Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. Mrs. Ella Dyer, 510 W. 8rd street is very sick this week. The Rebecca Household of Ruth No. 899 will hold their regular meeting Thursday evening' Nov. 24. Mr. Geo G. Young and wife were called to Ohio last week to attend the funeral of his brother. The D. Y. W. Y. K. Art club will meet Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 23rd at the home of Mrs. J. R. Roberts, 1808 Pleasant street. Mr. and J. Forrester of 1611 School street, will take two of their children to the hospital for an operation next week. Mrs. Frank Brown, 702 W. 14th St. who has been sick for two years, is somewhat weaker. Her friends are alarmed. Capt. E. T. Banks. P. G. M. of our city, has been honored by being appointed District Deputy Grand Commander of Prince Hall Grand Commandery of Illinois and Iowa. Mr. E. Tracy Blagburn, head clerk in the city engineering department, who met with a very serious accident by breaking his ankle, is able to be out again, which is good news to his friends. Mrs. C. H. Irwin at 125 W. 3rd St., who has been very sick and was operated on at the hospital, is now at her home, still a very sick woman. Her many friends are much alarmed. Miss Dorothy Brooks, an accomplished young lady of Cameron, Mo., recently arrived in our city to remain indefinitely at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Robert Hale of 508 3rd street. She is employed by the Peerless Skirt Co. of this city. Mr. Carroll Courtley, an East High junior, was the recipient of an agreeable surprise party Monday evening at the home of his mother. Mrs. Boyer of McCormack avenue. A most enjoyable time was had. Many of our O. E. S. readers will be glad to know Mrs. Ruth B. Bright, G. W. M. of Electa grand chapter O. E. S., Iowa and jurisdiction, has returned from California to Colorado Springs, Colo., 423 W. Ninth street. She reports having had a fine trip touring the coast and visiting the expositions. The Douglass violin recital given here last week was largely attended and Sunday night the Union Congregational church was crowded. He is certainly a fine artist, a master in technique. He is in music what his grandfather was in oratory. His wife and two lovely little children were with him. His wife is a fine pianist. For Rent—First class modern furnished rooms for ladies or gentlemen. Call at 1306 W. 20th street or phone Drake 3716. Cottage Cafe 758 9th Street Hot Cakes and Coffee at 6:30 Dinner from 12 to 2. Special Chicken dinner on Sunday from 12 to 3. GIVE ME A TRIAL Mrs. Nella Shelton Our New Pianos are advertised in the display windows, but here we offer only special BARGAINS In used PANOS $10 Brings the Piano To your home PRICES $350 Used Piano.....$ 98 300 Used Piano.....76 350 Used Piano.....145 400 Used piano.....195 400 Used Piano.....165 300 Used Piano.....165 Rev. J. W. Morton, pastor of the Baptist church at Colfax, was in our city on business and called at this office. Mr. Joseph Douglass and family of Washington, D. C., were entertained at dinner Sunlay at the home of Editor John L. Thompson. Little Dorothy Hughes entertained a few of her little ones in honor of little Miss Blanche Douglass, the daughter of Prof. Douglass. The Negro business places of this city closed their places of business last Wednesday morning from 10 to 10:30 out of respect to the funeral of Dr. Washington, which was being held in Tuskegee, Ala. The I. I. club met this afternoon with Mrs. R. E. Patten, at which time Mrs. Frank P. Johnson will have charge of the program. Her subject will deal with the Transvaluation of Value. The many Des Moines friends of Mrs. Gertie Poindexter-Cooper, formerly Gertie Poindexter of this city, will regret to learn that she departed this ife at her home in Burlington, Iowa, on Sunday, November 6th, and will be buried there this afternoon. "Women In Iowa Law" was the subject of an address by Atty. S. Joe Brown at a recent meeting of the Intellectual Improvement club. At the last meeting the subject of Greek art by Mrs. J. H. McClain was discussed. Prof. Jos. M. Douglas and wife were present and delivered brief addresses. At a recent meeting of the Richard Allen Aid society at the home of Mrs. Emma Pree an address was delivered by Mrs. S. L Birt, giving the history of the A. M. E. church. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Harry Allen on Twelfth and CCCrker streets. Recent members added to membership list are Mrs. F. A. Williams and Mrs. W. C. Cottons. Mrs. Carrie Stone of Twelfth street entertained the Marshall Neil Art club Wednesday p. m. The afternoon was devoted to needlework and discussion of current events. The death of Booker T. Washington being foremost. Mrs. Delia Hammitt gave some beautiful illustrations on the life and work of Dr. Washington, after which a two-course luncheon was served. Mrs. Georgia Smith will entertain the club next Wednesday. Atty. S. Joe Brown, grand custodian of the Negro Bisons of the Iowa jurisdiction, returned Wednesday morning from Marshalltown, where he held a private school of instruction exemplifying the third degree work with the officers of Eureka lodge, No. 20, of that city on Tuesday evening. He was accompanied on the trip by Mr. E. T. Banks, past grand master, and also past grand custodian of Iowa. THE FRUIT OF HIS FOLLY. A new five act drama, to be rendered at the Union Congregational church Monday evening, November 22. Cast of characters are Mrs. M. L. Gregory, Mrs. Fred Berry, Mrs. Flosse Wilson, Mrs. Otis Banks, Mrs. A. M. White, Mr. A. M. White, Mr. Fred Berry, Mr. M. L. Gregory, Mr. Otis Banks and Master Wm. Grogery. Music will be furnished by the Wilson quartette and Mrs. Gertrude Shackelford. Mrs. C. H. Wilson, pianist. Given under auspices of club No. 3 of Asbury M. E. church. The Triple "H" club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Wade McCree at the Thompson hotel. The program was rendered: Quotations from Negro authors. Solo, Mrs. Florence White. Paper Mrs. Ewing, subject "Things Worth While." Discussion b the members of the club. The next meeting will be with Mrs. J. H. McDowell, the president, 909 Eighth street. A part of the afternoon will be devoted to memorial exercises for the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, the great NEG educator. DRAMATIC ART CLUB The Dramatic Art club met tuesday afternoon with Mrs. H. Armstead and studied Act II of Richard III. Meet next Tuesday with Mrs. N. C. Marshall, Lesson, Act III. The club will hold memorial services for Booker T. Washington. THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' CLUB. On last Sunday afternoon the High School Girls' club was entertained at the home of Miss Mary Stanton. The girls listened to a very interesting and beneficial talk on the social betterment of the girls by Mrs. S. Joe Brown. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Arthur Wilson, 1053 Eighteenth street, at which time the reports will be given on the research of books of Negro authors. The one bringing in the largest number will be awarded a prize. MOTHERS' DEPARTMENT OF N. A. G. W. Mrs. J. B. Rush, superintendent of the mothers' department of the National Association of Colored women, and her local committee are preparing to care for a large number of destitute families Thanksgiving day. The pastors of the various churches have been asked to preach a charity ser- mon Sunday evening, November 21, and to lift a special offering for the cause. The following women will be in charge: Mesdames J. B. Rush and Harvey Brown at Corinthian Baptist church; Mesdames J. L. Thompson and Molly Watson, Congregational; Mesdames L. J. Courtney and J. Lucas, Maple Street Baptist; Mesdames A. C. Payton and Anna Allen, St. Paul's, and Mesdames C. H. Wilson and Richard Jones, Asbury Chapel. supreme counsellor. Music was fur- nished by Calanthe choir. A two- course luncheon was served. The day sessions were good and routine of business carried out. Meetings were held in Tabor hall, Eighth and Mul- berry, beautifully decorated in state and supreme colors and pennants. On the evening of November 9th installation of the newly elected grand officers took place, Mr. Joseph A. C. Payton and Anna Allen, St. Paul's, and Mesdames C. H. Wilson and Richard Jones, Asbury Chapel. Mrs. Eva Owens, G. W. C.; Mrs. Rosa Allen, G. W. I.; Mrs. Mat- NOTICE Rev. Harrabellio A. Maranjeoepa, the world renowned Malay missionary desires to communicate with brethren of the churches for revival services. A true Christian laborer for the Master's cause. Address Bystander office, Des Moines, Iowa. MUNICIPAL COURT Our voters of Des Moines will vote Monday at a special election asking them if they want to lo away with the various justice of the peace courts and establish a municipal court in lieu thereof. We think that our city ought to establish a municipal court, where all minor troubles and difficulties might be speedily tried and adjudicated without dela or taking a change of venue to prolong the case and add cost. It will centralize our courts and in the end save money. STREET CAR FRANCHISE. One week from next Monday, November 27, the qualified voters of Des Moines will be called upon to express themselves in regard to the Des Moines city railway franchise for permission to grant them the right to continue to operate their lines in our city. We hope that every voter will go to the polls and vote and work for the franchise. It is true perhaps that the ordinance may not be just what the council wanted, nor is it just what the street car company wanted. It is like all other legislation, the result of a compromise. We favor giving the street car company a new franchise so that they know they have a continued life and they can and will plan more new lines. They can then extend their lines and make the much needed improvements whereby we can have a more modern and efficient service, so there will be no need of having the old jitneys running through our city. Let us all see that our names are on the registration books, as next Saturday, November 27, is the last day for registration. Then go on Monday, the 29th, and vote for the franchise. JIM CROW NOTES. We have written several articles denouncing the jim crow notes known as Afro-American notes appearing in the Register and Leader as being detrimental to the colored people of Des Moines. There are many reasons why it retards the advancement of the race. First, it creates the idea and sentiment of race separation, segregation and ostracism. Second, it draws the color line, as its designation suggests. Third, if some worthy colored man should go to the Register with worthy news about his friend the reporters will dibt it Afro-American notes or stick it in that column. It has done more to ridicule our race and lessen respect for them in the estimation of the white man, of whom many are disgusted seeing that Miss Jones entertained elaborately, this club or that club entertained such-silly, sickening news. Many of those and behind in the payment of their entertainers are living in rented housegrocery bills and other honest debts. There is a movement started to have this column discontinued. I have my utter contempt for any person who will denounce and cry out against being jim crowed, segregated or drawing the color line in our city theaters, restaurants, cafes or drug stores. Then ask for a separate column or permit the color line to be drawn in a newspaper and furnish news for it. Oh hypocrite, how inconsistent! Why don't the Register have a German-American column or a Swede, a Jew or a Dago column. Certainly the poor colored race is being sold out by so-called leaders who want self-praise and a few pieces of silver. A SUCCESSFUL STATE MEETING November 8th and 9th representatives from a number of subordinate courts of Calanthe auxiliary from the Knights of Pythias lodges of the state met in Des Moines and organized a grand Court of Calanthe Supreme Vice Chancellor and Supreme Counsel Joseph L. Jones of Cincinnati, O., had