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THE APPEAL KEEPS IN FRONT RECAUSE: 1-It atm. to publish all the news possible. 2-It does so impartially, wasting no words. 3- Its correspondents are able and energetic. VOL. 31. NO. 9. NOVELIST TELLS OF POLAND'S RUIN BROTHER FIGHTING BROTHER Fifteen Thousand Villages Wrecked, 1,500,000 Poles Killing Each Other and Refuges Dying by the Thousands—Not a Grain of Corn, Scrap of Meat or Drop of Milk For Civilians. Berne, Switzerland—Henryk Slenkiewicz, the famous Polish novelist, author of "Quo Vadis", is, like tens of thousands of his compatriots, a refugee driven from home by the war. He is now at Veyve with the members of the committee on relief for war victims in Poland, of which he is president, and Ignace Paderewski, the famous pianist, is vice president. No more appalling picture of death, destruction and devastation has ever been drawn than that outlined by Slenkiewicz, who declares it is unique in history. He said: "Poland has nothing to do with the war. Conquered and partitioned, she is not one of the belligerent nations, yet 1,500,000 of her sons are fighting fratricidal battles in the armies of three different warring states. Our country is made a cockpit and is devastated from end to end. "Think what this means when the order for a charge is given. Hordes of soldiers rush on each other, and when they get within striking distance commence cutting one another down. They find the language in which they are uttering imprecations is the common natal tongue. "It frequently happens when the Red Cross forces go to collect the wounded they lift from the heap one man in a HENRYK SLENKIEWICZ. German uniform, another in the Austrian, a third in the Russian, all three Poles. "The misery is really very great. In the kingdom of Poland alone there are 15,000 villages burned or damaged and 1,000 churches and chapels destroyed. "Homeless villagers have sought shelter in the forests, where women and children are dying of cold and hunger by the thousands daily. In the whole 60,000 square miles of territory in possession of the armies not a grain of corn, a scrap of meat or a drop of milk has remained for the civil population. "The material losses are estimated at $300,000,000. Agriculture" is ruined, industry destroyed, and 400,000 workers have lost the means of livelihood. "The state of things in Gallica is just as dreadful. The Russians have commandeered 900,000 horses and 2,000,000 horned cattle and have seized all the corn. The rich country is a desert. Over 1,000,000 inhabitants have sought refuge in other parts of Austria in sheer destitution. "I was at my home in Oblegorelk, government of Kleele, during the early part of the war working on a new novel. I was forced to leave my home without even my papers. The last I heard of my home was that trenches were being dug around it, even in the garden. "I made my way to Vienna. There it was reported I had been arrested by the Austrians, but it was not true. After some difficulty they accorded me a permit to come here to Switzerland. "There has been a committee for the relief of Polish distress created in Berlin, of which the United States ambassador is a member. But America can sell no more corn, and Russia would not sell to the Berlin committee for fear it might be used to feed the German troops. It is only to our committee established in neutral Switzerland that the Russians are likely to supply corn." Valuable Statuary Moved. London.—The Elgin marbles from the Parthenon, the most valuable collection of statuary in the world, have been removed from their room in the British museum for the first time since 1816. when they were taken from Greece. They are now in the basement as a precaution against German airship rails. DOLL A LOVE MESSENGER. Sent to French Refugee, American Dance Nation, The Donor Gets Note of Thanks. Paris.—Among presents sent on the Christmas ship Jason by the children of America to France, distributed recently in the presence of Mme. Poincaire, was a doll, which fell to the lot of Irene Chapelle, one of the refugees living temporarily at the Refuge of the City of Paris. This little girl found attached to the doll a note reading: Chicago. My Dear Little European Sister: I send you this doll, and I feel lots of pleasure in giving it to you. I am twelve years old, and I live in Chicago. I offer you my affection and my sympathy, and I will give you a back and that peace will reign over you and the little girls of your country. I hope also that my doll will find a good mamma in you and that she will console you. Your affectionate sister KATHERINE ROBERTS. The little French girl who received this letter was so much touched by it that she has written the following reply: Dear Little American Sister: I am the little French girl to whom we given your pretty dolly. I am very happy that I was chosen to receive this precious token of friendship from a little Ameri- lander of mine who was years old. I am from the city of Rhine, which is a very beautiful and very great city, where the people are very good also. We were very unhappy to leave our homes, but we have been much comforted by the kind recep- tion of our parents. Our papa shall come back and we may return home I shall take your dolly with me, and I shall keep also the little piece of money in souvenir of you and your country. I send you some violets of France, and you will very affectionately. Your little French girl. always keep a kind remembrance of you Au Refuge IKENEE CHAPELLE. Au Refuge IKENEE CHAPELLE. REWARD FOR BIG FAMILIES. French Scientist Academy Sees Cause For Alarm In Decrease of Births. Paris.—The problem of repopulation of France is receiving the attention of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. Figures were read at a meeting of the academy showing that the number of births annually in the country in the last twenty years fell from 800,000 to 750,000. It is estimated if a proportionate decrease should continue for another twenty years the future military classes would be 30,000 less than the classes of 1914, 1915 and 1916. The question was considered so vital it was suggested that important advantages should be accorded fathers of families having numerous children, and that the idea be generalized that the normal family comprises three children. It was suggested that the heads of such families be allowed to share in a proposed recompense. KANSAS MAN WOULD PROHIBIT COSMETICS Other Odd Bills In Legislatures of Various States. Washington…Many odd bills have been passed recently or are pending in legislatures of various states of this country. Representative McGinnis of Greeley county, Kan., introduced a "pure complexion bill" prohibiting the use of cosmetics of nearly every kind, besides face powder, rouge, perfume, false hair, hair dyes or "bleaching materials for the purpose of deceiving, advertising or creating a false impression." It also prohibits piercing ears for rings and forbids the wearing of earrings. The act applies only to women under forty-five years and provides a punishment of $25 fine for each offense. The queerest of all the odd bills introduced in the present Colorado legislature comes from Senator William Adams, Democratic leader. This provides that chickens shall go to roost between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock p. m. and provides penalties for violation of the curfew. Another senate measure declares jackrabbits eligible to election as state senators and cotontails as representatives. A third measure provides that bulls in the road must wear high power headlights. "Freak" bills in Massachusetts include one to have all weeds that cause hay fever and summer asthma removed from all roadsides; a bill that all bachelors over thirty-five years pay an annual tax of $5 and that doctors and dentists who perform operations of any kind upon the human body shall not wear any hair on their faces. Senator Robertson of Holt county, Neb., who ten years ago tried unsuccessfully to have the national guard abolished, has a bill which "sentences" every member of the national guard to ninety days' service for the state in road and bridge work. Churchgoers in Texas must leave their firearms outside when going to worship if a bill which Representative Miller has introduced in the legislature becomes a law. VALUES TONGUE AT $19,000. Man Who Lost Half of It Falling Downstairs Sues. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—S. Fawns places a value of $19,000 on his tongue, which he lost when employed by a big firm here. He has started an action in trespass to recover that amount. Fawns alleges that he was descending a stairway and that a defect in one of the stair treads caused him to fall to the bottom. During the fall he bit his tongue so badly that half of it had to be amputated. THE APPEAL. Minnesota Historical Society SOUGHT LOVER IN WAR ZONE. Young Girl Describes Experiences on Cracow Battlefield. New York.—A slim, pink cheeked, bright eyed young woman wearing medals she had picked up on battlefields of the Russian war front arrived here from Liverpool with a story of her wanderings to find her sweetheart, an officer in the Austrian army. She is Isabel Szelga Strusinska, a Pole, who comes here to rest and recover from the shock to her nerves due to her experience in Warsaw and other cities for which the Russians and Austro-German forces have been struggling. She was in Warsaw on Nov. 27, she said, when a Zeppelin flew over the city and dropped bombs, one of which killed her brother, who was a soldier. After the death of her brother she de Photo by American Press Association. MISS ISABEL SZELIGA STRUSINSKA. cided to make an effort to find her sweetheart, who she says is the son of a "celebrated Austrian general." She walked from Warsaw to Lemberg, passing over places where there had been hard fighting and gathering mementos. From Lemberg she went to the outskirts of Cracow. She says she became obsessed with the idea that her sweetheart had been killed on the battlefield there, and she wandered for several days over it, hoping to find some trace of him. She called her experience a "nightmare" and did not wish to talk of it. She made her way from Cracow to Kleff, to Petrograd, to Sweden, to Newcastle and thence to London. She now believes she will soon hear from the young Austrian officer, having learned that his command escaped. MODERN ENOCH ARDEN RETURNS, BUT ALAS! Stern Judge Tells Him to Get Out of Town at Once. Binghamton, N. Y.—Because Adam Rundel of Lestershire took twenty-one years to return with a list of groceries for which his wife sent him in 1894 he has lost his wife and has been exiled from Lestershire. Rundel walked into his home the other night with the groceries. His daughter, grown to womanhood, thought he was a burglar and screamed with fright. He reassured her, disclosed his identity and asked for her mother. Her mother was dining with friends at a downtown restaurant, the girl told him. Rundel found the restaurant and easily identified his wife and her party. "Hello, Anna!" said he cheerily. "I've brought the groceries home. Let's go up and have supper." The wife fainted, but a man at her side ordered Rundel out. "Why? asked Rundel. "Because she's my wife," said Henry Pickerling, who married Mrs. Rundel ten years after she had given up hope of Rundel's return. Then they mixed. When the police arrived Rundel was on the floor. Later he was arraigned in police court. "I just went away," he told Judge Ingals. "I went to Warren Center, Pa.. where I've been ever since. I thought I'd like to see my family again and came home." "Go back to Warren Center, and never come here again. You are discharged," said the judge. ROCKS IN STEAMER LANE. One Found Off Alaska Coast "a Submerged Washington Monument." Washington - Twenty-one uncharted, dangerous pinnacle rocks have been discovered by the coast survey in forty-two miles of the inside passage used by all steamers going up and down the Alaska coast. One is 600 feet high, comes within seventeen feet of the surface and was described by the engineers as a "submerged Washington monument." The rocks were discovered by the use of a wire drag suspended from buoys. BIG INCREASE IN IMPORTS Figures Show That 6 Per Cent of Prisoners In Large Jails Are Addicted to Use of Opium In Some of Its Forms—Over 400,000 Pounds Consumed In This Country Annually. Washington.