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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL active Page VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents PURPOSE OF THE UPLIFTER LEAGUE DESTINED TO DO MUCH GOOD Many Sections of the United States Already Benefited by Its Influence—Important Educational Campaign Being Arranged—Several Noted Scholars In Its Ranks. One of the most effective of the younger organizations for the advancement of the race is the Uplifter league, organized in September, 1912. The organization is growing rapidly, and its influence for good is being felt in many sections of the country. The league is arranging an educational campaign in which will be shown the past achievements and present possibilities of the race along all lines of active work. Valuable tracts and documents bearing upon the past achievements of the Negro is in the possession of the organisation and will be given to the public from time to time. The organization has a membership of 270, made up of both men and women, and is one of the most representative groups of workers to be found in this country. The membership represents all walks of life. In its ranks may be found many of the best scholars of the race. One of its members is George Gabrille, formerly vice president of Abyssale, who is now living in New York. The organization has two departments known as the intellectual and the executive departments. The intellectual department is composed of the men and women who are giving their time to research work on race matters and the discussion of matters pertaining to the enlightenment of the public on vital matters pertaining to the race. The officers of the organization are Augustus T. Bell, president; George Gabrille, vice president; I. G. Johnson. AUGUSTUS T. BELL. secretary, and Fred Demmings, treasurer. Augustus T. Bell, the president of the organization, is one of the best known men of the race. He has given much time to the study of the achievements of the race and has written extensively on the subject. He was born in Gloucester City, Va., in 1854, and received his early education in the public schools of his native city. He resides in New York, where for three years he has applied himself to the study of theology under Dr. George W. Sampson, a noted white clergyman. He is the author of the "Woolly Hair Man of the South" and "The Amendment to the Fourteenth Amendment." The latter publication has had a wide circulation and has brought the author wide notice. He has also written much upon other subjects. The organization has its headquarters at 247 West Sixty-first street, New York city, where it holds weekly meetings. Mr. Bell gives weekly lectures on some vital phase of the race question. At the last public meeting of the organization, which was held at the Y. M. C. A., many interesting facts relative to the race were made known. The organization passed a resolution to be forwarded to Abyssinia, in which it deplored the reported death of King Menelik. This organization of earnest men and women, who have banded themselves together to keep to the fore the best efforts of the race and to seek to educate the rising generation to honor the race, has before it a glorious work, which will meet the approval of all lovers of freedom. It marks a new era in the race's advancement and is destined to do much good. It asks the co-operation of every race loving man and woman in its efforts. Women's Clubs to Mest In Cambridge. The various clubs connected with the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs are making preparations for the forthcoming annual meeting of the general organization, which will be held in Cambridge, Mass., in August. The motto of the federation is "For God and Humanity." The membership is over 4,000. WEEK OF REWARD AT FISK. Recital Precedes Commencement at Noted School In Nashville. Nashville, Tenn.-The week ending June 14 was an unusually interesting and busy period for the faculty and students of Fisk university in this city. The commencement festivities were preceded by a brilliant rectal given by the four graduates of the music department, assisted by the students in voice culture. The exercises were well attended and listened to with close attention. The baccalaureate sermon was preached by Dr. Wilber F. Tillett, dean of the theological department of Vanderbilt university. Besides the faculty and student body, the public manifested much interest in the sermon, which is always an attractive feature of the commencement program. The seniors held class day exercises out on Jubilee grounds. The program consisted of burning books, class song planting of the class tree with the treoration by one of the members. On Tuesday afternoon, June 10, the two alumni associations held their anniversary meetings in the parlors of Jubilee hall. In the evening these organizations were addressed by Professor William H. Singleton of the normal class of 1898 and Rev. W. S. Ellington of the college class of 1894. The climax of the exercises occurred on Wednesday, June 11, at which time the commencement address was delivered by Dr. Booker T. Washington. Five members of the graduating class took part in the speechmaking and did honor to the occasion. Besides the presentation of