The New Age (Butte)

THE NEW AGE. VOL. 1. HELENA NOTES (Special to the New Age.) Helena, Mont., June 6.—The most important event of the week was the graduation exercises of the High School at the Auditorium June 4. Mr. William L. Gordon and Miss Jessie Woodcock were the only colored graduates. Mr. Gordon delivered an oration on Booker T. Washington, which received hearty applause. He told of the founding in Alabama twenty years ago of the school for the education of the colored people by Booker T. Washington. At the same time he gave a brief sketch of the life of that celebrated colored man. He was born in 1858 in Virginia and during the early part of his life had a hard time earning a living. One day he heard two miners talking of the Hampton Institute and the good which it was doing. Mr. Washington resolved to go there, and after varying fortunes reached ed Richmond a ragged boy with less than 50 cents in his pocket. He at once sought admission to the school, through which he worked his way, graduating in 1875. "Mr. Washington's one aim and the purpose of the institution which he has established at Tuskegee is to teach the young negro the worth and importance of knowing some trade rather than the mere knowledge of books," said Mr. Gordon. "He emphasizes above all else the necessity and dignity of labor and finds in it the only correct solution of the so-called Negro problem. Labor is the gateway through which our race must pass in order to reach the higher vantage ground upon which the Caucasian now stands. The Negro must become a skilled workman, a master in the work of the farm, the factory and the shop, and be able to stand side by side with the white man in work of the same kind. "When the Negro has once become active in such enterprises as these, whether within the four walls of a factory or upon the broad acres ready for agriculture, he will produce something which humanity needs and there will be no question as to the color of the producer. His manufactured products will add as much wealth to the country, his foodstuffs will build the same tissues for the body as the same products of his white brethren do now. He will then become a power in the commercial world and as such recognized and respected by all. To agitate the question of social equality is at present mere nonsense. If we are to enjoy the progress and privileges of the other race, this enjoyment must come to us as the result of constant struggle rather than by legislation or other arbitrary means. No race that has anything to contribute to the wealth and welfare of the world can long remain in any degree ostracized, and thus also with the individual. "Upon this foundation of labor and worth Mr. Washington is seeking to raise up noble characters. His school is a temple from whose shrine, long after he has gone to his reward, thousands will go forth to carry on his work and bless the world. They will emulate his example and the magnetism of his noble life will stimulate them to grand and noble deeds for their own people and for all mankind. And when posterity shall review the list of famous men of this century, no name will appear more prominent by reason of great achievement than the name of Booker T. Washington." Miss Lillian E. Craddock, who has spent the past five months in Helena, left June 1 for her home in Denver. Mrs. S. G. Spauldqing and daughter spent a few days in Helena. A jolly theater party attended the performance of "Faust" during Mrs. Spaulding's stay in the city. Miss Minnie Gatewood, who has been ill with quinsy, is out again. Among the amusements for the summer attractions will be two lawn tennis courts. One of the most popular clubs of the city is the D. P.'s, and they are looking forward to the good time they are going to have on the golf links. GRAND CARNIVAL. A grand carnival is to be given on the 26th of June at Laford's dancing academy on South Dakota street. There are three contestants for Queen. The election will be decided by paying 5 cents for a vote. Voting stations are as follows: A. M. E. church, Mrs. J. I. Jacobs, 220 South Idaho street; Mrs. S. Reeves, 314 South Colorado street; Mrs. H. C. Parsons, 315 South Dakota street. This entertainment is given to raise money to buy an organ for the new church, and we will spare neither pains nor expense to make it a grand success, and we kindly ask the entire colored population to come out and contribute to a good cause. MR. F. C. PARSONS, Chairman of Committee. CRUMPACKER BILL DEAD Rights of Race Slaughtered in House of Its Friends. The Washington correspondent of the New Age informs us that the Crumpacker resolution is dead. In view of the fact that he is upon the national legislative battlefield, his opinion demands more than a passing notice. He says: It is a patent fact that the Negro must henceforth hew out his own salvation—educationally, politically, industrially and financially. The American congress has no direct interest in the welfare of the race. Only individual members can expect succor or aid from our national legislature, and our real friends in either branch of congress sare few and far between. The Crumpacker bill, destined to rebuke Southern election methods by reducing Southern representation in congress, has been sacrificed to insure the passage of the Cuban reciprocity or "sugar" bill. Overtures to this effect were made by republican congressmen from the North and East, where sugar is held in higher esteem than Negro votes. The Western republicans have abandoned hope of securing the passage of the Crumpacker bill and it is safe to assume that the resolution will be allowed a long, peaceful and uninteresting sleep in the committee on rules. As foreshadowed, the sudden demise of the Crumpacker bill is not unexpected. The hostile attitude of the Southern democrats and apparent apathy of many Northern republicans toward the political interests of the Negro gives but little hope for the enactment of any congressional legislation advancing the interests of the race. SERIOUSLY ILL. Special to the New Age. Chicago, June 6, 1902. The distinguished poet and writer Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar, is seriously ill in Chicago at the home of his sister, Mrs. Murphy. His address is 5627 Dearborn street. A COLORED CHIEF JUSTICE Sir William Conrad Reeves, who recently died, was chief justice of Barbadoes, West Indies. He graduated from Middle Temple, England, in 1863, returned to the West Indies, was appointed Queen's counsel in 1883, in 1886 was appointed chief justice of Barbadoes, and in 1889 was knighted by one of the most honored orders of England. DR. MASON AT MUSKEGEE. Dr. M. C. B. Mason, senior secretary of the Freedmen's Aid and Education Society, with headquarters at Cincinnati, delivered the annual commencement exercises of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, May 29. People from many sections were present and listened to Dr. Mason with interest and pleasure. A COLORED BENEFACTOR The largest gift which Tuskegee Institute has ever received from a colored man was received recently from Robert F. Baptist, of Galway, N. H. who sent a check for $1,000 to Principal Booker T. Washington to found a permanent scholarship at the school. Baptist was formerly a slave in Virginia. COLORED MAN TO BE ORDAINED Baltimore, Md., June 4.