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THE NATIONAL FORUM Library of Congress, City. VOL. I. NO. 20. VANITY FAIR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE SOLID SOUTH. The popular idea that the President can do everything and Congress anything, gets a bump when the question is asked. There have been numberless methods suggested for the purification of the ballot in the South, though most of the so-called remedies are more punitive than curative, and progressive politics do not include methods of punishment in their expression or activity. One will vaguely tell you that Congress can correct the evils, another will say that courts should give remedy and relief. None seem able to definitely form a plan of remedial action that is not anarchistic in nature and tendency, nor to appreciate the need for a more formal government. The United States sets up the general government, particularly in its relation to the States. "In these days there is a disposition to look too much to the Federal government for everything. I am liberal in the construction of the Constitution with reference to Federal power, but I am firmly convinced that the only safe course for us to pursue is to hold fast to the limitations of the Constitution and to guard as sacred the powers of the States." When the President spoke these words, he was not discussing politics in the South, he was talking Conservation in Wisconsin, but they fit the case so well that I give them here. Each State is absolute in all that concerns itself, and more than one State is sovereign and the government has only such powers as the State may delegate to it. However, the will of the people is the law, and all reforms must begin in the spirit of the citizens and finally be expressed in the laws of the State. In each national election in the past few years the most progressive States have been found solidly arrayed against those who hold to a suppression of the fundamental law of the land. These few States have been called Democratic. When these Democrats cease their evil practices and present to us some ideas containing means and efforts toward good government, then we may consider and endorse them and act with them. What shall we do to be saved? To show what interest our campaign of education is awakening we publish the following letter from a correspondent who writes under the good fighting name of Craig Williams: Mr. Willis, In last week's issue, your article, "The Colored Voter, and the Democratic Party," closes with this paragraph: "So I suggest that we work within the ranks and help 'turn the assaults out,' and replace them with good Republicans, who will march along in the Army of Progress. First of all, we must organize our forces." How can you work within the ranks and turn the ransels out when the ranks are commanded by ransels? To work within the ranks, you must obey orders, and orders are given by commanders, and the commanders, I say, are ransels, in that they have proven false in every pledge they have made for the last twenty years. The good Republicians have been silenced or crushed just because we have followed similar suggestions in the past. You say that "First of all, we must organize our forces." Do you call a horde of automators, forces? Of what effect would organizing automators have? Take the present situation for example. Mr. Taft is looked upon as the leader of one faction of the Republican party—our modern Cagliostro is attempting to usurp the lead of the other. Suppose our modern Cagliostro succeeds in being proclaimed the leader of the insurgents; what ranks would you advise us to work in? Mr. Taft favors disfrianchment, and says that he will not appointe us to the job; therefore our modern Cagliostro used his pen to publish to the world an infamous lie regarding the colored soldier in Cuba; he used his pen to disgrace nearly 200 colored soldiers, and show the workings of his ungrateful and cowardly heart he waited until after the election to promulge his infamous order. Shall we work in the ranks for either of these men? Every Republican National Convention, for the last 20 years, stands as a monument of perfidy to the colored voter. Yet, in the face of these monstrous wrongs, we are not do not serve in the ranks. We do not do serve in the ranks one party—Trishamdo not—Germans do not—Italians do not; no other people do ours. Do it to stop it, and that "growing element" you speaks of intends to stop it if there is an ounce of reason in the brain of the present and coming colored man. To be the slave of one party and the foe of another is important and fatal politics. It is as much our duty to defeat enemies in the Democratic party as it is in the Republican party and that we intend to do. CRUSADE. Here is food for thought. I will comm ment later. Would Vote for the Devil. In my first reading of the report of the National-Political League, held recently at Atlantic City, N. J., the statement: "As to myself, I would vote for the devil if I thought it would help my race." This report has been reprinted by a syndicate and published in a number of journals, and I feel compelled to call attention to this matter. We find this statement in what purportes to be the law of President A. Calvin Warren. Now, one learned in Divine Law, as Bishop Watters is, knows, and must have forgotten, that no good thing can come from the evil one, and while he may not have meant, literally speaking, what he said, the effects of such speech as this upon those who may look to him for guidance, may cause men not versed in the philosophy of politics and who take religion as a matter of faith alone, to err in judgment and to imply the Bishop's Christian party as the "devil." I agree with him, but must stop to think on the vote. Abraham Lincoln and Sydney Mudd The Independent Political League held a meeting Tuesday night at True Reformer' Hall, of this city. It is supposed JOHN H. WILLS. een civilized man and the ages don't read. that arrangements were made for a big mass meeting, October 6th next. The principal feature of the program was a hammer throwing contest with Colonel Roosevelt as the mark. It seems that the gentlemen were not sufficiently organized to have prepared a definite line of action, or to express an unity of idea. One said it was time to quit the Republican party, another replied that no Negro could afford to be a Democrat, while many more eloquent for progressiveness, insurgency and reform. He said that the Negro could not but by no combination of circumstances could the sleeping arrangements be such that Sydney Mudd could be placed beside Abraham Lincoln. Our gentleman said: "The time has come when the American Negro must forget Abraham Lincoln and Sydney Mudd." You may forget Abraham Lincoln, the emanator, but if you are Americans and believe in the things America is striving for you cannot forget Abraham Lincoln, the emanator, the rights, the statesman whose conception of equality in the body politic and before the law was the highest and trust this age has produced. In the minds of men who aspire to the betterment of their fellowmen and their country the name of Lincoln grows dearer each passing year. Negro News In White Papers. One of our most read comics has a cartoon in issue September 3, presenting a parody on "Lincoln Emanipating the Blacks" from the statue in Lincoln Park in this city. Opposite to this is a travesty upon the parody entitled, "Johnson Humiliating the Whites." Uncle Sam stands before this last presentation in open-mouthed amaze and in the distance are the capital and Washington monument. The title for this gem of a cartoon, "City Years Ago and Now," Judge pallidizes the title not tell, unless they thought that there was a real humiliation and a consequent elevation in that now near forgotten prize fight. The upper classmen, of Howard University, sent out a circular letter some time ago calling attention to this particular sort of journalism. Unfortunately, the gentlemen took a point of view calculated to antagonize the forces they sought to enlist and were not so accurate as they might have been in some statements, but their main contentions were that the news media have called attention several times to this class of journalism, with the only hope that our readers would see the necessity of discouraging it and supporting those who are working for justice. His Honor, the Barber. He is among us again, Mr. Dudley is, and he brought one aggregation of talent, chieftess, or chieffess, rather, is Madame Alda Overton Walker, who is brighter, more charming and in better voice than ever before. In a little talk with her a few days ago, she expressed great interest and pleasure in her part in this show and thinks it will certainly rank with the favorites of the season. Mme. Walker has several very good songs, such as "Golly, Ain't I Wicked," "Porto Rico," "They Call Me Shine." It gives me pleasure to state that our Ford Dabney is the composer of all three of these songs. The company has a fine collection of voices in chorus and their presentation of "No Use Working All the Time," is decidedly pleasing. This chorus by James Tim Brumm, or Jim Tim, we might say, who composed most of the choruses and incidental music for this production. Mr. Dudley deserves great credit for the effort he has spent in the details of construction to make this production—the pleasing play it is. Went Too Far. Yeast—"Do you think there is a penalty for lying?" Crimsonbeak—"Sure! I knew a fellow who dislocated his shoulder while stretching out his hands to show the size of the dish he claimed he had caught!" Summer Scheme. "Sim, you've got a lot of old junk around the store that you don't want." "Yep." "And there's a lot of wimmen at the hotel just bored to death for lack of excitement." "Well?" "Why don't you have a sale?" Educational Discipline. Most persons will find difficulties and hardships without seeking them; let them not repine, but take them as a part of that educational discipline necessary to fit the mind to arrive at its highest good.—Charles Bray. She—"The author speaks of the villain having 'shifty, suspicious eyes.' I wonder what kind they are?" He—"Cross-eyes, I guess. They are always watching each other." View of the Immigrant Irishman (to ward leader)—How long do I have to be after 'Hin' in this country before I can steal without gettin' into fail?—Life. For a Clean Cellar: When whitewashing a collar add a tablespoonful of carbolic acid to every pailful of the whitewash. This is the best purifier you can have. Unnecessary Effort Unnecessary Effort. One never has to put salt on the tall of trouble in order to catch it. Rats as Human Food. Rats are eaten by the natives of Northern Australia. Repetition Forbidden. Tomorrow never comes; neither does yesterday. Very Likely WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1910. IN SOCIETY'S REALM. (By Miss Mary Curtis.) Rev. Dr. C. H. Steptpeau, presiding elder of the Potomac District of the Baltimore Conference, preached at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church on Sunday morning and evening. On Monday evening he held Quarterly Conference at the above named church. Rev. W. S. Drummond, of the Philadelphia Conference, was a visitor at the Quarterly Conference Monday night. Miss Mollie Goins, of 1444 Q street, N. W., and Mrs. Anna Hopkins, of 121t street, N. W., returned to the city Monday, after a two-weeks' stay along the shores of the Potomac District. Miss Goins is somewhat indisposed at present, but we wish for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. K. Bertha Hurst, wife of the financial secretary, Rev. Dr. John Hurst, has returned to the city after a six-week's visit in Baltimore and Petersburg, Md. Mrs. Fannie Robinson, of 1910 8th street, N. W., returned to the city Wednesday, after spreading a month with her mother and other relatives in Richmond and vicinity. Chaplain Oscar J. W. Scott, former pastor of the Met. A. M. E. Church, this city, arrived from Columbus, Ohio, Monday morning at 11:05. Chaplain Scott is the picture of health. He was conveyed to the financial department in a taxicab. He is en route to the B. M. C., which will convene in Baltimore, Md., next week. Chaplain Scott got his leave in June for four months. After burrying his father in Ohio, he left for Washington and Baltimore. Chaplain Scott will preach at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M street, N. W., on Sunday morning, September 11th at 11 o'clock. He will deliver his famous lecture on the Philippines on Monday evening at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, September 12th. He has one hundred and fifty slides which were made in the Philippines. After attending the B. M. C., he will return to Columbus, Ohio, where Mrs. Scott and the children are and prepare to reach Spokane, Washington, on the first of October. Mr. T. E. Barton, of 1306 G street, N. E., will leave next week for the Appalachian Exposition, which convenes in Knoxville, Tenn. He has 2 patents which he wishes to exhibit—an improved window screen and a fuel box. Mary M. E. Griffin, of 1306 G street, N. E., has returned to the city, after spending several weeks in a summer school in New York city. The stewards of Mt. Zion Church, Leesburg, Va., held a fifty-eight joint rally Sunday, September 4th, for the purpose of raising $50.00 to defray the expenses of the delegates to the Epworth League District Convention, held September 7th, 1910. The assistance of that invincible old war horse in "The Master's Cause," L. C. Moore, was a guarantee of the success of the rally as more than the amount asked for was raised. Rev. Moore gave quite a unique entertainment. Poesm and hymns, written by himself, and papers on questions of the hour being read and sang by ladies, selected from the audience. Rev. Moore gave a series of presentations and services. His subject in the afternoon was the "Cucumber." He liked this palatable, but dangerous vegetable to life's follies. His remarks were plain pointed. The audience showed their appreciation by repeated applause. Rev. Murray, the energetic pastor, is to be congratulated on the success of his efforts. ANNOUNCEMENT Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Eunice Terrell, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Dorser, to Mr. Joseph Howard Holmes, of Manchester, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, September the 14th, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dorser. Miss Eunice Terrell Dorster is an only daughter, and a charming young lady and flatteringly popular among her set. Mr. Holmes enjoys a lucrative position in his home town and is well thought of. They will be at home to their friends after December the 1st, at 96 Webster street, Manchester, N. H. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Wanted: Experienced Cooks, Waitresses, Laundresses. Must be first-class. Wages $20 to $30 per month. Agency, 1325 G street, N. W. Prof. J. G. Logan, who is visiting friends in Culpeper, Va., was in town for a short stay this week. Prof. Logan returned Wednesday to Culpeper, where he will spend the rest of his vacation. Visit the Macao Theatre for clean, up-to-date performances. Mr. Geo. Richardson, who has had charge of this theatre since July 13th, has vastly improved the program, and now offers the public a nice, clean bill. Go and patronize him. His theatre is not in the trust, therefore he has an entire change of pictures every night. Mrs. A. L. Duffin, who has been visiting her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lucas, returned to Baltimore last Wednesday. Mrs. Duffin has been spending the last two weeks here. Messrs. C. H. and P. P. Stewart, of Ocala, Fla., stopped off en route to the B. M. C., at Baltimore. They report the conditions of the colored people in Florida as prosperous and improving. Mr. P. P. Stewart is in the postoffice department in that city. Mr. Arthur Lucas, who has been spending some time in Fredericksburg, Richmond and other Virginia points of interest, returned to us looking as brown as a Mr. Robert Coates, the inventor of the patient brake to prevent disasters from runaways, has been invited by Mr. H. M. Green, president of the Appalachian Exposition to send in his patient in order that it may be on exhibition at the Exposition. Brown and Washington, the sketch team at the Meco last week, made quite a hit. They do a nice, clean turn and can be appreciated in their work. They are Washington boys, and while they are far from being finished artists, they have a future before them if they will work hard. Mr. Jas, Davidson, the acting manager of the Minnehaha, is a cartoonist of no mean ability and some of his work will be before the Washington public shortly for the Forum. Mr. Howard Robinson, who last year graduated from Oberlin College with distinction, is among the visitors to our city. Mr. Robinson is dividing his stay between his brother, of the athletic and gridiron fame, at 406 U street, N. W., and his sister, of 1142 15th street, N. W. The latter is one of our most efficient lady clerks in the auditor's office at the Post-office building. Prof. J. J. Just has achieved the pleasant distinction of having been the first to call to the attention of the Bureau of Biological Research, at the Agricultural Department, the fact that the heads of butterfish are infested with tapeworms. This appears to have been a discovery or some importance. Indeed, is it testified by the fact that the heads of butterfish as scientific fact by that Department and the evil results likely to accrue therefrom have been given to the general public by that department of the government. We congratulate Prof. Just, but this is no more than we had expected of him, and, in fact, we would have been sally disappointed had not the professor achieved some such unique distinction. Rev. L. Washington, of 1921 131th street, N. W., member of the Senior Class of Theology, at Howard University is holding tent services at E. Deanwood every Sunday. He is meeting with gratifying success, both in point of attendance and money raised towards the building of a place of worship. He has succeeded in raising funds to fund the incidental fund. After paying the expenses incidental to the holding of the meetings he has $72.77 left in the building fund deposited in the National Savings and Trust Company, northeast corner of 15th street and New York avenue. The St. Luke Association, an incorporated body, formed St. Luke within the I. O of St. Luke, of Washington, by rare financial skill and industry has been successful in purchasing a home at the corner of 13th and U streets, N. W., No. 1924 13th street. This association is actively engaged in efforts to centralize and unify their organization which has about thirty-seven councils, and about three thousand members in this city. An earnest of the intent and ability of the association it is learned that they sold shares enough in their association to make a cash purchase of this elegant home. They will give a house warming and lawn fete, August 20th. The Maceo Theatre, at 11th and U streets, N. W., will present next week Mr. Coleman L. Minor, the eminent black face comedian, who will delight the audience in his own inimitable manner. There are a series of very interesting moving pictures given each night. Few Knew Great Author. Thackeray's literary work did not help him much when he sought to enter the house of commons. The Rev. Frederick Meyrick in his "Memories of Oxford" tells of a dinner given when he stood as a Liberal for that city: "I remarked to him that his must be a special experience, as he was known by fame to most of those whose votes he canvassed. 'Now,' he said, laying down his knife and fork and holding up a finger, 'there was only one man among all that I went to see who had heard my name before, and he was a circulating librarian. Such is umoral fame.'" That was in 1857, ten years after the publication of "Vanity Fair"--London Chronicle. The fear of the dark has lasted long after the reason for that fear has gone. Just as the dog's habit of turning round and round before he lies down to sleep has lasted since the time when his ancestors, the wild wolf-dogs, used to turn round and round in the deep drifted leaves of the forest to make warm, sheltered beds to sleep in. The habit has lasted long after the need for it is over, and on the smooth hearth the dog still burns round and round. Peculiar Church Ornament Lambeth "Old" church has numerous historic monuments, and in one of the windows is the full length figure of a peddler with his pack, staff and dog. This is supposed to represent the unknown person who presented "Peddler's Acre" to the parish upon condition that his portrait and that of his beloved canine companion should be preserved in the church and that his dog should be buried in consecrated ground.-Pall Mall Gazette. Fascination of Golf. "I've 'eard of Nero a-playing on 'is fiddle, sir, when 'is 'ome a-wurning," said the landlady, putting down the local paper, "but this 'eire game of golf must be the most fascinating obby in the world. I've been reading about the fire up at the golf ground last Friday, and it says, 'The fire brigades promptly responded to the call, and when darkness closed in, they were still playing upon the ruins of the clubhouse.'" -Golf Illustrated berry. WASHINGTON GIRL WINS HONOR. MISS ALICE POTTER MURRAY, CLASS OF 1910, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, APPOINTED TEACHER IN SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL, CABO, ILL. THE NEW YORKER MISS ALICE PORTER MURRAY Although the schools, colleges and universities are pouring forth a stream of graduates every year and the problem of what shall be done with this ever increasing yearly output grows more difficult, it is each day more evident that ability and merit will make places for themselves. The recent appointment of Miss Alice Porter Murray, one of our most intelligent, progressive and ambitious young ladies to the position of teacher in Summer High School, at Cairo, Ill., is a proper acknowledgment of her ability and special fitness for that position, for which she has spent a lifetime in preparing. Miss Murray is the youngest daughter of Hon. P. H. Murray, editor of the St. Louis Advance, and the niece of Mr. E. Murray, the caterer, of 1216 U street, N. W., Washington, D. C., with whom she resided during her attendance in school and college. She graduated with high honors from the Howard University, May 25th, 1910, and upon the strength of her thorough preparation in the Teachers' College, of that university and the excellent recommendations she received this most excellent appointment. Sumner High School was established by the State of Illinois in the city of Cairo for colored students. The curriculum is about the usual for standard high school work. Most, if not all, the other high schools, we believe, in the State are mixed, the salaries paid to teachers in the State are equal to the amount of money as in Washings, but the cost of living, we are told, is very much less, so that the purchasing value is considerably enhanced. The city of Cairo is a live, growing town, thriving and progressive, with a population of about 13,000, of whom about 6,500 are colored people. Miss Murray is generously gifted with the quality of mind and temperament which forms good teachers and leaders of others less blessed, added to these are special fitness and broad training, kindness of heart and a general disposition, which assures her success in the field of her choice. Besides these, Miss Murray has a special bent for the study of sociology and political economy, which together with a keen interest and aptitude for literature and journalism, would of themselves make her a strong force in the educational world. Cairo is to be congratulated, Washington loses one more bright mind and not one more hope. Miss Murray left Washington last Thursday, and from late advice we learn that she was very much pleased with her new city and the people, and that she looks forward to a pleasant and successful life in her new home. Literary Tastes. "It's a funny thing." mused an old subway guard, "to notice the difference between the tastes of men and women who read on the trains. For a whole week I kept a pretty close tab on the people in my car and this is what I discovered. Women stick to books—popular novels as a rule—while the men cling to newspapers. When I struck an average at the end of a week I found that there were seventeen newspaper readers among the men, to one woman. As book readers the women outclassed the men six to one. Among the men three out of four seem to give about all their attention to the sporting pages."—New York Sun. Powerful British Windmill. Powerful British Windmill What is claimed as the largest and most powerful windmill in Great Britain has just been completed at Willem-Jen, where its capacity is being tried under varying conditions. It is intended for a farm near Bristol, its use there being to generate electricity, supply power to run crushing machinery and work the pumps. From the trials made it is said this new wind machine is capable or generating sufficient electricity for 300 lights, to crush oats and grind maize, work an electric lift, cook the food and heat a room at a cost of $140 a unit. Clever Evasion of Law A saloon keeper in East New York has a novel way of evading the Sunday excise law and giving his neighbors and friends a wet Sunday if they care to have one. On an iron gate leading into the yard in the rear of his place he has put a lock. He has had 250 keys made to give out to those he knows. Nobody gets in that can't open the lock. A man sits close to the gate and closes it after each one comes in. Where The Forum Can Be Bought Advertise in this Paper. It Pays. PICK UP LUNCHEON SHOWING USE THAT MAY BE MADE OF LEFT-OVERS. Canned Salmon Salad an Always Acceptable Plain Diet—Many Methode That May Be Employed to Utilize Tongue. Canned Sa...mon Salad.—From canned salmon or a boiled left-over of the fresh fish a delicious salad is available for a warm day's luncheon. Flake a pound of it into small pieces with a silver fork. Mix carefully into this a tablespoonful each of capers, olives and gherkin pickles chopped fine. Arrange the mixture on white lettuce leaves, garnish with these yolks of hard-boiled eggs and cover with mayonnaise. Decorate with little touches of aspic jelly if this is at hand. This is a foreign recipe "chocolely good." On a day when a rather substantial course is wanted to accompany the roast try the following original recipe of peppers with pasta: One quart of tomatoes, three peppers sliced fine. $ \mathrm{L}^{+} $ them slimmer together two hours. Boll tender in salted water a package of spaghetti and brown well three good-sized onions in a little rendered beef suet. When the spaghetti is tender drain it, add tomatoes and onions. Let boll two minutes. Serve with grated cheese. Tongue as a Leit-Over.—To many housewives cold boiled tongue does not present itself as a left-over susceptible of metamorphosis. If no longer sightly for slicing it must be discarded. Yet to the initiated a cold boiled and which would not be appetizing sliced is most piquant when creamed. Cut the meat into small bits, remove all skin and gristle and heat up in a cream sauce. Serve on rounds of toast or fried bread or in individual dishes with bread and butter sandwiches. In suburban places where fresh bon-bons are not always obtainable on short notice a good recipe for a homemade sweet is often treasure trove to the house mother. Peppermint is an excellent digestive in addition to its tastiness and in some form is universally liked. Peppermint drops with fruit are something of a novelty and are not difficult to accomplish in the home kitchen. In a quarter cup of lukewarm water soak one ounce of gum tangerine until it becomes tender. Wring dry a straining cloth and knead with the hand, adding five drops oil of pepper paint. Continue to work it until white and elastic. Work in little by little. Cups of confectioners' sugar and one-half cupful each of dates, raisins and canned peels (orange and lemon equal quantity), mixed and chopped one. Roll it on a marble slab, pastry board or strip of canvas, using the sugar in lieu of flour. Roll to the thickness of hah dollar, stamp out and place on waxed paper in a warm room until dry. For the Housewife A suspected sample of ground coffee may be tested in this way: Place a teaspoon of the coffee in a wineglass containing water. If a part floats and a part sinks it is adulterated. If soot falls upon the carpet or rug do not attempt to sweep until it has been covered thickly with dry salt. It can then be swept up properly, and not a stain or smear will be left. When boiling milk put two tablespoonfuls of water in the pan first, and let it boil. Milk boiled in this way will never burn the bottom of the saucepan. If salt is sprinkled over the range before frying is commenced there will be no disagreeable odor if the fat spatters on Baking Powder Biscuit. Sift two cupfuls flour into a basin add half a teaspoonful of salt and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder; then sift it again; then rub one tablepoonful of butter and one tablespoonful of lard finely into it with the tips of the fingers. Add gradually enough sweet milk to make a soft dough Knead a little on a floured board; do not handle much; roll out half an inch in thickness, cut into rounds with small cutter. Lay on a greased baking tin, and bake till ready in a hot oven, usually about 20 minutes. $1.00 a Year HERE THE IDEA. LUNCHEON Diet of Italian Laborers Has Gives a Valuable Idea to One Housekeeper. "Watch the luncheons of Italian laborers if you want