charge of the meeting, assisted by Grand Chancellor of Iowa L. W. Williams of Clarinda, Iowa. On the evening of November 8th a welcome reception was held and program rendered. Mrs. Maude M. Wilkinson, w. counselor of Rebecca Court, No. 10, presided. Invocation, Rev. Childs. Welcome addresses were made. Our City, Dr. Booker; Our K. of P.'s. Rev. S. Bates; Our Murses, Hon. John L. Thompson; grandmaster of Iowa; Our Federated Clubs, Mrs. S. Joe Brown; state president of Iowa Federation of Colored Women; Our Tarianibians, Mrs. Mattle Brooks, G. H. P. of Iowa; Our Courts, Mrs. Couch, C. W. C. Beautiful Light Court, No. 257; response, L. W. Williams. Remarks, Atty. S. Joe Brown and Mrs. Eva Owens, D. D. W. C., and closures修饰 by Mr. Jens, L. Jones. supreme counselor. Music was furnished by Calancho the chair. A two-course luncheon was served. The day sessions were good and routine of business carried out. Meetings were held in Tabor Hall, eighth and Mulberry, beautifully decorated in state and supreme colors and pennants. On the evening of November 9th installation of the newly elected grand officers took place, Mr. Joseph L. Jones in charge, which were as follows: Mrs. Eva Owens, G. W. C.; Mrs. Rosa Allen, G. W. I.; Mrs. Mattie Warfield, G. W. I. N.; Mrs. Robert Couch, G. W. C.; Mrs. Edenburg, G. W. S. D.; Mrs. Mary Scott, G. W. J.; Mrs. Burk, G. W. Cond.; Mrs. Mattie Green, W. A. Cond.; Mrs. S. Bates, G. W. H.; Mrs. Mamie Smith, G. W. P.; Mrs. Rosa Watson, three year. Mrs. Maude M. Wilkinson, two year, and Mr. Robert Couch, one year grand trustees; Mrs. Mary Miles, G. W. M. Juv. Dept.; Mrs. Durden, G. L.; Mrs. Louise Baker, G. W. escort. WASHINGTON. Dr. Bocker Terrifero Washington is gone from this earthly life. His work is not completed, but the monument he left to future ages, the inspiration he gave to education, the sentiment he taught to our race to become producers rather than consumers, and how he enriched literature by his writings will speak through countless ages, enriching generations yet unborn. There were four positive factors in his life. He was earnest and positive. He was a true friend to mankind. He was industrious and economical. He was a philosopher and diplomat. Truly great men are but few in each age and certainly Dr. Washington, who began life as a slave boy, a free man, a coal miner, a school teacher, a founder and principal of the largest industrial college in America, author of many books, entertained by presidents, and honored abroad by kings, emperors, princes, rulers and diplomats of foreign countries, carrying the burdens of the black race in America to the world. Our race has lost its greatest leader and humanity one of its precious gems in the noodley of his life. Let us all try to emulate his life character and teachings. MONMOUTH. ILL. Mr. Robert Catlin was a visitor in Burlington over Sunday. Mr. Charles Magnis of Burlington passed through here Sunday on his way to Aledo. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. J. Mason and Ode weathered to Keokun on Sunday, making the trip in Smith's auto. Rev. I. A. Daniels went from here to Rock Island and Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Clarke and children and Mrs Francis Holly, who have been visited in Chicago for the past few weeks, are here visiting relatives. Mr Clarke left Sunday evening for Galesburg. Mrs. Bernice Metlock and son and Miss Marie Saunders visited over Sunday in Burlington with Mr. and Mrs. Simon Edwards. Mrs. Jennie Johnson, who visited last week in Burlington with her sister-in-law, has returned home. Madame Cecil Watts and daughter, Miss Alberta, were here last week and sang at the Agnes Moody club, which met at the home of Mrs. Emmet Birtdett. DAVENPORT, IOWA The mock wedding at the Third Baptist church last Wednesday night proved to be quite an attraction. Much credit is due Mrs. Cassie Harris for the children being so well trained. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lewis are in the city en route to their new home in Kansas City, Mo. The Greenway family of Muscatine, accompanied by Miss Agnes Mason of Mt. Pleasant, motorized to Davenport last Sunday and worshipped at Bethel A. M. E. church. Mrs. Allie Norris of Iowa City is quite sick at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Hockett. The fair at Bethel A. M. E. church was quite a success. Mrs. Sarah Wright of Marshall-town is here to spend the winter with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. C. F. Wright. Change of service at Asbury M. E. church. The morning service and Sunday school will be held as usual. The Epworth League will meet at 6:30 p. m. instead of 7, and the preaching service will be held at 7:30 p. m. instead of 8. W. L. Lee, Pastor. UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE At Union Congregational church November 25. OUR RACE LEADER GONE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON DIES AT HOME. The Greatest Leader of Our Race and the Greatest Apostle of Industrial Education in America. A Busy Life Devoted to Teaching Thrift, Industry, Economy and Honesty. Tuskegee, Ala., Nov. 14.—Booker T. Washington, foremost teacher and leader of our race, died early today at his home here near the Tuskegee Institute, of which he was founder and president. Hardening of the arteries following a nervous breakdown caused death four hours after Dr. Washington's arrival from New York. He suffered a nervous breakdown in New York City last week. Realizing his condition he determined to make the long trip south so that he might bear out his oft-expressed statement that he "had been born in the south, had lived all his life in the south and expected to die and be buried in the south." Ill Several Months. The Negro leader had been in failing health for several months prior to his death, but the efforts of the trustees and officers of the Tuskegee Institute to persuade him to take a rest went unheeded. During the month of September he spent a week on Mobile bay, fishing and resting, and appeared to be greatly strengthened by the outing. His reserve force was not equal, however, to the increasing burdens in the interest of Tuskegee Institute and his race. On October 23 he left here to attend the annual meeting of the American Missionary association, which was held in conjunction with the national conference of Congregational churches, and on the evening of October 25 he spoke before this meeting. This was his last public appearance. Goes to New York Hospital Geez to New York Hospital. So marked was his decline and so frequent the return of the nervous headaches which were sapping his vitality that Seth Low, William W. Willcox, Frank Cornell (prominent New York members of the institute board of trustees, finally persuaded to go to St. Luke's hospital, New York City, for examination and treatment. The Tuskegee educator's life was replete with many unselfish activities in behalf of his race. Possessing rare executive and constructive ability, he devoted himself with much of self-sacrifice to the building and regeneration of his race along moral, material and educational lines. The National Negro Business League, composed of Negro business men and women, is the product of his creative genius, and has come to a place of commanding influence in the life of the Negro people. Survived by Widow. He is survived by his widow, a brother, John H. Washington, general superintendent of industries; three children and four grandchildren. Speaking of his demise, Emmet Scott, for eighteen years the confidential secretary of the deceased, said: "The glory of the life which came to an end here this morning was its dedication to the service of both races, north and south. He will be remembered as an educational enthusiast, whose sympathies and activities were broad enough to include all races and all movements looking to the betterment of mankind." Friend of Three Presidents. That was the doctrine that took form at Tuskegee, a school that is nothing short of a mammoth laboratory in which a race problem is being worked out, a public service institution out, a public service institution born in bondage and whom three presidents of the United States called their friend, whom university presidents spoke of an "confidence," and to whom Andrew Carnegie once applied the phrase—"The combined Moses and Joshua of his people. Washington was born in Franklin county, Virginia, in 1858 or 1859—he was not sure of the date or the place, and of his ancestry he knew almost nothing. "My mother," he once wrote, "I suppose attracted the attention of a purchaser who was afterward my owner and hers. Of my father I know even less than of my mother. I do not even know his name." When freedom came through Lincoln's proclamation Booker was put to work by his stepfather in a West Virginia salt furnace. Schooling was intermittent. He learned his first written symbols on a salt barrel. He obtained work in a coal mine and later made his way to Hampton Institute, where he worked his way through and was given a place on the faculty. Then Tuskegee Institute was started by the joint efforts of Colonel George W. Campbell, an ex-slave owner, and Lewis Adams, an ex-slave, both of Tuskegee. They conceived the idea of establishing a normal and industrial school for Negroes. They wrote to Hampton Institute for a man to take charge of the work. Booker T. Washington was sent. This was in 1861, and Washington began work with a dilapidated shanty and an abandoned church as the school structures and only thirty pupils. Now there are more than 1,500 students, 100 buildings and 3,500 acres of land valued at $2,000,000. Great Loss To Race. Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett said: "Our race has lost its greatest leading man. Booker T. Washington was great not only as a race leader, but he was one of the greatest orators. I mean oratory in its broadest sense, and he was the peer of any publicist before the country today. "As a constructive force on the lines of industrial education he was the equal of any living educator. We are wondering how we will find his success. There is no Negro before public today who has the confidence of the influential white people that Dr. Washington had, and that is what makes our loss so great. The natural separation between the two races can be bridged only by one who is in ready communication with both sides." Tribute By Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Nov. 14—Colonel Theodore Rockewell made the following statement tonight on the death of Booker T. Washington: "I am deeply shocked and grieved at the death of Dr. Booker T. Washington. He was one of the distinguished citizens of the United States, a man who rendered greater service to his own race than ever had been rendered by anyone else, and who, in so doing, also rendered great service to the whole country. I mourn his loss and feel that one of the most useful citizens of our land has gone." To the memory of my beloved principal, Dr. Booker T. Washington, who died November 15, 1915. The air is pregnant with sad news, That's thrilling and appalling. A race cries out with tear-dimmed eyes, eyes, that has been "filled" "Our greatest man has fallen." The newsboys cry along the street, And even from their eyes tears are crawling. crawling, Statesmen speak, and kings repeat, "A nation's great man has fallen." He heard a voice that called him home to rest, And he obeyed, without fear, the calling, He is missed by those whom he loved, He is missed by those whom he loved and who loved him best. A world's great man has fallen. His wife watched by his dying bed. Her tears, too, were falling. ing I. spe d a go , N spe , M a pt um ayss armed relai and lams 8th ourg om ron and tied Mrs her is few dar tin sp- of to to on, Ty- nth A. am ev. an ns ta's pu- by ny are uli- a the im ull. ole re vt t k k e e l Price Five Cents His children stood by, looked on and said, A father, true, has fallen. We know that he was welcomed home. For Christ himself had called him. The angels also bid him come, A God-sent man has fallen. W. Leonard Hutcherson. Sioux City, Iowa. TRIBUTE TO BOOKER T. WASH- INGTON. When a soul has taken its lofty flight, Away from the world and its pain, Can we yield it up and say its right; That our loss is just Heaven's gain? When we think of the year of con- stant toll. That Washington gave to our race, Of the sorrows endured, of days of turnmoil, We know he was kept by God's grace. Do you know the task he has left undone, Must go on if we reach the goal, He has set for our race, and it will be done, We treasure the gift of his soul. Oh! leader of men! by thy force of will Thou has left us a monument grand, Thy dreams realized you knew how to build Upon rock, not the wave shifting sand. An influence grand from this foundation strong, Will endure in the years to come, Thou hast gone to join Eternity's throng, Oh immortalized Washington! Oh lealer of men! your work now is b'er, Your troubles, your sorrows, and pain, In the light of God's love your soul will soar, For our loss is just Heaven's gain. Bess Stewart Hughes. 