diplomas and the conferring of degrees, the J. G. Merrill commencement prizes were awarded. The following students were candidates for diplomas and degrees: Education Course — Dollie Alberta David, John Alfred Galloway, Cecilia Anna Mahaffey, Frankle Mal McClain and Beulah Mae Blondel Roberts. Department of Music—Juanita Patti Barry, Irene Theodosia Bowen, Daisy Frances Rochon and Annie Laura White. Candidates For Degrees, Bachelor of Arts in Classics, Science and Education. — Classics—Esther Juunita Bowen, cum laude; Vernon Lamont Cooper, magna cum laude; Nathan Avery Payton and Moses Alexander Richardson, Jr. Science—Andrew Jackson Allison, Overton Carter, magna cum laude; Mansfield Edward Jackson, cum laude, and Irvin Webster St. Clair. Education—Martha Charlotte Cort, cum laude; Anona Ellabeth Smith, Uxenla Belle Scott, cum laude; Jewell Emily Taylor, cum laude, and Booker Talafera Washington, Jr. Master of Arts—Ernest Robert Carney and Charles Victor Roman. State Federation of Women's Clubs. The Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs will hold its next annual meeting in Buffalo the first week in July. The officers are Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, president; Mrs. Susle Wilkerson, vice president; Mrs. M. J. Stewart, secretary; Mrs. C. Dell, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Mickens, financial secretary; Mrs. Mary C. Lawton, organizer, and Mrs. C. A. Bell, chairman of the executive committee. Harvard Honors Booker T. Washington By invitation of the Harvard union Dr. Booker T. Washington will be one of the lecturers next year at Harvard university. This is a rare distinction, and it is not doubted that the eminent Tuskegee will give a good account of himself. Alumni Association Shows Loyalty. The recent report of the committee in charge of the collection of the $10,000 pledged by the Alumni association of Howard university to the gymnasium fund showed that the sum of $7,000 had been subscribed, of which $2,100 has been paid in in actual cash. It is expected that the entire $10,000 can be raised by the next meeting of the association in 1914. Professor Kelly Miller, Shelby J. Davidson and Robert A. Pelham constitute the committee on finance of the gymnasium fund and have done excellent work. At a big meeting in the interest of the fund last year President William Howard Taft was the speaker of the occasion. Washington, D. C., June 16.—The entire federal "civil Rights" act of 1875, imposing criminal penalties for discrimination against Negroes, was declared void today by the supreme court of the United States. The court held because it was not applicable uniformly throughout the country, it was entirely unconstitutional. DR. CREED W. CHILDS. ENTHUSIASTIC WORKER FOR A COLORED REGIMENT. Military Qualifications of Lee A. Pollard of New York. Among the young men who will be prominent in the new regiment that is to be formed in New York is Lee A. Pollard, one of the most energetic men of the race. He is captain of the signal corps of the provisional regiment organized by Colonel Charles Fillmore in 1912. After a persistent effort on the part of the members of the provisional regiment and the newspapers Governor William Sulzer of New York signed the bill providing for a regiment of colored men. Mr. Pollard was one of the most enthusiastic workers for the bill, and when a call was sent out by Major Fillmore asking for men to form a provisional regiment with a view of becoming a part of the national guard Mr. Pollard was among the first to heed the call, and he did much to interest the young men of the race in the movement. It is believed that when the regiment becomes a part of the national guard he will remain head of the signal corps. Mr. Pollard has had considerable military training, having passed an examination under the scout commissioners several months ago. He was the first colored man in New York and among the few in the country to receive the commission as scoutmaster. He organized the first boy scout troop of the race in New York, which has since become an effective movement among the colored boys. Mr. Pollard has made a study of the signal service and is well versed in that branch. He has taken the first aid to injured and kindred courses that will be useful to him in the regiment. He is an expert chauffeur and machinist and opened the first automobile school for the training of young men as chauffeurs. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian association and kindred organizations. He was born in Richmond, Va., and was educated in its public schools. He is the son of William S. Pollard, one of the leading contractors of Richmond. He has been a resident of New York since 1890. He studied under Professor J. D. Fileen with a view of entering Harvard university, but abandoned his college career to enter business. Supervisor of Rural Mail Delivery. The contract for carrying the United States mail from Glasgow, Ky., to Burksville, in the same state, is under the supervision of the Hon. Sherman Cheeks, an Afro-American of thrift and ambition. Mr. Cheeks has a number of assistants, all of his own race, to distribute the mail in the rural districts. The Men's Episcopal Club will give a picnic at Antler's Park on July 10. There are a lot of men in Winnipeg looking for railroad work. The supply is greater than the demand. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. ACTIVITIES OF DR. CREED W. CHILDS RESPECTED BY ALL CLASSES Successor of R. R. Horner Has Served Capably In Many Positions of Public Trust—Eloquent and Convincing Orator—Ardent Friend of the Public School System. Washington.—The appointment of Dr. Creed W. Childs as a member of the board of education for the District of Columbia gives general satisfaction to the race. He succeeds Lawyer R. R. Horner, and the term is for three years, beginning July 1. Dr. Childs is a native of Alabama, but has long been a resident of Washington and has been actively identified with every movement looking to the educational, religious, commercial, social and civic uplift of the people of this community. He has served capably in many positions of public trust. Perhaps no man in the nation's capital is more widely known, and certainly none is more highly respected or better loved by all classes. He has been physician to the poor of the District, sanitary and food inspector of the health department and medical inspector of the contagious disease department. Dr. Childs is a graduate of the medical department of Howard university and is a member of the surgical staff of that institution. He is prominent in the direction of the Medico-Chirurgical society and has been one of its vice presidents. He has been chairman of the medical section of the National Medical association and in 1911 was named for the presidency in a field embracing the foremost physicians of the country. He is an active member of the Y. M. C. A., and was of great assistance in raising the funds necessary to insure the erection of the $100,000 home of that splendid institution. He is vice president of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor and has always taken a deep interest in the work of the churches, fraternities and social settlement movements. Dr. Childs is an eloquent and convincing orator and is able to champion a cause before any body of any race with a force and fluency that invariably wins all that is contended for. He was particularly effective in support of the Jones-Works bill in congress, a measure designed to reduce the number of saloons in the District, and by its passage many barrooms and dens of iniquity will be removed from the sections in which our people live in large numbers. In Dr. Childs the public school system of the District has an ardent friend. He fully understands the needs of the system and knows just how to go about the work of remedying whatever evils may have crept into it and to extend its benefits and enlarge its power for the good of the community. He is an earnest supporter of the policies of the existing administration, the efficacy of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by the results shown, and will act in harmony with the admirable board to which he has been assigned by the supreme court of the District. He is a lover of mankind; his sympathies go out in a practical fashion to teachers and pupils. Having practiced medicine in the District for over twenty years, he is familiar with all of the conditions which surround his people and will be in a position to handle the problems of the masses as well as those of the classes and to stand for the highest ideals of school management for the good of white and black alike. Dr. Childs is a substantial citizen, having acquired a generous space in the tax ledger of the District, owning, among other things, a beautiful home and a high power automobile. He has a charming wife four children Eugenics Conference in Orange. Orange, N. J.-The ministers of the Oranges have asked the physicians there to take part in a conference which is to be held on June 16 in the parish house of Grace Episcopal church here, on the advisability of urging regulations requiring health certificates from those about to be married. The invitation was received by the Orange Medical society in a letter from the Ministerial association of the Oranges, which asked the medical men to send reports to the conference. READ THE STAR--IT'S NEWS. RELIGIOUS WORKERS MEET. Largest New England Body Ends Fine Session In Washington. Washington.—At the twentieth annual meeting of the New England Baptist Sunday school and Baptist Young People's convention, which was held in the Cosmopolitan Baptist church in this city the week ending June 14, N. Barnett Dodson was unanimously reelected president for the sixth consecutive year. The jurisdiction of the convention extends throughout the northern and New England states, including the District of Columbia. Mr. Dodson's home is in Brooklyn, N. Y. Six states were represented by a large number of delegates, and others sent letters and money as their share of representation. The sessions were largely attended, and the reports were of the most encouraging nature both in finance and membership. The address of welcome was delivered by Mrs. Elizabeth King and responded to by the Rev. W. N. Norton of Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Chapman Walker of the Cosmopolitan Baptist church also made the delegates and visitors welcome in a very finely worded address. Twenty-five persons took part in