pointers on ideal hot weather meals," said a domestic science teacher whose windows overlook a street where many Italians have recently been employed. "Every day at noon I settle myself at a window and watch each man as he opens his lunch package. "Nine out of ten of these luncheons are made up of some fresh green thing like lettuce or radishes or perhaps tomatoes, with brown bread and cheese. What could be better than this viewed from a scientific standpoint? The brown bread and cheese give nourishment and the fresh, green vegetables provide the refreshment. "the tomato it bites into as you would eat an apple or a pear. In the other hand the luncher holds his slice of brown bread spread with cheese, but alternates bits from each hand. The melon he cuts in crescent shaped pieces with his pocket knife and gnaws the pulp of each piece close down to the rind. Of course, it isn't cold, but what does he care? "The lettuce is not separated into leaves and eaten little by little, not at all. The young Italian workman bites into the head of lettuce just as he did into the raw tomato and munches the leaves slowly, as he takes occasional mouthfuls of the brown bread in his other hand. "Once in a great while the care of some mother, sister or wife is evidenced by a little bowl or cup of cold macaroni or spaghetti, but this is a great exception. The rule is 'fruit, fresh green vegetables and brown bread and cheese.'" Small papier-mache tubs are the best "dishpans," if you have fine china to be kept without a chip. If a turkey or chicken is rubbed inside and out with lemon it will make the meat white, juicy and tender. A strip of emery cloth tacked to a small square board will be found useful for quickly sharpening the carving knife. Be sure to iron garments with the straight of the goods and thus prevent stretching of the bias seams. All woodwork and furniture to be treated to a coat of white enamel should be windappared, fast, that a streaked effect may be prevented. If you have splashed ink on a manogay desk try this: Dilute half a tee_poonful of oil of vitriol with a tablespoonful or more of water and apply with a feather or soft brush. Then wipe the spot with a damp cloth after the stain has been taken out. Patches to Which Boys Won't Object. To mend the knees of little boys' trousers so they will look as well and wear as well as when new, rip the seams as far up as worn, cut away the worn part, take a piece of cloth like the garment, sew straight across the front, carefully matching goods; press the scam well, then shape by the piece cut off, sew up the seams and hem across the front. If the pressing is well done one could not tell they had been mended. Chicken' Gailoch. Cut into dice two medium-sized raw potatoes. Put into a frying pan two tablespoonfuls olive oil, and when hot add the potato dice. Stir to keep from burning and cook five minutes. Then add a dash of paprika, a cupful of boiling water, a crushed clove of garlic, a cup of cold chicken chopped fine, or a can of boned chicken, and salt to taste. Cover and cook until the potatoes are done, stirring frequently. Peas With Eggs. Peas are delicious when served as a filling for an omelet, but they are also palatable when they are combined with scrambled eggs. To cook them in this way, reheat the peas, seasoning to taste, and adding a tablespoonful of minced parsley in addition to the butter, pepper, and salt. When thoroughly hot pour all the liquor from the peas, and over the latter pour two well beaten eggs, stirring continual, until they are properly scrambled. Serve on toast as quickly as possible. 5cl Single Copy One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....50 1022 You Street, N. W., Room 1. RALPH W. WHITE Editor and Proprietor. JOHN H. WILLS Business Manager. Entitled as second class matter, May 27, 1910, at the cost-office at Washington, D. C., under Act of March 8, 1879. Address all communications, checks and money orders to The National Forum, 6 9 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. The National Forum, of Washington, D.C., owned and edited by R. W. White, an Ohio boy, is to be highly commended for the interest and good service he rendered through its columns during the Grand Session of Elks in that city. Editor White also gave a beautiful watch charm with a diamond setting to the most popular Elk, and Dr. R. L. Peyton was the happy-horny one. —The Zanesville Advocate. Many thanks, friend Tom. We think of you often and kindly, too. We remember the many kindnesses you did us while in school. We can say all you have said about the Forum, for the Advocate, and then add some. Thanks for your kind expressions toward the Forum. We are here to stay. THE JOHNSON BELT Dr. Parkhurst in the New York Journal, says among other things, in reference to the proposed $25,000 diamond studded belt for Jack Johnson: "This project will be considered with decision by a considerable part of the lighter colored population." * * * * * "It is certainly not to be called a wise expenditure of money." It has been suggested that Booker T. Washington could suggest a number of ways that it could be invested to a better advantage by the colored race." Not knowing just what the Dr. means by the adjective lighter in this connection we are not prepared to discuss that part of it intelligently. He may mean from the viewpoint of pigment or he may mean from the viewpoint of brain. It's ambiguous to say the least. With reference to the other injunction it is proper to say that Jack Johnson has done good in his capacity, while Mr. Washington has done good in his. Johnson stands absolutely at the head of his class and it must be remembered that all prizefighters or professional boxers are not boodlums. In the face of most severe opposition and almost impossible conditions he has proved that the Negro is capable of reaching the same physical attainments of a white man which justifies the assertion that he can do the solemnly. If the Negro wants to give Jack a belt let them do it. Nothing would have been said contrary to a belt for Jeffries had he won, nor would the motion pictures have been suppressed. The last week in the general field of politics has stirred up the thinking. New England has done the almost unexpected in agreeing to send us back a goodly number of insurgents to keep the pot a boiling. Out West the good Col. is keeping things humming, yet to tell the truth, he has kept the middle of the road and kept it well. Just when the insurgents were ready to come out and adopt him he said, Nay! Nay; and when the regulars thought they had him he was just gone and so keeps up the merry war of conflict of opinion as to where he stands. There is no denying the fact, that there is going to be a fight of some proportions this fall and the sooner we realize that the better off we are going to be as Republicans. The real fight is not between the Democrats and the Republicans, but it is a family affair, and those are the most bitter of feuds. We will be compelled to fight for every inch of ground we get. This is not on the account of the strength of the enemy, but on the account of our own weakness, brought about by contention and strife. Well, we have to have a general house cleaning sometimes and perhaps this is as good a time as any. But it is to be hoped that we can clean the house, if clean it we must without destroying and damaging the effects therein. An Australian physician commends rayning as a care for all pulmonary troubles. Philanthropic bearers will please avoid being too interesting. The navy department is inclined to make a thorough test of the value of oil as fuel for warships. Several million gallons of petroleum will be purchased for use on vessels which carry liquid fuel. This indicates the most extensive experiment yet undertaken, and if all requirements are met it is quite possible that before long oil will supersede coal entirely. The aeronautic balance keeps about even. One aeroplantist killed and one new aeroplane invented every day seems to be the way it stands. Action taken last year condemning the use of benzote of soda as a food preservative was rescinded by the American Institute of Homeopathy in session at Pasadena, Cal. A resolution was adopted declaring that subsequent investigations made it advisable to recode from the position, although the association does not approve the use of benzote of soda in food. Sweethearts Are Bought. In the Kangahua district of Ruska a retail hose to buy his sweetheart from her father. A pretty girl of good family stock about $109. By AUSTIN PETERS, Boston operation of the dog as a menace, one disease above all others is very dangerous, and that is raynischief are trivial and insignificant disease peculiar to the dog is the principal disseminator, and by his saliva into wounds in any fresh cut on the face or his saliva may be introduced by wounds when cases of rabies are no to the health of the community ten years a surplus population and then some dog or dog is almost epizootic. Under the public health to a much greater realize. medical breaks of rabies has the past five years, but present is about over, as very few cases of the cattle burden during the year. There was not an authentic schuets from September, 1904. During the winter of 1905 occurred in various localities 1905 the outbreak was well height in 1907, since which declined until the disease has age N a consideration of the dog as a menace to the public health there is one disease above all others to be looked upon as particularly dangerous, and that is rabies. Other possible sources of mischief are trivial and insignificant in comparison with this disease peculiar to the dog and dog family, of which he is the principal disseminator. The virus of rabies is conveyed by his saliva into wounds inflicted by his bite, or even into any fresh cut on the face or hands of a person into which the saliva may be introduced by licking. At times when cases of rabies are rare among dogs there At times when cases of rabies are rare among dogs there is very little danger to the health of the community from hydrophobia, but every twelve or fifteen years a surplus population of extra susceptible canines accumulates, and then some dog or dogs with rabies start an outbreak which becomes almost epizootic. Under these conditions the dog becomes a menace to the public health to a much greater degree than the misinformed generally realize. One of these periodical outbreaks of rabies has been taking place in Massachusetts during the past five years, but present indications are that it is about over, as very few cases have been reported to the cattle bureau during the past months. There was not an authentic case of rabies in Massachusetts from September, 1903, until November, 1904. During the winter of 1904 and 1905 a few cases occurred in various localities, and by the spring of 1905 the outbreak was well under way, attaining its height in 1907, since which time it has gradually declined until the disease has again nearly disappeared. in the new place because they have it centuries of observance and heartily weared. ever, they do not tip nearly so say, sixpence, or 12 cents, a this country has unquestiona most of employees utterly indiffer able to give fat gratuities. small tips in most cities is from the recipient. nt of big tips develops a lust ed with the size of his donat more. system is, it might be worse; the British nuisance of giving Englishmen rushed to the new place because they had become sore over a custom that had behind it centuries of observance and of which a big part of the public had heartily weared. In England, however, they do not tip nearly so lavishly as Americans do, the average being, say, sixpence, or 12 cents, against 25 cents here. The big tip of this country has unquestionably had a corrupting influence. It has made a host of employees utterly indifferent to the comfort of the man who is not able to give fat gratuities. The bestower of small tips in most cities is treated with contempt and gets no thanks from the recipient. Again the recipient of big tips develops a lust and greed that knows no bounds. He is never satisfied with the size of his donation and always thinks it should have been more. Bad as the whole system is, it might be worse; and, thank heaven, we have not yet adopted the British nuisance of giving tips to policemen and clerks in stores. red-headed. Is this certain to one of these "has beens" want it recently begged my pardon for it like telling her that if she bachelors might not have pass ear up under the affliction. an was that she was red-headed. Is this certain type of people particularly homely, or do some of these "has been" want to pick at us? A "maiden lady" recently begged my pardon for mentioning red hair in my presence. I felt like telling her that if she had shown up a little brighter the desirable bachelors might not have passed her by. the dog owners are not paying running loose, and there is no doing that they cannot see the until some one is bitten. and dog owners wish to run f to the country. A great many of the dog owners are not paying taxes either, if the truth were known. Many dogs are running loose, and there is not a muzzle on one of them. What are the police doing that they cannot see this evil and correct it? Nothing is done until some one is bitten. If these chicken and dog owners wish to run farms, they should go where they belong—into the country. N a consideration there is one dis particularly dars sources of misch with this disea which he is the is conveyed by he even into any fr which the saliva At times w is very little danger to the but every twelve or fifteen y canines accumulates, and t outbreak which becomes alm becomes a menace to the praisinformed generally reali One of these periodical Massachusetts during the pa SIR JOHN HENRY BURTON Not Ripe for "No-Tip" Hotel By A. C. DWIGHT San Francisco Englishmen rushed to the a custom that had behind it part of the public had heard In England, however, to do, the average being, say, The big tip of this c influence. It has made a host of e the man who is not able to The bestower of small and gets no thanks from the Again the recipient of no bounds. He is never satisfied wi it should have been more. Bad as the whole system have not yet adopted the Brclerks in stores. Origin of Ridicule for Red Headed People By CAROLINE EPHRAIMS Baltimore an was that she was red-hea larly homely, or do some of it A "maiden lady" recent in my presence. I felt like brighter the desirable bachel We will try and bear up Women Make Many Grimaces While Talking By W. R. NIETSPE Chicago Roosters and Dogs Nuisance in Cities By WM. H. BIED Cincinnati A great many of the d truth were known. Many dogs are running them. What are the police doing Nothing is done until so If these chicken and do where they belong—into the Disease of Dog Menace to Great Degree