931 Fourteenth Street Place. Des Moines, Iowa. "When you feel say *say me* sinn' alone," said the friend and adviser, "you must say: 'Get the behilb me, Satan.'" "Don't my I done I answered Mr. Erastus Pinkley, "an dea I taught I hymne Satan" answer me. I hymne Satan "answer me" gwine so same way, notoh, as it don' man so diffence to me which reads so subjecuion." How To Prevent Group It may be a surprise to you to learn that in many cases croup can be prevented. Mrs. H. M. Johns, Elida, Ohio relates her experience as follows: "My little boy is subject to croup. During the past winter I kept a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house, and when he began having that croupy cough I would give him one or two doses of it and it would break the attack. I like it better for children than any other cough medicine because children take it willingly, and it is safe and reliable." Obtainable everywhere KIRKSVILLE, MO. Rev. T. R. Sayles, who has been helping in a series of meetings at Milan, Mo., is home again. He reports great success and much interest shown. Mrs. D. W. Monroe of Plattsburg, Mo., was called to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Mary Hockaday, who is ill, and will remain in the city intdefinitely. The interesting talk given the Sunday school last Sunday by Rev. C. B. Johnson was very much enjoyed and appreciated by all. Miss Lucile Ferman, who has been in Boulder and Denver, Colo., for some time for her health, is home again with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hockaday, at 1504 S. Baird street. Mrs. Ball and Miss L. V. Elmend were dinner guests of Mrs. S. F. Lynn on Sunday. Miss Mattie Renfro and Mrs. T. R. Sayles and little daughter, Willene, were the guests of Mrs. H. M. Heckaday on Tuesday. Mrs. H. M. Hockaday, who has been quite poorly for the last three weeks, is up again and through the Bystander wishes to thank the members of Darcus court and her many friends who came to cheer the sick room. Mr. Solon B. Ball of Bloomfield, Iowa, visited with his grandparents last week. The dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Barnes last Sunday was declared one of the best and most enjoyable of the season and those fortunate in receiving invitations went away praising them for their charming hospitality. Mr. Anthony ates of Milan, Mo., is visiting in our city this week. Mrs. Wm. Wilson and Miss L. A. Adams were callers at the home of Mrs. H. M. Hockaday on Sunday. Mr. Marshall Jackson, who is working out of town, spent Sunday with hl wife and daughter. Slek Headache. This distressing disease results from a disordered condition of the stomach, and can be cured by taking Chamberlain's Tablets. For sale by all dealers. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS In a communication to The Living Church, Church F. Bragg, Jr. of Baltimore, advances the following arguments for church unity: A National and Not a Sectional Question. To the Editor of The Living Church: It is perfectly possible, as well as lawful, within the bounds of Province No. 2, for a congregation of colored persons to be constituted on racial lines. It is permissible, and lawful, also, for colored persons to become members of parishes made up of white people. We certainly would not change this liberty. We would vigorously protest against any law declaring that colored people shall be allowed to attend church. We would as vigorously protest against a law which compelled the admission of colored persons into white parishes. What we now ask is that the several congregations organized on racial lines within the province be permitted either to associate themselves with the diocesan convention of the particular diocese where situation or to associate themselves with similar congregations within the province and be given a "status" of their own, with a convocation and missionary bishop. In every division of the church there will be colored members, but in the racial lines of the church people will be found. The point of unity is in the one episcopate. Still again, this unity would be in evidence in the Provincial synod. By such an arrangement, which is not mandatory but simply permissive, the great body of colored churchmen would be associated together in the work of missions, and also in building up institutions for colored orphans, the aged and infirm, and other charitable concerns. Otherwise, they would justly claim the benefits of such institutions now practically confined to white people. Right here is a great and vexing problem that is sure to arise, without the permissive legislation which is sought. We are asking simply for the legislation. The initiative, in every case, must be taken by the diocesan bishops. The question of a more elastic episcopal supervision for the colored race is not a sectional but a national question, and is intimately connected with the subject of church unity. In 1878, when an entire Negro denomination, bishop, ministers, and laity, asked to be received into the Episcopal church in Virginia, the legislation which we are now asking the general convention to adopt had been a part of our canon law, the church would not have lost such a splendid opportunity. At the next meeting of the house of bishops the bishop of Virginia would have laid the whole matter before that body. And the probable result would have been somewhat like this: North Carolina and Virginia would have been constituted a special missionary district with revered priests, with best colored epistle that could be secured consecrated a missionary bishop and set to work, with the co-operation and guidance of the bishops of North Carolina and Virginia. That organization alone would have given him twenty-odd ministers, and more than two thousand communicant members. I know enough about racial life to assert that it is entirely within the range of possibility, some day, for the bishop of New York to be surprised by the admission in the state of New York, seeking admission into the church, not as pa-u At a colored minister's meeting it was decided to hold a citywide evangelical campaign in Washington during the two weeks beginning October 24. The following evangelists participated: Revs. Richard Carroll and William Carter of South Carolina; S. L. Johnson and S. A. Brown of Virginia; Granville Hunt and C. Le Roy Butler of New York; Janius Gray of Maryland and J. W. Bailley of Texas. An executive committee, consisting of the following pastors, was selected to have charge of the campaign; Rev. M. W. D. Norman, chairman; Rev. J. I. Loving, secretary; Rev. W. D. W. taurus, secretary; Rev. Joseph H. Lee, Robert J. Hawkins, William Bishop Johnson, A. Wilbanks, J. E. Willis, J. P. Green, W. G. Brent, J. A. Tyler, Walter H. Brooks, J. W. Howard, S. G. Lamkins, Holland Powell, William H. Jernagin and J. Milton Waldron. It is the general opinion that this was the great revival meeting ever held among colored people in Washington. Redditch is where all British needles are made. Rev. Dr. Weston Bruner, formerly of this city, but for some time past at the head of the department of evangelism of the home board of the Southern Baptist convention, is now engaged in work for the evangelization of the entire South and has inaugurated meetings of meetings in the hundred cities and towns of the South, these meetings including both whites and colored Baptist churches. 11 --- pers, but as self-supporting people. Such a happening would almost daze the good bishop, when immediately the vexing character of the new problem would dawn upon him in all its fullness. Under the legislation which is proposed, the solution would be quite easy, and prove a great triumph for the church, and the cause of Christian unity. The clerical and lay deputies in the general convention from the North are not involved in this question, pertaining to the South. Southern Negroes are constantly flocking to the North, and when they go they carry themselves. They have the same desire in the North that they have in the South. They want their own convention, and their own bishop, Sooner or later, there will be "trouble" in the white camp if the black saints of the household are "snubbed." Twelve hundred Chicago Negroes have banded together and purchased about eleven hundred acres of land on the shores of Crook lake, just outside Baldwin Mich., and the islands which dot the lake, and are perfecting a form of government for the colony to be transplanted to the new city the first of next May. At a meeting a committee was appointed to draft a constitution, arrange for an election of officers by postcard ballot and make preparations for building a clubhouse on an island in the lake, which has been rechristened Lake idlewide. The new city is to be called Idlewide. Negotiations are being conducted by a syndicate of Chicago Negroes looking toward the purchase of the Draper Hall summer resort in Oconomowoc. Wis.-Chicago Herald. How the Taukseee Normal and Industrial institute is teaching Negroes and whites of the South to raise their own food crops; how it is establishing rural schools, largely through donations from Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosewald of Chicago, and how it is establishing a farm colony for graduates are some of the things disclosed in the annual report of the principal. Dr. Booker T. Washington. In the report is made an appeal to the public, for funds to carry on the work of this institution for the benefit of the Negro race. Beth Low, chairman of the trustees, announced the annual deficit is about $5,000, and Doctor Washington says there is needed a $3,000,000 addition to the endowment fund; $5,000 each for boys' and girls' dormitories. "The Star of Ethiopia" was the name of a pageant held by colored citizens in celebration of the fifthth anniversary of the adoption of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution. The American League baseball park was the scene of the celebration. Mrs. Quincy Shaw of Boston and the Misses Lewisson of New York and others furnished the fund with which this pageant is given. The colored citizens of Washington guaranteed an additional fund of $1,000. Charles C. Hopkins, clerk of the supreme court at Lansing, Mich., is the oldest employee of the state in point of continuous service, having held his present position 33 years. Clerk Hopkins is also the only clerk the supreme court has had since the court was given power to appoint its clerk. Booker T. Washington has issued a circular directing attention to the claims on public generosity of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Alabama, of which he is the principal. The school, which was established to educate Negroes, started with one teacher and 30 students, and now has 1,500 students from 33 states and 18 foreign countries, officers and teachers numbering 193. The institution owns 3,000 acres of land, and the contribution to the cooperative is 362,000. Training is given in academic studies, trades and religion, and 6,000 graduates and undergraduates have been sent as farmers, mechanics, housewives, teachers, and business men. The managers are seeking help for operating expenses and to increase the endowment fund of the institution. Seth Low is chairman of the board of trustees. Maxim Gorky is fighting as a volunteer with the Russian army in Galicia. The rivers of the United States are wearing down its lands at a rate of about a foot in 9,120 years. When an aged man recovers from a severe illness the neighbors make the best of it. But they never are able entirely to conceal their disappointment. In communities large enough to support more than one newspaper there always are two sides to every question. The popular conception of the devil is that of a male adult adorned with hooks and a forked tail. But the devil people really dread is old age. When a man prefers the simple life, that is an indication he never was compelled to live it. A man's indifference of a cause generally is predicated on the belief that the cause will help his business. Copyright Stockade & Thurwood This photograph, taken immediately after the capture of Vilna by the Germans, shows part of one of the outside trenches where the Russians put up a desperate resistance. This photograph, taken immediately after the capture of Vilna by the Germans, shows part of one of the outside trenches where the Russians put up a desperate resistance. LIKE NICKEL STORY Serves in Trenches and on Battleships, Captured by Germans and Escapes—Brought Home by Uncle Sam. Tonkers, N. Y.