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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., APRIL 18, 1913. No. 33 It is estimated that fully 320,000 of our people are engaged in the various professions and trades which require training and skill. Over 92,000 are conducting commercial enterprises requiring large capital, and upward of a million farmers live in prosperous rural districts. The weekly race publications reach all of these people, who, during their leisure moments, read thoroughly the doings of the race in every walk of life; hence advertising in papers published by the race is profitable. Special Conference on Rural Schools. Leslie Pinkney Hill, principal of the Manassas (Va.) Industrial school, made the opening address at the conference on rural industrial schools, held at 20 Vesey street, New York, on Wednesday, April 16. The conference on Thursday took up the general problems which confront rural schools. Among the speakers were Dr. W. E. B. Du Bols, Dr. J. H. Dillard, J. H. Higson, C. E. Mitchell, W. T. B. Williams, R. C. Bruce, Dr. John Hope, Miss Emma Williams, Dr. Thomas J. Jones and other prominent educators. EDUCATOR AND BUSINESS MAN Career of a Virginian In Lone Star State. POPULAR WITH YOUNG FOLKS High Honor Conferred Upon Professor Wade C. Rollins by School Board at Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College—Bank Cashier and Devoted Churchman. Prairie View, Tex.—Texas is full of opportunities for the young colored men, and they are taking hold of them, and one by one, step by step, they are going to the front and are making good use of them. From the institutions of Texas some able men and women have graduated, and the state is recognizing the ability of its boys and girls by pushing them to the front. Foremost in this is the Prairie View State Normal and Industrial college in this town. Among the prominent men turned out and filling a prominent place right in the institution is Professor Wade C. Rollins, who is an example of the possibilities of the young men of today. Professor Rollins was born in Richmond, Va., but has spent most of his life in Texas. He attended the public schools of Galveston, where he got the foundation on which he has erected his manhood. With a good foundation and well prepared he entered the schoolroom as a teacher. He taught for five years in the public schools of Texas and then was elected to a position in Prairie View, where he remained for five years. In this position his ability was recognized by the members of the board, so that when it was decided to appoint a member of the race to the position of treasurer of the college to represent the state Professor Rollins was selected. During the past five years in his present position Professor Rollins has given entire satisfaction, and he is from time to time offered other impor- PROFESSOR W. C. ROLLINS. tant positions. He is connected with many enterprises for the advancement of his race. He is one of the directors of the Farmers' Improvement bank, located at Waco. He is the cashier of the College Bank and Trust company, Prairie View, handling large sums of money for the community, students and teachers. In this connection he is also agent for the Wells Fargo Express company and is one of the few members of the race holding such position of trust. He is devoted to his church and is a lay reader in St. Augustine Episcopal church, Galveston, Tex. He is also connected with the Odd Fellows and Masons of the state of Texas, and is a life member of the Texas Negro Business league, also a life member of the National Negro Business league. Among the young people of the state Professor Rollins is a favorite. He believes in the possibility of his race, and is constantly doing something to encourage the young men and women. No man has ever appealed to him for help while trying to get an education and was turned away unaided. Surrounded by his wife and five children, when he is not on duty he spends his time at home. He shows what a man with ambition, industry, honesty and reliability can do in this section of the country, and that a man who has push and ambition is likely to win success. LITERARY EFFORTS OF MINISTER AND AUTHOR. Rev. W. N. Holt Completes New Volume of Religious Songs. The Rev. William N. Holt, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rockville, Md., has completed a small volume containing hymns for use in churches and Sunday schools. It is a compilation of compositions made by the author, along with other hallelujah songs. Mr. Holt has also in preparation a book on the jubilee songs of the race, REV. WILLIAM N. HOLT. which he will publish as a feature for the fiftieth anniversary of the freedom of the race. The Rev. Mr. Holt is a believer in race ideals and says the aspirations and achievements of a people should be kept constantly in mind. "The colored people have a rich heritage in their own music," says the Rev. Mr. Holt. "In fact, along this and other lines many members of the race have too little conception of what the race has done and is doing. All of our ideals seem to be centered in other races and their works. The best way, to my mind, to arouse race pride is to show results. "Most all the music used in our churches was written by another race, and the ideals are all of that race. There is no more reason why the musical compositions of our race should not be the chief music of our churches than that our pastors should be white men, as many have been. Race pride may best be cultivated by cherishing that which is distinctly race productions, whether in song, story or history." The Rev. Mr. Holt is a native of Calvert county. Md. He was educated at Zion academy, Anne Arundel county, Md., and Morgan college, Baltimore. He is now pursuing a course of study at Howard university in Washington. He has been a member of the Washington Methodist Episcopal conference for the past ten years and at one time pastored in Baltimore. INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. How Papers Published by Afro-Americans Are Reaching the Masses. Icans Are Reaching the Masses. In reference to the good results obtained by those who advertise in periodicals published by Afro-Americans it is worthy of note that the papers and magazines published by members of the race have maintained their integrity in spite of the wild clamor of race prejudice. They are developing a unique field of exclusiveness in that they are reaching the homes of our people in business and in the professions and uplifting the masses in the rural districts all over the country. SMOKE THE RELIABLE So SIGHT DRAFT GIGAR PROGRESS NOTED IN RURAL LIFE EFFECT OF RIGHT TRAINING Vlivid Account of the Constructive Work Which the Mississippi Agricultural College Is Doing Among the Masses In Oktibbaha County. Friendly Relations Exist. Starkville, Miss.—In the northeastern part of Mississippi is located Oktibbeha county. According to the census of 1010 there were 19,676 people in the county. Of this number 12,675, or 66 per cent, were colored as against a little over 7,000 whites. Few white people live in the rural districts. They make up the majority of the population of the villages and large towns. Political offices, the professions, mercantile enterprises and the like furnish the most profitable kinds of employment for the majority of them. The vast majority of the colored people are farmers. For a great many years they used old and crude methods. This was due to a low degree of intelligence, and, like all illiterate people, they did not possess the necessary insight for initiative along new and progressive lines. Imitation rather than thought was at the basis of their farm methods, and the model was a heritage of antebellum days. How Shallow Plowing Hinders Growth. Aside from the evil effects of shallow plowing, there was left at the bottom in the middle of the seed bed a hard, unbroken strip of soil. This worked evil to the growing plant at the time when it needed loose, pulverized ground in which to perfect its fruitage. This was especially true in the case of drought. These evils, coupled with that of planting the same crop on the same plot of ground year after year, made the soil very unproductive. Twenty-one years later, in 1012, many and conspicuous were the changes which had taken place. A new generation had grown up. This new generation was better dressed, somewhat better housed, better fed and possessed a higher degree of intelligence, as evidenced by facial expression and deportment, than that of twenty-one years ago. The change was even more marked, however, in their farm conditions. Many of the old hillsides which had formerly grown a stalk of cotton with only three or four bolls were covered with a rank growth of cotton. Large ears of corn were hanging from strong, healthy cornstalks. Influence of a Mississippi School. The Mississippi Agricultural college, at Starkville, was the cause of this upward trend. The college employs a number of colored men to work on the college farm. Working as they must under the direction of a trained agriculturist, these men learn through doing many vital principles of effective farming. They eventually start up farms of their own and thus carry with them the experience gained under trained teachers. Their success in the community where they live becomes an object lesson to the neighbors around. Many progressive colored persons have learned from this college the value and the method of raising their own work animals, cows and hogs. One farmer makes a specialty of raising fast horses, blooded cattle and a fine breed of hogs. He ships Poland China pigs to all parts of the south at a handsome price. His horses bring higher prices than most others in the county. He also raises and sells in small quantities and by the carload alfalfa and Johnson hay grass and fine varieties of seed corn. A college for white boys has inspired and positively helped this county. A spirit of sympathy and good will has shown itself in conduct. Who can foretell the good that would result from similar efforts by the majority of the southern colleges for white boys? Let us hope that this will come about through the recent beginning of the social study of the colored race by two of our greatest southern universities and through the zealous efforts of men like Dr. Weatherford to awaken the consciousness of the southern white students to the needs of the colored people. This would hasten the moral, social, economic and physical regeneration of the masses to the advantage of both races. Subscribe for the Star. and race will be represented by a man of splendid ability and experience and one whose conscientious life bespeaks satisfactory services to all concerned. Success of Architect Samuel Plato. The success of Afro-Americans in special lines of work of the higher sort is distinctly encouraging. The most recent item in this respect is that of Samuel Plato, whose plans for the $25,000 Baptist church at Marion, Ind., have been accepted. This is not the first instance in which a member of this race has been engaged by an organization of white persons to do work which requires special skill and business experience. WORK OF NATIONAL LEAGUE. Provides For Two Classes of Social Service Executives. In order to enable promising candidates, who wish to make social service a life work, to secure good training and practical experience for such work, the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People has made