—The June ordinations at the cathedral, which will take place June 21, will have added interest from the fact that the second colored man ever ordained to the Catholic priesthood in this country will receive orders on that day at the hands of Cardinal Gibbons. The candidate is Rev. J. Harry Dorsey, a student at St. Joseph's seminary, who was raised to deaconate last fall. He was born in this city twenty-eight years ago and was educated at St. Paul, Mimm., under Archbishop Ireland. Father Dorsey will labor among his own people. BUTTE, MONTANA, FRIDAY. JUNE 6, 1902. SAW BOTH SIDES The Thompson Party View the Negro's Lights and Shadows in Alabama's ..Black Belt. Montgomery, Ala., June 4. The most interesting feature of the Alabama trip taken by a party of Congressmen through invitation of Representative C. W. Thompson was the visit to the school of Booker T. Washington, at Tuskegee. Wednesday, May 21, was spent there. After the humorous experiences of the previous day on the plantation, the visit to the industrial school was particularly interesting to the Northerners. The contrast between the untrained negro, as represented by the plantation hands, and trained student of the school was so marked that the visitors were deeply impressed with the great work Washington is doing for his race. It was an object lesson of immense value to the visitors, they declared. In a word, they were given an opportunity by Col. Thompson to look upon the Negro in his lowest state, and then upon the Negro in his highest development. Students of the school took charge of the party immediately on their arrival in th grounds, and the visitors were shown all the various departments at work, including the sawmill, the iron foundry, the brickyard, the chemical laboratory, the girls' industrial classes, and the kindergarten class. This last feature proved one of the most interesting sights of the day. Lunch was served by the students on tables spread in the grove, after which the entire student body assembled in the chapel and heard speeches from the visitors. The speeches were interspersed with songs by the students, who sang "Old Kentucky Home," "Dixie," and other Southern songs as only the Negro can handle such melodies. Col. Thompson spoke of the students after an address of welcome by the principal. Washington referred to the graduates of the school as successful men and women, and made the observation that not one of his students had ever broken into jail or Congress. Mr. Littlefield, Mr. Arney, Mr. Smith, Judge Fuller and Mr. Brown made short talks to the students and gave them advice. Those who feared that Col. Thompson would show his guests but one side of Negro life have thus had their illusions dispelled and it will be found that the trip has not been without its benefits to all concerned. HAWTHORNE CLUB. A charter has been granted for a new social club, the Hawthorne, under the law governing private clubs. The charter rights are for forty years. Mr. Sam Hardin, the president, is well known in Butte, and we have every reason to believe that he will command a good patronage. The new club is complete in every detail and is strictly up to date. The New Age wishes him success. SOME ODD WESTERN NAMES A traveler in North Dakota says that the most suggestive and inviting name seen by him was that of a druggist named U. R. Welcome, the first name being Uriah. Across the street in the same town was another man named John Stonepounder. In the next town I found a man who was so fat that the name of Abraham Crumpacker seemed especially fitting; but there was a woman there who went him one better, as her name was Emily Freshbread. In the next town I got so interested in queer names that I soon heard of a speedy individual named Sarah Deerhoof. In that same town there is a man named Henry Bookstruck. Ever after that I was on the look out. On the train I met David Newsal and Millie Newlove. The man with the most warlike name I ran against was Abraham Saltpeter. In one town I found a man who had a very poetic name. It was Seabright Sunbloom. But the last name I struck finished me. It seemed like a direct command to cease my sacrilegious monkeying with other people's names. I took it as a warning and quit. It was A. Quickfish. His partner's name was W. K. Goforth! FATE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE It is prophesied that before the end of another century the Great Salt Lake will be entirely dried up. The cause of this, according to the Irrigation Age, is said to be the excessive drain made upon it by the irrigation enter- prises of the Mormons. Contrary to the theory which was accepted for a time, this great lake is not fed by underground springs, but by the Jordan, Weber, Ogden and Bear rivers; and when the water of these streams is intercepted for irrigation purposes, it necessarily decreases the water supply of Sale Lake, leaving it more to the mercy of the sun and the attendant evaporation which is constantly going on, and which is slowly but surely drawing the water away until in time only a bed of dry salt will remain. The cause of the saltiness of the water of this mysterious body of water has been a matter of conjecture to scientists for years. The most plausible theory is that the saltiness is due to high altitude which causes excessive evaporation, while there is practically no outlet to the lake. A scientist, after a number of experiments, has expressed the conviction that if all the salt supply of the entire world was cut off except that found in the bed of the Great Salt Lake, there would still be enough to last the world for ages, so deep is this deposit. Regarding the decadence of the lake, a writer recently said: "When the Great Salt Lake is gone it will be missed as a wonder and as a salt factory, but for little else. Its waters destroy vegetation instead of nourishing it. Should the fresh water of Utah Lake, however, be evaporated or disappear into the earth, thousands of square miles would cease to be habitable. Some years ago the Utah Lake region was made a government reservation, an act which has kept irrigation companies from drawing water either directly from it or from its feeders." NEWS FROM SALT LAKE CITY. (Special to the New Age.) (Special to the New Age.) The colored people of Salt Lake City have set their stakes high and have started in good earnest to reach them. The interest in church work is very strong. The Methodist congregation has bought property on Franklin avenue, and is doing nicely in raising money to meet the payments. The Willing Workers of the A. M. E. church gave a two days' bazaar and cleared a hundred dollars, which reflects much credit on the ladies. Rev. B. F. McIntyre, pastor of the Methodist church, holds regular services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday school at 2 p. m. Everybody is welcome. The Baptist congregation met with great success last Sunday at their basket meeting. They raised over $600, which will more than make the first payment on their property. They have bargained for a nice piece of property on the east side of the city, and are working hard to be able soon to worship under their own vine and fig tree. Rev. J. W. Washington is pastor and extends an invitation to all visitors to attend. Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., held at present over Hill's drug store on Second South street. Mr. Frank Soper, head waiter of the Alamo, Colorado Springs, Colo., is visiting in the city. Mrs. Watt, of Pocatello, is stopping a few days with Mrs. Blanchard. She is en route to Chicago, where her husband will join her soon, and where they will make their future home. Mrs. Josh Durm has joined her husband, who has been in the city several month, formerly from Colorado Springs. FITZ AND JEFF Both Are After the Colored Man to Assist Them in Training. A San Francisco dispatch says that Bob Fitzsimmons has left there for Skaggs Springs, Sonoma county, where he will train. He was accompanied by his wife and son, his manager, Clark Ball, and his sparring partner, big Tom Wilson. Fitz was in great spirits and seemed confident of winning the fight, despite the handicaps of age, weight and strength. It is evident Bob counts on his superior quickness, as Jeff in his last fight with Ruhlin was very slow and also heavy on his feet. Fitz will devote most of his outdoor work to sparring, instead of road work. He will wrestle with Ernest Roeber and took a big mat along. Jeffries will start for Harbin Springs, Sonoma county, where he trained for his fight with Ruhlin. Billy Delaney has been wiring to Bob Armstrong, who is somewhere in Colorado, to come out and serve as sparring partner to Jeff. Armstrong served in this capacity before, and though Fitz has wired to the Negro also, it is believed Armstrong will accept Jeffries' offer. Semi-Annual Half Price Clearance Sale! Semi-Annual Half Price Clearance Sale! 1 We have decided not to wait until the season is over before making sweeping PRICE REDUCTIONS on all of our high class Tailor-Made Dress Suits Walking and Pedestrian Suits We have reduced them now so that our customers will have the benefit of a full season's wear. This is a reduction sale in June instead of August. Our stock is so varied and large that it is impossible to give a minute description. Suffice to say that this sale covers every tailor-made suit in our stock. The materials are all new cloths—Etamines, Basket and Mistral Cloths, Cheviots, Serges, Broadcloths, Venetians and Vigoreaux, in an endless run of new shades. A WORD ABOUT THE STYLE Henzollern Eton, the new Short J fine Taffeta or Satin lining, skirts or Velour, Peau de Soie, Taffeta or S price of HALF of the RE Which means 50.00 Suits, half price " " 40.00 " " " " ", 30.00 " " " " " 25.00 " " " " " 20.00 " " " Nice, New, Clean Merchandise at THE STYLES—The new Blouse, the new How Short Jacket, the new Cutaway-Hip Flare, skirts of newest shape; trimmings—Moire, affeta or Stitched finish, at the extremely low prices, half price now.....