of Politics in That State.—Represntatives From the Lone Star State Listen to an Eulogy by Miss J. N. Strong, Secretary of the State Re-publican League of Texas. The meeting of the Epworth League Lyceum at Asbury M. E church, Oct. 27th was well attended by the members of the League and the host of friends of the church: In addition to the music rendered by the choir, a feature of the meeting was the address of Miss J. N. Strong, secretary of the State Republican League of Texas, who paid a glowing tribute to the life and character of Mr. H. C. Ferguson, a prominent Texan and leader in the political forces of that State, and a man who, by his perseverance, and honesty of character, had accumulated a fortune and secured the confidence and esteem of the people of his community. The death of Mr. Ferguson took place some weeks ago and among the many things said by Miss Strong, we take the following excerpts: "It at there was a distinction between genius and character—the former is more the product of brain power; while the other is more of heart power. A combination of both is needed to make one truly great. There are some who possess such a combination. Among them were Presidents Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley—two noted heroes because of their deeds of valor in behalf of right, justice and peace; also Hon Benjamin Butterworth whose de, sire for the good of his fellowman, and country seemed boundless; and the late Hon. Henry C. Ferguson, of Houston, Texas, the leader of your race in Texas. He was one of the noblest men I have ever met. He has passed to the great beyond, and though his people mourn deeply his loss, yet he has left them a rich legacy in an example of loyalty strict integrity and faithfulness of the highest order. He was a man who inspired all with whom he came in contact with the deepest sense of confidence, respect and regard. He so lived that when his summons 'came to join that innumerable caravan which moves to those mysterious realms, where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of dea h: he went not like the quarry slave scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, approached his grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.' Of the living I revere President Theodore Roosevelt whose high sense of honor and mankind looked beyond the color of skin or texture of hair, and bade welcome one of the greatest teachers of your race—Prof. Booker T. Washington; and of my sex, I pay tribute to Miss Clara Barton, the true-exponent of devotion to God and humanity. Then dear hearers, I bid you read good books, study great characters, exert power for good in home life, cultivate self culture, self-watchfulness, self-discipline, truth, cheerfulness, politeness, true regard for your fellowman, and love for God. Be not discouraged. We have a past which is gone forever, We have a future which is still our own.'" By permission. I L Henson, Ch'm. Ex Com. Mr. LeRoy Bryan has returned to this city with Mr. Collins, of Howard University Law School, to practice law in this city. GOTHAM NOTES COLORED AMERICAN DIONYSIUS III The editor of this paper has been too busy for the past few months to give attention to a number of brother editors who have so far forgotten journalistic courtesies as to assail his reputation as a journalist in a personal way. There is said to be honor among thieves. A man who is unable to meet all of his business obligations is not necessarily dishonest. If the Negro editor was paid for his subscriptions and advertising he would give the race a newspaper equal to the best published by white editors. The Negro editor must take all sorts of chances to "get by," as the saying goes. The odds are against him at every stage of the game. --- It comes with bad taste for us who are fighting for a common cause to assail the good name and character of a brother. Editor Fortune very pertinently says in a recent editorial: "When editors make personalities, and not principles, the basis of their journalistic ethics they invite the contempt of decent mankind, and the invitation is invariably accepted. How many Negroe editors have we who do not owe some printer, some pressman, some paper house, or some type foundry? How many have been beaten out of their money by deadbeat subscribers, fake advertisers, long-winded preachers, and politicians? And yet if the money rightly and honestly due these deserving men were paid they could "square up" and owe nobody. The colored press has developed wonderfully in the last twenty-five years, but its progress has been over roads rocky and strewn with thorns. A press without a sustaining constituency is bound to be weak. It must have circulation and money behind it to be powerful and influential. Just as the educated, refined colored divine has grown out of the Bible-pounding, exhorting preacher, so has the well-edited, up-to-date colored newspaper come out of the handbill, patent backs of former days. The writer has spent fifteen years in the profession of Negro journalism. He has put more time, money, and enterprise into the profession than any three of the "knockers." He has taken risks in order to test the practicability of an idea, and it may be here added that he came out of the small end in many instances. What is the result? An empty purse, a poor rating, and the "knocks" of ingrates. And yet by their fruits ye shall know them! The Indianapolis World, the best-edited independent Negro journal published; the Indianapolis Freeman, the first illustrated Negro newspaper, and one of the most influential and most widely circulated; The Colored American, at the Nation's Capital, and the only Negro publication handled by the American News Co., are the results of his efforts in race journalism. To those editors