provision for two classes of fellowships-first, for executive supervision, and, second, for training in institutional management. These fellowships are open to those who have made a definite declaration to engage in social work of some form approved by the executive board of the league. Such workers include secretaries of industrial betterment organizations, recreation and playground supervisors, superintendents and managers of orphan asylums, day nurseries, probation secretaries and executives in similar lines of social betterment. Candidates are limited to those who have been graduated from a college of standing or have had an equivalent. The fellows get their study and experience in New York city, studying at the New York School of Philanthropy with privileges of some courses at Columbia university and engaging in practical social service activities under the auspices of the National league and in connection with the several agencies of the city. The fellowships in executive supervision afford a cash stipend sufficient to cover for a period of ten months the necessary living expenses in New York city. Tuition is made as a loan. The fellowships in institutional management have been in co-operation with the New York Colored Orphan asylum, where the fellow resides and in which he spends that part of his time given to practical experience. The course of training at the asylum is so arranged that he gets practical experience in the management of all parts of the institution, from the kitchen and laundry to the office and in the receiving and placing out of children. These fellowships furnish tuition, one-half of which is made as a loan without interest or time limit, and one-half paid outright, with sufficient cash to pay car fares incident to study and work. For applications and further conditions of the fellowships those interested should write at once to Dr. George E. Haynes, National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, 281 Fourth avenue, New York city. Virginia Baptist State Convention. The forty-sixth annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist state convention will be held at Hampton, Va., in the Queen Street Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Short, pastor, beginning on Wednesday, May 14. The Rev. Dr. R. H. Bowling, president of the convention, is rapidly recovering from a severe illness of several months. Dr. Bowling is urging the members of the convention to work zealously to raise the amount needed for missions and education by the time the convention meets. Patriarchie No. 39 Holds Reception. The first public reception of Patriarchie No. 39, Second regiment of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, was held at Arcade hall, Pittsburgh, on Monday evening. April 14. Colonel John W. Anderson was in command. The drill corps executed some fine exhibition maneuvers. Bentty's orchestra furnished the music for the occasion which kept the dancers in high glee throughout the evening. Chairman T. N. Morgan, W. H. Parker, J. W. Morgan and E. T. Bell were in charge of the arrangements and under their efficient management the affair was a great success. Ministers Called to Sit In Council. There will be held in Morristown, Tenn., from Wednesday, May 7, to Friday, May 9, a council composed of the ministers of the Tennessee, East Tennessee and North Carolina conferences of the M. E. church. Bishop Henderson will preside. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. WHITE INDORSED FOR HIGH POST Keystone State Choice For Minister to Haiti. MAN OF BROAD EXPERIENCE Friends of Spanish-American War Veteran Strongly Urge His Claims For Party Recognition Upon Grounds of Merit and Qualification—Able Lawyer and Brilliant Scholar. Philadelphia.—Many of the organization Democrats of Pennsylvania have of their own motion selected the versatile and well known Charles F. White of this city as their candidate for the Haitian mission. They are strenuously pressing his claim upon the basis of ability and efficient work done in the interest of the party. Mr. White was born Aug. 5, 1876, in Humboldt, Tenn., where he lived until he was six years of age, when his parents emigrated to Salem, Ill., the birthplace of Hon. William Jennings Bryan. During the six years that his family lived in Salem he attended the public school, and he was also a member of the Presbyterian Sunday school there. It is interesting to note that the pastor of the Salem Presbyterian church at that time was the father of our present secretary of state. Moving from Salem about 1888, his parents settled in Springfield, Ill., where they have since lived and where young White was graduated from the grammar school. But, eager for training and service, Mr. White attended the Business college in Chicago, where he also joined the famous Ninth battalion, Illinois national guard, and later went to Cuba as a corporal in the equally renowned Eighth Illinois volunteer regiment in the Spanish-American war. CHARLES FRED WHITE He is also an alumnus of Phillips Exeter academy, Exeter, N. H.; Williston seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and the University of Pennsylvania, being a graduate of the law department of that university. Mr. White takes a peculiar interest in politics. He has always been imbued with the undying principles of true democracy. His active espousal of the cause in the last two presidential campaigns was the result of a logical development rather than a radical change from any other political party. During the last campaign he was one of the active instruments in the organization of the colored contingent of the Woodrow Wilson Democratic league. This was one of the most efficient organizations in the state, and it was Mr. White's good fortune to be its president. The party leaders who are pressing his claims for appointment know that it took monumental courage and fearlessness for a colored man in Philadelphia to openly advocate Democratic principles and the election of a Democratic president. Besides the Democratic organization leaders in Pennsylvania and other states, Mr. White has received special endorsement for the post of minister to Haiti from University of Pennsylvania forces, among whom are to be found Provost Edgar F. Smith and Dean William Draper Lewis of the law department. Mr. White has peculiar accomplishments for the position. He is well educated, speaks the languages that are prevalent in Haiti, is a lawyer in training, an extensive traveler, an author of copyrighted books, an inventor of patented devices and a man of varied practical experience. Suffice it to say that if his friends succeed in securing his appointment to this important post the government WORTHY EFFORT TOWARD PEACE Southern College President on Social Service Work. CITES BIBLICAL INCIDENT. Author of Important Document Dealing With Phases of Progress in Race Adjustment Tells Thrilling Story of Personal Struggles For Human Uplift Founded Upon Justice. Dr. Samuel C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, in "The Phases of Progress Toward Peace," published by the Maryland Peace society, makes some interesting statements concerning racial adjustment. Dr. Mitchell makes use of the following Biblical incident to illustrate his meaning: "When the disciples came upon the man born blind they, in a speculative mood, asked, 'Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?'—a question typical of the view we once took of the presence of the African in America. "Who did sin—the slave catcher, the slave trader, the planter, the abolitionist or the fire enter—who did sin? How contrary to the disciples' was Jesus' attitude of practical helpfulness toward the blind man! 'Neither did this man sin nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.' "The south is coming to embrace the view that the African is not the Achilles' heel of American destiny and that his presence here is not an accident, but an integral part of the purpose of God in bringing that race to share in the common inheritance of mankind. If so, the south today in its heroic struggle is tugging at a task of world significance. "This view strings with energy the arm of every man who is striving for a nobler social order here, founded upon justice and the spirit of mutual helpfulness. "There is no doubt as to the crucial nature of this struggle. On St. Helena's island, in South Carolina, there are 6,000 colored and fifty white people. "I can point you to a single county in Mississippi which I have known from boyhood where there are 45,000 colored and 5,000 white people. And, more, those 5,000 white people are congregated chiefly at the county seat. In some of the outlying country districts there are only five white men to ninety-five colored. Does any one hold a harder post of duty in Christendom than these few white people, blood of my blood and bone of my bone, who have to officer the labor, to man schools and churches, to carry on government, to project social ideals, to furnish initiative in civilization, and to conserve the gains which it has cost millenniums of human effort to achieve, and which we Anglo-Saxons have inherited? "If the attempt to enable two peoples so unlike in color and character as the Anglo-Saxon and the African to live together on the same soil in the spirit of mutual helpfulness, proves to be the means of developing in both races such moral qualities as forbearance, faith in one's fellows, however lowly, the sense of human brotherhood and steadfast loyalty to justice, even in the case of the weakest, and an unconquerable faith in the capacity of men to grow under the influence of light, social order, and right ideals, the effort is worth all it costs." Press Association's Annual Meeting. Plans thus far outlined by the executive committee of the National Negro Press association contemplate holding the first session of the annual meeting at the Hotel Dale, Cape May, N. J., on Monday afternoon, Aug. 18. Two sessions will be held in Philadelphia on the 19th, the day before the convening of the fourteenth annual gathering of the National Negro Business league. The Press association has increased its membership to eighty-one. Editors are joining the organization from all sections of the country, and the outlook is bright for increasing the membership to at least 100 within a very short time. Virginia Union University Prosperus Virginia Union university, Richmond, Va., widely known as one of the best institutions south for academic and theological training, is rounding out a most successful school year. The sum- mer school will begin June 18 and continue through July. State examinations will be held from July 30 to Aug. 1, inclusive. MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST. PAUL VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents EDUCATOR AND BUSINESS MAN Career of a Virginian In Lone Star State. POPULAR WITH YOUNG FOLKS High Honor Conferred Upon Professor Wade C. Rollins by School Board at Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College—Bank Cashier and Devoted Churchman. Prairie View, Tex.