$25.00 “ “ “ “ 20.00 “ “ “ “ 15.00 “ “ “ “ 12.50 “ “ “ “ 10.00 handise at Prices Positively Averaging Half. de Soie ettes Recent pur- lis place us that are in- spective pur- ...$15.00 16.25 8.25 7.50 3.75 Of Interest to Dressmakers and Others. OMO DRESS SHIELDS No. 2, Regular Price, 25c. No. 3, Regular Price, 30c. No. 4, Regular Price, 35c. We've 36 dozen to sacrifice, 2 pairs for 25c. A HUMP ON HOOK AND EYES. A WORD ABOUT THE STYLES—The new Blouse, the new Ho-Henzollern Eton, the new Short Jacket, the new Cutaway-Hip Flare, fine Taffetta or Satin lining, skirts of newest shape; trimmings—Moire, Velour, Peau de Soie, Taffeta or Stitched finish, at the extremely low price of HALF of the REGULAR PRICE Which means 50.00 Suits, half price now.....$25.00 “ “ 40.00 “ “ “ “ “ .....20.00 “ , 30.00 “ “ “ “ “ .....15.00 “ “ 25.00 “ “ “ “ “ .....12.50 “ “ 20.00 “ “ “ “ “ .....10.00 Nice, New, Clean Merchandise at Prices Positively Averaging Half Chiffon and Mouselline de Soie Collars and Collarrettes The fad of the hour. Recent purchase of these stylish goods place us where we can offer values that are intensely interesting to prospective purchasers. For instance: $30.00 Collars ..... $15.00 32.50 Collars ..... 16.25 16.50 Collars ..... 8.25 15.00 Collars ..... 7.50 7.50 Collars ..... 3.75 Colors—Grey, Black, White. $15.00 No. 4, Regular Price, 3 16.25 We've 36 dozen to s 8.25 for 25c. 7.50 3.75 A HUMP ON HOOK Grey, Black, White Half Price for All Silk Moire The demand is so great on Moire Silk that only the fortunate have any amount in stock. In our half price sale we offer two qualities: 22-inch Black Moire, $1.50 quality, 75c 24-inch Black Moire, $2.50 quality, $1.25 Case, Gravel P. J. Brop Gravelle & Erv J. Brophy & avelle & Ervin Co. trophy & Co. Case, Gravelle & Ervin Co. P. J. Brophy & Co. Grocers and Importers For over Twenty Years The Rich and the and the thrifty find with equal pleasure and store. Our stock comprehen to eat and at prices tha Your patronage is r P. J. Brop Over Twenty Years the LEAD Rich and the poor, the sur- thrifty find their wants in real pleasure and satisfaction stock comprehends all that at prices that cannot be be- patronage is respectfully so D. J. Brophy & Co. Main St., Butte, M Nifty Shop A new venture for a place like Butte, so the public has expressed admiration for a encouragement to. You can always look for our place and and up-to-date Novelties in China, Cut a-Brac, Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Dr Lace Curtains. Special invitation is extended to the L eir friends in our large reception room down ys welcome, so bring in your friends and L Butte's successful enterprises. Respectfu enty Years the LEADERS. and the poor, the sumptuous find their wants supplied ure and satisfaction at our mprehends all that is good ces that cannot be beaten. age is respectfully solicited. Brophy & Co. For over Twenty Years the LEADERS. The Rich and the poor, the sumptuous and the thrifty find their wants supplied with equal pleasure and satisfaction at our store. Our stock comprehends all that is good to eat and at prices that cannot be beaten. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. P. J. Brophy & Co. No. 28 Main St., Y Shop adventure for a place like Butte, still one that has expressed admiration for and extended ment to.; always look for our place and find the new -date Noveities in China, Cut Glass, Bric- culture, Oriental Rugs, Draperies and A Nifty S A Nifty Shop A Nifty Shop A new venture for a place like Butte, still one that the public has expressed admiration for and extended encouragement to. $ \textcircled{4} $ You can always look for our place and find the new and up-to-date Noveities in China, Cut Glass, Bric-a-Brac, Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Draperies and Lace Curtains. Special invitation is extended to the ladies to visit us and meet their friends in our large reception room down stairs. Visitors always welcome, so bring in your friends and let them appreciate one of Butte's successful enterprises. Respectfully, us and meet their friends in our large reception room down stairs. Visitors always welcome, so bring in your friends and let them appreciate one of Butte's successful enterprises. Respectfully, Subscrib oscribe for THE NEW Subscribe for THE NEW AGE P Hump hooks and eyes, sold everywhere at 5c a card. Will sell six cards (one gross) for 5c. STOCKINET DRESS SHIELDS. Always sold here at 15c. Two sizes, 48 dozen in lot, to be sold for 4 pairs for 25c. Butte, Montana No. 2. 2 THE NEW AGE Published weekly by the New Age Publishing Company, office, 220 South Idaho street. Duncan, Smith & Dorsey, editors. Subscription price, $2.00 a year. Six months, $1.10. Three months, 60 cents, invariably in advance. Telephone 862-B. Application made for entry at the postoffice at Butte as second-class matter. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1902 RACE UNITY. This is an old story, the story of the Negroes building up a white man in business by giving him their undivided support and patronage and who, when he becomes opulent, is their bitterest foe. The Conservator, a weekly race journal published in Chicago, calls attention to a baker in that city, who has become rich because of the large amount of trade given him by the colored people. The said baker began business without a dollar and with but little experience, but he has become rich through the patronage of the colored people. He objected to his landlord renting the floors above his bakery to colored people, and, when called upon by the editor of the Conservator concerning the matter, openly and boldly said that he didn't care for the colored trade. The Conservator says of this matter: "This baker has a large colored patronage, and the Conservator called on him to see if he had not been misrepresented, by parties accusing him of hating a man for his color. But he was frank to say that he really objected to colored people living over him, and when his attention was called to the fact that he had a number of colored patrons in his business he said he did not care about colored people's trade and did not want it. This man who has grown fat and strong from Negro patronage in this thickly settled Negro neighborhood, stands now in the garb of one of the most rabid Negro haters in the city and all on account of the color of the Negro's skin. He does not take into consideration the colored man's character or standing, he does not object to any particular colored man or family because it is bad or because it has a bad name. He objects to the Negro solely and alone because he is colored." He has grown rich from the money he has received from colored people. His case is only one of a thousand all over the country in cities and in towns where there are any number of colored people. This white man started out in business in a small way, got the trade of the colored people, became affluent and afterwards became the Negro's bitterter enemy. There is a lesson in this and a moral. Colored people must some time learn to patronize their own race in a business way, for as soon as the white man can dispense with the Negro commercially, religiously, politically or otherwise, he will do so. The True Reformer's Bank, of Richmond, Va., and the National Negro Business League and other kindred organizations are shining examples of the possibilities of the Negro in a business way. Don't boycott, it is un-American, but spend your money with your own people as far as you can and as far as it is practicable to do so. There are many wonderful changes taking place in the South. The Negroes in several states are uniting themselves to rebel and test their constitutional rights regarding the disfranchisement laws enacted in most of the Southern states. It is their aim and purpose to overthrow the present system of politics and thereby destroy the Jim Crow Car act and put a stop