who use the columns of their journals to vent their spleen, we say "Go away back and sit down. The Monday Night Club of Second Baptist church presented to the church $81 Sunday night. BANNEKER AND JEFFERSON. The God Saint of Democracy Liked Colored People—Some Noted Octoroons. Mr. Daniel Murray Talks of the Washington Dinner. [To make the following clear it is necessary to say that it was called out by a letter questioning the truth, that Jefferson did entertain a colored man.] To The Editor of The Evening Star- A communication was published in The Star of October 30 asking for the authority to justify the statement of a correspondent that Thomas Jefferson entertained at dinner Benjamin Banneker and disputing the statement because the writer had failed to find it in La robe's account of Banneker or in Mrs. Tyson's life of him. Now, it must be admitted that the absence of such an incident in either account is not evidence one way or the other, and, as is generally the case, new facts in regard to the fathers of the country are constantly being drawn out by happenings of today, and this is one of them. Mrs. Martha Tyson, who was the daughter of George Ellicott, Banneker's warm friend, sought her information in regard to Banneker at Ellicott's Mill nearly fifty years after Banneker's death by conversing with those who had known him. It is plain that all who personally saw him and gave her information must have been quite young when they knew him, and probably were little likely to know of such a matter as the Jefferson dinner, since Jefferson lived several hundred miles away. But the probability of its truth may be established by facts in the life of Jefferson which may show that he had no such antipa by or caste spirit as would render such a thing improbable. I am not able to affirm that Jefferson did entertain at dinner Benjamin Banneker, but I am able to prove that he invited, in 1815, Mr. Julius Melbourne, a colored man, born a slave in North Carolina, to be one of a dinner party; the others being James Monroe, afterward President of the United States; Win. Wirt, John Randolph, etc. Mr. Melbourne nore a letter of introduction to Jefferson from his friend Mr. Penulton. The fact that Melbourne had been born a slave was well known to Jefferson, and at the dinner party, over the wine and walnuts, the whole company discussed the matter. General George Washington had no such antipathy to the race with which Banneker was identified as is now exhibited in a small section of our country, and in the small section referred to the an ipathy or aversion is limited to the male members of the colored race. General Washington slept in bed with Primus Hall a young mulatto, valet to Colonel Pickering. Washington's friend. The account will be found in Godey's Lady's Book or Magazine for 1849, the facts being contributed by the Rev. Mr. Harrington. Color should never among a Christian people, be made a test of merit, nor can I recall an instance where an Christian has done so. It is inconsistent with the examples and teachings of Christ. I cannot recall where any gentleman has done so, being reminded that to be a gentleman one must follow low the precepts of Christianity, and when one departs from acting in harmony with Christian principles in dealing with his fellowman he ceases to be a gentleman. A man who had nothing else to recommend him save his color would not be an acceptable guest at any gentleman's table, and one who has everything else should not be excluded. The Sermon on the Mount would have be n delivered in vain had no practical examples of its spirit been exhibited among men. Mrs. Tyson says of Banneker: "His striking superiority over all men of his race led them to disregard all prejudice of caste" (the same with Booker T. Washington) "He was invited to sit at table with the en. i.e. corps." According to the southern dictum laid down for President Roosevelt, neither Robert Browning nor Alexander Hamilton, were they living could have sat at any southern white man's table, since both were octoons. Jefferson, Randolph nor Madison could have sat down at table with their own children, and it is stated with great positiveness that General George Washington to have met its requirements would have needed two tables. When the head of the Nation can set such an example, its not difficult for Afro-Americans supporting its Phillppine policy, to hold up their heads. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. WO LITTLE BEAUTIES SAVED FROM DEATH BY PERUNA. MRS. H. H. OVERMANN'S TWO LITTLE GIRLS. "Enclosed find a picture of my two little girls who couldn't be without their Peruna. They have both had the measles since I last wrote to you, but even through the sickness I gave them the Peruna. We have used Peruna constantly for the past two years with our children and have received the most satisfactory results. We would not be without it. The youngest one, Elsie, is the one that had bronchial trouble, and had it not been for your medicine she would have chocked to death. It has done wonders for her. Positively we couldn't keep house without Peruna. Yours gratefully. Mr. L. G. Vandegriff, Carrollton, Ga., writes: "I endorse your Peruna. I had a little girl afflicted with catarrh and "Pretty Merry Maidens" Have A Delightful Social Hour. The home of N.T. and Mrs. Eugene Brooks, of Pierce Place, was the scene of a most delightful party on Saturday afternoon when their two daughters, Misses Musette and Oceana, entertained Miss Blanche Bradford. It would have pleased the most eratic cultic to have witnessed such a display of taste and such a display of the season's lucacies and the highly artic manner in which they were displayed and then most gracefully destroyed. Those who were so fortunate as to be present were: Misses Blanche Bradford May Bradford, Mabel Brooks, Anni Smith, Jennie Jones, Edith Wormley, Julie Syphax, Lucretia Scott, Alexzin Montague, Verlyn Shepherd, Ocean Brooks and Musette Brooks. After the exchange of pleasant courtesies and social greetings in the drawing rooms, the party repaired to the richly decorated dining hall where they did their full duty to the following menu: 1 Blue Points. Cheese Wafers. Crakers. 