—Texas is full of opportunities for the young colored men, and they are taking hold of them, and one by one, step by step, they are going to the front and are making good use of them. From the institutions of Texas some able men and women have graduated, and the state is recognizing the ability of its boys and girls by pushing them to the front. Foremost in this is the Prairie View State Normal and Industrial college in this town. Among the prominent men turned out and filling a prominent place right in the institution is Professor Wade C. Rollins, who is an example of the possibilities of the young men of today. Professor Rollins was born in Richmond, Va., but has spent most of his life in Texas. He attended the public schools of Galveston, where he got the foundation on which he has erected his manhood. With a good foundation and well prepared he entered the schoolroom as a teacher. He taught for five years in the public schools of Texas and then was elected to a position in Prairie View, where he remained for five years. In this position his ability was recognized by the members of the board, so that when it was decided to appoint a member of the race to the position of treasurer of the college to represent the state Professor Rollins was selected. During the past five years in his present position Professor Rollins has given entire satisfaction, and he is from time to time offered other impor- PETER H. BURKE PROFESSOR W. C. BOLLINS. tant positions. He is connected with many enterprises for the advancement of his race. He is one of the directors of the Farmers' Improvement bank, located at Waco. He is the cashier of the College Bank and Trust company, Prairie View, handling large sums of money for the community, students and teachers. In this connection he is also agent for the Wells Fargo Express company and is one of the few members of the race holding such position of trust. He is devoted to his church and is a lay reader in St. Augustine Episcopal church, Galveston, Tex. He is also connected with the Odd Fellows and Masons of the state of Texas, and is a life member of the Texas Negro Business league, also a life member of the National Negro Business league. Among the young people of the state Professor Rollins is a favorite. He believes in the possibility of his race, and is constantly doing something to encourage the young men and women. No man has ever appealed to him for help while trying to get an education and was turned away unaided. Surrounded by his wife and five children, when he is not on duty he spends his time at home. He shows what a man with ambition, industry, honesty and reliability can do in this section of the country, and that a man who has push and ambition is likely to win success. LITERARY EFFORTS OF MINISTER AND AUTHOR. Rev. W. N. Holt Completes New Volume of Religious Songs. The Rev. William N. Holt, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rockville, Md., has completed a small volume containing hymns for use in churches and Sunday schools. It is a compilation of compositions made by the author, along with other hallelujah songs. Mr. Holt has also in preparation a book on the jubilee songs of the race, [Name] REV. WILLIAM N. HOLT. which he will publish as a feature for the fifteenth anniversary of the freedom of the race. The Rev. Mr. Holt is a believer in race ideals and says the aspirations and achievements of a people should be kept constantly in mind. "The colored people have a rich heritage in their own music," says the Rev. Mr. Holt. "In fact, along this and other lines many members of the race have too little conception of what the race has done and is doing. All of our ideals seem to be centered in other races and their works. The best way, to my mind, to arouse race pride is to show results. "Most all the music used in our churches was written by another race, and the ideals are all of that race. There is no more reason why the musical compositions of our race should not be the chief music of our churches than that our pastors should be white men, as many have been. Race pride may best be cultivated by cherishing that which is distinctly race productions, whether in song, story or history." The Rev. Mr. Holt is a native of Calvert county, Md. He was educated at Zion academy, Anne Arundel county, Md., and Morgan college, Baltimore. He is now pursuing a course of study at Howard university in Washington. He has been a member of the Washington Methodist Episcopal conference for the past ten years and at one time pastored in Baltimore. INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. How Papers Published by Afro-Americans Are Reaching the Masses. In reference to the good results obtained by those who advertise in periodicals published by Afro-Americans it is worthy of note that the papers and magazines published by members of the race have maintained their integrity in spite of the wild clamor of race prejudice. They are developing a unique field of exclusiveness in that they are reaching the homes of our people in business and in the professions and uplifting the masses in the rural districts all over the country. It is estimated that fully 320,000 of our people are engaged in the various professions and trades which require training and skill. Over 927,000 are conducting commercial enterprises requiring large capital, and upward of a million farmers live in prosperous rural districts. The weekly race publications reach all of these people, who, during their leisure moments, read thoroughly the doings of the race in every walk of life; hence advertising in papers published by the race is profitable. Special Conference on Rural Schools. Leslie Pinkney Hill, principal of the Manassas (Va.) Industrial school, made the opening address at the conference on rural industrial schools, held at 20 Vesey street, New York, on Wednesday, April 16. The conference on Thursday took up the general problems which confront rural schools. Among the speakers were Dr. W. E. B. Du Bols, Dr. J. H. Dillard, J. H. Higson, C. E. Mitchell, W. T. B. Williams, R. C. Bruce, Dr. John Hope, Miss Emma Williams, Dr. Thomas J. Jones and other prominent educators. SMOKE THE RELIABLE So SIGHT DRAFT CIQAR So Defective Page PROGRESS NOTED IN RURAL LIFE EFFECT OF RIGHT TRAINING Vivid Account of the Constructive Work Which the Mississippi Agricultural College is Doing Among the Masses In Oktibbaha County, Friendly Relations Exist. Starkville, Miss.—In the northeastern part of Mississippi is located Oktibbeha county. According to the census of 1910 there were 19,676 people in the county. Of this number 12,675, or 66 per cent, were colored as against a little over 7,000 whites. Few white people live in the rural districts. They make up the majority of the population of the villages and large towns. Political offices, the professions, mercantile enterprises and the like furnish the most profitable kinds of employment for the majority of them. The vast majority of the colored people are farmers. For a great many years they used old and crude methods. This was due to a low degree of intelligence, and, like all illiterate people, they did not possess the necessary insight for initiative along new and progressive lines. Imitation rather than thought was at the basis of their farm methods, and the model was a heritage of antebellum days. How Shallow Plowing Hinders Growth. Aside from the evil effects of shallow plowing, there was left at the bottom in the middle of the seed bed a hard, unbroken strip of soil. This worked evil to the growing plant at the time when it needed loose, pulverized ground in which to perfect its fruitage. This was especially true in the case of drought. These evils, coupled with that of planting the same crop on the same plot of ground year after year, made the soil very unproductive. Twenty-one years later, in 1912, many and conspicuous were the changes which had taken place. A new generation had grown up. This new generation was better dressed, somewhat better housed, better fed and possessed a higher degree of intelligence, as evidenced by facial expression and deportment, than that of twenty-one years ago. The change was even more marked, however, in their farm conditions. Many of the old hillsides which had formerly grown a stalk of cotton with only three or four bolls were covered with a rank growth of cotton. Large ears of corn were hanging from strong, healthy cornstalks. Influence of a Mississippi School. The Mississippi Agricultural college, at Starkville, was the cause of this upward trend. The college employs a number of colored men to work on the college farm. Working as they must under the direction of a trained agriculturist, these men learn through doing many vital principles of effective farming. They eventually start up farms of their own and thus carry with them the experience gained under trained teachers. Their success in the community' where they live becomes an object lesson to the neighbors around. Many progressive colored persons have learned from this college the value and the method of raising their own work animals, cows and hogs. One farmer makes a specialty of raising fast horses, blooded cattle and a fine breed of hogs. He ships Poland China pigs to all parts of the south at a handsome price. His horses bring higher prices than most others in the county. He also raises and sells in small quantities and by the carloed alfalfa and Johnson hay grass and fine varieties of seed corn. A college for white boys has inspired and positively helped this county. A spirit of sympathy and good will has shown itself in conduct. Who can foretell the good that would result from similar efforts by the majority of the southern colleges for white boys? Let us hope that this will come about through the recent beginning of the social study of the colored race by two of our greatest southern universities and through the zealous efforts of men like Dr. Wentherford to awaken the consciousness of the southern white students to the needs of the colored people. This would hasten the moral, social, economic and physical regeneration of the masses to the advantage of both races. Subscribe for the Star. and race will be represented by a man of splendid ability and experience and one whose conscientious life bespeaks satisfactory services to all concerned. Success of Architect Samuel Plate. The success of Afro-Americans in special lines of work of the higher sort is distinctly encouraging. The most recent item in this respect is that of Samuel Plato, whose plans for the $35,000 Baptist church at Marion, Ind., have been accepted. This is not the first instance in which a member of this race has been engaged by an organization of white persons to do work which requires special skill and business experience. WORK OF NATIONAL LEAGUE. Provides For Two Classes of Social Service Executives. In order to enable promising candidates, who wish to make social service a life work, to secure good training and practical experience for such work, the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People has made provision for two classes of fellowships-first, for executive supervision, and, second, for training in institutional management. These fellowships are open to those who have made a definite declaration to engage in social work of some form approved by the executive board of the league. Such workers include secretaries of industrial betterment organizations, recreation and playground supervisors, superintendents and managers of orphan asylums, day nurseries, probation secretaries and executives in similar lines of social betterment. Candidates are limited to those who have been graduated from a college of standing or have had an equivalent. The fellows get their study and experience in New York city, studying at the New York School of Philanthropy with privileges of some courses at Columbia