the discussion "Does Social Service Help or Hinder the Spiritual Growth of the Sunday School?" The subject was ably outlined by Dr. Andrew L. Jackson. The president's annual address was timely. It dealt with the early history of the convention, its achievements and future possibilities. The treasurer's annual report showed a balance of $114. The report of the finance committee added to the treasurer's report brought the amount on hand up to more than $200. The round table conference was presided over by Mr. W. H. Taylor, with Mrs. S. A. Harris leading the topics on the problems of the Sunday school. The other officers who were elected are the following: Vice president, Wesley Norman; second vice president, Mrs. L. B. Minor; recording secretary, Miss R. G. Randolph; corresponding secretary, Miss Willie D. Moss; auditor, Rev. Dr. W. O. Harris; treasurer, Dr. A. Clayton Powell. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY Significant Remarks of Hon. Adolph C. Miller—Many Degrees Conferred. Washington.—The forty-fourth annual commencement season at Howard university was marked by events of importance in the college world and of special significance to the more than 10,000,000 colored Americans who regard Howard as their leading institution for higher learning. The event of greatest moment is always the commencement, when degrees are conferred and honors announced. One hundred and forty candidates received degrees. They marched from the main building around the walk in front of the Carnegie library, headed by the president, trustees, members of the faculty and alumni, arranged according to the years of their graduation as far back as 1875, to the stage erected on the campus for these exercises. The speech of the occasion, owing to the enforced absence of Hon. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, was made by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Hon. Adolph C. Miller. Mr. Miller is a university man and one who appreciates university duties, activities and responsibilities. It was for him an extraordinary occasion, for he, until his visit, was scarcely acquainted with the work Howard university is doing. He said that he was especially glad to be at Howard, for what he saw assured him that Howard university was a real university, doing real university work. His remarks, though short, showed a grasp of educational problems and theory. He had not spoken long before it was known that he was out of sympathy with any theory of education that did not prepare the individual for life. That is the point of view of all the leading educational thinkers of the present. A most significant remark of Mr. Miller's was that Howard university came under the part of the work of the department of the interior which had been assigned to him and that the sights of June 4 had established a bond of sympathy between him and the school. The degrees were conferred by President Newman upon 140 candidates, distributed as follows: The college of arts and sciences, 34; the teachers' college, 24; the school of theology, 7; the medical college, 21; the dental college, 21; the pharmaceutical college, 0; the school of law, 24. President Newman has brought to the university a spirit of scholarly attainment, and the work of the school in future years will be greatly advanced under his wise administration. SMOKE THE RELIABLE SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR No.42 DEBUT OF RISING YOUNG SONGSTER Edward Smyth Jones Lionized at "Mother" Zion. RENDERS ODE TO ETHIOPIA. Author of "The Sylvan Cabin," Supported by the Misses Dees and Simms, Proves His Right to Place Among Foremost American Poets—Rare Literary Genius. By N. BARNETT DODSON. New York.—One of the most pleasurable as well as the most artistic features in musical circles in Greater New York recently was the recital by Edward Smyth Jones, author of "The Sylvan Cabin," who made his debut before one of New York's most intellectual and cultured audiences in "Mother" Zion church. Mr. Jones is hailed everywhere as the foremost of young American poets. The "affair" was unique, running the whole gamut of poetic feeling and expression, from the airy lyrics of the "Bachelor's Reverie" through the majestic lines of his epic "An Ode to Ethiopia." The poet's versatility and mastery of his art were shown, which justifies the Baltimore American in saying, "His study of literary technique is found in the literary finish of his verses, but above this is a delicate fancy, a convincing sentiment and an expression of thought which mark him as a genuine poet." The program was opened with "Faschingschwank Aus Wien," Miss S. Gertrude Dees at the instrument. Miss Dees is a teacher in the New York Settlement School of Music. She is highly accomplished and showed rare artistic ability both in the opening number and as accompanist of the vocal selections. She contributed much to the success of the entertainment. Miss Dees was followed by Miss Lena B. Simms, the vocal artist of the evening. Her first selection was "Robert le Diable" (Meyerbeer). Some of the other numbers were "Yesterday and Today" (Sross), "Le Clé" (Massenet), "HI, Ll' Feller" (Riker), and "I've Something Sweet to Tell You" (Fanning). Miss Simms, the first coloratura soprano of the race, is