—The Harrison anti-narcotic act, effective March 1, will greatly decrease the use of drugs and tend to lessen crime in this country if it proves as effective as its sponsors hope. to lessen crime in this country if it provides as effective as its sponsors hope. This measure, enacted last December, provides in effect that on and after March 1, 1915, no dealer shall be allowed to sell or give a way habit forming drugs without a physician's prescription or direct instructions from a doctor. Drugs thus placed under the ban are opium, coca leaves or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative or preparation made from such drugs. Remedies which contain more than two grains of opium or more than one fourth of a grain of morphine, or one-eighth of a grain of heroin, or one grain of codeine are included in the list of narcotics which cannot be dispensed in any manner unless specifically ordered by a physician. A special tax of $1 a year must be paid from March 1 by all persons who sell or dispense such drugs. Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of the law is subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for a term of five years, or both. Congress appropriated $150,000 to be dispensed by the commissioner of internal revenue to enforce the new law. According to statistics furnished congress at the time the Harrison bill was under consideration, 6 per cent of the prisoners in large jails and state prisons are addicted to the opium habit in some one of its forms, and of the general criminal population, 45.48 per cent are habitual users of the drug. In the medical profession of this same territory there appears to be an average of 2.06 per cent who use opium and 1.32 per cent of trained nurses are likewise addicted to drugs in one form or another. Statistics furnished by manufacturers show that the use of morphine in the rural districts of some eastern states has increased 100 per cent in the last ten years. An estimate made from the sales book of one firm shows that in one or two of these states the use of opium has increased 150 per cent. According to the arguments made by the proponents of the law the United States government is bound by the convention signed at The Hague, Jan. 23, 1912, to control the sale of opium and allied traffics in this country. It has been pointed out that during the last twenty-five years opium, morphine, coca leaves and cocaine have been imported into this country, manufactured and placed upon the general market in such forms as to be available to any one who desires it or who desires to trade in them. The report of the international opium commission shows that Italy, with a population of 33,000,000, imports and consumes but 6,000 pounds of medicinal opium each year: that Spain, with a population of 19,000,000, imports and uses so little that it is not separately entered in customs or other returns. Germany, whose population is 60,000,000, imports about 17,000 pounds for home consumption and Holland about 3,000 pounds a year. These figures show that the five European countries, with a total population of 164,000,000, import and consume less than 50,000 pounds of opium annually. According to figures laid before congress, the United States imports and consumes over 400,000 pounds of opium each year. It has been claimed that the importation of opium and morphine into the United States during the last fifty years has not been excessive, but has simply grown with the increase in population. Advocates of the law which has just been written upon the statute books deny this assertion. Figures in their possession show that the importation of opium during the decade of 1860-9 was 1,426,196 pounds as against an importation of 6,435,623 pounds for the decade 1900-9, an increase of 351 per cent. This has not taken into account opium smuggled during this period. Thus, as against a 133 per cent increase in the total population in the five decades, there was an increase in the importation and consumption of opium of 551 per cent. It is claimed that this enormous increase is directly due to the facility with which the drug may be imported, manufactured into its various derivatives and preparations and placed within the reach of the individual. "There has been in this country," says the report on the Harrison bill, "an almost shameless traffic in these drugs. Criminal classes have been created, and the use of the drugs, with much accompanying moral and economic degradation, is widespread among the upper classes of society. We are an opinus consuming nation today." Austrian Physicians in Army. Vienna—Austria in an imperial decree has ordered all physicians under fifty to join the army. Directs British Ship From Chair In Turkish Attack on Suzet. Turkish Attack on Suez. London—The Cairo correspondent of the Daily Chronicle telegraphs as follows: "A stirring little story of quiet heroism displayed during a battle against Turkish invaders the other day has been told me here. The hero of the incident is a pilot named Carew, who was on board the Hardinge, one of the ships on the canal helping to repel the Ottoman attack. "Carew's ship came under the heaviest fire, and he was severely wounded in an arm and a leg. He would not, however, leave his post, although suffering terribly. "Bring me a chair and prop me up, he said to one of the crew. 'I will see you through.' "The gallant pilot is now in a hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate one of his legs. Happily he is making good progress, and his recovery is assured." HOW TO CURE HAY FEVER. Pick Your Favorite Pollen, Brew Vaccine and Inoculate. Boston—Summer trips to high altitudes will be no longer necessary to hay fever sufferers if the experiments announced by Dr. Harris P. Mosher at the Harvard medical school fulfill his expectations. Dr. Mosher has been experimenting to find a vaccine for hay fever, and at a public lecture before the medical school he explained that if a hay fever patient could decide on the particular flower or weed pollen which caused his affliction he had only to inoculate himself with a vaccine made from extracts of this pollen to become immune to its effects. The only effect thus far noticed from inoculation with pollen serum, the physician said, was a local rash, which vanished in a short time. IF YOU WOULD GET THIN, EAT CELERY Chicago Woman Has Reduced Twenty-five Pounds. Chicago. — "There is no reason for any healthy woman to weigh more than 130 pounds if she has any moral courage," said Mrs. May Belle McArthur. "Look at me. "This is my twenty-third day of fasting. I'm cheerful; I'm happy. I weigh twenty-five pounds less than when I started. I haven't any intention of giving up until I'm down to 125 pounds. "I aspire to 125 pounds because stout women can't think so well as medium weight ones. They can't look so beautiful or feel so well." In the twenty-three days of her fast Mrs. McArthur ate two stalks of celery a day. One glass of water a day is the only liquid taken. "Celery is all I've eaten for almost a month," she said. "I don't mind the fasting much." "What do you eat for breakfast, Mrs. McArthur?" was asked. "Nothing," she replied. "For luncheon." "Nothing. Sometimes a glass of water." "For dinner?" "Ah!" breathed Mrs. McArthur. "Two stalks of celery. "I don't exercise except to walk. I walk several miles every day." "Do you think all women, if in good health, could reduce as you have done?" "Absolutely. The trouble with women is cowardice. They like the sensation of eating too much. They would rather taste a chocolate drop than be able to reach rapidly or move about gracefully." "Do you consider dieting infallible?" "Indeed, I do. Look at me. My figure has improved every day since I started, and there is little room left for further improvement. Most women are lazy—downright lazy. They start to exercise, keep it up for two days or a week and then stop. They start to diet, keep it up for two meals or two days and then slip." "Stout women are handicapped a great deal in life. If they are indifferent about their weight and happy in spite of it, well and good. But those who long and dream of getting thin are more to be scolded than pitied. All they have to do is to eat celery and maybe watermelon, drink water and walk. They're bound to reduce." SHIP SHOWS IDENTITY. Holland-America Liner Equipped With Huge Electric Sign. New York.—In accordance with the order from the government of The Netherlands the Holland-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam, from Rotterdam, had her name painted on each side in huge capital letters before she started for the other side. Of the same size as the painted lettering will be arranged huge electric light signs spelling the name of the ship. These will be located amidships and can be read at a distance of several miles. Armies' Health Excellent. London.—After five months' observation surgical experts report that all records for health have been upset by this war. Fewer soldiers have died from illness than from wounds, which it is said, never happened before. THE APPEAL STEADILY GAINS BECAUSE: 4-It is the organ of ALL Afro-Americans. 5-It is not controlled by any ring or olique. 6-It asks no support but the people's. KNOT TIED IN EYE MUSCLE. New Operation Marks Distinct Advance in Optic Surgery. Philadelphia. A remarkable operation, representing the latest step in eye surgery and consisting of a method of tying knots in one of the muscles of the eye to shorten it and restore muscular balance, thereby curing squint eyes, was described here recently. The operation has been named the "O'Connor method," after the originator, a western physician. The usual surgical operation for squint eyes is to shorten one of the eye muscles by taking out a section, but it has the disadvantage that frequently the sutures used to refasten the muscle will tear loose because of the strain. In the new method the strain is taken up by the muscle itself and there is no tearing of the sutures. One of the hospital physicians sad: "In the few cases in which the new operation has been applied the suture seems to be soon absorbed, the knots of muscle gradually flatten out, without, however, making the muscle longer, and the shortened muscle perfectly does its work on moving the epeahal and exerting the pulling action, which brings the eye in alignment with the other one. The operation can be used in both types of squint, convergent as well as divergent, by shortening the proper muscle. The new operation is considered most interesting and is a distinct advance in the surgery of the eye." SECOND STRAWBERRY CROP. Fruit Picked In November on Baltimore County Farm. Baltimore. - Pickling strawberries from a patch in the open air on a Baltimore county farm was the privilege this month of Miss Henrietta Sewell and Isabel I. Gibson of this city. They were members of a week end house party at the home of T. Vickery Wedge, who owns the Mount Glead farm, near Woodensburg. In the morning they were invited to visit the strawberry patch, and Miss Sewell says they found enough of the ripe, luscious fruit to give each a bountiful plate. The berries were the second growth in the patch, which had borne quite prolifically during the berry season. The patch was well protected from the cold north winds, as Mount Glead is a rolling tract of land affording good protection for the growth of fruits of all kinds late in the year. HUNTS FOR HIMSELF OVER THREE STATES Newspaper Man Loses Memory and Forgets His Past. Lyons, Kan.-Walking out of his office in the middle of a busy day, leaving his family, friends and fortune and wandering through three states in search of someone who would identify him and tell him who he was, is the strange story of Frank L. Finch, a newspaper man of Littleton, Colo., who under the name of F. S. O'Dell was employed last winter as expert linotype operator in the office of the Lyons Republican. About two weeks after his disappearance in response to a query for a linotype operator addressed to a Great Bend paper, F. S. O'Dell arrived in Lyons and went to work. He seemed satisfied with his job, and the Republican force had no thought Saturday night that he would "hit the road" before Monday morning. Since January O'Dell seems to have wandered through Kansas and Nebraska "hunting for himself." Wherever there were crowds O'Dell went. He visited newspaper offices boping some itinerant printer would recognize him. A short time ago he was working in a newspaper office in Clear Lake, la. While there his attention was attracted by an item signed "C. O. F.", Julesburg, Colo., asking "F. L. F." to communicate with him. O'Dell wrote. Clarence O. Finch recognized the handwriting as that of his brother and telegraphed him at once. O'Dell answered that there had been a mistake—that he was not the man wanted. While changing cars at Omaha he again forgot what he was doing and appealed to the police for assistance. The letter from his brother was found in his pocket, and he was notified. C. O. Finch came to Omaha on the first train and immediately recognized the man as his brother, Frank L. Finch. KILLS COYOTE IN HOUSE Animal Invades Home and Explores Several Rooms. Cottage Grove, Ore.