of the dog as a menace to the public health lease above all others to be looked upon as serious, and that is rabies. Other possible of are trivial and insignificant in comparison to peculiar to the dog and dog family, of principal disseminator. The virus of rabies is saliva into wounds inflicted by his bite, or ash cut on the face or hands of a person into may be introduced by licking. In cases of rabies are rare among dogs there health of the community from hydrophobia, ears a surplus population of extra susceptible some dog or dogs with rabies start an ast epizootic. Under these conditions the dog health to a much greater degree than the outbreaks of rabies has been taking place in five years, but present indications are that not over, as very few cases have been reported the bureau during the past months. He was not an authentic case of rabies in Mass. from September, 1903, until November, during the winter of 1904 and 1905 a few inured in various localities, and by the spring the outbreak was well under way, attaining in 1907, since which time it has gradually until the disease has again nearly disappeared. I don't believe that the "no-tip" hotel which has been opened in London and which has met with extraordinary success in the British metropolis will be speedily duplicated in this country. The venture in London was started during my presence there, and I can bear witness to the enormous crowd that sought to be entertained in a house where the acceptance of a tip by an employee will mean his discharge. Still, as I said, the same project will not be attempted over here, unless the tipping evil (and it is an evil) assumes worse proportions than at present. new place because they had become sore over centuries of observance and of which a bigly weared. They do not tip nearly so lavishly as Americans ixipence, or 12 cents, against 25 cents here. Country has unquestionably had a corrupting employees utterly indifferent to the comfort of give fat gratuities. Tips in most cities is treated with contempt recipient. Big tips develops a lust and greed that knows in the size of his donation and always thinks is, it might be worse; and, thank heaven, we wish nuisance of giving tips to policemen and It has always been a mystery to me where the ridicule and "kidding" of the red-haired person originated. Why are they so sensitive about it? What started the thing, anyway? If you are red-headed you can go into the backwoods where people live who have never seen a railroad train, and don't know a "hobble skirt" from a bag of potatoes, but if you don't keep quiet they will inform you that you have red hair. I saw some criticism in one of our magazines of some prominent people, and all the flaws they could find in one poor wom woulded. Is this certain type of people particu- se "has beens" want to pick at us? b begged my pardon for mentioning red hair selling her that if she had shown up a little ers might not have passed her by. under the affliction. Why do so many American women twist their features when talking? The writer, who hails from another continent originally, but who has been a resident of Chicago for a number of years past, has observed that in the majority of instances women here express their feelings almost as much by facial expression as by actual speech. It does not seem to matter who or what they may be—rich, poor, invalids, athletes, modest violets or jolly girls, home grown or imported—they all seem to get the habit. Is it the climate or what? The neighborhood in which I live would be a very quiet and desirable one were it not for the fact that about 75 per cent. of the people have chicken coops planted on the rear of their lots and about the same percentage own dogs. Those who are too poor to own one dog manage to own two. With the yelping of the dogs in the fore part of the night and the roosters letting loose with their clarion notes at dawn, one can imagine what a poor chance a light sleeper has to get the necessary rest to equip him for the following day's work. g owners are not paying taxes either, if the loose, and there is not a muzzle on one of that they cannot see this evil and correct it? one one is bitten. g owners wish to run farms, they should go country. PULPITS AND PEWS METROPOLITAN A. M. E. CHURCH. Pastor, Rev. I. N. Ross, 1444 Q street N. W.; Editor, E. G. Evans, 1015 Q street, N. W. Sunday-school at 9:30 A.M. M; Church Services at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.; League Meeting at 6 P. M.; Prayer Meeting, 8 P. M. Wednesdays; General Class, 8 P. M. Thursdays. Preeaching at 11 A. M. Sunday—Dr. O. J. Scott may hold the fort—come earl to secure a convenient seat. Several of our Sunday-school teachers have returned from their vacations, but many are still away; many of the young men and women have returned and were at their classes Sunday last. Of our teachers, Miss Mabel Hall, has just returned from Pittsburgh, Pa.; Miss Max Maywell, from New York, Miami, and Miss Ella Brown, from a visit to her sister; in New York; Miss Chaney and Emma Patterson left this week on a ten days' trip to New York city. The Sunday-school is swelling in numbers. Three young men joined the New Movement Bible Class of young men last Sabbath. The first assistant superintendent was at his post Sunday, and will be so henceforth until the superintendent is able to return to the work. The pastor and presiding elder addressed the school Sunday, which was "reclaiming day." The proceeds from the illustrated lecture on St. Paul, delivered by Dr. Watson and Miss M. H. Ross, helped to raise the required amount needed to beautify one of the primary rooms, which has been painted in several beautiful colors and supplied with suitable furniture and apparatus to meet the on-coming rush. Promptly at 11 o'clock A. M., the peaks from the big pipe organ and the sounds of the young sweet voices from upstairs told us below that church service had begun; our junior choir is certainly renaming sufficient service this summer. The senior choir will have to do some hustling to lead these young men and women this fall and winter. Too much praise cannot be given Mr. E. S. Fortune, leader, and Miss P. Woodson, superintendent, of the choir for their uniring and vigilant work with these young people. There is a movement on foot to enlarge the seating capacity of the choir to commemorate 50 voices—then the big notes of the violin will chase those of the smaller; the trombone, those of the flute, and the mighty pipe will peal forth and repeal its thundering tones upon the hysteric audience until they will run to each others arms exclaiming, "Opolic strikes the lyrus." Presiding Elder Stepean preached a powerful sermon at 11 o'clock. His discourse was the earnest, penitent pleadings of the blind man to receive his sight; his telling applications were that those who know that they are spiritual blind but because of their connection with the church, receive themselves and continue in gross darkness; and that those who are blind and don't know it nor take time to investigate self, so eager to note the mistakes of the better element of the world, have a greater accountability to the church by the wayside. Sunday being Communion day nearly 300 knelt at the altar, How Walk of South Carolina, as assisted by the communion. The evening service was very impressive. A full house was out. Among those who joined the church during the day was a sister from Big Mt. Zion, of Jacksonville, Fla. At 3 P. M. Drs. Stepean and Ross went out to preach to the people of Brown Memorial and Alen Chapel, respectively "Labor Day" scampered out of sight and gave way to "joyful day" Monday, as far as our church is concerned, for our own Rev. Dr. O. J. Scott was due to "come out of the West." A large delegation met him at Union Station, headed by our metal hearted pastor, Dr. Ross and in carriages, taxicabs and automobiles, struck a bee line for the church and in demolished speech. Then after shaking hands, putting each on backs, they moved upon the financial department. Dr. Scott will lecture on "The Mysteries of the Philippines" next week. Presiding Elder Steptheau held his second quarterly conference at the church Monday night. A large membership was out to hear what the different boards had been doing. Rev. Dr. Scott came in and was given a great chataqua salute; he made a few happy remarks. Dr. Revmons, of York, Pa., was introduced. The meeting was a great success. Dr. Steptheau must feel proud of this one of the many in his circuit. There were about 18 reports from boards and other organizations and all showed advancements over that last quarter—those of the trustee, steward and Sunday-school boards lead both financially and numerically. The trustees have reduced their salaries to $20,089.42 last quarter from $20,089.42 to $818,707.23, notwithstanding the summer season, our pastor is some hustler. The Sunday-school report was the fullest and best presented in some time. There was nothing for the "kickers" to kick about; of course, the king kicker happened to be away. The presiding elder was loud in his praise of the excellent work done. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey have just returned from an extended trip to the Blue Mountains, and to Asbury Park N. J.; Prof. J. Henry Lewis has returned from a fifteen-days' trip to Atlantic City, N. J., and New York City. Editor White of the Forum, has app pointed Mr. J. L. Mundell, sale agent of the Forum, at our church. It is hope that our members will encourage Mr. Mundell by buying copies. The members of the church are canvassed requested to hand in short articles relevant to social and other please ant functions over a week. They may hand them to us or to Miss Mammia Ross or Mrs. A. E. Waddleton not later, than Monday morning of the week desired for publication. Anything over five lines will be published on a sliding sacrel of ten cents per line. Anomalies. The best description of the Rhine was written by a man who had never seen it. And the fellow who burles aus haey fever never had it. We Have Heard It Said. Nothing else ever looks as foolish is the smile of a woman when you have caused to care for her.—Chicago Record-Herald. To Our Friends. Welcome shall they be; and all the honors that can fly through us shall on them settle—Oliver Shepard. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. J. Milton Waldron, Pastor, 1334 V Street, N. W.; W. H. Scott, Church Editor, 1503 Pierce Place, N. W. Last Sunday night, though very warm, our church was filled with an interested and attentive congregation that came to hear a special sermon to the working people of the city, a special invitation to this service having been sent by the officers of the church during the preceding week to a large number of white and evolved labor unions in the District, and a hundred individuals. The Doctor took as his test Matt 13:55 "Is not this the Carpenter's Son?" Luke 16:7, "The laborer is worthy of his hire, and Luke 22:27, "I am among you as one who serveveth; and announced as his subject, "Jesus Christ and the working man." Among other things he said: "Jesus Christ has a message, all classes of men." He teaches humanity how to live and love, as well as how to die, and was Himself a working man—a carpenter—and the son of a carpenter, and in all probability to a labor union, or guild, in Nazareth, his native town. For this reason Jesus Christ ought to be received by working men and labor unions as a friend and not as an enemy. At the time of Christ's birth the poor were hated and the labor classes was second and treated as slaves, and the conflict between labor and capital was most intense and bitter. Until recently the labor unions in this country and in Europe have regarded the need to have a special mission to their hands, and labor organizations are turning to the churches and the ministry as never before; and this service is held in response to the request of the American Federation of Labor, and with the desire to have the working man feel that Jesus Christ is his friend and only Savior. Those at the head of labor unions in this country are showing their churchies for since the advent of Christ and that the reformism reforms have ever been successful which ignored Him or his followers, and Christianity is or has reckoned with the disposition that Jesus Christ emancipated the working man. "The laborer is worthy of his hire." The dawn of the Christian era found the masses everywhere practically in slavery, receiving for their work whatever their employers felt, disposed to them. He enjoined upon the working man the duty of faithful service and taught the capitalists the virtue of justice. We would also remind the members of the labor unions of America that they cannot expect fair treatment at the hands of the capitalists when they are not willing to treat their fellow-workers with justice. "For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall be reaer." In most places in the North, East and West when a colored man applies for a job he is told that he cannot get it because he does not belong to a labor union, and makes applications for membership in the labor unions. People are not received as members. This is not only an injustice to the black workingman, but it is suicidal to the labor union themselves. We have no hope for the coming of better conditions in the world of labor and business until the teachings of Jesus Christ are universally observed, and obeyed by workingmen and capitalists alike." Notes. We were greatly pleased to note the return of several of our members who have been away for the summer, and some on their vacation trips. Among them were: Mrs. Pocahontas Donoho, Mrs. Josephine Carroll and daughter, Mrs. Mary J. Tignor and Mrs. Syphax, our organist. Our pastor, Dr. Walden, began his vacation last Monday, a portion of which will be spent at New Orleans attending the National Baptist Convention. We hope that he will, after a month's rest, be greatly benefited and well prepared for his winter's work. Each Sabbath sees a new addition to our Adult Bible Class, several of whom are ladies. They are welcome, and we would like to see some others. At the communion last Sunday evening the following members were added to the church: Brothers Wesley Preston, Benjamin H. Hodges and Edward McGuinn, Sisters Jennie McGuinn, Louisa Diggs and Belle Bryant. Our choir under the leadership of Dr. Rattley, has begun regular rehearsals for the winter. We are proud of the work being done by our newly licensed ministers, Brothers Jas, E. Kent and R. O. Cates. Brother Kent has not only actively assisted the choir here in the city but has been requested to speak at Manassas on several occasions and in other pulsers near the city. Brother Coates has been in charge of a mission at Tennallytown. Several of the residents out there are members of Sibiloh, and it is their intention at some time in the future to have a regular house of worship. Sister Lucy Roy, who has been so ill, continues to improve. Sister Jennie Jones is still at Midlands, Va. We learn that her health is somewhat improved. Should Be Discreet. A man who is good because he has never had a chance to be bad may be worthy of respect, but he should not attempt to make capital' of his virtue. A Bad Advertisement. Druggist (to his stout wife)—Don't come in just this minute. I am about to sell six bottles of my fat-reducing mixture.