—Wilfrid Doyle, the nineteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Doyle of 156 Valentine lane, this city, is back at his home here after seven months of adventure of the kind that most boys dream about but never experience. He has fought the Turk in trenches knee deep in water at the Dardanelles, he has been captured by the Germans in Belgium and he has stood watch many nights on the deck of the superdreadnaught Queen Eliza' elzah while she patrolled the North sea enforcing the blockade against Germany. The spring fever weared young Doyle of the simple pleasures of life in Yonkers and he ran away from home. He made his way to Boston, where he obtained a place as horse hostler on one of the transports engaged in carrying horses to the war zone. In Liverpool he left his ship and enlisted in the British navy. He had little trouble in getting into the service, although an alien. He told the recruiting officer that he was an Irish boy, and so he is, as his name proves. His enlistment was for the duration of the war, but after six months of effort the state department of the United States plucked him from the service of King George at the behest, of his parents. A postcard he wrote to his mother directly after landing in Liverpool supplied the clue that led to his gallipoll. Doyle says, is now a shambles and a ruin in the area over which the Turks have been slowly driven back by the allies. Not so much as a drop of clean water may be obtained there. The streams and wells have been polluted by bodies and blood. Doyle arrived at the Dardanelles in May, soon after the attack on the Turks had begun. During one period of heavy pressure he served for 48 hours on land in the third line of trenches. The men of the allied forces suffered fearfully, he says, at that time from the rains that flooded the trenches and the intense heat that made life almost unbearable. While on this expedition Doyle saw a Turkish girl snail captured. A group of sailors relieved from trench duty were standing near a haysack. One of them playfully thrust his bayonet into the hay. When he drew it out it was covered with blood. The sailors immediately tore the stack apart and discovered a young girl armed with a rifle in a hollowed space. She had been on her knees at a loop-hole when the bayonet point caught her in the arm. Beside her was found a supply of food and 35 identification disks of the kind worn by all sailors and soldiers in Britain's service. It was the belief of her captors that she had killed that many soldiers in the trenches within range and had then stolen out and out their identification disks from their necks. Doyle returned to his ship soon after the girl was captured and he did not learn of her fate. On board the Queen Elizabeth Doyle met Corporal Joseph Nicolson, the only survivor of a regiment of Royal Scots which was annihilated on April 28. After leaving to the fighting front on board the Queen Elizabeth. An hour after arriving, at two o'clock in the morning, the soldiers charged. It was not properly supported and annihilated. At five o'clock that afternoon a survivor crawled back into the trenches. He died later on the way to England, at Malta. Nicolson was found-wounded 14 hours later. He was sent aboard the Queen Elizabeth for hospital treatment and he and Doyle became very friendly. As soon as he had sufficiently recovered he was sent back to England. Queen Elizabeth, with others of the newer English battleships, was withdrawn from Turkish IS PUZZLE TO ZOOLOGISTS Pink Snake With Some Fine Points Doesn't Seem to Fit Any Reg- ular Classification. Forth Worth, Tex.—Classification of an eight-inch pink snake found last week on the White Settlement road by Dr. John J. O'Reilly is causing considerable speculation among Fort Worth zoologists. It is believed that the reptile be- hags to a poisonous variety. It has IOWA STATE BYSTANDER HIGH OUTSIDE VILNA tely after the capture of Vilna by the outside trenches where the Russians put KEL STORY waters and placed on patrol duty in the North sea. While his ship was being overhauld Doyle served for a time on the battleship Drake. During this period, with 50 others, he was captured on the Belgian coast. The small landing party was surrounded by a large number of Germans. They were captured and marched a mile inland to a barbed wire stockade That night 20 of them, including Doyle, escaped. NEEDED SIX-FOOT SHOCKERS Man of Ordinary Size Would Be of Little Use on This Kansas Cornfield. Hlawatha, Kan.—The tallest corn of this year's crop that has been brought to town so far comes from the farm of Bert Wise, near Reserve. Wise has brought several stalks to town on which the lowes, car is eight feet from the ground. People of the community at first thought Wise was joking when he advertised for corn shockers who must be sent to the feet in height, but those who have seen the crop declare that a man of ordinary size will be of little value, in helping take care of Wise's crop, as the stalks are all so high that the ears are six, seven and eight feet from the ground. HER BACK A POSTER VOTES FOR WOMEN The daring band of "sandwich women" who invaded the New York subway during the recent campaign, bearing placards imprinted with the reasons why one should vote for the "cause," were outdone by the most startling manner of appealing to the voter, which has up to the present day been used by the suffragists. A beautiful and very attractive young woman is Mila Dorothy Newell, the wife of the late Miss Newell of the New York sit up with her appeal "Votes for Women." It required considerable daring to promote the publicity Miss Newell had mapped out for the cause. In leading hotels and Broadway cafes where the usual election eve crowds assemble, Miss Newell displayed her charming back with the alluring appeal "Votes for Women" painted in large black letters thereon. Dixon, Cal.—As the result of a alight earthquake shock recently Mrs. Gifford found her $250 diamond ring six months ago she missed her ring and presumed it had been stolen. She found it on the floor beneath a picture hanging on the wall. She then remembered she had placed the ring behind the picture. The foil shook the sparkler down. a sharp tall, and a flat head with reversed "aspectacles." Its body is marked with diamond spots. It puffs like some varieties of poison reptiles, but apparently has no fangs. Doctor R'Reilly will send the snake to the state ecological department at Austin, hoping that exports there will be able to identify it. Every year more than 3,000,000 beds and 4,000,000 meals are provided by the enclaves and homes of the Salvation Army in Great Britain. THEIR WORK ENDED THEIR WORK ENDED Troublesome Battery Located, Will Trouble No More. Interesting Description of Artillery Work on Battle Line—Battery Has Unique Record on Seven Different Fronts. Berlin.—A picture of a battery which has fought in several different battles, and is given by a writer in the Vossein Zeitung. He says: "Our position on the plateau had been furiously bombarded through the night by the Italian artillery. We were able to locate most of the batteries, but there was one which kept up an incessant fire until dawn, which greatly puzzled us. "The sun was rising behind the mist in the Adriatic, which we could plainly see from our elevation. I had just been awakened by a tremendous roar, wrapped my blanket about me and came forth to see what it all meant. Captain Laytos was already peering through his telescope. His high coat collar was turned up to protect his throat and ears from the cold, and his hands were buried deep in his pockets. Captain Laytos is a man of many years of age: has been the wounded, and has just been granted a six-weeks' leave, but he refuses to leave his battery. He is an ideal soldier, his chest is covered with decorations and he now commands the battery. "He comes down from his position at the telescope and carefully studies the map. He lights a cigarette and again mounts his high chair in front of the telescope. He calls Prentell, who knows the location of every stone within a radius of twenty kilometers, and asks about the house. It stands about one hundred meters to the left, near the cross roads, and was painted white a few months ago. "Look through the glass and tell me if you see anything strange about it," said the captain. "It is not all white; and here there it is marked by what appear like dark spots. Specifically," said the captain. "That is where this battery is located. TheItalians have placed their guns in the rooms of that house. But we'll fix them." "Captain Laytos and Lieutenant Wehler study the map, figuring out the distance. The elevation and angle are given over the telescope wire. The captain hands me a cigar. "You have time to light a cigar, he says, before we fire. We shall fire through the glass and see the result. "Captain Layton takes out his watch and begins to count the seconds as I look through the telescope. I see the white house bathed in the morn- ing sunshine, and I see also on the road leading to it a wagon creeping along. I feel like crying out to the wagon party to get under cover, and almost simultaneously I hope that our shells will get them. The captain is at his post looking through the te- scape next to mine. I hear the orde given to fire and at once there is a roar that shakes the whole mountain. "We have hit the mark!" shouts the captain. "Almost a minute elapses before the smoke disappears. I look again through the glass. The white house is gone; all I can see is a hole in the earth where it stood and the bare trunks of a few trees still standing. "That was good work," said the captain, handing me a cigarette. "It was the 1,200th shot of Our Richard, as we call this battery, so named after Lieut. Richard Karner, who fell in battle a few weeks ago. This same battery was at Liege. at Antwerp, in France and I don't know where else. Ask Bauer." "Bauer, a sturdy young chap, tanned by the sun, heard his name mentioned and came forward." "Again, I do not see you wearing your Iron Cross and your medals." "Sorry, captain, but I haven't enough room for them." "And later, when the enemy ceased their firing, I sat down with Bauer, who was in Belgium, France, Poland Gallica, Serbia, and is now here on the Italian front and had him tell me the story of Our Richard." RECORD CATCH OF WALRUS 1,353 Are Landed in Five Months' Cruise of the Steamer Corwin in the Arctic. Sattle, Wash.