-Coyotes have been committing many depreciations in Crook county, according to a letter from Mrs. Fannie Morse of Post. One night the family of J. R. Knox was awakened by an unusual noise upstairs. Mrs. Knox went into the yard and could see a coyote tearing and bliting at the window of the upstairs room in an effort to get out. Mr. Knox shot the animal. An investigation showed that it had got into the house through a bedroom window downstairs, the tracks being plain on the bed that it had climbed over. The animal went through several rooms before going upstairs. Mrs. Morse says that there have been many reports of raid coyotes in that section, and that few go out after night without being well armed. $2.40 PER YEAR. TO GIVE A DINNER TO RESERVE ARMY Gardner to Entertain Sixteen Men That Compose It. SENDS OUT INVITATIONS. Roster of Army Shows That One Member Lives In Porto Rico, Two In San Francisco, Ten In Eastern States and Remainder In Middle West—He Is Rich Enough to Humor His Whim. Washington.—Not so very long ago three army officers were testifying before a house committee on the matter of a bigger army, when one of these officers remarked that the reserve army of the United States numbered sixteen. Representative Augustus P. Gardner of Massachusetts happened to be present, and with his ever present sense of humor he resolved to give the sixteen a dinner. He wrote to the war department for their names and ad- Photo by American Press Association REPRESENTATIVE A. P. GARDNER. dresses, and the war department became slightly irritated. Nevertheless, the list was furnished. As Washington looks at it, Mr. Gardner has mapped out a pretty big task for himself. Inquiries by friends recently drew from him the smiling information that he had been so busy on the shipping and immigration bills that he hadn't time to think much about the dinner, but that he intended to go through with it. There is one feature, however, that is causing Mr. Gardner's friends considerable merriment, the matter of transportation. The list shows that there will be one fare to be paid from Porto Rico, two from San Francisco, another from Pike county, Pa.; ten from New York and Brooklyn and others from Indianapolis and West Philadelphia. But Mr. Gardner is rich enough to humor his whim. He has a peculiar twinkle in his eyes at all times, and he gives the impression of being constantly on the point of strangling a good joke lest his congressional dignity be lowered by the telling. Of late when anybody mentions the reserve army dinner his eyes sparkle more than ever, and Washington is about equally divided in opinion as to whether the dinner will ever come off. At first there was a general impression that Mr. Gardner in some subtle way was trying to "kid" the war department and that the war department resented the attempt. If this was true the department has had a sudden change of heart, for inquiries concerning the reserve army, its origin, number, location, etc., have been answered with the greatest good will. Recently it has developed that the reserve army once consisted of seventeen men, but last year a reservist was dropped at his own request to enable him to join the navy. Authority for the creation of a reserve army was given in the 1912 army appropriation act, and the provision became effective Nov. 1, 1912. From that time on the war department raised its enlistment periods from four years to seven, and it was provided in each enlistment contract that the soldier serve four years with the colors and the remaining three years on reserve, subject to call in event of war. This is the invitation that Mr. Gardner sent to each member of the reserve army: "My Dear Sir—I am contemplating inviting the members of the reserve army of the United States to be my guests at a dinner in Washington, and so to have the pleasure of meeting each one in person, and I write to ask whether it is likely that you could be present. "If your engagements are such as to make it impossible for you to be in Washington at that time I would appreciate it if you would send me a short sketch of yourself and your service in the army, together with a photograph. 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Entered as second class matter June 6, 1855 at the postoffice at St. Paul, Minn., under act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915 WILSON AND BEREA. President Wilson is at it again. He was the principal speaker at a meeting held in Washington in the interest of Berea College, Kentucky, and as usual said some things which were long on rhetoric and lofty sentiment, but short on fact and sincerity. For instance, in speaking of the work of the college, the President declared that its object was "to do what America was intended to do, to give people who had not had it an opportunity and to give it to them upon absolutely equal terms, upon a basis not of birth but of merit." There was a time when that was the object of Berea, but it is no longer true. When John G. Fee—God bless his name—the founder of the college was in charge Berea stood for opportunity upon a basis "not upon birth, but of merit." he white people and the colored people were being educated together. Both classes were learning the great lesson of human equality by studying together in the same class room and Berea was doing a great work in breaking down ancient prejudices. Then came one Frost and like his name he was a great blight upon the school. While pretending to work in the interest of the institution he was really trying to disrupt it and it is said that he more than any other worked up the sentiment which culminated in the infamous act of the Kentucky legislature making the teaching of white and colored students in the same class room a penal offense. "What America has vinoicated above all things else," said the President, "is that native ability has nothing to do with social origin. It is very amusing sometimes to see the airs that high society gives itself. The world could dispense with high society and never miss it. High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do." This is very true, but president Wilson has himself drawn the line THE SIN OF SILENCE To sin by silence protest makes con- The human race ha test. Had no voice injustice, ignorance quisition yet would guillotines decide The few who dar- speak again to ri- many.—Ella Wheel To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. between the classes even outside of social lines. It is not nearly so wrong for "society" to assume "airs" in social matters as it is for the President to advocate that one-tenth of the people of the country shall be set apart as parliaments, not even fit to work in the same room with other citizens. CHARITY MAKES COWARDS "Charity makes for slaves, cowards and sycophants," said "Mother Jones" of Colorado mine field fame, recently. Her words are true. Men cheat their employees out of what is their just due and become rich and when they have accumulated millions they pose as "philanthropists" and endeavor to perpetuate their names by giving money for libraries or "charities," or Christian (?) associations. Instead of being great philanthropists, these men, in many cases, are simply thieves who really ought to be in prison for having robbed their fellow men. No class has suffered more from the "philanthropies" of these rich treviles than the colored people and their nefarious work has been aided by so-called colored leaders who have taken the role of public mendicants and have begged for money to organize jimcrow institutions and thus prevent their own class from securing their rights as American citizens. The product of the segregated institution is usually a crop of young colored people with slavish instincts; cringing cowards, servile sycophants. Great God deliver the people from such charity and give them justice. "BACIAL WAR" Viscount Bryce, former British ambassador at Washington, in a recent lecture at London University on "Racial Sentiment as a Factor in History," traced the origin of the present war to feelings of racial consciousness and national vanity developed during the last 150 years by the American and French revolutions. "Racial war," Viscount Bryce said, "has now led to a war conflagration on a scale vaster than the world ever has seen. "What most is needed is the elimination of those feelings, the teachings of which in most nations breed jealousy and hatred and prompt men to defiance and aggression." "Every race and nation must learn that it ought not, even in its own interest, to desire predominance or seek to enforce its own type on the world." These words ought to be carefully considered in the United States where there is a constant tendency to stir up racial feeling. It is worse here than in any other country because in this country all other classes have united against the colored people. Prior to 1912 this was largely a question of locality, but since the incoming of the Wilson Democratic Administration every effort has been made to nationalize racial antipathies. The most bitter harangues have been made against the colored people in Congress, where the speakers have endeavored to make up with vituperation what they have lacked in logic; infamous laws have been offered and have actually pasSED one branch of that legislative body, and the President of the United States, sworn to uphold the Constitution, has come out as a defender of racial segregation. The endeavor has been made to legislate the colored people nationally into a separate and inferior status and make them "negroes" instead of American citizens. The American people must learn that the republic can not endure un- THE MAN WHO DARES I honor the ma- scientious dischar- to stand alone; th ant, intolerant ju- demn, the counter may be averted, friends grow cold, duty done shall be applause of the w ange of relati I honor the man who in the conscientious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone; the world, with ignorant, intolerant judgment, may condemn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the countenances of relatives or the hearts of friends.—Charles Summer. ce when we should wards out of men. us climbed on pro- been raised against e and lust, the in- serve the law, and our least disputes. we must speak and right the wrongs of er Wilcox. less all citizens are on the same civil and political level. If the incitement of racial friction continues there may come to this country an internecine war as destructive as the conflict now raging in Europe. INFAMOUS LEGISLATION The Democratic House of Representatives has passed an infamous act, prohibiting the intermarriage of white and colored persons in the District of Columbia. The vote was about four to one but the fact that sixty members voted against the infamous measure shows that the idea of justice is not yet dead. The bill is an insult to one-tenth of the population of the United States. It strikes at the very foundation of Christianity for among Christians of every creed, marriage is regarded as a divine institution. There is no reason for such legislation. Caucasians usually marry Caucasians and Afro-Americans usually marry Afro-Americans. The number who marry interracially is wholly negligible. The real purpose of the Bill is to place a stigma upon the Afro-American people. The Clark Bill is really an open invitation to immorality and leaves the Afro-American woman without protection and an easy prey to vicious men of the white race. If there is to be any mixing of the races it ought to be done legitimately in Christian marriage and not in an immoral manner. It is not the proper function of the Government to draw lines of invidious distinction between its various classes of citizens and place on the statute books a law which in effect brands one group of citizens as unfit, clausing it with imbeciles, idiots, defectives, degenerates and criminals. And then there is another point of view. The mixing which has already taken place has not resulted in degenerate specimens of manhood. The first blood spilled in the Revolutionary War was that of a mixed-blood —Crispus Attucks. Frederick Douglass, one of America's greatest orators, a patriot and a statesman was of mixed-blood. Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, the great literate and sociologist, is a mixed-blood. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the great industrial educator, is mixed-blood. H. Y. Tanner, the great artist whose pictures have been purnow hang in the Louvre, is a mixed-blood. Dr. Daniel H. Williams, one of the world's greatest surgeons and who was the first man surgeon in all the world to operate successfully on the human heart, is a mixed-blood. THE APPEAL could name thousands of other mixed-bloods of whom America may well be proud. Every colored person ought to get busy at once and write to the Senators who represent his state and ask them to vote against the bill when it reaches the Senate. Do it now. We are delighted to state that to the everlasting credit of the Minnesota delegation in the House, they voted against the infamous bill. The Philadelphia Ledger is credited with the following, published as a good joke: "There was absolutely no evidence against the man you lynched." "No evidence? Why he was as black as the ace of spades." Well, there is no joke about that, it's a plain unvarnished fact that when an alleged criminal is black, that is the strongest evidence of his guilt. The prime cause for nine out of ten lynchings is the fact that the victims are black. n who in the con- gge of his duty dares the world, with ignor- dgment, may con- nances of relatives and the hearts of but the sense of sweeter than the world, the counten- Do It Now! FORM OF LETTER TO SEND TO CONGRESSMEN AT ONCE. Dear Congressman—Please speak, vote and work against the bill for separation Jim Crow cars in the District of Columbia. It is Un-American, Un-Christian, an insult to every Colored citizen and a disgrace to our country. Yours for equality of citizenship. NEW CAR BILL FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Equal Rights League, Massachusetts Branch. Equal Rights League, Massachusetts Branch, American people to the present epidemic of race american citizens by the congress of the United nation. Public citizens, especially of the North, to this the Black Code of the Seceded States immedi- ivery. First, African exclusion for anti-inter- favorably to the House for Jim-Crow cars And this is but a part of the program of race- lessman of Massachusetts, regardless of party, Congressmen to defeat this nefarious color-line citizens by race in public carriers is a fundamen- t it is class legislation, a public conspicuous segregated. If applied now, no-Americans other race groups. Such segregations excite ed. It is not practised by any national govern- ly odious in a Republic. Segregation should color, but upon character and conduct. The District of Columbia would be an object les- ests of the world, and would exhibit the degrada- l nations. Jim-Crowism is bad in a state, but the nation's capital and by the national govern- citizenship, and sets a precedent for proscrip- tion in the century and a half of the Republic's on been found necessary. Surely it is now too Christian civilization to inaugurate any such ans and true Americans to rise in the might of the authors thereof, to sternly stop now for ought upon an ever-loyal tenth of the citizenry aris, chairman; Mrs. Mary Gibson, Rev. M. W. J. A. Crawford Major Wesley J. Furlong, Rev. Cham, Mrs. C. R. King, E. P. Benjamin, Wm. executive committee, 49 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. PROTEST AGAINST JIM-CROW CAR BILL FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA By National Independent Equal Rights League, Massachusetts, Renewal By National Independent Equal Rights League, Massachusetts Branch. The National Independent Equal Rights League, Massachusetts Branch, calls the attention of the American people to the present epidemic of race prescience against Colored American citizens by the congress of the United States under sectional domination. We would awaken all patriotic citizens, especially of the North, to this brazen attempt to resurrect the Black Code of the Seceded States immediately after the abolition of slavery. First, African exclusion, then anti-intermarriage, now a bill reported favorably to the House for Jim-Crow cars in the District of Columbia. And this is but a part of the program of race-hate. We call upon the Congressman of Massachusetts, regardless of party, and upon all other patriotic Congressmen to defeat this nefarious color-line bill. Such a law separating citizens by race in public carriers is a fundamental violation of democracy. It is class legislation, a public, conspicuous humiliation to the citizens thus segregated. If applied now to Afro-Americans it may be later applied to other race groups. Such segregations exites rather than allays racial hatred. It is not practised by any national government on earth, and is especially odious in a Republic. Segregation should be based not upon race and color, but upon character and conduct. Separate street cars in the District of Columbia would be an object lesson to people from all parts of the world, and would exhibit the degradation of Colored citizens to all nations. Jim-Crowism is bad in a state, but infinitely more worthy of the nation's capital and by the national government. It destroys equality of the nation's capital and sets a precedent for proscription without limit. Never before in the century of a half of the Republic's existence has such segregation been found necessary. Surely it is now too late in the day of advancing Christian civilization to inaugurate any such practice and infamy. We appeal to all Christians and true Americans to rise in the might of public sentiment aid, smiting the authors thereof, to sternly stop now for all time this audacious onslaught upon an ever-loyal tenth of the citizenry of our common country. Signed by Emery T. Morris, chairman; Mrs. Mary Gibson, Rev. M. W. Thornton, Rev. B. W. Swain, J. A. Crawford, Major Wesley J. Furlong, Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, Wm. D. Brigham, Mrs. C. R. King, E. P. Benjamin, Wm. Monroe Trotter, secretary executive committee. 49 Cornhill. Boston. Mass. Hon. ..... House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: Dear Congressman—Please speak separate Jim Crow cars in the Disti- Un-Christian, an insult to every Co- ountry. Yours f. PROTEST AGAINST JIM-CROW CARS By National Independent Equal Ri- cals The National Independent Equal Ri- cals calls the attention of the American p- judice against Colored American o- States under sectional domination. We would awaken all patriotic cib- razen attempt to resurrect the Black ately abolition of slavery. We marriage, now a bill reported favori- in the District of Columbia. And this hate. We call upon the Congressman and upon all other patriotic Congress- bill. Such a law separating citizens by tyal violation of democracy. It is chil- mification to the citizens thus segrega- t it may be later applied to other ra- rather than allays racial hatred. It is ment on earth, and is especially odio- be based upon race and color, but Separated freest cars in the Distri- son to the people from all parts of the Colored citizens to all nations, infinitely more injurious in the nation- ment. It destroys equality of citizen- tions without limit. Never before in the existence has such segregation been late in the day of advancing Christian practice and infamy. We appeal to all Christians and a public sentiment aid, smiling the all time this audacious onslaught up of our common country. Signed by Pharyn T. Morris, chri- Thornton, Rev. B. W. Swain, J. A. Cr- M. A. N. Shaw, Wm. D. Brigham, M. Monroe Trotter, secretary executive A PROTEST FROM FREEDOM'S BIRTHPLACE. I hang my head for shame that a committee of the Anglo-Saxon Race, to which I belong, has reported to the Congress of the United States a bill to provide separate cars for Colored American citizens in the District of Columbia at the seat of the National Government. Such a bill, if presented at the close of the Civil War, to Rio Grande, would have excited less comment. It is rather late in our country's history to separate any class of our feillow citizens from another class in facilities for travel. Representatives of the Hebrew, Irish, Teutonic, Slavic and Latin races may ride where they please. If Booker Washington, on whom Harvard conferred a degree of LL. D.; Prof. Pickens, who was an honor man at Yale; Du Bois, the editor of "The Crisis" former Assistantorney-General Lewis; and William Moore-General Lewis; and William separate cars in Washington as being fit to associate with their fellow citizens, it is time vigorous protest were made. This is much more objectionable in the capitol of the Nation than elsewhere. Visitors from other nations who come to see our Congressional Library and other public buildings will have an object lesson hourly before them in the separation and degradation of our fellow citizens. One mission of the law which it is sought to be is that of $1000 or imprisonment for six months for anyone who violates its provisions, and this applies to those in charge of street cars, taxicabs or any vehicle where fare is charged. Conductors, porters, etc., are authorized as special police for its enforcement. Premeditated. That this is a part of a previously determined and clearly defined Southern policy is obvious from a letter written the Editor of this paper by Thos. H. Caraway, who is one of those who reported the proposed law and who wrote on the stationery of the House of Representatives under date of 1981, "Personally, I shall vote for every measure that tends to segregate the races, with reference to residence, transportation, and occupation, and I believe that measures of that kind will be passed at the coming term of Congress." From this it appears that he wishes Colored people to live only in a certain part of the city, ride only on cars set apart for them, and to deprive them of the freedom where they can earn, an honest living. The writer of this editorial takes this ground, that segregation is always a badge of inferiority and is so intended, and that any segregation based on color alone, is always wrong. Let no one think that we would do away with classes in society. There will always be a wide gulf between the educated and the ignorant, the virtuous and the vile, the coarse and vulgar and the gentle and refined, but all these conditions are not based on a person having one-eighth or one-seventh of African blood in his veins or are based upon conditions which the individual can change if he will. The writer believes the time has come when the Colored race should repudiate the leadership of those who advise further forbearance and subservency and tame submission to everything proposed. If at the recent visit of the editor of this paper to the White House he had gone in at the back door with a basket asking for cold victuals, all would have been well, but when he went in at the front door the white House the eye and asked for justice, he was met with the remark that he spoke with a "background of passion" and that the "tone of his voice" was not acceptable. No doubt he spoke with some warmth. He would be less than human if he had not, when he felt that he was spokesman of 10,000,000 American citizens, asking not for favors, but for rights. The race should repudiate the leadership wince seems to be more concerned with the superior advantage of leghorn pullets for farmers and the fact that there is no Colored family in the South, than it is with the fact of the loss of the ballot, lynchings. African exclusion, intermarriage and finally separation in cars, based on color alone. Let us pray for a leader who shall get out of the arena of the barnyard and get into the arena of freedom and the rights of man. Lose not Freedom Gained by Abolitionists. Let us not lose the freedom for which Garrison, Phillips, Sumner, Andrew, John Brown and a host of others laid down their lives. Let us remember, as one has said, that only the Golden Rule of Christ can ever bring in the golden age of man, and let all Northern Senators, Representatives, ministers and editors agitate and protest until the lowest citizen has his rights under the flag, lest the wrath of Heaven descend on us as a nation WILLIAM D. BRIGHAM ALL HONOR TO THACHER AND FITZGERALD. First Victory Against Jim-Crow Car Bill Instance of Racial Self Help. Douglas Memorial and Protest Day, Feb. 21. (Special.) New York, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1915: The first skirmish on the Bill for Jim-Crow Cars in the District of Columbia was won by the opponents of the Bill, yesteday, he Rep. P. Thacher of Massachusetts, he Rep. John J. Fitzgerald of New York, Democrat, felt the desire to show they were not in accord with the Southern Democrat on this color line measure. When the session of the House of Representatives opened at 11 A. M., Rep. Thacher presented the remonstrance of the National Independent Equal Rights League, Mass. Branch, to the House. Then Rep. Fitzgerald moved substitution of the Sundry Civil Bill for the District of Columbia Bill, which has the Jim-Crow Car resolve, which has the Jim-Crow Car resolve, to take up D. of C. measures. The move of Fitzgerald was carried 168 yes to 10 no. Rep. Clark of Florida was sore. Douglas Memorial Day Protest. The next