university and engaging in practical social service activities under the auspices of the National league and its connection with the several agencies of the city. The fellowships in executive supervision afford a cash stipend sufficient to cover for a period of ten months the necessary living expenses in New York city. Tuition is made as a loan. The fellowships in institutional management have been in co-operation with the New York Colored Orphan asylum, where the fellow resides and in which he spends that part of his time given to practical experience. The course of training at the asylum is so arranged that he gets practical experience in the management of all parts of the institution, from the kitchen and laundry to the office and in the receiving and placing out of children. These fellowships furnish tuition, one half of which is made as a loan without interest or time limit, and one half paid outright, with sufficient cash to pay car fares incident to study and work. For applications and further conditions of the fellowships those interested should write at once to Dr George E. Haynes, National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, 261 Fourth avenue, New York city. Virginia Baptist State Convention. Virginia Baptist State Convention. The forty-sixth annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist state convention will be held at Hampton, Va., in the Queen Street Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Short, pastor, beginning on Wednesday, May 14. The Rev. Dr. R. H. Bowling, president of the convention, is rapidly recovering from a severe illness of several months. Dr. Bowling is urging the members of the convention to work zealously to raise the amount needed for missions and education by the time the convention meets. Patriarchie No. 39 Holds Reception. The first public reception of Patriarchie No. 39, Second regiment of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, was held at Arcade hall, Pittsburgh, on Monday evening. April 14. Colonel John W. Anderson was in command. The drill corps executed some fine exhibition maneuvers. Beatty's orchestra furnished the music for the occasion which kept the dancers in high glee throughout the evening. Chairman T. N. Morgan, W. H. Parker, J. W. Morgan and E. T. Bell were in charge of the arrangements and under their efficient management the affair was a great success. Ministers Called to Sit in Council. There will be held in Morristown, Tenn., from Wednesday, May 7, to Friday, May 9, a council composed of the ministers of the Tennessee, East Tennessee and North Carolina con- ferences of the M. E. church. Bishop Henderson will preside. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. WHITE INDORSED FOR HIGH POST Keystone State Choice For Minister to Haiti. MAN OF BROAD EXPERIENCE Friends of Spanish-American War Veteran Strongly Urge His Claims For Party Recognition Upon Grounds of Merit and Qualification—Able Lawyer and Brilliant Scholar. Philadelphia.—Many of the organization Democrats of Pennsylvania have of their own motion selected the versatile and well known Charles F. White of this city as their candidate for the Haitian mission. They are strenuously pressing his claim upon the basis of ability and efficient work done in the interest of the party. Mr. White was born Aug. 5, 1876, in Humboldt. Tenn., where he lived until he was six years of age, when his parents emigrated to Salem, Ill., the birthplace of Hon. William Jennings Bryan. During the six years that his family lived in Salem he attended the public school, and he was also a member of the Presbyterian Sunday school there. It is interesting to note that the pastor of the Salem Presbyterian church at that time was the father of our present secretary of state. Moving from Salem about 1888, his parents settled in Springfield, Ill., where they have since lived and where young White was graduated from the grammar school. But, eager for training and service, Mr. White attended the Business college in Chicago, where he also joined the famous Ninth battalion, Illinois national guard, and later went to Cuba as a corporal in the equally renowned Eighth Illinois volunteer regiment in the Spanish-American war. [Name] CHARLES FRED WHITE He is also an alumnus of Phillips Exeter academy, Exeter, N. H.; Williston seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and the University of Pennsylvania, being a graduate of the law department of that university. Mr. White takes a peculiar interest in politics. He has always been imbued with the undying principles of true democracy. His active espousal of the cause in the last two presidential campaigns was the result of a logical development rather than a radical change from any other political party. During the last campaign he was one of the active instruments in the organization of the colored contingent of the Woodrow Wilson Democratic league. This was one of the most efficient organizations in the state, and it was Mr. White's good fortune to be its president. The party leaders who are pressing his claims for appointment know that it took monumental courage and fearlessness for a colored man in Philadelphia to openly advocate Democratic principles and the election of a Democratic president. Besides the Democratic organization leaders in Pennsylvania and other states, Mr. White has received special endorsement for the post of minister to Haiti from University of Pennsylvania forces, among whom are to be found Provost Edgar F. Smith and Dean William Draper Lewis of the law department. Mr. White has peculiar accomplishments for the position. He is well educated, speaks the languages that are prevalent in Haiti, is a lawyer in training, an extensive traveler, an author of copyrighted books, an inventor of patented devices and a man of varied practical experience. Suffice it to say that if his friends succeed in securing his appointment to this important post the government WORTHY EFFORT TOWARD PEACE Southern College President on Social Service Work. CITES BIBLICAL INCIDENT. Author of Important Document Dealing With Phases of Progress In Race Adjustment Tells Thrilling Story of Personal Struggles For Human Uplift Founded Upon Justice. Dr. Samuel C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, in "The Phases of Progress Toward Peace," published by the Maryland Peace society, makes some interesting statements concerning racial adjustment. Dr. Mitchell makes use of the following Biblical incident to illustrate his meaning: "When the disciples came upon the man born blind they, in a speculative mood, asked, 'Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?' a question typical of the view we once took of the presence of the African in America. "Who did sin—the slave catcher, the slave trader, the planter, the abolitionist or the fire enter—who did sin? How contrary to the disciples' was Jesus' attitude of practical helpfulness toward the blind man! 'Neither did this man sin nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.' "The south is coming to embrace the view that the African is not the Achilles' heel of American destiny and that his presence here is not an accident, but an integral part of the purpose of God in bringing that race to share in the common inheritance of mankind. If so, the south today in its heroic struggle is tugging at a task of world significance. "This view strings with energy the arm of every man who is striving for a nobler social order here, founded upon justice and the spirit of mutual helpfulness. "There is no doubt as to the crucial nature of this struggle. On St. Helena's island, in South Carolina, there are 6,000 colored and fifty white people. "I can point you to a single county in Mississippi which I have known from boyhood where there are 45,000 colored and 5,000 white people. And, more, those 5,000 white people are congregated chiefly at the county seat. In some of the outlying country districts there are only five white men to ninety-five colored. Does any one hold a harder post of duty in Christendom than these few white people, blood of my blood and bone of my bone, who have to officer the labor, to man schools and churches, to carry on government, to project social ideals, to furnish initiative in civilization, and to conserve the gains which it has cost millenniums of human effort to achieve, and which we Anglo-Saxons have inherited? "If the attempt to enable two peoples so unlike in color and character as the Anglo-Saxon and the African to live together on the same soil in the spirit of mutual helpfulness, proves to be the means of developing in both races such moral qualities as forbearance, faith in one's fellows, however lowly, the sense of human brotherhood and steadfast loyalty to justice, even in the case of the weakest, and an unconquerable faith in the capacity of men to grow under the influence of light, social order, and right ideals, the effort is worth all its costs." Press Association's Annual Meeting. Plans thus far outlined by the executive committee of the National Negro Press association contemplate holding the first session of the annual meeting at the Hotel Dale, Cape May, N. J., on Monday afternoon, Aug. 18. Two sessions will be held in Philadelphia on the 19th, the day before the convening of the fourteenth annual gathering of the National Negro Business league. The Press association has increased its membership to eighty-one. Editors are joining the organization from all sections of the country, and the outlook is bright for increasing the membership to at least 100 within a very short time. Virginia Union University Prospera. Virginia Union university, Richmond, Va., widely known as one of the best institutions south for academic and theological training, is rounding out a most successful school year. The summer school will begin June 18 and continue through July. State examinations will be held from July 30 to Aug. 1, inclusive. es a SS COS CO SG GS COS CO CO Be. Oe a cara iia i le gin eo i aaa dapat “MINNEAPOLIS a But God commendeth His Love to ward us im that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us—Romans 6:8. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lerd.—Romans 6: ‘%8.