—A catch of 1,353 walrus, the largest ever made in one season, was reported by Capt. O. A. Annevik of the steamer Corwin, which returned from a five months' cruise in the Arctic. The Corwin made two trips, using Nome, Alaska, as her base. On the first trip she bagged 837 walrus, which were barged into the freighter Latouche at Nome to Seattle. On the second expedition the crew of 20 skilled Edithms killed 516 walrus, from which were obtained 100 tons of bides, 4,000 pounds of ivory and 165 barrels of oil. Dawson, Ga.—A few mornings ago when Mrs. Fred L. Lasseter was making the rounds of benests for the purpose of gathering up the eggs she was startled to find a good size opposum curied up in one of the nests as if it was his home. Mrs. Lasseter promptly placed Mr. Opossum in captivity. Man Loses His Pet Goose. Junction City, Kan.—Ed Bickey hauser, a barber, is mourning the death of his pet wild goose, which 11 years ago he caught while on a hunting trip. The goose was a reliable weather prophet as well as a watchman. Mr stranger could enter the Bickenhauer yard without having his presence made known. In addition, the goose was as exceptional decoy. His honking brought 'wild goose' with shooting distance on many hunting trips. Thanksgiving Let us be thankful for the loyal hand That love held out in welcome to our own, When love and only love could understand The need of touches we had never known. LET us be thankful for the longing eyes That gave their secret to us as they wept, Yet in return found, with a sweet surprise, Love's kiss upon their lids, and, smiling, slept. AND let us, too, be thankful that the tears Of sorrow have not all been drained away, That through them still, for all the coming years, We may look on the dead face of To-day. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY SHOW KINDNESS WHILE YOU MAY Expressions of Gratitude Timely Made Denote Proper Feeling of Thankfulness in the Heart. F far down in your heart you are thankful about anything, will you show the kindness to everybody connected with you and to your own personality by giving an honest, sincere expression of your gratitude? The man who dies with all the thank-you's in him is as deserving of pity as the one who stifles all the music. Don't be afraid to say "Thank you," and say it loud. HAVE in mind a family that allowed the mother of the large circle to wear herself with the necessary work. She worked so long and knew that she never had time for considering a rest. The members of her family regarded mother's work as a habit. They accepted her working and never thought that she needed relaxation or a change MOURNANT QUEEN WEDDING OVER BETTER from the monotonous grin of keeping a home. They added to her burdens by bringing others home with them. Mother smiled and worked a little harder. Then one day mother did not come down to shake the fire and prepare the breakfast. She had closed her eyes and they were so tired that she never opened them. I wish you could have heard the belated gratitude at the funeral. I wish you could have seen the consternation and despair when the children and father looked at each other and said: "What are we going to do without her?" They were filled with regret. The ears could not hear the thanks that they poured out. They should have shown their gratitude every day of the year and in time. Look over your own life. Are you speaking and acting in time? YOU are living in a great country and are indeed fortune in having freedom, the right to think and to act, opportunity, countless chances to forge the top if you have it in you. You have libraries, playgrounds, schools. You have your mind, your dear, sympathetic souls in relatess or friends and the ideals which are necessary to any human beings happiness. Do you fully appreciate the good fortune that cast your lot over here? Are you taking the trouble to express your thanks every once in a while? You ought to do this. It is good to get it out of your system. HAVE you health? Be thankful in the right way. Do not throw to the winds of indiscretion your precious heritage. Do not insult your goo' health by eating, drinking, breathing the wrong things. Cut out dislalpation and lead a sane, balanced, clean, normal life. Prize that good health. Sometimes it leaves in hindgee and never returns. And all the poulticing and nursing may not bring back to you that which should be appreciated every hour of the day. The way to thank your good health is to be kind to it. MENTIONED ideals a minute ago. Have your ideals suffered from dismeat. Where are your ideals? Are they stowed away in pamphor to be brought out on Sunday when you go to church? Why are they not being cared for in the way that is the only valuable treatment for these wonderful things? Give your ideals a chance! Let them have daily influence on you thoughts and acts. Bring them into the light of day and make them important contribution factors of your happiness and success as a human being. You may not be being so much more than your next step, but your hat may not have the label of an exclusive maker in its crown, but as a human being filling a niche in the great scheme, you ideals should be thanked every hour. Thanking them is really shaking hands with them. If you are a woman who rides in a street car, do you thank the enlightened gentlemen who rise to give you a seat? Or do you make them very scornful of the weaker sex by taking it as your due? I have seen many men converted to the paper gazers and the seated masculine row by the neglect of women to thank the men. Say it graciously and as it should be, for a thank you of this kind is growing more remote. Let us cherish it. STRANGER is entitled to a thank you when he has rendered you a service. Do not be an insufferable snob and accept help silently because you have not been introduced or because his forefathers might not have come over in the Mayflower. Say thank you smilingly and be human! DO not forget to thank in the right way the children. It is only in the respectful use of a courtesy of this kind that children will admire and emulate. Indeed, the thank you for every day is that which makes things go smoothly. It is such a little thing that it never be forgotten. Try saying that something is around. You will find something which should elicit your gratitude. A ND thank you for listening. BARBARA LEE. Humble Thankfulness Do you give thanks for this or that?—No, God be thanked, I will be grateful. In that cold calculating way, with blessings ranked As one, two, three, four—that would be hateful! I only know that every day brings good My poor deserving; I only feel that on the road of life true love Is leading me along and never swerving. Whatever turn the path may take to left or right, I think it follows The tracing of a wiser hand, through dark or light, Across the hills and in the shady hollows. Whatever gift the hours bestow, or great I would not measure As worth a certain price in praise, but take them all And use them all, with simple, heart-felt pleasure. PREPARING FOR THE FEAST MELON Age is not all decay; dt is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk—George Macdonald. The KITCHEN CABINET A stone fit for the wall will not be left by the roadside. Persian Proverb. Whenever you are feeling blue, Something for someone else go do. Give us, oh give us, the man who sings at his work. Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in still smaller ways. AUTUMN HINTS. This is the season when we look over the household furnishings, wear ing apparel and brice-a-brac to see what may be disposed of and what must be reserved. which is out of style but · good, playthings and or- apier and bric-a-brac and brice-a-brac what may be disposed of and what must be reserved. We find clothing which is out of style but good, playthings and ornaments which our household has outgrown, which will be appreciated in some other home and will lessen the burden of things to care for in our own homes. The modern home of the efficient housekeeper today is simple, because she cares more for the things worth while than to spend her time in diving and manicure and compiling furniture. Woodwork home should be plain, so that there is no place for dust to lodge. This need not sacrifice beauty, for the lines may be just as beautiful if simple. When making new comforters the wool batting is much warmer and lighter and makes an altogether more satisfactory comforter than the cotton batting. The cost is an item to be considered, of course, as an ordinary comforter takes two pounds of the wool and costs 85 or 90 cents a pound. The wool batting should be covered with a thin cheesecloth which keeps the wool from pushing through the cover and also protects it as the outside may then be removed and washed or a new cover put on. Light, washable draperies for bedrooms, small rugs and floors so finished that an oil mop will keep them clean and dustless, are the sensible and practical as well as the most economical furnishings. Furs and underwear should be brought out, well brushed and aired before wearing; even if moth balls are not objectionable to you, "there are others." The odor of moth balls in a crowded car or heated room, is something too sickenby to mention; no wonder any self-respecting moth would refuse to occupy the same quarters. Clothing that is aired often and worn occasionally is not apt to become a harbor for moths. Furs wrapped in ordinary newspaper, using care to cover securely, is one of the best ways of keeping furs from moths. Not to the swift race, not to the strong, the right. Not to the strong, the graceful grace, not to the wise the light. GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE. Fry 12 onions in butter slowly, covety during the first half of the ms in butter slowly, covet the first half of the cooking, then let them brown until tender. Mash six hard-cooked egg yolks, add a cupful of milk gradually. Pour this over the onions, season and add the whites of the eggs, coarsely chopped. Let it simulate and serve with cooking, trellis let ed- brown until Mash six hard-cooked eggs yolks, add a cupuf of milk gradually. Pour this over the onions, season and add the whites of the eggs, coarsely chopped. Let it sim- mer for three minutes and serve with brown rice or mashed potatoes. Cinnamon Toast—Toast bread quickly, spread generously with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, well mixed; put in parra and cut in triangles. Place in a hot oven for a minute or two, then serve on a folded napkin on a hot plate. Orange Biscuit—Shape rich biscuit dough in small biscuit. Grate the rind and squeeze the juice from an orange. Dip as many lumps of sugar in the juice as there are biscuit. Plunge one lump in each biscuit, sprinkle with the rind and bake in a hot oven. Serve hot or cold. Halibut Baked in Milk—Take a two-pound slice of halibut, lay in deep baking dish or fireproof platter, season with salt, pepper and parsley, dredge with flour and dot with bits f butter. Add milk to the depth of one inch, lay over a sliced onion and a few minced celery tips. Bake gently for 50 minutes in a moderate oven. Sour Cream Doughnuts—Take a cupful each of sour cream and milk, add a teaspoonful each of salt, soda and ginger, mix well, add a half cupful of sugar, beat in three cupfuls of flour, then add two well-baked eggs and four enough to roll without sticking. Fry in deep hot fat. Make a sweet cream. Take a half pound of puffed rice, put through the food chopper, whip a pint of cream, combine mixtures; pour into a mold and set in ice for four hours. Cover the mold with waxed paper before placing the cover. Gaa From Sawdust. Engineers have taught that wood less than four to six inches diameter could not be distilled in gas-making because of its tendency to burn up rapidly when the temperature reaches 275 degrees Centigrade. It has now been shown that even sawdust