—Ideas. An Ounce of Prescription In spite of printed directions on cups, it has never been perfectly safe to put a sealed tin in hot water to heat. It is best to empty the content out into a cupcake otherwise an explosion is possible. ISRAEL METROPOLITAN C. M. E. CHURCH. Corner First and B Streets, S. W.; Rev. R. Kent Harris, Pastor, 41 D Street, S. E.; Miss A. Woods, Church Editress, 1106 O Street, N. W. CHURCH SERVICES Sunday-school, 9.30 to 10.55 A.M. Mr. John Boston, Superintendent; Miss B. Clifford, Asst. Superintendent. Preaching 11 A.M. Night Services, 7.45 P.M. There have been few occasions in the history of Israel C. M. E. Church comparison with the devotional exercises, when the church did grishmed and representative one—listened with attention to the sermon, taken from the first Psalm, preached by our beloved pastor. Rev. R. K. Harris, whose quickness of intellect exemplified itself clearly in the way he applied each verse of the first Psalm to the latter day waywardness of those professing faith in the teachings of the humble Nazarene Christianity in all of its bearerhood to such a brilliant illumination as to remind us of the evidence that he needed self-examination. His explanation of the latter part of verse one of the first Psalm—"nor standeth in the seat of sinner, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful"—was very clear and forceful. Time, the priceless legacy of the Christian, he reminded us, idly spent in resorts of mere amusement such as the saloon, dance hall, and theatre, was the immediate cause of so much ungriness and misery in the world. And the time of the church's opportunities lost thus in reveries, he compared to the tree whose leaf was withered and the chaff which the wind driveth away. The fact is, his remarks were directed with such fatherly tenderness and his words were so laden with sweet admonition, that they brought from many a heart the frank "Amen," and from many an eye a tear of sympathy or remorse. His sermon was delivered with a freedom and disinterestedness that won all his hearers. Rev. R. H. Harris left the city Wednesday for the conference held at Front Royal, Va. RUINS ITS PATHOS LITTLE INDIAN BOY PLAYS HAVOC WITH "HIAWATHA." At Critical Point of Glen Island Play Genesee Breaks in With "Has Anxbody Here Seen Genesee is a seven-year-old Indian boy who lives in a wigwam on the shore of the sound at Glen Island, where a tribe of Ojibway Indians is reproducing "Hiwatha," the Indian love play, for city children, who have been hearing Indian music on the recreation plers this summer. Genesee never heard of Arthur Farwell's rendition of Indian music, though he has learned from his father some of the two and three-tone native songs of the Ojibways, and he knows, of course, the chants of the Indians as they dance and perform Longfellow's great poem. The other day Genesee, who was born up on the Cattaraugus reservation and is the grandson of the Indian who holds the medal for being the finest physical type of Iroquois left alive after the inroads of civilization, wanted to introduce a flying machine into the most critical part of the performance. He has been looking at the papers and has seen pictures of Curtiss sailing through the air. With a cracker box the boy had made a fair flying machine model and wanted Breedtess Hard, his father, to have a big one made so that the soul of Minnehaha, after she had been "buried" in the branches of the trees in the forest deep and darks, underneath the moaning hemlocks," could get back to earth. Old Nokomis, his grandmother, who takes the poem play very seriously, refused to listen and his father cuffed him for the unholy suggestion. This made Genesee feel bad. "It's too old fashioned," he secretly told the ancient arrow maker's daughter while he was dressing for the part of the boyhood of Hlawatha. "But wait!" The next day he went over to the beach dressed in a little shirt and leggings, to swim with the other bathers, and there he heard a song that had more than three tones. It was full of notes, and they rippled up and down the scale to the ravishment of his little ears. There was one line that pleased him very much. It began. "Has any humanity here Kelly?" He got away by himself and sang it over and over. The next morning there was a rehearsal in full dress. The play had reached the point where Hiwatha pardies away across the lake to the tent of the ancient arrow maker and, killing a deer, throws it down at the feet of Minnehaha and her father. Across the lake the voices of the Indians rose and fell in harmony. The voice of the hidden reader came: "At the doorway of his wigwam sat the ancient arrow maker; at his side, all in her beauty, sat the lovely Minnehaha." Just then in the tense silence out on the float at the lower end of the lake appeared a tiny Indian boy, his feather head dress trembling with excitement at the example of modern progress he intended to give, and stretching up his arms skyward to the abode of the Great Spirit, he sang in a boyish soprano that could be heard all over the island: "Has anybody here seen Kelly, Kelly with the green necktie?" That was as far as he got, for Kwasind, the young man, dodged out of the doorway and here him away. Relative Risks "You know the fate of the pitcher that goes to the well too often." "Going to the well never hurt any pitcher yet. It's going to the corner saloon that send him back to the bish leagues." PLYMOUTH NOTES. Dr. A. C. Garner, Pastor, 943 T Street, N. W.; Miss Gussie Harrod, Editress, 1142 15th Street, N. W. CHURCH SERVICES. Sunday-school, 9.30 to 10.50 A. M., H. A. Adams, Superintendent: J. S. Neal, Assistant Superintendent, Preaching, 11 A. M. Vesper Services, 6.30 P. M. As last Sunday was the first Sunday in September, the opening of the new church year, Dr. Garner preached a very instructive and inspiring sermon, endeavoring to impress upon the people the importance of entering upon this year's work with stronger faith and determination to do more for Christ and the church than ever before. The Junior Choir was present and furnished very good music, in keeping with the theme of the day. We have been delighted with the service rendered by the Junior Choir this summer under the direction of our organist, Mr. Gee. They will serve on September. Miss Julia Williams, who has been spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Philis Scott, has also returned to her duty, and takes charge of her school in Pennsylvania this week. Miss Sylvia Garner, who has been on our sick list for a couple of weeks, is much improved. Mrs. Landolia Childs Brent, one of our very faithful members, who has been recently residing in Rockville, Md. is reported on the sick list this week. Miss Delores Page is enjoying a few weeks at Piney Point, Md. Some Speed. Mayor George W. Tiedman of Savannah, condemning a municipal bill that he deemed too hastily drafted, said to a reporter: "Why, they drafted this bill the way the old-time Georgia editor used to perform his wedding ceremonies. "The old-time editor of Georgia was usually mayor as well. He was also justice of the peace, conveyancer and real estate agent, deacon of the church, leading lawyer and head of the building and loan. "As one of these editors was writing a two-column editorial on the tariff. Georgia couple came in to be married. The editor, without once looking up, without slacking the steady movement of his pen, said: "Time's money. Want her? "Yes," said the youth. "Want him?" the editor continued, nodding toward the girl. "Man and wife," pronounced the editor, his pen travelling smoothly and rapidly. "One dollar. Bring a load of wood for it—one-third pine, balance oak." European Writings in China. Pell street reports that among the Chinese the most popular translations of European and American books are "Camille," "Treasure Island," "Robinson Crusoe," "Sketch Book," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "Ivanhoe," "Dawn," "The Talisman," "Manon Lessau," "Arabian Nights," "Sherlock Holmes" and several of Dickens'—New York Press. Had Been Married Before A minister was reading the marriage service that was to unite a negro couple, when he came to the question will you "Love, honor and obey," the dusky groom interrupted him: "Speak dem wods again, pa'son; speak dem wods once mo' soa de lady gin get de full scelency of de meaning ob de wods. I 'been married be'to." A Cold Shoulder "Talk about your raw deals!" angrily bleated the shivering sheep, immediately after being sheared. "Everybody knows that the woolen industry is protected by the tariff, yet the ungrateful pirates don't leave me, the original wool manufacturer, enough protection to ward off a cold in the head." Reclaimed by Irrigation Two million acres in New South Wales have been reclaimed by irrigation. ATTENTION! For a few days we will make to your order a Two-Piece SUIT FOR ONLY $16.50 from woolens that regularly sell at $20 and $22.50. Choice of 75 patterns. S. Goldheim & Sons 403-405 Seventh St. M. Bashon Crusor Contractor and Builder Architectural Plans Prepared. Materials selected or furnished. All building details superintended with skill and promptness. Office: 51st and G St., N. E. Address R. 3, Box No. 44 EAST DEANWOOD D. C. Choosing a Stepmother Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Press "I think we've found her, my boy." "Found what?" Bob Hunter asked. "The girl designed by Providence to become your wife." The younger man drew the cars into the boat, shifted his feet into a more comfortable position and took put his pipe. "Don't speak a word for three minutes—ill I light up," he said, "and then I'll tell you what I think of you." The other, sitting at the stern and trolling with the air of one who has no expectation, wound the boat end of the fishing tackle about his right leg and raised an umbrella. The promise of sport was too remote to counteract the immediate effect of the sun's ardor. The boat went on drifting down the feeble current and the young man, with his pipe now in active service, did not resume his cars at once. He made sure that his pipeful of weed was properly alight and then proceeded to fulfill his threat. "Dan Hunter," he began, removing his pipe from his mouth and pausing to convince himself that it was not about to trick him, "If you were not my father—the very giddiest parent a man of my years and discretion ever bad—I should be tempted to call you an old humbug." The older man smiled amlably and shifted the umbrella to the other shoulder. "Perhaps I am," he said. "Anyhow, Bob, I defer to your judgment." "Perfectly right that you should," Bob went on severely. "I was wrong, though, in calling you old. You are the youngest person I ever saw for your age-forty-two last April. That is because you paint pictures for a living. With my twenty-one years and self-supporting position in the automobile business, I am your senior by a dozen years. I don't mind that, I don't mind that you are the howl- 北 "It's My Opinion That You're in Love With Hope Terriss Yourself." ing beauty of the family. I don't mind that everybody looks at you twice before seeing me at all. I don't mind that strangers decline to believe that I am your son until they have to. "All this because I undertook to interpret the design of Providence," said the father, with a sigh which was almost the real thing. "Your attempts to interpret the designs of Providence are most dismal failures, Dan," his son declared, punctuating his speech with various unsuccessful dives into his pockets in search of a match. "You haven't any more idea of the real condition of things than—than this infernal pipe." "I don't seem to follow you, my boy," said the father. "It's my opinion that you're in love with Hope Terriss yourself." One sharp glance made it clear to Bob that the mention of Hope Terriss was not responsible for his usually placid father's outburst. Whatever it was, the excitement had passed off with the exclamation. With the utmost deliberation the fisherman lowered the umbrella and laid it carefully in the bottom of the boat. "I wonder—something's pulling on my leg like mad." It was Bob's turn to show excitement, and he did. "Pull him in, Dan! Don't let him get away!" he fairly shouted, rising to his feet at the risk of overturning the boat. "Sit down quietly and let me manage him," counseled his father, reeling in his line as calmly as if a 80-pound fish might not have attached itself to the spoon hook at the other end. It was only a pickefel, but its five pounds or less of electrically animated matter put up a gallant fight, and to have killed it was glory enough for one day for an artist who did not profess even to be an amateur. That was what Hope Terriss said when she met them at the landing and walked with them to the comp, holding one end of the forked birch stick on which the men had strung the afternoon's catch. She repeated Ban Put on Love Toots. Bluefield, Va.