—Selected by E. W. Gilles. ‘We beg that the public will not send notes over the phone. We must have your copy to avoid mistakes. If your matter is mot worth writing, it is not worth insertion. SUNDAY FORUM. ‘The Forum meets we first Sunday im the month at bt Peter's A. Mi. bi church and op the Ubird Sunday at ‘Bethesda Mapust church. HEAR YE! HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!!! We do Beseeche O Ye Goode People To Attend YE OLDE TYME CONCERTE Given on Ye Night of the Second Day of May, 1913, Bye Ye Members of Ye Social Commitee of Ye Sunday Forum. YE PLACE, &t. Peter's A. M. E. Church, . YE TYME 8 o'clock YE ADMISSION 180. Advertisement. A CLUB SOCIAL. ‘There will be a sock social given by the Reapers Sharing Club at H. James A, M. H, Church, 315 8th Ave. So. Tue, evening, April 22nd 1913. ‘This is their first effort, Come out and help them. ‘The purpose of this club is to raise money to help the Church in what ever way it can. The Ball of the Knights of Pythias was a grand success. STATE PRESIDENT RESIGNS. The Afro-American Womens State Federation received a shock last Fri- day afternoon, when, at the close of the Executive Board meeting at Min- neapolis, Mrs. W. T. Francis, State President, tendered her resignation and announced her intention to re Mnquish the office. Mrs. Francis has Tendered excellent service to the Or- ganization and as its President has been an indefatigable worker and lost no opportunity to place the Federa- tion im contact with the progressive inflmence of the State. The Federa- tion has sustained a severe loss in the resignation of Mrs. Francis as its head, and the members of the Execu- tive Board showed appreciation of that fact by spending an hour in an efort to find some way through per suasion to bring pressure enough to bear upon the President to induce a withdrawal ‘of the resignation. The reason given by Mrs, Francis was that her health would not permit her to hold the office longer. FUNERAL OF REV. STEWART. The funeral of Rev. John Carter Stewart, father-of Mr. Kd. Stewart, was held Friday at Bethesda Baptist Church. Rev. Carter officiating. The attendance was large, floral tributes were many and very beautiful. Com- rades Henry Middleton and Sergt. Harper attended the services, also a delegation from Morgan Post, @. A. R. acted as pallbearers, CARD OF THANKS. To the many, many friends in the ‘Twin Cities, who have so touchingly, shown their sympathy in our recent bereavement, we offer our grateful thanks. ‘Their name is Legion and if it were possible we would express to each the deep appreciation we hold for words of cheer; for gift of flow- ers, and every kindly act that has lessened our sorrow. Especeially will we remember the beautiful tribute of the Rev. J. T. Carter’s sermon, the floral offerings of the Young Men's Prigressive Club ‘and of the Ames Lodge 106, Order of Elks, and the faithful Comrades of the G. A. R., who gave to our departed husband and father his last military honors. Sincerely, Maria Ann Stewart, J. Edward Stewart. Mr, William F, Lewis, 948 Gaultier St. is giving employment to all Neg- Toes desiring work at the Swift Pack- ing Co. Mr. Lewis is seeking enginers and firemen as well as laborers. He expects a number of men from Daven- port, Ja, The new manager of this company will give employment to over 1000 Negroes. DO IT NOW. We beg that those whe are indebt od te ws, cond” us thelr subseription by P. 0, Order, ‘The tteme frem the classes, make ‘the. news ef the masese. Read the ‘Twin Clty Star, ‘Subsaribe for the Star. ‘THE FORUM MEETS SUNDAY. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. ‘We give no free advertisements in these columns, if you have a bust- ness and want it advertised, pay us and get results. Do not think that you are entitled to personal notice— because you are in business. Master Henry Roberts, 3418 Grand Ave., is improving from an attack of pneumonia. ‘Mr. Jas, Wilson, 503 12th Ave. So., is sick at his residence. ‘Miss Marguerite Young, 576 3rd St. No, is at Asbury Hospital with rheumatism. THE AUTUMN LEAF DANCING PRIZE WALTZ CONTEST. ‘The Autumn Leaf Dancing Class will hold a prize waltz contest on Monday, April 28, at the Auditorium Annex, Minneapolis. Mrs. McCullough will present $5.00 in gold to the win- ner.—(Advertisement.) ‘Mr. Andy Claughton has returned from a trip to Denver, to visit his mother. Mr. Geo. W. Clawson spent several weeks in Los Angeles. He has re- turned to conduct a pantatorium. | Messrs. Roger Prior, J. D. Erving, and Chef Collins were in the city last week. They are employed on the “Superba” the private car of Mr. Chas. Gates, who 1s building his res- Hence in this city. Atty. B.S. Smith, was confined at his residence, 3456 Oakland Ave., with rheumatism. He is able to resume his office duties. Mrs. John Williams, 2810 6th Ave. So., is sick. Mrs, William Warren, 590 7th Ave. No., gave birth to a boy, both are doing well, under Dr. Redd’s care. Dr. R. 8. Brown, Treasurer of St. Thomas Episcopal Mission made his financial report this month for the past year. Total Collections ............$334.09 Total Disbursements .. ......$312.09 Bal saccee: ovecoaavvesesceny se 9 98.00 Over $100.00 was collected by the Ladies’ and Men's Clubs. Mr. and Mrs, Glover Shull, have moved in their new residence, 3512 Clinton Ave. The Ladies Episcopal Club will give a musical next Wednesday even- ing, April 23, at St. Thomas Church. HARD WOOD FO R SALE. If you wish good boxes, all kinds see Wm. Jenkins, 620% Nicollet Ave., 2nd floor. Mr. Walter C. Webster spent two months in Kansas City, Kan., visiting his wife and son. He expects to spend the summer in Winnipeg. Don't send The Star to your friends out of town before you pay for it. Several instances have occurred where we are informed that Mrs...,. sends the paper to........ When you buy it, send it broadcast, but when you have failed to remit your sub- scription, (probably an oversight), you are doing us a great injury. | SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. | Get your Spring Corset from Miss Anderson, The Spirelia Corsetier, 365 Aurora Ave, St. Paul, and be stylish and somfortable. Dale 1345. | | | LOOK! LOOKI! LOOKI!! | WHY PAY RENT WHEN F. PEO- PLES, THE COLORED CARPENTER, BUILDER AND REAL ESTATE DEALER, WILL BUILD YOU NEW HOUSES FOR A SMALL PAYMENT DOWN AND BALANCE LIKE RENT? IN OUR REAL ESTATE DEPART- MENT we have a number of bargains in all parts of the city that can be bought on very reasonable terms, all the way from fifty dollars and up wards ‘as first payment, and the bal ance like rent. We can place you right in the locations where the white dealer is trying to keep you out be cause we are not dealing through the white real estate man as the average Colored Real Estate Man in the Northwest is doing, but secure places direct from the owner whether he is in or out of the city. Give this matter some thought, then act, Come in and talk it over, ‘Respectfully, F, PEOPLES, 236 Boston Block. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. TWIN CITY STAR Be fd Yl Re Poe) 5 oe (. es ie Re gh 4 ee Le eee eer elem. ceeisee ence ae ‘Winnipeg, Man.—Rev. H. D. Wright is the pastor of Bethlehem B. M. B. Church, Winnipeg, Man. He is a ns tive of Windsor, Can. and has been in ministerial work since 1895. He attended the Victoria College and Bible Training School in Toronto. He Is Secretary of the General Con. ference, and has held important charges in Toronto, London, Brant ford, Windsor, St. Catherines, and is doing effective Christian work and service for the uplift of the race. His congregation recently contributed to the Dayton Relief Fund the sum of $43.00. WINNIPEG, MAN. Mr. W. Lyle, of St. Paul, was a vis itor at the’Peg., also Mr. Wormley. Mr. D. D. Thomas is expecting wife lan niece from Jacksonville, Ill., Mon- day, April 14. Mrs, Arthur Heart, of 621 Selkirk ‘Ave., is on the sick list. Miss Cecile Young is recovering from a spell of La Grippe. | Mr. Roy Payne has left for the sunny south, Memphis, Tenn., to take upon himself a wife. Mr. Wm. Moore, of 539 Pritchard Ave, is going to Regina for a weeks’ vacation. Mr. Wm. Wormley, of 516 Aldrich Ave. North Minneapolis, is a visitor in Winnipeg. Miss Maud Mayes, of 889 Selleirk Ave., is on the sick list. Mr. Rob. Blackwell was initiated on Wed. last, chaperoned by J. F. Mc Kinney. Oh, you Bob! Mr. James Southerland of Brandon, Man., spent a couple of days in the Peg. Mr. Southerland is an employee of the Canadian Government, Civil En gineer, The Young People of the North End, are arranging for a Campfire Party for the summer months at Tuxedo Park. Mrs. J. T. Young and Mrs. Smity are going to chaperon the party alternately. Mr. Harry L, Davis, 1s an authorized agent of the Twin City Star, and has idded many names to our subscription ist. Mr. Davis is running to Winnt- reg, and fs always “hustling” for the Star—wherever he goes. WHY AFRO-AMERICANS ARE LEAVING THE SOUTHLAND. Economic Conditions and Presence of Certain Perils Principal Causes. In an article recently published in the Philadelphia Public Ledger Mr. Henry W. Wilbur gives the following as some of the reasons why the colored people are leaving the rural districts, of the south in such large numbers. Mr. Wilbur says: ‘Whatever may be thought about some of the special pleading at the Lenten meeting in Holy Trinity church the other day the opinion expressed, that the Negroes should remain tn the south and mainly on the soll is sound. But the matter needs some explanation and will have to be more carefully stud- fed than it has been before the point of real elucidation Is reached. At the present time there is an exo- us of Negroes from the rural districts along two lines of outlet—frst, trom the agricultural districts of Dixie to the southern cities, and, second, from corresponding sections to the already congested commercial centers in the north. ‘The natural question is, Why should there be any exodus at all? It must be remembered, however, that the Ne- gro emigrates In obedience to the same motives which took the Israelites out of Egypt and brought the Puritans and Quakers to America. That motive was and is a very living desire for an im- proved condition, It may be taken for granted that this exodus cannot be stopped by mere preachments. The Negro will not be kept on the soll unless the causes which lead to bis leaving are remov- ed. {n the absence of proper economle inducements and in the presence of certain pertis and persecutions the most energetic Negroes -will leave many of the agricultural regions of the south on the frst opportunity. , The whole case is not covered when. we talk about educating the Negro. ‘The whites also need educating. (p casing this word we mean vastly more than the removal of literacy, bat ratte ef an education 46 practiea! and so ba <a Eas a ha ew! A Na el a a 2 . (fa ae Photo by American Press Association. SEN. MOSES E, CLAPP. ‘Senator Clapp will be Speaker. Philadelphia—The fifth annual con- ference of the National Association for the Advance of Colored People, will be held in Philadelphia beginning April 28, The speakers will include Bishop L. J. Chopin, United States Senator Moses B. Clapp of Minnesota and Judge Wendell P. Stafford, Dis- trict of Columbia. me et ie So. ae ee fe Ea fe | Mr. Barney Richter, whose picture appears above, is in charge of one of the Great Northern Ry. Dining Cars, on trains 7 and 8, known as the Winnipeg Limited, and we are proud to say that he has an entire Negro crew under him. Mr. Richter has been an employee ot the Great Northern Railway quite a while, hav- ing come from New. York, where he worked in the Astor Hotel. Mr. Richter believes that he can give bet- ter service with Negroes than with the mixed crews, and it is also worth mention that Mr. Frank Hay, the Supt. of Dining Cars on the G. N. R. R, knows the value of Negro waiters. He being for many years with the Pennsylvania R. R,, where he was brought in daily contact with them. Mr. Ritcher has a well qualified crew, composed of Charles A. Long, Chief; Sam. Barnes, second Cook; Thomas Wellington, third; Richd. Shane, J. W. Newman, H. L. Davis and Sam. Witherspoon, waiters. ‘When you have @ social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some member as press agent, and get the names, especially tho initials of ‘persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. It is necessary that wo get the full names of those present A NEW ENTERPRISE. ‘The Negroes of Minneapolis are to be credited with another business ‘enterprise, a first class drug store, ‘Dr. Geo. W. Nelson, who conducted ‘a drug store for 9 years at 941 Com tral Ave, has opened another at 121 So. 6th St, Minneapolis. ‘The Womens Clubs will render a program on the 4th Sunday evening April at St. James Church, and on ithe 4th Sunday in May at Zions Bap- ist Chureb. THE SPIRELLA CORSET. Cora E. 