New York Age

PRAISE FOR WM. H. TAFT Negro Press Takes Kindly to Speech at the North Carolinian Banquet. VIEWS ARE SOUND Race Will Have a Friend in the Next President of the United States. BLOW TO LILY-WHITES Newspaper Believes "Lily-Whitness" Will Not Before During the Taft Administration —Sale on War Announcement. President-elect William H. Taft's recent speech before the North Carolina Society of New York is being widely commented on by the Negro press. His views on the Negro question in the South have been praised by the leading editors of the race North, East, South and West. Many papers regard the President-select's remarks on "ily-whistlin" as a rebuke to the Southern Republicans who have been seeking to eliminate the Negro from politics. Another subject discussed by the President-elect that has met with the approval of the Negro preen is his stand on the war amendments. Following are extracts from various comments: President-elect Taft has sounded the death knell of the "Tily-white" Republicans in the South. He is not in favor of eliminating the Negro from the party in order to make "friends with Democrats, and break the solid South—Nashville Charion. The speech was akogrether very pleasing. The President-elect has shown himself very effective in dealing with race questions in the colonial possession of the United States, and it remains to be seen what he can do at home—Afro-American Presbyterian. Before the North Carolina Society of New York City, at its annual dinner at the Hotel Astor, President-elect William H. Taft made an address on the 9th inst., that would seem to indicate just what will be his policy toward the South during his administration—San Francisco Outlook. Judge Taft's speech to the North Carolina Society, of New York, is full of serious thought to the Negro of the South. Among the most significant sentences in his speech is encounted in what he says about the Fifteenth Amendment—Newport News Star. Hon. William H. Taft, who has been recently chosen as the statesman to succeed President Roosevelt in the White House delivered an address last Monday night before the North Carolina Society of New York at the Hotel Astor. His address was one of the most remarkable that he has as yet delivered, and all things considered, one of the best. He showed more skill in dealing with a delicate and embarrassing subject than he has shown on several similar occasions.—Richmond Planet. Judge Taft's speech in New York Monday night was all that any honest and sane Negro could ask for. In dealing with the Southern problem he made it plain that while favoring a qualified suffrage the qualifications exacted must be the same for the Negro as the white man. There is no questioning the right of intelligence to prevail over ignorance. With an educational qualification exacted, it would prove an incentive for Negroes and white men alike to prepare themselves for the exercise of the right to vote.—Washington Bee. We rather like these words of Mr. Taft: "Nor can we sympathetic with an effort to exclude from the support of Republicanism in the South or to read out of the party those colored voters who by their education and thrift have made themselves eligible to exercise the electoral franchise." Well how does that sound to the "illy-white" party of the very State whose sons were present and in whose honor the festal board was spread. True it is that throughout the South every man, white or black, who is qualified should be left free to vote his convictions and to support the party that best represents them. Speaking of liberty, that sounds like it—Star of Zion. President-elect Taft's address to the North Carolina Society at their annual banquet in New York City the first of this week was a sensible and logical deliverance. He made the best possible use of a favorable time to say some same things to the entire South with reference to some of its ancient time-serving vagaries and pretended fears of Negro domination. Ighoring any discussion of the reconstruction period, which has always been magnified out of all due proportion to the actual status of things, he took up the present-day situation and showed that the white South had no need to resort to unlawful means to retain its governing power. He as good as said that the long chasing of the irreprotable ghost of Negro supremacy had worked out injury to her and would continue to do so if she kept up her felly—Naashville Globe. The "Advocate" joins in the chorus of praise of the press in general of the A speech of President-elect Taft, recently followed by the North Carolina Society of New York on the same question. The general tone and temper of the address is admirable admi. There was no amount of responding to the prejudice of the South. It was a tense, sensible talk of a wise and courageous supporter. The usual politifiy and tenderness of men were entirely absent. Southern people were fairly talk: "The proposal to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment is utter impracticable and should be relied upon to the fluke of forgiveness issue. What we are considering is something practical—something that means attainable progress."—Cambridge (Mass.) Advocate. President-elect Taft's great speech before the North Carolina Society of New York on Monday night is a prognostication of what will be the ultimate outcome of the disfranchisement laws of the South. The Negro asks nothing other than an equal chance when he has met the requirements of the law prescribed by State Legislature, and that justice is ranted out to him, and he is not turned down at the registration office because he is a man of color. The Negro is given an opportunity to prepare himself for the ballot, and when prepared he asks that merit count and not color. Mr. Taft says the proposal to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment is utter impracticable, and should be rele- ```markdown ``` gated to the limbo of forgotten issues. So far as the coming administration is concerned the Fifteenth Amendment will not be tampered with, but will be looked upon as an amendment for the protection of the American citizens.—Southern Christian Recorder. Never has "lily-whitish" as practiced by the new issue white Republicans of the South, men who have but lately come into the party, be so pointedly rebuked as they were when President-elect Taft rebuked them in his Hotel Astor speech before the North Carolina Society of New York, Monday of last week. Paramount among the many policies which the incoming administration hopes to carry out to full fruition, is the dissolution of the political "solid South." This was the keynote of Judge Taft's address wherever he spoke during his most aggressive campaign for election. It is no less the keynote of the most peaceful campaign which he has begun since the American people by a popular majority of more than a million votes, called him to the chief magistracy of the republic. Republican success in Missouri and Maryland, with substantial gains in North Carolina, he regards as the thin entering wedge, which will in the next four years cleave the political "solid South," but notwithstanding Judge Taft's earnest desire to break the political "solid South," he makes it emphatic, that to do so, it must not be done at the expense of the "old line Republican," white and black who have from reconstitution times down to the present, stood by the party through thick and thin—Richmond Reformer. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEWS AND OPINION NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908 In United States Army For All Colored Soldiers PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Issues New Order—Much Credit is Duo Emmett J. Scott who is Responsible for Issuance of the Order WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—The fight for Negro bandmasters for the four Negro regiments in the United States Army came to an end, it now develops, on November 18, when President Roosevelt issued an order behind which no technically can go to keep worthy and capable black men from succeeding the white men who are band- masters in colored regiments. The letter files of the War Department now show that William H. Taft, as Secretary of War, on January 26, 1907, issued the first order, upon appli- C cation of Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., directing that black men be appointed to these four places as rapidly as capable colored men could be found to take the places. After eighteen months, or more, two of the regiments still had white bandmasters. The correspondence which here follows shows that President Roosevelt acted promptly when he determined that while the letter of the former order was being followed, its spirit was not altogether being respected. Mr. Scott, under date of October 16, 1908, wrote William Loeb, Jr., the secretary of the President, as follows: My Dear Mr. Loeb: Some eighteen months ago, Secretary Taft, with the approval of the President, as I understand it, issued an order to the effect that in the future no white man should be enlisted to serve as a bandmaster in colored regiments. The chief musician of the Tenth Cavalry, Fort McKinley, P. I., it is reported, is white and was re-chilled to serve with the Tenth Cavalry last August and as the chief musician. The chief musician of the Twenty-fourth Infantry has not so far been supplanted with a colored man, although I understand he is at present on furlough. Would it not be possible for both of these places to be filled by the appointment of suitable colored men, thus carrying out in letter and in spirit the order issued by Secretary Taft, of which you are of course well advised? To this a reply was sent by Mr. Loeb, which led to another communication from Mr. Scott, as follows: I am very much obliged to you for the very complete reply you have had sent to me, in response to my letter of some days ago. The interpretation placed upon the order issued by the Secretary of War, under date of January 14, 1897, a copy of which was sent to me at the time by Mr. Taft, is not what I expected with respect to the enlistment of handmasters in colored regiments. I cordially appreciate, however, the injustice of interpreting the order in such a way as to discharge a man from a position in which he has been faithfully serving. The position of handmaster is one of the high positions in the army which I believe the colored people are now able to fill satisfactorily, and I am, of course, like many others, anxious that Negro musicians, who have the qualifications, shall have the opportunity which was opened to them by the order of the Secretary of War, above referred to. This, Mr. Loeb, explains my interest in the matter and my excuse for troubling you and the President, as I have been doing. Yours very truly. EMMET J. SCOTT, Secretary. Immediately upon receipt of this com- CHRISTMAS AT HOME munication, the following notes were sent from the White House: November 18, 1908. My Dear Mr. Scott: Your letter of the 16th instant has been received, and I enclose herewith a copy of a supplemental order which the President has just sent to the War Department in the matter of the colored bandmasters. November 18, 1908. To the Secretary of War: To the Secretary of War: Wherever there is a vacancy for handmaster in a white regiment, transfer a white bandmaster from a colored regiment to it and I will place by the assignment a colored man. This is to the spirit of the order I have already issued. As soon as it can be done without injustice, I wish all the colored regiments supplied with colored bandmasters. THEOPHORA ROOSKVELT. The Negro people have had to fight for every recognition which has come to them during all of the forty years since the Civil War, and it is only to put on record the successive steps which have been taken to open this "door of hope" in the United States Army that this correspondence is submitted. The Negro people owe President Roosevelt's especial yote of thanks for this additional proof of an earnest desire to open new opportunities for them. More new positions have been opened to capable Negroes under Mr. Roosevelt than under any former national administration. Plan Discussed Several Days Ago by Prominent Citizens INDIGNATION MEETING Under Consideration—Charges Made that, With Few Exceptions, the Ministers of Boston are in ill Repute with Public Information comes from one of the Boston correspondents of THE Ace that at a meeting of prominent Negroes held in the "Hub" City several days ago the feasibility of calling an indignation meeting to consider ways and means by which the moral tone of the Boston ministry could be raised, was seriously discussed. It is charged that many colored ministers are in ill repute with the public in that city. Following is the letter from THE AGE correspondent: Unless something is done, and that E speedily, to reform and change the habits and character of the Negro ministers in Boston and its suburbs, they will put the race back fifty years. The writer has lived in the South and knows conditions there, but he is prepared to state without fear of a successful contradiction that in no portion of the Southland can a set of ministers be found, in such bad repute with the public as the gentlemen of the cloth who are holding the pulpits in Boston, with few exceptions, Revs. White and Comfort. One of these exceptions, and we hasten to make it, Rev. T. W. Henderson, pastor of Charles Street A. M. E. Church. We wonder whether or not in these days if Dr. Henderson does not find himself very lonesome because of the unholly atmosphere surrounding the other Negro ministers of the "Hub." But your correspondent did not set out to write a general letter but to be more specific because the time has come when some one must speak the truth. With the exception of Dr. Henderson and Rev. Comfort these ministers are charged with all kinds of crimes in relation to women and in most cases members of their congregations. It was seriously discussed a few days ago among the non-churchgoing people that an indignation meeting ought to be held by, them in the city of Boston in order to lift up the tone, if possible, of the ministry. Of course the members of the congregations and the officers of the churches are largely to blame for permitting these ministers with these charges hanging over them to keep the pulpits. A fundamental error is made in this regard. These men who are disgracing the pulpits demand that the charges be proven so that there will be no shadow of doubt as to their guilt. This is the fundamental error. A church is not a court. It is not necessary for the church to prove a minister absolutely guilty before it dismisses him. Whatever a minister or any other public servant gets to the point where by reason of goodness or want of confidence his usefulness to a church is impaired, that minister should be dismissed if he has not self-respect enough or some enough to resign of his own assent. Our people in Boston ought to decide whether they will let a few selfish and immoral ministers drag down the whole race or whether they will be strong enough to rise up in their might and shake off the body of death in the form of immoral ministers which is no fast digracing and retarding the progress of our race in this city. The time has come when there should be action, strong, vigorous action. The more sin of this kind is dilly dallied with the worm it gets. If an example is made now of these men; those who follow them will be more careful about their actions. I am writing you these facts because the time has come when the world should know about the conditions prevailing in this city. The temptation is very strong to give your readers the details of the charges against these ministers, but they are so sickening, immoral and dis- ```markdown ``` graceful that your correspondent heiates to go into them. If conditions, however, are not changed in the near future, it will be the duty of someone to publish the facts in detail, and you may hear from me in regard to them. AN OLD RESIDENT DEAD Death of Sarah Cole at the Age of 101 Years—Sister of Joseph Boston. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.—Sarah Cole, who died recently at 1518 Turner street, northeast, at the age of 101 years, was a sister of Joseph Boston, one of the first Presidents of the Republic of Liberia. She was born and lived the first half century of her life in Anne Arundel county, Md., and moved to Washington in 1861, living in the District ever since. Her first visit to Washington was at the inauguration of Martin Van Buren, and she witnessed the inauguration of every President since that time. Soon after the Civil War she was taken into the family of Mrs. Edward D. Forsyth, who cared for her motil her death. Mrs. Forsyth is a Russian by birth, and was employed by the Russian army during the Crimean war to translate dispatches and government papers. She was wounded by a French bullet. Mrs. Cole was a devout Catholic, and a few minutes before she died had Mrs. Forsyth repeat for her the prayers of the church. The old women, in slavery days, belonged to the well-known Mercer family, in Anne Arundel county. HUMAN LIFE IN THE SOUTH Is Held too Cheaply Says the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser Opposed to Lynching of Negroes and Thinks That It is Time to Stop It "HANG ALL WHITE MEN Who Murder Negroes--Too Many Whites Use Plaintiff on Negro Without the Slightest Provecation" Says Newspaper MONTOOMERY, Dec. 28.—Another leading Southern Journal, the Montgomery Advertiser, has taken up the subject of the lynching of Negroes in the South and is urging that all white men be punished by law for murdering Negroes. The paper agrees with the Memphis Commercial Appeal that the shooting of Negroes in the South must be stopped, and under the caption "Time to Stop It," publishes the following: "The thoughtful men of the South will heartily endorse the editorial of The Memphis Commercial Appeal under the title, 'Shooting of Negroes in the South Must Be Stopped.' The editorial was drawn out by a deed of bloody violence in which one white man causelessly killed three Negroes and probably fatally wounded two others with an automatic pistol. This revolting killing was the most recent of a series of Negro shootings in Memphis. And so many of these shootings had occurred in Shelby county, Tennessee, that the chain of tragedies was termed a saturnalia of crime. "That human life is cheaper in the South than in any other part of the civilised world will hardly be doubted, in view of the many uncontradicted statistics that have been gathered and published and there will be no disposition deny it by those who know conditions and do not fear to face the truth. This does not mean that white men are constantly killing Negroes. For as often as a white man kills a Negro and as often as a Negro kills a white man much oftener does the Negro kill the Negro. Negroes who meet violent deaths more often fall at the hand of a member of their own race than they do at the hand of the white man. "But notwithstanding this there are too many white men in the South who do not hesitate to use a pistol on a Negro with the slightest provocation. It is largely these men and their acts that have given the South a bad reputation for violence and have so cheapened human life. In many parts of the Black Belt it has come to this saying: 'The nigger killer always winds up by killing a white man.' The saying is perhaps too broad, but unfortunately it happens too often that the man who shoots a Negro and escapes the penalty of the law appears in court again as the defendant charged with shooting a white man. "We have got to meet that fact squarely. Human life, even if it is the life of a Negro, is held too cheaply, when the jury acquits the killer because he is a white man. Juries which have freed white men who should have been punished have approved violence and weakened the law's protection of human life. The time has come to stop this evil. The security and protection of the white race demands it as much or more than the security and protection of the weaker and inferior race. Murder is murder, whether the corpse is white or black. The man who is responsible for the black corpse and is to-day freed by the law may appear in court to-morrow to answer his responsibility for a white man's death. Exact justice must be meted out to him who kills, even if his victim 'is only a nigger.' ARE THEY COLORED OR WHITE? Maryland School Board to Settle Case Involving Three Children. BALTIMORE, December 20—The question of just how much Negro blood constitutes sufficient reason for barring children from a white school proved too much of a puzzle to the school board of Bald Eagle, Md., and has been passed up by the county school commissioners of Prince George county and now awaits action of the State Board of Education. The case involves the three children of Walter Smith, living near Nottingham, Md. In 1906 and 1906 the three children, two boys and a girl, ranging from five to nine years, attended school at Nottingham without any question of their being white. Last year they attended the Bald Eagle School, and no objections were raised. When school started this year the trustees of the school refused to allow the Smith children to enter, claiming there was Negro blood in their veins. The case then lay dormant until a few days ago, when, with his family and an attorney, Mr. Smith, appeared before the State Board. The mother proved to be a white woman and the children were placed on exhibition. There was, however, some question about the mother's grandmother, it being testified and practically admitted that she was a mulatto. Father of Movement—Proposition Attracting Considerable Attention in the South DURHAM, N. C., Dec. 20.—Dr. James R. Shephard, widely known in religious and educational circles as former field superintendents of the work among Negroes for the International Sunday School Association, will soon open in this city a National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for Negroes. His work is attracting much attention throughout the South because of the great need of a more enlightened and practical Negro ministry and because of the influential Southern white men whose interest he has been able to enlist. Dr. Shepard plans the proposed institution on the lines of the Northfield Bible School and the Winona Assembly. These men and women are to be trained and thus experiencing a change of inner life, will go out to change others. One of the chief features of the work, a religious course, where illiterate ministers may be given the advantage of short courses in literary, studies combined with a comprehensive and well-directed course in Bible studies. This, of course, is a great work. More than nine-tenths, of the ministers who must be the religious leaders of the people, and in many cases their advisers in all of their relations, are positively ignorant. They have done the best, according to their light, however, and to contribute to the elevation of any inconsiderate portion of this ignorant clergy is a work that deserves the utmost encouragement. In many cases, they are eager, for instruction that will give them a broader view of the Master's service and a better knowledge of the art of reaching and saving men. They cannot spend a long time in college, and, as a matter of course, practical courses should be arranged to meet their needs. They must be made discontented with the old and made to seek a better way. The Sunday school, likewise, is recognized as one of the most potent forces in shaping the future of the Negro race, and it is the purpose of Dr. Shepard to have specially arranged courses of study for Sunday school workers, missionaries, secretaries of Christian organizations, and various fields of religious endeavor. Besides these features, settlement work will be attempted, courses in domestic science, and various industries provided, and all the usual features of Chautauqua work will be attempted. The men and women will be taught to work, and the Men work and religion go hand in hand will be sent to the masses. The Charlotte Observer, perhaps the leading daily newspaper in the State of North Carolina, has openly endorsed the project, and has given substantial encouragement in a leading editorial on the movement. No individual could have a stronger personal endorsement, no movement a warmer advocate than that afforded to Dr. Shepard and his cause by a public letter from Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, to which is affixed the great seal of the State. Governor Noel, of Mississippi, sees much good in the movement, as presented by Dr. Shepard, and his former associates in the Sunday School Association give it hearty endorsement. Who will not agree with Dr. Shepard in the following: "A religious training awakens the sluggish, dormant energies of the individual and turns them into channels of usefulness and service. It lessens crime, reduces idleness, stops violence, teaches lessons of self-restraint. It builds up a better, citizenship, and checks the great waste of human material found in jails, penitentiaries, and chain-gangs. Makes a man practically religious, and the industrial and educational side will take care of itself." AMONG THE CHURCHES Mt. Olivet Baptist Church held interesting services all day Sunday which were largely attended. Rev. Dr. Gilbert, pastor, occupied the pulpit, preaching special Christmas sermons. The choir sung special Christmas carols. Sunday school, which followed the morning service, was largely attended. The lesson related to Christmas and the significance of the birth of Christ. Special Christmas music was sung. In the afternoon at the regular meeting of the B.Y.P. U. an interesting meeting was held. Miss Edna Boyer, president, was in charge. The program was of a musical and literary nature, consisting of solos, recitations and addresses. Miss Boyer announces that plans are under way for the celebration of Lincoln's Birthday, February 12. The society will have a noted speaker to address the meeting on Lincoln. Rt. Mark's M. E. Church. Last Sunday Christmas exercises were held at St. Mark's M. E. Church, which was beautifully decorated with holly. Special Christmas music was rendered by the choir. In the morning services began with the usual songs and Scripture, Dr. Brooks presented Rev. Dr. Frank Mason North, who said he was a friend of the race. Dr. North preached the Christmas sermon. He told of the significance of the day and what it meant to Christians the world over. He dwelt on Christ's mission on earth to men and how we should live up to the ideals advanced by him. In the evening a large congregation was present. Rev. Dr. Brooks occupied the pulpit and preached a special Christmas sermon. Metropolitan U. A. M. B. Church. Last Sunday at Metropolitan U. A. M. E. Church, Rev. Fermanders, pastor, occupied the pulpit at both the morning and evening service. He preached two strong, forceful sermons. Rev. Fermanders announced the Christmas tree exercise under the auspices of the Sunday school, the date to be guaranteed later. The library society, which meets every Wednesday evening, will have a special Christmas program Wednesday evening, December 8th. President French of the lyceum, says it is doing good work and hopes to co-operate with other societies in doing literary work among the young men and women of the city. Rev. Fernandera has considerable influence among the young people of his church and it is interesting to note the perfect harmony that exists between pastor and congregation. Rev. Fernandera is very public spirited, taking an active part in all Negro enterprises. Y. W. G. A. At the Young Women's Christian Association the assembly room was crowded with the young women eager to hear the address of Mrs. M. R. Lawton, of Brooklyn, Miss M. E. Grandison presided. Miss Grandison introduced Mrs. Lawton, who is a member of the editorial staff of the Standard Union of Brooklyn. Her address to the young women was one of interest. She told of the needs of practical women who were trained in the practical things of life and urged them to be true to their instincts. After the address a praise service followed. Miss Grandison announced that the recital at the Young Women's Christian Association (white) last Wednesday was a success. Bethel A. H. B. Church. At Bethel A. M. E. Church all services were well attended. In the morning the pulpit was occupied by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Ransom, who preached a special Christmas sermon on the "Birth of Christ." Dr. Ransom told of the mystery of the birth of Christ and what it typifies in the Christian life. Special Christmas music was rendered by the choir and a chorus from the Sunday school. In the afternoon the Sunday school gave its monthly sacred concert and in the afternoon the Bethel Forum met. An interesting program was rendered. The Forum was addressed by Prof. Hobias. Counsellor James D. Curtis presided. In the evening Dr. Ransom again occupied the pulpit. He preached a special sermon to the Alpha Chapter of the Eastern Star. His subject was the "Star of Bethlehem." Kercy Seat Baptist Church. At Mercy Seat Baptist Church Rev. Norman S. Epps preached both morning and evening to good-sized congregations. In the morning Pastor Epps preached a special Christmas sermon on "The Significance of the Birth of Christ." Sunday school followed the morning service, which was well attended. Special Christmas exercises were held. In the afternoon the regular session of the B. Y. P. U. met. President Robert E. Hill presided. The program was special Christmas exercises. In the evening the pulpit was again occupied by the pastor, Rev. Epps. His sermon related to Christmas. Rev. Epps amused the Christmas tree under the auspices of the Sunday school to be held Christmas week. A special Christmas program will be arranged for that evening. Rectangular at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. The recital of Mrs. Lulu Robinson Jones at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church last Thursday evening, December 17, was a treat to music lovers. The church was crowded with a sympathetic and appreciative audience that evidenced keen interest in the program. Mrs. Jones, New York's noted church soprano, was heard to advantage and well supported. The program: Organ solo, variation on Theme by Thele, by Mr. Leon S. Adger; bass solo, Mr. Richard Clark; tenor solo, Mr. Henry Pleasant; reading, Mme. G. W. Allen; soprano solo, Miss Lulu Robinson Jones; organ solo, Mr. Leon S. Adger; Mr. Richard Clark sang another bass solo and was followed by another tenor solo by Mr. Henry Pleasant; a reading by Mme. G. W. Allent; a solo by Miss Lulu Robinson Jones and a tie by Miss Lulu Robinson Jones, Mr. Henry Pleasant and Mr. Richard Clark. Y. M. C. A. The Young Men's Christian Association auditorium was crowded to its utmost last Sunday afternoon with young men eager to hear the address of York Russell, New York's eminent physician. The meeting opened with the usual song service. In the absence of Secretary Bell the Rev. Dr. Brooks presided and presented Dr. York Russell who spoke on "Great Expectations." He told the young men if they expected great things they must do hard and earnest work whether it be in school or college, or in after life. He said to the young men not to expect great things if they did not work for them. The address of Dr. Russell was thoroughly enjoyed by the young men. He was accorded an ovation at the conclusion of his address. An invitation was extended to the young men not members to join. Five young men responded. The Sunday afternoon meetings are among the most inspiring features of the association work. It is very inspiring to see the enthusiasm displayed which means so much to the young men. Last Wednesday evening the series of lectures under the Board of Education closed with a lecture on the Philippines by Major Peck. Metropolitan Church Celebrates 80th Anniversary. The Metropolitan Union A. M. E. Church, East 85th street, of which Rev, J. C. Fernanders is pastor, last week celebrated its 88th anniversary with appropriate exercises, which lasted three evenings, beginning Wednesday evening, December 18, and closing Friday, December 18. The anniversary was largely attended by the members and friends of the church who showed keen interest in the anniversary. The pastors of other churches joined in making the event one long to be remembered. The opening session of the anniversary began Wednesday evening, December 16, which was observed as "Historical Night." Addresses bearing upon the history of the church were delivered by the various church officers. The historical summary was given by the pastor, Rev J. C. Fernanders. The Rev W. H. Brooks, pastor of St. Mark's M. E. Church, followed with an address. Special music was rendered by the choir. The program continued Thursday evening with a star concert which opened with a piano solo by Miss Florence Hurbert. Invocation was offered by Rev J. E. Peterson. The rest of the program: Recitation, Miss Marie Mitchell; violin solo, Mr. J. Robinson; recitation. Mme. Le Grand Sidgleton, and an address by Mrs. Frances R. Keyser, superintendent White Rose Home; piano duet, Rev Fernanders and Miss Flor cous Hurlbert; rendom Kinzie De Knight; seepone eoh; Mind. Katie Rudd; address; Roe, J. R. Porter; sugar sold Rev. Pemmardia; restitution; Miss Augustine Manty; barrens eoh; M. W. Edgerton; vocal dust. Missa Flurence and Encloe Hurlbert. The anniversary came to a close. Friday with the presentation of a comic operetta, entitled, "A Merry Company," which was rendered by thirty-seven children under the direction of Rev. Fernandera. Rev. Fernandera reports a successful outcome. The occasion is one long to be remembered by the members of the church. Brouhikyn Y. W. G. A. Neston. The annual turkey dinner at the Branch of the Y. W. C. A. was very successful last Thursday. One hundred and forty people were served during the evening, and all reported a most delicious dinner. Much credit is due Mrs. Nannie Hill who did the catering. On Wednesday evening, December 24, the junior members of the Association will give a Christmas cantata at the Branch. Thursday evening, December 17, a free, organ recital was given by St. Philip's Young Men's Guild at St. Philip's Church, which was one of the best musical treats enjoyed by a colored audience for some time. Mr. Melville 'harlton presided at the organ, and he is so well-known as a virtuoso that it is unnecessary to say that the rendition of his numbers was of high order. Mr. Charles, Marshall, of Philadelphia, a harbite of great ability, sang a solo entitled "It Is Enough," from Mendelsohn's "Elijah" effectively. After an address on "Art and the Church," by the rector, Rev. H. C. Bishop, Mr. Joseph H. Douglas rendered S. Coleridge Taylor's "Gypsy Song" and Sarasate's "Zegeunerweisen" in his inimitable style on the violin. Mother Zion Netra Sunday was a notable day for Mother Zion. The pulpit, morning and evening, was occupied by Bishop Walters, Bishop Caldwell and Dr. McMullen. Large congregations both morning and evening attentively listened to the two specially prepared sermons eloquently delivered by Bishop Caldwell, which resulted in adding to the church several new members, and a large number came forward asking to be prayed for. The choir, under the leadership of Miss Minnie Johnson, with Miss Mabel Diggs as soloist, rendered excellent music during the day. The Sunday School was largely attended. The Sunday School Christmas Tree exercises will take place Wednesday night, December 30. We will have early morning prayer meeting Christmas morning. Christmas dinner free as usual in the afternoon. Watch-night services will be observed at this church. All are welcome. Our revival meetings will begin with the new year. St. Paul Baptist Church The entertainment that was given by the Tribe of Reuben on December 10 was a success. On Wednesday evening last our literary society under the direction of their new leader, Brother John Harrison, entertained their friends. The Willing Workers' Club gave a parlor social at the residence of Sister Alice Nelson in West 46th street last Thursday evening, December 18. The attendance was good. Sister G. B. Washington and the teachers are busy with the little folks arranging for the holidays. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock pastor Booker opened the morning service and then turned the meeting over to the congregation. They sang, prayed and gave in their testimony. This service was indeed very helpful. The Sunday School convened at the usual hour with a large number of visitors and scholars. In the evening at 8 o'clock our pastor gave a spiritual talk and extended the hand of fel-Lord's Supper was administered to a lowship to one new member. The large number. Brit Tahillah At the concert given under the direction of Prof. N. Grimes and Miss C. Vialet on Thursday evening, December 17, a very fine program was rendered. Of special interest was the excellent work of several children who took part; Master D. Vialet, in violin solos, as well as comic recitations and dialogues; Master C. Grimes, as violinist; the Misses V. Osario, Goodbridge, Gallebere and Dingey, in comic recitations, as also Master Taylor, all deserve great credit. The inclementy of the evening, doubtless, affected the attendance; those who could not be present missed much. The Sunday afternoon concert, in charge of Mr. J. Edmead and family, was a decided success; a splendid program was rendered. On Sunday the Rev. Chas Martin, pastor, preached at both services. On Thursday, evening (Christmas eye) a Christmas tree festival will be given. On Christmas Day a special morning service will be held at 5 o'clock a. m., and another at the usual hour of 11 a. m. At both services special music will be rendered. An "Omega" social is irr progress for Old Year's Night, at which time much fun is expected. TO LET Three garden four room apartments 220-220-220-220-220-220 East yoth Street Rents Reasonable. Enquire of Janitors or MAX D. GREENBERG AGENT 1761 Lexington Avenue New York Phone 5188 Harlem dav. 19-41 J. B. WOOD, President BENNIS WILLIAMS, Secretary LUN WILLIAMS, Treasurer Nw York Land and Brokrage Co. Incorporated Three-two room house to let beautifully losted a few blocks from 51st Street Subway. One 12 room house to let. West 40th Street all improvements. Buteen room house to let. West 12th Street off 51th Avenue, all improvements. Apply to J. B. WOOD 1431 BROADWAY Telephone, 1712 Bryant 444 West 52nd Street TO LET Apartments of 5 elegant large rooms. All improvements. Nearly painted. Apply Janitor or Joseph F. Pint 408 West 43rd Street. Oct. 3rd HALF-MONTH'S RENT FREE 235 to 241 West 124th Street TO LET At Bedford Rent. Five apartments of 3 and 4 large light rooms, with improvements. Well kept houses. For responsible tenants. Rents $12 to $15 per month, payable one-belfast first of the month, balance throughout of the month. Apply JANITOR ON PREMISES or P. D. DONNELLY, Landlord 8164 Broadway, corner of 121st. Street oct. 19-3rd SEE ME FOR QUICK SERVICE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED IF YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL A HOUSE FOR CASH JOHN M. ROYALL 80 W. 135th St., New York Phone 2171 Harlem oct. 8-2nd 219 West 35th Street TO LET New apartments of 3 large old furnished rooms, without improvements, rents $14 to $16 per month. Well kept house. Apply Janitor or HULBERT PECK & SON 268 West 34th Street dav. 17-41 632-4 West 131st Street IMPROVEMENTS Rents $6 or $8. One half month free Apartments of 3 large old furnished rooms, without improvements, rents $14 to $16 per month. Well kept house. Apply Janitor or POCHER and CO. 126 West 34th Street oct. 24-51 Table. Enquire of GREENBERG HUNT ington Avenue New York 325 Harlem BURNS WILLIAM, Saturday MID, Remover Land Brokrage Co. sponsored home to let beautifully own 51th Street Subway. to let, West 61th Street section room home to let, 325 Avenue, all improv- JOHN E. 30 WEST 30TH 308 WEST 30TH TO M Apartment of 3 large permanent, House not $18 to $24 per month. JOSEPH LE 309 Eighth 222.224 EAST TO M Highest apartment co. with improvements in apartment home. Ren- JANITOR ON QUICK SERVICE ACTION GUARANTEED BUY DOUBLE FOR CASH L. H. C 123 East 97 2499 Second Avenue Corner 130th Street Floor through of five rooms finely papered and palated contains all improvements, hot water supply. Bent $14 and $15 half month allowed. Apply Jennifer or POCHER and CO. 126 West 34th Street FOR SALE $500 oak will secure a 8 room house and bath, all improvements. Must be sold at once. Rent $28 per month. E. L. CLATTON, 780 Park Avenue Telephone, 1153-79 New York Just Opened 440 and 442 West TWO ELEGANT APPS Containing Flats of 5 large light r steam heat, all imorevements. The WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, and doctors bills by living here. Re Apply Janitors A DOUBLE Just O 442 West 163rd Street ELEGANT APARTMENT HOUSE of 5 large light rooms and bath, hot morovements. These Houses are on N HEIGHTS, amid pure air and living here. Rents $18 and $19 per apply Janitors on premises. DOUBLE FLAT Just Opened FOR RESPECTABLE FLORED TENANT Under the Temporary Agency of REV. D. R. WISHER 72 East 115th live rooms and bath, hot water supply a good yard for children to play Rents $18 to $20 the Rent till January 1st, 19 WEEK'S RENT FR 15th Street with private balloons, open plumbing, $19. 