—The board of affairs c this city has issued orders that all locomotive engines of the Norfolk & Western railway must cease blowing ove signals to their wives and sweet-hearts while they are passing through the city. The residents have been kicking recently on account of this practice, as the love toots from the passing whistles prevent them from sleeping at night. The railroad engineers are said to be rebellious regarding the it as they sat on the boathouse veranda after dinner. "And I've been fishing every day for a week and haven't caught a thing," she added so pathetically that, all unseen in the dark, Bob kicked his father's foot to call his attention to it. "Don't you get an oites?" asked the artist ingenuously. "I hardly know. Sometimes I have fancied that I was getting a queer little nibble, don't you know, but nothing comes of it." "Remember the advice of the immortal Sir Isak—"Persevere and keep on persevering," counseled Bob wickedly. "Perhaps I will follow Sir Izaak's advice," she said, rising. "In the meantime I am going to play a lot of Schumann for your father according to my promise of this morning, He's the only person in the camp whose musical taste soars above ragtime." "I don't mind Schumann at all when—when I'm in good health," Bob protested. For an entire week the subject which had been brought to such a sudden interruption by the pickerel was not resumed. Hope Terriss was the life of the camp, and even old Mrs. Vechton, who had ceased long ago to speak in unqualified praise of anybody or anything on the footstool, was greatly taken with her, and admitted it openly. "That girl is of the right sort," she declared. "She's got more manner and more common sense than all the rest of us combined. She's the real thing. Don't you agree with me, Mr. Hunter?" And Bob—who chanced to be the Mr. Hunter addressed, his father and Hope having gone for a stroll into the village—had the effrontery to reply, languidly: "Miss Terriss—oh, yes, quite so—a trifle youngish, don't you think Excellent society for father." "Young jackanapes!" the old woman muttered as Bob disappeared around the end of the veranda. "He's completely gone on the girl. Pity he hasn't some of his father's good looks and attractive manner." That night as they lingered on the boat house veranda after the others had retired the artist and his son were discussing the latter's business prospects. "To hear you talk, Dan," the young man laughed between vigorous draws of his pipe, which was not behaving its best, "one who did not know you might think that you were contemplating something serious." "For instance, Bob?" "Well, providing me with a brand new stepmother." "Better stop that business, Bob," counseled his father seriously. "Suggest plays strange tricks now and then." "Then I wish suggestion would get busy. Only let me choose her and everything will be well." On the morning of the day appointed for the breaking up of the camp Bob and Miss Terriss were in earnest conversation in a secluded corner of the veranda. "It's come to a climax," croaked Mrs. Vechton to herself and to any one else who happened to be within hearing. "Do you recognize this hand?" Hope asked serenely, holding an envelope before Bob's eyes. "I ought to,' he returned promptly. "Dad must have helped himself to my stationery." "It contains a proposition to become your stepmother," she continued, without looking at him and entirely without embarrassment. "Noble old Dan!" he cried rapturously. "He's the salt of the earth." "What would you advise me to do?" "Accent unconditionally." "I shall impose one condition," she said with a flush that made her charming. "You are to leave off calling him Dan. It isn't respectful." As an earnest of his intention to comply with her terms he kissed her. "What did I tell you?" demanded Mrs. Vecton, who accepted what she saw as a confirmation of her wisdom in such matters. Burn Adulterated Stuff. Many hundreds of dollars' worth of adulterated or misbranded drugs and alleged foods were recently burned in Washington by the officials of the department of agriculture. The drugs had been purchased in the open market by agents of the department of agriculture and turned over to the bureau of chemistry to ascertain whether in their ingredients or in the statements on the labels they violated the pure food laws. Reports were made out in each case, and the manufacturers taken to task by officials of the department. After the contents of the bottles or boxes were no longer needed for experimentation or evidence against the manufacturers, they were condemned and burned. Hieroglyphics "What are these?" asked the patient, nervously, as the physician handed him some slips of paper. "Merely a few prescriptions." "Oh! I thought somebody had been digging up my stenographer's old note-books." Chess by Wireless Colombo—A game of chess by wireless telegraph was played recently by two men, one of whom was aboard the Morea and the other aboard the Dutch mail steamship Rembrandt. The men saw each other for the first time when entering port here. At the start the two vessels were 156 miles apart; at the finish about sixty. The players were Doctor Carment, aboard the Morea, and Mr. Miesters, aboard the Dutch steamship. After an even game the former won on the sixty-ninth move. Chief Dinzulu CAPE TOWN—Great Britain has the reputation of treating her political prisoners with leniency, and the case of Dinzulu, just released from prison, is no exception the rule. He was imprisoned at Pretoria in 1907 for complicity in the Zulu risings of that and the previous year, and has fared well during his term of confinement. Now he has been given a farm near Nylstroom in the Transvaal and $2,500 a year. Chief Dinzulu has 27 wives and 11 children, all of whom will live with him on his farm. STRANDED IN PARIS Know Any Boob Catchers? Mishap Often Occurs to Americans in Big French City. Many Tourists Fail to Engage Return Passage and Are Unwilling Prisoners—Steamship Companies Unable to Carry Them. Paris—it will come as a surprise to many Americans to hear that every year a few of their compatriots are actually prisoners in Paris and London. There are two classes of prisoners, the willing and the unwilling; neither is to be envied, even though confined in a city of pleasure. There is no doubt that the number of Americans touring in Europe is greater this year than ever before. It is impossible to obtain the exact figures, but one can realize the magnitude of the invasion when it is known that up to date more than Simple Device Invented by Pennsylvania Man Great Convenience in Bank. Harrisburg, Pa.—At the age of 83 years, Daniel Drawbaugh, the prolific Cumberland county inventor, to whom many people give the credit for being the originator of the modern telephone, is organizing a company and planning to erect a big factory for the manufacture of a coin separator which his brain has recently evolved. The separator consists of a series of brass plates, one above another, perforated with holes sufficiently large to allow a coin of a certain size to slip through, and no larger. Mr. Drawbaugh's model works to perfection. He dumps in a shovelful or so of dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and cents, gives the crank a turn and the dollars drop into a tube; another turn and out come the halves, etc. Pressure of a button in the tube separates the coins into piles of five, ten, twenty, etc. for easy rolling into packages. Mr. Drawbaugh says two sizes of the separator will be marketed, one retailing at $65 and the other at $75. The price, he claims, will bring the machine within the reach of every financial institution or counting room which needs one, while previous separators have been so complicated or so expensive as to be either practically useless or beyond the reach of the average individual or firm. Male Specimen Must Be Well Dressed and Plausible in Talk—Fits Chorus Girl. New York—There is a new slang term in town and it is eloquent and pregnant with meaning. It isn't very respectful, but it means a whole lot when applied to any of the frequenters of upper Broadway, where it originated. "The idea," declared an indignant chorus girl as her dearest clum passed her by without even a nod. "Do you know what that girl called me yesterday when I suggested that we call up Harry and get him to take us to dinner? She said I was a pretty boob catcher." That's it; boob catcher. If you happen to be a chorus girl and get some one to take you to dinner then you're a female boob catcher. The male boob catcher is the friend who is waiting in front of the bar for you to buy him a drink. He is the chap who always coughs when you Help "Queen Mary's Bill." 75,000 Americans have attended the passion play at Oberammergau. Furthermore, one must take into consideration the thousands of Americans who couldn't see the passion play if they wanted to. Every returning steamship now is crowded to the gunwales, and, consequently, the number of stranded Americans is larger than ever. Of those who become prisoners, the unwilling are the tourists who have failed to engage return passage on the steamships. Owing to the general exodus of tourists in the autumn the steamship companies are unable to accommodate these people who have trusted to lick to get tickets at the last moment. Then the money that was set aside for their passages goes to pay for their "prison fare" and for "begging" cables to friends at home. Occasionally one of these unwilling prisoners degenerates into a willing prisoner. Hopelessly stranded, the London Milliners Now Oppose Use of Plumage in Hats—Probably Will Become Law. London.—The next session of parliament is likely to be enlightened by an interesting debate on the plumage bill in reduced before the close of the last session by a private member for the purpose of prohibiting the sale or exchange of plumage birds, which are sacrifice in enormous numbers on the altar of tashion. The rumor that Queen Mary herself inspired the bill is sufficient to promise an active and successful campaign since the great millinery establishments which had formerly opposed such measures are not likely to offer any opposition. Indeed, the interviews obtained by the London press from representatives of the millinery trade have brought forth some curious statements which are diametrically opposed to those uttered in the same quarters a year ago. Then the trade cited the Parisian milliners and the demands of their own customers. The former, they said, set the fashion, while the latter were slaves to it. Now they sing a different tune. Said one fashionable milliner of the West end: "We think it wicked and shameful that so many beautiful birds should be killed and the countries they inhabit deprived of them. Very little oblige are about to dine and tries to work you for a dinner. If he is able to get your auto for a little outing with some of his friends he is a boob catcher. The male boob catcher must be well dressed and plausible in his talk. His success requires the same qualities which are most appreciated by the film-flammers who once worked the Brooklyn bridge for victims. There are a lot of male boob catchers in the vicinity of Long Acre square and they are always on the lookout for new victims. The term, however, is used more generally in connection with chorus girls. In fact, it is supposed to have originated with the chorus. In theatrical slang the girls refer to a stage door Johnnie or any "masher" as a boo. "Boob" is supposed to be an abbreviation of "booby," which requires no further translation since every one knows the use of the word in connection with euchre, in which the poorest 1900 Gray zephyr spotted with blue would look pretty carried out in our design. The skirt has a panel front, which is continued in a deep band at the foot, and has the upper part gathered; it is also gathered at the waist. A panel to match is taken down back and front, the sleeves being cut in with the sides. Lawn caudine cuffs and collar add a dainty finish. Hat of blue straw, trimmed with gray net and roses. Material required: Seven and one-half yards zephyr 30 inches wide. There can be no doubt that the really short skirt has thoroughly established itself this spring. Of course, for walking and all outdoor games it is a delightful and most sensible fashion, but there is some question as to its beauty and suitability where the dress afternoon frock or evening toilet is concerned. For the quite young woman who is still in her teens, or has recently quitted them, the short frock looks girlish and pretty, and is, moreover, very practical and comfortable. But with the older woman it is quite a different matter. She looks simply ridiculous in these fashionable curtailed skirts, and, far from giving her a girlish appearance, they add years to her apparent age. a clever way to ask the men to select partners is to ask each girl to bring the earliest picture of herself obtainable. The pictures are numbered, the hostess having a list of each name opposite the number so when the time comes for making reve- latter make desperate attempts to earn a livelihood in Paris, a city that offers employment only to the most Parisian of foreigners. On the boulevards you frequently are accosted by an obvious American, who either sells questionable picture cards, offers to show you what you shouldn't see, or asks you for money that you probably haven't got. In fact, the begging American is now an institution in Paris. He halls from the same town that you do; he knows of your father; perhaps he once worked on the staff of the leading daily. There is only one dodge to get rid of this "broke" compatriot—give him the address of some one you know or don't know, who, you tell him, "will be interested in his case." The name you give should be, of course, that of an artist who is starving and who has a sense of humor, and there are plenty of them. Though the willing prisoners are on the increase, it is a fact that this year comparatively few Americans have been stranded in Paris through failing to engage their return passage. The actual number is a record. Nowadays not only do many Americans pay their European hotel bills railroad fares and steamship tickets before leaving New York, but their expenses are figured so closely that they arrive back in New York with just about uptown carfare in their pockets. To those who figure too closely the pawnshops of Paris are a boon. A watch often pays for an emphatic cable. FARMER HAS NEW VEGETABLE Tennesseean Says He Has at Last Raised Peppermate—Peculiar Combination. Humboldt, Tenn.—Henry P. Cole, a prosperous farmer of this vicinity, promises to rival the great Burbank in marvelous feats of plant raising. His latest innovation is a combination tomato and pepper plant, which will enable the lover of the delicious fruit to abandon the antiquated method of using pepper, it being only necessary to slice the new product and it is ready for use. The tomato patch from which the freak tomato was taken is in close proximity to a field of peppers, and it is supposed by the plant raisers of this section that the pollen of the two was mixed during the blooming season. The physical construction of the "peppermato," as it has been locally dubbed, is peculiarly interesting. As if taking into consideration the tastes of every one, nature so arranged the fruit that the pepper part may be separated from the tomato, and those who fear the ill effects of pepper upon human vitality may raise the fruit for market purposes and at the same time remove the pod from the few which they may personally consume. The "peppermato" resembles the powerful Siamese twins, being a perfect specimen of tomato species, to which it is grafted a full pod of pepper. It is thought that the new plant involves principles which will be of interest to scientists. New Bug Blood Poisoner. Pottsville, Pa.