to the wholesale slaughtering of innocent colored men for alleged assaults on white women. We heartily endorse the action taken by the leading Negroes of the South and we firmly believe that they will in t me succeed in gaining their aim. Statistics show that there are 400,000 colored citizens paying taxes on $5,000,000 worth of property, yet they are denied the privilege of a citizen under the disfranchisement act. While the destruction of the island of Martinique is more harrowing than can ever be described and has caused an almost complete evacuation of the entire island, Uncle Sam, with a hand of sympathy, was the first to the rescue of the sufferers with an appropriation of $200,000 for provisions for the homeless thousands. As the majority of the inhabitants of the island are Negroes, we think it would be in order that the Negro citizens of the United States send them a token of sympathy. Are we as a race progressing or are we treading in the wake of declining ages? Are we taking advantage of the opportunities before us or are we passing our days as does the truant? We should cultivate a desire to gain some fixed point. We should strive inces- santly until we are in the bounds of success. We should make our positions, not wait until they are offered us. IN SUNNY SOUTHLAND. Now is the season of her discontent made miserable for the dusky sons of Ham. They are being lynched, burned at the stake, made tagets for the practice of their white neighbors, civilized men mobilize themselves civilized men will mobilize themselves into thousands and seek to take the life of a human being, without even resorting to the corrupt laws which they have caused to be enacted by their biased legislators. Thou shouldst not take the life of thy neighbor, nor cause him to be the victim of thy folly; burn not his eyes out with red hot iron, nor take nor cause to be taken portions of his body for souvenirs. Hear ye my commandments, for if ye break them, I will send my cyclones and blow thee up. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND BUSINESS MEN. We, the undersigned, proprietors of the New Age, have caused this paper to be printed and published, believing in so doing that it will in time enhance the social rights of the race of whose benefit it purports. Therefore, you need not entertain any doubt as to its endurance. J. W. DUNCAN, CHAS. F. SMITH, CHRIS. DORSEY. WHAT DO THEY WANT? An English scholar and diplomat once said, concerning the question of home rule in Ireland that, if a pencil and paper were given to the loudest howler favoring the freedom of Ireland that the same howler could not write down what Ireland really wanted to be contented with British rule. The same thing may be said of the so-called leaders of Southern sentiment. For the past 25 years they have advocated the elimination of the Negro in politics. They have magnified the inquiries of carpetbagism. They have abused Northern philanthropists for encouraging the Negro to engage in politics. When Prof. Booker T. Washington came into public notice as the advocate of the education of the head, the hand and the heart idea, as the apostle of industrialism and the exponent and champion of the idea for the Negro to let politics alone and to prepare for the sterner duties of life by becoming an intelligent wage worker and industrial factor, by eschewing politics for agricultural pursuits, becoming a taxpayer rather than a patron of the police courts, becoming a good citizen rather than a politician, he was pointed to by the Southern leaders as the new Moses. He was the one of all men to lead his race out of Egyptian darkness into the light of the new civilization. He was extolled as the particular one who had the key to the Negro problem. Northern philanthropists took the Southern people at their word. They encouraged the Washington idea, they gave money for the development of that idea at Tuskegee, but they reckoned without their host. The Southern whites had said that no man understood the condition of the South better than Mr. Washington, they had said that he was the master of the situation, and then, when President Roosevelt invited Mr. Washington to the White House to discuss the situation Mr. Washington, true to the teachings of his ideas, of his school and the public sentiment, advised that the best men in the South be appointed to office. He recommended ex-Governor Jones of Alabama for a judgelship. He recommended Senator McLaurin of South Carolina as the man to dispense the patronage of that state. He carried out what he supposed to be ideas in harmony with Southern sentiment, but the Southern leaders, like the atoresaid Irishman, do not seem to know what they want and have made themselves ridiculous in the eyes of all intelligent men, American and foreign, black and white.—Colored Ameri can. The preacher politician is a bad article under any circumstances.—Colored American. JUST A HINT. Gossamer dresses include chiffon, silk, muslin, lace and net gowns, and some of the net ones are made of a good firm net, which lasts well, and is often made up with box plaits flowing out at the skirt. You can hardly have a better investment than a gown of this kind, unless it be Chantilly lace, which can be handed down from generations. In many of the net gowns large black velvet roses are employed in appliqué. These are to be bought and sewn on where required. A good many of the low bodices have these same boleros. Silk batistes are made thin in ecru shades, and are so elaborately trimmed with black velvet and lace insertion that they are almost in THE NEW AGE. valuable for all sorts of wear in the daytime and for dinner toilette. Colored straws are all the fashion for hats, gray, brown, helliotrope and the color we call ecru, which is really a coffee tint. Very little is seen of the foundation of a fashionable headgear, for it is covered with chiffon and tulle and large chiffon flowers. A good deal of trimming is relegated to the back in the form of large Alsatian bows. Paradise plumes are coming in again. We are going to wear most delicate colored friezes, made with a sacque bolero, set into box plaits hanging straight from the collar of Irish guipure or any other make of lace at hand. Heavy appliques of linen appear on many of the cloth dresses. Silk is an adjunct employed for bands and tucks; a good deal of Maltese lace is worn on the yokes, and broche and chine silks are being employed for distinct Louis XV coats. Clear muslin shirts are likely to be a universal mode. WHAT A BACHELOR THINKS To woman, life is a Thanksgiving dinner, and man is the wishbone. A woman in politics is 'most as funny as politics in a woman. All through life you will find that you can never eat soup politely and eat it at all. Love is a disease, but it isn't contagious; for the more you see of it the less likely you are to catch it. About once every eight times a girl always tries to manage it so that a man will kiss her nose by mistake. Kissing a girl when she has a veil on is just about as satisfactory as eating ice cream through a flour sieve. It always makes a man feel queen to hear that the girl he is falling in love with has been operated on for appendicitis. A baby never sees an old bachelor anywhere where he can't get away, that it doesn't try its best to crawl all over him and get his clothes all stuck up. It is one of the mercies of life that love looks from its beginning forward to its end, and from its end back again to its beginning, with an equal unbelief. When a woman is married she has an idea that she is going to fall asleep every night with her head nestled on her husband's breast. The first time he turns his back to her and goes to sleep she cries all night. BACK SEAT FOR THE MEN William Dean Howells, in a recent lecture on "Heroes and Heroines of History," delivered at Association hall in Boston, eulogized the American women to the disparagement of men. "When I was revolving in mind," said he, "the relative importance of heroes and heroines in fiction, I became almost tempted to give the whole matter up. There is no wedding without a bridegroom, but in most weddings the bridegroom is scarcely of more importance than the minister, all eyes being upon the bride. "It is much the same with respect to the hero in fiction. We take up heroes and heroes only because of custom. The author keeps the hero from disappearing altogether only by main