34th Street rooms, $18. 34th Street rooms, $18. living apartments in rear, $18 and $20. JNO. M. ROYALL TWO ELEGANT APARTMENT HOUSES Containing Flats of 5 large light rooms and bath, hot water supply, steam heat, all imorovements. These Houses are on BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, amid pure air and you can have doctors bills by living here. Rents $18 and $19 per month. A DOUBLE FLAT ONE WEEK'S RENT FREE 4 West 135th Street Five private rooms, with private hall, open plumbing, $19. 11 East 134th Street Five large, light rooms, $18. 13 East 134th Street Five large, light rooms, $18. Two Stones with living apartments in rear, $18 and $20. Apply JNO. M. ROYALL Phone 2171 Harlem 30 WEST 444 West 27th Street TO LET Fine Apartments of 4 large light rooms, with ranges, hot water supply, improvements, Rents $16.50 and $17 per month. Apply Janitor or JOSEPH LEVY & SON 389 Eighth Avenue 208 and 210 East 95th Street Fine apartments of 4 large light rooms with improvements tubes, separate toilets, &c. Well kept houses. Rent $11 to $15 per month. Apply Janitor on premises or L. H. COOK 123 East 97th Street 115-3m 69 West 99th Street Six rooms and bath, hot water supply. Per respectable colored tenants only. Very low rent. BAILEY, Janitor 140 West 19th Street TO LET Nice apartments of two and three large rooms, wherein improvements. Good neighborhood for rooftop people. Apply MRS. RUSSELL. Jenitor on premises nov. 3-3n 258 West 47th Street LET Fine Apartments of 3 and 4 large light rooms with improvements. Newly Resourced. Good Jenitor Burson. Champ Rent. Apply Jenitor or R. R. LADSON 412 West 55th Street 345 & 347 W. 59th St. TO LET? Fine apartments of 8 large, light rooms and bath. Extending from front to rear of dwelling Well kept houses. Moderate rooms. Apply Junior or E. EAGLETON 164 West 65th Street dec.3-4t First 163rd Street APARTMENT HOUSES Rooms and bath, hot water supply, These Houses are on BEAUTIFUL mid pure air and you can have ents $18 and $19 per month. on premises LEASE FLAT opened RECTABLE TENANTS City of REV. D. R. WIMBER 115th Street hot water supply for children to play $8 to $20 January 1st, 1909 RENT FREE plumbing, $19. $18 and $20. ROYALL 30 WEST 138TH STREET METROPOLITAN PARK. Railway, N. J. Only a few miles of threshbelt leftright on alpine to buy new. Railway, by only shorten miles from Bay York on the main line of the Pennsylvania branch and will be safely situated from its to lay through the Hudson River tunnel. By your only chance to get on the line of the Pennsylvanian line the station. Property is a most desirable and attractive area but a few minutes walk from the station. Five Delaware and easy monthly payments are the terms you will most three times if you wish to make an investment that will bring you wealth in later years. The Company will build homes for them who buy it. Apply to office for images and five titles to see property. Agent will accompany you. Real Estate Department 9, 71 and 171 WEST 133rd STREET Plus apartments of 8 large rooms hot water supply. Morhito rent. 30, 36 and 46 WEST 133rd STREET Apartments of 8 large rooms hot water supply. Morhito rent. 68, 155 and 157 WEST 133rd STREET Apartments of 8 large rooms hot water supply. Morhito rent. 144 and 159 WEST 133rd STREET Apartments of 3 and 4 large, light rooms, hot water supply. Morhito rent. Apply MORRIS MOORE 64 WEST 143rd STREET REDUCED RENTS 414,416 and 418 West 36th Street P. A. GEOGHEGAN Telephone 298-38th St. 464 Eighth Avenue 138 to 142 WEST 133rd STREET 6 rooms and bath, hot water supply, Rents $23.00 to $25.00 per month. North East Corner of BROOK AVENUE and 164th STREET Five and six rooms and bath, ranges and boilers, all light rooms, Rents $18 to $20 per month. 118 WEST 135th STREET 4 rooms and bath, hot water supply, Rent $20.00. 120 and 122 WEST 135th STREET 6 rooms and baths, all improvements, Rents $23 to $26 per month. 118 and 120 WEST 134th STREET 6 rooms and baths, all improvements, private rooms, $25 ro $28. 181 WEST 134th STREET Five rooms and bath, ranges and boilers, Rent $19 per month. North East Corner of FIFTH AVE and 134th STREET 5 rooms and bath, hot water, every room private, Rents $19 to $21. 115 WEST 135th STREET Five and six rooms. Rear house. Rent $15 to $16 per month. 242 WEST 60th STREET 3 rooms, Rent $9.00 per month. 8 EAST 132nd STREET Four, five and six rooms and baths, Rent $16 to $22 per month. 4 EAST 133rd STREET 4 rooms and bath, hot water supply, rent $18.00 per month. Apply Janitors or PHILIP A. PAYTON, JR., COMPANY. Tel. 917 Harlem AGENTS. 67 West 134th Street 196 WEST 89th STREET Five rooms and bath, hot water, rent $23 and $24. 58 69 and 62 EAST 169th STREET Bat, Waddison and Park Arvannes Three five story triple bath, 4 rooms and bath, hot water supply, all modern improvements. Five rooms and bath, rent $15 to $17. 311 and 312 WEST 119th STREET Four rooms and bath, steam heat and hot water, rent $20 to $23. 30 WEST 139th STREET Four rooms and bath, steam heat and hot water, all improvements, rent $22 and $28. 225 EAST 173rd STREET Three and four rooms, rent $10 to $13. 19 WEST 135th STREET Seven rooms and bath, hot water, rent $29. 168 and 170 WEST 135th STREET Five rooms and bath, hot water supply, tiled hall, tiled baths, open plumbing rent $18 to $22. Two Weeks Free 307 WEST 147th STREET Five rooms, rent $18 and $19. Two Weeks Free. 31 WEST 134th STREET Four rooms and bath, steam heat and hot water, rent $19. Apply to Janitor on premises or THE WORKERS' REALTY CO. Incorporated Capital Stock $50,000. Shares $5 each, par value. Full paid and non-assessable. Home Office, Miller Building, 1931 Broadway, N. Y. C. The main object of this Company is to better the condition of the working people by building hand, building house for the working people. James W. Walkin, president; Louis W. Oumek, treasurer; Robert W. Carter, secretary; Jan. A. Hall, vice-president; Then. H. Matthews, assistant secretary. 601 Sq. Fine apartments of 3 and 4 large light rooms, with open light shaft Improvements, Tubs, Toilets in Hall and Slot Gas Meters, House beautifully kept and always in first class condition. Apply Janitor on Premises LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! I have just accomplished what I've been trying to do here are results that. At the property's pocket-book. Apartments of 3, 4, 5, 6 rooms, staircase and bath for $12 to $23. Other apartments of 4, 5, 6 rooms for $29 to $55, all modern improvements. These facts are situated on 138th Street, near subway. Inspection invited. BENJ. G. NOWELL REAL ESTATE AGENT, BROKER MANAGEMENT OF COLORED PROPERTY A SPECIALTY BUY BEFORE SPRING Lankshires to get some of these expenial land in OLITAN PARK. Rahw of these lands infested us oblivious to the busy from New York. York on the main line of the Pampas from New to alley through the Indian River lane on the line of the Pampas for anything it $260 to $500 A new district and elementary also but a few miles below Drew and environmentally this year the city wish to make no investment that will be pray will build houses for those who buy bells. Here to see property. Agent will accompany you. DEPARTMENT HILITAN MERCANTILE & I STREET AND EIGHTH AVEHUE, NEW YORK TO LET and 171 WEST 133rd St. of 8 large room, hot water supply. Morrison st. and 46 WEST 133rd St. large room, hot water supply. Morrison st. and 157 WEST 133rd St. large room, hot water supply. Morrison st. and 159 WEST 133rd St. and 4 large, light room, hot water supply. Morrison MORRIS MOORE 64 WEST 1 REDUCED RENT 116 and 418 West 36th parts of 4 large light rooms. Hot Water Supply. A Apply Jennifer or P. A. GEOGHEGAN 18th St. TO LET 138 to 142 WEST 133rd STREET and bath, hot water supply, Rents $23.00 Corner of BROOK AVENUE and in six rooms and bath, ranges and boilers, 10 per month. 118 WEST 135th STREET and bath, hot water supply, Rent $20.00 120 and 122 WEST 135th STREET and baths, all improvements, Rents $23.00 118 and 120 WEST 136th STREET and baths, all improvements, private room 181 WEST 134th STREET and bath, ranges and boilers, Rent $15.00 Corner of FIFTH AVE and 134th bath, hot water, every room private. 115 WEST 135th STREET six rooms. Rear house. Rent $15 to $20 242 WEST 60th STREET rent $9.00 per month. 8 EAST 132nd STREET and six rooms and baths, Rent $16 to $20 4 EAST 133rd STREET and bath, hot water supply, rent $18.00 per janitor or JULP A. PAYTON, JR., COMMUNICATION AGENTS. 67 W JUST OPENED SHEET 10 bath, hot water, rent $23 and $24. 100 STREET Mark Avenues triple bath, 4 rooms and bath, hot water supply, tiled. Rent $15 to $17. 9th STREET bath, steam heat and hot water, Rent $20 to $25. bath, steam heat and hot water, all improvement rooms, Rent $10 to $13. SHEET bath, hot water, rent $29. 5th STREET rooms and bath, hot water supply, tiled halls, tiled Two Weeks Free Rent $18 and $19. Two Weeks Free. SHEET bath, steam heat and hot water, Rent $19. or on premises or NAIL & PARKER, Agents 25 West WORKERS' REALTY CO. All Stock $50,000. Shares $5 each, par. Full paid and non-assessable. C. Miller Building, 1931 Broadway of this Company in to better the condition of the home for them on any terms; to open store of craft. James W. Wakkin, president; Louis W. Curt Jen. A. Hall, vice-president; Then. H. Matthews, n. REDUCED RENTS TO LET 211 EAST 88th STREET tits of 3 and 4 large light rooms, with Tubs, Toilets in Hall and Slot G and always in first class condition. Apply Janitor on Premises LOOK! LOOK! I have just accomplished what I've been try that. Sit the poor man's pocket-book. Apartmen steam bath and bath for $12 to $23. Other apart for $30 to $50, all modern improvements. The 130th Street, near subway. Important building. BENJ. I. MOWEL REAL ESTATE AGENT, BD MANAGEMENT OF COLORED PROPERTY 6162 STREET 526 West 4 . Cuscoma, Dec. 11—The city of Springfield, IL, which a few weeks ago was in the grip of one of the most cruel and violent exhibitions of mob violence ever witnessed in a civilized community, is about to feel the just burden of its welcoming Message has been handed down from the Supreme Court of Illinois that the "anti-now" law which was enacted in the Legislature and passed to passage by the Hon. Edward Green, the colored member of the Legislature, three years ago, is valid. It seems that an effort had been made to have the law declared unconstitutional, but the highest court of the State has now passed favorably upon its validity. So far as money can compensate those who were victims of the riot by the loss of relatives and the loss of property, the taxpayers will be called upon to bear the burden of the riot by providing jobs to rule the city for a space of time. The most of the money to be paid by the city will go to Negroes because they were the chief victims of the reign of lawlessness. It will thus be brought directly home to every man, woman and child who openly or secretly aided and abetted boys who thirsted for the blood and body of innocent Afro-American citizens. A new social settlement has been established in Chicago known as the Emanuel Settlement; located right in the heart of the darkest part of the Black Belt. Although the settlement is still in the experimental stage, about 180 boys and girls are enrolled as members of the boys' and girls' clubs. A large number of these boys and girls are practically homeless, so poor and mean are the places they call home. For the most part their parents are at work and away from home most of the time so that from time school closes until long after dark these children are in the street. The boy or girl thus circumstanced must eventually grow up under the influence that make for criminals of all kinds. It is this unquidified and homeless crowd of young boys and girls that the experiment in this forbidden neighborhood has been hounded. It speaks well for the growing spirit of responsibility that so many of our women are manifesting in their efforts to save whole communities from sinking to the level of a hopeless deprivacy. The more thoughtful Negro women are feeling a consciousness of that divine unmerge of which Famerco speaks when he says that "no one can be perfectly happy until all are happy, and no one can be perfectly free until all are free." and that they cannot rise to the level of independence and security while all about them the youth of their own race is being recruited for the communities in which they live. How to meet and overcome these evil forces that tend to corrupt our boys and girls who are forced to live in the most forbidding streets and alleys of American cities is a growing problem and it speaks well for our sense of social obligations that our women are showing an increased interest in the work of rescue and redemption. FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS. Utica Itumani. Bishop C. R. Harris was the great of Roe R. J. Strother at prison last week. Ti bishop looked the picture of health. Mrs. Anna Bell, of Saratoga Springs, and Mr. Joseph' Dovee, of Newburgh were visiting Mrs. Mary J. Strother. Mr. Dovee is an uncle of Mrs. Strother. The annual fair closed last week. It was a financial success. Prof. John O. Daniels, of Brunswick, Ga., spoke at Hope Chapel last week. Ant Sunday at 10:30 a.m. m Rev. Chase, The Entertainment and concert given by the stewardess of the A. M. E. Zion Mission at Lion, N. Y., on December 17, was a grand success. Rev. Charles Lloyd, Mrs. Martha Bowden, Mrs. Emma J. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Strother from Chelsea, Mrs. M. and Mrs. Lannick, Mrs. Frankfort, Mr. C. B. Wright, Miss Bertha Wright and Miss M. A. Fisher were present. Rev. Dana St. Bigelow, D. D., pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, spoke for Rev. Strother Sunday evening, December 20. Dr. Bigelow was much impressed by the church's chapel this year. He read the financial report of the pastor as reported to him. The report showed that the colored people had raised over $550 this year. Twenty-five persons have joined the church. The following minutes spoke during the time: Rev. Dana St. Bigelow, Presbyterian Church; Rev. G. Woodville Ball, Park Baptist Church; Rev. Godfrey Chobert, First Presbyterian Church, and Attorney Miller and Dr. Bigelow. Among the many things of importance mentioned the church to be built or Welch Church on Oneida street to be purchased for the colored people of Utica. NEGROES IN BIRMINGHAM. Are Co-operating to Clean and Beautify the City. BIMINGHAM, Al., Dec. 22—One of the greatest signs of Negro progress noticeable among Negroes of this community is their interests and co-operation in the "City Beautiful" a movement recently inaugurated by the City Fathers. This movement has for its object the beautifying of the city streets, homes, yards, etc., by the citizens themselves with the help and advice of the city government, and it is noted with pleasure that the Negroes of the city have entered into the spirit of the movement with all the enthusiasm they are capable of. The more educated ones and those who own their own property are doing everything in their power to make their property keep up with the pace being set by the originators of the movement, but what is of more moment than this is the fact that those who are forced to live in the city, the most meaningful part of the city, have also entered into the environment. After the alarms of this city in which they live are in better and better condition than ever before in the history of the city. Believing in the way that "Candidaism is in touch with Godliness" your correspondent feels that this movement for the "City Beautiful" has had a tendency to show concatenate the fact that the most important Negro in developing along lines of worth and that enlightenment is fast pacing ignorance and indifference in the background. The property owned and rented by Negroes in and around Birmingham is now in better condition than ever before and can but speak well for the race throughout the whole community. PROF. MONES M. MILMAS Prof. Moses M. Minms, who has the enviable reputation of being one of the leading dancing masters of Greater New York, has recently demonstrated to the lovers of dancing that he is indeed a "tower of strength" in his profession. He is equalling many and surpassing a large number of dancing masters who have had years of experience. His success has been marked from the beginning, as might be expected, from the ```markdown ``` 1. PROF. MOSES M. MIMMS fact that his motto, "Give the people value received" has stimulated his efforts. His aim is to please the public, regardless of expense. He has interesting and unique novelties differing from other dancing masters, and the public has always found his affairs to be just as advertised. He first started with a picnic at Sulzer's Harlem River Park and Casino, August 29, 1907. On this occasion there were several other affairs, and to the surprise of everybody the park was crowded. He has given several dancers a married, word-breaking crowds, and at which the best of order was maintained. He has conducted and is now running a high-class dancing academy, which sessions are held every Friday night at one of the most desirable and centrally located dancing halls MRS. LYDIA MIMMS in New York City—the Lincoln Square Palace, 127-9 Columbus avenue, between 65th and 66th streets. The originality of his ideas is often a wonder. Regardless of the numerous barn dances given in this city, the public witnessed the most popular and unique dance of this character Thanksgiving evening at Prof. Mimms' Academy. One of the features of his affairs is that his patrons co-operate with him, and no matter what the style of reception, they will dress accordingly or represent it in some way which adds much mirth to the occasion. His next large affair will be a grand masquerade ball, which will be given at Grand Central Palace, Tuesday evening. January 26, 1900. He has the distinction of being the first man to simply take Good Central Palace for an entertainment. Prof. Mimms was born in Georgetown, S. C., and while get a boy started out as a sailor, remaining at sea for fifteen years. After retiring from this seafaring life he located in Philadelphia, where he was married to Miss Lydia Thompson, of Charleston, S. C., a reigning belle of great social popularity, who has been an important factor in his marvelous success. summer, "America has produced three great artists, Whistler, Sargent and Tanner." eW have with us to night the two greatest men the Negro race has produced, Booker T. Washington and Henry O. Tanner. Plaidmell News. The first quarterly meeting of the Woman's Missionary Association of New Jersey was held in Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Rev. M. W. Vangha, pastor, last Thursday. The meeting was interesting and aroused much enthusiasm. At the afternoon the professional exercise conducted by Sisters Ruth Kline, Silver Lake, and Louisa Russell, of New Brunswick. Vocal solos by Mrs. Lucy Seymore, of Cranford; Mrs. Saunders, of Olivia; Mrs. Sawyer, of Plainfield; duet by the Misses Vaughn, of Plainfield. Papers were read by Mrs. Mary Crowley, of Kilworth; Mrs. G. W. Bailey, of Plainfield, and Mrs. McCormick, of Cranford. Papers were caused by Mrs. J., H. Travis, of East Orange; Mrs. Sarah Conover, of Roselle; Mrs. E. G. Barrough, of Madison; and Mrs. E. R. Robinson, of Newark. Papers were in brown delivered an address in which were echoes from the national convention. At the evening session the meeting was led by Sisters Mollie Cato, of Morrishown, and Alice Johnson, of Paterno, and Alice Johnson, of Paterno, cook, response by Miss Roberta Walters, of Rutherford. A paper was read by Mrs. R. W. Watkins, of Orange; sermon by Rev E. D. Crawley, of Ashbury Park; music by M. Olive Church chiefly, Mrs. Rosa A. Henderson, president of the State Convention, and Mrs. M. H. Vaughn, vice-president of the National Convention, were elected delegates to the Sunshore Quarterly Meeting held at Holden, N. J. on Wednesday, the 23st inst. The formation of a club that will be known as the Girls' Club until a name has been chosen has just been completed, the object of which will eventually be the establishment of a charity's sake in their immediate community through social endeavors. The officers are: Miss Mamie Gordon, president; Miss Marie Foster, vice-president; Miss Someret, secretary; Miss Elinah Bower, housemate; Miss nitte on arrangements are: Miss Elinota Marcellos and Miss Mabel Peterson. Mr. Isem Neal and Miss Sarah Hardway left the paranormal Saturday night amid showers of rice after being nailed to the ground. Mr. A. P. Wiley, organist and Director at M. Zion A. M. E. Church, who has been confined to his home with an attack of neuralitis, was able to resume his work with Superior Supra by Mrs. Stall, ten years. Mr. White is preparing the special music for the Christmas exercises on the 27th last. The Sunday school will celebrate Christmas with a night. Rev. Diges will give the children a prince with magic lantern pictures entitled "An Evening in the Old World." The services were held in the lecture hall, where the walls are being papered and the floor carpeted. Deacon Alfred Wilson preached in the morning, subject, "The Lord's Gift to the World." Rev. L. C. Newby, of the Church of St. Paul, drapes the skull and thoughtful sermon on "The Elements of Christianity." Mrs. J. TIL, who is spreading the wristband, York, paid a flying visit home on Monday. Mrs. Ann Francis, of Philadelphia, is speaking at the rally of Miss M. Jason Mrs. M. R. Jones will spend Christ- Fairfield, CA FLAN HALL PUN BROCHURE For some day after yesterday I was going to the house of the people of Homburg and especially in the business development building a hall for the use of Magnet, but nothing much has ever been mentioned toward that end. In the last time to a woman to set on foot a man to which will result in the first dose step toward training funds for the undertaking. She is Milt Leven L Moormen, who organised the Metropolitan Women's Business Club under whose auspices a public man meeting was held at Fleet Street A M. E. Zion Church, Bridge Street and Myrtle Avenue, Tuesday evening December 28th. Miss Moorman, is one of the foremost business women of the race in this part of the country and is closely identified with nearly every progressive race movement. Besides being a member of the executive board of the National Federation of Colored Women's Club, President of the Metropolitan Business Women's Club, a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Negro Business League of New York and a member of the Young Women's Christian Association work, she is manager of the Brooklyn Branch of the Metropolitan Meretzette and Realty Company of New York, with offices at 4-5 Court Square, Brooklyn. Miss Moorman feels assured that the club will be able to raise at least $10,000 by spring, and says that the citizens will rally to the support of the movement and make it a success. She says that such a building as contemplated in hardhouse returns on an investment. The building is to contain lodge rooms and concert hall, besides a large assembly hall. We had a baptism last Sunday morning, our pastor preaching on the subject of "Baptism," which was well received. At the evening service communion was served! Our attendance is growing, larger each week; the total offering for the day was $26.07, which in itself shows that we are marching upwards. We urge our friend to come and see us. Our alteration work is still in progress. Rev. M. E. Lynch is very much encouraged now by the progress of his work here in Astoria. EXITION TO EDUCATOR Demonstration for Dr. Washington of Fedder Memorial. Dr. Booker T. Washington received the most remarkable ovation of any of the long list of notable speakers at the Bishop Potter memorial held in historic Cooper Union last Sunday night. Introduced by presiding officer Prof. Chas. Sprague Smith as "one who by the knightliness of his service has risen to the position to be the peer of the kingslest of the king born" and standing on the same platform from which Lincoln made his ever-memorable speech, the great audience broke forth in round after-round of applause. When the Negro educator was permitted to begin, in simple yet graphic language, he revealed Bishop Potter's deep and genuine friendship for the black race. To the large cosmopolitan audience the lesbianism and the antitumelination and many worth which were characteristics of the life of Bishop Potter were especially appropriate and effective. Dr. Washington told of his first meeting with Dr. Potter at his own graduation at Hampton. When he had finished his graduating address, the bishop came up to him, he said, grasping his hand, "Young man, if you ever come to New York and want a friend come and see me." Since that time Mr. Washington said he had found in him a friend invaluable in advice and assistance. "Bishop Potter," he continued, "was too great a man to be claimed by my city of my race. He belonged to Amherst and the university. Too large to be small, too high to be low." The other speakers of the evening were Rev Percy Stickney Grant, Rabbi Joseph Silverman, r. John Mitchell and the Hon. Seth Low. Snowblood Bay, N. Y. Services were conducted by the Rev. R. A. Royster at 11 a.m. who prescheduled a most instructive sermon. Sunday school exercises were held at 2 p. m. and at 3 p. m. Holy Commission was administered. Erving services were held in the evening. Rev. Royster is doing a more effective work and is much beloved by his people. Mr. Robert Stevenson, former proprietress of the famous restaurant in Avane X has sold out to Mr. Williamson and gone to Texas. E. T. Wesley, of 14th street, departed this life Sunday, December 13. Enoch Branton died at his home in lentertment was in Greenwood on Monday. Buffalo, N.Y. BUFFALO, Dec. 15.—Mrs. Carter, of Philadelphia, is a guest of Mrs. Martha Warner left night for Florida, where he will stay for two weeks. Mrs. Leila Garnett is visiting her rela- tive in Syracuse. Zinn M. R. Church, Rev. Taylor pastor, has almost completed the remodeling, but last week it held its annual fair. Sunday was Rev. Taylor's birthday, on which he had to pay for each year of his life or for 20 years. Michigan Street Baptist Church has been home in its summer but will be fully occupied by Church on T. Edward Nash pastor, will open his church on December 27. Durchbrennende Neben On Friday evening, December 18, 1908, Miss Ella May Brown, 32 North Hamilton street, gave a reception in honor of Mr. Walter W. Brannon, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Walter W. Brannon, of Philadelphia, gave guests by Miss Irene Willis, of Millbrook, N. Y., and Mrs. James E. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio. Music was furnished by William's Orchestra. Mrs. Gerald Brown was soloist. The parlor and dining room were decorated with palms, ferns, and carnations. Supper was served in the dining room at 11:30 to thirty-two guests. Among the guests were the Rev. R. D. Cheek, of Philadelphia, Rev. R. Ferrer of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; M. Ferrer of York; Mrs. M. J. Golden and daughter, Miss Wanela; Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Jones, Miss Hattie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brown, Miss Julia Wetts, Mrs. Chen, Miss Jillie Smith, Messrs. Walter W. Brannon, Miss Jillie Smith, New York, Charles Hortman, T. Avery, James E. Smith, Charles Brown, B. McIntyre and John Smith. Miss Ella Brown will leave shortly for New York City. Miss Alida Goldatine and Mr. Charles Brown were married on December 19. Election of Virginia Names NORFOLK, Dec. 11. The following officers were elected at the thirty-third annual communication of the Most Worshipful Grand> Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Virginia to serve for the ensuing year: M. W. Grand Master, George W. Ramsey, Norfolk; Deputy Grand Master, J. Cornelius Carter, Amelia; Senior Grand Warden, Rev. P. F. Morris, Lynchburg; Junior Grand Warden, J. W. Barnes, Portsmouth; Grand Treasurer, Douglass Johnson, Petersburg; Grand Secretrer, H. L. Hutchison; Second Grand Deacon, Rev. L. W. Roamoke; Junior Grand Deacon, Wilson F. Foreman, Norfolk; Grand Lecturers, Warren and Grasty were re-elected. Pensante, N. J. The social held at the home of Mr. J. Dorney for the benefit of the A. M. F. Zion Minston last Thursday evening was held at Mrs. Rose Wheeler celebrated the seventh anniversary of her marriage at her home, 80 Park place, on Christmas night. A large number paid their reverence. Mrs. M. Berry, of South Orange, was in Panama last week visiting friends. Mrs. Anna Hilmore spent Christmas with friends in Bast Orange. Mrs. Elizabeth attended the reception held at A. M. F. Zion Church, Paterson, in honor of Bishop Clinton last Monday evening. give forth upon behalf of a孝子, in this way to the Lord's presence. Mining Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts, deceased with a daughter party deceased with a daughter party of the time of his parents on December 8. Miss James M. Pine was remanded from a wish to her son, the William Pine, of Brunswick, M. X. Miss Elizabeth Moyne, of Quincy, M. X. is the spirit of Mr. and Miss John Brown. Miss Rebecca Washington, while remaining from a meeting of the I. O. of St. Lukes, but work, dugged her pathblock, completed money and a huge仓 a day may have received the pathblock and cement by mail, make the money. A money hunt for a $1,000 gold piece for the benefit of the J. O. of St. Lukes was held at Mt. Elmo Baptist Church. Mt. Elmo Baptist Church, will arrive his family this week to take charge permanently. The regular meeting of the Literary Society was held in the chapel Tuesday evening. Rev. Ransom of New York gave an interesting lecture entitled "A New Joseph in the Second Chiarot of Pharaoor." The new Young Men's Protective Club will be open to the public for inspection all day. Thursday. Miss Bessie Briston spent Friday in New York. Miss Sallie Briston, Miss Henrietta Brown and Miss Olive Taylor visited New York Monday. Firm to Make Residential District Reimburseably for Whiten. Houston, December 23.—A movement is on foot here to make a certain residential district exclusively for whites, but it is thought that the scheme will fail. Recently a resolution was adopted at a meeting of whites as follows: "Reveal the truth within the city council of the city of Houston to co-operate with the undersigned property owners in their efforts to make this district an exclusive residence part for white people, and to aid this movement as the honorable mayor and the commissioners may see fit." Last Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A., under the auspices of the Criterion Social Club, composed of young ladies of St. Mark's M. E. Church, Dr. Patchen, a noted-physician, delivered an interesting address on "Why Do We Breathe?" Rew. Charles Mayfield presided. Dr. Patchen's address was instructive and enjoyed by all present. He told how to breathe properly and said breathing through the nose was the corrierion. 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Address all letters and make all checks and money orders payable to Tux New York Amz Publishing Company. On this world-wide holiday of sacred celebration of the birth of Christ, nearly two thousand years ago, to all of you to whom these words of greeting may come, we say: we wish you a Merry Christmas. In whatever station of life, under whatever trouble or circumstance you may labor, on this one day of the year we trust that you may free yourself from all unnecessity care and on the spirit of the Master, rejoice with all your friends for the manifold blessings of life, which you enjoy. Yet we do not wish you a day of epicurean indulgence; we do not say to you: eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may die. This day of jubilant recreation should be a day of Christian reflection, a day of serious though not of solemn reflection. Life is real. Life is earnest. What does life mean to you? What does Christianity mean to you? Do you realize the responsibilities of life, the duties which are yours to your family, to your race and to your country? Do you bear the burdens of all those whose burdens you are in duty bound to bear? Are you providing your family with a comfortable and creditable home, are you educating your children, are you laying up for the rainy day of old age? Are you building a first foundation in character and wealth upon which future generations of your race may build and enjoy an equal citizenship in this republic? Are you supporting the laws and institutions of this, your native land? Then, and then only, the joys of this greatest of all holidays for and must be genuine indeed. If Christianity has constrained you to follow in the footsteps of the Master doing good, so far as in your power lies; if your daily life is clean, moral and successful in its example to all those who may look to you for guidance and comparison, then the incarnation of Christ is full to you as to no other. If your life does not reveal this inspiring and sustaining spirit of the Christ, then all your confessions of faith and all your emblems of conversion are but as a sounding braim and a tinkling cymbal. Rejoicing with you in the growing power of Christianity we wish you again, a Merry Christmas. CAMPAIGN AGAINST CONSUMPTION Tuskegee has never initiated a movement more timely and more profoundly affecting the Negro race than the campaign against consumption which it has just inaugurated by the National Negro Anti-Tuberculosis Congress held at the Institute last week. Depressing and appalling are the figures of Negro deaths from consumption and the excess of Negro over white deaths from consumption. We believe, however, owing to the advancement the Negro has made in intelligence and consequently in cleanly and hygienic living, the coming census will, show a great decrease of Negro consumption. The exhibit of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was on the Tuskegee grounds and thousands of visitors from far and near attended the congress throughout the week. But getting at the heart of the matter as Tuskegee always does by starting reform, comprehensive and practical plans were laid for the future campaign against the dread Negro disease. Negro churches in all parts of the country and Negro religions and secular papers and periodicals will be asked to join in the effort. The easy rules for the cure and prevention of consumption; of cleanliness, fresh air, pure food and sufficient exercise will be widely scattered. An anti-spitting campaign is to be the main feature of the fight. We shall do all in our power to assist in this timely fight with the disease which is playing such havoc with the Negro. We urge all our readers to read and obey the rules of the New York Health Department, which we carry in another column. Let every Negro who loves his family and his race join the campaign against consumption. GENERALIZED SCHOOL Like the little boy with a match at a powder magazine, Prof. Giddings, of Columbia University, an eminent though a "Great" philosopher during his Southern South Carolina生涯 has been on the "American People" genre singularist and浸入al emotion to the South attitude of Negro expression. So read, "The Southern man who, are my great-grandchildren to be party Negro? That is why the Southern man and more especially the Southern woman does not believe in social equality." Coral may be the consequence of this attempted justification of Southern subjugation of human rights, it must be explained that Prof. Giddin is a close philosopher. Through the lens of an abolitionist, it must be explained that the doctor has a brain lesion on the score of race parity. He has his latest outbreak on his philosophy announced long ago, that "consciousness of kind" or carried to its logical conclusion, race prejudice in the prime fact of social progress. The great philosophers of the last generation like Herbert Spencer and of the present generation like Prof. Carver of Harvard have pointed out the partiality and falsity of this bigoted conclusion. But no man of other than an academic knowledge of conditions or forewedge of the future; no man not attempting to pander to Southern popularity would inject and justify at this late date the Southern bogy man of "social equality." Like Malatha of the eighteenth century, who got the world in panic fear in urging race suicide, to prevent humanity's increase from outstripping the increase of food supply. Prof. Giddings pours forth his needless and disturbing doctrine of Negro suppression. Like Southern legislators, the professor never stops to think that this is a republic and that this republic cannot endure half slave and half free or half serf and half free. His question: "Would we want a universal chocolate colored race in this world," is the accursed and ante-dated cry of the South, "Would you like to have your sister marry a nigger!" Patriotic citizens, practical philosophers and constructive statesmen now recognize the "social equality" chimera presents no dilemma to this country. The Scylla and Charybdis between which the ship of State must steer the straight course of equal citizenship are caste system and destruction of the republic. THE HENRY O. TANNER EXHIBIT Readers of the Tace will find at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, a special exhibit of religious paintings by the distinguished American artist and member of our race, Mr. Henry O. Tanner. The galleries are open from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. and on Sunday from 2 to 6 p. m. This exhibition is given under the auspices of the American Art Association. Both Mr. Tanner and Mrs. Tanner will be present. We shall be greatly disappointed if a large number