regular day for District of Columbia Bills is February 22nd. The Equal Rights League appeals to the Afro-Americans in every city to hold a meeting on Sunday, February 21st, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the death of Frederick Douglas, and to pass resolutions against the Jim-Crow Car Bill, asking Representatives against it, and mail a copy to every U.S. senator in Congress from the state. If in a Southern state, select some Northern State's Congressman. The Massachusetts Equal Rights League passed and had its resolutions published on February 3rd, and mailed a copy to Rep. Thacher and the other Congressman from Massachusetts and Rep. Thacher answered the League that he would present them and fight the Bill. Branches of the League from Boston to Kansas sent resolutions, while the D. of C. Branch went to the Capitol. But the Chief of all the Colored Citizens of Boston, through the activity of Secretary Trotter, sent a letter to the Capitol as a personal lobbyist to Washington against the Bill. He was at the Capitol at 9 A. M. Monday and went to work on the Congressman. This Colored organization is proud of this self-help. Any city desiring to form a branch league, should write to National Organizer, Rev. R. C. Ransom, 435 W. 35th St., New York, N. Y., or Secretary Trotter at Boston, Mass. Let whole race organize. OUR NEED OF JUXTAPOSITION (From the Boston Guardian.) That we much rather be, and association among ourselves, is a saying by Colored men, almost true. That is a mistake; it is a feeling of avowed cowardice and innate inferiority. It is an utter impossibility for the two races to subscribe to a common government, and, at the same time, each race work out its own salvation. The "theory" has been tried and resulted into a ghastly failure; instead of making for harmony and cordial good feeling between two races, it has increased hate and antagonism in leaps and bounds, and brought long the advice from false and treacherous leadership that resistance is wrong, that it only breeds race hatred and antagonism; that the thing for us to do is to get property and other rights will inevitably follow. We have followed this "advice" faithfully and have been rewarded in terms of residence segregation, street segregation, confiscation and loss of property, anti-intermarriage—which is the blackest pieces of legislation, defenseless and at the mercy of white brutes — separate schools, jimorrow cars, and even legislating to exclude further Negro immigration. These are the evils resulting from "non-resistance" and "rather be by ourselves." That with the same degree of efforty and terrible legislation with which our property is taken and confiscated, with this same efforty and legislation will our political and manhood rights be taken from us. That fact. Every congress officer legislated against the cultural to our well being. Race prejudice, therefore, can only be worn down by attrition. We must send our children, and go ourselves, to mixed Defective Page RACE PREJUDICE. I am convinced myself, evil thing in this present justice; none at all. I am the worst single thing and holds together more abomination than any other world. Through its book of coarse lust, suspicion and all the darkest soul. --H. G. V. induced myself that there is no more this present world than Race Pre- at all. I write deliberately—it is single thing in life now. It justifies together more baseness, cruelty and than any other sort of error in the though its body runs the black blood, suspicion, jealousy and persecu- the darkest poisons of the human I am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in this present world than Race Prejudice; none at all. I write deliberately—it is the worst single thing in life now. It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty and abomination than any other sort of error in the world. Through its body runs the black blood of coarse lust, suspicion, jealousy and persecution and all the darkest poisons of the human soul. --H. G. Wells in N. Y. Independent institutions and other places where we can mix with the other races and consequently become accustomed to one another. ABOVE ALL THINGS WE MUST WELCOME AND PRACTICE JUXTAPOSITION. President has Long List of Applicants for Johnson's Place. Only 91 persons has signified directly or indirectly, their willingness to hold the office of recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. A list of the names is now before the President. No dales are in the list. The last name without a recorder since last summer when Lincoln Johnson, resigned, following a gentle hint from the White House. Following are the names of those who want the job: J. R. Anderson, J. E. Brodie, Norris B. Clarke, B. Cosey, J. J. Crane, John S. Cravens, John W. Davis, J. A Dickson,urnum Joyce, Charles E. Ebaugh, C. H. Eberle, T. Edmonds, H. G. Evans, Joseph R. Fague, B. T. Foster. Carey S. Frye, Emmanuel M. Hewlett, James T. V. Hill, Richard R. Horner, Giles B. Jackson, W. D. Johnson, John H. Kelly, J. W. Paisley, R. Richard S. Mitchell, Benjamin F. Loe, Cranch McIntire, Christian J. Goeckel, George D. Semken, J. P. Kauffman. Robert W. Dutton, W. H. Holloway, Bernard J. Brown, R. W. Nash, S. L. Moore, J. J. Lightford, Jr.; G. W. McBath, William A. Orme, J. F. Jenkins, Rev R. B. Ronin, Prof. D. R. Stokes, Rev R. B. Ronin, Prof. D. R. Stokes, James D. Sneed, W. H. Nelson, William A. Orme, Charles E. Lane Edward Beckham, James B. Lloyd, Walter S. McCarthy, John I. Martin, Walter F. Miller, D. J. Mohler, Paul W. Pope, Frank W. Reed, Jerome R. Riley, James A. Ross, James Schooler, Horace Spencer, William W Still, Rufus S. Stout. J. L. F. Tulius, Talius F. Taylor, B. H. Tyson, J. M. Underwood, W. L. Ven field, J. M. Milton Waldron, L. G. Warfield, John B. Colpsey, William Gross, John B. Colpsey, William Cleaver, D. C. Brantley, T. J. Davenport, William J. Dwyer, Prof. W. E Reynolds. Sully Jaymes, G. W. Tanner, Maurice Lyon, T. K. Knox, Lee Crandall, James W. H. Howard, Charles W. Lancaster Rev. George C. Clements, Rev. J. Francis Lee, Dr. A. H. Weathers, W. W. Howard, Charles W. Griffith, Clifford H. Plummer, Rev R. B. Robinson Adam E. Patterson, and William P. Morton. TROTTER'S SPECIFIC DENIAL OF INSOLENCE TO PRESIDENT. Interview in Boston Globe of Nov. 17, 1914. William Monroe Trotter, whose remarks on segregation in Gove.nment departments stirred President Wilson at a hearing in the White House last Thursday, arrived in Boston yesterday afternoon, and, after denying anything offensive either in his speech or manner, told of the way in which the report of the hearing was given to the newspapermen. Trotter, "I told him I was very sorry if he still considered that I had offended him. The President smiled and said: 'O, we'll call it all right.' "When we came out our delegation caused in Sec. Tumulty's room as to what we should say for the newspapers. I told the newspaper men briefly about the conference, merely describing it as a warm affair. "I had gone outside the White House when Mr. Tumulty called me back and told Trotter, you have violated every court of the White House in quoting the President to the press." "I told Mr. Tumulty that I had done so in ignorance of the rules, and apologized. He accepted my apology. Then I asked the newspaper not to publish what I told them, and they consented. Mr. Tumulty said he was satisfied and I left. White House Statement Issued. "The report of the conference was then out from the White House. It seems very peculiar to me the President had told me everything was all right, that a White House statement should say that I had offended the President of the United States." Did Not Lose Temper or Catechize. "I want to say," he continued, "that neither in manner, language, tone nor in any other way was I discounters, impertinent or insolent to President Wilson. "My whole attitude was that of endeavoring, on the spur of the moment, to answer a piece of masterful sophis- "HUMAN NATURE My ear is My soul is sick with ev Of wrong and outrage, There is no flesh in man It does not feel for man Of brotherhood is severe That falls asunder at t He finds his fellow gui Not colored like his o To enforce the wrong, Dooms and devotes his NATURE'S FOULEST BLOT." My ear is pained kick with every day's report outrage, with which earth is filled. fish in man's obdurate heart. el for man: the natural bond ood is severed as the flax under at the touch of fire. yellow guilty of a skin like his own: and having power be wrong, for such a worthy cause evotes him as his lawful prey "HUMAN NATURE'S FOULEST BLOT." My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. It does not feel for man: the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colored like his own: and having power To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. * * * * * * Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys: 'Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. NEARLY 100 WANT JOBS try and to refute it successfully and feeling a great responsibility to do so, I spoke with positiveness, deliberateness and directness, looking the President full in the eye. "I did not quiz or catechize the President, and I did not attempt to debate with him. The difficulty did come against and segregated in of my race, say that I should regard it to a benevolence and so represent it to my race. "Although it was a trying ordeal to listen to such a statement at length by the Chief Executive of the Nation, I had at no time any temper, much less lost my temper." MR WILSON AND "SEGREGATION.' New York—To the Editor of THE APPEAL. Sir: The interview of William Munroe Trotter and the delegation of colored gentlemen with the President of the United States brings forward again the burning question of the treatment of colored civil servants in Washington. The whole incident the grimly and forcefully how deeply they see the injustice and country feel the injustice which Mr. Wilson's government has inflicted upon them and still inflicts. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been fighting segregation in federal departments ever since the first rumor of it was made public. Over a year ago an investigator was sent to Washington and a report printed. Since that time a representative of the national association has kept in close touch with local situation, and on one occasion the representative appeared before the civil service killed the bill of Georgia and Aswell of Louisiana making segregation legal throughout the federal civil service. Much of the segregation has disappeared. When the U street station of the postoffice in Washington was abolished all the colored men employed out their positions, but through the intervention of this association three men were emasured. When the bureau of engraving and moved to its new quarters it was the original idea to segregate colored and white people throughout the entire building, but through the efforts of this association there is no segregation in the lunchrooms or on the roof garden. Segregation, nevertheless, will instill in the Treasury, and possibly in other places. It still remains true that for the first time, in half century a President of the United States and distinguished members of his Cabinet have deemed it necessary for the peace and quiet of these United States that clerks in the federal office, having passed the same examination, having the same rate of pay, must be assigned in their work if the ancestors of any of them had a drop of Negro blood. In some cases the "colored" clerks have been so white in appearance that the officials themselves have made mistakes in classifying them. In other cases clerks of all colors have protested against the attempted separation of the separation has caused humiliation and inconvenience and added cost. J. E.-SPINGARN, (Chairman Board of Directors National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.) ABILITY CAUSES RACE A novel explanation of the Russian dislike for the Jew has been given by Count Alexander Scherbatskoy, councillor of the Russian embassy in Washington. The count said that Russians objected to Jews because they were more capable than the Russians and not because they were of a different race and faith. There is not much difference between the Jewish question in Russia and the Japanese question in California," he declared. "The Californians know the Jews are more clever than they are. The Russians know that they can not compete with the Jews. Their fear of the Jews is based on economic considerations." THE PRESIDENT AND THE AFRO-AMERICAN. (From the Chicago Tribune.) We are not ready to concede that any issue is as less stand-ing under the law than any issue under the south wishes to make any such issue as this it will find that the north, where there is prejudice, is nevertheless restless when as a part of the case is asked to declare that the main principle of motion is a piece of hypocrisy and does not apply where it is inconvenient. WEEK'S RECORD OF HAPPENINGS IN MINNESOTA'S CAPITOL. The "Saintly City" and Saintly City Folks—Neway Items of Social, Religious, Political and General Matters Among the People. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915 And we are to have County Option. The worst thing one can take for a cold is advice. Sacred concert at St. James A. M. E. Church tomorrow night. And they actually started to work on the new union depot Tuesday. Mrs. Rolls, of Albermarle street, on last Thursday fell and sprained her wrist very badly. And they say meat prices will be lower, hurrah! Mrs. Kate Allen, Mrs. L. A. Porter and Charlotte Lewis are still on the sick list. If you wish to hire an auto for any occasion just call the Colburn Auto Livery, day or night, Cedar 4616. Even after some men see where they have made mistakes, they go right on making more. FOR RENT—Neatly furnished rooms, convenient to cars. Phone Dale 2195—Advertisement 2-20. Most people would rather blame a man for what he doesn't do, than to give him credit for what he does do. FOR RENT—Modern house, eight rooms, 325 W. Central, $25.00. Tel. Dale 209—Advertisement. WATCH FOR THE OPENING OF THE HOME SHOP, 598-600 WEST CENTRAL AVE.—ADVERTISEMENT. WHO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WAS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, HAS OPENED OFFICES FOR THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF THE LAW AT 88 AND 89 UNION BLOCK, ST. PAUL. Advertisement. The road to success is open to all but too many want to reach the goal without the trouble of "hitting the pike." Read the matter on second page and you will know your duty—THEN DO IT. Mrs. J. W. BARbee, of Winnippea, Can., enroute to St. Louis, Mo., was the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. O. D. Charleston, last week. Articles mailed to THE APPEAL for publication must bear the name and address of the sender, to insure publication. FOR RENT-Two front rooms, single or together, for light housekeeping, 228 Sherburne. Call evenings or Saturdays-Advertisement. Both Phones 508. St. Paul, Minn T. H. LYLES. Funeral Directors and Embalmers 150 W. Fourth St. Res. 678 St. Anthony, Tel. Dale 2947 Calla Answered Day or Night Ir Twin Cities. Active Pall Bearers Furnished If Desired. Lady Assistant When Necessary. Mrs. Alberta Pleasant, 42 Rondon street, presented her husband a 7½ pound girl on Wednesday. Mother and child doing well. FORGET YOUR TROUBLES. SEE "BROTHER BILL AND ME" AT PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 23RD. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6:23—Selected by E. W. Gilles. The Bellview, 412 Carroll street, I. A. Gross, prop. Neatly furnished rooms with heat, light and bath. Rates reasonable. Tel. Dale 3316—Advertisement. Mr. Woodsey Jemison has bought the interest of Mr. George Watkins in the Cosmopolitan and Grill. No. 40 E. Third street and the firm is now Banks & Jemison. Mr. Clifford A. Smith, the tailor, has moved his business out on University avenue between Western and Arundel Fine porch and yard. Tel. T. S. 2557—Advertisement 8-29. For RENT—Eight-room house, modern, except Heat, 579 Rondo, Five room house, modern, except heat, 580 Charles Street. Apply to James Tracy, Globe Blvd., Advertisement—1-23. --- I WORK AND SAVE No matter how much one earns, if he spends it all, he will never be able to rest. He who earns but little, and saves a part, can take a vacation from care. Part of each week's wages should go into a strong savings bank. STATE SAVINGS BANK 93 East. Fourth Street. Remember the big Easter Hall by the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, Minneapolis, on Monday evening, April 5, at National Guard Armory, Kenwood Parkway. QUICK LUNCH—When you wish to get something good to eat in a hurry call at "Uiley's Place," No. 30 East Fourth street and try PRESTON'S LUNCH. Home cooked meals and lunches at all hours from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Special breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m. 15 cents. THE BUSY BEE CAFE, 317 Wabash street (upstairs), W. F. T. Chandler proprietor. Unexcelled cuisine. First class home cooked meals a la carte at all hours. A splendid regular dinner served from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at 25 cents. Open day and night. Tel. W. N. Cedar 4525—Advertisement. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Johnson will leave next week for the Pacific coast, to visit relatives and also the Panama and the California expositions. They will be gone about two months. Just bear in mind that the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, will have its regular Easter ball on Monday evening, April 5, at the National Guard Armory. Big time for every body. On account of the European war, Canadian money, which used to be received at its face value is now discounted at the rate of one per cent. Bear this in mind when Canadian money is offered. HAIR CULTURE—Scalp Treatment and Hair Culture. Any one wishing the PORO treatment and PORO Hair Grower, should apply to Mrs. G. W. Bell, 1776 W. Minnehaha street, St. Paul, Minn.—Admisement, 5-2. Prof. Arthur Winstead, 185 E. Seventh street, has for the last two weeks been laid up with a severe case of gripe. He is under the care of Dr. Dolphin. He would be pleased to see his friends. Tel. Cedar 8101. WANTED—GIRLS AGED FROM 8 TO 16 YEARS FOR GIRLS CULTURE CLUB, FEE NOMINAL, ADDRESS MRS. LUCILLE L. TIBBS, MATRON, THE HOME SHOP, 598-600 WEST CENTRAL AVE.—ADVERTISEMENT. F. H. Harm & Bro, opticians and jewelers, are now located at 492 Wabasa street in the Shubert Building, where they will welcome old and new customers. If you want honest work and goods at fair prices call on them. PAPER HANGING.—Any one wishing paper hanging done on short notice and at reasonable rates should address A. W. Holden, 527 St. Anthony Ave., Tel. Dale 2055. Painting and interior decorating also done.—Advertisement. VOCAL AND PIANO LESSONS GIVEN BY MRS. ADDIE CRAWFORD-MINOR, AT HER RESIDENCE, 320 FARRINGTON AVE. HOURS ARRANGED TO SUIT PUPILS. TERMS VERY REASONABLE. TEL. DALE 1597. "SHINE 'EM UP!" When you wish your shoes shined or polluted in the most artistic and satisfactory style, go to the PEOPLES 'SHINING PARLOR, W. H. Porter, Propr., 349 Minnesota, W. street, between 4th and 5th—Advertisement. The St. Louis Kitchen has been moved from its former quarters to just across the hall at 138 E. Third street up stairs, where the same good home cooked meals may be found at moderate prices. Mrs. Julia Hinson, Cedar 6090. Regular dinner 25 cents "BROTHER BILL AND ME" WILL BE AT PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23RD. WILL YOU? ST. LOUIS KITCHEN, 136 E. Third street, up stairs. Mrs. Julia Hinson, proprietor. A la carte meals at all hours from 7:00 a. m. to 8:00 a. All home cooking. Regular dinner 12:00 to 2:30 at 25 cents. Sunday dinner 1 to 3 p. m., 35 cents. Tel. Cedar 6090. St. James A. M. E. Sunday School meets every Sunday at 1:00 p.m., immediately after church services. All children who desire to become members are cordially invited. The music is under the direction of Mrs. Addie C. Minor and Mr. T. R. Morgan—B. C. Archer, Supt. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in Sault St. John 1:11, 12. Your church needs you in its services—E. W. Gilles. Sergt. A. W. Ray, an old time resident of the Twins Cities but for years residing in Sault St. John 1:11, is spending some time in the city, nobbing with old friends. He is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox, of Rondo street. ST. MARTIN EXPRESS AND FUEL COL. Victor St. Martin, proprietor, 383 Rondo street, corner of Western. Baggage moved to all parts of the city. Wood and coal in large and small quantities. Phone N. W. Dale 5194; Residence, Dale 3248. Your partonage solicited. Quick service, satisfaction guaranteed. The place to have your shoe repairing done in the best possible way at the lowest possible price is at JARVIS' 104-106 East Fifth street. He has a complete stock of men's, women's and boys' shoes of the best grades for the money to be found in the city.—Advertisement. The clubs of St. Paul are arranging to give a reception in honor of Miss Eliza Peterson, at the spacious residence of Mr. March Salters, 588 Rondo street, Monday, March 8, from 3 to 5 p. m., to which the public is cordially invited. SAFE DEPOSIT AND STORAGE VAULTS--We invite your inspection. It costs little to place your valuable papers, cash, securities and other valuables in absolute safety. Boxes in our vaults can be had for $4 per year. Store your boxes, trunks, etc., with us. Northwestern Trust Co., 138 Endicott Arcade.—Advertisement. The next regular meeting of the St. Paul Branch of the National Independent Equal Rights League will be held on Monday evening, March 1st, at St. James Mission, 319 E. Seventh, at 8:00 o'clock. Mr. T. H. Lyles has been secured to deliver an address, members and all persons interested are encouraged to be present. Come yourself and bring a friend. The 11 year old daughter, Rosa, who was taken from her foster parents at Milwaukee by her father, Mr. C. E. Jones, of St. Clair street, and brought to St. Paul a few weeks ago, was on last Tuesday afternoon kidnapped by uncle parties and she has not been heard of. We are invited to trip out west and what steps he will take for her recovery are not known. One of the most pleasant affairs that has occurred for a long time was the sleigh ride party that was given by the Willing Workers' Club of Meeting Hall church on Friday evening of last week to took part in it and had the jolliest sore of time. They wound up at the residence of Mrs. Tolbert Bush, on Hudson street, where they had a splendid supper. hey are all patting the good time and promise another in a short time. Watch for the announcement. Mrs. Eliza E. Peterson, of Texarkana, Texas, national W. C. T. U. organizer among colored people, will speak in some of the St. Paul churches March 7th and 8th. On Sunday morning she will speak at the Zion Presbyterian, Farrington and St. Anthony, following which she will address the laying of the Memorial Baptist Church, Rico. Fuller Sts. Sunday evening she will occupy the pulpit of the St. James A. M. E. Church, Jay and Fuller Sts. Monday evening she will speak at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Cedar and Summit. Mrs. Peterson will seek to address among the people of her own race in the W. C. T. U. and will organize more unions. She is a speaker of unusual ability and all white ribboners will be interested in her coming. The Jubilee Concert and Chitterling Supper given at St. James A. M. E. Church on Thursday night, for the benefit of St. James A. M. E. Mission, was a great success owing, in a large measure, to the indefatigible labor and enthusiasm of Mrs. Bettie Jones, gentlerude Barber and the splendid coworkers who assisted in every way. Mrs. Bettie Jones [full of people who enjoyed the spills did singing of the chorus, the reading of Mrs. Bettie Jones, the playing of Mr. Robert Strong, the excellent work of director C. H. Miller and the accompanist, Mrs. Ethel Maxwell. The ladies who had charge of the culinary department are also entitled to much praise for their splendid gastronomic success. The public is entitled to credit for responding so freely to the worthy cause. The affair was so successful and delightful that nothing but words of praise are due to every one who in any wise helped to make it what it was. "Federal statistics show that more than 75 per cent of insanity cases are due to the use of drugs," declared Thomas Potts of Chicago, Secretary of the National Association of Registered Druggists, in an address to delegates to the Minnesota association which held its convention in this city last week. Mr. Potts explained that at present there is no law to prevent the shipment of harmful drugs into any state, and said that the national association helped to secure the passage of a measure that will prohibit indiscriminate shipment and otherwise control the movement." The measure goes into effect March 1st. Another interesting feature of the invention was the statement made by M. T. tin, a druggist of Northfield, Minn. He said that if temperance legislation, now pending in the Minnesota Legislature, becomes effective and results in parts of the state going "dry," drug stores in those districts will increase twofold, and most of the saloonkeepers will turn druggists. The Washington Dinner and Ladies' Drill which was given under the auspices of the Social and Literary Society at Pilgrim Baptist Church, on