force. There are heroes of many kinds. Those that I early lost my heart to were poor things, just as a young man finds later in life that his first loves were of a similar nature. The marriage age of English heroines has advanced with the hour for dinner." During the lecture Mr. Howells declared that "Tolstoi is the greatest novelist who has ever lived." He closed with this tribute to American women: "In a certain sense they are better developed intellectually than the men. The men do not read so much or so wisely, and they cannot talk so well or so much. The men should read fewer newspapers and more novels. They should take long vacations and go to university extension lectures. And then we shall take a step toward making the bridegroom of the future to some degree as interesting as the bride." ANECDOTE OF PATTI Last winter Mme. Patti was staying for a few days in an isolated village at the extreme end of Yorkshire. To kill the monotony of the place the prima donna went one night to a concert given in aid of a certain village institution. Not half of the performers appeared. Appreciating the difficulty, Mme. Patti—incognita, of course—offered to oblige the audience with a song or two. "Well, miss." he said, "you've done uncommon well. And although 'Arry 'Ock, the juggler, who thinks nowt of takin' 'old of 'ot pokers and a-swallorin' needles, couldn't turn up, yet you've pleased us very considerable, miss." THE VOODOO OF ST. VINCENT. Negro Inhabitants of the Ill-Fated Island Believe the Use of Her Money Caused All the Trouble. "I allus tol' 'em, they be sure nuf goner if they tech that Voodoo money." The old Negro sat slowly spelling out of the evening paper the latest meager news of the disaster on St. Vincent island, his old home. Scarce a Negro in the West Indies but is saying the same thing today. Waxing ever fatter, uglier and richer, for many years there lived just outside of Kingston, on St. Vincent, the high priestess of the Voodoo worshipers. Thither by stealth came the Negroes from all over the West Indies—came also, they tell you, white planters seeking charms and lucky spells. There were still others, who landed quietly by night and bore away little vials of slow-working poison, or, perhaps, merely innocent looking splinters, whose slightest scratch meant death; then, presently, the papers would record the sudden end of some harsh overseer "from fever." The hand of the law never fell upon her—it is not pleasant to execute justice when you know that tomorrow morning's coffee will be filled with powdered glass—and in good time she died, her spirit carried up Souffriere by Zombi, so they say, and there dumped in. Much wealth she left, for her "magic" was always of the most expensive kind. Many a poor devil ruined himself to meet her extortions. But, strange to say, no heirs appeared to claim it. It was Voodoo, and not an African on earth would touch it. So, finally, the government of St. Vincent stepped in where others feared to tread and confiscated it. Now, Voodoo or no Voodoo, it certainly is true that from that day the already tottering fortunes of St. Vincent hastened swiftly to their fall. The Negroes emigrated to Barbados, to the states, to anywhere away from the island. Sugar fell in price slowly but surely, and sugar was St. Vincent's mainstay. Arrowroot, the next crop of importance, fell also. Desperate measures were taken to remedy matters; whole estates were condemned and cut up into little parcels, to be divided among the Negroes. The only result was to anger those whose estates had been condemned. Then came the awful hurricane of 1898; 400 lives were lost in the island, and every crop was totally ruined. Those who lingered after that did so merely because they had to. Such was the state of things when the writer landed at Kingston a few weeks ago. Most pleasant were his recollections of St. Vincent, a dim remembrance of a visit many years past. Only fifteen miles long by eleven broad, the little green islet was saved from insignificance by the rugged grandeur of Souffriere, the evil-named, evil-reputationed old volcano at the northern end. Although but 3,000 feet high—it lost 1,000 feet or so in altitude in its outbreak of 1718—yet its ragged cone towered with a certain mighty majesty, a beauty "el diablo," against the clear tropic sky. From Souffriere to Mt. St. Andrews, near the southern end, a jagged chain of lesser peaks divides the western from the eastern side. So riven by chasms, so steep are their sides, that a long road round the shore was the only practical connection between the pretty little village of Georgetown, just across. At the southwestern end lay—so the writer remembered it—the flourishing town of Kingston, bearing no little resemblance to St. Pierre in its surroundings of green-robed hills of cane; its houses gayly frescoed in bright blues and reds, with here and there a dash of yellow, reminding you of Norway villages. The heavy laden sugar casks gruntling over the cobbled streets, the quick clicking of tiny donkeys' hoofs, drawing enormous loads of green cane, the hum and clatter of the market place; all these he remembered well. The hills were but naked skeletons of those he remembered; gaunt, gray ribs of rock protruding through bare red soil; lying naked and ashamed in the glare of the sunshine, stripped utterly of their emerald robes, not so much as a palm growing since the day of the "big wind." Further back the higher hills still lay, green and beautiful, but for miles around the town the Voodoo curse, indeed, lay heavy on the land. And the town itself! The pitiless tropic rain had washed the gay-hued houses to a dingy gray—here and there a patch of color clinging like rouge upon a corpse. Shutterless and empty, many a house stared as with the sightless eyes of the dead out on the deserted bay, green fungus, like grave mold, spreading over them. The long pier tottered on its rotting piles, seeming scarce able to support the weight of the handful of listless Negroes that flocked out to see the mail boat anchor—now grown to be an event not to be missed. Ashore the Crescent Creamery Milk, Cream and Ice Cream Butter and Ranch Eggs. Wholesale and Retail. Uptown Store: 61 W. Broadway. Telephone 65: Depot: 401 S. Wyoming Telephone 548. ruin was more apparent. Only the police station, which, next to the jail, was always the finest building, maintained a certain smartness, covering its crumbling walls with whitewash, as the proud old soldier carefully inks his ragged buttonholes. In the streets, rutted and gullied by many a rainy season, the green grass grew almost unchecked. Down Middle street, as the main thoroughfare is called, the dust of years had gathered on the narrow little shop windows—making their dim interiors gloomy beyond description. The unusual sound of footsteps brought each merchant eagerly to the door, only to gaze gloomily at our retreating backs. A crowd of eager darky boys flocked around us, begging shrilly for a penny. But saddest sight of all was the old market place, the heart and center of every West Indian town, where, be it only to talk gloomily of ruin, gathers what life the place possesses. But in St. Vincent only a few withered crones sat mumbling to themselves for lack of company—a handful of charcoal, a few yams, a shriveled bite of sickly fruit, such were the contents of their baskets. Of customers, at least while we were there, no sign! Saddened beyond expression by these signs of ruin that filled the little town of pleasant memories, we set out for the journey up Souffriere. Starting up the rock road back of the town, we passed the fine botanical gardens, a green oasis in a barren land; higher up, the road led to the backbone of the central ridge. Here, for the first time, we could see the eastern side, windward. In startling contrast to the hills around Kingston, everything was green and beautiful. This was the old Carib country, given to the pitiful remnant that survived the countless massacres of their fellows, and promptly taken away again as soon as the district was found to contain the most fertile land on the island. Down to the coast past the mineral springs in Arnos Vale, back again to Richmond—in and out, up and down, ambles the road to Souffriere, growing more and more imposing at every step, the cloud cap on its summit giving it a false loftiness of aspect. Beautiful beyond words is this path up Souffriere, a