of our best people do not take advantage of this rare opportunity of seeing the pictures of one of the greatest artists in this or any other country. ATLANTA NEIGHBORS VOTE REFORM We take pleasure in clipping the following from The Outlook in reference to the recent election held in Atlanta for Mayor. It is especially gratifying to quote from the Atlanta Journal on the action of Negro voters. The Atlanta Journal betorefoe has been most bitter in reference to everything relating to the Negro vote. It has been the organ of Hoke Smith. It seems to have experienced a softening of heart: "One of the significant incidents of the election was the alignment of the Negro voters with the cause of decency. The Atlanta Journal, in commenting on the election, says: "The Negro voters of Atlanta are entitled to the appreciation of the public for the high sense of citizenship they exhibited yesterday, in supporting Mr. Maddox and the cause of good morals. It is an evidence of the esteem in which the best element of our population hold the duties of citizenship, and a growing regard for higher civic and domestic ideals." As is well known, the great mass of the Negro vote had been practically disfranchised in Georgia even before the adoption of the Suffrage Amendment, which does not go into effect before January 1. One result of this disfranchisement has been the elimination of the more ignorant and venal voters among the Negroes themselves, and the opportunity of the better element to cast such a vote as was recorded in the Atlanta election. It may very well happen that the Negro voters who can comply with the terms of the Suffrage Amendment will hold the balance of power in local elections where they can win the respect and friendship of the better class of white citizens by siding with them on moral issues." PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SIGHT When the late Miss Annie T. Jeanes, the Philadelphia Quakeress, left $1,000,000 in the Land of Booker T. Washington and President Frissell for the promotion of rural Negro primary education in the South, she built Better than she knew. Little did she dreams that her gift great though it was, would be the means of calling permanent national attention to Negro education, nor could she have reasonably expected such immediate and successful efforts in reaching the conditions she held in mind. Yet the Jeanes Fund Committee meet President-dost Taft, Andrew Carnegie, Walter H. Page, editor of the World's War, Dr. Frieder of Hampton and Secretary Dillardroh Deam of Tufts University, it only were present, but it is announced that the next meeting of the Committee will be held in the White House with President Taft. In addition to these prominent white members in attendance the five colored members of the committee, Dr. R. T. Washington, Bishop Abraham Grant, Hon. R. L. Smith of Texas, Hon. J. C. Napier of Tennessee, and Major R. R. Moton of Hampton were present. It was also announced that all matters which had come before the Committee were adjusted. Prof. Dillard made a highly satisfactory report on his operations which already cover eight States and have aroused a widespread active interest. During the past year he has employed forty-four teachers and assisted thirty-eight schools. From this splendid beginning made possible through the Jeanes gift, it now seems not too much to hope that eventually to every one of the hundreds of thousands of Southern Negro children at present untouched and unlaught a sufficient primary education will be furnished. ANOTHER SPOILS CENSUS. By the defeat last week in Congress of the Gillette Amendment to the Crumpacker census bill, the 4,000 additional clerical force required to take the 13th census was put under the "spoils system" of selection. As under the last two censuses the examination of applicants will mean nothing and political pull with the Congressmen who furnish two positions in each district, will mean everything. Under this selection not only will the efficiency and accuracy of the census be impaired, but many Negroes who would have gained positions under merit tests will not get them. But this stay of the progress of civil service reform is only temporary, 15,000 fourth class post offices in the fourteen States: north of the Ohio and East of the Mississippi have just been opened up to civil service, while the remainder of the 54,813 such offices in the country will be put under civil service rules by President Roosevelt or Judge Taft. In these and the growing number of other government positions filled on merit we believe and trust the Negro will get his share. We look with favor upon the tendency of our capable young men to enter the government service. There are the admitted disadvantages of limited opportunity and salary in such service. But just now the advantages for the Negro of a good salary and permanent position are welcome and opportune. Such positions as they have among the Negroes of the District of Columbia, promote stability and independence and lay the foundation for the future higher classes of the race. The Negro must therefore welcome the constantly enlarging field of the merit system in the government service. By merit alone he must be willing to succeed or fail. --- HAYT AGAIN UNITED. With Haytians generally rejoicing over the unanimous election last Thursday, December 17, by their Congress of General Antoine Simon, successful leader of the revolt against Nord Alexis, and with the glad return of the Alexis exiles including General Firmin, Hayti is at last reunited. But the idea generally prevailed that Haytians have been going backwards in industry and into voooo worship is erroneous. Nord Alexis has been rightly called, "craftily and tyrannically progressive". But that day of such government, even in Hayti, has apparently passed. Port-au-Prince is a thriving subtropical city with a fine new custom house, modern school buildings and many new warehouses. Hayti's resources are being developed and she is paying the interest on her bonds. Leger, Haytian minister to the United States in his "Hayti, Her History and Her Detractors," gives proof of his country's slow but sure progress toward constitutional government. Recent events force us to believe with him that Hayti has many "statesmen morally sound," able and progressive. While the "hospitality, the sterling honesty and natural kindness of the country people" vouched for by all travelers dissipate as slanders all talks of voodoo and cannabalism. We believe that reunited Hayti is on the highway to a strong and enlightened government. The Negroes of America congratulate Hayti and her new government, wishing them both peaceful and prosperous futures. --- The Jeanes Fund Committee for the Proposition of Negro Rural Education, after its session in the office of District Commissioner Macfartand, announced that its next meeting will be held in the White House with its members, President-Elect Taft. Negro education is going to receive first consideration for the next four years. Our contemporary, the Chicago Idea, has absorbed the Chicago Advocate. Twas ever thus, and besides this is an age of combinations. Adjutant General F. C. Ainsworth points out that of the white troops 4.79 per cent. were reported as deserted last year, while 0.57 per cent. of the colored men in the service deserted. Whatever else the Negro soldier may or may not be, he is not a quitter. There are 518 colored persons employed in the Chicago post office. Our friends who persist in calling Chicago the "Windy City," meaning thereby to characterize its citizens, should realize that they have these and many more things to blow about. Former United States Consul General to the Congo. Free State, James G. Whitley, says: "King Leopold is no grafter." We, too, prefer the statement of a representative of the Congo Refief Society: "He was the sole promoter and beneficiary of a great and cruel get-rich-quick scheme." The Detroit News now points out Negro farmer rivals to Butler General, the Negro farmer of Marion county, South Carolina, with a thousand acres of fine cotton and timber land. It mentions William Murray, of Wedgefield, and "Bob" Babb, of Cross, each of whom make between 100 and 500 bales of cotton a year. We would like to urge every other Negro in the country to begin now and make hay while the sun shines." The wave of crime and lynching by whites against whites now sweeping over various sections of the Southland reminds us of the processes of the criminal law where the prosecution is taken out of the hands of the victim and turned over to the State. Lynch law is rapidly passing beyond the domain of the Negro. The Dallas (Texas) Express says: "The colored citizens of Dallas are coming in for a considerable amount of praise just now from the white press as the result of the organization of a Law and Order, League intended to help the constabulary reduce crime in this city." We hope our contemporary will "express" the criminals right into the gul. Bishop Turner, historographer of the A. M. E. Church, is reported hard at work on the history of Methodism. Big name, big job. Why shouldn't he be hard at work? The Washington (D. C.) correspondent of the New York Sun bewails the fact that since the passing of James Wormley, the famous Negro hotel man of a decade ago, and one or two others, white, Washington has been a barren and a sterile waste for the lovers of good and wholesome food skillfully prepared. The good that men do live after them. After Judge Taft's speech before the North Carolina Society of New York a Lily-White of Georgia said to the would-be interviewer: "I have nothing to say." And they haven't said anything since. The progressive colored folk of Norfolk are now pointing with pride to their very success. Gideon Savings Bank of the O. Testament Virginian Biblical scholars as the late John Jasper with his "sun do move" theory, why might not the Gideon Savings Bank make progress? Allan Hatter, a Negro farmer of Fourche Dam, and also constable of that place, recently sold on the streets of Little Rock 144 bales of cotton which netted him $7,344.85. Besides being constable Mr. Hatter is a farmer. The recently issued annual report of the Pioneer Building and Loan Association of Greensboro, N. C., shows the assets of the company to be $18,561.73. There is not only a New South but a new Negro in the South. The Baltimore Steamboat Company, incorporated under the laws of Maryland, with an authorized capital of $00,000, George W. Brown, president, was launched upon the seas of commerce last month. It is just like those Baltimore Negroes to make port, too. Tennessee Behind. The need that seems to be uppermost in the minds of the thinking Negroes of the State of Tennessee at this time is industrial education. Nashville is the recognised Athenae of the South, and the State of Tennessee is fairly well dotted with academia, normal colleges and universities, but there is not a single should be put over the program that is debating on an important issue. It is an inexplicable but that the Federal Government, appropriate around them and allow them to the community for helpful education, and the law specifically states that in the States where co-education is prohibited by states that the apprehensions shall be equally divided. After states are taking advantage of these apprehensions and as a result they have magnificent institutions that are doing great good toward making the Negro youth a help to the community where they live rather than a burden. The Negro feel that they are happy to blame for the condition of africans as they now exist. They have put great stress on the opportunity for higher education, but have allowed the Negro youth to be abused by the Negro youth of Southern states are contributing the black roots of the Volunteer State in the commercial world, and as scientific laborers. They have learned in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and other states the value of the soil. They are also learning that every man is responsible for the welfare of the community in which he lives. It is acknowledged by the foremost thinkers in the world that the masses need first that kind of education that will fit them for the duties that come to every one, and they style that kind industrial education, or in other words, the people need to know how to work consistently. They need to be taught how necessary it is to keep an appointment, whether it is to abut a man's gate at a certain hour every day or to pay a bill of a thousand dollars; that leaving the gate open may be the cause of more than a thousand dollars' worth of property being destroyed; that if a man knows how to be industrious he is welcome in any community. Nashville Globe. e Chicago Negro Banker Stirr Financial Christie Among the gratifying "signs of the times" is the completion of a handsome new office building by Jesse Binga, at 3033 State street, southwest corner of State street and Thirty-sixth place, where he will conduct his real estate and loan business and in addition he will shortly open a bank at the same place. Chicago is recognized as one of the strongest financial centers of the country and its banking houses are so well distributed throughout the city that practically every section has a convenient bank. There is no bank, however, in the immediate vicinity of Thirty-sixth and State streets, although this is one of the very busy centers of the city. Mr. Binga has long been a prominent figure in South Side real estate and loan circles. He has built up a large business by straightforward dealing and he enjoys the fullest confidence of all who know him. The new block which has just been completed, is a substantial addition to the business buildings of South State street, being complete and convenient in its arrangements and attractive in appearance. Burrel-provincial built and built the buildings and are supplied with the most approved time-lock safes, affording ample protection for the bank's funds. Such substantial improvements as these are always of interest to the business world, but they are especially gratifying just at this time, when the city is endeavoring to recover from the financial depression. Mr. Binga's institution will add to the banking facilities of the city and contribute to its reputation as a financial stronghold—a fact that will be appreciated by all who are interested in Chicago's development, but specially in the business men in the 3633 State enterprise will be greatly accommodated and benefited-by Mr. Binga's enterprise.—Chicago Commercial Chronicle. Tweed Bird In dahl To the Editor of THE NEW YORK AGE: Kindly inform me through your columns where "Boss" Tweed died? A CONSTANT READER Tweed died in the Ludlow Street jail April 12, 1878. White Christian on Y. M. C. A. To the Editor of THE NEW YORK AGE: Is it true Christianity to deny an education to a human being because his color is black? This was the case at one of the Young Men's Christian Association branches when a colored lad was turned away from its doors, who was seeking to broaden his mind, and for no other reason than that he was a Negro. That he was human and a creature of the same Creator as the one who denied him admission seems to have been forgotten. Where is that spirit upon which this institution is built, namely the brotherhood of man? Is it not strange that the writer of this article, is white and professes no religion, yet feels keenly the humiliation that his Negro Christian brother had to undergo when he was turned away from a Christian institution. If in the future another Negro has to be turned away from the doors of this Christian institution let its directors apply to themselves the words that Shapepseare puts into the mouth of Shylock in the third act, scene one, of the "Merchant of Venice": "Hath not a black man eyes? hath not a black man hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Is he not fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject with the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooked by the same sum, affections, passions? Is he not a Christian man is? If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die." Then why this discrimination? Would Jesus Christ make such discrimination? Then why should His followers do so? A New Minute of obedience To the Father of Tupi May Day Day. The greatest patient test in which the Negro has ever been impressed in early pardon. That deed of obedience to the junior-boying path of which not only the consummation of the slave but the uplift of the Negro in largely deus, has not been given reason to turn the battle of the war. The labor choices and the colored choices acted wisely and did well and the children of to-day have lessons than the prospect of a period of prosperity such as no previous generation of the race has had. The labor vote and the Negro vote were not reduced nor suspended, but by a marvelous standstiffness to reason and principally have demonstrated that the working man and the Negro are safe holders of the sacred right to cast a ballot. Certain events that were begotten during the past few months have died without issue and can never reappear. A new era has come and new tasks have been added to the skillful so that the past will be no longer taken once who may now in sober and rational frame of mind seek to take again the places which they left during moments of freny. The power of sinicere cranks to sway the race is swept away by sober and sane people now go forward to meet the tasks of a bright future. This is the day for the voice of the optimist to be heard, not because there are no evils in the path to be overcome but because experience, has shown that the evils can be overcome. Now is the time or individual character and worth to be felt, that evils have been due to the selfishness of men whom we have trusted, but the race has now placed before it men who have been tried and whose wisdom and unselfishness have been demonstrated. For a period, the real leaders of race progress will have a clear path. The old class of leaders who were creaturely, bought and sold are now discredited, the race is ready to listen to the voices of sane and honest men and women. J. M. HENNESSON, M. D. ADVICE ON HYGIENE Pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption is a disease of the lungs. It is taken from other people who have it, and. is not simply caused by a cold, although a cold may make it easier to take the disease. The matter coaghed up and sneezed out by people who have the disease is full of living germs or "tubercle bacilli" too small to be seen. These are the cause of tuberculosis and when they breathe the lungs of weakened and debilitated people, they set up the disease. DONT get tuberculosis yourself. Keep as well as possible, for the healthier your body, the harder for the germs of tuberculosis to grow in you. Keep healthy observe the following rules. DONT live, study or sleep in rooms where there is no fresh air. Fresh air and sunlight kill the tubercle bacilli and other germs causing other diseases, therefore have as much of both in your room as possible. DONT live in dusty air; keep rooms clean; get rid of dust by cleaning with damp cloths and mops. DONT sweep, with a dry broom. DONT eat with soiled hands. Wash them first. DONT put your hands or pencils in your mouth or any candy or chewing gum other persons have used. DONT keep soiled handkerchiefs DON'T keep soiled handkerchiefs in your pockets. TAKE a warm bath with soap at least once a week. DON'T neglect a cold or a cough, but go to a doctor or dispensary (see last note). HOW to get well if you have tuberculosis. If you or anyone in your family have tuberculosis, you must obey the following rules if you wish to get well: DONT waste your money on patient medicines or advertised consumption cures, but go to a doctor or dispensary (see last page). If you go in time, you can be cured; if you wait, it may be too late. DON'T drink whiskey or other forms of liquor. DON'T sleep in the same bed with anyone else and, if possible, not in the same room. GOOD FOOD, fresh air and rest are the best cures. Keep out in the fresh air and in the sunlight as much as possible. KEEP your windows .open winter and summer, day and night. ..... IF property wrapped up you will not catch cold. GO to a sanatorium if you can and before it is too late. A PERSON who has pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption is not dangerous to those with whom he and works, if he is careful and clean. DONT give tuberculosis to others. Many grown people and children have pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption without knowing it, and can give it to others. Therefore every person, even if healthy, should observe the following rules: DONT swallow your expectoration, but— DONT SPIT on the sidewalks, playgrounds, or on the floors or hallways of your home or school. It spreads disease, and is dangerous, indecent and against the law. WHEN you must spit, spit in the gutters or into a spitton half filled with water. DONT COUGH OR SNEZE without holding a handkerchief or your hand over your mouth or nose. DONT blow your nose on your fingers. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WILL BECOME A NEW YORKER Lewin O. Summermott, of Red Bank; Moves to Brooklyn: Mr. Lewis O. Summersett, who for several years edited the Mail and Express at Red Bank, N. J., and is now engaged in the real estate business at Newark, has removed to Brooklyn, N.Y. to live. Mr. Summersett will discontinue his office at Newark on January 1st, and his headquarters thereafter will be in the law offices of Mr. C. W. McDougall on Nassau street, New York City. --- The man on you seemed was of admirable proportions, and he tall as powerful. Locusting the alley report which held the Kingway he big hips and a strong face. His face was here—a strong face almost Negro in color. "The viciousous Greek broke death in expressions of jyv and congratulations; after which the Egyptian said, with characteristic gravity: " * * * If you are both pleased to hear me, I will tell you who I am and how I came to be called. " * * * I am Bakharaan the Egyptian." "There are many distinctions I might claim for my race," he continued, "but I will content myself with one. History began with us. We were the first to perpetuate events by records kept. So we have no traditions, inherited from our ancestors, of certainty." Oldest of human records are the writings of Menen, our first king. "The Egyptian regarded them benignly, then went on saying, "Religion is merely the law which binds man to his Creator; in purity it has but three elements—God, the Soul and their Mutual Recognition; out of which, when put in practice, spring Worship, Love and Reward. This law, like all others of divine origin, like that, for instance, which binds the earth to the sun, was perfected in the beginning by its Author. Such, my brothers, was the religion of the first family; such the religion of our faith, such the religion of our lord, who could not have been blind to the formula of creation, nowhere so discernible as in the first faith and the earliest worship. Perfection is God's simplicity is perfection. The curse of curses is that men will not let truths like these alone." * * * * "The records show that Miraim found the Nile in possession of the Ethiopians, who were spread thence through the African desert; a people of rich fantastic genius, wholly given to the worship of Nature. The poetic Persian sacrificed to the sun as the complete test image or Ormuzd, his god. The devout children of the Far East carved their deities out of wood and ivory, but the Ethiopian without writing, without books, without meek spiritual faith, without wisdom, his soul by the worship of animals birds and insects, holding the cat sacred to Re, the bull to Isis, the beetle to Pthah. A long struggle against their rude faith ended in its adoption as the religion of the new empire." “I said there was a purpose in the particularity with which we described our peoples and their histories,” so the Egyptian proceeded. “He we go to find was called King of the Jews;” by that name we are bidden to ask for him. But now that we have met and heard from each other, we may know Him to be the Redeemer, not the Jews alone, but of the nations of the earth. The Patriarch who survived the Flood had with him three sons and their families, by whom the world was peopled. From the old Aryana:Voejo the well-remembered Region of Delight, in the heart of Asia, they parted. India and the Far East received the children of the first; the descendants of the youngest, through the North streamed into Europe; those of the second overflowed the deserts about the Red Sea passing into Africa; and though most of the latter are yet dwellers in shifting tents, some of them became builders along the Nile. By a simultaneous impulse the three joined hands. "Could anything be more divinely ordered," Balthasar continued. "When we have found the Lord, the brothers and all the generations that have succeeded them will kneel to Him in homage with us. And when we part to our owes, we the brothers will have learned a new lesson, that He may be won, not by the sword, not by human wisdom, but by Faith, Love and Good Works. "A little while after, the tent was struck. And with the remains of the repast, restored to the cot; then the friends mounted and set out single file, led by the Egyptians. Their course was due west into the chilly night." The creatures followed in steady trot, keeping the limp and intervals so exactly that those following seemed to tread in the tracks of the following." The riders spoke not once. "By and by the moon came up. And as the three tall, white figures sped with soundless tread through the opalescent light they appeared like spectre, flying from hateful shadows. Suddenly in the air before them not farther up the hill, they top flared a lambent flame; as they looked at the apparition contracted into a focus of lustre. Their hearts heat fast; their souls thrilled and they showed as with once voice, 'The Star! The Star! God is with us!' ```markdown ``` The Murder of Mr. Carmack Murders are frequent enough, in all conscience, in all parts of the United States, but it can hardly be denied that the killing of ex-Senator Carmack in Nashville is of a sort mainly confined to the Southern States, and that it is directly traceable to a general sentiment which does not exist in the same degree elsewhere. Neither the man who was killed nor he who killed him belonged to a class that by any stretch of severity can be called criminal or even lawless, in the usual sense of that term. And this is equally true of the father of the assailant, criticism on whom by the victim was the immediate occasion of the deed. On the contrary, all these men were respectable members of society, and two of them highly regarded and prominent in public affairs. It is quite idle to give counsel in such a matter. The remedy must come, if at all, through the education and evolution of public opinion. If it could be borne into the consciousness of men of ability and standing in the South that the use of the bullet is a confession that brains are wanting in a public discussion, that would have its effect, and a beneficent one. Until such a judgment, with a higher estimate of the men's human life prevails, the South must human self-involved. It is profoundly that this heart and most pathetic truancy must aid in bringing in the needed change—New York Times. Most the work of the Settlement Begins, 200 First place, might be more successfully understood in the community and thereby click the support and organization of the citizens of Brooklyn, as nothing was held last Monday evening on the Holy Trinity Baptist Church and the ideas and objects of the work were clearly set forth. The meeting was called to order by Rev. S. W. Timmens, pastor. The musical program was in charge of the Barnett quartette and was only employed, May 1, 2009. Head of the Friends House, gave an interactive talk on the general benefits of settlement work. Others who spoke were, Miss I. L. McCormor, Mrs. L. C. Sankey, Mrs. M. C. Lawton, Mrs. Georgia M. De Baptiste, head worker of the Lincoln Settlement House, and Miss Martha B. Upson, district surge. Bethlehem Church Pair. The annual fair of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Schenectady avenue, near Newbury street, was held last week in the library of the church. The booths were beautifully and artistically arranged and supplied with both staple and fancy goods which were liberally patronized. Under the direction of Prof. C. A. Johnson, a pleasing musical and literary program was given each evening to the delight of all present. Newman Memorial Church Bunnar. The annual bazaar of the Newman Memorial M. E. Church, of Herkimer street, of which the Rev. W. A. T. Miles is pastor, was the attraction in that vicinity the past week. The tables were pristly arranged and loaded with various articles suitable for Christmas tables and remembrances which found quick sales. A pleasing program connecting of musical and literary selections constituted the entertainment each evening while the bazaar lasted. Machery Meeting Held. The mothers' meeting held last Thursday evening at the Settlement House, 108 Fleet place, under the auspices of the Day Nursery, was a most pleasant affair. The program for the occasion was furnished by the members of the Happy 74 Club and was pleasingly given. In the absence of Mrs. Alice Wiley, who had been invited, speak but was unavoidably prevented, M. M. C. Lawton addresses the meeting Miss Julia C. Bacon, president of the association, adds. At the conclusion of the refreshments were served, after which a beautiful doll was raffled, the proceeds of which are to benefit the Day Nursery. Republican League Literary Meeting. The Colored Republican League of Kings County held its regular monthly Literary meeting last Tuesday evening at Jones Hall, Ikerkimer street. Dr. H. Powell, pastor of "Bethany Baptist Church, delivered an address on "The Relation of the Church to the State." The discussion was opened by John H. Smith, president of the league. W. R. Lawton and Mrs. S. J. S. Garnett, superintendent of the Woman's Equal Suffrage League, also spoke on the subject. Prof. Sørensenbrough to speak on Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln Association, which has in charge the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the martyrred President, February 18, 17 a large and enthusiastic meeting last Tuesday evening at the Carlton Avenue Branch Y. M. C. A. Prof. Scarborough, of Wilberforce University, has been selected as the onorator of the occasion. A subscription will be given in honor of Y. M. Scarborough in the afternoon of February 18 at the Carlton Avenue Branch Y. M. C. A. The pastor of the various churches in the three are requested to appoint at least three of their most active members to co-operate with the woman's auxiliary to the committee. Every fraternal and benevolent organization in Brooklyn has been invited to participate in the celebration. A souvenir journal has been launched and every colored person or company of persons representing any business or profession has been asked to take space that the extent to which the race is engaged in business may be approximated. Mite Missionary Society. The first quarterly conference of the New York Conference Branch Mite Missionary Society was held last Thursday at St. John's A. M. E. Church, Howard avenue. The conference tonsided of three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, all of which were full of interest. Mrs. R. C. Ransom, of New York City, is president of the branch. Rev. H. H. Pinckney and Rev. Joseph Stiles, presiding elders of the New York State Conference, addressed the meetings. Others who spoke were Mrs. L. C. Smith and Mrs. Robert Spurgeon. The Lincoln Emancipation Committee, which has for its object the perpetuation of the Emancipation proclamation, met last Thursday evening at the Concord Baptist Church to complete arrangements for the celebration on January 1, 1909. Failing in their attempt to get an out-of-town speaker the honor as officer of the occasion was conferred on Dr. F. M. Jacobs, pastor of Fleet Street A. M. E. Zion Church. The address at Lincoln's statue will be made by Rev. A. R. Cooper, D. D., pastor of Bridge Street A. M. E. Church, and that at Beecher's statue by John H. Dickerson. There will be a wreath placed on each one of these statues by Brooklyn young ladies. The Emancipation Proclamation will be read by W. D. R. Lawton. Rev. William T. Dixon, D. W., pastor of Concord Baptist Church, will preside. The musical program is in charge of Prof. P. A. Myers, also of the Concord Church. West Indian Forum. The regular meeting of the West Indian Forum was held last Sunday at its club rooms, 349 Bridge street, and was largely attended. "Barbadoes and the Ballor" was the subject discussed by the following: J. J. King, Rev. Daniel, G. Urghart and C. Dillon. A paper was read by L. A. Yepper, entitled "A Glimpse of America's Wonderful Progress," which was highly instructive and entertaining. A musical program added to the enjoyment of all present. Widows' Sons Lodge, No. 11, F. and A. M., held its regular communication at the lodge rooms, 118 Myrtle avenue. District Deputy Grand Master William F. Abbott was present. The principal Bachelor of the meeting on the future of the mining industry at the mining university in Oslo; Morton, A. W., Becker, Blair, A. W. J. D. Hult, postmaster, Blegen T. Seud, treasurer, Charles D. Johnson; treasurer for three years, T. S. Smith; for two years, John Leoock. The installation of offices will take place at the next regular communication. Minister Presbyterian Church. Special Christmas curricula were held at Silhou Presbyterian Church by the Sunday School. The exercises consisted of appropriate music by the school and an address on the birth and early life of Christ by Mrs. M. C. Lawson. Bridge Street A. M. M. Church The pulpit of Bridge Street A. M. M. Church was ally occupied but Sodom Church was occupied but A. M. C. Church D. D. The church was beautifully decorated for the Christmas holidays. Gormet Brewing Company Club At the regular meeting of the H. H. Garnett Republican Club of Kings County, last Wednesday evening, the following officers were nominated for the ensuing year: President, James A. Ryerson; vice-president, Pierre Zeno; recording secretary, Louis Logan; financial secretary, George Slater; treasurer, W. B. Clayton. To the Editor of The New York Area. The swiping of Missouri into the Republican column has surface and surface of Negro "pie" hunters in the State who are asking for almost every position in the gift of the incoming administration. Up to date we have a candidate for Minister, to Liberia, Registrar of the Treasury, Recorder of Deeds, Surgeon-in-Chief of Freedmen's Hospital, Minister to Hayti, and a thousand minor places. Some of the applicants can neither read, write nor spell, but this lack of ability is not considered a bar to their aspirations, and should not be, when some former appointments are brought to mind. We have never had much out here in the way of Federal "pie" and this may in a measure account for the present mad rush. That the Negroes of Missouri's loyalty to the Republicancession goes without saying, and we believe that Mr. Taft will take this view of the matter. Nelson C. Crews, Dr. T. C. Unthank, W. C. Hueston, Charles Turner, John W. Wheeler, C. H. Tandy, Dr. T. Curtis, Prof. J. H. Pelham, Dr. M. O. Ricketts are all men of national reputation, the appointment of any one of whom would be appreciated by all the people of Missouri. The election of Mr. Hadley to the governorship continues to be the sensation of the hour, but from a Negro viewpoint it was the best thing that could have happened to the State. Cowherd's election would have meant untold trouble for the race. The campaign was made principally upon Jim Crow and Negro and that too clawing of white men whose association with Negroes would not look well in print—men who have done much to corrupt our men and debauch our women. Negroes were not invited to be present at the Republican jollification banquet and no same member of the race expected to be invited. Mr. Hadley is an honest man and may be relied upon to treat all of our citizens with equal justice. We are not expecting to be appointed to the leading State positions—such a course would be suicidal for the party and the race. The most important matter that confronts the Missouri Negro at this time is the upbuilding of their educational institutions, particularly Lincoln Institute, which has for years been in a state of unrest. The meeting of the State Teachers' Association will be held in city during the spring, and it is said that it will be the largest in the history of that body. Many questions affecting the welfare of the race will be discussed by the ablest men in the State. Dr. J. H. Garnett, of Western College; Dr. B. F. Allen, of Lincoln Institute; Dr. Bruce, of the Missouri Tuskegee; D. G. N. Grisham, of Lincoln High School; Principalis Brown, Gordon, Cole and Freeman, of St. Louis; Simms, Jones, Perkins and Endicott, of St. Joseph; Pelham, of Hannibal; Coleman, of Columbia; Green, of Lexington; Wilson, of Carrollton; M'Adams, of Springfield; Hubbard, of Sedalia; Harrison, of Independence; Anthony of Jefferson; City; Book of the Bible; Vaughan of Moberly; Thompson, of Warrensburg; Abbington, of Clarkville; Bowser, Yates, Harris, Foster, Wise, Williams, Coffin, Coles and Crosthaw, of Kansas City, are some of the leaders who will take part in the proceedings of the association. Medium Note. Mr. John A. Molborn, of this place, left for Norfolk, Va., where he will spend the holidays with relatives. John Livingston made a flying trip to Jersey City Saturday, December 5. Their friends wonder why. Mrs. William Mills and Mrs. Mary Merlbon spent last Wednesday in Newark. Miss Marion Shepard was the guest of Mrs. E. M. Williams, of 133 West 203d street, New York City. Thursday, Mrs. Merlbon was the sister, Mrs. A. J. Skinner, of Central avenue, for Philadelphia Tuesday. Miss Victoria Tighman, the organist of the A. M. E. Church, was unable to attend duties on account of sickness. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ramson have moved to 20 Prospect street. Miss Emma Adder, of Hillside avenue, celebrated her twenty-sixth birthday anniversary Tuesday, December 1. Miss Adder received many presents from her friends: Among the guests were the Misses Pansy True, Lulu True, Emma Williams, Teana Williams, Mr. Arthur Morblon, Miss Jennie West, Mr. Elmer Harris, of Orange; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Adder, Miss Nora Huff. Mr. and Mrs. Victor will leave for Cuba soon. Miss Elsina Milton and Mr. Towner ment Thanksgiving in Morrortown with friends. Miss E. Milton entertained Mr. Kenton of Morrortown Sunday. Portsmouth, Formulae. PORTSMOUTH, Va., Dec. 12. —Mr. and Mrs. Jna. Mitchell were host and hostess to guests at a Thanksgiving dinner at Mrs. Edmund Balley, of Glauco street, continued quite ill. Mr. Jervahiah Chattman, of this city, warranted to invite George B. daughter of Mr. Jervahiah, of Mr. Glauco, Raleigh, N. C., Wednesday, Nov. 8 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Bru, Liliana Yates en quita el ator de her house en Californias escort. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Sharpe of Milligan Street, conti- nues sick. She has been ill for several We regret to learn that Mrs. Kelly, of 1816 County street, had a stroke of paralysis, and hopes for her quietly recovery. Mr. Samuel, Fleury, her son, came home from New York to be with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Vans gave a harbete at their residence on Pearl street Wednesday, November 28. Many friends and the evening was plausibly great. The Tidewater Teachers' Association met in annual session November 28 at 11 o'clock for business. Lunch was served 12:30, the lunch buffet held in Trinity A. M. E. Church, South Norfolk. These attending from Portsmouth were Misses Lula Glace, Rachel Lahel, Evelyn Jones, Eleonora Brown, Katie Scott, Ellen Watte, Grace Gordon, Alice White, Dellahil Connor, Ethel Gordon, Lacey K. Knight, Bath Harris, Urnelle Shepherd, Mrs. C. L. K. Douglas, Professors W. K. Biddick, Norcom, Sytes and Clark. They adjourned to meet in Suffolk, Va. February 20, 1908. Mm. Manning, of Columbia street, is quite sick at her home. We are glad to note that Miss Emie Ball is out after an indication of several weeks. ACTIVE IN MARYLAND Republicans Plan to Defend Democratic BALTIMORE. Dec. 22. "The signal for the opening of the Republican campaign against the Democratic machine's constitutional amendment scheme to disfranchise the Negroes in Maryland was sounded last Thursday night at a dinner given at the Union League by Collector 'of the Port William F. Stone, head of the Republican organization in Mary, and Republican leader from Alabama of the State were present. A letter from Attorney General Bonaparte was read. He wrote: "The amendment has been cunningly devised by astute and unscrupulous men to perpetuate their own control of the Democratic party and control of the State. A restriction of the suffrage, which makes it an hereditary privilege regardless of the personal fitness of the voter is no less un-Democratic than it is un-Republican. It would have been as an author of the Declaration of Independence as to the liberator of the slaves, and we may hope that the true disciples of Jefferson will be found side by side with the disciples of Lincoln in repudiating a measure condemned by the doctrines of both. "It is intended to make, and it would, in fact, make Maryland a one-party State. It would destroy the independent vote as a factor in our politics, and make certain for an indefinite time in the organization meant undisputed rule in the State and city governments. I feel confident the leading Republicans will take steps to set on foot a vigorous and effective campaign against this threatening public calamity." Negro Business League to Hold Emancipation Meeting. At a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Negro Business League held Tuesday evening, December 15, at the Hotel Maco, it was decided to hold an Emancipation meeting at Bethel A. M. E. Church, West Twenty-fifth street, on Friday, January 14, L. Curtis and the Rev. R. C Ransom will be the speakers for the meeting. The committee also decided to give a grand musical entertainment at New Palace Hall, Fifty-first street and Seventh avenue, on the evening of January 22, 1909. The proceeds of this entertainment will go toward the establishment of a fund for the treasury. The meeting was largely attended, among those present, Joseph John H. Atkins, president of the league, who has been away from the city several weeks. The secretary, Mr. Luther H. Smith, was in confidence with Dr. Booker T. Washington on Wednesday, discussing arrangement for a date on which Dr. Washington, the honored president of the National Negro Business League, can address the local league in the near future. Springfield's Roosting Industry Springfield Roading Industry. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 22—Springfield has awakened to a sense of her duty, and her colored population is aroused to a pitch never before known. We are glad to see new members are joining the business enterprises and more are being inaugurated. The most promising are the business with headquarters at Attorney A. M. Williams' office, and the Illinois Investment and Home Purchasing Company, headquarters at the same place. An insurance department as an adjunct is now in business. In Bankhood grocer, in doing a large business, and may soon be compelled to get another delivery wagon. Another grocery business on a large scale is spoken of in the Sixth Ward, Mary M., Mr. Poston and others are doing a good job. Here are all making a livelihood and their future is promising. Brown and Neal are making constant improvements in their re taurant and soon he is quite an -writing place. The new restaurant is becoming more and more concentrated. At New Hope a classical program was rendered under the direction of Miss Nancy Brown, and was one of the finest vocalists in the program. Twelve voices was the opening and proved a hit. The renditions by the Misses McKinney were highly creditable for so youthful girls. The bass solo by Mr. Davis was excellent. Mrn Carrie L. Brady was excellent. Mrn on "Thanksgiving Day and the Turkey" which was very fine. D. O. Yates recited the "Black Regiment" in a masterly manner. The piano solo by Mrn. Nettle Grady was excellent; the dust by Mrn. Wendell Superb was superb; Mrn Waurich's solo "Dewling," was very sweetly rendered, and Mrn Rosie Hunter was praiseworthy. A humorous chorus song, "Bunny Beak," was very entertaining. The entire program. Last Monday there was resumed a grand reception at St. Paul's Church in The St. Nick Hotel is about three of its white beds, and it allowed man go back they should not do so, they may they the same were paid the white men. L. P. Okehane has opened a食堂 at 111th and Washington streets. 11th grade student is interviewed by the Woman's Club program at St. Paul A.M. B. Church. It was one of the first over-runs here. The paper by Mrs. G. W. Jones was full of spotted ideas. Mrs. McKinney was very fine and well spoken. Mrs. Nancy Brown capped the allure on her sweet-redundition, "Star of My Heart." The plane selections by Mrs. McKinney and White were excellent. In the second round, Mrs. McKinney and able wore given in response to Mrs. McKinney by Attarunei I. V. Bopall and A. M. Williams, Captain R. A. Boyd, J. R. Thompson, B. G. W. Cone, and Price and Mr. Bork, Mrs. Gibson, of Poorbay, and Mrs. Smith. Noton From Atlanta, Ga ATLANTA. Ga. Dec. 14—Rev. H. H. Proctor opened the first service last Sunday of the New First Congregational Church. This is one of the finest church edifices in the city. Much credit is due Rev. Proctor. Rev. Dr. I. N. Ross, the popular diviner, was the first to attend the Annual Conference. He filled his pulpit on last Sunday both morning and evening and was greeted by large audiences at each service. Dr. Ross is one of the ablest ministers in the connection. The Historical Society of which Dr. James W. Madison is president is making great preparation for the celebration of the dedication proclamation proclamation on January 1st. Quite a number of Mascotte lodges in this city held their annual election of officers last week, resulting as follows: M. Fort Brown, W. M.; S. H. Clark, J. W.; R. D. Williams, Treasurer, and J. L. Montgomery, Secretary. Gate City, No. 42: W. William Frenzel, W. M.; T. C. Strickland, W. T.; E. Dunney, J. W.; T. C. Strickland, Treasurer, and L. B. Byrum, Secretary. Capital City: A. J. Kennedy, W. M.; A. Bowe, S. W.; Dewitt Kelly, J. W.; W. Dunnell, Treasurer, and A. F. Monkey, Secretary. Refuge, No. 243: T. B. Kelly, W. M.; J. A. Scott, S. W.; R. H. Henderson, J. W.; G. Goody, Treasurer, and Thomas H. Glatzer, Treasurer. The Gate City Lodge, No. 54, L. B. P. O. E. of W. elected the following officers: H. Strabridge, E. R.; Frank Rumers, K. W.; M. Purna, E. K.; H. L. Frenkel, Treasurer, and L. B. 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PRESIDENT ACOUPLA provides supervision and administration and maintains the patio or Transit courtyard. at 420 S. 18th St. THE E. W. The most abbreviated home is the city for the of central park and gentle improvements. At 59th 5th Street, near MISS IRWIN JOHN. THE VIRG J. GORDON, Prep 141 WEST 49th St. Between 6th and 7th Avenues Punished by 45 detainees from one to two Never closed. All occupants unrestable. MORNINGIDE ALEXANDER 12 West 11th Street MOODMODATION ONLY Purified Rooms Conveniences ANT ATTACHED INDER. Prep. juli 20-3m WILSON HOUSE 26t West 64th Near Right Ave. Homely Purchased Bed Room, Host, and all Moderate Permission or Transient Guest Room. Rent $1.00 per day we journey life, let us FRANK C. HOLMES nov. 19-3m HOTEL PLEAS SSS MOTT AVENUE At Sabway Sta. Nicely furnished rooms by Excellent tinted. Moderate ventilation for railroad men. MRS. S. PLEAS Tel. 3115 L. Melrose Columbus BYS CAFE BUSCHMIDT. PROP. I ST 59TH STREET. Hard Parker. 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BURNEY, Proprietor WILSON HOUSE ANNEX 261 West 50th Street Near Eighth Avenue Handmade Purchased Rooms. For Purchase or Transient Guests. Board if desired. Rooms $1.00 per day, upward. "As we journey through life, let us live by the way." FRANK K. HOLMES, Proprietor nov. 19-June HOTEL, PLEASANTS $55 MOTT AVENUE, BRONX At Subway Station Nicely furnished rooms by the day or week. Excellent tableware. Moderate rates. Convenient for mailmen. MRS. S. PLEASANTS Tel. 3115 L. Melrose n. dec. 21-Jyr. PALISADE COTTAGE TAPPAN, N. Y 18 miles from New York City on West Shore or Briar Roofs. Hunting Season new open for adults, squirrel and quail. Fine place for dogs. Room for children, board, room, gates and doors $2.30 per day. Apply REV. N. S. EPPS 60 WEST 134th STREET Telephone, 1882 Harlem MADAM SALAZAR Chairwoman, Palmist, advice in Love Marriage and Business. Horoscopes east Daily and Sundays. 157 West 66th Street dec. 10-21 JAMES A. 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Aug. 20 7am White Rose Working Kids Home Between Board of Trustees Pregnant women women in labor women in child care women in nursing It is Karen time and my heart is beaten. And you are the only woman with them. And Karen them in the days of Karen. When my heart grow old with tears. When the pride-jobs come and the storm When we can birth the peace. And the mercy bells of the church we I thank of just two years ago. For twice Kume time and Stain Chew scene. And the prescene he brought us all, And take a mite and ball. And dear little Kindeline a pair of gloves. And a dinky with golden hair. And a cute little Todd Bear. And the child was filled with a great delight. And her damped sweet face so fair Will make unearthly would seem to me. As she cried, "Bee, my Todd Bear." And "Toe at my heart! Oh manmae, Doe 'e yeah at my little toe! Oh Dear! How much to me And I don't want to put 'em up." But right in the midst of our earth and sea A spectre stood outside the door; And she looked down at the sweet His shadow cast over the floor. And sick grew our, child and a seven brown On her brow, and her pulse was weak. Yet all of the white fur her toys she yearned. And so patiently bore her pain. I worked and we prayed, and the Doctor chuckled. He looked and gravely shook his head. "You are very sick, my dear little child. But well do what we can," he said. As I bent o'r the child she smiled at me. And a great fear did echo my heart. And I said, "Oh Dear Christ, it cannot That my darling called 'Namal,' and died. We folded her hands over her little breast. And she heart gray cold as stone; And I told the children she'd gone to rest; The Master had taken His own. And so in the Springtime another He cried. And so up my heart my sold- A dear Little Angel He greatly best From out His cherubum fold. It is Xmas time and my heart is sorne And broken with grief and pain; That the spectre has crouched at my door. Reflecting his shadow again. And now he has taken my Angel child And left me in Rachel-like woe. And the Xmas tide brings but tears to me. Evolution of the Word Christmas It is first found in the year 1134 and first spelled as follow: Cristes masex. In 1340 it was spelled without a capital letter and as one word; cristesmasex; and in the same year cristemassex. One hundred and forty-two years after it appears as cryst. See, and in the same year Cristmas. Three years after Columbus discovered America it appears Christmas. In 1588, in The Churchlessia, a cafeon, Christmas the Second Christmas, it spelled, Christmas, but thirty-seven years after it appeared as Christmassex; from 1635 it seems to have been spelled as at present. The word has forced itself naturally into a great many combinations. Shake, speare speaks of a "Christmas Comee"; keeping "Christmas-house" appears. The earliest book which contains the phrase "Christmas toy" was published in 1602; that containing "Christmas mith" in 1799; "Christmas dinner" in 1824, and, in the nineteenth universal appears in the Hone Everyday-Day Book, "these Christmas bills, these Christmas bills". Later appeared "the Christmas bells"; "the Christmas hearth"; "the Christmas Hamper". Then there are other special combinations: "Christmas book". This was the title of a book in which people were accustomed to keep an account of the Christmas presents they received. "The Christmas candle, came into use when large candles were burned at Christmas. "Christmas card" "a Christmas Daisy, "a Christmas Rose," "a Christmas herb," "a Christmas King," "Christmas log"; "Christmas Lord," the "Lord of misrule," formally elected to lead the revels about Christmas time. One of the most important combinations is "Christmas pie" (mince pie). Christmas pride is a plant that grows in Jamaica. "Christmas-tide" explains itself Christmas has even been made a verb: "to Christmas" an occasion is to provide it with Christmas cheer, or to celebrate. A hymn three hundred years old has this line: "When loves are Christmas with all pleasure's sorts." In London there is a large trade carried on in "Christmasmasing," that is, the sale of holly and mistletoe, and there is a statement that "properly to Christmas Saint Paul's wounds, take fifty pounds worth." The only American quotation that the Oxford dictionary can find is a sentence in Harper's Magazine that reads, "Christmasmasing (1894) uses the phrase in the following: "Two policemen who had too obviously been Christmasmasing." It has often been used as an adverb: "the Christmasmasing" of things; and as an adjective. Sorry to have to say that this appeared in Harper's Magazine in the year 1882 in the expression, "A good big Christmasmass, paper," for it is an ill word; but some of the best English publications have used the phrase in the way that the phrase "Something Christmasmass is expected to be seen on the walls of churches and chapels," and the Fall Mall Gazette, "Representing a Christmasmass scene in the Artic regions."—Christian Advocate. Three Ways of Christmas These are the rolllicking; the neglect of it altogether; and the rational. The first takes no note of the day or its significance, but is given up wholly to sport, gluttony or drunkenness. Presents may or may not be, but the day is spent in indifference or nothing but sensuous pleasures. Many give way to maximal degrees of intemperance. They make themselves drunk because to them it is nothing but a fervent day, and what their ancestors did they do. Some do not sink so far, but after their manner give themselves up to pleasure. These day. Many Holiness who cannot regard the day in the temple in which Christmas is set, are not willing to a day of wishing and feasting. They do well, but somewhat inadvertently. The agencies and straight authorities in the Church are using the day in any way that suits them. Some refuse to recognize Christmas in any way. Various Christian societies will not observe it because it is part of the Christian year, so-called, of Roman Catholic, the Greek Church, the Anglican Church, and others who "observe days." For a long time the Puritans of New England and of England would not celebrate it, the reason being that they were with the general rebuke of religious restraints this dislike of Christmas has almost entirely disappeared. Apart from this some families pay no attention to it. They work if they can, hang up on stockings, indulge in no jubilation, make no presents, and look or act in no way different from their course on ordinary days. This, entirely apart from religious considerations, is a mistake. The occasion is in essence delightful. It calls to mind the birth children and of One who lifes full of joy, delightful and insignificance to the rank of benefactor to be considered with particular regard and affection in every period of their youthful lives. The pleasure bestowed, the reunion of relatives, the opportunities of benefiting others without wounding them, the home-coming, and a score of little delights are reasons why Christmas should be celebrated. The unpleasant difference made among the children whose parents do not celebrate Christmas and the children of the neighbors who do so is not so small as to be lightly ignored; most hasten to be tainted by the child dismay answer to the question of a playmate, "Did you have a nice time Christmas?" in some such words as these: "No, father don't have any Christmas." Few are so poor that they cannot give something to their children. Great men in the midst of wealth accumulated by their own efforts have been known to recall with moist eyes their mother's home-made present, so skilfully concealed in the making but found in the stocking at daylight Christmas morning. The pleasures of Christmas and the cheery cry, "Christmas is coming!" should not be unheard where children are. The rational way of observing Christmas is a blending of the social, the religious, the jubilant, the restful and the beneficent. Parents should consider what they can afford to invest in gifts to their children, or to their grandchildren, that there need be no limit, should decide what will be best for them. Too great a number will satiate and make it difficult to make selections from year to year; too expensive gifts may develop a tendency to extra-agance; but few or insignificant presents will not develop love or promote cheerfulness. Parents can afford it, with one to distribute the presents, helps the day wonderfully. Though I am poor, send me to carry some gift to those who are poorer, some cheer to those who are lonelier; and light thou my Christmas candle at the gladness of an innocent and grateful heart—Christian Advocate. Collector Lets to be Renewed. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 20.—A complimentary banquet is to be tendered to Hon. Joseph E. Lee, collector of Internal Revenue for the State of Florida, by the Taft and Sherman Duval County Central Republican Club, Friday evening. January 1, 1909, at the Odd Fellows Temple. 21. Mark's Lyme Sunday afternoon Rev. J. E. Churchman, of Orange, N. J., delivered a stirring address on "The American Negro—Can He Make It?". Rev. Churchman is a speaker of much spirit and power. He dwelt on the depths from which the Negro had came to the sock from which he was hewn. Comparing the past with the present, he claimed much was expected of the Negro; much has been expected much more much must be done. Said he: "We are free, but not wholly free—elaves to many things from which we must be divorced ere we can make it." He showed very plainly his non-belief in the "New Amendments." Lawyer Jaa J. Curtis opened the discussion in a most able and distilled way. growing in the pain with the sample. The presiding officer three of the delegation to the Kansas, Mr. P. Q. Morgan of Harvard, proved himself a defender of subjects in such a way that there was a murmur of regret when he took his seat. He argued principally upon the meaning back of the question with the United States and Google. Rev. P. E. Jones took the negative side of the question. On Sunday, December 27, at 4 o'clock, Rev. George M. Flankt will deliver the Xena address. His subject will be "The Spirit of Xena." FREEMONT, Dec. 22—Invitations have been issued by the Meriden Club for its first fancy dance dance, January 8, at Metropolitan Hall. The committee: Mr. Theodore Spurrock, Mr. William R. Gordon, Mr. C. Hollie Reed and Mr. J. Barber Brown. A number of the city's most highly respected Indian are conducting a dancing class which is in session every Saturday evening at Metropolitan Hall, Centre average. The Lloyds Building and Loan Association is now one of Pittsburgh's strong organizations. A report from a committee at a recent meeting showed that stock amounting to thousands of dollars had been sold. Mr. Andrew Jefferson, 651 Latimer avenue, died suddenly December 18. Funeral services were held at the Rodman Street Baptist Church Sunday, December 18. Rev. O. S. Sims, who was serving for over a year, was brought to church in a bag. He was compelled to sit while preaching. Dr. Scott delivered a prayer that caused the whole audience to feel its power. The choir very feelingly rendered "I Am Chained My Soul." Mr. Jefferson the last song the deceased was heard to sing. "The Ship Is at the Landing" was sung by the whole congregation led by Rev. J. T. Wagner. The remains of Mr. Jefferson were shipped to Madison county, Va., his former home. The Young People's Meeting at Acadia Avenue, 6400 Penn avenue, are sorry to hear of his accident last week. While at work in a stone yard Mr. Alexander's thumb was cut entirely off his left hand. Mr. Giving, of 6375 Aurilia avenue, fell from his back porch and received injuries so serious that he has been confined to his bed for several days. Mr. J. I. Kelly is proprietor of an up-to-date three-chair torsional parlor at 2238 Centre avenue, under the management of Mr. Richard Washington. A long-felt want has been satisfied in the church corner, on the corner Schoen and La Place streets, Mr. G. W. Sadler, the well-known resident of the 13th Ward, is proprietor. Mr. Robt. A. Lewis chairman of a club of lady workers of Trinity Congregational Church, has presented the church with $9, the total amount made at their Thanksgiving dinner. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stevens are in a sorry to leave of the total loss by fire of their tailoring establishment. The lecture to men only by Rev. W. V. Brown, pastor of Ebsessee Baptist Church, which was delivered at the late Isaac Snover in the late Sunday morning, and most instructive lectures ever delivered in the city. From the time his subject was announced interest was high. It was a lecture that every man should hear. It was the largest church in Pittsburg. The first floor was filled with men anxious to hear the first lecture this winter, the series of which were started last year. Rev. Brown, singing sacred songs, was indeed a picture that would have given inspiration to anyone. The plea Brown made for a higher moral life by married men; for a higher moral life by married women; for greater love for their families was one that cannot be fittedly described in a letter like this. It is safe to say that every man left this great meeting with a woman, and that he father and husband. Rev. Brown closed his lecture by a strong plea for more commercial activity among our people. He made it plain instead of whites thinking that women would pertaining each other in business, such practice would increase racial respect. The life of Rev. Brown as a Christian minister, as well as his private life as a citizen and race-loving man, are in his biography. His lecture your correspondent has given several times meeting any one more interested in improving our every condition than Rev. Brown. At the close of the lecture Rev. Brown introduced a representative of the Church as a speaker brief talk on the "Necessity of the Rage Reading Its Own Literature." Prof. H. A. Hunt, representing the Fort Valley High and Industrial School, of Fort Valley. Georgia, was also introduced and made a strong plea for better public places. The professor was bitter in denunciation of some things he had seen in street cars and other public places in this section by too many young students. He was instrumental in the work of this school in the "Black Belt" of Southwest Georgia contains valuable information, pictures of buildings and classes at work. The girl's dormitory is a three-story brick building in the school. A lecture Rev. Brown made a plea for financial help for the school. A liberal collection was raised and given Prof. Hunt. Last year these lectures were given every Sunday, but finding his other students compelled to change them to the first Sunday in every month this year. While leaving home for school last week little Marie Turner dropped dead. Heart disease is mild to have been the cause her death. Thompson died early last week from having been choked by swallowing an orange without properly masticating it. He was four years old. Dr. Fowler was sent for, but the child was dead before the doctor arrived. Among the events of the past week was a card party given for Mrs. Vanpater, of the Mount Mitchell, 724 Filbert street. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Echo, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stevens, Mr. and Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. L. Keneany, Mrs. L. E. Rums, Mrs. M. Manssan, Mr. Geo. Gould and Mr. Ishim McCagn, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens won first prize, while Mrs. Rums had to be content with second, and Mr. Gould lived up to his reputation by capturing the bevy prize, which was a lemonade cup. Unsurpassed by this Mr. Gould asked the hostess for a glass of water and a little sugar and to the announcement of all was soon drinking lemonade. Lobster and other delicatessen. TO MY SCHOLARS AND WELL WISHERS I WISH YOU ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Cordially yours E. C. HARRIS 116 West 53rd Street New Haven, Dec. 21—The sixth anniversary of Zion A. M. E. Church, Footstreet, was celebrated last week in connection with a $1,200 rally. The rally began Monday evening, December 14, and continued until Friday evening, inclusive. It was a unique and brilliant work at Zion, the program being of a high order. Miss Wallace, delegate-at-large in the interest of a National Y. W. C. A., was the openher Monday evening. Miss Josie Muse, rendered a piano solo. Tuesday evening Rev. Joseph Murphy, of Torrington, Comm., and Mr. Philip Johnson highly entertained the audience in appropriate addresses. Thursday evening Rev. Dr. A. Clayton Powell entertained a large audience. Suspensions beaten were even being entertained by the people. The result of the affair was both satisfactory and pleasing to the committee, being a success from beginning to end. A very large class has been in attendance at St. Luke's P. E. Church for the past three months, with two meetings a week under the instruction of Rev. H. O. Bowles, rector. The rite of confirmation will be conferred upon this class Sunday evening, January 10, 1909, by Rt. Reeve Chaucey B. Brewster, brother of the deacon. At the morning service at St. Luke's Church Sunday the two young children of Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal Mose, of Day street, were baptized John Hannibal and Emma Roosevelt by the rector. The sponsors were: Mr. and Mrs. B. O. McIntyre, Mr. J. W. Stewart and Miss Ruth Stewart and Miss Josie Phillips. Rev. A. Clayton Powell's long and successful career as pastor of the Immamuel Baptist Church at West Chapel and streets has come to be the Dr. Powell's name this rescription to the society, to take effect February 1, 1909. Dr. Powell has received and accepted a call from Abyssinian Baptist Church, New-York City. In aid and perpetuation of the Hannah Gray House of Dixwell avenue, a charity musical will be given at Warner Hall, Chapel street. Thursday evening, December 31, New Year's Eve. Miss Marie Wayne, the young and promising violinist of New York, will appear on this occasion assisted by an aggregation of New Haven's best talent. Mrs. Dr. R. S. Fleming, of 62 Dixwell avenue, is the prime factor in the benevolent movement. An innovation in New Haven society was a tea given Sunday afternoon, from 4 to 6, for Miss Bertha Hudson, of White Plains, N. Y., by Miss Elizabeth Birchmore and Mrs. Mattie DeBaptist, at the home of Mrs. Mary Birchmore, 450 Birchard street. Mrs. Hudson was the recipient of much social attention during her stay, of a week. Mrs. Susan Stepteno, sister of Miss Mollie Wilson, of 13 Winter street, has returned home after a year's sojourn in the metropolis. Mrs. Mary Bowles, of 14 Winter street, has recovered after an illness of four weeks with the grip. Mr. Joseph R. Frisbie, of Albany, came home last week to spend the holidays with his wife at 157 Dixwell avenue. Notes From Terrytown The services at the A. M. E. Zion Church were well attended yesterday. In the morning our local preacher, Rev. C. Kingland, preached a soul-sitting service in the church and heard it. At night the pastor, Rev. Bolden, preached the annual sermon to the Order of Elks. The church was crowded with the friends and members and all were in attendance. The pulpit was a beautiful bouquet of carnations and ferns, in memory of Mr. William Carroll. The Christmas exercises of the A. M. E. Zion Church will be held on Christmas night, December 25. There will also be a concert and old maids' sale at the same church on Tuesday night, December 29, which promises to be a grand affair. Rev. R. M. Bolden read a paper before the Ministers' Union, held in St. Mark's M. E. Church, West 53d street, New York City, on Monday afternoon, December 29. Revival services will begin at Zion Church on the first Sunday in January. P. E. Newly will be present and preach in the morning. Rev. Butler, of White Plains, will be the speaker at the afternoon service and the pastor at the evening service. Portsmouth, Va. Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 20.—The hand-some home of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Manning, at 1025 County street, was the scene of a very pretty birthday party given in honor of their little four-year-old daughter, Edna Almeda. Her little playmates and friends gathered to the number of fifty to do honor to the occasion despite the inclement weather. Every book and corner of the spacious parlour was crowded with parents and children. Little Edna was the recipient of many tokens from friends. Congratulations from out of town friends to Edna and her parents were many. The table was tastefully and beautifully decorated with flowers and loaded with choice delicacies, including a huge birthday cake with four lighted candles. The children were tastefully dressed in keeping with the occasion and all had a good time. Little Edna was congratulated and friends of mother and father wished for Edna many more birthdays. Mrs. Manning, assisted by Mrs. Douglas Balley, did the honor. "The Old Folks' Home and Orphanage Association has purchased the old Niemire property at the corner of Green and Caledonia streets for $4,000. Mr. Clayton Bell, one of our prominent obtrus, died in Inverness, Worcestershire, December 1st. Yapowell, servant, was born from the late Bendley and was stationed by a land of friend, The R. P. H. of Bundhalen, of which he was an active member, attended in a body, Dr. Lewis Rasmussen, by Rev. Bingley, elected Miss Mary Mall, a former resident, but new of Philadelphia, Ph. was called here to attend the funeral of her brother. She was married to the same month with her niece, Mrs. Maggie Smith at New Haven, Conn., and her son, William Nicholson, of Brooklyn, N.Y. he returned home. M. N. has returned home at her home in Chester street, Tuesday, December 15. The funeral was held Friday, Rev. Dr. Reynolds officiated. Notes of New Rockhill. The new Shilah Baptist Church was opened for service Sunday, December 18. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Rev. T. W. Dixon, of Concord Baptist Church, Brooklyn. Other ministers present were: Rev. P. H. Lee, and Rev. M. M. Johnson, of New York City; Rev. M. O. Hayes, and Rev. E. J. Bosworth, of this city. Music was rendered by the St. Catherine's choir. Rev. W. H. Slater, pastor, and members deserve great credit for their work. Both services Sunday at St. Catherine were largely attended. The pastor, Rev. M. M. Johnson, and members deserve sermons. Ten were added to the church. It was ladies' day to attend the afternoon meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Sunday. December 20. Secretary Thomas Bell, of the Colored Men's Branch of New York University, Mrs. Jennie E. Mundy, of Brook street, entertained Rev. and Mrs. M. O. Hayes, Rev. and Mrs. Adam Jackson, Prof. and Mrs. J. S. Bates, Mrs. A. J. Lee, Mr. J. Lewis Buck and little Miss Jennie Mundy at dinner Saturday, December 12. Mrs. Maria Carter is visiting in Boston. Lineoln Institute's Notes. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 18—Few, if any, schools in the country, irrespective of racial affiliations, receive more complete and constant supervision from the administrative head, than is given Lincoln Institute by Dr. B. F. Allen, president; and from the model school, which he justly considers one of the most important departments of the school, since by means of it the normal students receive actual practice in the work of teaching, to the highest departments of literary and industrial work. Twenty-one baskets filled with substantial food were distributed by the senior and junior classes as a Thanksgiving offering to the needy of the city whom they had previously visited and observed, as a practical lesson in sociology. A football game on the institute gridiron, between senior and junior classes, December 11, resulted in a score of 5 to 4 in favor of the juniors. The public rhetoricals, held December 10, were especially commended by Dr. Allen as of high order. Among those who took part we note the following: "True Americanism" oration, Russell Johnson; "The Next Step in Industrial Education," Miss Edna Sisson; Barcelo Ury, recitation, Maureen Ricketts; "Kate Shelley's Bravery" recitation, Miss Willie Lee Long; "Napoleon," declamation, Harrison Douglass; recitation, Minneola Boss; "That Mired Girl," recitation, Carrie Scott; "True Womanhood," essay, Lizzie Merritt; extract from "Julius Cesar," John Robinson. It is interesting to look around and see how much industries for women, as conducted in the, leading schools of today, are doing to raise the standard of the race financially and otherwise. A comparatively few years since the average colored woman, mother and housekeeper, perhaps, paid some one of the dominant race to make the simplest garments for herself and children; now few and far between are the young women who cannot make their own clothing. Bertha Woodson, '09, shows some special talent in the direction of domestic art, and to the letter of the those who will be able to secure a good position in this special line of work soon after graduation. Relative to the excellent position obtained by the graduates of Lincoln Institute, it may be added that the class of '08 seems to have established a record in this line. Victor Collins, '09, was at once appointed director of the Institute Model School, and is meeting with great success in this lucrative and prominent field. Mrs. Bret Miller, Ezra Turner, Misses Mary Whittaker, Zenoha Jackson, Jessie Brosins and Marie Foster are making of the class who have secured good paying positions in the schoolroom. Messrs. Edward McDowel, Houston Schweich and J. T. Williams are in the medical department of Howard University, and are making such a good record that Dean Miller has just written Dr. Allen with reference to plans for making it possible for other graduates to enter this and other professional departments of Howard, all of which, people with the fact that many the graduates are already taking front rank as students in such ranking universities as Drake, Nehraska, Kansas University, etc., speaks volumes for the excellence and general strength of Dr. Allen's administration. JOSEPHINE SILOME YATES. MAJESTIC Breathful's Perfect Theatre ONE WEEK STARTING MONDAY NIGHT, DEC. 28, Regular Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Extra Matinee New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 1999. COLE and JOHNSON The Red Moon NOTABLE CAST OF COLORED PLAYERS: ABBIE MITCHELL, ANDREW TRIBBLE, Master EDGAR CONNOR, FANNIE WISE, WESLEY JENKINS, THO PANKEY, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, ANNA COOK, HENRY GANT, SAM LUCAS, MOLLIE DILL, ARTHUR TALBOT. ```markdown ``` Friday, Jan. 1st, New Year's Night, All Night a handmade New Year's present. Gent's call New Amsterdam ADMISSION Tuesday January 26, 1909. Prof. Minner's Art Every person wearing a mask will receive a given away. Positively no charges made for hat checks. ADMISSION, Inclu- Make yourself look as funny and comical p 25 Pieces of the New Amateur Don't Miss the Last See Advertisement on Page Alpha Physics The Club requests all friends and p the game, and get the full benefit of the o'clock sharp. ....First Annual Fancy Ball Of Mr. Wren BLUE RIBBON Christmas Week, AT PALACE HALL, 511 Fancy Costumes or Paper Dress will be in or and a good time. THE BLUE P In session every Wednesday Evening, from Mr. FRANK W. STEWART MR. J. HILL MR. JOHN W. WISSER MR. THOM Night, All Night Ball. Prof. M. Gent's calling night at the New Amsterdam Full Orchestra. ADMISSION, $ 30 CENTS will receive a souvenir, and also hat checks. INCLUSION, Including wardrobe 2 and comical as possible, in order to New Amsterdam Orchestra. The Last Big Trea ment on Page 6 of Dramatic Physical Culture friends and patrons to COMES receipt of the dancing afterwa Fancy Dress Assn. Of Mr. Wm. H. Vaughn's RIBBON DANCING Week, December 31 HALL, 15t Street and will be in order. Get in line BLUE RIBBON C Crewing, from 8:30 to 2 o'clock. Friday, Jan. 1st, New Year's Night, All Night Ball. Prof. Minne will present each lady with a handmade New Year's present. Gent's calling at the Academy. Tuesday January 26, 1800. Prof. Mimms' Annual Marqueeade Ball at Grand Central Palms Every person wearing a mask will receive a souvenir, and also three handsome prizes will be given away. O Positively no clothes made for her checks. The Club requests all friends and patrons to COME EARLY, SEE and ENJOY the game, and get the full benefit of the dancing afterwards as we MUST CLOSE at 6 o'clock sharp. AT PALACE HALL, 51st Street and 7th Avenue Fancy Costumes or Paper Dress will be in order. Get in line for the Board Walk Schettische and a good time. MR. J. HILLIARD ROWEN MR. THOMAS RHID S. R. BASSEVILLE Chief and State Be city of the Jersey GRAND ANNUAL UNION STING CAR OF THE New Jersey and I OF THE UNITED ORDER OF J. N. R. TAYLOR Chief and State Equity of New York S. R. B. Chief and State Equity of New York GRAND AN CONTESTING OF New York, Northern New J GRAND FOUNTAIN UNITED The Lecture Will be the Methodist on the Public of the three Divisions deciding by vote when the next Post Session will take place in the Northeast Grand Division and Grand Worthy Mistress of the Grand Footprint United Order of True Reformers will be present and deliver the afternoon address to the Nurseries. Mr. W. P. Burnell, Grand Worthy Mistress and Rev. J. T. Carpenter, Deputy Gen. of the Northern Grand Division will be the speakers of the evening. A apleodid musical program will be preceded by some of the talents of the Divisions. There will be three booths, namely, New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey which will contain mannequins. After the short speeches, there will be a Grand Reception held until late hour in the courtyard during which time there will be introduced to the people the promoters of two of the greatest business enterprises of the Race:—The Grand Footprint United Order of True Reformers, and the Metropolitan Merchant and Realty Co. --- PROF. MIMMS' CLASSICAL DANCING ACADEMY 127-9 COLUMBUS AVENUE Bed, 65th and 66th Streets Every Friday Night, On Regular Class Sessions, 25 Cents Schedule of Coming Events Friday, December 25th, Christmas Night, the will be an original Christmas Tree Ball (on night). ADMISSION, 25 CENTS New Amsterdam Pull Orchestra Ball. Prof. Mimus will present each lady with night at the Academy. Full Orchestra 25 CENTS New wardrobe 75 CENTS Ensemble, in order to win one of three prizes Orchestra in attendance deo. Big Treat of the Year of Dramatic Section of the Culture Club Come to COME EARLY, SEE and ENJOY dancing afterwards as we MUST CLOSE at Press Assembly Dance..... H. Vaughn's DANCING CLASS December 30th, 1908 Street and 7th Avenue Get in line for the Board Walk Schettling ABBON CLASS ADMISSION 25 CENTS 10 to 2 o'clock. drc8-1 All correspondence must be in the letter upon late Tuesday evening. All correspondence must also be in the letter then Tuesday evening. Dr. J. Cambridge Ritter has removed from 38 West 10th street to 367 West 22nd street—adv. deceit—Mrs. Benj. Y. Tabula of 1700 Third avenue will receive on January 1, 1900, assisted by Mrs. Sagaston N. St. Pierre. Miss Yeats from the South will speak at the Baptist Temple Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. All are invited. Notice. Two orchestras at Charles H. Anderson's great New Year's Eve reception, Palace Hall, 51st street and Seventh avenue, Thursday evening, December 31. DON'T FORGET tomorrow evening, at the New Palace Hall, 51st street and Seventh avenue, Thursday evening, December 31. Miss E. E. Williams is seriously ill at her residence, Maple avenue, Westbury Station. Mr. J. W. Anderson, a prominent figure in Chicago social and business affairs, is spending the holidays in this city, the guest of his mother, Mrs. Rachel Curry, 440 West 163d street. Puyahou human goods go to Greenbriar Hall, near 29th street, nort. near 1-1yr. Private boxes for the invittional subscription dance of the Progressive Art and Embroidery Club at Manhattan Casino at sale at the residences of Mrs. Frank W. Stewart, 217 West 130th street, Mrs. William Prime, Kingbridge, Mrs. Andrew C. Little, 134 W. 130th street. Mr. Thomas M. Stone died Saturday, December 23, after a brief illness. He was conducted by Rev. J. C. Fernans. Interment in St. Michael's Cemetery. The deceased was born in White N. Y. Shopping stop in Hall Brent Restaurant, 400 North Avenue at the corner of 29th street, 8 to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 to 5 p.m., 60 cents with wine. Southern Bominy and hot rolls, 80 cents—dry. The Alpha Physical Culture Club招 to announce a postponement of its Ladies' Night Reception to a later date on account of the basketball game on December 28, and the pool tournament which is now in progress. The "finals" in the tournament will be played on the same night as the reception. Miss Isabella B. Harley, the brilliant and accomplished daughter of Mrs. Delia Harley, and the late Hon. W. H. G. Harley of Kingston, was a guest of honor at a delightful Japanese tea Wednesday by Mr. and Mrs. Vanouk of their beautiful residence, Grand Central West. The friends of Mrs. Sarah C. Gates, of 184 West 134th street, will be pleased to know that Mr. Justice Greenbaum granted her an absolute divorce in Special Term Part V, of the Supreme Court, on the 16th inst. Blue Ribbon—Day, what is the most important event for Christmas at the Vaquan's Blue Ribbon Cham. Where and when? Palace Hall, Monday evening December 28, 1968. Soul Music and a good time promoter: M. F. W. Stewart, Mr. John F. Kerr, M. R. D. Hillard, Mr. J. Jones, Mr. J. Hillard Bowen, Mr. Thomas Bride, Mr. R. H. McCutcheon, Mr. A. F. Palucci, H. H. Perry, W. W. Wiley, H. Vaughn, Teacher of Society Dancing. adv. Miss Alice Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Wilson of 606 Warren street, Brooklyn, has been seriously ill for two weeks at the Swedish Hospital. The invitational subscription dance of the Progressive Art Embroidery Club at Manhattan Casino January 14, 1909, will be one of the leading social events of the new year—adv. Miss Bessie Thomas, the little favorite of 3d street, who has been at school up in the New England States, has arned to New York. The Jace will serve a special turkey dinner with wine for 45 cents on Xmas and New Year's Day, 1 to 8 p.m. adv. John S. Clinton, better known as Lord Cassidy priest of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the "Mage-Muffin Reception" on November 25 won the prize as the most rewarded man and at the dress reception on December 7, at the Century dancing class won the prize as the best dressed man of the four hundred present. Begin the New Year by buying a home. Bargains in houses in Manhattan, Bronx or Brooklyn. See James A. Jackson, 152 West 133d street, New York, or 4 Court Square, Brooklyn. Mrs. Mary E. Swan of 6 West 99th street has gone to Virginia to bury her niece, Miss Maggie Mapp. A nephew Charles S. Mapp, brother of the deceased, accompanied her. She will soon return but Mr. Mapp will spend the winter with his mother in Virginia. Messrs. Thomas T. Turner, William Cox and E. C. Harris recently met at the residence of Prof. Cox to discuss dance and class matters for the coming year. Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Gibbs of Waterbury, Conn. are spending the holidays in Centre Moriches, L. I. with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Oliver. The halls of the Imperial Lyceum, corner of 55th street and Third avenue, have recently been thoroughly refitted and redecorated, and are among the most attractive halls in the city for banquets, weddings or receptions. The management is offering special inductions to clubs or societies who intend giving entertainments. The ninth annual concert and reception of the Manhattan Juvenile Tabernacle will be held at the American Theatre Hall, January 22. Invitations are out for the subscription dance of the Progressive Art and Embroidery Club at Manhattan Couture. The officers and members are: Mrs. Prasha W. Lippert, president; Mina Anastasia B. Hamm, president; Mrs. A. C. Littleton, secretary; Mrs. A. L. W Whitman, assistant secretary; Mrs. M. W Tusman, treasurer; Mrs. William Prince, assistant treasurer; Mona: Mrs. Walter Williams, Mrs. Dua Sum- gara, Mrs. W. F. Bum, Mrs. Mona Bradley, Mrs. H. F. Butee, Mrs. Mala- be Goe, Mrs. W. C. Tull ver Mrs. Sarah Shaw, Mrs. Sarah Shaw, Mrs. Ellen Blum, Mrs. Charles W. Mc- Kia, Mrs. William Travers, Mrs. Kate Cobin, Mrs. Alice Schunk, Mrs. Sadie Elridge. Mrs. Hogan, of Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Belle, of Montreal, Canada; Mr. Fing Robinson, of Lincoln University, Charter county, Pa., and Bishop J. R. Scott were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wilson, at No. 302 W. 31d street last week. Bishop Scott asked for Africa last Saturday morning. Mrs. John Behler, of Charleston, S. C., is in New York, where she will remain during the winter. She is residing at No. 302 W. 31d street. Prof. Edwards, principal of the Snow Hill Industrial and Normal School, left New York for the South last Monday night. Prof. Edward'sports a success-trip. Miss Dayse Walker, of Indiampolis, Ind., is in New York in the interest of the Colored Women's Home for which she is trying, to raise money to build. Rev. Theodore Bruce, principal of the Industrial and Medical Institute at Warrentown, N. C., passed through New York last week en route to Massachusetts. He stopped at the Y. M. C. A. The prechers' meeting meets every Monday afternoon at St. Mark's M. E. Church. Helpful things are discussed every week. Those who were present at the meeting were Rev. Drs. W. H. Brooks, M. W. Gilbert, Revs. J. C. Fernanders, C. Leroy Butler and Rev. Dr. Reverdy C. Ramson: The protest that was being circulated by Mr. H. H. Harrison and S. W. Handy against the annual election held at St. Mark's Lycum Thursday evening. December 10. was disposed of at the board meeting of the lycum last Monday evening. Miss Delphine Benedict is about to cross the matrimonial sea, as is being rumored. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Men wr: good news from Ossining-the-Hudson. Some of the New York boys who are making good at Howard University, washington, D. C. are Chance Wilson, Alonza Taylor, Clarence Wilson and Mr. Smith. The Negro Business League of Greater New York will hold an emancipation celebration at Bethel A. M. E. Church, 25th street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, January 1, at 4 p. m. All are cordially invited to be present. Mrs. James H. Lewis of Oxford, Chester Co. Pa. has spent a pleasant week in New York, visiting her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Diggs at No. 2 West 81st street, and after spending five days in Trenton N. J. with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Pierce, and in Mr. Howard H. Lewis, she returns home, happy to think of her lovely time that her children and many friends gave her. Sunday evening, December 20. a birthday reception was tendered Mrs. Fannie Walker at her residence, 222 West 53d street, by her many friends. Many handsome and useful presents were received. Refreshments were served and the evening was spent in social converse. Handsome jewelry boxes were presented to the ladies by Mrs. Walker and steins were given the gentlemen. Among those present were: Mrs. E. Brown and son, Mr. and Mrs. H. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. H. Demore, and Mrs. J. Demore, Mrs. Falks, Mr. and Mrs. E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Staples, the Misses H. Brown, H. Hunter, C. Bones, E. Fowler, H. Benson, C. Green, Miss Rolston, Miss Ronie, Messrs. T. Watts, G. Waters, W. Hunter, H. Hall, E. Warren, J. Bascome, I. Gibbs, J. Marshall, J. Wilson, D. King and Mr. Rolston. Learn the new dances: Charles H. Anderson's Classes. Monday and Thursday evening, Monday matinee. Palace Member and Seventh Avenue Member of Metropolitan Dancing Masters Association. Wednesday evening, December 9, 1905, Miss Tola Winifred Harris was joined in holy wedlock to Mr. Arthur J. Upperman at her home. 66 W. 134th street, by the Rev. Dr. Clifton. The decorations were of flowers, similac and palms, which made a beautiful background. Many handsome and costly presents were received from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Boston and Florida, New York and New Jersey. New Amsterdam music was in attendance. The bride's dress was a white messaline directoire gown. The was crowded with guests. The best man, Mr. George Sherier. After the ceremony the wedding super was served, which consisted of a delicious menu. The bride and groom at 12 o'clock had a difficult time escaping the cake, confetti and old shoes which were prepared by guests. After being pursued by several they arrived home in a taxicab at 130 Pine street, Jersey City, N. J. $200 cash buys a one-hour house in Brooklyn or New Jersey; 30 minutes in New York; all allowance, R. A. Johnson, 215 Bway., Thomas, Franklin. New Cedar School Teachers, Qua Hua Play. If you are a a school teacher and want to earn some extra money after school, apply to New Cedar School Teachers for participation to A. K. Stewart, Teachers Institute, Alabama. - adj. oct 22-41 BROOKLYN. Do You Want Your Son or Daughter to Earn Some Extra Money? If you wish to earn your daughter's money, you can do so by borrowing money or by borrow some extra money, after school hours or on Saturday, write at Mrs. William A. Tollbert Institute, Tundra Ridge, Tundra Ridge, Alabama—adv. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tollbert spent their honeymoon at the residence of Mr. James M. Lawrence, Wantage, L. The Dorcas Home Missionary Society has been abundantly successful in its work this fall, and will send out Christmas dinners to a large number of good and easy person and family in the neighborhood. At the Campus-Bristol Church of Church in Camden Dr. W. T. Dismantled two able and instructive servers to keep audiences. The evening discourse was directed principally to the Christian Endeavor Society of the church, which was present in a body. The Sunday School and a splendid session at 4:30, Superintendent N. Barnett Dodson presiding. After the discussion of the lesson, Prof. Charles F. Murrow the school in the church purchased a new $200 piano this week and will also give each scholar a present on Christmas night. Begin the New Year by buying a home. Bargains in houses in Manhattan Bronx or Brooklyn. See James A. Jackson, 172 West 120th street, New York, or 4 Court Square, Brooklyn. The Shakespeare Club of Chicago by Seymour H. Grewen. Anz representative, is forging ahead with as collections from week to week for the benefit of the church. Some individual members of the Sunday School Committee surprised the N. B. Dodson Quartette at their parents' residence this week by presenting Old Saints to them ahead of time and they gave them their New Year's song service on January 3, 8 p.m. Secretary R. P. Hamlin spoke at the Lexington Avenue Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association at 4:20 Sunday, afternoon. The meeting was well attended and Secretary Hamlin made a very instructive address—so considered as coming from a young bachelor. At the Carlton Avenue Branch Young Men's Christian Association Mr. Charles L. Digg spoke to the men very "acceptably." Messrs. E. L. Faulcon and R. I. Jackson were in charge of the meeting. On Tuesday evening the committee of management held its last meeting for this year. Quite a full attendance was present. T.D. Diar presided over W.E. Tyler recorded. While the work is in fairly good condition more men and additional money are needed to make it more helpful to its members and more useful in its members. Among women's clubs, the Autumnian is doing a good work in living up to its object. Thanksgiving dinners were given to the poor and many other needy cases received aid. At the last regular meeting the club was entertained by Mrs. Ida Shaw at the residence of Mrs. Ruth Cook. Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock the Phyllis Wheatley Educational and Industrial Club held a very profitable meeting at the residence of Mrs. H. W. Brown. 129 Amity street, Miss Mildred Drummond secretary. Mr. Donald H. Robinson. 202 Nassau street, is still ill. He is a member of Typographical Union (Big Six). No. 6 and is one of the few men of the race who has worked his way up as a union laborer. Prof. Charles F. Murrow is one of the few men of a long list of caterers who still holds on to his job, giving satisfaction and winning new haulers. He is caterer for the Williamsburg Savings Bank and has several persons in his employ. Mr. Junnis Baskerville, who came here to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Engene E. Goodwin, whose funeral was held from the Concord Baptist Church, on Tuesday evening, December 1, has returned to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary Tribut, of Philadelphia, Pa. visited the Concord Baptist Church last Sunday morning in the interest of the Downingtown Industrial School, at Downingtown, Pa. Her appeal was very effective and after the regular table offering the church contributed over $16 towards the work of the school. MARRIED. Married at St. Phillip's Parish House by the Rev Hutching C. Bishop, December 19, 1915. Married at Glimnor old daughter of Jenile E. and the late Howard D. Glimnor. White-Curry. Rev. Epps joined in holy matrimony on Monday evening, December 21, Miss Lena White to Mr. Christopher Carry, at his residence. The bride and groom were served a supper at 9.30, after which they took the 12.30 train to their future home, Esmont, Va. Many handsome presents were received. The gift of the groom to the bride was deed of the groom to the house, house, horse and carriage. A reception was given the happy couple on their arrival home. The bride wore white satin trimmed with Irish point lace. The gown was made by Mrs. W. E. Auston. The Bertlery Catering Company. Last Saturday the Heyliger Catering Company 182 Albany avenue, Brooklyn threw open their doors to the public. This company has erected a building in a splendid neighborhood of the "City of Churches" and is equipped with all the modern conveniences for serving patrons. Their announcement, printed in a neat little booklet, makes an appeal to all who wish first-class service in supplying the requisites for receptions, wedding, banquet, funerals, funerals, and for clubs or church affairs. The material to select from is of extensive variety. The silver and china is of the latest cut and sets suitable for all occasions are in stock. A cordial invitation is extended the public to visit and inspect, and those who call will return home delighted with what they have seen. Mr. William A. Heyliger, who is the master caterer, is interested in long standing in Manhattan and is always on hand and the various minor departments are supervised by competent assistants. Promptness and courteous attention is guaranteed. Wien Swindernes Bedruna Miss M. E. Granderson of Alabama, who a few months ago was made a general secretary of the West Fifty-ninth Street (Manhattan) Branch, Y. W. C. A. coming here with highest references from Spellman Seminary, gave a great shock to the members of the executive board one evening recently when announcement was made that she had tendered her resignation, to take effect at the expiration of this year. Mrs. Stimson, chairman of the board, expressed gratitude and he did be diff. to Miss Grandison's Miss Granderson is to return to Spellman Seminary, her own alma mater, as instructor. TO LET: Briefly furnished room for seasoned men. Mrs. Illum, W3, 114th street. TO LET - Furnished room. Mrs. R Farrell. 47 West 60th street; first street. TO LET - A cheerful furnished room to two young men, or married couple. Mrs. Armstrong. 216 West 119th street. A widow of good circumstances wants to have a room for her children to born or two years old—but not over. Address R. H. 7-4 & 8 Chatham St. N. K. TO LET - Furnished three room set for couple or two gentlemen. Owain traveling: 85 weekly. 101 Adams street. Hoboken, N. J. TO LET - Third door to set; likely ar- rest. Five rooms. 140 West 83d street. TO LET—Furnished room; private; hot and cold water. Call after 7. 800 W. TO LET—Nestly furnished room to let; all improvements. 52 and 54 R. 132d street. Mrs. Hall. TO LET—One nice room in private room; $1.25 per week. 217 West 194th street. TO LET—Four large light rooms; low rent; one month free; 1984-1986 Park ave. Inquire趴onator to be reserved. Do 24-31 TO LET—Four and five light-room apartments with all modern improvements; reasonably likely to Burchell hantor; 15-17, 19-21 W. 125d Do 24-31 TO LET—Nice apartments of three rooms; see hantor. 266 W. 125d Do 24-31 FOR SALE—Three-family house; central location; rent, $121; price, $3,800; easy term. Manley, 250 Brard street, Near 32 TO LET—Nicely furnished barn, bat room; hath, all convenience. Apply past tense 225 n. 350 n. 350 TO LET -Light, alrry room to married ate. 225 W. 18th street. couple or two gentlemen; rent modern- TO LET—Four and Five Light rooms. 2:9 Royer ave, cor. East 143d street. TO LET—Nearly furnished rooms, private house, front parler, suitable for four men. $1.35 each small one flight. Miss Hall. 122 W. 27th St. dec1841 TO LET—Four large light rooms; bath, hot water, steam-heated halls. Rent $18.50. 5 E. 1724 St. Jamilor. dec1841 TO LET—Elegant apartments; large and light; six rooms and bath; steam heat, hot water supply; each room separate. Moderate renta. For further particulars apply to Janiter. 315 West 119th St. dec18-31 TO LET-Nestly furnished large, light rooms; steam heat and bath. 17 W. 24th St. Top Floor. Anderson, Dec 12-31 TO LET-Special for single-room, complex-room private; special for single-room, complex-room for the holidays; also permanent guests. Steam heat, rooms from $1.00 per day, according to Miss Green, 306-307, 400th Street. TO LET-Nestly furnished large and small rooms, with bath and all conveniences. Apply W. H. Harold, 222 W. 4101, Dec 12-31, 1965-1974. TO LET-Nestly furnished large and small rooms, bath and conveniences. Apply Mrs. Tacklin, 251 West 39th St. Dec 16-17. TO LET-Store and apartment; all conveniences reasonable. Call No. 267 West 61st St. Dec 16-31. TO LET-Nestly furnished rooms. Apply to Mrs. Chan, Stark, 25 Oak street, Jersey City. Telephone. 251 W. 4101, Dec 2-31. TO LET-Two nicely furnished rooms in private house; all conveniences. Ten Eyck, 251 West 1330 street. TO LET-Large and small furnished rooms; privilege of light housekeeping. Apply Mrs. Henry, 556 Seventh Avenue. TO LET-Furnished rooms. Address Mr. E. M. Crawford, 246-266 W. 49th St. TO LET-Single-room, 24th Street, 24th St. TO LET—Nearly furnished rooms in private houses, all private, from $1.50 per week up, with board if desired. 164 and 166 West 132d street, Mme. Lavinia H. Baner. Prop. oct29-tf FOR RENT—441-442 West 16th St. three large rooms all light; rent $19 and $12. Inquire of janitor, nov. 4-16 TO LET—Nearly furnished large hall room; bath, all conveniences. Apply Mrs. Cole, 435 W. 35th Street. TO LET—69th St. 304 West, colored tenants; houses thoroughly renovated; 4 light beautiful, newly painted and papered rooms, with improvements, $19 to $13 a month. Handsome 4-room basement apartment, $5 per month. Janitor. TO LET—East, 113th Street, for colored tenants, five large light rooms and bath, hot water supply, rent $26-40 to $28. Janitor. TO LET—Three large light rooms for respectable family at $62 Second Ave. Convent, near 4th Street. Inquire basement at 246 East 32d Street, oct 22-tf TO LET—Nearly furnished large and small rooms, with bath; all conveniences; private house. Apply Mrs. G. Williams, 32 W. 133d street, dec 17-4 TO LET—Three or four rooms, all improvements, now rent. 812; half month free. Janitor. 308 E. 122d street dec 17-2t TO LET—Three rooms, gas, tube; rent. 813.56-814. 824. 26 P. 86th street. dec 17-4t TO LET—Apartment to let 5 rooms. 144 W. 26th street. See J. 86th street. dec 17-2t TO LET—Furnished rooms for gentle- men. 208 W. 100th street. McK- Mahan. dec 17-4t TO LET—Three large rooms, all light: rent. 208 W. 1016. Inquire 3 W. 16th street. dec 17-4t BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN FOR SALE or rent, house and data House 14 rooms, all improvements; Bridge; street store and rooms above; Fifth floor, fireplace, kitchen, WILKEN & Kennedy, 604 Warren St. Dec. 24-27 TO LET—Nicely furnished rooms; couple or two gentlemen. 1647 Cumber- land street, Brooklyn. TO LET—Nicely furnished rooms; bath all improvements. 1610 Atlantic ave. Brooklyn. TO LET—Nicely furnished or unfri- nished rooms. 1668 Vanderbilt ave. Cars and L'conventant. Dec 2-4t TO LET—Nearly furnished rooms; pleidend locality for business maps or maps of Brooklyn. 1674 Aslahan Place, Brooklyn, opposite I. I. Depot. Dec 17-4t 313 WILLOUGHBY AVE. BROOKLYN —Attractively furnished large and small kitchen, Ridgewood RI. to Franklin ave. or Delkauk or Bryle ave. care to Franklin from Bridge. Two-way walk to sub station. Dec 17-4t Order of service: Sunday—Preceding 11 a.m. 11:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. 11:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday every third Sunday 9 a.m. Weekly prayer meeting every Wednesday at 1 a.m. Sunday meeting every Friday 1 a.m. Sunday ST. CLEMENTS CHAPEL, Pinehurst BURGUNDY JIT WEST and BURGUNDY NEW JEW W. JOHNSON. Print in shams BURGUNDY JIT WEST and BURGUNDY NEW JEW W. JOHNSON. Print in shams BURGUNDY JIT WEST and BURGUNDY A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL JUN101Y UKON A. M. R. CHURCH 2000 April 2010 SNV. J. C. FÜRHAUSCHAU. Sunday morning: Funktion 11 p.m. Class meeting 12 M.; Sunday 12th, 150 p.m. Funktion 9 p.m.; Holy Commemorary Church Sunday, 3 p.m. Work-day Services: L'ovem, Wednesday, 8 p.m., class meeting, Tuesday, 8 p.m. All are welcome. ST. JAMID FRIENDSHERIAN CHURCH SST West Silt store, New York City, Porter, C. LESSON SUTTLING, Haddam, 628 Work-day Services: Other hours and 10 each morning at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Funktion 11 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday morning: Wednesday evening at 8.16. Sunday School at 1 p.m. 1. P. E. C. R. 7 p.m. Sunday. Holy Commemorary Sunday in each month at 8 p.m. A CREDIAL WELCOME TO ALL w110-1yr MOTHNE A. M. R. EION CHURCH West 804 st., bet. Columbus and Amsterdam, d.n. Avenus. Bov. J. M. McGUILLEN, Pastor. Sunday Services: Preaching at 10.45 a. m. and 7.68 p.m. Sibath School 2 p.m. Young People's C. R. prayer meeting every Sunday evening at 4.15 o'clock. Public Invited. Beordence of pastor, 144 W. 168th st. Porter can be seen at home from 9 to 12 every day. Section desiring dates will communicate with the poster. Mar 5-1 pr. BARK BACK BLESSINGS. Nothing has ever improved the ap pearance of colored people like "Com- mons skin lighter every time it is applied. The best dressed colored women and skin lighter every time it is applied. It improves the colored countenance magically. Dark-skinned people also like it. It improves the colored countenance just that they need. The Wonder Comb" helps to straighten the hair; when used with magical pomade called "of kinky hair" pat up" well. If the hair is too short sort, you should use fertilize the scalp. Just as you fertilize a cotton field to make the cotton grow longer and make the hair grow longer. Any of these articles will be sent for 50 dollars in the order by M. Barger & Co., F. Roster street, New York. SUBROSAYE NOTICE IN PURSUANCE of an order of Hon. ARNER C. TROUSMAN, a Surrogate of the County of New York. NOTICE TO Wives of all callers having claim against the estate of FRED. ALLEY, late of the County of New York. Bor- ness of the same with vouchers thereof to the subscribers at their place of transact- ing business. Rooms 909-1-91. No. 6 of the same with vouchers thereof to New York. on or before the 10th day of May next. Dated New York. November 2, 1905. 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Agents Wanted Everywhere Emancipation Association (Incorporated) Friday Afternoon, January 1st, 1909, at 2 o'clock A STREET PARADE LED BY A Reception and Entertainment will be held, beginning at 8 o'clock. Complimentary to ADMISSION TICKETS 500 BOXES, selling 10 persons $5.00 SINGLE OR SEAT TICKET, EBO Box Seat Ticket can be purchased from John H. Dickerson, secretary, 139 Wyndham Street Brooklyn, and John B. Clayton, treasurer, 67 Rockwell Plaza, Brooklyn. OPPENFIELD—Wm. C. Henry, president; W. R. Lauten, vice president; John H. Dickerson, secretary; Joseph Blum, assistant secretary; John B. Clayton, treasurer; Osmuller P. F. Gill, secretary; J. W. Hartzock, chapelist; Joseph C. Hanker, st-armen Plume Zone, grand marshal. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS—L. R. Bryant, chapelman; John A. Dunn, Harry Quincel, L. A. Jepke, Colonel Neal Waltman, Wm. H. Henderson. FLOOR MANAGERS—William Burdell, chapelman; Charles C. Pester, Indah Walker. TO BRACH THE HALL—From Bergamot of Manhattan: 5th Avenue "L" at Brooklyn Bridge Broadway; from Brooklyn Bridge on the 16th Street; then one block to Hall; Pythrush Bridge of Brooklyn 5th Avenue "L" to 5th Avenue and 16th Street; then one block to Hall; or 5th Avenue trubly air direct to Prospect Avenue. TWO ORCHESTRAS AT CHAS. H. ANDERSON'S DANCING ACADEMY PALACE HALL, 7th Avenue and 14th Street Chas Rehions every Monday and Thursday Evenings SOUL MATE RECEPTION Monday Evening, December 28 THE GREAT NEW YEAR'S EVE RECEPTION Thursday Evening, December 31 NEW YEAR'S MOON- Friday Evening, January 1, 1909 PHOENIX HALL Cor. Grand and Summit Avenues, Jimmy Adamson. 26 Cents NOTICE.—The hall will be beautifully decorated with flags of all nations, concerti will be much in evidence, lots of fun for all. At my NEW YEAR'S EVE RECEPTION, TWO ORCHESTRAS will entertain you from 8 to 4 Continuous Bunting the music — three receptions will be furnished by Mam Mam L. Anderson's Two Select Orchestra. 2192 FIFTH AVENUE Read Al He may come to your door is positively reliable. Second-in-third-in-third-order gold filled and not gold gilt. So a big gain for you and quick watches and jewelry at private 341 WEST If you wear jewelry or if you time and money, for my prices Read the Draw New Corner 51st Street and Se To Let--For Recently Sitted with large m Apply to R. HARPER Read About This Man Selling JEWELRY Come to your door soon. Things you should know before he inviable. Second—he is working to build up his trade by placing only colored man who carries a line of fine jewelry. Fourth—gold you can rely on it. Fifth—if he says it is gold filled it is not gold gilt. Sixth—big rent or middle man's profit to pay and quick makes for me. Seventh—he is taking in Carr, jewelry at private sale. Watches and jewelry required. In the Dramatic Section of the New York New Palace Hall Street and Seventh Avenue, N. Y. Phone Let...For Balls, Parties and Receptions with large stage and scenery for performances. BOOKS by R. HARPER RICHARDSON and HALLIE L. ANDERSON, Ph. I CAN HELP At once and can quickly cure—while you work as usual—providing you don't delay. Old Dr. Bry Has been favorably known to the public paper and by the colored population, for the leading Specialist for daily Diseases of M Kidney and bladder complaints, stricture private disease, ulcers, discharges, swelling (but) blood poison, spots on body, inflammation and eruption, are cured at this office. Old Dr. Bry Restores lost vitality and many power (or after.) Commitment free—Treatment charge. Medicines furnished. Often open meetings. Come and see me to dry! Read About This Man Selling JEWELRY He may come to your door soon. Things you should know before he comes; First—he is positively reliable. Second—he is working to build up his trade by pleasing his customers. Third—he is the line of fine jewelry. Fourth—he tells you my article is solid gold you can rely on it. Fifth—he is the best quality of gold filled and not gold gilt. Sixth—no big rest or middle man's profit to the mans a big gain for you and quick sales for me, Seventh—he is Andrew R. Carr, dealer in diamonds watches and jewelry private stores and jewelry repaired. SEVENTH—NEW YORK If you wear jewelry or if you need any repairing done, please post a card you will move time and money, for my prizes are always behind the store prices. "There's a Read the Dramatic Section of the New York Age. .....New Palace Hall..... Corner 51st Street and Seventh Avenue, N. Y. Phone 6714 Columbus To Let---For Balls, Parties and Receptions Recently fitted with large stage and scenery for performances. BOOKS NOW OPEN Apply in B. HARPER RICHARDSON and HALLIE L. ARDENSON, Presidium. ```markdown ``` DR. BRYAN 208 EAST 17th STREET Near 3rd Avenue, N. Y. Telephone 6836 Harlem No Bar H. MARTINSON S. W. COR. 134TH STREET dec. 24 Man Selling MRY I would know before he comes; First—he hap his trade by pleasing his customers on jewelry. Fourth—if he tells you an it is gold filled it's the best quality of his man's profit to pay, and this means this Andrew B Carr, dealer in diamonds dry repaired. T. NEW YORK He drop me a partial card you will move prices "There's a reason of the New York Age- e Hall.... 'Phone 6714 Columbus s and Receptions formances. BOOKS NOW OPEN E. L. ANGERSOL, Prepinster. dec. 17-3m HELP YOU quickly cure—while you attend to your thing you don't do! Dr. Bryan very known to the readers of this news- ed population, for over 20 years, as one gaily uses of Men comphitis, sinusitis, congestion or discharge, swelling, swelling ate on body, inflamed or painful parts at this office. Dr. Bryan dry and mainly power, before marriage on free Treatment at mottoe published. Often open daily—Sunday me so dry! YAN I CAN HELP YOU At once and can quickly cure—while you attend to your work as usual—providing you don't delay. Old Dr. Bryan Has been favorably known to the readers of this newspaper and by the colored population, for over 30 years, as the leading Specialist for daily Diseases of Men Kidney and bladder complaints, stricture, constipation or private urinary discharge, smouldering urine, swellings (bue) Blood poisoning, mildly inflamed or painful parts and organs, are caused at this office. Old Dr. Bryan Restores best vitality and usually power, before marriages (or after). Consults family doctor, treatment at most charges. Medicines furnished. Office open daily—Sunday morning. Crumbs and one to do daily. Branch 473 Lemon'Ave. Family Trade a Specialty ```markdown ``` The symphony of Port Gord Monster's Couple, No. 8th Q. U. O. of O. P., will hold Gord-brow Year's one husband on Sunday evening. December 31st at Onan Green House. The entertainment will beచat, of moving platforms, vio and moplin. Mr. Chen Davenport's moving picture show has been especially enjoyed for the occasion. The庆功宴, featuring of 1. Edward Keef, chaplain; David Wiener, assistant chaplain; Wm. P. Klingford, secretary, and John Johnson, teacher, will be dinner to make the adjoin the best of the nation. Letter Carrier Wm. P. Klingford has returned to work after spending an in-peevily vacation visiting his uncle at Port Psalm, and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chen. Klingford, of Psalm, N. J. Mr. George Webb, who is a member of Howard Union Lodge, 1857, G. U. O. of O. P., of New York City, was made an honorary member last Thursday evening. He has been a member for twenty-seven years. HISTORY The fair the past week was well attended. Among them from Lilith Park we noticed Mim Beuth Wright, Mm Chan R. Wright, Mm Chan R. Wright, from Jill Mr. Mr. Joseph Citzman, and Mrs. Schleyer, from Frankfort. Addresses were delivered by the following positions: Rev. W. O. Citzman, Rev. W. O. Citzman, Dalk Park Avenue Baptist Church; Attorney Seward A. Miller, city counselor; J. H. Webb, Walter Bradley and Barron C. Anderson. Quantitative was under the leadership of Mim Dell Green. Several effective sales were rendered by Mim M. A. Fisher, Mm Rena Webb accountant, and Mr. Lovy Anderson, Gail G. Anderson, Mrs. Catherine Yan Allen did not Tuesday evening. the was Oceans county's oldest resident, having been born July, 4, 1986. Her funeral was held on a Sunday afternoon, Rev. R. J. Schleyer. Fred, John O. Daniel, of Georgia, in visiting Utica in the interest of his brother, John O. Daniel, in meeting with successe Mum Mabel H. Parens, a white middle age body, in here also raising money for Syphilis girls on the campus at Hope Chapel after the瘀痕 on Sunday evening. Mt. Gen. Quok, of Ithaca, in Utica representing his brick company. He will normally attending at the closing of the fair. Mrs. Annie Bell, of Saratoga Springs, M. Y., who has been visiting Mrs. Mary J. Streitborn, at the paradeway on Broadway, left Saturday for Saratoga Springs Waterbury Short The services at the A. M. K. K. Church were largely attended. A special service was preached at 10:30 a.m. by P. Palafax, the Pastor, at 10:45 a.m. by D. C. C. Anastik Christophe. A very attractive home wedding was held at the residence of Mr. Benton, Market street, Wanbury, Thursday evening, November 18. The contracting parties were Mr. Thomas R. Jannas, of Clifton, NJ, and Mrs. Benton, of Balmoral city, Dr. C. Falkrax, officited, Mrs. C. R. Beckett, a niece, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in attending her. The Varki Endower at A. M. E. Zion School was led by Miss A. M. R. Johnson. The J. C. Price Literary Society was addressed by W. S. W. Johnson; Rev. C. Willis of North Carolina, and Dr. Fairfax, Mrs. T. W. Gibbs recited before the Parum. Miss Viola Keford, who has been conned to the house with a severe cold, in the retardation of the A. M. E. Zion Sunday school. The content for the banner was won by: the boys' class, L. F. Goddah teacher. An interesting cottage prayer meeting was held, L. F. Goddah a 30,000-seat D. G. Dattah relinquished "expressman," has moved to 70 Griggs street. Dr. J. E. Mann, of Livingston College, visited the A. M. E. Zion paramuseum and took part in the variety of Thanksgiving events. The key brought Faster Fairfax a toothome Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs. L. W. Kelleg (white) sent Thanksgiving greetings with a barrel of Washburn Sour. Rev. I. W. Reed, of Grace Baptist Church, and the Union Thanksgiving service held in the Second Congregational Church. Mrs. C. R. Hankinson, Mrs. W. D. Dillworth and Mr. C. G. Suead, Jr. of New York University, and the Union mother and sister, Mr. C. G. Suead in a student of Columbia law school. Yorker Lyme Institute YONKERS, N. Y., Nov. 30—On last Monday evening the newly-elected officers of the A. M. E. Zion Lycum were installed by Mr. Thomas S. Lane. The officers included: Mr. W. J. Spenkle, vice-president; Mr. W. J. Spenkle, vice-president; Mrs. Anne Stevens, secretary; Miss Bertha Odell, assistant secretary; Miss Mabel Gulliver, corresponding secretary; Miss Linda Brown, brown ornament; Mr. C. S. Evans, critic; Miss Lacy Perry, chapman; Mr. W. W. Close, sergeant-at-arms. The remarks by the newly-elected president were re-read and sweet musical program was rendered, after which refreshments were served. The two Stewartness Boards, No. 1, Mr. Ellen Willett, president, and No. 2, Mrs. Lydia Perry, president, of the Mrs. Lydia Chisholm and of friends visited the paranormal on last Wednesday night and left a large turkey and everything that goes to make up a fine Thanksgiving meal. The turkey is a crisp turkey and cakes and boeum in the form of turkeys and little Tuddy bears which were delicious as well as beautiful. Cakes, plen, candles and fruit were also received. Mr. Snyder and the children are all very grateful for such kind remembrances from the members and friends during Dr. Snyder's absence. Mr. B. Anthony Association held their annual exhibition on Friday evening at the Women's Institute. There was a piano solo by Mr. Janet Brown after which the Robert Dearborn Church of the Women's Institute performed eight wells followed with prayer by Rev. P. J. Moutrie, Mrs. Minna Orbill sing a sweet solo. The general secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Mcdonald, read a very interesting article by the association. Other reports were read from the general treasury. ```markdown ``` The United services of the Memorial Baptist Church on Thursday morning were withstand the storm. A group of the教会 of Dr. W. Johnson, who is away on a flight South, Dr. L. H. Taylor of Post Chamber filled the church and prayed as the storm was being beautiful and inspiring. A huge number attended the missionary prayer meeting on Friday night. It was heart heart framing and made the storm seem less ominous. Some way, Dr. W. Johnson and Tracy Caleb were the leaders. The next meeting was arranged for the third Friday night a past month, Betsie Hale On Sunday morning at the A. M. E. Eman Church Rev. N. R. Ollin of Mt. Vernon occupied the uplift. Rev. Ollin is in a speaker who always draws a crowed audience. In the crowing the Rev. L. H. Taylor of Port Chester occupied the pulpit and praised a wonderful sermon to a large and appreciative audience. The sermon was on Tuesday before the bishop of Brooklyn trusts happily told Mr. T. K. King is on the sick list and for the past week has been confined to her bed. Mr. Carrie Price of Ossingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley. The family has the sympathy and prayer of their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Norfleet, of Ossingham place, lost their little seven-year-old son on Friday. Rev. L. H. Taylor officiated. The rulers were taken to Elizabeth City. Mm Fresh Potter of Poughkeepsie is visiting her sister, Mr. B. R. Scott, Mm