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The COLORED American A-NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. X, NO. 7 Our Colored Schools. A Tribute to the Magnificent Work Done. A Resume of the Past Year's Work The Eloquent Address of a Former Graduate—Distinguished City Officials—Trustees and Citizens Witness the Graduating Exercises Notes—Giving Diplomas. Our people and our colored institutions in the District of Columbia are, we regret to say, often subject to unfavorable criticism and we have not hesitated to speak out in protest when the facts have justified such action, but it is very pleasant indeed to note that we are all quite agreed as to the general excellence of our public school system and as to the sound training derived by our colored yuong men and women from the conscienious labor of our admirable corps of instructors. The graduating exercises of the M Street High School, the several branches of the system, the unusually fine exhibition of the work of the students of the Armstrong Manual Training School lately in progress, and the highly commendable public exercises of the Normal School No. 2, give marked testimony of their beneficence, to the superb fitness of Mrs. A. J. Cooper, Dr. W. Bruce Evans and Dr. Lucy E. Moten, principals of these schools respectively, and to the intelligent judgment of the Board of Trustees in appointing and retaining in place the teachers who are quietly but earnestly guiding the footsteps of our youth up the rugged paths to the heights of education. The superb condition of our schools appeals to us, too, in a higher sense. Capacity, culture and conscience are the dominant notes. Our colored trustees, Mrs. Bettie G. Francis and Prof. James Lundy, in their own lives and daily walks typify each and every one of these essentials, and the assistant Supt., Prof. W. S. Montgomery, is also their conspicuous exponent. Personal aggrandizement and self seeking are not factors in the equation of their public duties and to their high ideals and their perfect harmony of administrative action the system responds as though touched with the wand of a conjurer. What a lesson these earnest workers teach to the projectors of colored business enterprises in the subordination of self and of all forms of REV. OWEN M. WALLER. individualism to the good and the benefit of the many which so eminently distinguishes them! What unlimited possibilities there are of profitable and honorable commercial ventures if our pig-headed, obstinate alleged leaders could conquer vanity, jealousy and all uncharitableness and zealously work to strengthen the lines where the race is weakest and to remove the reproach that the race is not loyal to itself and will not sustain one another. But we recall these aspirations as perhaps not absolutely pertinent to the commendation which is so richly deserved by our schools and which we so willingly accord. Let us all stand by our schools and our teachers. Lukes Episcopal Church, Washing- D. C. THE M ST. HIGH SCHOOL. In the presence of a distinguished gathering of District officials, prominent citizens of Washington, and an audience which taxed the capacity of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church, last Tuesday evening, more than a hundred young men and women received their diplomas as graduates of the M St., High School.. Commissioner MacFarland, following an address full of advice and encouragement, presented the sheepskins of merit to the candidates. The church was decorated with a Continued on page 4. ton, D. C. PRICE, FIVE CENTS To the Master's Call. Rector O. M. Waller's Work at St. Lukes. The Early Life and Career of a Young Divine. His Splendid Equipment in Filling Successfully a Pulpit Held for Many Years by Dr. Crummell, the Most Learned Pulpiter of the Race. The Lessons of Youth. Rev. Owen Meredith Waller, M. D., Rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, of this city, since Feb. 1st, 1896, was born in the year 1868, at Eastville, Northampton county, Va. His people moved to the city of Baltimore, when Owen was five years old, and from his eighth to his twelfth year he was a pupil in St. Mary's Academy, under the auspices of Mt. Calvary chapel, of St. Mary, the Virvin. From 12 to 19 years of age, Father Benson, of Oxford, England, was his benefactor and guardian and educated him in St. John's Classical School, of St. John's Hall. Upon the conclusion of his career of nearly seven years in the above classical school, Dr. Waller became by examination an Associate of Arts of Oxford University. Returning to this country, inspired by a worthy ambition of closer intimacy and identification with his race in order that he might the better serve them, the subject of our sketch entered the General Theological Seminary, at New York, by Competitive Scholarship in 1889. Graduating in 1892, he was ordained deacon by Bishop Potter, in the Church of the Holy Communion. Declining the principalship of Hoffman Hall, Nashville, Tenn., Dr. Waller accepted the position of assistant minister at St. Philip's church, New York. Having been elected rector of St. Thomas' church he was ordered priest by Bishop Potter in St. John's Church, Washington, D. C. Jan. 15th, 1893. Here, in the presence of the Chief Justice, Cabinet Officers, Senators and of other men of national note, Dr. Waller was formally elevated to the priesthood. During his three years as Rector of St. Thomas', the first organized colored church in America, 125 Communicants were added to the roll and the mortgage was reduced from $8100.00 to $4600.00. In 1895 Dr. Waller was president of the National Conference of Church Workers, which met in the St. Luke's church, this city. Upon the resignation of the late Dr. Crummell, the difficult question of the election of his successor to carry on the work of the most important and pivotal post in the Episcopal Church, was presented to both Bishop Continued on page 5. 10 A OUR TRADE MARK. K TO Q UALITY KEEP SAMMONIA FREE. The Crowning Beauty of every Lady and Gentleman is a beautifu suit of hair, which you can have by using Cures all Diseases of the Scalp and turns the gray and faded hair to its natural color. This is the greatest discovery ever brought before the public and is manufactured by a skillful dermatologist. 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Miss Gibbs then interpreted Beethoven's Sonata, while Miss Mamie White illustrated by playing the theme and the theme variations. Miss White then played the whole sonata in an exceptionally skillful manner. Miss Gibbs then played, in her usually artistic way, Beethovens Sonata, Opus xiv, number 2, interpreting it and making it extremely entertaining. Miss Mamie Onley then sang a solo entitled "Remembrance." All then joined in singing a group of entertaining children's songs, after which the programme was closed with a "Gallop Caprice" played by Miss Gibbs. After the programme refreshments were served and the evening was ended with an interesting game of impersonating some of the leading characters in history, fiction and everyday life. ENTERTAINMENT AT LOUISVILLE KY., JULY 1-3, 1903. 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The Social and Sporting World of Gay Atlantic City—Orange Blossoms Galore—Personal Mention. Atlantic City, N. J.—Special.—Mr. Ethelbert S. Kennedy will be the correspondent and representative of The Colored American in Atlantic City. Mr. Kennedy was born in Pennsylvania and is a product of her public schools and the Western University and the ex-editor of the Pittsburg Advocate. He is a second-year medical student and will finish his course at Howard University. He is of striking and engaging personality, of exceptional moral character, of unusual business acumen and keenly aggressive and a young man we believe who will discharge his trust faithfully and honestly. He can be seen or communicated with at Hotel Dennis. One of the most attractive weddings of the season among the elite of society was that of Miss Maymie Harris, of Washington, D. C., to Mr. Scott Bruce, of New York City. The ceremony took place June 10th at 9 o'clock in the evening on New York avenue, the residence of the bride. Miss Maymie Harris, the bride, is a tall, lithe figure and her regular features gives her quite a distinctive appearance. In her eyes abundant humor and sweetness of disposition are mingled together with her liberal education to make her an exemplary wife. Mr. Scott Bruce is a product of Howard University and among the most popular members of Hotel Brotherhood. The bride wore white poplin over white tafieta silk, gorgeously trimmed with white silk fringe and flowers. She was attended by Miss Belle Traux of Philadelphia as bridesmaid, who wore cream bareige over white satin heavy lace trimming. The groom was attended by Mr. George McBride, of Philadelphia, as best man. The betrothal ceremony was performed by Rev. Jenkins, followed by a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Booker Harris, in honor of the bride and of their son, who was married June 3d to Miss Sadie Butler, of Harrisburg, Pa. The wedding supper was served by John Sparks, caterer. The house was beautifully trimmed and the table tastefully decorated with American beauty roses. Atlantic City society, replenished from the social ranks of Philadelphia, Washington, Harrisburg, New York and other cities turned out en masse to see the happy couple wed. Early the next day the newly married pair left for Philadelphia and New York, where receptions will be tendered them and to enjoy their honeymoon. Many beautiful and costly gifts were received. The Second Baptist Literary met last Wednesday evening and the audience was treated to a rare literary and musical treat. Mr. Osborn's original poem was well received. Miss Joyce, the dramatic reciter, as usual appeared to excellent advantage and her two numbers are especially to be commended. The climax of the evening, however, was reached when Mr. Bass, of Shaw University, read his paper on "Companionship of Books." The comments of the general debate rose to high tide as to the ground which should have been covered by him, yet all freely admitted the paper for diction, conciseness and delivery has rarely been equalled. Miss L. B. Morris, of Camden, N. J., one of their leading and most popular colored teachers, visited the Misses Harrison on New York avenue. Love Brothers, on Kentucky aevnue, are our up-to-date colored tailors. Miss Josie Terry, of Reading, Pa., has been attending our literary societies, and her recitations of several noted literary productions and singing has made her very popular. Mr. C. W. Fullman's tonsorial parlors on Arctic avenue, are being enlarged and thoroughly renovated. He is one of the leading business men of his profession, and a prosperous, prominent young man who is making his way to the front by indomitable courage, tact, patience and perseverance. Mrs. E. Warrick, of Atlantic avenue, has returned for the summer and re- opened her lovely hair dressing parlors. Miss Mary Lovell Clarke of Baltimore, is visiting in our city. She has traveled extensively and her broad liberal education makes her an engaging personality. One of the principle events of the summer in Atlantic City social calendar will be the third annual musical and reception given by the Bellmen's Social Association at Fitzgerald's Auditorium July 16th. Their two former functions have conferred upon this association a remembrance of the high standing and character of the young men at its head and the city with all the many brilliant attractions which have flashed across our social atmosphere have failed to saturate the atmosphere with such joyous anticipations. Prof. Fred Forman's orchestra of twelve pieces, composed exclusively of colored musicians, which is in constant demand in our large cities, will render the music. The committee of arrangement: Edward Jones, John Harris, James Tyre, Louis Brown, Joseph Green, and Harry Jones. Executive committee: T. G. Hammond, chairman, David Wilcox, C. G. Thomas, Harry Jones, Butler Boyd, Samuel Bowen, Edward Frisby, and Frank Peterson. Reception committee: Charles G. Thomas, Samuel Bowen, William Nottingham, Frank Peterson, Edward Frisby, and Adolph Robinson. Adolph Robinson is president, Edward Jefferson first vice-president, and Clarence Ross second vice-prseident; Charles G. Thomas secretary, John Harris assistant secretary, and Thomas G. Howard treasurer; Edward Frisby sergeant-at-arms, and William Nottingham chaplain. Mr. Isaac Shorters is a successful headbellman of the Dennis. He possesses the marks of character of dealing fairly with his boys. There was a large and appreciative audience at St. James' Literary last Monday, who listened to an excellent program under the supervision of its president, Mr. Stuart. The main features of the evening were the address of Dr. Mitchell, which was interesting and timely and contained some new and helpful thoughts, and the reading of the current articles for general debate. In the presence of a large and distinguished assemblage Miss Marie Maxwell was united in marriage to Mr. Bert L. Barttee, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Browns, 1406 Caspine avenue, Wednesday evening, June 10. The betrothal ceremony was performed by Rev. Jenkins, followed by an elaborate wedding supper. Among those present were Mr. F. Maxwell, Mr. L. M. Maxwell, Mrs. Sara Toliver and Mr. J. West, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Motley, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Humphrey, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. S. Scarfrey and wife, Miss Belle Scott, sister of County Clerk Scott, and Mrs. Jenkins, of Atlantic City. Children's Day was celebrated at all of the colored churches in the city Sunday, and the parade of the children dressed in white and the annual floral festal were the principal events of interest. Hotel Dale is one of the most successful hotels in our city. Among last week's arrivals were Miss Lillie Brown, Miss Mary Wright, Miss Emma Holland, and A. H. Joyce of Pleasantville, N. J., John Brown and John Wester of Philadelphia, George McNeal, of Lakewood, Randolph Wiggins and wife and R. C. Harris, of Camden, andohn Jones, of Baltimore. The Dale Athletic defeated the Atlantic City local Saturday by a score of 8 to 4 before a crowd of 600. The pitching of Tolliver for the Dale was the feature of the game. The Colored American can be bought at all the colored news stands and business places throughout the city. Mr. Frank S. Sutton, manager of Union Club, Pittsburg, Pa., was in the city a few days last week, and met many old friends and made the acquaintance of many new ones. 