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KOHEN AT SOUTH FIFTH STREET One door off of Nicollet Avenue POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WALIT Mog'a Sewed Sole, ... 750 Ladies " " " ... 650 Moe's Nellied " " ... 60 and 600 Rubber Hooke, " " ... 400 Ladies and Boys' nailed sole, ... 400 SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH READ THE STAR. TARIFF TO HAVE SOME REAL CUTS PRESENT BILL A SURPRISE Most Persons Considering Matter Thought Provisions Would Go No Further Than Bills of Last Congress. Free Wool, Steel Rails and Agricultural Products Are Startling. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington, April 10.—[Special.]—The new Democratic tariff will not be enacted into law until after a very interesting session. Generally tariff discussions are rather dull, but when they are devoted to bills which are making important changes in tariff rates the talk becomes more interesting. It becomes apparent that the men in charge of tariff making are not going to permit any "make believe" tariff reductions, but that there will be real cuts in customs duties. When the Democrats undertook to revise the tariff about twenty years ago there was a group of men in the senate who would not permit such reductions on certain articles as the house Democrats and President Cleveland wanted, but there is no such group now. At least it is not strong enough to assert itself and hold up the bill which the house may pass. Something of a Surprise. The tariff bill is something of a surprise to a great many persons. They had no idea that the reductions would go further than the bills of the last congress, and scarcely any one believed that free sugar would be included in the program. To add free wool, steel rails and most of the agricultural products to the free list is going much further than was anticipated by many persons who believed that the Democrats would at first try a mild revision. It was asserted that the tariff bills of the last congress were largely for "show" purposes and that when the Democrats came into power they would not go so far as those bills indicated. Now that they have gone further there is a deal of uneasiness among the ardent friends of protection. Benefits of a Running Sore. Former Senator Carter once remarked that it was a good thing to keep the Philippine Islands, even if they were somewhat expensive, as there would be more or less trouble over them and that it would take the attention of the American people from little and fancied troubles at home. Though nothing of particular interest was going on in this country, all eyes were focused on Mexico, and gib talk of invasion was going about. Then came the cyclones and the big floods, and Mexico became of no more importance than a white check in a faro game. The big trouble, the big sore spot, according to Carter, was what attracted people and kept them interested. Maryland Distracted. John Walter Smith of Maryland selected as a part of the patronage to which he was entitled as a Democratic senator a man who had formerly kept a saloon in Baltimore. At once Maryland Democracy was "all torn up." There is a faction of the Democratic party in Maryland which may be denominated as rather aristocratic, often called the "highbrows." Well, it is this faction that is making the protest against Senator Smith's selection of a senate messenger, even going to the extent of writing President Wilson on the subject. Factual politics in Maryland are always interesting, but more especially when there is a senatorial election coming along. Subjects of Discussion. In case any or all of the questions which have been suggested are to be considered it would be better for them to be taken up and discussed during the extra session, when there is plenty of time, rather than attempt to rush them through in the short session of three months. Bourne Is Busy. Because his name is off the payroll has not made any particular difference to Johnathan Bourne. He is working just as hard as when he was a senator. He is working out a problem relating to railway mail pay which he thinks will be fair to the government and the roads. He also has a plan for adjusting second class mail rates, and as the head of another commission he expects to solve the good roads problem with government aid. All that is "going some" for an ex-senator working for the government without pay. Want Committees Most of the members would like to have the committee assignments made in order that they may have something to do while the long tariff discussion is going on. No doubt the house members could stand it while the bill is considered in that body, but the time which the senate will consume is sure to drag heavily on members of the house unless there is a general understanding that they can go home and leave the house without a working quorum. But there are many things that the active members want to do, and they are likely to insist that the committees be set to work. TWIN CITY STAR HUMOR OF THE DAY HUMOR OF THE DAY Simplified Spelling. "There's a dead horse on Koscuski street," announced a Brooklyn patrolman, coming into the station after his day on duty. "Well, make out a report," ordered the sergeant. "Why, you make out the report, don't you, sergeant?" "I don't. Make out your own reports You've passed your civil service examinations." Mike equipped himself with a pen and began scratching laboriously Presently the scratching stopped "Sergeant," he asked, "how d'you spell Koscusko?" "G'wan. You're writing that report." An interval of silence. Then, "Sergeant, how do you spell Koscuski street?" "Stop bothering me," the sergeant ordered. "I'm no information bugear." Pretty soon the patrolman got up clapped on his helmet and started for the door. "Where are you goin'?" demanded the sergeant. "I'm a-goin'," said the policeman, "to drag that dead horse around into Myrtle avenue." "Everybody's Magazine. Silencing the Barber. Germany Schaefer, that effervescent merrymaker of the side lines, entered a local barber shop and expressed a desire for a shave. The barber looked at him indulently and suggested a hair cut. Germany demurred. His hair was already fighting length. "But it looks ragged," the barber insisted as he let his hand slide over the stubble. Germany sighed. "All right," he said resignedly; "gimme a shave, a hair cut, a facial massage and a shampoo—go as far as you like for 15 cents!" And the barber said no more. "I left two bits with him," said Germany, "but when the brush boy bore down on me with his teeth set and a ten cent glitter in his shining eye I threw out my chest and passed him as a pay car passes a tramp!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Good Measure. The following conversation once took place between two Quakers: "Martha, does thee love me?" asked a Quaker youth of one at whose shrine his heart's holiest feelings had been offered up. "Why, Seth," answered she; "we are commanded to love one another, are we not?" "Ah, Martha, but does thee regard me with the feeling the world calls love?" "I hardly know what to tell thee, Seth. I have greatly feared that my heart is an erring one. I have tried to bestow my love on all, but I may have sometimes thought perhaps that thee was getting rather more than thy share."—Life The Ready Retort Mrs. Winfall, a society woman, always allowed the housekeeper to hire her servants. One morning, however, the mistress wished to interview the cook, who had been engaged only the day before. "What is your name?" inquired the lady. "Mrs. McCarty," replied the cook. "Do you expect to be called Mrs. McCarty?" "Oh, no, ma'am, not if you have an alarm clock."—Harper's Magazine. Nothing to it. The Squirrel Hill blond and the Mount Washington brunette were discussing ethical questions. "I wonder if girls ever propose?" "I doubt it." "Then you think there's nothing in this leap year business?" "Not a thing. A man who would let a girl propose to him would be small enough to refer her to his father."—Pittsburgh Post. An Abandoned Story. This is the story of Peleg Oatcake, a farmer who didn't talk dialect, and John B. Hustie, a New Yorker who didn't talk about Broadway all the time, both types often met with in real life. But, pshaw! What's the use of writing that kind of a story? Nobody would read it—Kansas City Journal. 'Twas Ever Thus "Pa, what does it mean when you say that prices fluctuate?" "It means, my son, that they go up and down. When it's something you have got to buy the price goes up, and when it's something you've got to sell the price goes down."—Judge's Library. The German Professor Servant (rushing into the room)—For heaven's sake, professor, your little boy climbed into the pear tree, and the branch broke, and—Professor—Now, calm yourself; don't get so excited! The tree has other branches.—Der Guchasten (Berlin). Up to Date Panhandling. "What's the trouble?" "There's a tramp at the door with a rickety automobile. Wants to know if we can give him a set of old tires." —Washington Herald. Not With a Relish. "You eat it so gracefully."—Detroit Free Press. Germany sighed. Nothing to It. TEA AS A BEVERAGE. It Is Said to Enrich a Person Both Morally and Physically. Did you know that tea drinking is a splendid aid to one's morals? At least that is the opinion of an English scientist who not long ago compiled a learned treatise to show the beneficial effects of tea drinking from a spiritual, physical and moral standpoint. A meal in the morning, he says, with tea as the beverage will enable a man to pursue his day's work with faculties unclouded, temper unruffled and a generally amiable state of nerves. Besides that, it makes the body active, it clears the sight, it strengthens the appetite and the digestion and is particularly wholesome for men of corpulent bodies and great meat eaters. It vanishes dreams, increases the memory and prevents sleeplessness. It has been observed that it has contributed more to the sobriety of the Chinese than the severest laws, the most eloquent harangues and the best trentise on morality. But, in addition to all this, he claims for tea a strengthening effect on morality. A man who is stimulated by a generous cupful of tea, moderately strong, will be able to withstand more successfully the manifold temptations that assail him in the business and social world into which he is plunged than the man who is not sustained by the same beverage—Chicago Tribune. TONGUES OF BIRDS. That of the Humming Bird Is About the Most Curious of All. A German naturalist has gathered some curious data with reference to the tongues of birds. As he points out, many persons suppose that woodpeckers use their sharp pointed tongues as darts with which to transfix their prey. It is true that the woodpecker, like the humming bird, can dart out its tongue with extraordinary rapidity and that its mouth is furnished with an elaborate mechanism for this purpose, yet investigation shows that the object of their swift motion is only to catch the prey, not to pierce it. For the purpose of holding the captured victim the woodpecker's tongue is furnished with a sticky secretion. Inasmuch as it possesses the power of imitating speech, it is not surprising to learn that the parrot's tongue resembles that of man more closely than any other bird's tongue does. It is not because the parrot is more intelligent than many other birds, but because its tongue is better suited for articulation than theirs that it is able to amuse us with its mimicry. In some respects the humming bird's tongue is the most remarkable of all. It is double nearly from end to end, so that the little creature is able to grasp its insect prey very much as if its mouth were furnished with a pair of fingers.