can be distilled in gas making if the retort is heated very slowly up to 100 degrees Centigrade, and then stopping the external heating until the temperature reaches a maximum, heating again and finishing the distillation by rats. Athleticism in China. The following item from a Chinese journal would indicate an increasing fondness in China for athletics: "Under the supervision of the ministry of interior the temple of agriculture is being converted into a beautiful park. in the forest of evergreen trees an enclosure has been built to keep 140 deer from the summer palace in Jehol. There will be tennis courts, football grounds and lily ponds. Several pavilions have been erected at different points in the large compound inside Give us, or give us, the man who sings at his work. Be his occupation equal to any of those who sledge the same pursuit in silent solitude. He has the same time—he will do it better—when he perseveres longer—Thomas Carlyle. WHAT TO EAT. Prepare a slice of veal from the leg by cutting in serviced pieces and serviced-sized pieces and pound them to about a half inch in thickness. Roll in flour and sauté in hot fat salt pork until brown on both sides. When brown remove to a casserole, pour broth or hot water into the frying pan and boil until pound them to about a half inch in thickness. Roll in flour and saute in hot fat salt pork until brown on both sides. When brown remove to a casserole, pour broth or hot water into the frying pan and boil until the browned juices are removed, then add thin to the casserole. Salt and pepper be added, cover and let cook in a moderate oven for an hour. Serve from the casserole. Tomato puree may be added if desired. Pineapple Cream—third of a cupful of grated pineapple juice and pulp, to the soft-ball stage, then in a fine stream on an egg, beaten stiff. When cold fold in a cup of beaten cream. A tablespoonful of lemon juice may be added to intensify the flavor of the pineapple. Pear Salad.—A most dainty and appetizing salad is one of canned pears cut in half and placed on white leaves of lettuce, the cut side down. On top of the pear arrange a tablespoonful or two of skinned seeded white grapes, cut in half, and a spoonful of mayonnaise dressing. Stuffed Tomatoes. — Select. eight smooth, small-sized tomatoes; chill, remove the skin, cut out a portion around the stem and remove the cen- tured spoon. Have ready three-thirds of the fruitful amount of apple, one green pepper chopped fine, the pulp taken from the tomatoes, a tablespoonful of scraped onion, and a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of paprika. Mix all together and fill the tomatoes. Set them on crisp heart leaves of lettuce and dispose generous spoonfuls of mayonnaise above the filling in each tomato. Whatever narrows the environment of individuals, or limits their activi- tive progress.-Prof. Simon Patton. SEASONABLE DISHES. Good cooking will make almost any meat tender and bad cooking. I will make 'almost any bad cooking, will toughen the best of meats. Lean meats is made up of bundles of hollow corn husks or juices like the white of an egg. If meat lies in cold water the juices often the heat of meats. Learn meats to cook bundles of hollow fibers, filled with juices like the white of an egg. if meat lies in cold water the juices are dissolved, if cooked at too high a temperature the fibers are toughened and become hard. The object of cooking meat is to make it both palatable and more digestible into boiling water or a hot oven to sear it over, then the heat reduced to simmer it until tender, the meat will be juicy, tender and of good flavor Venison will soon be in season and when carefully cooked is a most tasty dish. Wipe the meat with a damp cloth. Place on a meat board and pound to make an even roast, use strips of fat pork on top, pound them in. Place in a deep dish and cover with this marinade to season and make the meat tender. One cupful of olive oil, two cups of vinegar, three sliced onions, two sliced carrots, two stalks of celery chopped, a few sprigs of parsley and two bay leaves, a little pepper and thyme. Turn the meat several times so that every portion is seasoned. When ready to roast, tie up in compact shape, removing all the shreds of vegetables that cling to the meat. Put a few thin slices of salt pork into the roasting pan and lay in the meat, well dredged with salt, pepper and flour. Set into a hot oven and baste every ten minutes for the first half hour. When the roast is nicely browned all over, reduce the heat and cook slowly, allowing ten minutes to the pound after it is browned. A ltt the currant jelly added to the basting gravy adds to the flavor. Serve rare, accompanied with spiced grape jelly. Creole Soup—Take a pint of stewed tomatoes, and one green pepper, sliced thin, a pint of well-seasoned stock, with seasoning of celery, pepper and salt to taste. Simmer for fifteen minutes, then bind with two tablespoonfuls each of flour and butter cooked together. Strain and serve piping hot. Nellie Maxwell ing the temperature as rapidly as possible to 400 degrees Centigrade, or a little over. They Did It. "A queer thing happened at Mrs Brown's dinner the other night." "What was it?" "After the corn on the cob was passed our hostess said: 'I hope you'll make yourself perfectly at home.'" "Well?" "I immediately twelve pairs of elbows were planted on the table." the temple grounds, some built accord to old Chinese fashions and others in accordance with modern forms. The museum in which ancient asertical instruments are kept will also be open to the visitors." A. Crying Need. "A lady can wear only a certain quantity of diamonds on her fingers and around her neck." "Yes; there's a fortune in it for the man who can perfect a way to imlay people with gems." TO MAKE WITH CHESTNUTS Variety of Good Things That Will Be Appreciated by Those Fond of the Edible. Chestnut are liked by almost everybody, although they are sometimes found indigestible. If they are boiled, they are easily digested. This is a good way to boil them: Cut each chestnut with a cross on the stem and, tie them in a piece of cheesecloth or put them in a cheesecloth bag. Boll them until tender in salted water. Then serve them with butter and salt, as they are, or prepare them more elaborately. Chestnut custard is a delicious dessert, and can be made either from roast or boiled chestnuts. Remove the shells and skins from the cooked chestnut—a pound and a half of them. Rub them through a sieve and mix with a cupful of butter, to a paste. Add the yolks of six eggs bathed in three-quarters of a cupful of cream, three-quarters of a cupful of cream, whipped stiff. Then fold in lightly the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff, and heat in a double boiler until it thickens. Do not boil. Chill thoroughly before serving. For chestnut salad, boil 20 chestnuts, as directed above, and drop into cold water to harden. Then peel and cut into pieces the size of the chestnut quarters. Serve with French dressing on crisp leaves of lettuce. Chestnut souffle calls for a pint of cooked chestnuts rubbed through a sieve. Thicken six tablespoonfuls of hot milk with four-level tablespoonfuls of flour rubbed with two of butter. Add the yolks of three eggs beaten, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and stir in lightly the stiff whites of four eggs. Bake 20 minutes. For chestnut pudding pail a pound and a half of chestnuts and work them to a paste. Cream half a cupful of butter with half a cupful of sugar and add the beaten yolks of six eggs stiff and fold them in lightly. Pour in a buttered mold and steam for an hour and serve with a sweet pudding sauce. Stewed Shoulder of Mutton Stewed Shoulder of Mutton. Choose a small shoulder of mutton, as lean as possible, have all the bones removed and broken up, and roll up the shoulder very tightly; put in a saucepan one or two sliced carrots; two medium-sized onions with water; one quarter of jelly made from the stock; a bunch of herbs and a rind of bacon; and put in the shoulder, cover down, and place the pan over a good fire, bring it to the boil, then draw the pan to one side and let the contents simmer very gently for three to four hours; when half cooked turn the shoulder, when cooked lift it out and keep it hot. Skim the gravy, strain it, put it back in the pan with the shoulder, and let them simmer for another ten minutes, or if there is too much liquid, let the simmering continue for a short time longer. The vegetables should be carefully, for, if they are, are passed through a sieve they make a good soup, with the addition of a little stock, so that nothing need be wasted. Green Peppers In Oil. Sweet green peppers, breadcrumbs, good olive oil. Cut the peppers down one side and remove the seeds, pith and stem. Fill them with stale bread crumbs, slightly salted and peppered if the green peppers are not hot. Tie up each pepper with a bit of clean water. Peel the pepper and place it in the oil when it is boiling hot, keeping the lid on the chafing dish all the while. Cheap Pudding. Here is a cheap pudding if any of the sisters would like it. Use one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder to one cupful of flour, pinch of salt and wet with milk to make stiff batter. Butter a dish and place layer of flour on top of the pudding this another layer of dough and jelly and so on. Steam. It doesn't take so very long to cook. Serve with liquid sauce quite sweet. Kentucky Scalloped Potatoes Since potatoes and lay in the water half an hour. Place a layer of potatoes in a well-buttered baking dish, sprinkle with pepper, salt and pieces of butter; repeat the process until there is sufficient quantity. Four over this cushion mixture half or half until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked. If onions are liked with the potatoes, alternate layers may be used. Dutch Stew. Use two pounds of stew beef, cut up raw into small pieces, one half can tomatoes, one can of peas, one onion cut up fine, one small carrot cut fine, four whole cloves, one-four cupful toapia, one-four cupful of bread crumbs, salt and pepper to taste. Put all in a bean pot or deep cassolec, cover with water and bake (covered) for four hours. A delicious and convenient dish when one is to be busy or away from home till meal time. Cranberry Punch. Seed one-fourth cupful raisins, cover with two cupsful boiling water and simmer one-half hour. Wash three cupful cranberries and add to drained liquor boil ten minutes one-half through sugar three tablespoonfuls lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Freeze to a mush.