jungle of marvelous green foliage studded with georgeous flowers, passing through the primeval tropic forest, where the huge trees so knit themselves together as to resist successfully the fury of the hurricane. The sunlight flitters dimly through a screen of green far overhead; long snake-like lianos drop seemingly out of emerald clouds to the ground a hundred feet below. Orchids and curious parasites cling to the massive sides of the trees and fill the crotch of every limb. Humming birds like flashes of colored fire dart everywhere. Huge butterflies, scarcely less brilliant, flap slowly back and forth, with gorgeous wings so large as seemingly to impede their speed. Gradually the trees grow more stunted, the tender tree ferns lay behind, the hardier ferns take the place of the exotic under growth and at last—the crater of Souffriere. It is two creaters in reality, for in that great eruption of 1812, when he shook half the world with the fury of his wrath, a new vent opened beside the old outlet, separated by a narrow ledge of jagged rock. Quite impossible of description is this twin crater of Souffriere. The old mouth a mile across and 700 feet deep, lined with hardy ferns that dared *o creep down to the edge of the uncanny lake of milk-white water that, when we saw, was commencing already to bubble uneasily with sulphurous gases bleaching the foliage all around the edge. The new outlet was far less imposing—a tiny, black, unfathomed pool at the bottom like some devil's inkstand. The crests of both craters were jagged and seamed with old scars; the rocks and bare places were colored to uncanny hues by rising gases; while most impressive of all, the cloud mists whirled and tossed, and floated out to vanish in the sunshine. Standing on the crater's rim the little island seemed like a tiny emerald floating on a vast blue sea. Nestling along the mountain's flanks were countless little houses. Far away at the south end lay Kingston. Here Ober hunted with the tireless patience of the naturalist the mysterious Sout- friere bird, never seen before by man, though often heard. The cave in the crater's rim where he spent a week was pointed out. With much reluctance we descended a still steeper path to the northern coast. Here most of the Carib half-breeds, some 200 in number, lived. It seemed a general baking day, for all were busy making cassava cakes. Most interesting was the process. The cassava root, not unlike our own potato, contains a juice which is deadly poison. So first the tubers are grated fine, and then a cunningly woven tube of elastic basket work, made on the principle of the little finger traps familiar to our childhood, is filled. One end is suspended, while from the other weights are hung. As the basket stretches out the juice is forced from the cassava through the open meshes. In the old days this juice was saved to poison arrow tips. Now it is carefully thrown where it can do no harm. The still moist pulp next is dried thoroughly and then rolled into pancakes some two feet wide and thin as paper, which are baked on heated stones, or, if the family is well to do on iron plates. One old woman, hideous beyond belief, her straight black hair hanging in tangled masses round her, complained bitterly because, forsooth, the cakes were rolled and there were no hot stones. Ah! Had she but known! Soon hot stones were to rain, as if from heaven, on her, crushing her poor old body into even more hideous form. Soon the soft white ashes were to fall like a winding sheet on everything, burying forever beneath it the last hopes of a brighter day for the island cursed with the Voodoo spell. SEASONABLE RHUBARB RECIPES Rhubarb Pudding. Line a buttered basin with a good suet crust; wash, wipe and cut up four stalks of rhubarb into small pieces; put this in the crust in layers with sugar and a few dried currants sprinkled in between. Cover with a crust, pinch the edges together and tie up in a floured cloth. Put into a saucepan with boiling water and boil constantly for two and one-half hours. When done turn out on a dish and serve with hard sauce. Rhubarb Cream Take two pounds of the green rhubarb which has been peeled and cut into small pieces, put into a saucepan with three cups of water and cook until it is soft enough to mash into a pulp; strain through a fine sieve and measure; to every pint of fruit add a pound of sugar and stir over the fire until sugar is dissolved, then boil for twenty minutes. Put an ounce of gelatine to soak in a cupful of cold cream and when soft dissolve over hot water. Let it coll, and when the rhubarb syrup is cool add the cream and juice of one lemon, stirring constantly and turn into a glass or earthen mold and place in a cool place to set for at least two hours. Serve with whipped cream or a compote of figs, prunes or oranges. Rhubarb Jelly. Take eight pounds of nice ripe rhubarb of the red variety, wash and cut into convenient lengths. Put into a stone jar or deep baking dish with the thin shavings of the yellow rind of three lemons. Cover the vessel and place in a moderate oven and let the rhubarb cook tender. Strain the juice from the fruit, add the strained juice of three lemons. Boil for half an hour. Then strain through a jelly bag and measure. To each cupful of juice allow one and one-fourth cupful of granulated sugar heated in the oven. Stir until the vinegar is dissolved, then let it boil until it will jell when dropped on a saucer, skim carefully while boiling. When done, pour into glasses, filling them almost to overflowing, as jelly shrinks in cooling. When cold cover with paraffin paper and keep in a dry, cool, dark place. The Acme Shining Parlor, for ladies and gentlemen; tan shoes dyed; open until 8:30 p. m. Polite attention. H. E. Flitcher, proprietor. Any one wishing help, advertise in the New Age. 4 LOCAL NOTES Subscribe for The New Age. Mrs. C. P. Smith spent the evening at the Gardens Wednesday. The Daughters of Tabernacle will have their annual sermon preached on the 15th of this month. Mrs. S. A. Smith entertained Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Scott Webb at dinner last Tuesday. Mrs. Norman, of Anaconda, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hocker Tuesday. She returned Saturday. Mr. W. E. Scott came over Wednesday afternoon from Anaconda to visit Mrs. Scott, who is quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. S. Reeves entertained Mr. R. C. Logan, Mr. E. C. Atkinson and Mr. Pugh for dinner Sunday. Miss Anna Jones celebrated her seventeenth birthday last Thursday with an excellent dinner with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jones. Mrs. Phelps has moved the body of her husband from Warm Springs and has had it interred in Mt. Moriah cemetery. Mrs. William Washington returned last Wednesday from Kansas, where she was called to the deathbed of her mother. Mr. Shep Merchant is on the sick list this week. We are in hopes that we will see our distinguished friend out again in a few days. Mr. Sam Freeman, of Missoula, was in the city with the Missoula baseball team. He visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hocker while he was in the city. Mrs. E. Bentley's indisposition from the results of an operation on her foot, has improved rapidly, and we are glad to know that she will soon be able to be out again. Mrs. J. L. Jacobs entertained Mrs. S. A. Smith, Mr. H. Williams, Mr. John Givins, Mr. Chris Dorsey and Mr. J. W. Duncan at dinner last Friday. A lovely roast of beef was prepared for the occasion, with other delicacies. Every one enjoyed the repast. Mrs. J. Bullett is expecting her mother, Mrs. Gordon, of Minneapolis, to visit her this summer. She is also in receipt of a letter from her sister, Mrs. Williams, of Kansas City, stating that she will visit her during the summer months. Mrs. Evans, who is visiting in Havre, is the guest of Mrs. Henry for a short time. Mrs. Evans is originally of Canton, Ill., having been in Montana for several months visiting friends. She and Mrs. Henry were schoolmates together in the East. Her husband is in the employ of the Great Northern railway. Mrs. Anne Nelson and niece, Miss Ida Nelson, of Milwaukee, arrived in the city last Wednesday. They are relatives of Mrs. J. C. Yancy. Mrs. Nelson and her niece are contemplating making Butte their future home. They are stopping with Mrs. Yancy on Colorado street. Mrs. J. Bullett entertained