—Frank Ebach may lose his right hand as the result of being stung by a new bug of greenish color, much resembling a mosquito, which is now as much of a pest in Schuykill county as the seventeen-year locusts. There are scores of victims in this vicinity and blood poisoning has been caused in several instances. tion is urged by our customers against using the plumage of birds killed for food, but these customers are discouraging the slaughter of humming birds and birds of paradise by steadily refusing to purchase hats in whose decorative schemes they appear. "You would be surprised," remarked another milliner, "to know how the sentiment against the indiscriminate slaughter of beautiful birds has developed among our fashionable patrons. There are many, of course, who will have feathers at any cost, and if the bill prohibits the importation of birds of gay plumage these ladies, instead of patronizing London millinery establishments, will go over to Paris for their headgear." These two extracts from interviews in quarters least expected show that "Queen Mary's bill," as it is coming to be called, will probably become a law without much opposition. Curso of Skip Diphtheria London.—A series of remarkable curses of diphtheria of the skin have been effected by diphtheria and toxin at St. John's hospital. Skin diphtheria, which is impetiguous eczema caused by diphtheria bacillus, was until the present treatment was perfected, one of the most intractable skin diseases under antitoxin treatment. player gets the booby prize. In chorus girl vernacular any one who can be imposed upon is a boob, and there you are. Arkansas Man Finds Dae Corning, Ark—James Grassham, a blacksmith at this place, while fishing in Lake Corning, opened a mussel to get bait and found a 15-grain pearl, which is beautiful, and he is holding it until the pearl buyers come again. This is one of the few pearls found in the lake, and is said by judges to be worth $200. This find will doubtless start the pearl fishers at work on the lake. Stove Hatches Pigeons Mount Vernon, Ill.-George Reid, a pigeon raiser, disposed of a large number of birds recently and gathered up the eggs left in the nests and placed them behind the kitchen range. In two days half a dozen pigeons were hatched. The baby birds were taken to the pigeon house and given to the old birds with young ones and they give promise to be as fine as any in the flock. Feathers in Style I HERE is a growing sentiment against wearing the plumage of birds, in varieties where cruelty must be practised to secure it. Women are learning to discriminate in this matter and to forego the wearing of plumage that promises to bring about the extinction of a species of beautiful wild birds or to inflict torture. A proud crest of dainty feathers torn from the back of a mother bird and the death of a nest full of fledglings by slow starvation, are not pleasant suggestions to flaunt with the group of sweeping algegrites upon the head of beauty. For the wearer must be either uninformed, or indifferent, or unmindful of cruelty. None of the excuses will pass muster with intelligent people. Aside from a very few sorts, the feathers we have worn recently and those we will wear, are made from the plumage of domestic or other edible birds. No cruelty is practised in securing them and thousands of people make a living by manufacturing the millinery trimmings made of them. Feather bands, sewed wings, pompons, breasts and mounted sprains— THE FASHION OF THE EASTERN WOMAN. Short Skirts or Long? To Choose Partners T T T I in fact, a world of airy and attractive decorations—are cleverly fashioned from the feathers of the turkey, chick en, pigeon, peacock and pheasant. These are bleached, dyed, eaten with acids, pieced and pasted until their origin is lost sight of. Other birds of bright plumage, such as the parrot, and birds like the blackbird and sparrow, of which there are myriads, are used, but they are not cruelly treated, unless sudden death is cruel. The wearing of a bird upon the hat may be in questionable taste and at present one sees almost no birds, but any amount of plumage. Gradually the wearing of feathers may die out, but the signs of the times do not point that way. More plumage is shown now than ever before. Women should learn to discriminate in choosing it, and select those feathers which they may wear with an easy conscience. They are obliged to inform themselves in some states of the Union or run the risk of forfeiting their forbidden property. For laws have been passed and are enforced to protect certain birds, and one may not own their plumage. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Proof of Maternal Management in Worth Some Serious Consideration. So many older women seem to think that because a girl of from fourteen to twenty or so is likely to be callow and sometimes forward and rather ridiculous in her pretentions of age and dignity she must be continually snubbed and "put down." They keep calling her "child" and laughing at her opinions and criticisms, and leaving her out of discussion and conversation, until some day they awake with a start to realize that the child is a woman, and a pert and embittered woman at that. Of course, American girls are notorious for their unpleasant preumption, and there are many, many things which a girl in her teens is not competent to decide for herself, let alone for others; but there is no reason why a girl who really is growing up should be made to feel that she is always in the way and must be patronized when she is noticed at all. Give her at least a chance to feel that she is one of the family and that she is a step above the children in the nursery, whom she is likely so to despise. Here, as elsewhere, "you will go most safely in the middle," and this rather delicate problem of maternal management will settle itself if consideration and common sense are learned on one side and taught on the other.—Exchange. Carters for Short Socks Garters for short socks for the kiddies are being made of hat rubber instead of the wider and more conspicuous garter rubber or the untidy noddling at all. Usually it is white, though for pink or blue socks it can easily be painted the color desired. Easy Way to Clean Lace Yokes Easy Way to Clean Lace Yokes. If instead of taking lace yokes and cuffs out of dresses to wash whee soiled they are rubbed with dry starch, then brushed thoroughly, the lace will look like new. lations she can do it quickly and with certainty. Just before time for the game or refreshments for which partners are necessary pass a basket or tray with the pictures turned face down; with each man to draw one and find the original. Just imagine the fun this makes. One man actually asked five women, "Is this you?" before he found the original in his wife. Your Shoes Before cleaning, rub over with milk—a little is sufficient. Wipe with a dry cloth and clean with polish as usual. This will clean and soften the leather; the grease in the milk keeps it moist. Stains can be removed by soaking the discolored parts with benzine and letting it dry. For fine kid an excellent polish may be made of soidal parts of nautilus oil and vasseline, with the addition of a coloring of *emblaback*. This preparation should be well rubbed into the uppers of the boots. It will toughen the kid where the strain is greatest and where friction of the dress has such a bad effect on the ankles of the boots. ATTENTION. ATTENTION M.BashonCru ARCHITECTS and ashonCrusor HITECTS and BUILD M.BashonCrusor&Co. ARCHITECTS and BUILDERS, Suburban Office East Deanwood, D. C. City C 1022 You St.; N. W. We have the most desirable ored home seekers. 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Mechanic. ers of 7 Tops, Novelties and Chemicals ade and Sold auranteed Room 21, Washington, D. C. Ship At Lowest Prices. Quired on all orders Wick of a Phoenician Lamp. There has recently been found at Tunis a Phoenician lamp which still contained the wick. This lamp could not have been later than the second century before our era. The discovery is interesting, for we learn that up to now it has never been de- ceived as to what material the wick consisted. There have been diverse hypothesis—elder pitt, tow and various threads, lint, papyrus, and even skins of animals. The wick now found will set doubts at rest, for under microscopical and chemical analysis M. Eugene Collin has established the fact that the wick was originally lint. M. Eugene Collin has made his report to the French Academy of Sciences. He Made a Hit. Blinkly—"My gracious, old man, you are all banged up." Crankleigh—"You have hit it." Blinkly—"What did you do—dispate the right of way with an automobile?" Crankleigh—"No. Took a drop too much." Blinkey—"Why, I didn't know you drank." Crankleigh—"I don't. The drop I took was from an airplane 20 feet from the ground." Nothing Ugliest Nothing is uglier in American life than the tendency to delight in tearing down reputations. We consider the old Romans brutal because they gazed with pleasure on wild beasts tearing men to pieces. We bend not back our thumbs as we behold the rending of things that are more precious to a man than his body—New York Globe. Montana City Holds Record. Mortana City Holds Records. Miles City, Montana, holds the record for variation in temperature. The highest temperature recorded there is 111 deg, which is within 8 deg. of the highest recorded in the United States. Miles City's lowest mark has been 67 deg, below zero, which is truly arctic. The range between these two extremes is 178 deg, which is a record. Diopter in Train of Box Disaster in train or pek. Recurs the story of the Indian chief who had been persuaded to sign a new treaty. He stood for all the preliminaries, but when the pen was produced he showed decided tendencies toward backing out the nearest doorway. "What's the matter with him?" asked the agent. "He says," translated the interpreter, "that he notices every time he uses that thing he loses something." The sweet little sole sister of a large family was asked if she didn't have a lot of fun with the big brothers who were at once her slaves and tramps, her adoring and adored. "Yes'm," came the surprising response, accompanied by a graphic smile. "we have lots of fun always. Sometimes," the wide eyes waving fascinating reminiscent and dreamy, "sometimes they fight me, and sometimes they fight them!" For Long and Useful Life For Long and Usful Life. If thou desire to take the best advantage of thyself, keep temperate diet, use moderate exercise, observe seasonable, and set hours for rest.—F Quarles. ATTENTION Lots of Fun The KITCHEN CABINET "D YSPEPSIA is the stronghold of depravity. An abused and impaired stomach is but another name for the eclipse of faith." Some Summer Drinks. Too much cold water is not good to drink during the hot weather. Lemonade and other cooling drinks. It taken in moderation, are both cooling and beneficial. The old-time ginger water, made by adding a tablespoonful of ginger to a quart of cold water, sweeten to taste with either brown or white sugar. In the old days they used molasses for sweetening and for those who want the old-time twang molasses is still popular. Another wholesome drink is made of ginger and hops. Boil a handful of hops in a pint of water twenty minutes, then strain, pressing to remove all the water. Boil together three pounds of sugar, a quarter of a pound of ginger (sliced) and four quarts of water, twenty minutes, let stand until cool, then strain, add the hop water and use when cold. Gingerade.—Boll together one-quarter of a pound of sliced green ginger and two quarts of water and three pounds of sugar twenty minutes. Add a lemon thinly sliced and let stand until lukewarm. Strain, add four quarts of warm water and one-third of a yeast cake, let stand until fermented, bottle and keep in a cool place. Cokos. Mix together a quarter of a pound each of breakfast cocoa and oatmeal and six ounces of sugar. Pour slowly over it one gallon of boiling water, stirring well. This is ready to use as soon as cold. Zambumbia. Spread one pound of coarsely ground barley on a pan and brown slightly in the oven, stirring constantly. Put into a crock, cover with six quarts of water, cover with a cloth and let stand three or four days until it begins to ferment. Sweeten with brown sugar or honey and serve cold. Mead. Take four ounces of tartaric acid, two ounces of the essence of sassafras, three pints of water, one pint of molasses and three pounds of sugar. Simmer to melt the sugar. Use half a teaspoonful of soda, teaspoonful of the slurp to half a tumbler of water. Nellie Marwell. The KITCHEN GABINET ET there be many windows in your soul. That all the glitter of the universe May beautify it. Not the narrow pane Of one poor creed can catch the radiant rays That shine from countless sources. Tear The blinds of superstition. Let the light Pour through fair windows; broad as truth itself, And high as heaven-Tune your ear To all the wordless music of the stars, And to the voices of nature; and your ear Shall turn to truth and goodness as the plant. Turns to the sun. A thousand unseen hands. Recognize to help you to their peace-crowned heights: And all the forces of the firmament Shall fortify your strength. Be not afraid To thrust aside half truths and grasp the Summer Vegetables. So many of our summer vegetables such as peas, string beans, squash, corn and roots are simply boiled and served with butter or milk. With the exception of cabbage and its kin, all vegetables should be cooked in as little water as possible and used in the sauce when serving as the flavor and mineral constituents are drawn out in the water during the cooking. Boiling water should be used to cook all tender vegetables. Change the manner of their serving so that a variety is always on your table. When there is more of the liquid left in cooking vegetables than can be used in serving them, save it for soups, stews, and such dishes. Frozen Fudding. Scald one cup of milk, add one and one half cupfuls of sugar, stir until dissolved. Mix a tablespoonful of cornstarch with a little cold milk, cook all together ten minutes, add a beaten yolk of an egg, stir until well cooked, then add a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of vanilla, a cupful of steamer raisins and a half cupful of chopped nuts. When cold add a pint of cream and freeze. Beach parties and basket picnics will be the chief attraction for the next two months. A few suggestions may prove helpful. Vegetable Croquettes For these, any left-over vegetables may be used. Chop the vegetables, season, mix with beaten egg and mould into crocotettes and fry a golden brown in hot fat. Nellie Marwell. There are three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer. Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or unly?