—Woman's Home Companion. Grade Conserve Seven pounds grapes, four pounds sugar, one pound walnut meat, two pounds raisins, five or six medium-sized apples. Pulp the grapes and boll with the apples until soft. Press through a sleeve and add to the chopped skins and walnut meat. Add the sugar and raisins (cut fine) and boll until it is thick enough. Rhubarb conserve may be made the same way. To Clean Sweeper. Remove the brush and after rubbing off all the hairs and lint, rub with gorcene. Let the brush stand in the air until all the odor has evaporated. The sweeper will do much better work after this treatment. A317 IOWA STATE BYSTANDER HOUSING STOCK IN THE WINTER Comfortable Quarters Make for Contented Animals and Substantial Profits. FIRST-CLASS PLAN OUTLINED Design Shown by the Illustrations Is One of the Best That the Ingenuity of Experts Has Produced-Ample Ventilation Provided For by the Builders. By WILLIAM A. BADFORD. It is divided into ten pens, five on each side of the house. There is a center feeding alley between the pens, and each pen has an opening into this feeding alley. The foundation and floor is made of soncrete by first digging a trench, for the outside walls, deep enough to go below frost. There are also four concrete piers on each side of the center alley. These piers are the foundations for the posts that support the roof; the same posts answer for divisions between the individual pens. The outside concrete wall reaches all the way round the building and extends up to the low eaves at the back. This is to make a solid concrete wall protection against the cold north winds. At the front and at the ends of the building the concrete reaches only about eighteen inches above grade. The entire hog house floor area is covered with concrete surfaced with cement mortar to make it water-tight. There is a slope to the alley floor and a depression through the center, INDIVIDUAL PENS TROUGH 5 FEEDING ALLEY TROUGH 5 INDIVIDUAL PENS 400' 3020' OUTSIDE PENS not deep enough to form a gutter but sufficient to collect the water after cleaning, and to lead it out through the back or farther door. The floors of the pens are sloped so they drain into the center alley and the manure is taken out this way by means of a manure carrier. The intention is to use some kind of stable absorbent to take care of the liquid manure and the slop water that collects around the troughs. The drain through the center alley is for removing wash water when the pens are washed out with the hose. Some dampness accumulates are around the troughs with the most careful management. The easiest outfit is in front. In practice this plan works the best because it keeps the dampness away from the floor. It is in plain sight of men are likely to be reminded of the necessity of keeping the house clean. This arrangement keeps the bedding dry with little labor. All concrete hog house floors should have raised wooden platforms for the nests. These platforms should be made of matched boarding nailed to 2x4's turned on edge. Each nest should have a rail of 2x4's to keep the bedding in place and this rail should be set in from the edge of the floor about three inches, to form a step for little pigs. The nests should be movable for easy cleaning. It is common practice to raise the nests above the floor at cleaning time by placing them on top of the division fences. They are then entirely out of the way of cleaning, so a thorough job may be done. Sometimes permanent clients are nailed to the walls to hold the nests when lifted. The bedding of course, should be renewed often enough to keep it clean and sanitary. It is better to run the bedding through the cutting box, especially for sows with small pigs; but it pays to cut the bedding for other hogs, because the short lengths of straw get scattered around the floor and absorb liquid manure much better than long straw. We are learning the value of liquid manure from numerous experiments at the various agricultural experiment stations, and we are often surprised at the splendid results. Winter hog houses for breeding stock are rooted somewhat differently from other farm buildings. It is desirable to have the sun shine into the nests at farrowing time. This perspective shows that the roof of this hog house is pitched to catch the rays of the sun at the proper angle during the fall and spring periods, seasons at about 42 degrees of latitude. The size of this winter hog house is 30 by 24 feet. The pens are nearly 6 by 9 feet, which is considered about right for a sow and her litter. Such pens also are large enough to hold four or five shoats for fattening in early winter. Four or five growing hogs will live together in a pen without injury to each other, but a larger number are likely to pile up to keep warm and the smaller ones are in danger of being smothered. Such losses rarely occur when the number is limited to five, especially when they are practically the same in size. There is no criticism against making small pens in a winter hog house. Ventilation is another necessity in a close-built hog house. This plan provides ten windows and seven doors, all or any of which may be opened to the fresh air in and the four out. While ventilation is important in a hog house, drafts is a bad thing. To preempt drafts the sill is imbedded on the top of the wall in fresh cement mortar; the mortar is trowelled against the sills both inside and outside. A draft coming through under the sill is just the right height to do the most damage. The wooden walls above the sills are made carefully by using building paper on the studding and the paper is covered with drop siding. On the inside the work is done in the same way, except that matched ceiling boards are used. Between the pons the partitions should be tight boarded with matched stuff to protect the young pigs when the house is not fully occupied. Some hog raisers make pen partitions of hog wires, which are all right if the house is kept full. There is considerable body heat from the house is well filled, which keeps the place comfortable even in cold weather, but there are times when such a hog house on the ordinary farm will be nearly empty. At such times the solid partitions between pons are warmer. Coal Improved by Sea Water Work which has of late years been accomplished in recovering cargoes of coal from sunken vessels has tended to show that the combustion of the product is improved by submergence in salt water. Coal subjected to the action of sea water for a number of years has been found to burn almost entirely away, leaving only a small amount of ash and no clinkers. Some time ago several cargoes of coal were recovered from old vessels which were apparently lost about a century ago. The combustion of this material was found to be excellent. Crates of coal, each holding approximately two tons, were submerged by the admiralty in 1903, and at different times since certain of them have been raised and experiments conducted. The tests all have been in favor of the salt-water treatment. Natural Inference "Day before, yesterday," related the landlord of the Petunia tavern, "a feller that had only been in town half a day walked into the middle of the street, right out in front here. gave sort of a shout, and dropped dead!" the train so late that he expected to be dead the next night?" asked a hypractical drummer whose sates had not been all that he had desired—Kansas City-Star. Rose In Revolt. Johnny, who was more proficient in the art of wheeling the baby buggy than in the selection of his pronouns, became titled of being 'called on so often to perform this duty. So when manma summoned him in the midst of an exciting game of tag in the park, he said, "What's the world comin' to? Ever since that baby got here it's been nuthin' but 'Johnny, whee she' all the time." Papa Probably Did. Paul had been naughty, whacking at the parlor chairsta and poking the cumbons with an ornamental sword, and as a crowning horror, in examining a meerscham pipe had dropped and broken it. In grim silence his father glared at the wreck and Paul stared back at him, transfixed, till at last he broke the tension himself. "Well, why—why don't you do something?" as demanded. New Business. Lighting the experts say, is a mod ern art; in fact, some avatars haven't yet measured it completely—Washinton Post. The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation CALLA LILIES The New Orchid of Guatemala. ORCHIDS CURIOUS PLANTS By E. VAN BENTHUYSEN. Orchids are curious plants, even the simplest orchids of the endogenous type, which belong to the same group as lilies, palms and grasses but differing in their show, highly-colored flowers of diverse shapes. Possibly there is no flower admired more and understood less. The known species of orchids number 100, which are included in 400 genera. The diligent search that has been made for those plants in every country in the world for cultivation purposes and on account of their great beauty is undoubtedly responsible for the great number of known varieties. Some of the orchids are terrestrial—that is, they grow with their roots in the ground—but the greater number are epiphytes—"air plants"—growing on trees and shrubs, but receiving no nourishment from them. It is a strange fact that orchids while supposed to grow in tropical climates only are grown—beautiful specimens of them—in the neighborhood of snow. Rational methods of cultivation have developed leading to the separation of orchids in three kinds of greenhouses, according to temperatures maintained in them—not houses, temperate houses and cold houses. There are some artificially produced hybrids, wonderful creations in shape, which differ greatly from both parents. In account of the difficulty their parents must manage manifold fabulous prices. Thousands of dollars have been paid for beautiful specimens. Once created, however, these hybrids may be propagated indefinitely by dividing the root-stock ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Section of a Rock Garden. HOME GROUNDS A PICTURE By CELESTE BENTON. Begin now to plan the arrangement of the home grounds for next season. Make all the planting subservient to the home picture as a whole. All the planting should be done with a view to enhancing and making it homelike. If trees, shrubbery and flower beds are placed in front of the house they detract from the picture. If your ground is so situated that you can have a pond ill bed, or a rock garden try it. It has been done successfully where the ground had water on it. Instead of draining the pond out, it was preserved into a thin beauty. The main part of the ground, planting should be lawn. Trees and large shrubbery should be set to the rear ```markdown ``` Pond Lily Bed. as it grows; this permanently enriches the collection of conservatories. A new orchid, the Marie-Odile, the npm orchid, is a dainty white blossom and is extremely rare. It is here pictured. PREPARATORY WORK FOR WIN- TER What about the winter window garden? Now is the time for much work that cannot be delayed. Many old plants should be now discarded and new ones started. Do not let the geraniums get leggy. Pinch into shape. Pinch out all buds from plants intended for the window garden. Clean, scour, sun and put in place the pots for winter. Have every vessel clean. Use charcoal in your drainage. Dead coals from wood ashes are as good as any. Repot all plants needing it, cutting back severely. Don't try to keep everything. Drops of water must net stand on the gloxinia, as water will rot it. For winter blooming get dormant tuberous-rooted begonia; give each tuber a pot by itself. The Zantibar balsam – Impatiens Sultani – is always in bloom, always beautiful, easily cared for. A fine window plant. NO LUCK ABOUT GARDENING There is no luck about gardening. Every success is the result of well- laid plans, and the failures, with rare variations are because of the lack of them. 1 and sides in masses, and flowering plants, such as the smaller annuals and perennials, should be set in borders at the outer edge of the tawn or along the base of the house. Some shrubs and vines may be placed in angles around the house or porch to simplify and soften the agricultural lines and make the dwelling harmonize with its natural surroundings. Above all do not place a flowerbed or a rosebush right in the center of the lawn to destroy its unity, or usefulness as a pleasure ground for walking or playing. Let the lawn be free, open, and sweeping in extent, a place where wholesome flooding light pours the whole day long, and where a million dewdrops glitter with iridescence under the morning sun. ```markdown ``` "ROCK ISLAND 111. ie t ts etill very Ub aidh> ame aP t argeda * Saw, enders'of the MeKinley Bep- ‘es consch peyettod Sendey after i es maeae Se Sees es ie ‘was given by the Besster club of the Baptist church on November pee war ;wuccess. Instead of , s ‘st the door, enct we ‘to bring » pound something, end $13 worth of stuf ‘was taken in et the door, This was oneal Sites free cata oon 8. Boosters ‘bought coal for church and pester. ‘Mrs, J. C, Bradley has been re- moved to the heepital, ‘The juvenile choir certsinly sang well Sunday morning at the services bt-the Beptist church Mrs, Burris leadership. is also forming a choir of high school students of Hock Island. This makes three choirs for the