Harriett King and Mrs. Sidney Harris of Brooklyn and Mamie J. Sidney of New York. Mr. and Mrs. James Owen on Sunday. News from Dr. Sukey tails of his excellent health and pleasant visit to the different Southern conferences now in session. Among some of the conferences are New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. A special meeting of the Men's Sunday Club and Ladies' Auxiliary was held on Sunday afternoon. Dr. York Russell of New York and there were also males by Modern, Mann and Jackson of New York City and an address by Mr. Dement. Mr. J. M. Departist Fluncher of Brooklyn delivered a very interesting address on Africa. She mentioned which gave the skin of a ban oopistrictor and a chapmaness. Practice Test The Playlist Whitney Club met at Mrs. D. R. Matthews' on Thursday. Mrs. J. J. Lawson is president of this creditable organization. Recent birth were: A son to Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Matthews and a son to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lawson. Rev. J. C. Taylor, of Buffalo, was in this city to attend the recent reception tendered Rev. P. H. Williams, D. D. by Mrs. D. H. Matthews and a son to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lawson. Miss Jimmy Paysa of Worcester, P. I., is the guest of Mrs. C. H. W. Williams, having arrived in this city on Thanksgiving morning. Mrs. Williams organized the meeting of the Rev. P. Dr. Lewis Day Williams, of Newburg, N. Y. The latest literary society to be formed here is the Arnett Assembly, organized by Mrs. O. H. Hawkins, of Newburg, Allen is president; Mimi Visha, Willis, secretary; Albert Lawson, chairman of the program committee; Mrs. Otis Hawkins, president of the executive committee; Wilson Lodge, of Worcester, Nurseries Lodge, F. and A. M., gave its annual banquet in Centennial Hall on December 1. A large crowd was in at; Oil City, Titwilby, Merseyside, New Castle, Youngtown and other places. The young men of the city have organized a reading association, known as the Club. Franklin fellow are fortunate in that each church has an able preacher of the Gospel. Rev. M. A. Dyer, D. D. is pastor at Bethel, while Dr. P. H. Williams, chancellor of Bishop Blackwell and Catechist Carlwell, are able to attend. A very pretty little drama, entitled "Thirty Years of Freedom," was given recently in Bethel. The Hathaway Circle gave one of its characteristic entertainments some time ago. It being very well attended, the young men will attend. Mr. Chan, Henderson, one of the best-known colored men in the city, died at his late residence, 1401 Chestnut street, a new city hall. Mr. Law is another Franklinite who has sought pastures new, having located in New York City. Miss Blanche Hemsdley, of Meadville, has been the guest of Miss Irine R. Rhinechard, Mrs. Emily H. H. H. H. Mrs. guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. Lawson. Miss Etta, Law is visiting in Corry. Mrs. Jaa. Wilson has opened a lunch room on 14th street above Chestnut. Here is where there is the inter- room of the missionary department of the A. M. E. Zion Church. Kynck Brewer The colored people of Nayack held their first union services Thanksgiving Day at the Pilgrim Baptist Church at 3 p. m., Rev. J. H. Diffard pastor. Rev. C. V. Buren, pastor of St. Philip's A. M. E. Zion Church, preached the sermon. A large congregation was present and a special Thanksgiving and praise was enjoyed. Mr. James W. Thompson, Mrs. Addie A. Sisco and Mrs. Georganna Belle are among the number who have recently attended the Buren office at the funeral of each. Mrs. Lena Buren was apprised of the sudden death of her only sister, Mina Leitrecry Gaskill, a few days ago. She attended the funeral at New York City. Rev. R. C. C. Jones of Brooklyn, will be in charge of the revival services to be held at St. Philip's Church, beginning January 3. A furnace is being installed in the church, which will insure a fire. St. Phillip's Sabbath school, under the St. Philip's Sabbath school, under the direction of Superintendent W. H. Myers, The donation given Rev. C. Van Buren was one of the most successful ever tendered a pastor of this church: $14.55 was received in cash and between $30 and $40 in grants. Rev. J. T. Mattson was gifted with hospitality and the parish were present and contributed largely toward the success of the affair. Mrs. Ellen Mayo, widow of the late Rev. Charles Mayo, is now visiting her brother at Richmond, Va. The Rev. Charles Mayo membership based by Rev. C. Van Buren is meeting with regular favor. The Pilgrim Baptist Church held a baptismal service at the foot of Main on April 20, 2014, at which the congregation joined J. H. B. H. five candidates in the Highland River, the Gorilla, X. Y. The entertainment given at the A. U. M. K. Church on Thursday evening, December 10, was a grand occasion. Spending for the concert, it was a rewarding affair, the artists being recently applauded from beginning to end, having been honored by Mr. A. Benton, who rendered a beautiful baritone spa, accompanied by Mim Mabel Fuller, of Midtown, organized, also Mim Mary Ransom, who created a set of instrument explaining about Ham and his descendants. The trie of survived Ham and his descendants, including one feel as if they were being wetted away into celestial rubble. Immediately after the concert the Rev. Dr. Woodward, of Philadelphia, was introduced by Rev. Benton, pastor of the church. The doctor delivered an obsession with the South, having just returned from an extended trip. He spoke at length on conditions of skilled labor in the North and South, pointing to the fact that the skilled Negroes of the South are at work in the North, especially in New York State and Jersey, few are allowed to follow their trade, finding it impossible to get the work. He closed with a strong plan to the young man to get hold of property, to buy land, and drive their opines down their side and make a "churchown." Baldwin, X. C. RALLEY, N. C., Dec. 8—Mrs. James Jones, of Atlantic City, is in the city on a visit her parents, Ms. and Mrs. Tewsley Twain, Ms. and Mrs. Dr. A. R. Green, of Burdock, Va., and little son, have returned to their home after spiking some phantom worms in her old home city. She is incarcerated home by her mother, Mrs. Susan Ford. Mrs Little Alton is teaching at McCallum, N. C. Mrs. Stroud, of Chapel Hill, in white Img. M. H. R. Hott of this city. Miss Martha A. Jordan spent Thanksgiving Day in Durham, N.C. with her sister, Smith. Miss Smith Brown is teaching at Cary, N.C. Miss Hattie Baker, who has been representing the Afro-American Insurance company in this city so efficiently this year, has been the work to lunch for the Winter season. Prof. Wiley Hunter has charge of the High School of Holly Surfside. Mr. Waddell, the traveling agent of the Afro-American Insurance Company of Charlotte, N. C., was in the city this week to report the company doing the bank work of its history. Mr. John Eaton of Winston-Salem, N. C., was in the city to witness the funeral of his friend and friend, and reports the company doing the bank work of its history. Mr. John Eaton of Winston-Salem, N. C., was in the city to witness the funeral of his friend and friend, and reports the company doing the bank work of its history. He says the boys played the game in the way they used to play it when he was in college and for that reason he left the city for Richmond, Va., where he went to secure an outfit of drugs for his new drug store in Winston-Salem, N. C. Missouri Thompson has occupied his beautiful cottage on St. Mary street, which he has recently built. Missouri Johnnie and Mabel Williams, of Salisbury, who have been visiting their home in Winston-Salem, returned to their home Sunday. Mr. Willie Thoraton, one of our most highly respected citizens, in quite sick at Leonard Hospital. Mr. Willie Thoraton, Dr. F. D. W. Williams, of Payetteville, N. C., were in the city last week attending the Federal Court as jurymen. Miss Mary Sellers has returned to the city and is spending quite a pleasant time in New York. Mrs. Autney Williams reports having had a fine time in Durham, N.C. w. C. wrote to Mrs. Warren, who will be remembered as being one of the teachers in the Stanton Dr. Mr. L. D. Merritt has recently been appointed assistant dept of the branch office of the Afro-American Insurance company in this city and is doing a fine work. Home from Bedford The A. M. E. Zion Church has won a great victory. They have gained the $500 donation by raising $150 at the AM reports are in and the church has wiped out the entire floating debt of $1500. Great praise is due the executive Board: Mr. Solomon Young, president; Mr. Willie McGee, president; Mr. J. G. Lee, secretary; Mr. R. E. Sprague, assistant secretary, and Mr. Im Bennett, treasurer. It was through the efforts of Mr. John Garee that the $500 donation was offered. Greetings from Roosevelt, Taft and Turbea were received by the Taft and Hurge Republican Club at a banquet heldriday, December 11, 1915, at the State victorious. The dinner was served by the Suman B. Anthony Club, of which Mrs. R. J. Jeffry is president. The lecture room of the A. M. E. Zion Church was later mercyately accrued and furnished a hundred, W. R. Kepa, president of the club, acted as teastmaster and Herv. J. W. Brown, who presented John W. Thompson, Republican general committee member, to President Roosevelt and the club. A fountain pen was presented to President Keys and a box of cigars to Captain John H. Cannon. Addresse were made by Herv. J. J. Adams, of Fatterson, and Mr. W. Thompson. After dinner Max Lippman read letters and telegrams from President Roosevelt, Governor Hurge, President-elect W. H. Taft, John G. Hurge, Washington D.C. and R. B. Pinchback and Fred. R. Moore, of New York. At the close of the inauguration a permanent county commission was elected with the following officer: W. B. Key, president; Rev. J. W. Brown. J. H. Cannon, W. J. with, vice president; Clan D. Ennison, secretary; Max Lappon, assistant secretary; William H. Ennison, treasurer; Harry Hardin, corporate-attorney. Sounded at the festive head was a "blackjack Republican." Alkrit Bird. HOTEL UPTON Hair Dressers and Barbers. Greenberg's Ladies' Hair Dressing Parlors Afro-American Hair Goods a Specialty 589 Eighth Avenue CODY & BERGER'S PHARMACY 470 LENOX AVENUE Between 123rd and 134th Streets The most popular drug store in Harlem. Our Price of household remedies cannot be excelled. We name below a few of them. St. Joseph's Limestone—For Rheumatism and all Aches and Pains. Brown's White Pine Cough Balkum—Contains no Poisonnous Drugs. Still Most Effective. Camphorote—For Gripe and Cold in the Head. Quinine—The Ideal Hair Pomade, Straightens and Beautifies the Hair. begging forgiveness and promising never to leave the field again. The "Well Known Club" gave its first grand ball in Flower City Hall on Monday evening, November 20. The committee was: Maurice J. S. Hertz, J. G. Ballard, and H. G. Lovely. H. G. Harden and William H. Stockton. These gentlemen saw that everybody was happy and they were very successful. Music was furnished by the popular Neurur's orchestra, the B. D. Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Ohlman, of the "Sunny South" stopped with Mrs. Charles Cannon, 90 S. Park street. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Springs entertained at Alton Sunday, 11:00; Mr. Twewen, Mrs. Fannie, Mr. Alvel Ryan and Mrs. Minnie Thompson. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. M—Mr. Charles E. Clagett, of Brooklyn, who has been the guest of Mr. Wyatt Archer for the past four days, was the guest of honor at a series of stage affairs, Friday night. Mr. Archer also gave a dinner in his honor at which the other guests were Judge Robert H. Terrell, Dr. John R. Francis, Ralph W. Tyler, and auditor for the Navy; Major C. A. Fleetwood, Mr. Howard Williams, Mr. Whitfield McKinley, Mr. George Scott, and Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback. On Saturday evening Judge Terrell entertained him, at which the afore-raid gentlemen attired Wormale, Hon. John Lyons, Mr. James A. Gobb, Hon. John C. Dancy and Mr. W. H. Clifford were present. Sunday morning Mr. George Scott gave a breakfast in his honor at which the guests were Gov. Pinchback, Judge Terrell, Dr. Williston, Ralph W. Tyler and Mr. Wyatt Archer. This was followed by a dinner the same evening given by Mr. Archer. Sunday night the series of affairs in Mr. Caglett's honor closed with a stag given by Dr. Williston. Mr. Caglett returned to Brooklyn Monday morning, accompanied as far as New York by Gov. Pinchback. Mississippi Conference Appointments Holly Serrins, Mina, Dec. 6.—At the tenth annual conference of the Northwest Mississippi Conference the following appointments were made: W. H. Custis, P. E. Tie, Plentz, Rev. W. H. Custis, P. E. Tie, Plentz, Rev. J. A. Tuppe, Water Valley, Rev. R. P. Burg, Hilly Chapel, Rev. Geo. W. Fisher; Oxford Circuit, Rev. A. S. Blake; Torrance Circuit, Rev. W. C. Thomas; Big Creek Circuit, Rev. G. L. Austin; Williamsville, Rev. H. B. Brown; Grayport, Rev. S. T. Tyler; Elliot, Rev. J. S. Butler; Mount Hermon, Rev. W. J. Purse. Grenada District—Rev. M. R. Burky, P. E.; Tillisland Circuit, Rev. D. W. Williams; Nassau Circuit, Rev. H. S. Johnson; Sweet Home Circuit, Rev. Ryan; Punta Circuit, Rev. R. H. Imman; Oakland Circuit, Rev. K. G. Am- demon; Holcomba Circuit, to be supplied; Charleston Circuit, Rev. J. K. McCotrey; Grenada Station, Rev. W. H. Edwards, D. D. Coldwater District—H. K. Solomon, D. D. P. E.; Laudonia Circuit, Rev. H. M. Humphries; Sardis Circuit, Rev. W. G. Sanders; Hirnada Circuit, Rev. James H. Weir; Jago Circuit, Rev. J. Merrweather; Strahorn Circuit, Rev. J. Blair; Blair Circuit, Rev. L. C. Maple; Murry Circuit, Rev. W. L. Collins; Senatoba Station, Rev. R. L. Flynn; Coldwater Station, Rev. J. W. Ross; Senatoba Circuit, Rev. G. W. Marshall. West Point District—Chas. M. Hayden, P. E.; Armory Circuit, Rev. A. L. F Chapman; Booneville, Rev. A. L. McGowen; Okolonau, Rev. G. T. Stimson; Aberdeen Circuit, Rev. A. H. Allen; Corinth Station, Rev. I. Gilevere; Aberdeen Station, Rev. S. S. Wood West; W. M. Johnson; West Point Station, Rev. J. A. Hendrie; Trench, Rev. R. W. Williams Holy Springs District—Rev J. H. Mattingly, P. E.; Veronica, Rev J. D. Matthews; Corona, Miss, Rev D. W. Dilson; Tuhon, Miss; Rev C. J. Johnson; Jacinta, Rev W. Galady; Ripley, Rev W. A. Ray; Cotton Plant, Rev C. B. Black; Bahalia Guitre, Rev G. W. Carlton; Blacks, Rev W. S. Philip; Wallerville, Rev A. L. Brown; Sherman, Rev J. W. Williamson. Winona District—Rev A. M. White, P. E.; Paumilotoe, Rev W. H. Johnson; Phebe, Rev F. C. Johnson; Matthiston, Rev M. C. Carr; State Springs, Rev A. Akins; Wathal, Rev A. W. Walker; Wathal, Rev A. W. Grady; D. W. Wilson; Beckon, Rev J. W. Moore; Stewarts, Rev M. J. Brist, Lodi, Rev U. Brown; Sweatman, Rev W. H. Dyer; Duck Hill, U. S. G. Henderson; Winona, Rev J. B. Wilson. The next annual session will be held at Water Valley, Miss. Victory of Switzerland, Winner SPRINGFIELD, Mass., December 1.—Sunday was a big day at two of the churches in the city. At the Loring Street A. M. E. Church, of which Rev. P. G. Moore-Brown, in pastor meetings were held during the day, and at the rally day. At the morning services the Rev. C. H. Yearwood, of New Haven, preached. In the afternoon brief addresses were delivered by Pastors Camingham and De Berry of the Third and Respectively, Mr. Yearwood preached an afternoon service. The total collection taken during the day amounted to upward $120. At the Third Baptist Church it was woman's day, the bishop of the Pastor's ministry held the will charges. Rev. Dr Berry Hoggman, the pastor in exchange of patents with Dr. Cunningham. Mrs. James Higgman, of Monroe street, will contain a party of friends at what this church will hold of Miss Elizabeth Elliot, of Worcester. Mim Helen Gray, of Boston avenue, is down to Boston for a while. She is in the quest of her quest, Mim, Julien R. Goddard, of that city. 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When I am a great American Negro play, I do not mean that the theme must most commonly deal with the American Negro alone, or that the characters must all be American Negro, but I mean that the material plot must omit from conditions that have existed, do exist, and may exist; conditions directly concerning us as a race; conditions arising from conditions; conditions that make the possible little short of impossible; conditions that have been and ever will be most remarkable. In order to construct a great Negro play, it may be necessary to introduce a Spannier, a Swede, an Indian or two, an Englishman and a few "white folks." All of these and more may be necessary, and more of them may be needed; it of course must depend on the story to be told. There may be a great play with all Negro characters and there may be a great play constructed with but one Negro character or with no Negro characters, and still have the American Negro its theme. The conditions that have surrounded, do surround, and will surround the Negro in this country, furn- or should furnish the material for some great play, but many. just will we ever have one written by an American Negro? I finally believe that we will. I have my conclusion on the fact that I know several Negroes now, to-day, wholly capable (to my mind), of writing a great play and I have had many talks with these same men on this same subject. I remember one evening while together this subject came up and one of the party related having discussed this same matter with one of the great American white dramatists and this white man had said that he never expected to see the Negro become a great playwright because of his (the Negro's) inability to concentrate. Expressions of this sort come from the white man who doesn't know the Negro, generally, and generally the white man doesn't know the Negro. Most, white men think they do, but positively they do not. He does not know the Negro in his home. I mean those who have real homes, and there are many; he doesn't know the politer, the thinker, the student, the economist, the great Negro. The pious, the shrewd, the self-sacrificing, the fearless—yet they are here in great numbers. The white man generally does not know the Negro generally. This being so he cannot faithfully portray him in writing or acting (granting a few exceptions), and it is also quite possible that the theatre-going majority of whites would not at present fully appreciate a great play with the Negro as its theme, because they do not know the Negro generally. This, however, I doubt, as anything really great and properly done is generally understood and accepted. So it remains for the Negro to show to the public that he understands his own people thoroughly and show it so strong that they all must understand. Mr. William T. Price in his "analysis of Play Construction and Dramatic Principle" says that playwriting is not a matter of instinct, but of knowledge, of science, and of art." I believe this is true and if so, knowledge can surely be acquired, scientific principles are always learned and taught, and an artist must be trained in technique. These are all facts and being so, when I ask why can't the Negro write great play? The ones I have in mind know the full meaning of knowledge, science and art; know how to study, think, construct, write and act. As yet the Negro writer for the stage has had no opportunity nor encouragement outside of musical comedy and that has had a limit, as the average manager invariably tells you what the public will and will not stand for (as if he knew or anyone else). He says that the people (meaning whites), are not ready to take us seriously. This may or may not be so, but if some good game manager will only give the right Negroes a chance and not hinder by trying to help, I'll be satisfied to risk something worth while that they will turn out a well constructed play and that the same play properly cast and produced will be a great play and properly handled will make money. Mr. Bob Cole's letter, published in Life. Some months ago, furnished a world of real information and should be a "bunch" to the white man who thinks the Negro incapable of concentration. "Unless above himself he can erect himself, how poor a thing is man." Conditions conditions! They alter all things at times, but the Negro has made even more rapid strides in the theatrical profession than in many other walks of life, and who can deny the fact that altogether he has "come over" in the last half century. I do not claim that the next ten or fifteen years will show to the world a great number of Negro plawrights, but there will be more that one and the first great things will come from those who the thinking, studying, striving and offering new We've all heard of the fellow with "the best act in the world, but no where to act." My claim is that any of us having the good fortune to live ten years longer will have the pleasure of witnessing a great play written by an American Negro. "Do not be THE NEW YORK AGE. Herve that all greetness and heroism are in the pain: Leura to discover princess, princess, heroes and saints among the people about you. Be assured they are there."—Thomas Davidson. Conditions, conditions, always conditions, but conditions that cannot always last, and yet out of these same conditions will come the great American play. The Afro-American has a message to deliver to the people of this country and "the history of art in this nation will not be written until the Negro has made his contribution."—DaBois. This great message will most likely come and be delivered through this MME. SISSIERETT (Black P THE MUSICIAN great play and this same play will most likely be accepted as a part of the Negro's contribution to the art of this country. and no concert was her. Her voice in its a decided contralto, contains the velvety r Give the Devil Big Bury. One evening last week the writer was listening to a colored singer in a music store where a colored music concern was demonstrating. Standing near him was a foreigner, that is to say, he had been in America about long enough to have Opportunities Opportunities the Stage Offers Intelligent and Talented Women THE LADY OF THE MARRIAGE MANY young women have asked my advice about going on the stage and possibly many more would be interested to learn of some of the opportunities the stage offers to intelligent women who are desirous of accomplishing something along artistic lines. I must say that I do not know of Madame Simieretta Jones, widely known as "Black Patti," was born in Portsmouth, Va., January 5, 1870. Her father, J. M. Joyner, was pastor of the Afro-Methodist Church of that city, and was also chief chorister in the performance of which duties he was able assisted by his wife, at the time a soprano of exceptional ability. In 1870, Mr. Joyner received a call to Providence, R. I., and the entire family moved to that place, afterward to be the scene of the first musical triumph of the remarkable singer who is the subject of this article. While yet a mere child, Mine Jones developed a voice of such remarkable power and quality that she attracted the attention of the musical people of Providence TTA JONES Patti) and no concert was complete without her. Her voice in its early stages was a decided contralto, and even to-day contains the velvety richness noticeable only in the voices of such singers as Scalchi and others. While singing in concert at the San Sonei Gardens she received an invitation to go to New York and sing for Abbey, Schoefield and Gran. She sang at Wallack's Theatre and her success was such that she was immediately en- any field opened to colored women where they have a chance to demand as much salary as in this profession. But I don't wish to leave you under a wrong impression. Many people imagine that to come to a company and demand the salary at which they value their services is the business-like way to enter the profession. Now it is needless to say that in most cases they overrate themselves: for it is like any other business; first prove yourself worthy and then you have a chance to rise; just how far you rise depends on your ability and the opportunities that come to you. The study of the stage and the things that go to make an artist will certainly improve anyone mentally. You also have the advantage of traveling and you come in contact with a number of people of different classes, which in due time will certainly make you more broadminded, and a better judge of human nature. I think we have many colored women who have ability for the stage and who would make a mark in life if they would study and feel proud of their talents instead of suppressing them. If a colored girl has ability for dress-making her parents are proud to give her an opportunity to study. If she years to become a stenographer, money By AIDA OVERTON WALKER guided for a tour of South America and the West Indies. This engagement limited for two years, and the tour was so successful that upon her return to this country, Mane. Japan was engaged as the stellar attraction of the enormous jubilee spectacle at the Madison Square Garden in 2004. Her success at this concert was so pronounced that the New York Clipper, an important theatrical paper, gave her the name by which she has become world famous. "The Black Patti." This engagement was followed by a concert tour in conjunction with Levy's Band, and a number of engagements at various expositions. For her one week's appearance at the Pittsburgh Exposition Major Pond demanded, and received $2,000, the highest salary ever paid a colored artist. Among other artists appearing at the same time were Companyi, Materna and the then famous Pat Galmore. An interesting event in the career of the popular singer at this period was an invitation by the late President Harrison to appear at a private soirée in the Blue Room of the White House. Mrs. Harrison in particular was so delighted that she personally presented Mme. Jones with a bouquet of the famous White House orchids, and the concert was followed by numerous invitations to appear at the houses of Chief Justice Fuller, Senator Andrews and various other notables residing in Washington. Morris Remo. President of the Carnegie Music Hall Association of New York City, next engaged her for a concert tour of the United States and Europe, under the personal management of R. Voelckel, who at that time became associated with Morris Remo. She made her first European appearance at Berlin, Germany, and the Berliner Zeitung in commenting upon her debut, said: "No sooner had the real Adeline Patti departed than a most worthy substitute appeared in the person of Madame Sissieretta Jones, "The Black Patti" from America. The European engagement lasted about 18 months, and no singer was ever received with greater enthusiasm and applause in Europe, than was Mine. Jones. London, Paris, Berlin, Colon, Munich, Milan, and St. Petersburg seemed to vie with each other in their approval, and the Continental newspapers fairly showeder the most favorable encomium on her voice and art. While in London, Mine, Jones received a royal command to appear before King Edward, at that time Prince of Wales, and that popular monarch expressed the most unqualified delight with her performance. Upon her return to this country Messrs. Voelckel and Nolan organized the now famous "Black Patti Trou dours." This aggregation of color artists with Black Patti as the stu have toured the country for twenty years, each succeeding year more firmly established their popularity in the principal cities of the United States and Canada. Mme. Jones enjoys the unique distinction of having appeared at more consecutive performances than any living singer. World's Best Artists May be Heard at Very Low Prices. THE mere mention of Berlin reminds one of the capital of the land of "Vorsicht" and "Verboten" the residence city of the great crowned head, Emperor William. In addition to this it has a third distinction—it is the greatest musical center of the world. Music, the greatest of all the arts, actually floods Berlin; it grows from bad to indifferent, good to better and from best to the very best in great cities. London, Paris and New York have good music and musicians, but the general atmosphere and interesting conditions give Berlin a place all its own. The names of the composers, directors, artists, teachers and students would fill a directory, and time are spent to make her a good one. She often studies years and many family sacrifices are made in order that she may some day become a tutor in that particular vocation. And there are many other occupations along similar lines that I might mention. But the greatest of all gifts is neglected or suppressed. We have many dressmakers, many stenographers, many school teachers, together with other talented women, along literary and other lines as well; but now many intelligent women have their artistic educate them to follow colored women who can compete with our white sisters in many ways, but when we look to the stage we fatter. I know it is not because we feel our lives superior from a social standpoint, but nevertheless many young white women of wealth and social position are to be found on the stage and study for their career. I do not want to think that their parents are more liberal minded than ours and that our parents would crush a gift which God has given us just because our friends possibly do not sympathize with the undertaking. I think that there is possibly another reason parents may feel that the temptations, are greater, so the stage. Well, regarding that matter I can say that I personally do not advise a MUSICAL BERLIN The image provided is too blurry and low-resolution to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a blank or heavily pixelated area with no discernible content. Therefore, no text can be extracted from this image. which would, in itself, be a credit to a fair-nosed town. A tidal wave seems to have swept and continues to sweep all toward the beautiful German capital, for the most part, the best from all foreign hands. With 1,200 concerts during the year, 18 or more concert halls every night, four operas every night, is it any wonder that thousands are attracted? Not only are these made up of students, but many professionals who go to feast on music for a season or two, to coach with some one of renown, to get repertory and prepare for future concert work. The Americans and Russians form the greatest foreign population. The best artist before the world to-day may be heard for 25 or 50 cents. While there are some occasions when prices are by no means low, these exceptions would never interfere with any student's hearing as much as he wishes, or as it is well for him to hear. The chances are that you may hear too much. Even a musician remarks: "I have heard so much I don't want to hear a note for a long while." But, do you know, you grow to be so much of a slave to har- ERNEST The Unbleach mony of sounds, that, after a lapse of three or four days, it seems you haven't heard anything for ages; then from force of habit, you go to the Beethoven Saal—you never miss it there, as there isn't a dark night from the beginning to the end of the season. There is everything in the way of incentive, not only studying and hearing, but seeing and coming into contact with celebrities and learning interesting things about them. You may walk along the streets beside Richard Strams, Hugo Kaum, Humperdink; in the concert hall sit near Gabrilowitsch, Lhevinne, DeMotta, Hekking, Godowsky. Or you may hear one playing in the very house you happen to be in and find out this is Busino or Elsa Ruegger, or some such artist. lented Women mother to send a girl of sixteen or under on the stage without the care of a competent chaperon. I do not advise a mother to send a girl on the stage who is not capable of appreciating a serious thought. And I say to all young women who would like the life just for the pleasure it might afford them, to stay away; because we do not need such recruits. I do not say this because I think the temptations are greater on the stage than in any other public life. If your daughter is employed in a doctor's office she comes in contact with many people: if she is a stenographer in a public building her temptations are just as great. In fact, we find temptations in our private as well as our public life. My reason for saying to keep your daughters' who are fickle and susceptible to flattery away from the stage is because we have many butterflies and we need sensible, intelligent, talented women to do the work that is required. We have a few colord women who have sacrificed their so-called social position, withstood all criticism and worked hard to accomplish something. But in union there is strength, and we need many more. So to the young ladies who wished my advice, I say, come and work and do. And when you have made a mark you will feel proud and your friends and race will feel proud of you. The Church and the Stage By ERNEST HOGAN It has been my desire to discuss through the press for several years with reference to to the relationship that should exist between the church and the stage, but herefore I have intentionally permitted the opportunity to pass without touching on, which is to my mind, a very important question. Each has a relative mission in this world, but in the past the chasm dividing the two has been so wide that many have had a delicacy to publicly proclaim their views on the subject. The actor should be brave on the question of religion, and never be afraid to speak the name of the Almighty because he is an actor. The tendency of the times is the getting together of the church and the stage. Let the church demand of the actor the same as it does of others. If the actor does not carry himself properly make him. Open the door and let us in, but do not close it in our face. The actor should feel that it is his duty to adhere to the The actor has kept himself from the church because the churchman has shown a prejudice against him, and the church has remained away from the T HOGAN chied American stage because there are many things done there not in accord with the precepts of that great religious body. The church should have long ago made overtures to the stage with the aim of purifying it on many things, as it has done in the case of many other agencies that are in some respects considered in a way slightly immoral, yet having a moral mission to do good. Religion, not its practices, is too broad to keep out of the church persons because they follow the theatrical profession, and because of the narrowness shown by many of the laymen on this subject hundreds of performers are not active church workers to-day. We are taught that religion is not designed to make our pleasures less. Do any churchman want to tell me that such great artists as Aida Overton Walker, Black Patti, Williams and Walker, Cole and Johnson, S. H. Dudley, Billy McLain, Will Marion Cook, Alex Rogers and J. A. Shipp cannot follow their professions and yet be actively identified with the church? Owing to the narrowness of the churchman, such talented artists have been kept out of the church when they should have been received. With the exception of Dr. Booker T. Washington, the average public is better acquainted with the performer and more influence for good outside of the race is wicked by the Negro comedians than by the Negroes of any other profession. Then why is this? Is it because they are immoral or because they are influential and in a position to influence the public in the interest of the Negro? The church goes after the drunkard, the gambler and so on, but for some reason it has a tendency to shum the prominent Negro of the stage who has opened a field and is doing much to lessen race prejudice and who gives hundreds employment. There are many places in the United States today where the preacher will get up and admonish the members for attending a theatrical performance which has in every respect been clean and instructive. The actor also deserves criticism for not showing more force of character in allowing the churchman to drive him out. There are but few of our actors who have not when young been brought up in the church and reared by religious parents. But in the majority of instances they seem to lose their religious inclinations because upon entering the profession they find the church indifferent toward them instead of standing with open arms to receive them. With the great gifts God has given the singer and the actor, each should show his appreciation for being so fortunately endowed by attending church and giving thanks at all times. It is not everything in keeping the body well groomed, for the soul should be kept likewise, and the only way for all who have been blessed with talent and who make others happy is to be identified with the church. --- The actor should be brave on the question of religion, and never be afraid to speak the name of the Almighty because he is an actor. The tendency of the times is the getting together of the church and the stage. Let the church demand of the actor the same as it does of others. If the actor does not carry himself properly make him. Open the door and let as in, but do not close it in our face. The actor should feel that it is his duty to adhere to the precepts of the church; so don't, because of the narrow-mindedness of any churchman become discouraged on the religious question and lay down. With the beginning of the new year the performer should make new resolutions along religious lines and clean up the soul as well as the body. Because you are an actor don't be afraid to proclaim the work of Jesus. Identify yourself with some church. Remember there is solace in these words: "List to the words of Jesus, Seek ye, and ye shall find; Knock and the door shall be open Are the words so pure and Divine. Come all that's heavily laden And I will give you rest, Gird on the holy armor And be of the heavenly blest." The Peril of Small Thentren. The fact that one person was killed and a score injured in an accident on Saturday night in a 10 and 5 cent vandville theatre ought to result in an investigation of the 450 houses of this sort which are doing business in the greater city. There seems to be good reason to believe that one of these days there will be a horrible disaster in some establishment of this sort, involving a great loss of life on the part of women and children, the main patrons of moving picture shows. It is said that the police and firemen who have to do with these houses in the ordinary course of their duty anticipate some such tragedy. As we have pointed out many times, it is absurd to have one law as to construction for regulars of entertainment, with the result that the latter are simple fire traps and nothing more.