—Lord Avebury. Not All Alike. It is absurd to assume things about other people, to think that all the world shares any emotion, any desire, olseike, or affection. AMUSEMENTS Largest, Handsomest and Coolest Theatre in Town. : : : : : : Good Vaudeville and Motion Pictures. A Cordial Welcome Extended To Visitors. H. C. Smith, Manager. S. E. Cor. 11th & You Sts., N. W. Devoted to Up-To-Date, Clean and Clear Motion Pictures. Presenting 1,000 feet of Films nightly. Dramatic, Comic and Western Life Motion Plays. Flenty of Fans to keep you cool. Refined Vaudeville and Illustrated Song, all for 5c. An Hour Show. Bring the children. Sunday's Always a Big Show. 3 Reels 5c. Thursday Evening, September 15, 1910. From 8 to 12 The occasion will be enlivened by choice selections from the now famous Glee Club of the Columbia Lodge, No. 85. Music by the Monumental Orchestra, Prof. Charles Hamilton, Director Refreshments. L. R. Ambler, Director; Cary Robinson, Librarian; Jeremiah Scott, Treasurer; L. E. Wilson, Secretary; Verdi Fisher, Charles Lee, Jesse Madden, George Pope, C. Sumner Beale, Thomas McIntosh, Wm. A. Clayton, Wm. Jones, D. E. Self, Manager. ADMISSION 25 CENTS FOOD HEAT VALUES WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S EX PERIMENTS ARE FAU.LY. More Valuable Information Could Be Obtained if Man Fed Badly Cooked Meal. Were Put in The department of agriculture is conducting a series of novel experiments to determine the relative energy of heat value of certain foods. The subject selected for experiment is required to eat a particular food. He then passes into the Calorimeter, or heat measureer—an air-tight glass cage which has a system of pipes filled with cold water running around the inside walls. The heat generated by the body in assimilating the food just eaten causes the water to grow warmer. The in crease in its temperature is carefully noted, and a comparison of the in creases due to different foods gives a fair measure of their relative heat producing qualities. No one will deny that the arrangements here described are most ingenious. They seem admirably adapted to shed much light upon the subject. But that they will fail to record the highest heat effects of beefsteak, chops, rice, cabbage and other foods must be oblivious to the most superficial observer. To get that information we must go to the home. And we must have, not the well-cooked roast beef and cabbage and chops, etc., which the government scientists are feeding the subject, but very badly cooked food indeed. It is a fact of common knowledge that nothing makes a man hotter than a breakfast chop cooked until it is as tough as leather; or a steak that can hardly be masticated; or ham fried when he likes it boiled; or four-minute eggs instead of the favorite two-minute eggs; or well done roast beef when he wants it rare. If the department of agriculture could sneak up and get the irate father of the family inside a calorimeter while in the inflamed state due to these foods—well, he would probably burst the calorimeter. The cold water would turn to steam so quickly that the pipes would have to give way. All will admit the difficulty of securing a scientific registration of such remarkable heat effects. But this difficulty does not alter the fact that only under these or similar conditions can the observer get any idea of the tremendous caloric possibilities of certain foods. The utmost heat that a man in a comfortable calorimeter, fed on well-cooked food, could generate in an hour would be practically infinitimal compared with what a small, dyspeptic man confronted with a leathery chop at the domestic board could emit in a minute. It may be that the department intends to make farther and more illuminating experiments somewhat later. If it does not, it might as well confess that it is not trying to find out the extreme heat production of various foods—that its investigation, in a word, lacks scope and thoroughness—Chicago Inter Ocean. Palace Pool Parlor CHAS. (Boody) ANDERSON, Proprietor. 1448 P Street, N. W. Richard Early HOUSE CLEANER Washing Windows Especially 53 Pierce Street, N. W. Send me a Card and I will Call. "I thought I knew as much as the next person when it comes to preserving fruits, vegetables and the like," sailed a New York housekeeper to a friend while waiting for her change in the grocery store. "But I've just learned of something new—a very simple way of making it possible to have fresh string beans throughout the winter, and at their lowest summer cost too. "The process is extremely simple. As soon as the beans are picked they are sorted and care should be taken to see that they are clean and dry. Then in the bottom of a wooden box lined with paper place a layer of dry salt table. On top of this place a layer of beans, then more salt and more beans in as many layers as you wish. Put a generous layer of salt on top of all, cover over with paper and set in a cool dry place. The beans can be taken out as wanted and will be found as fresh as when picked. Indeed, my informant assured me she had had fresh beans in March which had been picked the previous summer. You must be careful to get the real string bean, though, green in color for the other kinds, like wax beans won't keep." Dog Went Through the Paper. A story went the rounds in New Richmond that Chief Brooks had been attacked by a vicious dog. The New Richmond News found that the story was exaggerated. Mr. Brooks had a pet dog that he had been teaching to jump through a hoop covered with paper—just like the circus pups. The other day when the chief was lying on the rug, he picked up the newspaper to read, not thinking of the dog. The dog thought it was the game and make a good running jump through the paper, landing his north rear paw in the fire department chief's eye and his south paw in his mouth. The dog went through the paper all right, but the New Richmond News and Republican Voice insists that he also, in about three seconds, went through the window, screen and all, kli-ying fire and showing evidences of having been violently lifted. The chief now has one sporty-looking eye out for fires and his face shows some signs of sprain. Always the Twenty-ninth. Old Clerk (proposing toast at little supper given by master on his daughter's birthday)—Gentlemen, we enjoy this evening the felicity of celebrating, as we do every year, thanks to his generosity, the twenty-ninth birthday of the respected and always amitable daughter of our worthy employer. I give you, gentlemen, her health and happiness."—Scraps. THOMAS BECKETT Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law 494 Louisiana Avenue Room 15, Lewis Bldg., Washington, D. C. Joseph H. Stewart Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law 609 F St. N. W. Room 203 Sylvester L. McLaurin Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law 609 F ST., N. W. First Floor CALIFORNIA'S WINE CISTERN This Huge Tank is the Largest in the World, Carved From Solid Rock. One of the show places of northern California is the Italian-Swiss colony's immense dry wine vineyard and winery at Asti in Sonoma county, which is also famous as being the section where Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, has conducted most of his wonderful experiments with flowers and fruits. At Asti is the largest wine tank in the world. This great cistern is virtually a huge subterranean lake of wine, carved from the solid rock and lined with a two foot thickness of Portland cement, with a glazed surface. The upper sides and roof are of reinforced concrete topped by a unique center dome built of rough rocks. This mighty tank contains enough ruby vintage for a whole nation to toast its heroes with and is just 10 times as large as the great tun at Heidelberg. To be precise, the Asti cistern is 84 feet long, 34 feet wide and 25 feet high, and its contents would provide a glass each to 16,000,000 people. An idea of its great size may be gained from the fact that when it was first emptied a hundred couples joined in a gay ball within it, to the music of a large military band. The cistern was built to conserve the wine until an opportune time arrived for selling it, and to make large blends and maintain from year to year the same type and character. In this tremendous underground concrete receptacle the ruddy vintage, hermetically enclosed and safe from outside influences, mellows and ripens. HE WAS A MARTYR TO ART Rheumatics Were Bad, but He Kept on That His Womankind Might Enjoy Advantages. Those who know the gallery of the Pitti palace in Florence will remember its long and painful staircase. Climbing this one chill February day, I came upon the limping figure of an acquaintance. He was a gentle, God-fearing, harmless man, who the year before had retired from the pain business in Detroit, and had been borne abroad by a wife and daughter, who were hot from the study of art under the auspices of some local woman's club. "It's the cold rooms we live in," he explained pathetically. "I never had the rheumatism before this winter." He had hobbled as far as a comparatively little known, relatively unimportant room of portraits. I expressed surprise as he started to turn in there. "It's about the only thing left I haven't done," he said. "I didn't want much to come today—the rheumatics were bad again—but they said 'Courage, one more try, and here I am.' He smiled patiently, faintly, and then suddenly he seemed caught up by emotion. "I don't know as I was ever meant for this," he broke out. "I try. This studying art is all very well, but oh, the pain in the legs afterward!" One must laugh. But one must cry, too. I heard of his death a year later, and I actually believe he was marryted that his womankind might not lack advantages.—Delineator. Pronunciation of "July. The Spenserian pronunciation of the word July is not by any means dead yet. In English country (districts the accent is still commonly put on the first syllable, while in Scotland that pronunciation is the general one. But the word does not then rhyme with "duly" for the see and syllable is as clearly pronounced as if it were accented. Indeed, "July" might almost be included in the small list of English spondees, which is generally held to consist solely of "Amen" and "Goodby." "Goodby" has always seemed to the writer a very doubtful specimen, for it is seldom that one hears its two syllables equally accented. Another unrecognized spondee is, if one accepts the rural pronunciation, the name of the month April. Millions of Englishmen pronounce it slowly and deliberately "Ay-pril." Value of Being Sociable. Value or Being Solicable. To simply live alone, with no provision for the gratification of the social instincts, is apt to prove too severe a strain upon the reserve forces of even the happiest marriage. There is some excuse outside the home wherein no thought is given to social pleasure, while the wife is apt to grow petty and personal, and so less attractive as she shuts herself away from intercourse with others, says Woman's Life. This dropping out is very easy, but even when prosperity comes, and large social functions are possible, it is too to gain that most valuable possession, friendship, which is entirely independent of financial success. To have and to hold a place in the social life of the world is not only the right but the duty of the young wife who desires to have a home in its truest and best senses. --- For Ladies and Gentlemen Newspapers, Periodicals and Magazines Imported and Domestic Cigars. 810 Florida Avenue, N. W. The Forum And all Leading Colored Papers For Sale Than wear a nice tailored, slightly used suit at $ 10.00 to $ 15.00, and think of the money you save. Save!? One Price. Justth's Old Stand, 619 D St. N. W. TENNYSON & ELLIS CO. FINE PAPERHANGERS AND DECORATORS Painting, Plastering, Kalsomining Window Shades To Order Prompt Attention All Work Guaranteed 1400 Pierce Place, Northwest PhoneNcrth 4045 Davis & Smith CIGARS and TOBACCO Stationery and Periodicals' Confectionery and Toilet Articles 1020 You Street, N. W. Phone North 3176-M. Silias Johnson New Pool and Billiard Parlor 1721 1-2 Seventh Street, N. W. One Found Alive Embedded in Clay, but Glacial Period Theory Was Disputed. The weekly meeting of the Faunal Naturalists' club of West Hurley, N.Y., was enlivened by a debate on the subject, "Resolved, That the turtle is a hinset." The negative got the decision, holding that it is a parable. The members of the club work on the Ashokan dam. They were ten feet down in a seam of clay when one of them came upon a rock. With difficulty he persuaded the other men to quit work long enough to look at it. After they had viewed it they called the engineers. These men made the laborers dig further; then it was seen that one side of the rock was marked like a turtle shell. When the oaked clay had been removed from the other side of the rock the engineers were satisfied that they had found a petrified turtle. They put it into a pail of hot water. By and by one man said sadly that he guessed "petrified" should begin with "p-u" instead of "p-a." The author of this suggestion upset the pail with his foot, and soon the turtle himself settled the question. A seamed and wrinkled head, in which a pair of white eyes blinked, was shoved out from the shell, and then a foot appeared. The other feet came into view within a few moments, and the turtle crawled painfully away. The F. N. club eagerly seized upon the discovery as a topic for its next meeting. The members were tired of hearing essays on the hydra-headed monster, which has figured so much in the affairs of the Ashokan dam, and the presiding officer had trouble in keeping the debates in order when the new subject was declared open. One engineer told the club that the turtle had probably become imbedded in the clay in the glacial period and had been caught in a nap in the winter of, say, 34,672 B. C. The argument that won the debate for the negative, however, was that the turtle had been caught the winter before work was started on the Ashokan project. Every requirement of antiquity being met by this theory, which had the added virtue of symbolizing the rate of progress on the dam work, the judges found accordingly. Cause of the Tide The tides are due wholly to the attractive force of the sun and moon. Every particle of matter composing the earth gravitates toward the moon inversely as the square of its distance. By the law of gravity the attractive force of the sun and moon decreases with the square of the distance. For that reason the nearer surface of the earth is attracted with greater force and the further surface with lesser force than the center. The resultant effect is to cause a tendency to recede from the earth's center in parts immediately under the sun or moon and also on the side most remote from them. The waters of the ocean are free to yield to this tendency and hence they tend to be heaped up into four tidal waves a day—two lunar and two solar. The lunar tides greatly predominate, the others being observable chiefly by their action in reinforcing or diminishing them. As the earth turns on its axis these waves cause two principal alternations of high and low water every twenty-four hours in every part of the ocean, called flood tide and ebb tide. When the solar and lunar tides are in conjunction the maximum, or spring, tide takes place. When they are 90 degrees apart there occurs the minimum tide.