in honor of Mrs. Evans of Harve. The invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. J. Curd, Mr and Mrs. J. Tate, Mr. Spriggs of Chicago, Mrs. Ella Bently, Mrs. Henry and Mr. R. Lawrence. The evening was spent in playing cards and music, after which refreshments were served. Every one enjoyed the entertainment. Rev. E. D. Washington, of Salt Lake, preached an excellent sermon at the Methodist church last Sunday night. Every one enjoyed the scholarly discourse. We appreciate the favor of Mr. Washington in securing items from Salt Lake and for distributing several copies of the New Age in Salt Lake and Pocatello. Mr. M. Lewis, formerly of Butte, who now has charge of a private car in Anaconda, was in the city Saturday. Mr. Lewis is speaking favorably of coming back to Butte again and going in business. We were glad to see our esteemed friend and hope he will decide to come to Butte permanently. He states wherever he locates he must have the New Age. Mr. Joseph Bullett, brother of Mr. James Bullett of this city, graduated from the Walden Medical university of Nashville, Tenn., last week. Mr. Bullett is the youngest brother of Mr. James Bullett and is full of ambition and has labored incessantly to prepare himself for the end that he has attained. The New Age wishes him unlimited success in his chosen profession. Mr. Ben Enmend has been indisposed for a few days. We are glad to know that his recovery is in sight. Prof. G. H. Watkins, who is now in Springfield, Ohio, wishes to be remembered to his many friends in Butte. Mr. Frank Golden still retains his position as programme vender. His foghorn voice will be heard on the 21st. The questions which naturally presents themselves to the thinking Negro are: "What are we going to do about the matter?" "What will we do?" "What can we do?" Mr. James Pryor, of Anaconda, was in the city Sunday. Mr. Pryor came over after his sister's little daughter. He intends to send her to Canyon City, Colo., to her mother, Mrs. Pryor. Mrs. Lucas gave a breakfast in honor of Mrs. Norman last Saturday morning. The guests were: Mrs. Norman, Mrs. Frisby, Mrs. George Willis, Mr. Austin, Mr. William Burnside and Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Evans, who has been the guest of Mrs. Henry, will leave for her home in Havre next Sunday, and with her goes the New Age. Mrs. Evans says she must have our paper every week to keep her posted on the sale of horses during the races. Mr. and Mrs. George Willis received a letter from Mrs. Thornton, who recently left for her home in Indianapolis. She stated that she arrived home safely and wishes to be remembered to her friends in Butte. Miss Lillian Craddock, who has been visiting in Helena, passed through Butte last Sunday evening, en route to Denver. She was met at the station by Mrs. Jacobs and Master Harry Jacobs, and was accompanied to Silver Bow by Mrs. Jacobs and a reporter of the New Age. Mrs. W. E. Scott is expecting her sister, Mrs. Simpson, and sons, of Helena, to visit her during the races. Mrs. Simpson is contemplating coming to Butte permanently. Mrs. Scott has been indisposed this week. We are glad to know that she is convalescent. Mr. J. Fagan has recently opened up a boot and shoe repairing shop at 438 South Arizona street. The colored people should let Mr. Fagan do all their repairing, as he is the only colored man in that kind of business in the city. He is doing quite a nice business in his line. The new Hawthorne Social Club, recently organized, is doing a nice business under the courteous management of its proprietors. They already have a membership of forty. The club occupies the location of the old stand of the Afro-American club, 12 West Galena street. Earle Dunn, president; James R. Jefferson, vice president; Sam Harden, secretary and treasurer. CHESTNUT SOCIAL There will be a Chestnut Social at the Methodist church on the 12th, given by Mrs. George Willis. All the recitations and old melodies since the ark floated from Mount Nebo will be rendered. Following is the program: Recitation—I Had a Little Dog..... ..... Roy Parsons Recitation—I Had a Little Doll..... ..... Zelda Keating Song—My Grandfather's Clock..... ..... Miss Cooper Recitation—They Call Me Little Chatter-Box .... Miss Claudia Bell Song—Little Annie Rooney..... ..... Miss Simington Recitation—The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck—.... Floyd Brashier Song—Yankee Doodle, Mr. E. J. Brown THE NEW AGE. CHURCHES. Bethel Baptist church, corner Idaho and Mercury streets.—Pastor, Rev. C. C. X. Laws; No. 14 North Idaho street. Order of services.—Sunday preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Giedon Band of Hope, Monday at 8 p. m.; Literary Society, Tuesday at 9 p. m.; prayer meeting, Wednesday at 8 p. m.; Band of Hope, first and third Thursdays in each month; B. Y. P. U., every Sunday from 7 to 8 p. m. The Bethel Baptist church of this city is progressing nicely under the pastor, Rev. C. C. X. Laws. We have a bright prospect before us for the future. The ladies of the church will make a strong effort to get themselves before the public. The two auxiliaries will be united in one grand effort for one purpose, and it is hoped that it will be a success. A bazaar for the benefit of the church is no win progress and will come off next week. All are invited to patronize the enterprise. The dates are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 11, 12 and 13. The Band of Gideon met on Monday and held their regular meeting and collected dues in the sum of $2, which was turned over to the treasurer, after which they were engaged in making rosettes for the Band. Everybody should attend the prayer meeting every Wednesday evening for your own soul's benefit. Listen not to the whims of Satan, for he will certainly carry you away in captivity. Young People's meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. A fine program is prepared for the Children's Day, Sunday, June 8, under the management of Mrs. Sadie Smith. The mother has said that her children will be the guests of the evening. Come out, for they will entertain you. The following subjects for the evening: 9. A Swarm of Bees. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. 10. Exercise by three little Primaries. There will be preaching at Shaffer's Chapel, A. M. E. church, at 11 a. m. Children's Day, and at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m., Children's Rally. The Ladies' Aid Society will meet Wednesday evening to make arrangements for the church fair, commencing June 17. The Literary Society meets every Thursday evening. Sunday school every Sabbath at 2:30 p. m., Mrs. S. Reeves, superintendant; Willie Ward, secretary. The Ladies' Aid Society meets every Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Arnetta Jones, president; Mrs. Julia Parsons, secretary. Rev. J. Allen, the pastor, is very busy building a parsonage in the rear of the new church. He desires the grand opening of the new church to be not later than the middle of July, at which time he wants to raise $200, which amount is half the required sum needed to complete the edifice. THE GRAND EVENT OF THE SEASON. The Odd Fellows and the Household of Ruth gave their annual ball last Wednesday night at the Auditorium, there being about seventy-five couples assembled to make the event a success. Music was furnished by Professor Parson's celebrated orchestra. The refreshments consisted of ice cream, strawberries, cake, sandwiches and coffee. The grand march was led by Mr. Charles Davis. The notable features were the Odd Fellows in the regalia of the order, and the members of the Household of Ruth, who wore rosettes. Every one reported a grand time. The dance lasted until 3 o'clock. THE WOMEN'S CLUB The Woman's Club met last Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Sam Jones. The next meeting of the Woman's Club will be at the residence of Mrs. John Davis on Idaho street. This being a business meeting, we hope all the members will be present. The club is in receipt of a communication from the National Association of Colored Woman Clubs, asking them to join them. The matter was brought up before the club for consideration and was accepted. 