—New York Seu. SPIRIT OF THE DANCE Serious Side of Dancing Macaund—Has Stirred Gender of Men and Women. THE spirit of the dance, it appears is the least understood of all imaginative impulses, says the New York Times. It is the essence of fantasy, an ethereal elixir of the mind, the last word in the development of imagination. Although dancing has long been accustomed to a fappent contrariness to the serious virtues, it is one of the inspiring elements of the divine fire. Even the ballroom, symbolizing the gayety and ceremony of social relation, has not escaped the criticism of Puritan athletics, a restraint that has deprived it of many of its possibilities. It all depends, again, upon one's point of view, whether one concedes the motif or the movement of the dance, with poetic instinct, or with the dumb scene of participative vulgarity. The twentieth century, with its progress of great strides, has reached a time in the advanced knowledge of dancing that is worth some sort of definition. It has become an art, in all the sincere and reverential meaning of artistic expression. Those of us who find in the Salome dance, merely a pretext for stage sensationalism do so because we overlook the poetic significance of the Oriental idea, and those who regard the brutal virility of the "Apache Dance," or the sensuous expression of the "Merry Widow" walk, with scant reverence for the art that has continued them, must not forget that they are as symbolic of an artistic impression as any painting, drama, or essay of modern feeling. There is a nature, a rhythm and symmetry of motion, in the winds that set the leaves and flowers and grasses of the earth dancing to a murmur that is a music of its own, that has stirred the genius of men and women to wonderful orchestral interpretations, that have suggested exquisite poetic motifs for the dance. The line of demarkation between the ballroom waltz and the stage waltz exists merely because conventional custom has made it an expedient barrier, but there are indications that the artistic developments of the dance that have been achieved in the theatre may become a part of the ballroom regime. This impression is not gathered from many opinions of the professional dancing master, so much as it is a prophecy of the dancers who appeal to vast audiences in the theatre. The "Love Waltz," for instance, with its coquetry of impulse, when played in Newport last summer, was seriously considered by a committee of well-known society men, who sought to induce the dancers to teach them the steps, that they might introduce it at some fashionable function there. The plan was abandoned, because the dance, like any other artistic labor, was copyrighted. Mile. Fritzi Scheff insists that she "must dance; dance every day, to keep happy and—him. There is nothing like it for keeping away sluggishness and spurring an ambition." The Oriental motifs and the my dances are not in accord with the modern spirit of dancing, which employs humorous, or dramatic accor the text of modern conceptions. Why They Call American Music Ragtime THE MISSING MEN OF THE WORLD HAVE been asked "why do they call American music ragtime?" To answer this question, musically, I must place what is commonly known as "ragtime" in the class of music where it belongs, i.e. syncopation. Since there is no record or definition in the dictionary of music of "ragtime" we must then consider the appellation "ragtime" simply a slang name for that peculiarly distinctive, syncopated rythm originated by the American Negro. And not until it reaches that higher development, only to be accomplished by scholarly musicians, will it be called "ragtime," such as the Spanish syncopated rythm is called the "Bolero." We all know that the Spanish used their peculiar rhythm of syncopation many years as dance music before it was designated in musical literature as the "holero." The original Spanish "holero" was a sensuous dance which was extremely popular among the Spanish peasants and tabooed by the Castillian aristocracy, among whom were those whose censorship governed what Spanish music should be. But the wonderful popularity of the "holero" movement and the unique fascination of the dance which accompanied it overruled this Castillian censorship and influenced the entire music of Spain. Thereby, we have all the music of Spain, direct or indirect expressions of the conditions of the Spanish peasant people. So, Elsevier, with American music, as it is known here and the world over, it is the direct expressions of the American peasant, the Negro. The happy expressions of the Negro's emotions in music have been dubbed "ragtime," while his more serious musical expressions have been called "platination" and "jibbice songs," and these two styles of his expressions in music are all that I can see that is distinctively American music. It is the only music that the musical centers of the world and great musicians of the world recognize as American music. When such men as Dvork, Sufanoff, McDowell, Chadwick and Dumroch reinstate the real worth of Negro melody we need not consider the opinions of Finck, Farwell, Loomis and others of less note, who claim that there is no distinctive character in the original melodies of the Negro. Finck, Farwell and Loomis claim that the Indian music is the only American music to base American individuality on, but I can see no ground for their argument, as the Indian has given us no melodies to equal those of "Steal Away to Jesus" and "Go Down Moses." The latter Dvork said is as great as the motif in Siegfried. The Indian is a morbid race, and morbid people are not musical. The younger generation of educated and civilized Indians have produced no composers who have expressed their emotions, as true to their own life, to reach the popular or classic ear of the world, as have been expressed by the Negro (and the Indian has been in the hands of American civilization many years before the Negro). You will find no such inclusions among the modern Indian music to equal in popularity "Big Indian Chief," "Navajo," "Big Red Shawl," etc. I know that neither of these songs were written by Indians, for Cole and Johnson are responsible for two of them, and the other was written by a white man. These songs typify Indian life lyrically, but not musically, for the movement and melody are Negro in character except for an occasional tom-tom accompaniment. Had they been set to the broken rhythm of two beats in one measure, five in the next and so on, with the discordant harmonies known as Indian music, they would never have caught, the ear of the American people: And if there is to be such a thing as American music it must be a music that the American people enjoy. Why is it that the American loves to hear the sound of "Dixie"? Analyze the melody and you will find it a typical Negro tune. As to the setting of an Indian subject in the classic form such as oratorio, you will find that S. Coleridge-Taylor's setting of Longfellow's "Hawtha" is the best of them all. And, by the way, for those who don't know it, S. Coleridge-Taylor is a Negro notwithstanding the fact that he was born in London, England. And is the rival of the great European oratorio composer, Sir Elgar. In analyzing this peculiar American syncapation we can easily see why it has been called "ragtime." The origin of "ragtime" began with the old darky patting his foot, and strumming on the banjo, while the picknies clapped their hands at the same time. Example: Clapping of hands, strumming on banjo, patting of foot. and this you will find if placed on an photograph to any subject, be it the priest, German, Italian or any The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale photo with a blurred background. A Member of the "Bandanna Land" Company and your listener will say "ragtime." likewise they would say "That's Spanish form" is the accompaniment is put in the "bolero" movement. As to the future possibilities of what is known as "ragtime" or Negro melody. A Me we may hope for great American music to spring from its influence. For as Paderewski says in the November Century, "... When lively, they dance. ... The music of the Negro has been used simply because he has a natural sense for music, in which the Indians are lacking. ... Mendelssohn's use of the minor mode may be connected with the Jewish tendency to complaint, to peruulousness, which is in turn due to the trials and vicissitudes the race has suffered." Then, there is a greatness in Negro melody because the sad, minor and dissonant harmonies of the piantation songs were created by the emotions of the suffering slaves. Whenever art is great, there is always some tragic or sad motive connected with it. There is no joy without ever having had sorrow. We all agree that the slaves of America knew what grief was, and their emotions were expressed in their songs of "Jesus," some from the fear of their masters and others from the hope they had for deliverance. After slavery we find the Negro singing his happy mournful songs, giving expressions of his joy. I will admit that some of these songs were written by white men, but when we remember that some of the best of them, such as "Golden Slippers," "Carve Dut Posse," "In De Ebenam" By De Moonlight, were written by Sam Lucas and Jim Bland, both Negroes, we have the right to claim them as being the outcome of a happy sense of emotions prompted by the fact of being free men. And so on from stage to stage through the "Ramor Blade," "Black Gal of Mine" type of song up to present emotions of the Negro of to-day, who gives us such songs as "Bamboo Tree," "Congo Love Song," "Owl and the Moon," by Cole and Johnson; "Island of Bye and Bye," by Rogers and Williams; "Mandy, Lou," by Will Marion Cook, and the excellent setting of "Ethiopia," by Harry T. Burbeigh, due to the conditions of the new Negro's ambitions and training. If music is the art of expressing emotions, then the Negro has certainly given to us his conditions expressed in song. And what is full-love but the expressions of a present people in song. And this is proved that there is a school of THE NEW YORK AGE: THURSDAY DECEMBER 24, 1908 music in that peculiar rhythm of syncopation originating from the patting of the foot, the clapping of the hand and the strumming on the banjo by the old plantation durability, which has passed through the same stages of improvement by new emotions of the new Negro of to-day just as he has improved in every other way. We know that the Negro is capable of doing things now that were impossible for him to do forty years ago. I am one among the many other Negroes who can write my own music and arrange it for voice and orchestra. And this is due to my good fortune of being able to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In the days of slavery I would have known nothing of the science of music, and some white man like Foster might have written down my expressions in music just as I have done for many white song writers of to-day, who were unable to write music for themselves. And yet the same spirit of melody can haunt me now, as it did the slave in his plantation songs. Sometime ago I read in the "Literary Digest" a statement from Mr. Booker T. Washington, saying that "the Negro folk-song is the only distinctively American music." To this Mr. Henry T. Frank took exception, and claimed that "Old Folks at Home," or better known as "Swance River," was written by Stephen Foster, a white man, and for that reason it is a white man's melody and has no character of Negro melody in it. member of the "Bandanna Land" Com According to Mr. Fink's argument Mr. Foster (whom I consider was a great song writer of his day) was a bad song writer, because it is quite necessary for a song writer to apply the character and atmosphere of the text in the musical setting of a song, and this is exactly what Mr. Foster did in "Swanee River," and that is why it has lived these many years the world over. Mr. Finck in his article admits that Mr. Foster attended Negro camp meetings and lived on the plantations. Yes, and the truth of it is that Mr. Foster did this for the purpose of placing himself in the direct atmosphere of the Negro style of melody. Sir Arthur Sullivan was a white man, but no one can deny that the "Mikado" is not influenced by Japanese character of music. I am a Negro, but that does not prevent my writing a German, French or Italian melody. One of my teachers in harmony and composition was all German, and couldn't speak English. This ought to serve to give somewhat of a German influence to my compositions. And after having studied compositions for piano by the greatest composers along with the best grand operas for fifteen years, why should I be unable to blend such treatment of the classic with the undeveloped music of my race? Some day some great composer (who knows perhaps he may be some brave white man) will take up the work where Dvorak left off and give to the world of music just what the American music-lover is clamoring for. The popular ear both white and black likes the "ragtime" song, and just so soon as this peculiar American syncopation is developed into a classic form will the censors of music find a place for "ragtime" in the history of music. Perhaps they may call it cow "Ramadon." It is just as hard for the American people to recognize Negro music as the distinctive music in America as it was for the Russians to realize that the Japanese could fight. Had our wonderful Mr. McDowell followed the advice of the great Dvorak and given much attention to the Negro-folk-jong, his works would have reached the hearts of the American people with greater force. His "From an Iading Lodge" is purely a Negro melody only for the tom-tom ac- companiment. As I have said before, accompaniment changes the color of any melody. If composers want themes for American songwriting, or American grand opera, let them study the sad strains of the Negro platinum songs and they will find food and inspiration for great works. As Paderewski says: "All great music is mostly done in the minor mode." If the baby laughs to-day we soon forget it until he laughs again, but if the baby dins to-day we never forget, for it has struck the chord of the heart. Just so with lively music; we think of it while we hear it, and enjoy it as we do the pleasing things of life. But when we hear the minor strains in music we call up the sad memories we never can forget. Therefore, dissonant chords are used to express the tragedies of life, which are far more impressive than our moments of pleasure which we so soon forget. "Negro music," "American syncopation," "ragtime" or "Raggioso," just whatever you choose to call it, is here, and it is here to stay, for it has already caught the ear of the people the world over. As the Toledo Blade, of November 14th, in reviewing Cole and Johnson's "Red, Moon" production, says: "When the Negro first made his appearance on the stage as a musical comedy entertainer, the public looked askance at him. They could see nothing in the Ethiopians' contribution to American melody but 'ragtime' and the cheap, syncopated music of the dance halls, but the black man has surprised them. If he has done anything at all in the past few years it has been to raise the tone of the popular price offerings. And he is climbing higher every year. Where he will stop time alone can tell. "Perhaps it will be at grand opera. Anyhow he seems to be headed that way." company BENNY JONES Benny Jones, whose picture appears above, is a valuable addition to the Cole and Johnson Red Moon Company. This is his first season in fast company, and the success he has attained as "Bill Simmons," the whitewasher in the Red Moon, is all the more remarkable. Mr. Jones is also the dancing instructor of the Red Moon company, and through his patience the Red Moon dance numbers are second to no musical comedy now touring. Mr. Jones has-for the past ten years been identified with all of the leading ministrel organizations. Cole and Johnson predict a great future for what they claim as the season's find. He extends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all friends. He advises them to "Keep on Smiling." Miss Bespice McCoy, whose "Yama-Yama" dante is famous as a fantastic conception of a child's imagination, ingemously declares that "dancing is a gift that is born, that it is inspired or not according to the music that lifts it into being." CHARLES C. DOUGLAS The above is the likeness of Charles C. Bougia, who has been touring with the Black Patti Troukadours for the last seven seasons. He is a tenor of rare merit, a portrayer of characters of no mean ability, a thorough musical scholar, having come direct from the Conservatory of Music in Boston to join this show. By conscientious work and gentlemanly conduct, he is considered one of the most valued members of the show by his co-workers and management. He is a Missourian. O CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE Now studying in Europe MUSICAL PRODIGY COMING. LONDON, November 28.—Mischa Elman, the famous violinist, who is now on his way to New York to begin an extensive American tour, received an enthusiastic send off at his last recital in Queen's Hall this week. Young Elman made his first appearance in London soon after the debut of Joachim's protege, Florizel von Reuter, and at about the same time as another youthful prodigy, Vescy. For over two years Mischa Elman has been continuously adding to his laurels, and is now regarded by the best judges as one of the most remarkable musical figures of this generation. 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Walton, whom we now hail as the third critic of the generations, like Mr. Lightfoot of the first, enjoys a very amiable disposition, one rather inclined to praise than to criticize. Of Mr. Walton's work it can be said, without solicitation but voluntarily, that he is alert and well up to the breastplate of current dramatic news of the day. Of current stage philosophy he has at least scored on one problem—the vaudeville situation—which he has handled and solved with all the agility of an old master. There were times when New York failed to get one-half of the benefits of what Chicago, Indianapolis and other large cities got in dramatic news from the pens of the first two critics—the second in particular—in days when T. Thomas Fortune, then editor of THE ACE, could not be approached on the subject. It was, therefore, thoughtfully up to Fred R. Moore, the new editor of the newspaper, to keep abreast with a signalized trend to record stage history. So the new venture of a stage page was just in time and the installation of Mr. Walton was the right man in the right place for a beginning, indefinitely. If the treatment of defective comedy, tragedy and grand opera performances of the present were not measured by politic evasion, then Mr. Walton's work would probably be in vain; but the shifting flow of theatrical tides necessitates criticism, for without it performances would be much worse than ever and performers more unbearable as they prosper. All these things Mr. Walton knows, and his experience has acquired. He is thereby eligible to comment, on all the performances in the columns exactly entrusted to his care and as judgment will be met by more than one critic, there is every reason for actors to believe that by Walton they will at least be treated fairly, notwithstanding actors are always inclined to believe otherwise. great drama, "The Thief," is responsible for the following saying. "The life of an actress is cruelly hard. One gives and gives and gives—her heart, her soul, her every life's blood, and all gladly, unreservedly." "A good actress feels every emotion that she depicts; every pain, every joy. I have always given of the best in me, never sparing myself an ita." "I have found some of the most beautiful and lovable characters on the stage—the stage that is so often misquoted and misunderstood." "There is no timer, no more noble occupation for a woman than that of an actress. For a young girl with hopes and ambition there is no better, no more honest and lucrative an opening, no more enjoyable career." "If an actress could lead her stage 1 1945 ```markdown ``` 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. A. ADOLPHUS HASTON Baritone Soloist STAIR, WILBUR & NICOLAI life six months of the year and rest for the other six, leading a free moral life, then indeed should we have most wonderful work and most wonderful actresses, but so long as present conditions exist health must give away to ambition." NEW SYNDICATE LIKELY. One of the principal topics for conversation among the various performers the past week has been the report that a new symphony syndicate is to be formed with Martin Book, of the Orpheum Circuit as general manager. According to reports the name of the new firm will be the Central Booking Association. It is said that Mr. Book is leaving the United Booking people because he is dissatisfied with some of the rules that have been adopted by the big firm. He is averse to the split commission arrangement which affects the Orpheum Circuit. Mr. Book is said to have aspirations to appear more in the limelight and be "fit" for nothing at all. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale image with a dark background and some faint, indistinct shapes that could be interpreted as objects or patterns. --- THE NEW YORK AGE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908 WRITTEN, COMPOSED AND STAGED BY AND THEIR MME. E. AZALIA HACKLEY Noted Soprano A MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR J. ED. GREEN With S. H. 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Try it, and Sold everywhere, 25c. 50c. $1.00 Meccooroo Hair Tonic Manufact- Office: 16 W. 134th Street New York City THIS is the story of "Bert and me, and them." Bert came out of the West Indies quite awhile before I left Kansas, but somehow we forgathered in San Francisco, and thus it became "Bert and me." No, it didn't. At first it was "Me and Bert"—that is to say, in the beginning it was Walker and Williams. After awhile, my all too-troublesome modey made me give Bert a chance to flip a quarter. (or maybe a nickel), to see whose name should be first on the bill. That is how it became Bert and me. How is remained Bert and me is a catalogue of strenuousness—I mean the first part is. For instance, the first two years of "us" we gleaned professional experience by working (that is no figure of speech), in a "free and easy" in San Francisco. We went on at 1.30 p.m. and were quite satisfied if permitted to come off at 4 a.m. We gave a continuous performance by ourselves. If you have ever been in San Francisco and can remember the old Greemore or the midway, then you know the place of our maiden effort. It stood at 771 Market street—but that was before the earthquake. About this time a question began to agitate our gray matter. It came of going to see the work of other actors, white and colored, as came out our way. We noticed that colored men had to be comedians and athletic comedians at that. Head stands, flip-flaps, and such "stunts" made up a large part of their performance. And we noticed that white performers came serenely on, spoke a piece serenely and marched serenely off to the office and serenely took down four or five times what the colored man's exertions yielded. So we figured; the white man gets the desired results without perspiring—why? Did we guess, the right answer? Well, anyway we went from the "free and easy" to the great Orpheum Circuit. We opened at Los Angeles and finished in Chicago. It was very shortly after this that we were rediscovered. This time it was by Thomas Canary of Canary and Lederer and through him we came to New York, to the Casino. That was September 13, 1895, and the production was called "The Gold Bue." By the way, it was a pure accident that enabled us to be rediscovered. We had gone from Chicago to Louisville and were trying to make it a round trip without being at all impeded by accumulated treasure. Now, we were long on leisure and found some white professionals who were also the possessors of some spare golden moments; so we mixed counsel with them, and the upshot was we all decided to devote a week to mending our health at West Baden, and to give a "common wealth" show one night during the week so as to meet the bills incident to the mending. It was this show that Canary saw when he rediscovered us. "The Gold Bug" closed in a week—in spite us to make the needful impression, for we came out from under the debris and George Lederer induced Will A. McConnel to put us on at Koster and Bial's. Then came thirty-six consecutive weeks of what you may call velvet; and then Williams and Walker agreed that they had the beginning of a reputation. When we closed with Koster and Bial, Will A. McConnel engaged us with Hyde's Comedians whose season closed in May. Well, we had increased our act quite a bit by now, so we contracted with McConnel to start the season to begin in September. Thus came our first show, "The Senegambian Carnival." It consisted of vaudeville acts and we put on Will Cook's "Clorinda" for an afterpiece. We had a bill of colored acts that looks good yet. There were the Mallory Brothers, and Brooks' musical act; the late Ed Goggin and Charles Davis, acrobats; Hodges and Launchmere, singing and dancing act; Black Carl, the magician, and Bert and me. Now, would you grudge real money to see that aggregation? This was the beginning of the "them" part of the combination. It is (forgive my uncandid modesty), gratifying to look back and see how each of us three grew. The periods of growth I would divide in this manner: "The Policy Players," "The Sons of Ham," and "In Dahomey," under the management of Hurtig and Seamon; "Abyssinia," for a brief spell under the guidance of Lew Dockstader, then of M. D. Raymond, and finally of the United States; and last "Bandanna Land," under the tender care of F. Ray Comstock. It was a series of leaps, and I think that I may honestly say, upward leaps. Now, whatever position we now hold was not as easy to win as it is to tell about. We studied the white man's methods first, then our own limitations, and on our own deductions planned a future. For instance, we realized that the prime motive with Mr. "Eddie" is the coin. Well, we wanted it, too, but we could not go as straight to the mint as he; so we did the next best thing—let him take the "Jew" on the money and took for ourselves publicity, which is as good as a certified check in this business. Well, when Mr. "Eddie" had given us all the publicity he knew how, we gently pried him loose from the cash box, and then called some bigger manager to see how easy it was to graft on Williams and Walker, and repeated the performance. Thus we attained our present growth. We think now that we have worked that scheme as far as is profitable and do business along a little different line. But ifistance, if there is any "Hebrew" to be taken, we ourselves undertake to assume charge of him neatly and artistically. And we want our folks to Jike us, Not for the sake of the box office, but because over, and behind all the money and prestige which move Williams and Walker, is a love for the race. Because we feel that, in a degree, we represent the race and every hair's breadth of achievement we make, is to its credit. For first, last and all the time, we are Negroes. Mr. "Eddie" knows it and we know it. Also the race knows it. If you doubt it ask Mr. "Eddie" in the box office. And Williams and Walker take this opportunity (as they hope to never miss an opportunity), to testify to the loyalty of the colored people, and to thank them for their patronage, their encouragement and their sympathy. We try to the extent of our little utmost to deserve it, and perhaps in a day to come it may be provable that we have tried. Our payroll is about $2,300 a week. Do you know what that means? Take your pencils and figure how many families could be supported comfortably on that. Then look at the talent, the many-sided talent, we are employing and encouraging. Add to this what we contribute to maintain the standing of the race in the estimation of the lighter majority. Now, do you see us in the light of a race institution? That is what we aspire to be, and if we ever attain our ambition I earnestly hope and honestly believe that our children, that are to be, will save a good word in their day for "Bert and me and them." WELL KNOWN CHARACTER COMEDIAN Andrew Tribble, the funny character comedian in the Cole and Johnson Company, is one of the most interesting young Negro actors on the American stage to-day. His rise from absolute obscurity in three or four years to one of the biggest laugh-makers in the Cole and Johnson aggregation is well known. Mr. Tribble was born in Richmond, Ky., in 1879, where he lived until his parents moved to Richmond, Ind., in 1882. According to Mr. Tribble, he once rode races and might have made a good jockey, only he was thrown from a horse which developed a "yellow streak." He was also once a pickinaninny, but for fear the world would not know it he joined a pickinaninny band and traveled with "In Old Kentucky." When he grew too large S. Andrew Tribble for a "pick" he quit the road. He stayed off the stage until 1904, and in the meantime got married. He was singing and dancing on a music hall stage on State street, Chicago, and from there went to the Pekin Theatre, where he soon found himself leading man, playing any and every kind of parts. One night in an afterpiece he slipped on a dress and the audience screamed at his action in dresses, which caused him to develop the dress-wearing idea, and found it so effective that he has been working in skirts ever since. "I never go on the stage unless I try to do my best. That, somehow, has always been my motto, and I have been well paid for sticking to it," often declares Mr. Tribble. "One night to a very small audience I was doing my best, not dreaming of any one watching me but the manager. I was surprised to learn that among the few in the audience were Cole and Johnson. I was also ```markdown ``` Andrew Tribble in Costume told that they liked my work very much. They sent for me and gave me plenty of encouraging talk and pictured a beautiful future for me," is the way he tells how he, was discovered by Cole and Johnson. "Well, as all of the other big stars had told me the same thing, I paid but little attention to it. "One day I received a letter bearing the postmark London, England. It was from Cole and Johnson, who were then in London. They reminded me of our THE NEW YORK AGE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908. THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE agreement. My contract soon arrived. I had no idea what they had planned to do with me, but to make a long story short, they gave me the part of 'Ophelia.' If you saw the 'Shoo-Fly Regiment' no doubt but that you remember the past. Now I am 'Miss Lilly White' in 'The Red Moon.'" Mr. Tribble attributes much of his artistic success to Cole and Johnson, who have taken a special interest in his work. MISS SARA VENABLE MARY AND JOHN Miss Sara Venable, as she is known on the stage, and one of the members of the Black Patti Troubadours. She is accompanied by her seven-year-old son, Cifford, who though quite young is the embodiment of all the traits possessed by his versatile mottler. Miss Venable is quite young, both in years and as a professional. She is a native of Chester, Pa, and her protrayal of tough girl characters places her in a class where there are few eligibles. She also has a strong, pleasing, soprano voice, which she knows how to use, and is a young lady with good stage appearance and an amable disposition. DANCER BARRED Declines to Enlarge Costume and In Harred from Berlin Stage. BERLIN, Dec. 5.—The Prussian Ministry has now definitely forbidden Fraulein Olga Desmond to hold any more "beauty evenings" in Berlin of the sort described in these dispatches last week. Fraulein Desmond was allowed to appear on Monday evening of this week on condition that she wore clothing of a non-transparent character, but her costume proved so exceedingly abbreviated that the police censor decided to bar further public performances. Fraulein Desmond will hereafter do her dancing before invited guests of the Society for the Propagation of Beauty, and it is probable that the box office receipts will be only slightly less than at the public performances. Extend a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to All Negro Folk Song Negro Folk Song By SISSIERETTA JO SISSIERETTA JONES (BLACK PA By SISSIERETTA JONES (BLACK PATTI) If there is one thing to which American lay claim, without peradventure of a doubt as being distinctly American, it is the Negro folk song. The Indian has given us no music. The European settlers brought their "folk song" with them. So it was left to the poor enslaved ignorant Negro to open his mouth and pour out his soul in melody so sweet that the whole world has listened enraptured. David tells us that when the Israelites were enslaved they hung their harps upon the willows and filled the air with lamentations. But as the crushed rose emits the sweetest perfume, so the Negro, bruised and beaten, sung the sweetest songs. Is there a soul so insensible that it cannot be stirred to the very depths by the heartbroken cry of the poor old homesick darkey longing for "The Old Folks at Home?" TLM OV C CHAPMAN TLM OWSLEY The latest acquisition to the Black Patti Troubadours in the person of the above, Mr. Tim Owsley, is a newly discovered trump card in the comedy of our companies of to-day. He is a producer and writer of merit and of the intelligent order. Mr. Owsley is a Kentuckian by birth with a keen sense of --- ONES (BLACK PATTI) Is there a heart so dead to human feeling that it cannot be touched by the tender "To My Old Kentucky Home"? Their vocabulary inadequate, and their freedom of speech denied, the Negroes very naturally fell to expressing themselves in song. Thus we have the "Negro folk song" running the entire gamut of human emotions. To my mind no artist should omit one of these beautiful songs from his or her repertoire. Every school, college or university should include one of these songs in their musical program. Let the "Negro folk song" become universally popular and their sweet dolorous melodies will proclaim to the world that the Negro is a people of sorrows who has made companionship with grief. A people that will yet come through the furnaces of affliction and persecution and become as gold-tried in the fire. WSLEY humor, bubbling to the brim at all times, and has intaunated himself into the good graces of all the members of the show, also the Black Patti audiences instantly. He is to be seen in New York City soon with this company, where those who know can see. A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL! IS THE HEARTY WISH OF SADIE- THE BRITTONS-JOE THE BEST OF THE WEEK America's Greatest Dancing Act BAR NONE ALWAYS A BIG HIT—Any Time. Any Place on Any Bill Booked Solid "HOW'S THAT" SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEW YORK AGE GIVES ALL THE LATEST THEATRICAL NEWS SAM PATTERSON Solo Pianist Accompanist AUGUSTA J. BOON Teacher of Piano Studio: Room 409 Residence: Caesar Misch Building 13 Church Street PROVIDENCE, R. I. Phone: Union 1062-R # 1. 什么是区块链？ 区块链是一种基于区块链技术的数字货币系统，它利用区块链技术将数据存储在区块链上，并通过区块链提供去中心化、不可追溯的交易记录。区块链技术可以实现去中心化、不可追溯的交易记录，从而提高交易的安全性和效率。区块链技术可以实现去中心化、不可追溯的交易记录，从而提高交易的安全性和效率。 The Negro in Musical Europe By CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE NO doubt it is surprising to note that the Negro was active in musical matters in Europe as far back as 1804 when Beethoven wrote his ow famous "Kreutzer Sonata" and dedicated it to his friend, the violinist Bridgewater, who was a mulatto. Since then at different times in musical history we find the colored artist coming to the front in every branch of the art. It will be remembered that Gottschalk, who was the first American pianist to attract attention in Europe, was a New Orleans creole. Later on, Joseph White, a Cuban violinist, won all the first prizes at the Paris Conservatory where he is to the present dan an honored teacher, Edmund Dede of New Orleans came to Paris as a student and remained at Bordeaux, France, where he is at present conductor of the opera. Together with these we find prominent in musical Europe to-day Coleride-Taylor, composer; Miss Ira Aldridge, vocal teacher of London; Miss Rachel Walker, grand opera singer; and a handmaster of the German army to mention only a few German army to mention only a few. As far back as 1862 the Afro-American made his appearance in Europe as music student. Among those still prominent in musical life are Will Marion Cook, Edward Winn, Harry Williams, Felix Weir, Mme. Hackley, Mrs. Portia Washington-Pittman, Miss Thomas of New York, Mrs. Gibbs-Marshall and Miss Abbe Williams of Washington. As to the present situation we have only to recall the notable debut in Berlin two years ago of Miss Hazel Harrison, a young colored woman of La Porte, Ind., who created the most favorable impression not only in Berlin out her marvelous piano playing attracted attention all over Europe and the unstinted praise of Europe's most severe critics was bestowed upon her. Mr. Harry T. Burleigh's remarkable success during the past summer in singing before the King and Queen of England and many other members of the mobility only goes to show that it is here more a question of fitness than of color. As to the future of the Afro American in musical Europe one cannot help but reflect upon his past achievement and though the day has passed when the jubilee singers and wonders of the Blind Tom class played such an im MISS SARAH GREEN portant part, there is always before us the fact that the Afro-American can at all times be sure of a respectful hearing—not as a curiosity but as an artist. There seems plenty to do when one is as fully prepared as the European musician. Only two years ago Mr. Hinton Jones of Boston came to London to do something in a musical way and by fitness he is to-day employed as musical critic on a London newspaper, of note. On every side you find the European musician and music-lover as well, realizes that music is too broad and too universal to be circumscribed by the complexion of the skin or texture of the hair. H. GUS HALL H. Gus Hall, haritone, is a well-kown stage figure, having been identified with almost every colored company now playing. This season he is with the Black Patti Troubadours, and his singing is one of the features of the show. Mr. Hall is versatile and can sing dramatic roles with as much success and effectiveness as he renders ballads. He is very popular among the performers. In the summer he does solo work at home, Coney Island, N. Y., where he is as popular as is his intimate friend, Billy Moore in Williamsburg, N. Y. MISS SARAH GREEN One of the leading colored soprano singers in the United States is Sarah Green, leading lady of the Black Patti Troubadour. She ranks second only to Mine Sissieraette Jones in the company. THE NEW YORK AGE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908. COOK AND STEVENS, colored comedians, clever you must admit On any old bill they are a positive hit Originality is a virtue with these two Kings in their line is very true. AND you must be made of wood if you don't laugh right out Something's doing in laughland when they are about. They sing coon songs and sing them right Expect to laugh when they are in sight. Very near everybody has heard of their original act Every one praises it as a matter of fact. Now, remember the name ana some afternoon See COOK & STEVENS, the original Chinee and the Coon EDWARD S. KELLER, Agent. and not only possesses a sweet voice, but has a range that would attract attention anywhere. For two seasons she was with Ernest Hogan's Rufus Rastus Company, leaving the Black Patti Troubadours to accept a position with the Hogan aggregation. During her two seasons with the latter show she did considerable solo work and was praised from time to time by the press. When the Rufus Rastus show closed in the spring of 1907, Miss Green assisted in forming the Creole Belles, which went abroad. She returned a few months ago and immediately accepted a position with the Black Patti Troubadours. According to press reports her work has been of high order this season. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a person, but the details are not clearly visible. THE LORD'S PRAYER THE MASTER OF THE WESTERN WESTERN WESTERN ARTHUR A. TALBOT One of the most promising young character actors on the stage is Arthur A. Talbot, who is playing one of the principal parts in the Red Moon Company this season. He is strictly a Cole and Johnson find, and Bob Cole is loud in his praise of this talented actor. Mr. Talbot was born in Dresden, Canada, 33 years ago. When quite young his parents moved to Chatham, Canada. At the age of 7 years he saw the "Two Orphans" and later saw "Uncle Tom's Cabin." After having seen the latter show he blackened up and tried to play "Uncle Tom." Then he would wash and play "Eva." It was about that time he determined to become an actor and attended every show that came to the little town of Chatham. At 14 years he went to Detroit and had an opportunity to see the best shows. It was in Detroit that he made his first public appearance at 16 years old in a drama in which he played an old man's part. He found Shakespeare's works interesting and recited them in the churches. Othello was his favorite piece and he appeared in a scene from the play in Buffalo. Mr. Tahot studied under Prof. Shultz, a very fine old dramatic teacher, who told him he had rare talent, and at the age of 21 came to New York and studied under Prof. Lawrence. It was one Sunday afternoon after he had recited "Sanison" at St. Mark's Church when some one in the audience approached him and congratulated him on his work, advising him to study hard. The person in question was Bob Cole. Later at St. Mark's, where many a beginner is given his first chance, he gave --- ARTHUR A. TALBOT a scene from Julius Caesar, and was congratulated by Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, who induced him to join her theatrical company and play the leading part in East Lynne. Mrs. Williams, who is an actress of ability, and now playing one of the leading roles in the Red Moon Company, gave Mr. Talbot much advice during his stay with the company which was successful on the road. Under the management of Miss Marie Jackson, Lear the Forsaken was given at a church concert, and he was again congratulated by Bob Cole, who later sent for him and offered him the part of the Professor in the Shoo-Fly Regiment, which he accepted. This season he was given one of the best dramatic parts ever written for a The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or graphics. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a person in a dark setting, possibly under a tent or in a dimly lit room. The focus is on the person's hand, which is extended outward. The background is mostly dark, with no discernible features. Negro in the character of "John London," the old Indian chief, and his acting is one of the huts of the play. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a silhouette of a person in formal attire, possibly a gentleman, but the details are not clear. --- THE NEW YORK TIMES J. H. ANTHONY BYRD Mr. Talbot says he owes his success to Bob Cole, to whom he gives credit for "bringing him out," and whom he characterizes as a great teacher, a great actor and a playright. J. H. A vaudeville performer who is highly thought of in the theatrical profession and whose word goes a long ways among the colored, variety artists, is Bob Slater, who has been identified with the stage for nearly fifteen years. Besides being a performer of ability, Mr. Slater has written a number of successful songs, including "That's the Way to Spell Chicken." Years ago he joined forces with Bert Murphy, and they appeared in vaudeville as Murphy and Slater, meeting with considerable success. When they separated the team of Slater and Williams was formed, which also made good. He has also worked in white companies. One of Mr. Slater's pet ambitions is to see an organization effected among the colored performers on the order of the White Rats. Anthony Byrd, known throughout America as the "Black Ednord DeReske," allied at present with the Black Patti Company, and who is well known also in fraternal circles, is a singer of undoubted talent and whose services are always in demand. His deep, rich, resonant bass voice has a charm that holds the listener, and it is of that kind and quality that will last him all through life. Coupled with this natural gift his character deliminations has won for him highest comments from the public and press both in this country and abroad. He is also a great reader, deep thinker, a fine conversationist and has that peculiarity of making and retaining hosts of friends. BOB SLATER ANTHONY BYRD The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a blank or heavily distorted image with no discernible content. CARTER & BLUFORD The Act Beautiful WISH EVERYBODY A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year THE BLACK POLITICIAN WITH FIFTY PEOPLE Next Season the New Musical Comedy "The SOUTHLAKE with S. H. DUDLEY AND COMPANY OF SEVENTY-FIVE PRES e SOUTHLAI with S. H. DUDLEY COMPANY OF SEVENTY-FIVE P with S. H. DUDLEY AND COMPANY OF SEVENTY-FIVE PEOPLE THE FIRST WEDDING OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE MARRIED WOMAN AND THE MARRIED MAN. C. N. BROW C. N. BROWARD TONSORIAL PARLOR 342 WEST 37th STREET Bet. 8th and 9th Aves. New York A full line of Perfumes and Toilet Articles Electric and Facial Massage, Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobacco C. N. BROWARD, Proprietor JAMES JOYNER, Manage Aug. 20-7mo F O PETER A. WALTON THE TWO STAGE FORCES If you want to learn how grossly ignorant the white man is, in general, of Negro home life, of Negro mannerisms, of Negro ideals and what not, attend a theatrical performance where a Negro character is being depicted. If you really care to assume the position that there is at least one subject on which you are for more conversant than the members of the so-called superior race then go to the theatre and watch a white performer attempt to "get off" a Negro. Probably you will laugh at the characterization, but in the majority, or instance, you experience a feeling of repugnance, coupled with that of pity for the one doing the "stunt." Yet there are hundred of white actors appearing in black face and seeking, in their lamentable way, to show the public "just how colored folks act." It is true that every intelligent Negro takes exceptions to these character delineations, knowing such to be false and unworthy of commendation, but how about the majority of whites in the audience—those who seldom, if ever, come in contact with the Negro of to-day and who usually form their opinions of a race and its characteristics from the stage? Few of us have been to England, France and Germany, yet we feel we are capable of judging whether a Frenchman, an Englishman or a German is playing his respective part meritoriously, which is because of the education we have acquired in the past of these different races at the instance of the stage. And so it is with hundreds of whites regarding the Negro. You will hear the American critics complaining about the English overdrawing American characters, and vice versa, but all this is farce comedy compared to the way the Negro is misrepresented on the stage. Oftimes it possesses tragic significance, for it is necessary for both the whites and the Negroes of America to understand one another. Unfortunately, the majority of whites in America underrate the Negro's true status in this body politic and fail to give him the respectful consideration which he deserves and will ultimately attain. Seeing often the happy, go-lucky stage type depicted by the whites playing Negro parts, some of our white citizens have formed an idea of that such is the Negro in general, just as we are told that the stage has given us an exaggerated opinion of the Englishman, the Frenchman and the German. White critics are, as a rule, as ignorant of how the Negro really lives in every day life as is the white performer who depicts such inconsistencies. And what is more amusing at times is that they seek to show the Negro performer just how he should do his work on the stage in order that it might prove acceptable to the public from a Negro standpoint. Several weeks ago the writer noted two criticisms in a local theatrical weekly which are evidences that on the Negro question critics are often unfair, due to their ignorance of existing conditions. With the vaudeville team of Hite and Donlin is a young colored, woman who plays the part of maid. From the standpoint of any Negro critic her work is of high order, for she is natural on the stage. In every day life there are many maids the type of the one portrayed in the Hite and Donlin sketch entitled "Stealing Home." But to see an intelligent, vivacious young colored woman as maid seemed to shock the sensibilities of a white critic, who in one part of his criticism made the following comment: "The sketch has plenty of rough places as, for instance, the opening, which nobody could understand, and several delays, filled in only by Miss Hite's voice off stage and the presence of a colored maid in the parlor set." In making the criticisms the writer first showed his ignorance by referring to the stage setting as representing a parlor when it in reality represented a sitting room, with a telephone and other conveniences, and secondly, he further demonstrated his utter lack of information on the color question, as he was not aware that the lines had not yet been drawn against a colored maid entering the parlor and waiting on her employer. Thanks to Hite and Donlin, no attention was paid to the criticism and the colored maid continues to open the act. During the same week this critic in question in reviewing the "Georgia Campers," said: "Miss Desmond and Bowens have a "lazy coon" dance, and Miss Desmond has a solo of song-recitation which might be changed for something else more lively or cut to a verse and chorus. She could also discard that sheath skirt slit to the hips. It isn't becoming a colored act." Now, unless the stage setting represented a plantation scene or something on that order (and under similar conditions a white performer should not have worn a sheath gown), the writer cannot understand why the white critic entered such a severe protest because a sheath gown was worn in a colored act. He should see Aida Overton Walker and her sheath-gown girls. He would find the number instructive. As there is a dark and a bright side to every question, so is there relative to the subject herein discussed. The bright side is the good work the colored shows, in particular, are doing to offset all misrepresentations made by the white ac- tors playing Negro characters. Our colored musical comedies are setting such a pace that minstrelsy has been entigly revolutionized in recent years, and much of what is vulgarly termed "nigerism" has been eliminated. While it is a fact that many whites are influenced by the white man's characterization of the Negro and Negro life, the colored shows are impressing hundreds daily with the great progress the race is making and the correct way we talk, dress, sing and carry ourselves generally. Thus we have two forces working against each other on the stage; the one seeking to convey the truth to the public, the other, while not wishing to misrepresent and distort, is doing so because of ignorance and a proper insight into Negro life. Which will the public ultimately accept? Will it wake up to the true conditions affecting the Negro or will it close its eyes and blindly follow ignorance, and sometimes prejudice. The writer feels confident that the colored shows will wield far more influence in making acceptable stage types depicting Negro life than any other influence, and on the other hand, it behooves the white man on the stage to stop fooling himself and others and seek to portray the true Negro of to-day, for while fooling himself he is also doing the white race a rank injustice. Retirement of Lottie Williams. Lottie Williams, wife of Bert A. Williams, of the "Bandanna Land" Company, has temporarily retired from the stage owing to all health. Mrs. Williams has not appeared with the company for sev- 5 THE LADY OF THE CITY LOTTIE WILLIAMS Late of Bandanna Land Company eral months, leaving it last winter prior to the show's New York engagement at the Majestic Theatre. She is not accompanying her husband on the road, but is making her home in New York during the winter. RAGTIME NOT MODERN Claim is Made Such Music was Played by Chinese Thousands of Years Ago. AMERICANS who fondly imagine that this country is far ahead of most of the world in matters of music will doubtless be surprised to learn that the Chinamen has progressed far in matters of melody; in fact, that the Chinese music goes so far back into antiquity as to be of almost incalculable age. Ragtime is not a modern invention at all, as many may suspect. It is somewhat disconcerting to find that an ancient Chinese emperor, Kankhsi, generations ago composed such musical selections as "The Happy Dream," "Alone at Home," "The Crockery Mender," "Opening the Hand," "The Maid of the Green Willow," "Mother Understands Me Well," "Dame Wang," "The Abode of Love," "The Widow's Lament," "The Men Who Fear Their Wives," and so forth. Deputy Consul-General Clarence E. Gauss of Shanghai has been looking into the subject of Chinese music, and has made an interesting report on the subject. He says the Chinese claim for their music the greatest antiquity. According to their annals, music was invented by the Emperor Fuhsi some 3,000 years before the Christian era. At that time, however, music was not regulated by any laws, nor were the instruments of a complicated kind. But under the Emperor Huangti, 2,700 B. C., the art of music made important progress, a certain note was chosen as a keynote, the sounds were fixed and deceived names, comparisons were drawn between the notes and the celestial bodies of the universe, and music became a necessity to the state, a key to good government. After Huangti his successors took pride in practising music and composing hymns, and the post of music master was considered the highest dignity in the empire. Confucius spoke of music in the highest terms and recommended it as the best medium for governing and guiding the passions of man. Chinese accounts describe ancient music as beautifully sweet and harmonious, but they give no idea of what it was like, and by order of one of the emperors, 200 B. C., all books, such as music books and instruments, were destroyed and the tradition of music was lost for centuries until subsequent emperors undertook a music revival. Chinese music is written like the language, in vertical rows of characters from right to left. The value of the notes or their length cannot be ascertained, as rests, pauses, etc., are seldom indicated, and there is no division into bars. The Chinese use no chromatic scale and they have nothing resembling our sharps, flats, etc. The best Chinese musician can only conjecture the general form of a written piece shown to him for the first time; to be able to decipher it he must hear it played. Therefore, all the tunes are learned by tradition and are continually modified by the taste of the performer, so that after a lapse of time the tunes become quite different from what they were formerly, and scarcely any two musicians can be found who play the same piece alike. The Chinese music instruments comprise a great variety of ancient and modern instruments, such as all styles of drums, tambourines, flutes, whistles, small hand organs, horns, and the like. Western music is being introduced through the missionaries. Japanese are being employed in large numbers as music teachers in Chinese schools, and are responsible for the introduction of many Japanese instruments. THE PEERAGE AND THE STAGE Fred. Storey Wenders Why Nobleman Marry 'Gaiety Girls—His Daughter's Love Match' LONDON, December 20. FRED STORY, the father of the Gaiety girl who married Earl Poulet, the seventh of his name, is ap- The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale image with a blurry or pixelated appearance. Therefore, no text can be accurately extracted from this image. parently not altogether an advocate of the fusion of the peerage and the stage. "It is very pleasant to think that it should all be so happily fixed up," said he to an interviewer after the wedding; "but (reflectively) it does strike me as curious sometimes how many of the nobility should look to the stage for their partners in life." Mr. Storey did not attend his daughter's wedding because he was busy putting the finishing touches to some scenic work he had in hand, for he is an artist as well as an actor and dancer. "To be quite frank," said he: "these little matrimonial affairs are not very much in my line. The one is a love match. I cannot say how long the Earl and my daughter have known each other—but it is some little time now—and the Earl behaved just as other young men do, or should do, when they fall in love with a young lady who has a father. He came in' just the ordinary way and asked my consent to the marriage. I found him quite an excellent and desirable young man.' "They had made up their minds, anyway, and there was really nothing else for me to do. The Earl's mother, too, was quite nice. When she was told how the young couple were shaping their destiny, she gave them her blessing and was extremely kind to my daughter, as were all the Earl's relatives." There was just a touch of regret in the comedian's voice when speaking of his daughter's stage career. He said: "I think, perhaps, she would have had greater success if she had stuck to the provinces; but when we came to town she went to Seymour-Hicks, and has been associated with him in 'The Gay Gordons.' Latterly she had a part in 'Havana' at the Gaiety, and now—well, she will give up the stage. I think that she experienced as little of its disappointments as a good many young girls do who enter upon the career hoping that the promise of good parts will be fulfilled, and often hoping in vain." Miss Storey is the first actress to marty a peer since Frances Donnelly married Lord Ashburton in 1908; but the list of members of the profession, particularly in the ranks of musical comedy, who have recently made "good matches" is a long one. Camille Clifford to the Hon. Lyndhurst Bruce, oldest son of Lord Abedale; Eva Carrington to Lord Clifford (this marriage occurred a few days before the Ashbur- THE NEW YORK AGE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1988 The image provided is too blurry and low-resolution to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a blank or heavily distorted image with no discernible content. Therefore, no text can be extracted from this image. CLEO. DESMOND In Vaudeville ton wedding); Hilda Harris to 'Mr. Drummond of the same banking family into which Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr. has now married; Barbara Deane to Rasi Loder, and Denise Orme to the Hon. J. B. Yarde-Buller. A. BOB COLE Comedian, Composer and Writer Salem Tutt, Whitney, comedian, vocalist, producer and musician began his career in 1991 as a bass singer with Puggsley Brothers Tennessee Warblers. In 1897 Mr. Whitney organized a concert company known as the Oriental Troubadours, which eventually became Dale's Oriental Troubadours of which company he was part owner and principal comedian. After the close of this company in 1901 he organized 7 company known as Whitney and Bayard's Famous Troubadours, playing successfully under canvas through Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. During the season of 1905.6, 1906.7. Mr. Whitney was stage manager and understudy for Gus Hill's Smart Ser THE BEST OF THE WORLD Among the Conditions In the fall of 1907 he became leading comedian, producer and stage director for Voeckel and Nolan's Black Patti Troubadours, holding that position until a few weeks ago, leaving the Black Patti Company to go to the New Lincoln Theatre, Knoxville, Tenn., in the capacity of assistant manager, comedian, producer and amusement director. LETTE MURPHY MASSACHUSETTS MONTTINBALK Miss Jeannette Murphy, one of the leading sopranos of the Black Patti Troubadours, and her services are invaluable both as a singer and costumer. Her work while with the company in both lines is flawless and her sweet disposition and refined qualifications makes her a cheerful light as well as a performer in the midst of the daily labors of the Black Patti Company. In conjunction with her many duties she has been the companion of Mme Sissieretta Jones for several seasons, and no one speaks of her only in terms of highest praise. All special articles in this section are copyrighted. If reproduced give credit. —Dramatic Editor NOTICE "O Black and Unknown Bard" By JAMES W. JOHNSON BLACK and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? How, in your darkness, did you come to know The power and beauty of the minstrel's lyre? Who first from midst his bonds lifted his eyes? Who first from out the still watch, lone and long, Feeling the ancient faith of prophets rise Within his dark-kept soul, burst into song? Heart of what slave poured out such melody As "Steal away to Jesus"? On its strains His spirit must have nightly floated free, Though still about his hands he felt his chains. Who heard great "Jordan roll"? Whose starward eye Saw chariot "swing low"? And who was he That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh, "Nobody knows de trouble I see"? What merely living clod, what captive thing, Could up toward God through all its darkness grope And find within its deadened heart to sing These songs of sorrow, lone, and faith, and hope? How did it catch that subtle undertone, That note in music heard not with the ears? How sound the elusive reed, so seldom blown, Which stirs the soul or melts the heart to tears? Not that great German master in his dream Of harmonies that thundered 'mongst the stars At the creation, ever head a theme Nobler than "Go down, Moses." Mark its bars, How like a mighty trumpet-call they stir The blood. Such are the notes that men have sung, Going to valorous deeds; such tones there were That helped make history when Time was young. There is a wide, wide wonder in it all, That from degraded rest and servile toil The fiery spirit of the seer should call These simple children of the sun and soil. O black slave singers, gone, forgot, unfamed, You—you alone, of all the long, long line Of those who've sung untaught, unknown, unnamed, Have stretched out upward, seeking the divine. You sang not deeds of heroes or of kings; No chant of bloody war, no exulting paean Of arms-won triumphs; but your humble strings You touched in-chord with music empyrean. You sang far better than you knew; the songs That for your listeners' hungry hearts sufficed Still live,—but more than this to you belongs: You sang a race from wood and stone to Christ. —Century Magazine COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS—Robert H. Holmes, Chairman, John Broch, George Batten, Arthur Larkins, Charles Scherck, Ad. Wilson, Thomas Scott, Jacob Hampstead, Frank Robinson, Wash Loftus, Henry Edmondson, Thomas Barnum, James Davin, J. W. Stockley, J. T. Robinson, Lawrence Dougherty, Samuel Bailey, Thomas Bewell, John P. Kiar, Alexander Crosby, Joseph Shiloh, Isaac Grey, Elijah Scott, Larry Heyward, Jacob Van Allen. dec 17-8 BASKET BALL GAME and CHRISTMAS MATINEE DANCE PLAZA ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 59th St. bet. Park and Lexington Aves SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 26, 1:30 o'clock Game—St. Christopher Club vs. Alpha P. C. C. Begins promptly at 1:30 Dancing till 6 o'clock Matinee Dances are popular social features in Philadelphia and Washington, why not in New York? Others Come and Others Go But the Standard Academy of America Goes On Forever ANDERSON'S DANCING ACADEMY Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evening and Thursday and Saturday Afternoon The New York Age extends cordial Christmas greetings to its many readers:: 1. IN the discussion of the present needs of the stage and the platform, the side of the reader is the one that requires considerable attention, it seems to me at this time. Having suffered from the rise, decline and fall of "The Beautiful Snow," the stroke, vibration and reverberation of "Curfew" and the croaking of the "Raven" until I hope to hear it—never more—I feel somewhat qualified to make a suggestion or two. I am much in sympathy with the long-suffering public who has been forced to listen to many repetitions of these and other like selections, which never grow younger, and with the public believe he first great need of the platform is at the committee should be more disminating in the class of reader they gage to present to the public. Readers with selections chosen more please, instruct and inspire the audi- than for the reader's own peculiar ley. We have many good readers in its country who have spent many years talifying themselves and who have been recognized both in America and abroad, so are capable of giving the program suggested, but we have also enough had ones roaming about the country to spoil the public sufficiently to render it hard or almost impossible for the qualified ones to get a worthy bearing. It is very discouraging to go into a town, especially where you have no guarantee, and learn that "Professor Irving Booth Johnson," the greatest dramatic artist in seven States, is performing the same night for a ten cent admission and promising a gold watch to the one selling the greatest number of tickets. It makes one feel like doing many things, knowing the "professor" has had no training and nothing to recommend him but a faulty memory and a faultless nerve. But he gets the crowd! If elocutionary training is a preparation for public speaking, and I think it is, my heart goes out to the public who has been persuaded to go to the "recital" and listen to the reader who has it not. Von Moltke went to war prepared "to the last sausage." Heaven help the audience who has to listen to the reader with less perfect preparation. The committee should engage readers so perfectly trained as to hide himself or herself, as the case may be, and bring the subject to the front, who have rehearsed his performance sufficiently before his mirror as to completely eliminate stage fright and self-consciousness and to al- low his subject to fall trippingly from the tongue. Readers with vivid imaginations, strong emotions and so well trained that the message will be received without strain, by every one within the hearing of his voice. The next great need is some methodical system to get the trained reader before the people. Let the public be convinced that the attraction is all he or she is advertised to be and the trouble is at an end. Now to bring about this result a first-class Lyceum and Musical Bureau must be organized, one which will be careful and honest in the selection of its attractions, that its name will be a sufficient guarantee as to the quality of the entertainment offered. There are numerous churches, Y. M. C. A.'s, Y. W. C. A.'s, colleges, schools, clubs and committees of various kinds all over the country, willing, even anxious, to present to the people in their respective communities the best talent the country affords, if they could get in touch with the talent or their managers, knowing full well they will be patronized and appreciated regardless of the cost, if the class of entertainment offered is endorsed by an authority who is mutually interested and whose future patronage is dependent upon the present performer making good. In the Western bureaus one must be "tried out" and that most severely, and in fairness to the public no entertainers should be allowed to go on the professional platform until they should undergo a like test and prove satisfactory. I understand such a proposition is being considered. If it is so, and I hope it is, in the name of all the platform performers who have lived long and suffered much, I will say welcome, thrice welcome, its coming. THAT the theatrical profession has a strong rival as a money-maker is shown by an article recently published in the New York Times, as follows: What do Americans spend for base ball in a season? To fix the sum at $17,000,000 might seem like an exaggeration to some people. That is money enough to buy baseball tickets for the 21,000,000 men of voting age in the country, with enough left over to allow one-half of them to see a second game. Yet this estimate is conservative. It does not cover all the ground. In the $17,000,000 are $3,000,000 for six months of baseball by the sixteen clubs in the two great leagues; $10,000,000, or thereabouts, taken by 244 professional nines in the minor leagues, and estimates as near as may be of the money spent by amateurs and men and boys who follow the sport in thousands of parks and open lots. The $13,000,000 spent at the gates of 28 leagues for games by professional clubs covers every large city and the towns of consequence, with very few exceptions, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The total attendance at the National and American League games last year was estimated at 6,136,557 persons, 2,737,793 going to the National and 3,298,764 to the American League games. The 6,136,000 would be enough people to populate Greater New York, Philadel- THE NEW YORK AGE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908 The image provided is too blurry and low-resolution to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a blank or heavily distorted image with no discernible content. Therefore, no text can be extracted from this image. BERT A. WILLIAMS The estimate of receipts for these two leagues was based by an authority on baseball on the general rule that two-thirds of a crowd at a city game paid 50 cents and over and one-third an average of 25 cents. Adopting these figures, the 6,136,557 spectators paid at least $2,354,900. This takes no count of one-dollar seats. In the opinion of the same authority the extra charge of 50 cents would in a season bring the receipts up to at least $3,000,000. Baseball Most Popular in Boston. Murray West Popular in Boston. The attendance in each of the cities where the National and American League games were played, compared with the population of the cities, shows that baseball was most popular in Boston. There was a spectator at a game for every person in the city with 32,000 left over for a second visit. St. Louis came next with spectators for all but 49,000 of her 750,000 people. Philadelphia was represented by nearly two in every three of her people. Cleveland sent nearly four in five, Washington two in three, and Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Detroit four in every five of the inhabitants. In New York the average was one in four and in Chicago two in every five inhabitants. The popularity of the game in each of the eleven cities where these league games are played is shown by the attendance in another way. There are two teams in five of the cities—Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia and New York. The National League is without opposition in Pittsburg, Brooklyn and Cincinnati; the American League in Cleveland, Detroit and Washington. Each team plays 154 games in a season lasting a trifle more than six months. One-half of these games the club plays on the home grounds. The following summaries are based on these facts, the attendance in the first five cities being for both leagues: New York—Season's attendance, 888, 370; average daily attendance, 5,769. Philadelphia — Season's attendance, Washington — Season's attendance, 221,929; average daily attendance, 2,882. The people of. 34 towns like Kansas City, Louisville, Buffalo and Providence, R. I., pay $2,370,000 for a season's games by the Class A teams of the association of minor leagues. The American Association, with eight clubs in the Midlands West, east of the Mississippi, and the Eastern League, with as many more clubs in the East and Canada, have receipts averaging $100,000 for each club. The Pacific Coast League, with four clubs, and the Western League, comprising six clubs in the Rocky Mountains and States west of the Mississippi, average $65,000 receipts for each club in a season. The Southern League comprises eight teams. The receipts of each average $60,000 a year. --- The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale photograph with a dark background and some faint markings or lines. GEORGE W. WALKER. Class B of this association consists of seven leagues in 54 cities like New Haven, Conn, Albany, Utica, Scranton, Pa., and Springfield, Ill. From these 54 cities come $2,430,000 as a tribute for baseball. This total is based on a conservative estimate of $45,000 as the season's receipts of each club. Receipts of Minor Lenguen. The same figures apply to the 48 clubs in seven leagues belonging to Class C in the association's list. The games of these teams draw $2,160,000 from cities like Galveston, Savannah, Poughkeepsie and Richmond, Va. One hundred and fourteen clubs in as many smaller cities from Maine to the Pacific Coast form 17 leagues, which complete the minor association's list. Each of these clubs has receipts averaging $30,000 a year. The 114 take in $2,420,000 in a season. The balls and bats used by all the leagues—mere matters of detail as they seem to me—mean an outlay of more than $30,000 in a season. The American and National Leagues use from 800 to 1,000 bats in a year and the best sell at $1 apiece. These 16 clubs also use from 800 to 1,000 dozen balls, at $12 a dozen. The clubs in the minor leagues require from 2,500 to 3,000 dozen balls. They use an average of 60 bats each in a season. More than $1,000,000 a season is spent by the managers of the big league clubs for running expenses. Crack clubs, like the Pittsburg, the Chicago and the New York team in the National League, cost $65,000 a year. It is not easy to buy a team that will have a show in the race for the pennant for less than $40,000 a year. If an average is struck at $50,000 and the 16 clubs in the two leagues are counted, the item of expenses runs up to $800,000 for a season, or $133,000 a month. A big professional baseball club costs about $600 a day. This is spent for railroad fares, hotel bills, buses, salaries and ground expenses. At this rate the 16 clubs in the two big leagues cost close to $10,000 a day. The season lasts for six months, from the middle of April till about October 15. In a season of twenty-five weeks the daily expense account fools up to $1,400,000. Each big club carries twenty men, on an average. There are never less than six pitchers. Sometimes there are eight. Two catchers are considered enough for most clubs. There is, as a general thing, one extra man for the four infielders and another for the three outfielders. A fairly good pitcher may be had for $3,000 or $4,000 a season. The crack pitcher costs $5,000. The salaries of the catchers in the big clubs run from $2,500 to $4,000. An allowance of $3,000 apiece for the other players, said one authority in baseball, would be a liberal one. If by a lucky chance a player is one of a team playing a world's championship game, like those of last year, his season's earnings are swelled by a liberal bonus. Last season 78,064 spectators paid $101,707 to see the championship games. The Chicago players received a bonus of $2,000, those on the Detroit team of $1,945 apiece. The contract lists in the minor leagues foot up to nearly $200,000. From these clubs are drafted the recruits for the big city teams. There were 167 players drafted in this wav in a year, for whom $96,500 was paid in sums ranging from $200 to $1,000. To the caliber in added on all seasons To the salaries is added an allowance of $20 apices for each player on the league teams for uniforms. This means two flannel suits in a season at $15 apices. For the 200 players in the 20 clubs in the big leagues this item would come to $0,000 for the season. A similar allowance for the 4,000 players in the minor leagues would swell the tailors' bills off the professional players to $120,000. When the fairs yell at the umpire and agree that he's a "piker" and "no good," they seldom stop to think that these useless luxuries at the big city games are costing them anywhere from $24,000 to $42,000 a season. There are six umpires in each of the big leagues, or twelve in all. Their salaries range from $2,000 to $3,500 for the season. The umpire has to spend at least $50 before he has a right to be yelled at. His uniform costs him from $26 to $30. His mask is made especially for him. It costs from $4.50 to $2. Special pads must be made for his legs and body, and sell at $12. Thus the 12 umpires pay something like $500 for the privilege of deciding in a game. The returns are not always commensurate with these expenses. A visiting club receives one-half the returns from the 50-cent seats and one-half the money from the 25-cent seats, but has no share in the dollar seats. The weather, the popularity of the team, their position in the race for the pennant, the records of the opposition club in the same city—all have a part in results that are often uncertain. Baseball men tell of some clubs whose share for four games is $800, an average of $800 for a name. The rate applies again and again to the "tail-enders." Vast Outlay for Grounds. How much amateurs spend for baseball, say the dealers, it is impossible to tell, except by a very general estimate. If each of the 493 colleges, universities, and technological schools in the country had a baseball team and the latter used in a season 20 dozen balls at $12 a dozen, and 50 bats at $1 each, the annual expense bill would be nearly $142,970. When it comes to the sales of equipments for other amateurs, the trade is divided among scores of manufacturers and thousands of small shops. Experts said that anything like an accurate estimate would be out of the question. If one-half the 28,000,000 spectators at the professional games in a season should play ball, be divided into nines, and each team should be given a ball and bat, it would take $4,00,000 to pay the bill. It would take all the silver mined in Nevada in a year, or upward of $3,600,000, to pay for the sixteen ball parks needed for the National and American League games. The sum tied up in grounds, grand stands, and bleachers, of course, vary considerably. At the Polo Grounds the money paid under the lease is the most important item; in other cities the ground may cost less, but the improvements are finer. The National League grounds in Boston, St. Louis and Philadelphia are elaborate. The American League has fine properties in Boston and Cleveland, and is planning costly improvements in Philadelphia. So the total amount of capital tied up in the ground also becomes a matter of general estimates. One of the men best qualified to speak fixed the average value of the National League grounds at $250,000 each, or $2,000,000 for the eight. The American League clubs, he said, belonging as they did to a younger organization had not had a chance to spend so much money. So the average cost of each of their fields would be more like $200,000. apiece, or a total of $1,600,000. Is the greeting send to every reader of THE AGE, to their many friends and patrons. We appreciate your generous support in the past, and hope our efforts in the future will meet with your approbation. Our new show next season will be the greatest of them all.