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Gives names in full of those you have or will marry; causes happy marriage to those you desire; unites those separated (never fails). If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any undertaking in business, social or domestic life; sickness divorces separations, lawsuits, lost or absent friends interest you; if you desire to have your domestic troubles removed, your lost love returned, consult or write me. You will be advised the best way to succeed. Fee, $1.00. Patrons attended to in all parts of the world. Letters of inquiry answered on receipt of two 2c. stamps. MRS. G. CARY 1406 W. YORK ST. PHILADA., PA DISAPPOINTMENT. DISAPPOINTMENT. Much sadness why disheartens man? From good desires and noble plans, And expectations of to-day So often baffle and delay? Tomorrows realization waits; We hope anl look, yet always late, To find the right has not been done; But sits and waits for next day's sun. Their sorrow disappointments bring; Like weeds of summer up they spring; For grow they will, without a hoe, Along the path of friend and foe. Our footprints mark our cripple life. Bring clouds and thunder big with strife. Almighty God has made it so; Adversity may scold and go; From soul the wrong we cannot fling; The cleansing power lies with Him. His gentle, energizing might Surrounds the good, filled with His light; light; From evil ways protects the soul And keeps it safe within the fold. The noble, lofty ideals bring, A reassuring welcome thing— Good purposes to please, but rare, Which come like mist on midnight air. The distant hamlet and the town, And east and west wherever found; In sunny south or northern clime, That land which trodden has mankind; There disappointment pains the heart, As death has done with its keen dart. An "Annie" and an "Enoch," too, May love and wed as others do. Though peace may blossom on their tree. They on life's sea may sail with glee, The sun will hide behind the cloud, Terrific thunder long and loud. Vexatious billows then will rise, And carry 'way what they most prize; For stormy times will come, dark days, Ere hairs turn gray and teeth decay. JOSEPH G. BRYANT, Charlotte Hill, Md. BISHOP WALTERS WEDS. Announcement is made of the coming marriage of Rt. Rev. Alexander Walters, Bishop of the A. M. E. Zion Church and president for a long period of the Afro-American Council, to Mrs. Lelia Brown, an attractive and cultured lady of Louisville, Ky. The ceremony will occur at Jacob Street Tabernacle in that city on the evening of June 30th. The good bishop and his prospective bride have the warmest wishes of a multitude of friends for their happiness on this voyage upon the sea of matrimony. PROF. MILLER AT TUSKEGEE. Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard University, will deliver a series of six lectures at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., beginning in July. His lectures will dwell on the present status of the Negro, education in its higher and industrial forms, the meaning of education, industrial, academic and collegiate. Prof. Miller is one of the ablest men of the race. His lectures will be a treat to the Tuskegeeans. A DESERVING PROMOTION. We are pleased to not that Mr. Geo. E. Temple, of St. Louis, Mo., has been reappointed as a clerk in the office of the Water Commissioner of that city. Mr. Temple is a colored man of unusual qualities and deserves every reward he has received. He is prominent in all movements for race elevation and he stands high in Odd Fellowship. --- FOR GOOD HEALTH To prevent or restore it, there is no better prescription for men, women and children, than Ripans Tabules. They are easy to take. They are made of a combination of medicines approved and used by every physician. Ripans Tabules are widely used by all sorts of people—but to the plain, every-day folks they are a vertable friend in need. 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Sp ¥ —> nee oe ss —S ae : pais See = ao fier, a oe ie ee teal § ali — Be aoe =e ee mage eae ivok e ee “ ee a oe = be used on the eae And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint , package of Anti-Qdor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of | Womb Diseases, Ch.'blains, Sore and Frosted Feet; 2lso removes all / smells and odors arising from the human body, such as fect, arm pits, ete. The actnal 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 pretect 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 usé this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; 80, if the coupon kas this trade-mark on it, yoa 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 Rich- , mond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to pub- lish. Here is a sample of one: ‘ Boston Ohemical 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: Z Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. | Gentlemen,—Aftex using OZONOa short while only, I am glad to say ‘ that my hair is already straight and growing finely. ‘ MISS BESSIE POWERS, oa 883 Missouri street, Toledo, O. | 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. 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If you have a friend who has ¢ no conpon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon % when yon send your order. / (eee w m6 rnd City ge Gor Susensoezen CHG GOLOPEd American and City to Get Subscriberslifor! ¢ 0 . Subscription price $2.00 per Year. $1.10 for Six Months. <t 60 cts. for Three Months. Terms Invariably in Advance. For Further Information Address THE COLORED AMERICAN, Washington, D. C. 5 16 LOCALS. Prof. Richards, at the anniversary of Hartshorn Memorial College, where he speaks "Gracefully and interestingly." Dr. L. B. Moore, dean of the teacher's college, Howard University, was married last Wednesday evening, to Miss Lavignia Waring, one of the best known teachers in our public schools. The weddinfi took place at the Lincoln Memorial church. The National Teacher's Agency, whose headquarters have heretofore been at 459 C street, N. W., has moved to No. 53 Sherman Ave., Springfield, Ohio, and will hereafter be managed by Mr. J. H. Wilson, to whom all correspondence should be addressed. tf. "Professor William H. Richards, of Washington, gave the address of the occasion upon, "Woman, Her Education and Work." The address was replete with fine thought and sentiment, finely expressed, and was highly appreciated."—The University Journal. The grand excursion steamer, Jane Moseley has been overhauled and has undergone a rigid inspection by the U. S. Inspectors. All rumor and talk should now be at an end. Come down and see for yourself. Invitations are out announcing the coming nuptials of Miss Jesse Keemer, to Dr. Julius J. Robinson, of Providence, R. I. The wedding will take place June 24th at the home of the bride, in Springfield, Ohio. Dr. Robinson is a graduate of Howard Medical School and his bride to be is also a graduate of the Nursery Training School of Howard University. They are both well known in Washington. Calolina Clayton, through her attorney and counsel, Alfred C. Cowan, 206 Broadway, New York City, obtained a verdict against the Workingmans Association of the United Insurance League, of New York, for $99, with interest. Amounting in the whole to $108.99. Case tried in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, June 10, 1903. Dr. George Grant Toliver, a recent graduate of the Howard University, Medical Department, died at Freedman's hospital, Monday, May 8th. The funeral services were held the following Thursday, at 1601 12th St., N. W., Rev. D. S. Rivers officiating. Interment was at Harmony Cemetery. Mr. Toliver was originally from Rendville, Ohio, and was one of the most promising members of his class, which graduated last May. THE GHOST OF PREJUDICE. The proprietors of Wildwood, a disreputable resort out on the northern border of the District of Columbia, devoted to gambling and other unlawful practices, have aroused the indignation of the good people of Takoma Park, who are determined that the place shall be closed. This determination is met by a "threat" from the proprietors that if made to close they will rent the place this summer to colored people for picnics and other out-of-door amusements. This threat was expected to fetch the people and the authorities at once. It was an appeal to their prejudices. There was neither reason nor justice in it, but it was a clear, bold assertion that even law-abiding citizens would prefer a gambling iniquity to the proximity of a colored picnic party, however orderly and innocent. It is food for deep thought indeed, when one reflects how, even at the capital of the Nation, the lines are tightening against our people. It is almost impossible to rent a decent house, the suburban resorts take pains to exclude us from the enjoyment of their privileges, every avenue of honorable employment, save the hardest kind of manual labor, is closed to us, right in the shadow of the capital building a Jim Crow car humiliates every Negro who must travel and close to the monument and almost within the White House THE COLORED AMERICAN. grounds another line Jim Crows its passengers at its own sweet will and we have no recourse. Yet the very cream of the whole country's colored population is right here in the District. They are all honorable, upright, reputable citizens, a credit to any community, and it would seem that if this demon of unholy prejudice is ever to relax its firm hold upon the minds of the whites of the land here would be found the colored men and women most worthy to receive fair and equal treatment. It occurs to us that something has got to happen of a very serious nature before these white people come to their senses, that there is going to be a very rude awakening some day. What will it be? Are we not a trifle too submissive, and do not the whites take that fact into account in their heartless and ungrateful attitude towards our people, who in the sweat of their brows have made so large a portion of the land to blossom as a rose? We are confident Wildwood will have to go as all other unlawful places should go, but at the same time we must not overlook the real sentiments the white man entertains relative to us. The Young Men's Immediate Relief Association Will give their Annual Family Excursion To Glymont, Md. Friday, June 26, 1903. The Steamer...... JANE MOSELEY Will leave 9th street wharf at 10 A. M., and 6 P. M. Music by the Monumental Orchestra Fare Round Trip 50 Cents. DON'T FAIL TO GO Position Wanted. $25—Widow, age 28, educated and refined, Massachusetts high school graudate, has taught school successfully for several years, latest methods. Is also excellent sick nurse and good housekeeper, will pay twenty-five dollars to any one securing her a permanent position at salary of $25 or more per month. Best references given and required. Address, Mrs. D. S., The Colored American Office. P in Revelation, in History and in Citizenship. What he has done, is doing and will do. A grand book of 500 pages by Rev. J. J. The book is profusely illustrated and is absolutely the greatest work of its kind. Cloth bound. $2.00; Half Russia, $2.75. Every negro will buy this book and agents are assured large profits. Write for our extra liberal terms and exclusive territory. Be the first in your vicinity to obtain this splendid opportunity. Write to-day. N. D. Thompson Pub. Co. 204 Olive Street ST. LOUIS, MO. Avery College Trade School Avery College Trade School Reopens Monday, September 7th, 1903 An ideal trade school for young colored women who desire expert mechanical knowledge as a means of increasing their earning capacity DRESSMAKING, MILLINERY, MUSIC AND AN ENGLISH COURSE From primary to normal. Boarding, laundrying, furnished rooms, steam heated, electric lights: $11.00 Per Month covers all expenses. In appointments, cuisine, service and provisions for the comfort of our students, this school is excelled by no institution in America. Allegheny, Penna. Mrs. Charles A. Smith WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE WOODLAND TER ODLAND TERRI WOODLAND TERRACE. WOODLAND TERRACE. Lawnside, N. J., Will be re-opened for the 13. Terms $5, $6 and $7 from Saturday 6:30 dinner fast, $2.50. Phone 3-x, Magnolia, N. J. Write for book from Chestnut or re-opened for the reception of guest forms $5, $6 and $7 per week. Spec. Saturday 6:30 dinner to Monday morning 5:50. Columbia, N. J. Write for booklets, P. O. Snow Hill from Chestnut or South Street Ferries. Will be re-opened for the reception of guests June 13. Terms $5, $6 and $7 per week. Special rates from Saturday 6:30 dinner to Monday morning breakfast, $2.50. Phone 3-x, Magnolia, N. J. Write for booklets, P. O. Snow Hill, Fare 31c return from Chestnut or South Street Ferries. "WE MOVE EVERYTHING" Douglas Baggage and Furniture Express 1533 14th Street N. W. R. T. DOUGLAS, Manager. The Capital Shoe Store. 733 Seventh Street Northwest. Bet. G and H Streets. A fine line of men's, women's and chil dren's shoes and rubbers at lowest prices. The only shoe store in the city conducted by colored men. --- Buy your shoes from honey, Supt. y, Penna. TERRACE, reception of guests June per week. Special rates to Monday morning break- klets, P. O. Snow Hill, Fare 31c return south Street Ferries. Teachers' College. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Scholastic. Professional. Industrial. Prepares Teachers for Kindergartens, Elementary, Industrial & High Schools. WELL TRAINED TEACHERS ALWAYS IN DEMAND. Two years' course leads to Teachers' diploma. Three or four years' course leads to degree in Philosophy or Pedagogy (Ph. B. or Pd. B.) Thorough training in Psychology, Pedagogy, Philosophy, History, Social Science, English Language and Literature, Elocution, Biological nature study, Physical Science and Mathematics, Kindergarten theory and practice, Child study, Ethics, Logic, Manual training and methods of school organization and management. All departments of the University open to students of Teachers' College. Graduates assisted in securing positions. Tuition Free, Expenses small. Fail term opens Sept. 23, 1903. Catalogue free. ADDRESS, L. B. MOORE Ph. D., Dean. Howard University. Washington, D. C. 2 Mr. Parkhurst Answered. The Tide of Immigration a Dangerous Foe to American Institutions—Gotham Notes. New York, N. Y., Special.