—Harper's Weekly. Gardena of the Boaporus. The gardens of the Bosporus are one of the most characteristic features of that river-like strait. They have, moreover, a definite cachet of their own. This is largely prescribed to them by the nature of the soil on which they are laid out. The banks of the Bosporus slope sharply back to a height of some 400 feet and are broken by valleys penetrating more gradually into the rolling tablelands of Thrace and Asia Minor. Few of their houses, therefore, do not enjoy some view of the water and of the opposite shore, rarely more than a mile or two away. The gardens of the houses are accordingly laid out with reference to those views and are determined in form by the steepness of the hillsides on which they lie. They are terraces—that is, one or many according to the size of the garden.-Scrubner's. He Wouldn't Respond. When Joaquin Miller's play, "The Danites," was produced for the first time the play caught the crowd's fancy, and at the end of the second act there were great calls from the audience for "Author, author!" The manager looked around for Miller, but could not find him. He sent several of his assistants all over the theater to hunt Miller up and bring him before the footlights to address the clamorous audience. After some time spent in searching Miller was spied sitting among the crowd way up in the gallery, where the calls of "Author!" were most numerous. Upon being asked to go down and address the audience, Miller refused, saying that wild horses couldn't drag him down there.—New York Sun. Value of Merriment The mere physical act of laughter quickens the circulation and the breathing, supplies the body with more oxygen and stimulates every organ. Good humor dispels ill health. Our moods or humors affect the health for good or ill. The meal eaten to the accompaniment of family quarrels or depressing arguments is infinitely less valuable than the one taken in pleasant company—Indianapolis News. Proof. "I tell you, Pat. It's the ould frinds that are the best, and I can prove it." "How will ye do that, Mike?" "Where—I ask ye as man to man—where will ye find a new frind that has stood by ye as long as the ould ones!"—Chicago Record-Herald. "A buttress is-er-why-a nanny goat, of course. Why don't you use your head a little and not ask so many questions?"-Newark Star. Proof. More Deadly. RISING YOUNG SONGSTER. Ode to Ethiopia Gave E. S. Jones His Passport to Freedom. Edward Smyth Jones, a native of Mississippi, bids fair to rival Paul Laurence Dunbar as a writer of verse. Mr. Jones has long cultivated the muse and gained much public notice a year or so ago when he was arrested as a vagrant while trying to enter Harvard university. "The Ode to Ethiopia" is a historical epic and is regarded as being responsible for his being released from the jail at Cambridge, Mass., where he was confined after being arrested at Harvard. Even Judge Arthur P. Stone, who dismissed the charge of vagrancy against him, said, "Gentlemen, I do not wish to be judge, but this is better poetry than I find in the current magazines." The Boston American called this poem "his passport to freedom," while the Boston Globe said of him and his "Ode to Ethiopia." "One of those geniuses who, like Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alexander Dumas, occasionally comes forth to proclaim the intellectual equality of the Negro race." Mr. Jones is the author of a book of poems called "The Sylvan Cabin," with an introduction by W. Stanley Braithwaite, the writer. The "Ode to Ethio- [Image of a man in a suit and tie]. EDWARD SMYTH JONES. pla" is a classic and is not written in the dialect which characterizes most poems on the Negro. It gives a recapitulation of the deeds of the race in all ages. It begins: Thou sovereign queen of Afrio's sunny strands. I amite my lyre to sing thy praise unsung In strains far sweeter than seraph's A lay deep in my bosom's core is sprung. Fair queen, although my years as ye be Deep thoughts and musings of thy history old. Where odes and fiery epics long have hung. Live centuries in my immortal soul And strike sweet Lydian measures on my harp of gold! This odle consists of nineteen Spencerian stanzas, and into it the author pours his soul. A perusal of it thrills one with pride for his race and animates his soul to put forth greater efforts. He pays the following beautiful tribute to the virtue and charms of women: I call the angel of this earth. For angel true thou art In noble deeds and sterling worth And sympathetic heart. I therefore, seek none from afar But that they might have been. But sing the praise of those which are, That dwell on earth with men. This young versifier of the higher life of the race is paid the following tribute by William Stanley Braithwaite in the introduction to "The Sylvan Cabin:" "To this I can only add that, good as these are, they give us hope for better from one who ought certainly to go on and upward." The Washington Star says: "Though a representative of the race which has given Paul Laurence Dunbar to the world, he strikes an even higher note than that lamented pioneer in the field of Afro-American poetry. There is no suggestion of the 'plantation' in these verses, which are unidentifiable as the outprint of one born in Mississippi." THE RECALL "Now, Johnny," piped the teacher to a freckled-featured yap Who was wondering how Wagner hit the ball, "Will you kindly rise a moment from your daily nap And tell us what they mean by "the recall.'" And Johnny, set a record, for he didn't dally long As he rose up with the answer, void of doubt: "It's wot we hand de pitcher wen dey're gettin' to 'im strong— Take 'im out! Take 'im out! Take 'im out!" —GRANTLAND RICE. On account of the uncertainty of the delivery of second class matter, we have changed our date of publication to Friday, in order to reach our readers, and to benefit our advertisers. We must have all personal news reach us by Wednesday. Do not send notes over phone. THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. You can get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at the St. Louis Kitchen, 138 E. Third St., St. Paul. Mrs. Hinson is universally known for her good cooking. ADVERTISEMENTS. CHURCHES. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatat, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P .M. All are Invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 22d St. between 9th and 10th Aves. Services over Sunday 10:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday School at 12:30. Rev. F. M. Lewis, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 115 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday School at 11 a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday School at 1 p. m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHE$DA BAPSTIST CHURCH, 1120 Eighth Street So. Preaching every Sunday morning and evening. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. ZION BAPSTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue N. and South. Services morning and evening each Sunday. Rev. M. W. Witners, pastor. 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Vol. 3 Friday, April 18, 1913 .No. 33 watered in the Post office at Minneapolis, June 23, as second class mailer. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION 1419 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.26 S MONTHS ..... $ .75 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION $2.50. Special rates furnished on application Subscribers are earnestly request- ed to report to the office any irregularities in the delivery of their paper; also any change of address. Subscribers wishing the 'Twin City Star" discontinued at the expiration of their subscriptions should notify us to that effect; otherwise we shall consider it their wish to have it continued. Order for discontinuance must be accompanied by payment of all arrears. All personal advertisements in the local columns must be paid for in advance. All public comment inserted only over the author's signature Foreign subscriptions solicited. Unsigned notices will not be inserted in these columns. All matter must reach us by Wednesday for insertion. We are not responsible for the views of our contributors, and all signed articles of any length are paid for by the writer. The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—It is worthy of this distinction, exchanges please remember. "The most virtuous creature in the United States of America is a virtuous Negro woman. Her resisting and enduring powers are of the highest order. In this she is a prototype and phrophecy of what her race is to be, if it will overcome. Her character is often assailed in fact, and her reputation more often assailed in slander. Prof. Pickens. CURSE OF RACE PREJUDICE. Ugly Situation Confronts Afro-American Chauffeurs in Dallas, Tex. Shall Afro-American run automobiles in Dallas, Tex.? This is the grave question which is agitating the public temper in Dallas at this time, when budding spring is opening wide its doors. The white auto drivers say that if brickbats and other assorted missiles have any power colored men shall not operate such cars, so it is alleged. The whites have formed a union to prevent the colored men from running autos and have given the latter much annoyance recently. Not many weeks ago the tactics of the whites became so noticeable that a number of rich auto owners in person called upon the city commissioners and informed them that if police protection were not afforded their drivers they themselves would see that the colored chauffeurs would resent the annoyances. This temporarily had its effect, but within the last few days the white drivers seem to have reached a definite understanding that it was advisable to renew their attacks. PATRIOTISM. In ceasing to remember their martyrts the Greeks became corrupt and in their corruption found their grave. That our country might escape a like fate I would advocate the observance in our churches and in our homes of Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays as sacredly and as conscientiously as our religious festivals are observed. Had I the power I would ordain that the period intervening between the first and last of these days be set aside in our schools and churches, in our political and civic clubs, in our fraternal and literary organizations, for a review of our nation's rise and growth, for a comparison between it and other nations, for a consideration of whatever dangers may threaten the commonwealth and of the means to be employed in overcoming them, to the end that the nation might thus annually experience a revival of patriotism. — Rabbi Krauskopf. "Wherever any race or group of people learn to do a common thing in an uncommon way, by putting brain, skill and conscience into labor, that race or group of people is likely to solve all the problems that surround them."—Dr. Washington. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. THE UNFOLDING OF AN INDIVIDUAL. By Madison Jackson Esq., at the Minneapolis Sunday Forum on If you could take the brains of a new-born babe in your hand and examine it, naturalists inform us, it would appear as smooth as glass. It is composed, they say, of a vast number of smaller intelligences productive of harmony in the aggregate. It began with a simple cell, which intelligently, added unto itself; then, through a process of division and sub-division, also invoking intelligence, each sub-division playing the part of the original; grew until it became large enough to be called a brain with a mind. Now there are two classes of philosophers in the world holding divergent views with reference to this mind. One is called the monist; the other, the duelist. The duelist is also called a vitalist. His contention is this: that the brain and mind are separate and distinct, that the mind is of inner growth, whatever that means, and in reality, is the vital spark. The monist, on the other hand, contends that the causes, purely physical, which gave origin to brain also gave birth to mind. He reduces every thing in the universe to one great law-substance. This comprises two ideas, matter and force. Give me matter and force, shouts the monist, and I will show you how to reconstruct the universe. Dualism, may I remark, is every form of religion leading to theism; while monism leads directly to pantheism. To me it makes no difference which one of these philosophies you accept, and as the entire thinking world is divided into the two you must accept one if you think at all on these matters; they touch at one point and there I shall begin. It is here: that the power of the mind results from action and reaction on the part of the brain organ and the external world. Without the union of these two agencies mankind is human vegetation. The three senses primarily active in lifting mankind out of the vegetable, is sight, hearing and touch. Deprive a child of the use of these three senses and its brain will ever remain as smoothe as at birth. Seeing indents the brain, hearing indents it, and so with touch. Experience of every kind indents it. So it is said of a child that has an hundred playthings who touches upon an hundred experiences daily, that its brain has ten times the indentation of that of the child touching but ten; and other things being equal, such a child has ten times the knowledge. But knowledge is not intelligence. Neither is it education in its truest sense. Knowledge can come from any source whatever, good or bad, and n either case it will indent. Experience is a furnisher of knowledge, therefore knowledge is an acquisition. Education is an active process, and, in its truest sense, springs out of deliberation and careful plannings; hence, that's an acquisition, but intelligence is innate, and, was there at birth. A child, says Hillis, is a bundle, which God has packed up for mankind to unfold. The intellect is the value within the fold. Hillis says, God packed it, placed it there. But I like the presentation of the method as stated by Emerson, when he likens the child to a reservoir, that receives the intellectual floods as they stream down from ancestral heights. Hillis represents better the same influence when he says it represents inheritance. Because when he says, "it took seven generations of clergymen to make an Emerson, each a milestone, pointing in the direction of the coming philosopher. This represents progression and inheritance preservative. Knowledge, then, indents the brain and strengthens it, because of such indentation; but, that is not education, properly so called. After a while pains are taken to make the child see and to bring things actively to his mind. This is the beginning of education; it is the drawing out of the human mind, the unfoldment, so to speak, of the value already there. Every man is a unique, says a great philosopher. He says in substance, God has given each of us a plot of ground to till, and no one but him to whom it is given knows what it will best produce, nor does he know until he has expended on that plot effort. This introduces self-help, liberation and the development of individuality. To date the child is led and direction is given to his thinking, all the time the brain is being complexed and indented—strengthened. Most of these experiences are subconscious. The time comes with most of us, when a small percentage of the experiences and imparted facts which has indented and complexed the brain from birth rises above consciousness. Then he compares, and correlates, and groups his facts, and ponders upon them. TWIN CITY STAR "This involves, says Heckle in discussing the reasoning faculties, "the use of the sense cells in the first instance"—the cells primarily active from birth—"and, in addition, the activity of the inner sense centers in the cortex of the brain." "The first are called sense cells; the second, gangleonic cells." The experiences derived from these sources are welded into links, which may be called ideas, affecting physically an appropriate section of the brain and these again, affecting physically other sections, are forged into great chains, called reasonings. This exalted province of the human mind lifts mankind out of the brute, as his earlier sense experiences lifted him out of the vegetable. It at the same time had its effect on the brain itself, differentiating this organ in man, from the same in the lower animals. For by it, the brain is checked, so to speak, sected and bi-sected, folded, convoluted; thus creating new surface for new experience, which is also checked, sected, bi-sected, folded and convoluted. Now there is a great deal more to this brain organ than, at first you are apt to think. For upon its folds are recorded the experiences of the entire life. So true is this that Earnest Heckel, the greatest living biologist and leading monistic philosopher of the world, says of it, "If you could take a lantern and ransack its folds, and decipher what is there recorded, not the smallest life experience would be found omitted. Grounded as those experiences are into the mechanism of the brain itself, they may be called part and parcel of the individual; for they shape his thoughts and give direction to his life; so that he is controlled by virtue of them. From birth to death, from the first cry of the infant, when, without its consent, it is ushered in, by virtue of his inheritance and life impressons to the dying groans of the old gentleman when he passes out, he is controlled, and impelled onward, and his movements directed by them, partakes ever of the direction of the movement of the society of which he forms a part. This is what makes of the Chinaman a Confusionite; as it makes of the East Indian a Hindoo, and you a Christian. So, we should be tolerant, it makes the vast difference in racial thought, tradition and sentiment existing between the white man north and the white man south; and out of that favorite utterance of Washington, "My sympathies go out equally for the down trodden of both races," it makes philosophy. For minkind is controlled; his prejudices are of him, his weaknesses are grounded in him of the fiber and mechanism of his brain. I speak of the great mass of mankind but God created epochs in human history. Once in a century, perhaps a shorter, perhaps a longer time, he reaches down and fingers some individual—touches with his wisdom some Socrates, Spinizea, Luther—some Christ, and he ushers upon us a revolution in thought and conduct. But the last analysis will reveal that he, too, is controlled and directed; that what seems to us to be independent thinking and willing, to use the words of another, is willingness, and self-anilhilation. For reform movements has never yet been known to correspond in trend and end to the thinking and purpose of the individual reformer. Thus, we have Columbus seeking an all water route to the Indies but finding a new continent, and opening up a new era in scientific thought and discovery. Luther, tirading against the abuses in the mother Church, founded a new religion, and unlocked the tombs in which were enthralled the human mind. Lincoln, seeking to preserve a union of states, controlled by an invisible spirit moving to set men free, liberating the Negro from involuntary servitude. That spirit moves today. It is here now, striving with us, doing for us that which we, in our weak state, cannot do for ourselves. THE TRUTH WELL TOLD. Don't be afraid to speak ill of the dead. No man that has lived should be saved from deserved criticism by the commonplace fact of ceasing to be alive. 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The Magic Heater will not turn or injure the hair, because the comb is never heated. The steel heating element from hair, is alone, put into the flame of the alcohol or gas heater. The Alcohol Heater comes from the same tank, after the bar is heated the comb goes back into place and is held by a turn of the handle. The Magic Heater is also suitable for curling irons, has a cover and can be carried in a hand bag. Magic Shampoo Drier $1.00. Magic Alcohol Heater $0.50. Liberal terms to agents. Write for literature today. F. PEOPLES REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Contractor and Buil Office Phone .....N. W. Nic. 2188 236 BOSTON BLOCK, MINN PAINTING, PLUMBING, PA PLASTERING, BRICK and C You don't need money; if I BUILD HOMES ON MONTH ITS JUST LIKE PAYING RENT. SHAMPOOING—HAIR DRESS Electric Vibration—Hydro-Vacuum Massage—Dorma Light used. Done experts. Hand and arm moulding an ty. Prompt attention given residenc the best hair dye on the market. The MARGUERITE WAS N. W. Hyland 1 1500 PENN AVE. NO. THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE. IT IS 9 IN LONG. STEEL HEATING BAR ALUMN-BURN CORB M. SENIOR LADIES LOOK! Every lady can hair. If she uses a Magic dries the hair straighten the curliest ing hair which leaves the hair is alright, you into the hands of The Aluminum Comb is easily detached from the need the comb goes back into place and is held by a turn The Magic Heater is also suitable for curling irons hand bag. Magic Shampoo Drier $1.00. Magic Alcohol. Write for Literature today. Magic Shampoo Drier Co, FOR SALE AT THE VOGELI AND PU N. W. Phone Nic. 2455. W. M. LISBON TRANSFER AND FUEL ALL KINDS OF HAULING MOVING VANS... ...EXPRESSING 1316 4th St. So., Minneapolis. ```markdown ``` MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. G, PAPER-HANGING, and CONCRETE WORK by; if you own your lot. MONTHLY PAYMENTS. PLANS FREE. PRESSING—MANICURING -Vacuum—Facial and Scalp -Done in your own home by Bing and Hair Dyeing a special- idence calls. Sole agent for et. The Trade solicited. WASHINGTON Iland 115 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. IN LONG THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $100 POSTAGE PAID. SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER. Dry can have a beautiful and luxuriant head of uses a MAGIC. After a shampoo or bath the hair, removing the dandruff, and it will curlest head of hair. Use the comb is never heated. The steel heat- flame of the alcohol or gas heater. On the heating bar, then, after the bar is heat- a turn of the handle. Irons, has a cover and can be carried in a Alcohol Heater $0.50. Liberal terms to agents. Minneapolis, Minnesota. PUBLIC DRUG CO., STORES. If some of us would give a little more of time in self improvement along educational and literary lines, instead of frittering so much time away in selfish pleasure, it certainly would be a great blessing to the race and make us much more respected by the opposite race.-The Weekly Visitor.