2. Trellised Vine. 3. The Flower of the Mine. 4. Loving and Giving. CHURCH NOTICE Silver City Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., had their election of officers last Tuesday for the ensuing year: Minor Turner, W. M.; C. M. Watts, S. W.; Harry Estes, J. W.; Sam Jones treasurer; H. D. Fagan, secretary. THE JEWEL OF THE HOUR. The latest fashionable little jewel of the hour is the "La Valliere." This is a single stone hanging close up to the throat or collar on a fine chain, usually made of platinum. The stone is a diamond or a ruby with an invisible setting, so that at a slight distance it looks as if the bauble was held in place by a magnet. This bauble may be worn with a tailor-made gown, falling over the collar, or it may rest against the bare throat. As the stone is conspicuous because of the lack of a setting, only the best quality can be useful for the jewel. THE PARASOL TRUNK. The latest is the parasol trunk, which is a long, narrow box built for the holding of summer parasols. A stiff pasteboard affair would do as well, with layers of tissue paper to separate the sunshades. To be in style, there must be one all white parasol, one all black, one trimmed with black lace; one of white, trimmed with chiffon flouces, each one edged with black, and with the top latticed with black; and as many in colors as you have dresses and can afford. A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. Special to the New Age. Spokane, Washington, June 6.—Two musical events ocurring during the week were unusually well patronized by society folk. The first of these was the benefit concert Thursday night at the Vincent church for Miss Minnie Brown, a young colored woman employed at the Crescent. The other was the entertainment given by the pupils oft he George Stone Dancing Academy at the Ruditorium on Friday evening. The concert given for the benefit of Miss Brown was planned by Fred B. Walton, and, with the assistance of the Ladies' Matinee Musicale, was a very successful event. The idea of giving such concert was formed many weeks ago by Mr. Walton, who knew of Miss Brown's ambition to attend some eastern musical conservatory in order to get a thorough musical training. Many of the members of the Ladies' Matinee Musicale had heard Miss Brown sing, and all were captivated by the sweetness of her voice. Some of the members stalked with the young woman who discovered that her great uesire was to become proficient in music, so that she might go among her people and tach. All who heard sesseder sing saw that her voice possessed almost great possibilities, and so the concert was planned for her benefit. It was one of the best patronized events of its kind ever given in Spokane. Vincent church was crowded to the doors. Miss Brown was the central figure of the programme, and assisting her was some of the best musical talent in the city. Miss Libby played, Mr. Walton sang, J. Riley Chase played on the pipe organ, Miss Jean Terry recited and Miss Jordison's mandolin club gave two selections. Mrs. Charles Freese and Frank T. Miles were the accompanists and almost every number of the programme received an encore. Miss Brown, especially, was unable to respond to all the encores her delighted hearers tendered her. She displayed a wonderfully sweet and strong voice, and it was plain that training will make her a singer of far above the average ability. The concert netted $145, which, it is announced, will be applied to the musical education of Miss Brown. AGAIN THE COLOR LINE And now the color line is in the international Sunday school convention, where, of all places, it should not be, and great is the turmoll in consequence. This convention is to be held in Denver on June 27, and the Denver committees preparing for the event have arranged that the Negro delegates shall sit in a certain section of the church wherein the convention is to be held. In other words, the Negroes are to be herded in what not so long ago in the South was called "the Jim Crow section." Today's associated press dispatches tell of the trouble that is being made about the matter. Denver newspapers report that Rev. F. Jesse Peck, pastor of a Denver Methodist church, has been sending telegrams to all the bishops of his church who had planned to be present; and to the leading Negro delegates, warning them not to come and be insulted. Inasmuch as Mr. Peck is one of the leading men among the religious workers of his race his advice doubt less will have much weight. In discussing the question with Den J. FAGAN BOOT AND SHOE REPAIRING SHOP Repairing Neatly done. I especially solicit the patronage of the colored people. All work guaranteed. 438 SOUTH ARIZONA ST 4-11-44 Three Drawings Daily 38½ East Park St. Up Stairs. Pool Room Open Every Day LEW PHELAN, . . . Proprietor ALWAYS OPEN. WE NEVER SLEEP Telephone and Telegraph Orders Promptly Answered. NOTARY PUBLIC Secretary Mount Moriah Cemetery Association. JOSEPH RICHARDS THE BUTTE UNDERTAKER Practical Embalmers and Funeral Directors Residence. 409 South Montana Street. Telephone 708-M. ver newspapers Mr. Peck makes a strong presentment of the Negroes' case. He says that when the matter of entertaining Negro delegates was discussed some of the members of the church wanted to make a fight to have them admitted to the hotels on an equality with white people, but deeming this unwise he opposed such a measure. The Negroes of Denver arranged to entertain the people of their own race, without asking favors or even consideration at the hands of the white people. 'But when it comes to the house of God," says Mr. Peck, "we cannot allow discrimination. I cannot ask my Bishop to come here, to come to the church and to be told "This is the place for the colored delegates; you must sit here or not at all." That the spirit of racial intolerance is so strong in a body professing to be international in character is to be regretted. If the convention as a whole stands by the action of the narrow minded and prejudiced Denver committeemen who broughtn about the unhappy arrangement, it will declare to the world that it possesses both bigotry and uncharitableness and has departed widely from the teachings of Him whom it declares its Savior and example.—Standard. Rural mail delivery in many sections of the Northwest has passed the experimental stage and has now become a permanent feature of the postal department. In some localities the new system has so lessened the amount of business formerly transacted at local offices that it hardly pays to continue them. The postoffice at Lafayette, a small place seven miles east of Sparta, Wis., has lost so much patronage owing to the success of the rural service recently established there, that it has actually been closed, the town itself now receiving its mail by carrier. It is said that the carrier system, thus applied to small towns, is vastly more satisfactory than the previous service, the carriers being prompt and faithful, and the citizens no longer subject to the slow going and oftimes unaccommodating methods of village postmasters. Warm and not hot water should be used for washing cutglass and a soft cloth used for drying. Bottles and decanters may be cleaned inside with beans or shot, with bits of paper and soapsuds. The Finest Equipped Cigar Store West of New York. I. A. Hellbronner The Leading Tobacconist. 23 East Broadway, Butte, Mont. Goods delivered all over the state Free of Charge. Reed Gab & Transfer Co. QUIGKEST AND BEST. Easy Money To be had at BOARD OF TRADE LOAN OFFICE, Mose Linz, 20 S. Main St. Also bargains in unredeemed Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. Adolph Wetzstein & Co. Fine Liquors and Gigars A Specialty 116 North Main Street, Butte. The Acme Shining Parlor.... For Ladies and Gentlemen Tan Shoes Dyed Open Until 8:30 p. m. Polite Attention H. E. FLETCHER, - Prop. Hawthorne Social Club 24 WEST GALENA, Just refitted with all social conveniences for pleasant evenings. A new Brunswick-Balke pool table just put in. Earl Dunne ..... President Jim Jefferson ..... Vice President Sam Harden.Secretary and Treasurer Visitors in the city are invited to drop in. Needmore Social Club Leading Colored Social Club in the State. Harvey Holmes ..... President Lonnie Clayton ..... Vice President M. L. Fisher.Secretary and Treasurer L. Holmes ..... General Manager 128 ARIZONA STREET. Visitors Are Cordially Invited. Oxford Market Mendelsohn & Bailey, Props. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Family Groceries Fruits and Vegetables BUTTER AND EGGS, Dried and Smoked Meats. Fish and Game in Season. Phone 682-M. 46 W. Park St.