—In the vexatious discussion of the Negro problem which is heard everywhere, it is refreshing to read from the pen of a black man, a warning to American citizens against an issue which promises to assume infinitely more perplexing, if not dangerous proportions, than the color question; and that is, the flood of immigration that is sweeping over the country. With the records showing the incoming of nearly 100,000 foreigners to these shores every month, the saying that America is the dumping ground of the world's refuse changes from a mere by-word, as it were, to a serious consideration. Mr. Caswell C. Henderson, one of the best known colored Republicans in the county of New York, and a man who occupies a substantial position in the community, in speaking of this, and also in answer to the Rev Dr. Parkhurst on the Negro question, says: "It is really too bad that the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst does not desire to take up his residence in the Southland. Methinks he would be made governor or mayor of some populous State or city, as a reward for his learned dissertation on the colored man, whom he styles 'nigger.' That word "nigger,' by the way, stands in the same sort of ill repute that 'Mick,' 'Ginney,' 'Sheeny,' etc., occupy as terms of derision and contempt applied to individuals of certain races. It must be that the reverend doctor went in poor company in the Southland to have added to his vocabulary a word that is pure slang, under whatever authority one may seek for it. He gives as one excuse that the colored man himself uses the term. In doing this he acknowledges that the colored race is an authority for the word of such fitness and standing that it is recognized by him. This being so, it is only a step for the doctor to resume the fitness of the colored men in other directions. * * * "I had always expected better things of him; for I believe that his profession teaches the universal brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. Can it be that he is receding from the best dictates of his heart and conscience, or is he losing the courage of his convictions? Emphatically, if God teaches universal brotherhood, assimilation of an intimate kind is not only suggested, but required. Furthermore, before Dr. Parkhurst gave his expert opinion on the unfitness of some colored men for citizenship, he should first have considered the unfitness of the foreign immigrants who swarm to this country to the number of 633,014 yearly, a large number of whom are recognized by every intelligent person as the very scum of all Europe. Let me say most earnestly that there is the problem of this country, a problem that will shake into nothingness the so-called Negro problem. In the former problem you will find the origin of strikes, labor troubles, mismanagement in State and city government, bribery, corruption, dynamite plots, riots, and—but it is unnecessary to add more to prove the unfitness of a large mass of the immigrants for citizenship, assimilation and Americanization. * * *" The basal fact of the Negro problem is prejudice, which is as unreasonable as it is difficult to understand. Wipe that out and you have no problem. The ideal American who contended for principle and right before the Revolution, and for justice and opportunity for all in the civil war, has almost passed away. The present type and ideal is much inferior. Let us go back to the old standards that laid the foundation of this great country, and let us avoid the error by which THE COLORED AMERICAN By studying the laws of nature we learn that there is nothing perpetual, so Bro. Wilkins of the Conservator must take that as a basis for making so many changes in his attack upon different people. Not many months ago he was saying things that were not very pleasant about some of the ministers of this city; and now you can hardly read an issue of his paper unless he has their cuts in or eulogizing the good work they are doing. Why didst thou change? And only a few weeks ago he told the colored voters to support Carter Harrison, the democratic nominee for mayor, instead of G. Stewart, the republican candidate. He, Judge Hanecy, J. M. Smyth and others belong to the lily whites and would not give employment to colored people, also Stewart refused to see a committee when they called to see what his attitude was toward our race; and in last week's issue he had Judge Hanecy's cut in his paper and a write-up saying what a good friend he was to the colored race. Now if Editor Wilkins was a politician we would think he had been promised a good "political plum" for making such quick changes, but as he is not, what caused him to change? He is continually attacking Booker T. Washington. Now, Bro. Wilkins, don't you think the white press gives us enough unjust criticism without us saying so many things against our people? If we had more men like Prof. Washington, and not so many 2x4 would-be leaders and "political grafters" we would make more progress. It is certainly better to teach our boys and girls how to use their hands as well as their minds skillfully and accurately to make a living by tilling the soil, if they cannot get an office position, than to lose their virtue to make a livelihood by going in dives and resorts, and finally becoming inmates of some penal institution.-The Iowa State Bystander, Des Moines, Iowa. OUR GEORGE STILL HAS FRIENDS The Topeka Plaindealer has these irreverent remarks to make anent our diplomatic friend, Hon. George W. Ellis, Secretary of Legation at Monrovia, Liberia: "We notice in The Colored American that Hon. George Washington Ellis, formerly of Lawrence, Kas., but late of Paris, Berlin, London and Monrovia, Liberia, W. A., is about to sail again to Liberia, as secretary of the American legation. We knew George when he "chased biscuits" and wore baggy trousers with a twenty-six inch knee, but his cut indicates that he is no longer in harmony with the horny handed sons of toil out here in Kansas, but come home George, we've got a fatted calf." Still it is plain the editor means to be hospitable. George will get a square meal if he shows up in Topeka before he leaves the country. KILLED IN THE PHILIPPNES Word has just been received from Capt. G. C. Warmsley, of Medico Municipal, Tuguegarao, Cayayan, P. I., of the death of Enoch D: Jasper, who went to the Philippines with Company A of the 49th Infantry U. S. V. and who served under Capt. David J. Gilmer, who has recently been returned as a lieutenant in the Philippine Scouts. The death of Mr. Jasper was a great shock to the Americans who are located in Cagayan. He was shot by two natives on the afternoon of April 22d and was given a military burial. His body will subsequently be shipped to this city. He enlisted from this city, and his nearest relative is his mother, Mrs. Mary Jasper, of 213 14th stret, this city. His murderers have been caught, and it is thought they will be convicted. Rome fell—a snapping away of manhood in its fullest and broadest sense." At St. Mark's Church, Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Brooks, D. D., filled the pulpit and preached an inspiring sermon on Christ's Ascension. In the evening the attendance was very large, and Dr. Brooks spoke to the John A. Andrews Post, an order composed of the old veterans of the Civil War. At the close of the service a collection of $21.50 was raised for the purpose of placing flowers on the graves of the soldiers on Decoration Day. Mr. P. Sheridan Ball, President of the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, is traveling through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in the interest of the company. Mr. A. D. F. Hamlin, of Columbia University, delivered an address at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association on Sunday afternoon. The young men turned out en masse to hear Mr. Hamlin, whose paper was both timely and interesting. On Tuesday evening the last public reception for the season was given by the members of the Association. On Wednesday, the 27th, a surprise party was tendered Miss Eliza Ricker by the members of St. Mark's M. E. Church. Miss Ricker is one of the oldest and most faithful workers in the church and is well deserving of the benefit tendered her. A beautiful flag was tendered to Public School No. 80, in West Forty-first street, at the regular monthly parent's meeting. It was a gift from Thaddeus Stevens Post, G. A. R., and the presentation address was made by Post Adjutant C. W. McKie. Dr. William L. Bulkley, principal, responded in behalf of the school. Commander Isaac D. Fox presided over the meeting, while addresses were made by Gen. Allen C. Blackwell, Deputy Commander G. A. R., State of New York, and Col. Edwin F. Merwin. M. McADOO. DR. BOYD NOT DEAD. Great satisfaction is felt throughout the country that the published report of the death of Dr. R. N. Boyd, of Nashville, Tenn., is unfounded. On the contrary, though the Dr. has had a severe spell of sickness, he is fast J. DR. ROBT. F. BOYD. Nashville, Tenn. recovering and will shortly resume his career of professional and public usefulness. Dr. Boyd is one of the best equipped men of the race, of fine poise and high character, and we give expression to our warm appreciation of the fact that he is saved to adorn and benefit our people, we trust, for many years to come. Mr. H. C. Haynes, of Chicago, Ill., the proprietor and traveler for the H. C. Haynes Razor Strop Co., was in the city Saturday and Sunday of last week. He is the only colored man, who is head of a razor and barber supply company in the United States, and is doing a big business. Mr. Thos. H. Buckingham, proprietor of the Waldorf, Baltimore, Md., spent last Friday in this city on business HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS HOTEL CLYDE, 475 MISSOURI AVE, N.W. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRS. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. THE 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. SATTERWHITE & CO., PROPS. 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Special cars returning home from St. Luke's Picnic, on the 23rd, from 9 to 12 p. m. Country Dinner from 3 to 8 p. m., at St. Luke's Picnic, Tuesday, June 23rd. Mr. G. W. Jones, of 621 Pa. ave., spent three days in Philadelphia, last week, attending the meetings of the Ancient Order Knights of Jerusalem. WANTED:—A few boarders in private family, 30 miles in Va. High and healthy. $3.00 per week. No children. Address, E. N., this office. 20-27 Major B. G. Johnson, of Chicago, spent several days in our city this week, enroute to Philadelphia and other eastern points. Mr. James William Harris, who will take charge of the Colonial hotel at Asbury Park, N. J., left this city for that point last Wednesday. Miss Jennie Johnson, of 423 Second Street, S. W., has returned home after a long stay in Philadelphia, looking the picture of health. Avoid the rush and take the 10 o'clock boat to Glymont, June 26th. Jane Moseley, 9th street wharf, 10 a. m., and 6 p. m. Monumental orchestra. The Jane Moseley did not make its trip down the river last Sunday for the Business Men's Excursion owing to a defect of the boiler. It is all right now. If you want a nice family excursion go with the Young Men's Relief Association, to Glymount, June 26th. Jane Moseley leaves 9th street wharf at 10 a. m., and 6 p. m. Fare, 25 cents. Mrs. Mildred Brown, of New York City, sister to Mr. P. R. Williams, has been visiting her mother and brother, for the past ten days, at the family residence, 2048 E St., N. W. The "Brownies" had their last summer gathering at the residence of Miss Mamie Williamson, 13th street, N. W., Wednesday night, June 10th. The evening was greatly enjoyed by all present. Mr. Roy Cheeks, formerly a messenger in the War Department here, has been confined in a hospital, in Cleveland, Ohio, for the last three weeks, seriously ill with the typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Douglass, of 1533 14th St., N. W., are happy in announcing the advent of a bouncing ten pound boy. Mother and son are doing well. Prof. H. L. Phillips, Jr., a member of the Faculty of Tuskegee Institute, was a welcome visitor to our office last week. He will visit his parents, who reside in Philadelphia. Mr. Milton Williams, of Baltimore, Md.. was in the city a few days this week, the guest of friends: and will return at an early date. He was ac- THE COLORED AMERICAN companied by Mr. Chas. Clarke, a friend of his, and a reader of The Colored American. Hon. John H. Hannon, of North Carolina, well and favorably known in Washington, and for some time connected with the office of the Recorder of Deeds, died on the seventh instant at Walton, N. C., after a lingering illness. Mr. Fred Freeman, who will take charge of the new Matheson Hotel, at Narragansett Pier, R. I., left this city Friday for that point, taking with him a large crew from this city. Mr. Lawrence Barett Bradley, his Fidus Achatus, goes with him again this season. Mr. Berkley C. Waller late of the Capital Savings Bank, who was taken a special course in the Law Department of Howard University. will spend the heated term in Saratoga, N. Y.; and fill the position as clerk to the head waiter, Mr. Lee. The Minute Men's Club will give its annual excursion to Notley Hall, Monday, August 3rd, on the steamer River Queen. The boat will make three trips, at 11 a. m., 3 p. m., and 6.30 p. m. The Genesta orchestra, led by Prof. Richards will enliven the occasion with music. Little 9 year old Mary E. Toyer, of 44 Fenton Street, N. E., a third grade pupil of Miss B. C. Reed's, at Logan School, gave a recitation, entitled, "Our Devoted President," at this office, last Thursday, which was greatly enjoyed by the Editor and his office force. Misses Trent and Calloway, teachers at the Lynchbury, Va., Theological Seminary and College, were entertained at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Irving, 410 D Street, S. E., Thursday, June 11th, by a party of about two dozen friends and acquaintances. Dancing, cards and refreshments, served to make the evening enjoyable for all. The Summer Course of