Baptist church, A delegation of citizens called on Mayor Mochonochle inst week to pro-| test against the showing of that photo’ play, “The Birth of a Nation.” The! mayor invited them to sit with him méxt week and view the film in pri- vate, Ho said thet he would not al- low any fim tbe shown that wotld stir up race prejudice or that refiect- ed on the race, A delegation of Ne- grocs from Davenport called on the mayor of that city recently. and lodged a protest with him against the play. Mayor Mueller invited them to come and view the picture with him and the aldermanic body. The Ne- grees failed to sppear, however, and bis honor naid that he would give of- ficial sanction to the play, as he could not see atything objectionable in it./ Thus » great opportunity to remove) the: prejudice breeding play was lost. Rev. Campbell has moved to 713 Vuirteenth street. All members and| friends are welcome to call on them. “The Christian Endeavor League is progressing nicely. ‘All people ere welcome to attend these meetings. SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Mrs, J. H. Garrison has returned from ten days’ visit at Council Bluffs. She reports of having had a very enjoyable time. Mrs, M. Askew returned a fort- night ago from Minneapolis, she hav. ing been called there by the illness of ber father. The A. M. E. church has just closed another successful quarter. Remodel- 4ing of the church property is still in progress, the latest improvement be- 4ng that the parsonage has been made “modern, “The second or third Sunday ‘of next month the church is to be deticated. Bishop B. F. Lee is ex- pected to be present at this event. ‘The feminine minstrel given under ‘the auspices of Mrs. A. Mayo at Holl- man’s hall was well attended and a splendid success, $45.25 being cleared. ‘The Kentucky oyster given at the ‘A. M. E. church last Thursday even- ing by Mrs, M, Knight was quite s success, $10.60 being realized. - The Ladies’ Aid society of the A. )M. E; church will hold a bazaar No- wember 23/24 and 26. Thanksgiving day dinner will be served from the ‘hours of 1 to 11 p.m. Mr, Walter 1 Hutcherson, repre sentative of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, was in the city several days of last week in the in- terest of the wchool. He delivered two able addresses Sunday afternoon and evening at the A. M, E. church. It is planned that the A. M. E and Mt, Zion Baptist churches will holds union Thanksgiving service at the A, M. E. church next Sunday aft- ‘exnoon at 3 o'clock. The A, M. E. choir has been reor- ganized under the direction of Mrs ‘M; Askew. They sang very sweetly dast Sunday. evening. The Ladies’ Ald society met last ‘Thursday afternoon with Mrs, C, Roberts. * Adjourned to meet next week with Mrs. Mary Knight ‘Beware ef Cheap Substitutes. In there Seana oon ‘eompetition it {a importan the public should eve that ae Chamberlain's Cough Reniedy. anid not take substitutes sold for the sake of extra profit, Cham- iberlain’s Cough Remedy has stood the test and been approved for more than forty years, Obtainable everywhere, . WATERIOO NEWS. ‘The trustees of St. Johns lodge, No, 35, A. F, & A. M., are about to ‘close's deal for the erection of a Ma- ‘aonic temple to be the future home of the lodge, ‘Rev. Herold H. E. Parr of the ‘First Congregational church was the pike? of-the hoor st the Y. M. 8. C. ‘The mabjest was the sure foundation, ‘Dreamland, which 1s being put on ‘atthe A, M, B, church by Rev, W. S, Malone, formerly of Minnesota, is peoereang in fine shape and we are forward with much pleasure Cee ears : ima the. gran ic ie Ti tate place; Many:0t the leading (bosineds men and bankers have. se feired bootie, 2 alow thee lines : others are coming in as fag an . ithe A.C. ‘B, League will hold me- ae eee ant at om ie: Malla, Beit is very 31 Be: Ne gS Peewee Ns peat oy Doketen ever i a Fate adores yore PO iamtecar E the Any aise tent “Thureday with ra. 3, Ws Mawes: the past mesting ‘eg he elite) Min: B, peed, 2151 La- arte sree <Memnbere and friends ioe tanited to we present. TM Ee Thanksgiving ser- ‘aes oh Get deatioch Baptist, church ah gm: Dinner will be, ae byl J Fit aad E will be given by the. Mr, and Mrs, John Madison enter- tained y ot dinner Mr. and Mee Simms aad Dorothy. ‘Mra. Frask Martin bas been on the sick list for eeme time. Her mazy friends ere prod to'see her around again. DAVENPORT, IOWA. ‘An anusual family reunion eccurred November 16th st the home of Mr. ‘and Mrs, Henry Bradford and Mrs. Clay Smith in that there were five ‘generations present. The oldest per- gon. present was Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, who celebrated her 100th birthday June 11, 1915. The young- ‘est was her great great grandson, Harold Culberson, aged 3 years, The nged lady was indeed happy to see her children, especially her eldest soa, Joseph H. Lewis, of Canton, Ill, whom she or any of the relatives had not seen for many years; also her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchild The day will Jong be remembered in that fam- ily. Mrs. Wm. Brooks went to Burling- ton last Saturday to attend the funer- al of Mrs. Cooper and remained over Sunday, a guest of the Brooks family. Mr. and Mrs, D. 8, Johnson enter- tained at dinner Wednesday, compli- mentary to their house guest, Miss Agnes Mason of Mt. Pleasant. ‘Mr. Eugene Green attended the! 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' ow ee ess oni alin ers Mie ree te erm rien rc CAR) (We canbe’ switche, pfs; transforma. , ea bela coronet bralde, end comings oo Seer eo a t } 9416 Bland ty Oman, Neb funeral of Mra. Cooper in Burlington last Saterday. Hiram lodge, Ne. 19, A. F. & A. M. held memorial services Tussday oven- ing in honor of Mr. Booker T. Wash. ington, in charge of Mr. John T, Hrad- ford, worshiptal master. Union Thankegiving services will be held at the Third Baptist church. Rev. T. W. Lewis will preach the sermn. ‘The Allen Christian Endesvor choiy ia getting on nicely under their new leader, Mr. Wm, Brooks. Mr. Oliver Richardson has . been quite sick, but is slowly improving. ORK ALOOSA. 10WA. Rev, Peterson preached two spit: did sermons Sunday. ‘The Never Fail club’ served lunch- eon Toesday night at the home of Mrs. Robt, Franklin, ,A neat sum was realized. ‘The A. M. E. Sunday school is growing both spiritually and numeri- ‘Mrs. L.A. Topp, who has-been s guest of Mra, Lillian Hudgins, left this morning for Chillicothe, Mo. Mr. Topp eee He has been em- ployed by the Cenland aBrber Co. Mrs. Emme Black of Washington ‘in visiting relatives. "Mr. Beuben Smith of New York, demonstrating shoe and stove polish, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of his friend, Mr. Bess, who has em- ployment with the Red Cross dentists. Miss Anna Clark is confined to her home by a severe cold. ‘Chamberlain's Tablets. ‘This is a medicine intended especial- ly for stomach trouble, biliousness and constipation. -It is meeting with much success and rapidly gaining in favor and popularity. Obtainable” every- where. ALBIA NEWS. Mr, Henry Jones has been in Hite man the past week assisting in put ting up a residence for his daughter, Mrs. Nora Grayson, Mrs. Sarah Jones of Des Moines is visiting her niece, Mrs. Allen, in Albia. Mrs. Joe Robinson of Hocking st tended morning services at the A. M E. church Sunday. . ‘Messrs, Ben Lewis and Brittiar Thomas entertained the ladies of the 8, B, Moore Mite Missionary society at the home of Mr, B, Thomas or Thursday afternoon. Business of the meeting transacted, after which Mrs ‘Thomas and Mrs, Lewis served a two course lunch about 4 o'clock. Abou! twelve ladies of the society were ir attendance.” Miss Viola Young wa: an out of town member at the meet ing. = ‘Mrs, Bert Allen and children anc Mrs, Jones visited Mrs. Will Randolpt in Hiteman.on Sunday. | “Steward board meeting at the hom« of Mrs, H, Jones on Friday afternoon Annual Thanksgiving dinner giver at the K, P. hall and Festeral publi instalation in the evening. All in vited to attend. . OMAHA. NER Rev. D. L. Thomas of Baltimore, Md,, lectured recently at Grove M. E. church, The-subject was “The Negro and His Money.” Rev. J. C. Sherrill, former mission- ary to Africa, will preach Sunday night at Grove M. E. church, que interest is being shown in th ‘Tom Thumb wedding to be given next Tuesday. “A musical will be given Thursday ‘night for the benefit of the Old Wom- en's Home, Miss Allie Freeman wil be the star performer. Mrs. Myrtle Martin will give a chicken rapper Wednesday evening at her home, 2427 Lake street. |The Florence P, Levitt club will meet Monday afternoon at 4:30 ‘o'clock with Mrs, Dudley, 2667 Dodge street. All members are requested to be present, Myrtle Martin, secretary. Miss Viola Hibbler is improving, atter a serious operation at St. Jo- seph’s hospital. Rev. and Mrs. M. B, Scott, have moved to the new residence on Twen- ty-seventh avenue. : Mrs. L, Bently Webster is at the ‘Lor dLister hospital: She has been slek quite a fow weeks. Look!, Listen! A chance to pay ‘back your obligation and @ chance to have a nice time. Mrs. Nora Gray, Se ee (me of the leading cateresses of the chy, will ssrve @ four-course bunch con lovember 1h ot the Bete a Mrs, 9; Raa, ‘2914 Erskine street, for the benefit of the ‘roofing \of Zion Baptist church, ‘wider the ‘auspices of the Ladies’ Progressive club, Lancheon, 36 cents, but anyone wishing ss many as five tickets or more may have them at 25 cents 2 pides. CENTERVILLE News. ‘The entertainment which was given Monday evening by the Faithfal Few ‘lub was very successful... - ‘The Mission Circle was entertained Thursday evening at the pastorium| by Sister Cooper and Sister, Oliver, A nice supper waa served. Everyone re- ported having a splendid time, ‘The Art clab gave a quaint social ot the home of Mr. and Mrs, Milton Peniniston on’ Satardsy evening, No-| yember 13. Evarone reported having ‘an enjoyable time. Quite s nomber of members of the Centerville Mission ‘Cirele attended the missionary rally at Mystic, lows, Sunday, November 14. SHERIFF'S SALE. State of Iowa, Polk county, ss. | No, 25884-52, Olin J, Sweet, Plaintitt, vs. ‘William B. Winder. and Mrs, A. L. Winder, Defendants. | Notice is hereby given that by vir- tue of a general execution, to me di- rected by the clerk of the district court of Polk courty, lowa, against the goods, chattels, lands, tenements, ete, of William B. Winder and Mrs. A. L. Winder, defendants, in favor of Olin J. Sweet, plaintiff, I will offer at Public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at the east front door of the court house, in the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, on the 21t day of December, 1915, between ‘the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and .4 ‘o'clock p. m., on said day, all.of said right, title and interest in and to the following described property, situat- ed in Polk county, Iowa, towit: Lots twenty-five. (25) and twenty-six (26), Bennett’s Second, (2nd) addition, now included in and forming apart of the city of Des Moines, Iowa. Sale to commence at the hour of 10 c'clock a, m. of said day, Witness my hand this 5th day of November, 1916, Sheriff's office, Des Moines, Iowa. Date of first publication, November 12, 1916. Published and printed by the By- stander. J. F, Grifin, ‘Sheriff of Polk County, Iowa. By J, H. Kelley, Deputy. A Nervous Woman Finds Relief From Suffering. ‘Women who:suffer from extreme nervousness, often endure much suffering before finding any relief. Mrs. Joseph Snyder, of Tiffin, O., had such an experience, regarding which ‘ahe7 sass: = pe “Six months I was bedfast with nervous prostra- tion, I had sink- {ng spetia, a cold clammy foding.— could ‘not and the slightest nolee, At times 1 would almost fy” to pleces; stomach very wreak. My" hus- Band inslated. om De eter tec ate: tn vecv0sa prostra- Poet ton. Thad sink- WN, ine welts, 2 cold, r WD camny teting — eo could not stand (Ry cme “uncer \y MEN ER noise. 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