2 Cold Turkey. Croquettes French Peas Rolls. 3 Frozen Tomatoes, (suffed with celery) Butter Sandwiches. Lobster Salad. Olives 4. Ice Cream. Cake. Bon bons. Nuts Coffee. Cheese Wafers. Fruits. What became of the party after this. Mrs. H. H. Overmann, 2865 Winslow Ave., Cincinnati, O." Ga., have had two physicians to treat her had and found no relief. After using two and bottles of your Peruna she is sound and the "Colored American man" does not know.' Coming events cast their shadow before them and this event seems to be a shadow before Miss Bradford. The other members of the party it is hoped shall soon see theirs and then the pre- Merry Maidens" will delightfully spend another social hour. A SPECIAL SERMON. The Imperial Relief Association will have a special sermon preached Sunday, Nov. 10th, 8 p.m., at Galbraith A. M. E Zion church, 6th St., between L and M Sts, n. w. The sermon will be d l vared by Dr John N. Abby, pastor Subject, "A Race Without a Country" Music will be furnished by the S ilob Baptist choir under the leadership of Mr. Joseph Wilson. The following organizations have been invited: Staine Invincible Republican Club, Excelor Glee Club, Coachmen's Union, Eldermen Relief Association, Ladies Relief Club, Wilberforce Club and the Mizpah Associates. All are invited. The members of the Association are Thomas Hawkins, president; Frank W Spriggs, vice-president; David Bowie treaurer; C. H. Anderson, secretary; Henry Dickson, assistant secretary; Wm. H. Johnson, chaplain; Theodore Grav. sergeant-at-arms; H. J. Botton. Charles Countte, A. J. Sprigge, H. Stevenson, Wm. H. Anderson, Robt Robinson, Moses J Johnson Benjamin Williams, Silas Budd, George Rzier, Geo. Cook, Peter Jore, Samuel Washington, Lorenzo Ashton, well. I am now giving it to my other children." Mr. Joseph Kirchensteiner, 87 Croton street, Cleveland, O., says: "We have used Peruna for eight years as our family medicine. During the whole of that time we have not had to employ a physician. Our family consists of seven, and we also use it for the thousand and one ailments to which mankind is liable. We have used it in cases of scarlet fever, measles and diphtheria. Whenever one of the family feels in the leastill, mother always says: 'Take Peruna and you will be well,' or if we do not happen to have any, 'We will have to get more Peruna.' Peruna is always satisfactory in colds and coughs." Children are especially liable to acute catarrh. Indeed, most of the affections of childhood are catarrh. All forms of sore throat, quinsy, croup, hoarseness, and laryngitis are but different phases of catarrh. These affections, in the acute form, may pass away without treatment, but they leave a foundation for chronic catarrh in later years. Even a slight cold is acute catarrh, and renders the mucous membrane of the head and throat more liable to chronic catarrh afterwards. The child is constantly asailed winter and summer, with catarrh. Affections of the stomach and bowels, colic and diarrhoea, are due to catarrhal derangements of these organs. A great many families are learning by bitter experience that these affections must be promptly treated or the child's health is permanently injured. Peruna is the remedy. No family should be without it. As soon as the symptoms of cold, cough or any other affection of the throat or stomach is noticed, Peruna should be given according to directions. A vast multitude of families are relying entirely upon Peruna for safety in this direction. There are no substitutes. Peruna is the only systemic catarrh remedy known to the medical profession. That Peruna can be relied upon is evidenced by the great number of testimonials which Dr. Huntman is receiving daily. Only a very few of these can be published. Only one in a thousand. Every household should be provided with Dr. Hartman's free book on catarrh; also "Facts and Faces," a book of testimonials concerning Peruna sent free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. He is Friendly to us. The attention of the readers of The Colo ed American is called to the advertisement of the mamouth furniture house of Mr. Peter Gogan, whose place of business is on 7 h street between H and I streets. This house is by all odds the largest and most popular house furnishing concern in the city of Washington. It has built up a business by square dealing and its effects to please and to give satisfaction to its customers. The colord people of the District are particularly interested in this concern since Mr. Gogan is one of the most liberal minded as well as one of the most liberal hearted men in the District and has contributed largely of his means for the benefit of the various enterprises, institutions, etc. conducted by and in the interest of the colored people. The present premises will be extended in an L shape to I street and larger and more comodious quarters will be arranged. He invites each reader of The Colo ed American to come to the store and take advantage of the special rates now offered, as well as to visit the new branch when it is completed. The colored people of the District have no better friend than Mr. Gogan. NOTICE Mr. John T. White, formerly of Augusta, Ga., but more recently of West Asbury Park, N. J., is not connected with The COLORED AMERICAN in any way and the public is warned against transacting business with him for this paper.