Mme. Smallwood's Dressmaking Academy, begins June 20th. The regular Fall and Winter Course commences September 15th, but pupils are already enrolling as the class will be limited on account of want of space in the class room, 1513 Madison Street, N. W. Prof. Francis L. Cardazo, Principal of the Brigg's School, has resigned his position. The Proffessor has been connected with the Public School system for many years, having been at one time principal of the M St., High School. Prior to his taking up his residence in the District, he occupied many prominent positions in the State of South Carolina, one of them being Treasurer of the State. A crowd that almost filled the Metropolitan A. M. S. Church, was present at the commencement exercises of Mme. Smallwood's Dressmaking Academy, Thursday evening, June 4th. The half hundred or more graduates in creations of their own designing and handwork, made a pretty picture. Mrs. A. J. Cooper addressed the class, B. G. Francis presented the diplomas, and Ambler's orchestra furnished music. HERE AND THERE. The Appomatox Club, of Chicago, had a representative gathering in its splendidly equipped halls, at 3144 Wabash avenue, Friday, June 12, at the presentation of a picture of Abraham Lincoln, the gift of his son, Robert T. Lincoln. The presentation address was delivered by Hon. Richard S. Tuthill. The characteristics of Lincoln were discussed by Mr. Brode B. Davis, and the address of acceptance was delivered by Mr. J. Gray Lucas, a shining light at the Chicago bar. The Masonic Quartette rendered appropriate music. Invitations are out from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Corbin, announcing the nuptials of Miss Mary F. Brown and Mr. Wm. Henry Huffman, June 24. at 1314 Capital avenue., Indianapolis, Ind. The happy couple will be at home af- ter June 30th, at 2703 Russell avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Announcement is made of the proposed publication of a monthly magazine, to be known as "The Impending Conflict." It is to be devoted to all the higher interests of our race. It will be issued in New York City. Mr. John Edward Bruce, and Mr. M. J. Chisum, are at the head of the enterprise. Mrs. Lottie E. Wilson, one of our finest artists has had on exhibition during the past week, a striking portrait of Frederick Douglass. The work is very clever and reflects great credit upon the artist. We acknowledge the courtesy of an invitation to attend the commencement exercises of Paul Quinn College, at Waco, Texas, May 31 to June 4th. One of the interesting features promised is an educational and industrial congress. The Thirty-first Commencement of the Lincoln Institute, a state school, for colored youths, in Missouri, located at Jefferson City, is announced for 12th instant. The distinctive features of the school are normal, collegiate and industrial classes. We are indebted to the President, B. F. Allen, A. M., for an invitation to be present. We have received from Prof. Soloman G. Brown, for many years an honored attache of the Smithsonian Institute, in this city, and a poet and thinker of repute, some rarely beautiful verses, entitled "What Brings Me To This Lonely Place, Nowhere a Home," telling of the experiences of a soul returning to earth after an absence of a million years and of its consternation and surprise at the mythical changes wrought by time and man's abounding intellectual advance. BAYING AT THE MOON. The Gospel of the Blind—The Follies of the Fool. Hon. E. E. Cooper, of The Colored American, is whipping the Conservator and the Boston Guardian in line again. Editor Cooper says of the Conservator in a recent issue: "The doctrine of peace and progress and the optimism and dignity of labor as preached and practiced by Dr. Washington is not accepted by Editor Barnett, of the Conservator. He much prefers 'red records,' agitation and strife among the races for the purpose of preaching anti-lynching. Whose doctrine is right and best for the twentieth century civilization?" Good! Thrash those Northern parasites in line of common sense. That fellow Wilkins thinks he is the "real thing," but what he does not know about the race problem will make an avenue book. Cooper knows how and what to say to those Northern parasites, whose ideas and reasoning are as foreign to common sense as the East is from the West. He says of the Boston Guardian in the same write-up: "The High School editor of the Boston Guardian admits that that sheet is a patent back, and says pleadingly that his paper must be printed somewhere. We knew that, sonny, but in scoring the Chicago Monitor why does the pot call the kettle black?" The aforesaid editor has also discovered that his paper contains more original matter than two of the best colored papers printed. Ah, ha, indeed! The fact of the matter is the Guardian contains more 'gush' and social vaporings than any of the five best colored newspapers printed. See!" Yes, Editor Cooper, we all "see" who have sense enough to see, but unfortunately we all have not sense enough to see. If so all could very easily discern that this Boston newspaper is lacking very much in qualities that go to make up a great newspaper.—The Norfolk, Va., News and Advertiser, issue of May 30, 1903, J. E. Dickerson, jr., editor and manager. Two lots on Howard avenue. Splendid ground for building. Apply to Mr. Samuel P. Edmondson, private entrance, National Hotel. FOR SALE. 3 SALOONS. 909 7th st. NW. Established 86 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 240 kinds), at Cris. Xander's modern prices no others can compete quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. (No branch houses). Phone 1425. Jas. F. Keenan. RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brandies, Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest. Fritz Reuter's Washington, D. C. Hotel and Restaurant, 451, 453, 455, 457 Pennsylvania Avenue. 202, 208 and 21041-2 St Northwest. W. M. DRURY'S Restaurant, 1100 20th St., Corner L. N. W. MOORE & PRIOLEAU. Sparta, Buffet, and Cafe, 1216 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C. FINE WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS Hot Free Lunch every Day. Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. J. M. RYAN'S CAFE Pool and Billiard Parlors, 619 B StreetNorthwest. (Op. B. & P. Depot.) A full line of the choicest wines, liquors, and beers. All brands of domestic and imported cigars. J. M. RYAN, Proprietor. C. H. NAUGHTON LIQUORS and SEGARS Fine Wines. Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth Street, Northwest GRAY & COSTLEY, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, Ladies' and gentleman's Dining Room upstairs. The best of service guaran- teed. 1313 E Street Northwest, WASHINGTON, D. C. cer a IRR I aa a a TS a é . ~ 4 : === OUR COLORED SCHOOLS. Continued from page 1. profusion of American flags, red and black bunting, the colors of the school, a mass of cut flowers, palms, and ever- greens, and streamers of ribbon. Sus- pended above the platform, upon which the guests were seated, was a fleur-de- lis in flowers, the emblem of the school, while the figures “1903” in blossoms was a pretty designation of the class year. Seated on the pltform were Commis- sioner MacFarland,,Commissioner Bid- dle, Gen. Henry V. Boynton, president of the board of education; Mrs. H. L. West and Mrs. J. R. Francis, Mr. J. Holdsworth Gordon, Dr. Richard Kingsman, and Mr. James F. Bundy, members of the board of education; Mr. A. T. Stuart, superintendent of E> ip a Jf as LR oe NS & a my “Tok — 3 A SSyj : ae SS - wh QS Se “ SSE e o = . WY = A = SSS SS BAN BA SS eS x = SSSR Nt ? SSNs y ee BOY ? ASN. DR. W. S. MONTGOMERY. schools; Assistant Superintendent W. S. Montgomery, Assistant Supjerinten- dent Mrs. Ida Gilbert Myers, Mr. Percy M. Hughes, director of the high schools; Mr. W. F. Roderick, secretary of the board of education; ex-Senator Blair, of New Hampshire; Mrs. Henry B. F. MacFarland, Dr. Mayo, of the bureau of education; Dr. A. P. Siam yp and Mrs. A. J. Cooper, principal of the M. Street School. Mr. W. S. Montgomery, assistant su- perintendent of schools, presided over the graduation exercises, which were opened by an overture by the orchestra Si Se Sas Se See AS ee Se RS gt et As ee ae ee il ; nee Ss wae) ae a Se — +>: Sa a Ne ees ee eS mo en ere = f 2 =a = $ ao Sage Se MRS. J. R. FRANCIS, Trustee Public Schools. after which the invocation was pro- nounced by Rev. Alexander C. Garner, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church. Music by the orchestra fol- lowed, after which Commissioner Mac- Farland was introduced and spoke briefly. GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS, At the conclusion of his address, Commissioner Macfarland presented diplomas to the gradnates who passed before him in single line. An address was then delivered by Roscoe Conk- ling Bruce, head of the academic de- partment of Dr. Booker T. Washing- SSS SSS eee ton’s industrial school at Tuskegee.| THE GRANDEST DEMONS He is a graduate of the M street High _— Schoql and of Harvard. He urged} Ever Witnessed in Memo! the members of his race to make them- Will be Witnessed there selves proficient in industrial pursuits, Under the Auspices of and declared that each man, elevating pus Attucks Lodge, K. of himself, would at the same time ele- —— vate his race. Mempuis, TENN., Spec “Nobody wishes you,” he said, “to; Knights of Pythias Order make a profession of uplifting your {lished a_ new order of thing race. First, that is a big task, and,'phis. There was a time ip the second place, you race is up-| young men of the race wou lffted whenever one of you manage time in secret socictics. v1 a 5 So 3 FA MR. J. F. BUNDY, Trustee. welt a truck farm, a grocery store, a schoclroom or a bank. Charity begins at home. “What of the Negro business man? Rents charged Negroes in our cities, for example Washington, are consider- ably higher than rents charved white people. By offering good houses at reasonable rents to the Negro working class, the Negro business man will find a paying investment and a means of much _ service. Hotels, restaurants, soda fountains, and theaters even in the Capital of the nation are open to black men and women only on degrad- ing terms, or not at all. The closing a =~. w NS oN ee p <2 Se 5 Sy) E Ne if; SN Be ii ‘\ Se a VAS See VN NY IN. SS N o4 - 4 y Hg _ Ss 2 SS ae ee (i VG POI NGG ES E Jes g Y y fig ~ ee : § My <e : Za YZ sas : ae Loh ~ 4 \ VY A MR. ROSCOE CONKLING BRUCE, Tuskegee, Alabama. ef such accommodations is really the opening for black business men of the doors of opportunity.” SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED. At the conclusion of the address scholarships were awarded by Mrs. B. G. Francis, the M Street Colored High School this year receiving its first se- ries of scholarships from colleges out- side of Washington. Those who re- ceived scholarships were: Samuel Compton, Brown University; Aubrey Morton, Adelbert College; James Thomas, Wesleyan University, at Mid. dleton, Conn.; Roscoe C. Brown, How- ard University, dentistry department; William Shippen, Howard University; Josephine Lawson, Oberlin College; Lola Ruffin, Women’s College, Western Reserve University. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. A. C. Garner. THE GRANDEST DEMONSTRATION Ever Witnessed in Memphis. Tenn., Will be Witnessed there June =. Under the Auspices of the Cils- | pus Attucks Lodge, K. of Pw j Memputs, TeNN., Special.—-The Knights of Pythias Order has estab- lished a new order of things in Mem- phis. There was a time when the young men of the race would lose no time in secret socictiis. The reasons aer plain; to the average negro, the only duty the-members had to perform was to dress in regalia with big shin- ing buttons, get a brass band, get in the middle of the street on the Sab- bath and go to some church and have their funeral preached—while they still lived. They must either do this or give a picnic. But through the efforts of the K. of P. order and es- pecially the Crispus Attucks Lodge, this year a new precedent was estab- lished. When the question arose to have their funeral preached this year, a well organized movement was ready for the emergency. Mr. B. J. Farnan- dis, who is one of the most prominent members of the Crispus Attucks Lodge and one of the most worthy citizens, made a strong fight against this old practice. He was ably assist- ed by Messrs. Wm. M. Dixon, Jno. Hale and other prominent members to such an extent that the question of preach- ing live people’s funerals was unani- mously uefeated. When seen by your correspondent Mr. Farnandis, the leader of the fight, expressed much dis- gust that so many people are yet so densely ignorant as to see no duty te perform other than marching ‘behind a brass band. He expressed hopes that the time will Soon come when the Grand Master will issue orders forbid- ding such. The grandest demonstra- tion ever witnessed in Memphis, will be held under the auspices of the Chrispus Attucks Lodge, June 29th, at Church’s auditorium. The occasion will be the “Mock Legislature” of the State of Tennessee. The most promai- nent men of the city are members of both houses. The Hon. J. T. Settle, in a humorous speech, nominated the Rev. T. J. Searcy as a prohibition can- didate for Governor; the Rev. Searcy was unanimously elected. After speak- ing in the highest terms of his ability as a citizen, lawyer, orator and scholar, Mr. B. J. Franandis nominated the Hon. J. T. Settle, speaker of the Sen- ate. Mr. Settle was unanimously elect- ed, while he declined the honor, with thanks. the pressure brought to bear by every member present was so great, he was forced to accept. This promises to be the grandest erercise ever wit- nessed in the city. BROWN JONES. | A GREAT JOURNAL. The old adage that men and things are appreciated by far-away strangers more than home people, was never bet- ter demonstrated than was shown in last week's issue of The Colored Amer- ican, of Washington, D. C. This paper gave a fine picture of Mr. Church, one of his parks and au- ditorium and an interesting news let- ter. The edition which may be prop- erly termed a Church edition, was a credit to the publishers and paid a just tribute to our wealthiest citizen and most public spirited philanthrop- ist—Memphis (Tenn.) Striker. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TUSKEGEE. Tuskegee, Ala., May 18th, 1903. Mr. Fred R.. Moore, Western National Bank, New York. My Dear Mr. Moore:— I beg to hand you herewith our treasurer's receipt for $100.00, the amount sent by you for the two scholarships pledged at the recent banquet tendered me in New York by the colored citizens of Greater New York. I wish you would convey to them my hearty appreciation of their interest and generous gift. It will heip us in the most satisfactory man- ner. Yours truly, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON... A movement is on the tapis to give a Stag Dinner to Com. T. Thos. Fortune, who has just returned from the Phil- lippines, in this city at an early date. 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Strength and vigor have complete'y returned and enlarge - ment is entirely satisfactory." “Dear Sirs :—Yours was received and! had no trouble in making use of the receipt as directed, and can truthful’y say it isa beon tc weak weno. I am ¢reatly improved in size, strength and vigor,” All correspondence is strictly confidential mailed in plain sealed envelope. The receipt io fiee for the asking and they want every man io bave it. TELEPHONE, 317 B COLUMBUS Wier G. Overton, 9 — W. Davin Brows OVERTON axv BROWN Undertakers and Embalmers, 146 West 53rd Street Bet 6th & 7th Aves New York City. Brooklyn Branch, 315 Bridge Street. Camp Chairs and Coaches to let for all purposes. Elm street, near Third, two 6-room bricks, bath, cellar, etc., in good con dition, at a close price, on $100 cash and $20 per month for balance. These will not last for a second offering. 2141 Virginia avenue N. W., corner, 6 good rooms, bath, etc., rents for $18.50, at $2,750; $200 cash and $25 per month for balance. A good it vestment or a neat, attractive home. Seldom happens that you can set a home in Central Northwest and in lo calities with an immediate prospect of enhancing -for $3,050. T street be- tweenl4th and 15th; 6 rooms and bath; lot 16 by 100, cellar under entire house; newly papered throughout. Plenty of room to build two rooms of in front; present parking about 25 feet and the building line only Tr quires 10 feet. $300 cash and $2" per month. Worth investigating. John C. Keelan, Brokers’ @ Representative, Real Estate, Loans, Life Insurance. 645 ELM ST., N. W- Continued from page 1. and people. After diligently looking over the field, Dr. Waller was unanimously elected to the Rectorship of St. Luke's Church. During his incumbency of over 7 years, St. Luke's has not only taken on new life but it has easily assumed a place in the first rank of the progressive churches of the city. This has been largely owing to the broad sympathies, energy, varied experience and liberal education of its Rector. From a little over a hundred communicants, the membership has been increased to over five hundred. The Sunday School has grown to three times its former membership. In this department of the work, as indeed in all the organizations, the Rector has had the hearty and united cooperation of the loyal and strenuous workers of the church. The financial obligations which reached into the thousands by the accumulations of many years, have been honorably and honestly met by the vestry under the able and business like leadership of Dr. Waller, to whom is conceded unusual executive ability in matters of organization and finance. To the late, learned Rector and to his widow, $1,200 was paid during Dr. Waller's Rectorship and upon his advice, on a claim for salary due and unpaid. $1,200 was paid for the steam plant. The Parish Hall has recently been extended at an outlay of $3000,00, all of which was in hand before the building was completed. A handsome and commodious 12 room rectory has been purchased. During Dr. Waller's Rectorship here, over thirty thousand dollars (30,000.00) has been collected for all purposes. As a preacher, Dr. Waller has won a reputation here for his fearless and outspoken presentation of truth. His style is incisive, eloquent and frequently impassioned. Success has crowned his work from the beginning, for he combines all of the essentials necessary of a leader of men in the religious world. He understands humanity. His methods inspire the confidence of men. He appeals to the intelligence and reason, and never to passion and prejudice. He has the faculty of saying much in little and saying it with directness and force. Modest and unassuming in manner few men in our community have more influence with its influential elements and the powers that be, than has Dr. Waller. For several years he has been active in Masonic circles, being a 33rd degree mason and an active member of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction. Dr. Waller was recently graduated doctor of medicine after a four year's course in the medical school of Howard University. In 1892 he married Miss Lillian M. Ray, only child of Peter W. Ray, M. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs Waller has been a devoted helpmeet and a keen sympathizer in all of her husband's worthy ambitions and efforts looking to the benefit of humanity. Three boys and one girl have blessed this union by their advent into the home. YOUNG COLORED ORATORS. Tuskegee's Gifted Protegee—The Possibilities of Young Afro-Americans— News Notes from Gotham—Dinner to Mr. Fortune. New York, N. Y., Special.—At a time when there is so much in the atmosphere, both for and against the Negro, and mostly against him, we are confronted with many indisputable arguments of his steady march to the fore. Not the least of which, is the fact that at Yale College this year three Negroes have won as many contests where brain and brawn was the contesting element for the mastery. It is restful to know that Father Knickerbocker's College, Columbia, is doing its share in the good work for the colored people. One of Dr. Booker Washington's teachers, Mr. Charles Winter Wood, completed the professional course at Teachers' College this month. Mr. Wood's life reads like a romance. A THE COLORED AMERICAN. little more than ten years ago he was a boofblack and newsboy in the city of Chicago. He was discovered by Judge Jarvis Blume, who said to the boy one day, as he (Wood) was quoting Shakespeare and polishing away: "Why, Charlie, I think you ought to shine in a higher sphere." "I would if I could," was the reply. "You come to my office; I wish to talk with you." Judge Blume, on finding that the boy had talent for dramatic art, took him to the famous professor, Walter C. Lyman, teacher of Elocution and Dramatic Art, who gave Wood lessons. Chief among the friends that Judge Blume interested in his protege were Dr. D. K. Pearson, Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus and Frank Hanson, Esq., who combined and sent the rapidly developing boy to Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, from which school Mr. Wood graduated, having won while there first prize in the interpretation of a Greek tragedy and first prize in oratory. In 1895 Wood appeared as Oedipus in Sophecles's tragedy, which was given by the students of Beloit College, at Central Music Hall, Chicago. The dramatic critic of one of the daily papers in Chicago went so far as to compare Mr. Wood's interpretation favorably with that of Murat Sully, the French tragedian who played the role with great success. In June of the same year Beloit College, though a white school, selected Mr. Wood to represent it in an oratorical contest at Galesburg, Ill., where ten colleges were competing. Mr. Wood won first prize and thereby fixed himself in the hearts of his Beloit fellows, William Jennings Bryan, the great Democratic leader, being one of the judges on this occasion. Mr. Wood graduated from Beloit in 1895, and from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1898, was the same year engaged by Dr. Booker T. Washington to take charge of the English Department at Tuskegee Institute. In 1901 Dr. Washington selected Mr. Wood for the John Crosby Brown scholarship at Columbia, where he has since been, and from which he has just graduated. Mr. Wood is the first man of his race to secure a B. A. from Teachers' College. He returns to Tuskegee this fall to begin his life work of helping his people. Miss Maud K. Griffin, of 124 West 134th street, has been compelled to abandon her office duties for the past few days on account of nervous strain caused by overwork. Miss Griffin holds a responsible position on the staff of the Union Associated Press, where she has been employed for a number of years, and is required to do newspaper work that very few, if any other, colored woman is doing in this city. At a meeting held at the Republican Club (white) ,54-56 West Fortieth street on Monday evening, resolutions were passed asking Congress to take up the question of suffrage as affected by the disfranchisement of the Negro in the Southern States. Mr. C. H. Dennison, Chairman of the Committee on National Affairs, read a set of resolutions stating that it was admitted that in certain states citizens are denied the right to vote at elections for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States and other offices, including the Representatives in Congress, and that while acknowledging the authority in any State to make provisions for the exclusion of illiterates this should be without distinction of race class or condition. The resolutions called for a searching investigation as to the extent to which the suffrage had been abridged. A. B. Humphrey, in seconding the resolutions, said the Negroes were organizing to oppose disfranchisement, and that was the best evidence of their qualification for the franchise. Ex-Judge Hawes, in seconding the resolutions, said that they were not quite as full as he would have them. Continuing, he said: "But they contain the real idea that the people are too tired up as they were in the days of slavery, and that the National conscience is to be again aroused by the people who are not satisfied with a country one-half democratic and the other half aristocratic." The engagement of Miss Bertha L. Smit to Mr. Frank A. Coles, of Boston, was recently announced at a dinner given at her residence in East One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street. Miss Smith, wh Vaiiosr ;h W ETAE Miss Smith, who is a Virginia girl, is employed as stenographer by the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company of 150 Nassau street. Rev. J. C. Scarborough, formerly pastor of Bethany Chapel, Englewood, N. J., and well known in connection with the work at St. James Presbyterian Church, was installed as pastor of St. Augustine's Presbyterian Church in Paterson, N. J., on Thursday evening, June 18th. The annual excursion of the Sunday school and Epworth League attached to St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church will take place on Tuesday, July 7, at Empire Grove, on the Hudson. Arrangements are being made for field sports to be conducted the same as last year. A number of the representative business and professional men of New York and Brooklyn are preparing to tender a complimentary dinner to Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the New York Age, who has recently returned from the Philippines. The affair, which is expected to be very elaborate, will take place on the evening of the 26th, at the rooms of Fellowship Club, 554 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. The arrangements are under the supervision of Hon. S. R. Scottron, Mr. Fred Moore and Mr. Melvin J. Chisum. FOR RENT.—A 7-room house, excellently located, with modern improvements, in Hillsdale, already furnished, will be rented to the proper parties, man and wife without children, for the summer, from June until October. The premises are large and the surroundings are pleasant, and it can be used for the accommodation of summen guests. It is located on the Columbia Heights, where a full view of Washington, looking down upon it, as it were, can be had, where there is plenty of breeze and fresh water; only a few squares from the Anacostia car line, on Grant Avenue, bet. Nicholas and Pomeroy streets. For particulars address Mrs. J., care of The Colored American office. References required. IS IT A SCHOOL YOU WANT ? For particulars address J. H. Wilson, No. 53 Sherman avenue, Springfield, Ohio. N. B.-The headquarters of the National Teachers' Agency have heretofore been at 459 C street N. W., but they are now located at the above address, where all correspondence should be sent. Prompt attention will be given to all business entrusted to it. FOR SALE. One acre of ground on A st., Hillsdale, on reasonable terms. It is one square from the car lines, has one thousand fruit trees of different kinds, splendid water and location, and a view of Washington city from the Long Bridge to Bennings. For particulars call at Caywood's, Ninth and F streets N. W. A good bargain for a first-class colored family. FOR RENT. Large light-furnished room with board for two. Apply at 941 T street N.W. $5.00 PER HUNDRED for addressing envelopes. Send dime and stamp for full instructions. Steady work. Address: A. J. GREEN, Agt., 472 Ridge St. N. W. FOR RE A nice large room; furnished or unfurnished; fine neighborhood; 1527 Madison St., N. W. DRESS MAKING 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 dress-making. 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 eeven on the shoulder. Successful dressmaking requires as much earnest progressive study as successful work in any profession. No detail is too small to be looked after. We teach you to make dresses with or without seam and guarantee perfect fits, and complete your course with a diploma. If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The Colored American. SUMMER RESORTS: FOR RENT--Summer of 1903 Lincoln Hall Harper's Ferry, W. Va. For particulars address N. C. Brackett. Please Help Me Find My Brother Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Virginia several years before the civil war, to Cunnigan a Negro trader. His mother, Willie, was a slave on the Joyce plantation. He had one sister Betty, who is very anxious to find him. Any in formation will be gladly received. MRS BETTY REYNOLDS. 