Washington's birthday, attracted quite a crowd and furnished much enjoyment as both dinner and drill were excellent. The drill was conducted by Capt. Chas. H. Miller and the sweet sixteen ladies, or sixteen sweet which ever may you wish it, were to use a common phrase, literally "there to wear the goods," both in the matter of having costumes, pulchrature and grace, precise evolutions. Capt. Miller never word, just clapped his hands and they went through mary marches like veteran boys in blue. The ladies were handsomely gowned and each carried a dainty little cane decorated with a large rose at the crook and these added to the beauty of some of the figures formed. The ladies who composed the drill corps were Mesdames Susie Parker, D. Jones, Nora Covinghe Lewis, Florence Covinghe Minke Fisher, Bill Wells, Birdle High, Zola Tandy, Dorris Rope, Mamie Bobins, Floretta Artis, Manche Goins, Lulu Chapman, Nellie Francis, Annie Murrell. The music for the drill was furnished by Mrs. Lume Manning Salter. MOVING PICTURE THEATER FOR SALE. An up-to-date, attractive moving picture theater for sale. On a bus corner located in a fine neighborhood, a sure money making investment. Owner leaving this part of the country on account of ill health. Price, $1,000.00. Apply to Clarence L. Smith, 788 St. Anthony Ave., Te1 Dale 5413. Miss Lola B. Graham, Prize Winner. Miss Lola B. Graham, daughter of Etta Bell Graham, formerly of this city, has won honors for the race recently in an oratorical contest held in Spokane, Wash. The contest is given annually by the Sons of the American Revolution, and is open to the students of the city high schools. The contest is out by the S. A. R. and those who contest select one from the list and write an oration. The manuscripts are submitted to the faculties of their respective high schools and each faculty chooses the best six submitted. These are turned over to an committee with no names attached and the six of the entire bunch are selected for public contest when the orations are made and the prizes awarded for general excellence. It is an event of great interest among the two thousand students and their friends and no colored student has ever before been on the program. Miss Lola's subject was the most difficult, "The Spy in War," and her place on the program the most being like first. Yet she carried off one person and the colored people of the city and the jubilant over the victory. Lola quite popular with the faculty and students of her school and has already won certificates for speed from both the Underwood and Remington Typewriter Companies. She will graduate with high honors in June. PROSPECTUS OF NEW ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Club to Occupy Basement of Union Fraternal Hall, at Kent and Aurora. No matter what untoward circumstances appear on the surface the building will be completed in a few months. The financeering is made easier by assurances that the basement will be used. The basement is designed for club use, including place for gymnasium, showers, lockers, bowling alleys, library and rest rooms. The grounds are suitable for tennis, volley ball, hand ball, skating rink and rink games. The approximate cost of complete fixtures for association use is $1,500. The approximate yearly budget is $2,000. Probable income from 200 members at 50 cents per month, $1,200 yer year. Probable income from other sources at least $1,200 per year. Probable initiation fee $5. Rooms may be opened with $500 to be paid from initiation fees of 100 charter members, whose names will be engraved on a metal plate and hung as a poster as the founders of the association. Big business men are already volunteering the suggestion that they will help when we show what we will do for ourselves. Money advanced as payment of initiation fee to be used for no purpose but equipment to be purchased after hall is built. While we do not anticipate any circumstance that will prevent the use of the e Union Hall by the associataion of the union, we keep every dollar intact so if it is impossible to use the money for the purpose named, then absolutely every dollar will be returned to the subscriber. All money for promotion expense, such as printing, stamps and hall rent will be raised from other sources and accounted for. Committee on Constitution, O. C. Hall, Henry Crawford, Wm. Alexander, is ready and will report Friday evening, March 5, at St. James A. M. at unless otherwise announced, at which the principal speaker will be Owen P. Lovejoy, the National Child Labor Committee and relative of Elijah P. Lovejoy, the great anti-slavery agitator. Meeting open to ladies and gentlemen. Admission free. GALE P. HILYER, A. B., LL. B. Has Been Admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Minneapolis Mr. Gale Hilly, having completed his law degree at the State University, was last week to the bar of the Supreme Court of Minnesota. He has been in the University six and a half years and has won the degrees of A. B. and LL. B. During his college course he also won several honors for temporary speaking and for scholarship. He was elected to the "Iron Wedge," an honorary fraternity to which fifteen of members of the senior class, who have been admitted to law school are eligible. In finishing the law school course he made a grade of A in three-fourths of his work and re- GALE P. HILYER, A. B., LL. B. ceived the personal congratulations of the dean and members of the faculty. Mr. Hillyer is now with the law firm of Albert H. Hall & Co., 722 N. Y. Life Blvd., Bldg. 115, of the leading law firms of the city and tends to make his home permanently in the city and is ready to receive any business in the line of his profession. Mr. Hillyer has the distinction of being the son of Mr. Andrew F. Hillyer, the first Afro-American graduate of Minnesota who for years has held the position of responsible position in the treasury department at Washington, D. C. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hillyer are leading lights in the progressive society of the capitol and the fully fledged disciple of Blackstone is following in their footsteps in the Twin Cities, and he is his multitude of friends who wish for him a brilliant career. STEVENS-McCRACKEN. The Passing of Two Able Representatives of St. Paul for a Short Time —They'll Come Back. Before the next issue of this paper there will have passed into private life one of the best representatives of the people of the great State of Minnesota that ever sat in the halls of our National House of Congress, and the Honorable Frederick C. Stevens will have been a twenty years of faithful, true, consistent and efficient service to his constituents. And while it is regrettable that the state will lose the use of his valuable services for the next two years, there is a well grounded opinion that the mistake of last November will be corrected at the first opportunity and Mr. Stevens will be restored to that position. The House of Representatives which the Fourth Congressional District of Minnesota have determined that no man other than Fred C. Stevens shall occupy so long as Mr. Stevens shall live. With the passing of Mr. Stevens on March 4 will also go Mr. Fred D. McCracken, his faithful and competent secretary, and the colored people of Washington and of the country, at large, will lose a valuable ally and defense man, the black man arising at the seat of national government. Not only has Mr. McCracken performed with faithfulness the duties of his position as secretary, but he has used every effort, has been ever on the alert to action the machinery that would make him a defender against unfair and unjust legerality. Mr. McCracken has demonstrated the fact that a competent colored man, if given an opportunity, can make good in the filling of extraordinary positions and prove himself not only a credit to his employer but also to the race to which he belongs. Let us hope that during a temporary cessation of service as Congressman by Mr. Stevens, further and greater governmental honors in the line of employment may be given him WAIT PILGRIM COMMANDERY No.22 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT THE COLISEUM Eighth and Cedar Streets, ST. PAUL EASTER MONDAY APR. 5 THIS IS TO BE THE FIRST BIG THINC JUST AFTER LENT AND IT WILL BE GREAT, TOO. TICKETS 50 CENTS TICKETS - - - 50 CENTS I positively guarantee to ext ABSOLUTELY Get prices here before A Written Guarantee for 20 Dr. Williams, TEL. C. 6132 KENDRICK B I positively guarantee to extract teeth and remove nerves ABSOLUTELY PAINLESSLY Get prices here before going elsewhere A Written Guarantee for 20 Years Given With All Work. Dr. Williams, 27 E. 7th St TEL. C. 6132 KENDRICK BLDG. 2ND FLOOR ST. PAUL W. EVANS' SANITARY PRESSING SY SUITS—Steamed and I OVERCOATS—Steamed LADIES' SUITS—Dry SUITS AND OVERCOATS Three Shops: 337½-3 WE BUY AND SELL OLD CLOTH Telephones: Cedar N. W. Cedar 939 PHO The House of Qu Capitol Steam and Dry SANITARY PRESSING SYSTEM WHILE YOU WAIT SUITS—Steamed and Pressed, 25 cents. OVERCOATS—Steamed and Pressed, 25 cents. LADIES' SUITS—Dry Cleaned, $1.25. SUITS AND OVERCOATS DRY CLEANED $1.00 Three Shops: 3371/2-343-381 Wabasha Street WE BUY AND SELL OLD CLOTHES. WE CALL AND DELIVER Telephones: Cedar 8081 and 8721 First Class work. Satisfaction Guaranteed Try us and you will be convinced Our Wagons go Everywhere 743 Wabasha Street. ST. P. COAL $4.50 PER TON Splint Coal for Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces HOLMES & HALLOWELL CO. 7 Corners Phone 401 Office Tel. Cedar 4616 Seven Park PACKARD L For H Special Rates for Theater Prompt Service COLBURN AUTO LIVER and that McCracken may be given further and larger opportunity to show his faithfulness. Mr. McCracken's worth will not be appreciated by the people of Washington until after his departure because of the fact that he is modest and unassuming, always working quietly but effectively for the good of his people. We in St. Paul will miss his services because he has for years kept us in with and advised upon all matters of interest to the race arising in Congress, all of which he regret to lose the touch—and also the garden seeds. We sincerely join in the expression "Well done, thou good servant," and all St. Paul will greet Fred with open arms and welcome him home. STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF MINNESOTA District Court, Second Judgment --- Dr.H.I.WILLIAMS Announces his NEW method of PAINLESS DENTISTRY extract teeth and remove nerves BY PAINLESSLY before going elsewhere 10 Years Given With All Work. 27 E. 7th St BLDG. 2ND FLOOR ST. PAUL SYSTEM WHILE YOU WAIT Pressed, 25 cents. Cleaned and Pressed, 25 cents. Dry Cleaned, $1.25. ITS DRY CLEANED $1.00 343-381 Wabasha Street HES. WE CALL AND DELIVER dar 8081 and 8721 TONES Tri-State 1643 Quality and Service Team Laundry Cleaning go Everywhere ST. PAUL, MINN. Office Tel. Cedar 4616 Res. Dale 2949 PACKARD LIMOUSINE Special Rates for Weddings and Theater Parties Prompt Service Day or Night COLBURN AUTO LIVERY ST. PAUL, MINN The Bellview I. A. GROSS, PROP. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS WITH HEAT, LIGHT AND BATH 412 Carroll St. ST. PAUL, MINN. "THE BUSY CORNER" M. J. MEMORANDO & CO. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Candies, Confectionery, Cigars, School Supplies, Etc. Ice Cream Parlor and Cafe, Lunch at all Hours. REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS HANDLED. Cor (Western and Roude ST. PAUL. ST. MARTIN EXPRESS AND FUEL COMPANY Victor St. Martin, Prop. BAGGAGE MOVED TO ANY PART OF THE CITY WOOD AND COAL IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES 383 Rondo Street ST. PAUL Cor. Rondo and Western LOOK! STOP and READ makes the hair soft and glossy—Prevents baldness—Promotes the growth of the hair—Cures dandruff and all scalp eruptions. As a dressing the ORIGINAL INDIAN HAIR GROWER is unequaled. For a quarter of a century thousands of Colored women have used it with gratifying results. MRS. BETTIE JONES, HAIRDRESSER 483 Charles Street, St. Paul, Minn. Made exclusively by Mrs. Mary J. F. Parke, Chicago, Ill. Manufacturer of all kinds of Hair Goods, Switches, Transforma- tions, Etc. TWO SIZES 25 AND 50 CENTS. PAINLESS DENTISTRY ```markdown ``` TEL, DELBORA $900 HOUSES 1 TO 18 A.M. 1 TO 8 P. M. IN MOWING IN APPLICATIONS First Class, Guaranteed Work in All Branches of Dentistry 404 KENDRICK BLOCK 27 E. 7TH. ST. ST. PAUL Office Cedar 1673 Dr. Valdo Turner PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Kendrick Block, 27 E. 7th OFFICE HOURS 9 to 11 a. m., 12 to 1 p. m., 3 to 5 p. m. Sundays 10 to 11 a. m. Res. 386 St. Albans Tel. Dale 912. Cedar 6190 PHONES T. S. 3347 Geo.W. Nelson DRUGGIST Full Stock of Pure Drugs, Proprietary Medicines, Druggists' Sundries, Toilet Articles, Candles, Soda, Cigars, Etc. High Brown and High Brown De Luxe Powder a Specialty. ORDERS DELIVERED Gor. Wabasha and Summit, St. PAUL EXAMINING ROOM LAUNDRY OFFICE FOR FIRST CLASS TONSORIAL WORK GO TO UTLEY'S 30 EAST FOURTH STREET Shaving, Hair-Cutting, Shampooing, Electric Head and Face Massage, Manieuring, Sanitary Baths, Shoes Polished KINK-NO-MORE FOR SALE $1.00 PER BOX HAIR STRAIGHTENING A SPECIALTY F. H. HARM & BRO. OPTOMETRIST W. W. GREEN WATCHMAKER F. H. HARM & BRO. Jewelers & Opticians 192 WARSAKA STREET BYTES EXAMINED CONSULTATION FREE ST. PAUL DIVING WORK Atlantic and Pacific Coast THE DIVING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY REFERENCE CENTRAL BANK AND TRUST CO. J. L. MURCHISON, CHIEF DIVER 2815 Gravier St. NEW ORLEANS, LA GOOD SHOES The Florsheim SHOE For the man who cares STANLEY SHOE CO. 421 Robert Street, St. Paul 92 East Seventh Street 422 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. --- MINNEAPOLIS THE DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT “FLOUR CITY.” Matters Social, Religious and General Which Have Happenea ana are to Happen Among the People of the City. “SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915 J. N. SELLERS, MANAGER 2812 Tenth Avenue So. Tel. N. W. South 2372. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sumner Smith, atter a severe attack of gripe are again able to be out. Mr. N. S. Russell, of Minneapolis, the real estate dealer. was in. the city yesterday looking after some business matters. Lawyer W. H. Franklin, who has had his office in the Metropolitan Lite Bldg, has moved to Iron Exchange Bldg., cor. 4th ave, and So_ 4th St, Room 203. (Opposite Court House.) Rear in mind that the Twin City Club Cafe is now specially prepared to furnish “Chilli Con — Carne,” “Frejoles,” “Hot Tamales” and other Mexican ‘and Creole dishes. Orders amounting to 50 cents of these spec inlties wi'l be delivered in the city ‘The entertainers at the Twin City Stag Club are Mr. W. 0. Hegamin, “Kid" Carter and the Misses Alice Moore and Ada Smith. Miss Moore ig featuring “Let's Toddle,” and Miss Smith is featuring “5050.” Drop in and hear them; they are great, It is hoped that the right thinking people of the Twin Cities will donate liberally towards tne support of Cris pus Attucks Home, that it may be kept in the same condition of other insti tutions of its kind. Each and every one is asked to give something for this cause. WHEN IN ST. PAUL, go to the St. Louis Kitchen, No, 136 B. Third street upstairs, for your meals, Meals to or- der from 7:00 a, m. to 8:00 p, m. Regular Sunday dinner from 1 to 3. m. "35 ets. All home cooking. Mrs. Julla Hinson, Prop. Tel. Cedar 6090. Regular dinner 25 cents, Miss Maud Payne, of Omaha, Neb. was guest of honor at a little dinner at Judge Johnson's residence on last Wednesday evening. hose present were: Misses Ada Smith, Miss Ethel Terry, St. Paul, Miss Cecil Lucas: Messrs. Ralph Johnson, Chas. Jackson, Virgil Harrison, Toney Rogers, Judge Johnson. ‘The Weaver Aggregation is in town again stopping at the Twin City Stag Club. ‘They “have an eight weeks’ contract as cabaret entertainers at Gruenewalds Cafe. ‘The members of the ageregation are: Frank and Melvin Weaver, Miss Jennie Ringold, Sam Arnold, Will Cole, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Luck. Nolan Miller and Eddie Davis, Ladies’ Night at the “Le Mode” Soiree under the management _ of Judze Johnson, last Thursday evening, attracted the usual large crowd of terpsichorean devotees and proved to he a very delightful affair for those present." For “his next dance the “BON TON” the Judge will intro duce one new dance which is creating such a furor in the east, so don't miss that. The date is Thursday, March 11. ‘The Grand Bal! and Entertainers Contest given by the “On to Chicago" Marching Club of Ames Lodge on last Monday night at Union Temple Hall, put new enthusiasm into the “boys” as it was a great success in every way Of course the greatest interest was taken in the cabaret contest, as this was the feature of the evening, and it was great. ‘There were three prizes which were awarded as follows: Firs prize, $5,00, to Miss Ada Smith and Miss Alice Moore with W. 0. Hegamin and “Kid” Carter_accompanists from the Twin City Staz Club; second prize, $3.00, to Miss Ethel Hudson, o! the Little Chicago Club; third prize 32,00, Mr. Bldbridge Williams, of the South Side Club.” The members o! the Marching Club are so elated. with their success that they have deter mined to give an entertainment o} some kind’ once each month until August and the next affair will be @ grand Piano Contest at the same hal on Monday evening, March 15, Watch for further announcements. LOOK AND READ. ‘The Board of Managers of Crispus Attucks Home wishes to call the at- tention of the public to its big rally to raise $500, which is now in progress, and makes an earnest appeal to the Sood people of the Twin Cities to help by donating something toward this worthy cause. We thank you for what you have done, and thank you in ad- vance for what you will do, J. N, Sellers, Chairman, 0. C. Hall, Secretary. READ THIS PLEASE. 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M. 25 to 35 Cts, Sunday, 35 to 50 Cents, Special Terms for Private Parties, Banquets, Etc, “MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. Phone Nic. 9769. ——_—___—___ WANTED, A SAMARITAN. Prone in the road he lay. Wounded and sore bestead: Priests, Levites past that way, And turned aside the head. They were not Fardened men In human service slack: His need was great: but then His face, you see, was black. From the New York Independent. N.W. 340 Telephones T. S, 789 “The Sanitary Laundry” W. B. Webster, Prop. First Class Work at Right Prices Called for and Delivered 289-281 Rice Street ST..PAUL _— NIC, 2188 a 7 PLANS: | F.. PEOPLES : Contractor 2 Builder * REPAIRING A SPECIALTY X Painting, Plumbing, Paper-Hanging, Plaster- ing, Brick and Concrete Work You don’t need Money; if you own your lot. I build homes on. Monthly Payments, it’s just like paying rent 236 BOSTON BLOCK MINNEAPOLIS Main 9592 ‘T. 8, 3073 PORTERS! AND WAITERS’ HOTEL FOR MEN ONLY GLOVER SHULL, . Manager Rates SO cents per day 309 Hennepin MINNEAPOLIS You and your friends are invited to the GRAND “BON TON” SOIREE Ee Union Temple Hall 28 Wsshington Av. S. Minneapolis Thursday Eve., March 11 Under the Management of JUDGE JOHNSON Posie yeaa Plcasaes Provider Nothing But Good Time For All ADMISSION. . = a5CENTS Remember the Big Easter Ball, Monday Wvenie, Apel L. EISENMENGER MEAT CO Estabtihed 1670 THE MARKET OF BIG VALUES PURE, i WHOLESOME SAUSAGE #ivanieries 455-457 Wabasha | MAKE NO° MISTAKE, JUST SMOKE Sight Draft THE VERIBEST FIVE CENT CIGAR Mrs. A. Wilson FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING —1o LADIES’ TAILORING 491 University Ave. ST. PAUL Your Credit is good at the GLOBE FURNITURE CO. 473-475 St. Peter St. ‘The leading New ~24 Second Hand Wurniture store of the city ‘Vel. Ceder 3217 A. B. Cues, Mer Best Service Good Music “LA FRANCE” Mrs.J.M. Mack, Prop. & Mer. Preston’s Lunch selfiee UTLEY’S NEW PLACE FINE MEALS AND LUNCHES AT ALL HOURS SPECIAL BREAKFAST 15 CENTS BREGBES'T® BH roe ome seas MENS ERTS, $I CLIFFORD A, SMITH FASHIONABLE TAILOR 421 W. UNIVERSITY AVENUE BVeRse er $25 ST. PAUL uy FOR. THOSE A Eye % Pmomx Capa 4877 Jobn Brown Cigar Co. ————— axers of ———— FINE HIGH GRADE CIGARS JOMN BROWN THIN DIME BLUE HEAD oe ST. PAUL NW. Phone Nicolet 4995” GENERAL PRACTICE NOTARY PUBLIC Wim. H. H. Franklin LAWYER Rete “MINNDAPOLIG” TWO TWO FIFTY FIFTY TWO am (eo) Mild, Rich, Satisfying! Try It Once and You'll Become a 252 "Fan"! , , ‘Sold by the Good Dealers fi) Askany CigurDealerfor'the King of Nickel Smokes? # HART & MURPHY me MAKERS SINCE 1857. SAINT PAUL,U.S.A. SUCIRTY MIEKZTOs- - “Qouality in it Every Minute: f BEER | \ ‘ if eee ame |: Soagos) Se os ie: coe ae ~ THEO. HAMM BREWING CO. ST. PAUL ori | ‘AND LOBor 7 WORSHIPFUL Ri moss ror MINNESOTA, AF. AND AM | ©. H. ROBINSON, GRAND MASTER | 8586 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis. “ A. BOLLING, GRAND SECRETARY 892 W. Central Avenue PIONEER LODGE No.1, AND A ea titets first wand “ined MND oF cog non degwrarier leo West $0 Aven and: Charter streey ai Sig WM B.D. Gamble, W. MM. J. Ht’ Diliughads, Seer, 865 Rosas BREBCT ASHL IR LODGE NO + Brand 2. a ABEL, TSOPSE, NO. ‘Pueddays’ at Wagner Halle oot Wess Sy thd ietetent a's WP pilot, Wait, W. #: Chanater Seey. 317 Wabasha. BETHEL CHAPTER NO. 28 RA. M ‘Meets second Thursday In each’ inonty at Wagner Hall, cor. Western Ave ane Charles street, at 6:00 P.M Arthur D. Adams, H. P.. W. L. Green, See FILGRIM COMMANDERY No. 23, Knighta Templar, meets fourth Phy 2: day" tn" etch month ae. Wasi Tau gomner Western "and cantante W, Ti, dovee, @, Ci sohn gusiea Set 4% Rondo sirect. MARS LODGE No. 2202 GU. 0. ot Qari meet® second and foauth Bee Sz, mits at Oda exroue Wests Wrath Caleta cone ratings! quenue, “Entrance on Farringsae Str Ransom, Ni Gand, Westy eee 950 St. ‘Anthony “Ave, oes HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH. NO. 563 « Bre Cig OF O- ects hese Oy Menday 1m cach monn sy Wit, thir fowa, Hall, Now, Cor, Univertty Set, RIE Ata, alee sumac Kelly M8 Woodbnlage airec = Lindsay, Wo. ZPEDERICK DOUGLASS LODGE Nu £005, GU, 0. of Ook ae ODGE Nu, Gea Friday ‘nights’ in cach tat, and S09 Fellows! Hall cornoetcp gmonth at Bid, Glversity avenues: at 9 oh netOR Bit, Fellows “good” stanaime och At Ss Bis Canoli avenue.s2™" 1 Eann,"p, ST. PAUL PaTRiReHY wo, Mggte, third ‘Monday’ in each Nan R04 Fellows Hall corner Sty MMM, 8 ge ANE ence “aventen” Boles, Qe Barrington. Georgs Be Lome see P. Augustus Sonos Wy, BK kt Mnnenpolts, QUSEHOLD OF KUTIE Nu tie & Fina? Fe mocta secant Nu; fiw Ruedas te each monthens su, fours Rle Hall. Cor. Fourah strese aot, gy South. atea, S eraee ny BUEN Miss Cora ‘Napier, W. Re UNITED BROTHERS oF eRienosuie NORTH STAR LoDer SAISNOSt B. Mects 84 Thuraday in ewon orth &. Maguer Hall, cor," Western ace oes Haare tice, Brady te eat 8 tna Welcome, Oe Husk iets weg Reta wens, B; Hoel st JOHN H. HAYES LODGE No.6 K OF Sp Meets ret ana inaey SEE GE day in toate third Zucs. ABB) Cestse ait 2:8 8 BRAY) Herel Neon, tra, cunt WeAo)) Kmlette of byenary eon, LY] sterling nina yt e008 S77) James Thoma e orleans 7 Menderson vc: Tig ath B21 oot, b, O Semen, 42 BP and S. 321 st Athans afm RIDDLE CIRCLE. LADInS oF « « R meets fret and third Taciasy ofeach month tn SUotema Court woe yer Hol bulging: Sirs at, ag ae Mr. JR Wnite: Secs. pe i ft FIDELITY COURT OF CALANTHE NO. EON AS RAL ge ACAUANTUE meote ‘rat anid third Mowing "4,4, Ronth ae i ot Pah se ane one Ave. Minneapolle, "Men. “Mineeeery Bariett, W. Gs Misa Arlene Mt Soot, Rot b, 25 we asin st PILGRIM BAPTIBT CHURCH, co 2th and Cedar.” Srnday Semmes pot ing at nam. and tsp net gree? tee ptt och, caning Ing Reveral prager estlnge gee Sree Ie Seudy dndas”acheet Eg Roverale ana weddings promptly attenaee MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, cotner Rice and Fuller streets, “Sunday services: Preaching, 11 a.m. and #2 ™m.; Sunday School 12:45; "Deaconess meeting 7: B. ¥. P. U.7:30'p. me Pane Ue cordially invited, Rev. iH. Me Donald, pastor, 651 W. Central svemve. GOPHER LODGE No. 105, 1. B, P. 0 Bea gpd mest te second Wal Readay ‘night In’ each mouth st yegees Hal, ‘corner. Western ‘Aver and Gaever Sta St rau dn a Grane Gharles Richard Mt Johinson, see., S15 "Rint sees ST. JAMES A.M. B. CHURCH, con Rul 0 ay ares Sungay SOE tees: 31:00 ms 7330 p, m. Weanceits Prayer meeting."8:00 p. in” Pane ete on Monday and ‘Teustay, at"natcr Walt Resaay' and. "Thureday:”” Wenaineg Veo Herale and’ the sick ‘aitenged etek: Parsonage 435 Jay strech. “Rev. ence S Jones, Pastor, 8. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL, Mission comer Aurora ageSGOPAL MISSION J. LOUIS ERVIN ATTORNEY AT LAW SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA e oe s 9 Stoves and Furnaces Repairéd It your heating stove, cooking range, gas stove or furnace is not in good condition, we are the people to do X: ee i experience and guarantee our work. Repairs for stoves of all makes car- Tied in stock, Cook Stove, Phones—T.8, 242; N. W. Cedar 1206, FIREPOT ST. PAUL STOVE REPAIR WORKS 123s: evereso- TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO We did the editor’s laundry work. We are doing it today. Why not yours? Lowest prices in the city. Perfect service guaran- teed. SPICERS LAUNDRY 228-230 W. 7th St. ‘Trace Marks: aclenenencane our oyion ieee eis {iSieatcly oer AN DOK “om Pavents ‘Pade ate eoabe Mena Pee wee ats ite ACE Scientific American, 361Br Ye MUNN & Co,seterse New York SI ST SMOKE es Deal | THE OLD RELIABLE [es | loi Ura me maid CIGAR is on arma ty ne 0A: The King of Nickel Cigars arene HW. S. CONRAD co. ———— ‘ST. PAUL |