44 Parker street, Atlanta, Ga. WANTED For the FamousTroubadours Company, Three Chorus Girls, with strong Soprano voices. Must be good looking, good dressers on and off the Stage. State salary expected; we pay railroad and Hotel expenses. The season of 1903-04, beginning Sept., 15th. Address all communications to E. W. Dale, Cape May City, N. J. LISTEN! "The Story of My Life and Work," by B ooker T. Washington, the greatest living Negro, should be in every home. I will give every person, selling 24 initial scarf pins, at 10 cts., this great book. I trust you. Write immediately. JOHN THOMPSON, 83 Fairview ave.. Nashville, Tenn THE DUDLEY INN. A natural garden spot, high with constant breeze from the Blue Ridge mountains, frequent drives, good board TERMS:—$3.00 and $3.50 per week. Apply to, MISS T. FLETCHER, Lincoln, Loudoun Co., Va., Box 22. THE LIVINGSTON DRESSMAKING SCHOOL. The Livingston Dress cutting and Dress making school is offering a new attraction. A class has been formed in which embroidery as applied to personal adorment is taught. Miss Charlotte E. Hunter, has been placed in charge of this work. Persons desiring to learn decorative embroidery should apply at once to Mrs. L. R. Clarke, principal of the school as only a limited number can be taken. Terms, etc., cheerfully furnished at the school, 1439 W St. N. W. BOARDING By The Week or Month. Apply to— MRS. M. J. BUNDY, 941 T St., N. W. Everything in the season that's fit to eat. A delightful ride to Chesapeake Junction, and a visit to The Turner House. DANIEL TURNER, Prop. 6 GOTHAM NOTES COLORED AMERICAN 'DIONYSIUS III' She went to Sioux Falls to Sue, There was no other thing she could dioux; (And after a residence of one year in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, she bid the old duffer adieu. Louise Hadley, the female woman Tadpole who acquired a little cheap notoriety by refusing to make Booker Washington's bed in the Hotel English at Indianapolis, and gave the natural born fools of the South an opportunity to display their egregious assininity and several other things, has been robbed of her $2,500, and the papers say that the act was probably committed by Negroes. This is important if true. As impoverished as the South is, the wonder is how it could afford to lavish $2,500 on a common white servant girl for no other cause than that she thought she was saving the honor of the proud white race, or at least that part of it to which she belongs, from disgrace by refusing to put herself on equality with a "nigger" by making his bed. This kind of "po' white trash" needs education and the tender care of the missionary. It is steeped in ignorance and saturated with arrogance. It represents all that is vicious and contemptible in the white race and is responsible for much of the deviltry charged up to that race in the South. It is the very worst class of that race. Judging from the studied silence of the cultured and refined white people of that section in fooling or refusing to rebuke this peurile attempt to insult Dr. Washington, we may reasonably infer that the so-called better element of the white South is in sympathy with this movement to show the contempt in which it holds Negroes who have risen above the old uncle and auntie class. Nothing has done so much to reflect upon the good sense and good judgment of the southern white people as this display of their enlightened ignorance and the knowledge of the decencies and proprieties which are supposed to obtain among cultivated and refined people. The people of the North are remembering all of these little breaks and the white people of the South will wake up some beautiful morning and hear them thinking thoughts about them. The insult to Mrs Roosevelt some time ago in the matter of a handkerchief which that noble lady sent to a fair in Texas has not been forgotten. The little souls and peurile spirits down home who lay awake o' nights hatching schemes to insult the "niggers" and the Yankees are a fathom deep beneath the contempt of either. All these petty tricks are born of malice and ignorance of the rules of etiquette and good breeding. The people who endorsed the action of this cheap white woman who deserted her own child, by applauding her refusal to work for her master by making up the bed of one of his guests are just as low and depraved in their thoughts and just as ignorant and stupid as the weak-minded creature who imagined that she was doing something that would redound to her credit THE COLORED AMERICAN. through all eternity. She has simply made a fool—a laughing stock—of herself and of her pretended friends who seized upon the incident to administer a rebuke to President Roosevelt. The incident in no way reflects on Dr. Washington, but will on the contrary make friends for him everywhere and strengthen the regard for him of those who believe in him. God permits what He does not order, now as ever, and there will always be people in the world to do things that are foolish, spiteful and childish and that are bound to react on them. The South hasn't gained a single thing by this exhibition of malice for the sober thinking white men and women of the North thoroughly understand the animus of this spontaneous(?) outpouring of cash(?) and sympathy of a lot of ignorant crackers and clay eaters, many of whose forbears were perhaps transported from Europe for various crimes in the early history of the country or were the indentured slaves of the aristocracy of the South whose offspring now applaud the act of a servant who was above the only work she is capable of doing. Certainly if she had education and culture, which presupposes the possession of brains, she would not have been reduced to the necessity of emptying slop jars, making beds, and washing cuspidors in gentlemen's rooms in a public house. Her dignity has not been seriously injured. But her feelings may be somewhat lacerated if she really had her paws on $2,500 and allowed a "plain nigger" to chloroform and rob her. Poor Louise! how I do pity you, honey. There is in process of incubation in New York a scheme to repeal the XV Amendment, and the New York Sun office is the hatchery from whence proceeds the information that this step to denationalize the Negro will be attempted. The Sun is sponsor for the thought, and champion of the movement, and it is proceeding systematically to educate public sentiment and crystalize it up to the point of action, when the time comes, if ever. When the national government, of which we are an integral part, shall make a cowardly surrender to the South, and a confession to the world of its base ingratitude to the Negro, and its want of honor in its relation to a people wherein every hour of its danger and peril were as true to it as the needle to the pole. The conspiracy against us has been taking shape and form for months past, and is becoming bolder and bolder, day by day. The climax will have been reached if the Sun can succeed in convincing the American people that denuding the Negro of his citizenship rights is the American idea of national honor. "Years ago Albion W. Tourgee (now U. S. Consul at Bordeaux, France) brought north a colored boy, a mechanical genius. The story was told to a Lake Mohonk meeting of the friends of the colored man, ex-President Hayes being present. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England machine shops shut their doors against the boy, who was returned to the South to get his training, where under such leaders as Booker Washington his race can have a happy, useful future of development within its own natural lines."—Extract of letter in he New York Sun. I cite this extract merely to emphasize a fact which I heard stated by a white minister in a conference of white and colored clergymen held in Yonkers recently, to discuss the "problem," who said that the white man North and South now realized the fact that the Negro is a rival to be reckoned with, and that it is fear of this rivalry and the results which is responsible for the repressive and oppressive measures, which are employed to keep him down." There are few white men as honest and frank as this clergyman. That he tells the truth few of them in their hearts will deny. It is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. If they are not afraid of the Negro why do they build a Chinese wall around them selves to keep him out of honest and legitimate employment in machine shops, factories, trades, etc., etc.? They are as afraid of the Negro as they are of the Chinese, who can do anything—except steal—that he sees a "foreign devil" do. The Chinese are making just as good Hoe Printing presses and American bicycles in China—if not better—than are made in America. The Negro, given a fair chance and the tools, will make just as good a workman or mechanic as a white man, and the white man knows it. The unctious and oily correspondent of the Sun would have these discovered and undiscovered geniuses of the Negro race returned to the South, "where under such leaders as Booker Washington their race can have a happy and useful future of development within its own natural lives." What sublimated rot! By what authority, human or divine, does the "superior white man" fix the lives for any race in this country? How does he know that his is the superior race and in what does its superiority consist? The lines of demarkation that he has drawn against the Negro are artificial and are drawn for the very good and specific reasons given by my namesake at the conference referred to. One of the elements of superiority is courage, and in considering the rights of the Negro the white man evinces a woeful lack of moral courage and manhood. The Negro has the moral and the physical courage to meet the white man on his own ground in the domain of intellect, in shop or field or factory—anywhere and everywhere—and there try conclusions with him for the mastery in any art trade, profession or business that he will dare give him an opportunity to master. He boasts of his fairness and his love of justice, and he "shuts the door of hope and opportunity" to ambitious Negro youth to whom nature has given talent and abilities above the ordinary, and in doing so prates about "races living their own natural lives." It is the croak of the moral coward, as he wings his flight to arks of safety, as visions of the Negro rising in obedience to the law of his being, to the dignity of a useful and honest manhood and to the dictu "By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread" appears before him. The New York Yellow Journal, with its prudent editorial slush on the Negro question, discovers all too plainly that politics, with which the Negro will have a great deal to do (and not the Negro primarily), is the cause of the great uneasiness in the Democratic household, revealed by its inane and illogical vaporings and great swelling words. Mr. Roosevelt will undoubtedly be renominated and every Negro in America who has a vote that can not be stolen or thrown out will vote for him. Of these there are nearly 2,000,000. Part of them are in the robber States, another part are in States where the methods of Southern political thieves are well known, and they will resent the crime against the political rights of their black brethren, by voting solidly for Theodore Roosevelt for President in 1904. Let the Yellow New York Journal reflect over this. The Negro has not authorized the New York Journal to tell the country what he wants, and its labored effort in that direction is a work of supererogation. It knows no more about the Negro or his wants than a Choc-taw Indian. Its freshness as a special pleader for us is only equalled by its unmitigated gall and its usual lack of good taste. If we are to believe Mr. Frederic Harrison, the High Priest of Positivism in England, there is at present no definite belief in the subject of Christianity among the leaders of religious thought. In a remarkable passage in his last new year's address, page 44, he says: The inner cause of all this back sliding of the nation is the manifest fact that it has let its central beliefs, principles, manners, go overboard without settling into any new beliefs, principles or manners. Everything has be- come "an open question"—creed, conduct, habits. Doubt is our divinity: the prophet of doubt is (for the moment) our absolute master. He has just achieved our sheer uncertainty what to do next, that which was done in Tudor times, but which failed under the Stuarts—he has endowed a privileged sect—a sect of the minority of the nation. Not because he believes in the articles of religion and the Anglican ritual. I think he is not a member of the church of England. I should like to see him and his principal colleagues behind a table in a theological examination, and hear how he would answer such questions as these: Do you literally in plain words believe— (1) That the sire of Mary had no human father? (2) That He rose after death and with His body ascended up to heaven and is so there still? (3) That he was the same person who created the universe?" Of course, they would wriggle over these questions somewhat, even in this country where a great many creeds and a great deal of doubt exists and flourishes. The Holy Dr. Parkhurst could answer all of them with his eyes shut and delivera homily on the "nigger" immediately after. There are better Christians in hell than Parkhurst, and he has given us substantial proof of that. BRUCE GRIT POSITION FOR A LADY I would like to secure the services of a colored lady between 20 and 35 for special work in placing orders. She must be fairly educated, a fair talker and able to go about to various places in the city. A fair salary will be paid to the right person. Address, "Business, care The Colored American, Washington, D. C. Every Convenience Is afforded ladies traveling alone on the Compartment Cars of the "Great Western Limited," Leaving Chicago every evening at 6.30 via the CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. J. P. ELMER, G. P. A. 113 Adams St., Chicago Now Open and ready With the latest frabricks and Fashions in Spring Goods at reasonable rates. Every fit Guaranteed. A new wrinkle will keep your clothes pressed and repaired and in good order for the small sum of $2.00 per month. Cleaning, Altering and Repairing. Goods Called for anw Delivered. James S. Rawlings Manager and Proprietor. 493 Missouri Avenue, Northwest. (Opposite Pa. Station.) THE PREMIERS ABROAD. Williams and Walker Make a Great Hit in London—Miss Overton's Dancing. "The following, which I clipped from the New York Herald of May 17, conveys the pleasing information of the successful opening of the Williams and Walker Company in London, England: 'Cakewalk and a lullaby make a hit. London audience delighted with a performance of Williams and Walker. Find it quite irresistible. Singing and dancing of the real coons likely to lead to popular revival. London seems likely to take up the cakewalk and Negro lullaby over again. J. BERT WILLIAMS, Of Williams and Walker. Williams and Walker, the 'real coons' with their company, scored a big success at the Shaftesbury Theater, when that playhouse opened last night, after a long spell of idleness under the management of Mr. Norman J. Norman, who was formerly identified with New York theatrical affairs. The hit of the show was Williams. London audiences never saw his like before. He was applauded to the echo for his quaint mannerisms.'" The Sunday Dispatch says: "Mr. Williams has methods which are absolutely 'sui generis.' His facial expression can only be described as marvelous. Even when he allows himself to indulge in dance, it is executed with a quaint restraint which takes it entirely out of the category of any- J. thing ordinary. In a word, Mr. Williams must be seen to be appreciated. There is not a white comedian on our stage who could not profit by watching his methods. He is a combination of Coquelin and—well, of Mr. Williams. His singing of 'I'm a Jonah Man' is the quintescence of art. His side partner, Mr. Walker, is equally gifted. Natural grace and refinement are his attributes. His cakewalk is absolutely irresistible. Aida Overton Walker's singing and dancing were a revelation, as was the melodious chorus work. The music of Will Marion Cook, the Negro musician, was of the highest class, technique is racy of the soil, with finales that would not be out of Convent Garden." Lloyd's weekly says: "Williams and Walker are the life and soul of every act and scene, indeed. Their efforts were rewarded with frequent applauses." THE CLEANEST, NEATEST AND NEWSIEST. Great Bend, Kans., June 9, 1903. Dear Editor:—I am here to say that The Colored American is the neatest, cleanest and newsiest paper that makes its weekly visit to our humble home, and do sincerely hope it will ever receive the proper endorsement and support. So, just as a reminder of my appreciation of its worth, I voice the sentiment of many by saying long live The Colored American and its fruits. Thanking you for past favors in the way f a No. 1 race paper, I hope to be one of its happy host another year, for which please find enclosed draft for $2. Yours very cheerfully. MISS CARTER'S SUCCESS. The concert given by Miss Lucy A. Carter, of Washington, D. C., for the benefit of the A. M. E. Church of Northampton, Mass., was a grand success. Miss Carter who has a very high and sweet soprano voice sang "Hearts and Flowers," with much effect, and for an encore sang "Dat's De Way To Spell Chicken." The hall at which the concert was given was beautifully decorated with flags and buntings. Large ferns, added to the decoration, and the credit of the decorations is given to no one but Miss Mary Irwin, also of Washington. Miss Carter was assisted by Miss Louise Edwards, and Miss Mabel Early, both of Washington, D. C. THE HOME DINNER TABLE The requirements of good form are nowadas so commonly understood, and so easily ascertainable, that there is no excuse for a young hostess who is not informed on all the minor matters. In regard to the home dinner table, good form demands that it should be arranged every day as carefully as though guests were expected. A little ceremony at dinner is correct. The pleasure of taking meals is greatly enhanced by attractive serving and a well-arranged table. Also, this practice obviates the annoyance that is often occasioned by a husband's bringing a friend home to dinner unexpectedly. In The Delineator for July the proper arrangement of the table is explained at length, and the article may be consulted with confidence as to the reliability of the information. IN A GLASS HOUSE. The Russian who said the other day that no American was in position to point the finger of scorn at Russia because of the anti-Jewish riots, spoke with a considerable measure of truth. We do not indeed live in a glass house. In parallel columns with dispatches from Kishineff we find in our newspapers accounts of the hanging and burning of a Negro in Illinois—the state of Abraham Lincoln—and a wholesale killing of Negroes, including an innocent woman, by a mob in Mississippi, the State of Jefferson Davis. The Americans have their own instinct for race persecution, and in the gratification of it they do not need to look for points to any other nation. And the particularly ominous feature of the situation is that this is supposed to be a civilized and self-governing people.—From the New York Tribune. Mrs. Lula Holmes, of 1538 Pierce Place left for Richmond, Va., last week to visit her mother, neice and other friends. She will be out of the city for a few weeks. MELARINA VIGOR INR VITALTY PRESTOER CONSULTATION FRI Private Waiting Room We make no charge dence—everything stri you honestly; treat you health in the shortest scine, discomfort, and ex Hours, 10 a. m. to 12; 2 to 6 p. m., Tuesdays and Saturdays, till 8 p. m.; Sundays, 10 a. m., to 12. Knoxville College Su Knoxville College Summer School. Knoxville College Summer School. The second annual session of the Knoxville College Summer School will begin June 24th, and continue six weeks. 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Here is what he said in his speech at Springfield, Illinois, in allusion to the presence in the audience of Company H, 8th Illinois National Guards, composed of colored men: "It seems to me eminently fitting that the guard around the tomb of Lincoln should be composed of colored soldiers. It was my own good fortune at Santiago to serve beside colored troops. A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward. "More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have." His manliness and fine courage are the secrets of his unprecedented popularity with the American people, while they make him the despair of professional politicians and opportunists. The Tampa Intelligencer, of Tampa, Fla., a little pot-metal paper of no influence whatever, but filled with the well-known African venom against everything and everybody colored who is a success, has joined the croakers against Booker T. Washington and his marvelous career and achievements. Incidentally the puerile editor pays his respects to The Colored American. We yet survive, however, and we continue to stand where we have always stood as to historical Tuskegee and as to the unapproachable leader of its destinies. The Intelligencer excites only pity for its narrowness and ignorance. We are giving the readers of The Colored American a newsy, clean-cut, up-to-date newspaper, and if the agents and delinquent subscribers would do their part in paying up they would help the paper and it would be improved and enlarged in every way. Now is the time to settle up. THE COLORED AMERICAN. THE COLOR LINE IN PENNSYLVANIA. The Independent, of Pittsburg, Pa., in a recent issue has a moving lament over the difficulty experienced by colored people without distinction of condition and class in renting houses either in Pittsburg or Allegheny. We cordially sympathize with the Independent. The identical, if not worse, condition exists right here in Washington. Every subterfuge is resorted to, no inquiry into one's ability to pay is made, and no attempt to ascertain one's reputation for caring proplely for previously rented houses is undertaken. Often in a long list of houses for rent published in the daily papers one finds an asterisk opposite the description of each of two or three properties, and at the end of the advertisement the asterisk is explained "these houses may be rented by colored people." We have grown too wise, however, to look them up. They are invariably worn out, out of repair, the former abodes of disreputable characters or such as no decent white family would occupy. Yet it is generally conceded that the Negro is an excellent tenant, prompt paying and careful in keeping the property in order and more often than otherwise making repairs of a minor character at his own expense without calling on landlord or agent for them. The statement often made that white tenants will move out if a colored family moves in the immediate neighborhood is false, as we all know, for what self-respecting colored family has failed to make delightful acquaintance with their white neighbors when accident makes them such? It is most interesting to record the fact, as showing the substantial progress the race is making in acquiring the real, essential things of this practical world, that at the dinner given to Dr. Washington, of Tuskegee, recently in New York City, there sat down with him colored men representing more than $400,000 worth of real estate. The New York City colored men have set a fine example anyhow, to our people elsewhere in voluntarily subscribing and promptly paying also the amount necessary to provide two scholarships at Tuskegee. These men have fully absorbed and digested the philosophy of that wise old ex-slave who said that the best friends he had were not the white men of the country, but God and a dollar bill. The announcement is made that the vacant office of President of Howard University has been filled by the Board of Trustees in the selection of Dr. John Gordon, a man of much scholarship, an author of some note, and at present the head of Tabor College, Tabor, Iowa. We do not know, aside from his conceded great learning, what special qualifications Dr. Gordon has for the peculiarly trying duties of this position, nor in what manner he has heretofore demonstrated his sympathy with the high aims of the University, but we have confidence in the wisdom of the Board of Trustees and we hope for the best. In common with all other race lovers we watch with jealous eye every act and movement affecting the interests of this great institution of learning which is so close to our hearts and which is performing so vast a volume of good for our people and without seeking to depreciate the prospective usefulness of Dr. Gordon we cannot refrain from expressing our profound regret that some cultured and representative colored man like Dr. Grimke or Prof. Kelly Miller was not selected to preside over the destinies of this honored institution. The great expense incident to the publication of The Colored American forces us to reduce our exchange list. Many of our contemporaries who have heretofore enjoyed the exchange privilege cannot be carried any longer on the exchange list. EDUCATON IN OKLAHOMA. We have watched with sympathetic interest the attitude of Prof. Inman E. Page, President of the Langston University, Oklahoma Territory, during the bitter and unwarranted attacks which for some time past have been made upon his management of that institution and upon him personally with the declared purpose to cause his removal, and our admiration for the man has increased greatly as we have noted his dignified and manly course. The eventuation has justified our predictions. The Governor of the State, who has the power of appointment, has peremptorially refused to remove the professor, and Langston University will continue to enjoy his almost invaluable services. The allegations of the Professor's incompetency and of absolute methods create only amusement in this part of the country and farther east as well, where the solid qualities and thorough educational qualifications of Mr. Page are perfectly well known and highly commended. We congratulate the people of the Territory, the students of the University, and the race in general over the outcome. One of the most admirable features of the episode which must appeal to the tenderest sensibilities of Prof. Page was the active loyalty and support accorded to him by the really influential men of the Territory. Eminent among them and indeed the leader of the movement in his defense was Mr. John C. Leftwich the editor of that sterling race journal, "The Western World," a man of brains, power and influence. He appreciated the value of Prof. Page, and with voice and pen and his great personality he soon put to rout the "titmice" who emerged from their native obscurity only long enough to exhibit an undraped base and to point the moral of the commanding influence of a really worthy and powerful newspaper like the World. We felicitate Prof. Page, but tender to Editor Leftwich the sentiment of our higher and most distinguished consideration. The Voice of Missions, the mission journal of the A. M. E. Church, is one of the neatest quarterlies that come to this office. The June number contains a full-page portrait of Bishop H. M. Turner, the Senior Bishop of his church, with smaller portraits of Bishop Shaffer and Arnett and is brim full of literature of mission works and is a thing of beauty. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME The Czar of Russia administers a neat and effective rebuke to the hysterical Americans who have bombarded his government with offers of assistance to the persecuted Jews of his Empire and with resolutions of condemnation or protest touching the treatment accorded these people by the Russian authorities. He tells his critics and these would-be philanthropists that he is quite solvent—quite able o afford any needed financial or other relief and that he must decline to accept any outside suggestions as to how he shall govern his people Jews or Gentiles. The Czar was right. What hypocrisy these Americans exhibit, anyhow. Has it ever occurred to them to consider how they appear from the coign of vantage occupied by an intelliegnt European mind as they go blundering about the world like a modern Don Quixote with their gratuitous sympathy, seeking to right the wrong, real or imaginary, of all foreign people? It is wholly apart from the question whether the Jews have been cruelly treated in Russia. The Czar answers the American snivel by a diplomatic reminder that America has troubles enough of her own to occupy her undivided attention for many years to come. What effrontery, to reproach any government for cruelty or inhumanity to any section of its citizens or subjects, with the history of American brutality and ingratitude to the Negro in the hands of every European school child! The Jews in Russia perform no civ- ic duties. They do not bear arms in defense of the State. They are not encouraged to cultivate patriotism. It has been repeatedly stated by qualified authority that they are shrewd and successful traders, easily outwitting the sluggish Russian peasant; that in an incredibly short time after the arrival of a Jew in any community he has nearly every family in his debt or under obligations to him, and we believe our recollection is correct when we state that not many years ago the Russian government issued an imperial edict defining the extent to which trading with the Jews would be permitted and restricting the amount of money involved in any transaction to an almost inappreciable amount. All this is no excuse, we know, for murder or brutality, but the recital is made to show how radically different is the condition of the Jew in Russia from that of the American Negro. Our blood has been shed and our lives bravely yielded up in every contest waged by the country for its life, for conquest or for human liberty. Will the muse of history tell of a more heroic act than that of the American Negro when he sprang to arms in 1863 at the call of Abraham Lincoln, without promises or conditions, ignorant even then whether the issue of the war of the rebellion meant his absolute freedom? Has he ever faltered at his country's call? In civil life has he not been industrious, law abiding, ambitious for his children, patient under humiliation, peaceful even amid the loose and unbridled passion of his white neighbors, sincerely religious, trusting in God? What has made the great South country blossom as the rose but the stout bone, the sturdy sinew and the unrequited labor of the Negro? Do white Americans comprehend their debt to the black race in this country? Are they aware of the depth and breath, the volume of gratitude they owe to our forbears for so marvelously increasing the wealth of this favored land?? And how have they requited him? Ask the Trades Unions! Seek information from mercantile houses! Search the records of lynching bees! He is burned at the stake for the mere suspicion of crime. Our children are idling about our streets because every avenue of honorable employment is shut fast in their faces. Our criminal records are increasing and are made a reproach to us, when the blind zealots of prejudice know in their own hearts that idleness is the father of crime and that they make the Negro idle. Look at the testimony furnished by nearly every city—the weary, humiliating and so often futile search for decent habitations. Think of the iniquities of Southern legislation and the spread of Jim Crowism like a malignant contagious disease throughout that section and right in the doors of the Capitol of the Nation. The white American who sympathizes so earnestly with foreign people and is oblivious of the greater evils permitted in his own country would do well to sit down and chew the bitter cud of reflection over his rebukes from crowned heads, and when next his redundant sympathy needs an outlet or a safety valve he will find ample opportunity for its exercise in joining hands with those who could mete out justice to that loyal native born son of America, the Negro. The local howl against the appointment of Ex-Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, to the bench of the District judiciary has ceased almost completely among the colored brethren. The new Justice, by his patience, unwavering courtesy, and considera for the colored people, lawyer an prisoner alike, is winning golden opinions and we predict he will be confirmed next winter, hands down. If he made a mistake in the Vick case he has already atoned for it amply. The bar and layman alike are confident he will prove a valuable acquisition to the bench, for he is both learned in the law and knows how to temper justice with mercy. THE TRIUMPHS OF PE-RU-NA INCREASE. PERUNA THE GREAT AFRICAN EMIGRATION. In the study of the proposition of Bishop Turner, that the colored race of this country should be more largely represented in the struggle for the higher life in Africa, and especially in Liberia, we have several times thought that if emigration to any part of the African continent was thought desirable, South Africa would be more desirable on account of the salubriousness of the climate and the more extended opportunities offered by the English occupants of the Boer country, but we now see that the idea must be abandoned, as the same conditions as prevail in the Southland of this country are beginning to be asserted by the new rulers of the Transvaal, where lately all municipal regulations have been amended to exclude every Negro from participating in local government even by casting a vote. The growing prejudice in South Africa and the deadly coast and jungle fever in Liberia and adjacent territory are effective deterrents. Our people will probably stay here and suffer rather than fly to isles of greater magnitude. Mr. A. W. Machen, late Chief of the Rural Free Delivery Division of the Post-Office Department, has been arrested for accepting bribes in his official position. We hope justice will prevail, and if she has this man Machen in the toils we are quite resigned to the fact. Most certainly Negroes will shed no tears over his fate. He set his face sternly against their admission to his branch of the service and he has gotten paid for it. We personally know his temporary successor, Inspector Fosnes, to be an entirely different man. The readers of The Colored American are very fond of it and, do not want to miss an issue, even though they do not pay for it. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. "The History of the Douglass Monument," a publication by Mr. J. W. Thompson, of Rochester, N. Y., has been received. It is a most interesting volume, attractive in mechanical details and of high literary merit. It is an exhaustive account of the salient points in the life of Frederick Douglass and of his great career as a race leader with a detailed account of the efforts finally crowned with success for the erection of the magnificent monument to his memory which occupies so conspicuous a place in the city of Rochester. His own tireless work to accomplish this result is told by Mr. Thompson with rare modesty, but with fine effect. The work is further embellished with fine portraits of Mr. Douglass, of the author, of Mr. Charles R. Douglass and of others who contributed their tiny means and warm interest toward the success of the movement. One of the most interesting chapters is devoted to the correspondence had with the Haytian government touching its liberal contribution of one thousand dollars toward the erection of the monument and showing how profoundly the people of Haiti reverence "Our Old Man Eloquent." Mr. Thompson may well be proud of this work which is sure to be cordially welcomed by all classes of our citizens. THE EUREKA GRAND LODGE. F. and A. A. Y. Masons, Prince Hall compact, has just closed a long and important session, and starts out very favorably for the new year. All visiting brothers are respectfully requested to call upon Eureka. Grand Master Col. R. D. Goodman, No. 917 4th street northwest. For information about the craft, please bring financial card of your lodge. DR. J. E. WILLIAMS, Grand Secretary, No. 106 F St. N. W. (tf.) THE COLORED AMERICAN. Nervous Depression. Summer months are peculiarly the months of nervous diseases, especially nervous prostration and other depressed states of the nervous system. People who are not at all inclined to be nervous or suffer from weak nerves find this time especially trying. Sultry heat and electrical disturbances of the atmosphere are probably the cause of this. Invalids need to be particularly careful to fortify the nervous system by the use of Peruna. Miss Helen Rolof, Kaukauna, Wis., writes:—"Several times during the past two years or more my system has been greatly in need of a tonic, and at those times Peruna has been of great help in building up the system, restoring my appetite and securing restful sleep. I know a great number of women who are using it for the troubles peculiar to the sex, and with the best results."—Helen Rolof. MISS LOUISE BERTSEL. ```markdown ``` Miss Louise Bertsel, 191% Second street, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:—"My health was excellent until about six months ago, when I seemed to have a collapse from overdoing socially, and the doctor ordered an entire change of scene and climate. As this was an absolute impossibility at the time, I had to try and regain my health in another way and was induced by a friend, who gave Peruna such a good recommend, to try Peruna. I cannot tell you the condition of my nerves when I began to use it. The least noise irritated me, and I felt that life was not worth living, but Peruna soon changed me into a well woman, and now I do not know I have nerves."—Louise Bertsel. --- A newspaper contributor was lately admitted into the extensive suite of offices which constitute the headquarters of Dr. Hartman, who treats catarrh patients by the thousand. Among the busy swarm of assistant doctors, clerks, stenographers and bookkeepers, Dr. Hartman stopped long enough to say a few words. "A large number of female patients visit me every year, but the number who are entered on my books as regular patients and are treated by correspondence is very much larger. Hundreds of letters are received and answered free every day. A yet greater multitude take my catarrh remedy, Peruna, and are cured, of whom I never hear. Some of this latter class write me years after their cure. "I never allow a name published except by the written consent of the patient. We make no charge at any THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN. The Greenville, Miss., blood suckers lynched a colored man during the last week, claiming that he attempted a criminal assault upon a well known young lady, which we believe to be a lie. If the truth was known in the case it would be learned that she was only his mistress, but by being caught in company with her the poor fellow had to die. Just so the colored live in the south he dies.—The Progress. We had a case very similar to this case, which The Progress spoke of, in a little town in West Virginia, the other day, not very far from Washington. It was this in substance: The father of a young white lady about nineteen years old had a young colored man arrested for criminal assault, and the MISS HELEN ROLOF. MISS HELEN ROLOF. PERUNA THE GREAT THE TOP MISS LUCY M. RILEY. young colored man was put in the calaboose. Later in the day, the young white lady went to the jail and asked the jailer for some letters, that she had written to the colored man. The jailer refused to give them up, saying that they would be needed in the trial. The young lady left the jail and went to a nearby bridge, and jumped off, committing suicide. The moral is plain. As the blood of the martyr is the seed of the church, so persecution and injustice are the stimulus to persistent endeavor. Negro students in northern white colleges are carrying off the honors in the athletic field as well as in scholastics. time. The medicine only is obtained by each patient at her own drug store. Those desiring to become regular patients have only to send address, duration of disease and treatment previously received, and directions for the first month's treatment will be sent at once." Over half the women have catarrh in some form or another. And yet, prob- Miss Jennie Finley, 79 Madison Street, Memphis, Tenn., a popular young society lady of that place, writes: "Three years ago I had very poor health, and while I was only sick abed occasionally, I was unable to enjoy life, and lacked vitality and strength. I was an easy subject to cold and malaria. Four bottles of Peruna changed my entire physical condition. My head stopped aching, my strength returned, and the poison was driven out of my blood till I felt like a new and well woman once more. It is a truly great medicine and well worthy the good things its friends say about it, and it will always have my indorsement."—Jennie Finley. MISS JENNIE FINLEY. ```markdown ``` Miss Lucy M. Riley, 33 Davenport street, Cleveland, Ohio, writes:—"I wish to add my indorsement to thousands of other women who have been cured through the use of Peruna. I suffered for five years with severe backache, and when weary or worried in the least I had prolonged headache. This fall I caught a bad cold and was advised to take Peruna for it. Imagine my astonishment and pleasure to find that after taking two bottles not only was my cough gone, but I had no more backache or headache. I am now in perfect health, enjoy life and have neither an ache or pain, thanks to Peruna."—Lucy M. Riley. ably not a tenth of the women know that their disease is catarrh. To distinguish catarrh of various organs it has been named very differently. One woman has dyspepsia, another bronchitis, another Bright's disease, another liver complaint, another consumption, another female complaint. These women would be very much surprised to hear that they are all suffering with chronic catarrh. But it is so, nevertheless. Each one of these troubles and a great many more are simply catarrh—that is, chronic inflammation of the mucous lining, of which organ is affected. Any internal remedy that will cure catarrh in one location will cure it in any other location. This is why Peruna has become so justly famous in the cure of female diseases. It cures catarrh wherever located. Its cures remain. Peruna does not palliate—it cures. "Health and Beauty," sent free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Coiunbus, Ohio. SUMMER RESORTS. Madre's Park, situated on the Eckington and Surburban Line, at the corner of 7th and Albany Streets, has been refitted and is now for rent for picnics, garden parties, etc. This park has a beautiful pavilion 50 by 50, swings, excellent water and everything necessary to make it a desirable pleasure resort. For further information call or address M. A. D. Madre, Madre's Park, 7th and Albany Sts., Eckington, D. C. The President received a tribute on his return to Washington from his western trip unparalleled in the city's history. It clearly indicated that he is in the hearts of the people, regardless of party, nationality or condition.