a pupil of Mme. De Luce Morrison, one of the greatest living music teachers. She showed to advantage the value of such a teacher. Her voice was par excellent and her pronunciation and enunciation clear. As an artist Miss Simms has great promise, and her success seems assured. Her singing was a very conspicuous feature of the concert. And I think Mr. Jones has best described it in two passages of his inimitable "Lulu Johnson's Song" when he says: But no song of merry woodland, neither of the old woodland. Has ever smeet my bosom nor has made my spirit swell Like the soul inspiring music that so softly glides along— Oh, so softly and so gently in sweet Lula Johnson's song! And again while thinking of his soul's homeward flight: Then I'll wing straight home for glory, for the journey won't be long. On the spirit wafting music of sweet Lula Johnson's song. Mr. Jones, the star of the evening, began with a little group of lyrics through which ran delicate veins of love, wit, humor and satire. His second number was his beautiful lyric, "Lula Johnson's Song," which was followed by his masterpiece, "An Ode to Ethiopia." The reading of the ode was illustrated with some very beautifully colored stereoicon slides, each one harmonizing with the lines in which the scenes are described. The effect was tremendous, carrying the audience by storm. "O God, Wilt Thou Help Me at School?" closed the program. The recital was eminently satisfactory. TO HAVANA IN AEROPLANE. Flight From Key West Gaines Aviator Rosillo $10,000 Prize. Havana. -Domingo Rosillo, the Cuban aviator, arrived here in his aeroplane from Key West, having made the flight of ninety miles in two hours and twenty-five minutes. The city council of Havana had offered a prize of $10,000 to any aviator accomplishing the flight and sent a cruiser and two gunboats to patrol the route. Rosillo approached the city flying at an altitude of 2,000 feet. He then wheeled toward the west and landed at Camp Columbia. He experienced no difficulties during his flight. The winds were light, and there was only a slight haze. But God commendeth His Love to ward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.-Romans 5:8. 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. M. REV. J. P. HOWARD. Come and hear the great Evangelist, Rev. J. P. Howard at St. James A. M. M. E. Church, 315 8th Ave. South, from June the 25th throughout an indefinite period. Everybody welcome! Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. The Men's Episcopal Club OF MINNEAPOLIS Will give their ANNUAL PICNIC Thursday, July 10 ANTLER PARK On the Dan Patch Line. You and your friends are invited to go with us and enjoy an outing where there is Fishing, Swimming and Boating. All manner of Amusements for Children. The Ladles Guild will serve Lunch and Refreshments on the grounds. The Dancing Pavilion has been greatly enlarged and is the finest in the Northwest, where a splendid Orchestra will be in attendance from 3 P. M. to 9 P. M. The Dan Patch trains will leave 54th St. and Nicollet Ave. at 9:30 A. M., 10:30 A. M., 2:30 P. M., 5:00 P. M. Will return from park at 9:30 P. M. To reach Dan Patch Line: Take 54th and Columbia Heights car on 1st Ave. So., or Lake St. and Nicollet Ave. 30 minutes before trains leaving time. Round Trip: Adults 65c, Children 40c. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. William Doston, Frank Terry, E. Bludsoe, Dr. R. S. Brown, Chm. Round Trip 65c Children 40c Tickets can be bought at the Nelson Drug Store, 121 6th St. So. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. Grand Rally Day next Sabbath at Bethesda Baptist church. 11 A. M. Sermon by Elder Lee Baptism at the close of service. Sunday School 12:30. 8 P. M. Preaching by pastor, Sub.: "Life Chances." Despite the heat, in the city our pastors and choirs came out and rendered splendid service. Elder Lee made an interesting address. Rev Edwards held the audience spellbound 40 minutes. Rally continued for June. All organizations and general public are invited.—By Rev. T. J. Carter. REV. PIERCE WILL PREACH. Rev. A. C. Pierce of Des Moines, Ia., will preach next Sunday evening at the People's Christian Mission, 1204 Washington Avenue South. Rev. Mitchell cordially invites the public to hear him. MASONIC SERMON. The Annual Sermon of Anchor Hilyard Lodge, F. and A. M., will be held at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church on June 22. DEATH OF JOHN HACKLEY. Mr. John Hackley died last Friday in Duluth after a severe illness. Mr. Hackley was an old resident of this city, and a member in good standing of Pride of Minnesota Lodge of Knights of Pythians, who arranged for his burial in Duluth. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. GRADUATE'S RECEPTION. The graduates of the University of Minnesota and the public schools of the city were honored by a reception at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church on Tuesday night. An excellent program was arranged, composed of local talent. The following graduates were present: Messrs. B. F. Bullock and N. D. Ricks of the College of Agriculture, Univ. of Minn., Mr. Raymond W. Cannon, College of Pharmacy, Univ. of Minn., Mr. Miles Cannon, Central High School, Messrs. Curtis Hale, Homer Cannon, Clarence Johnson—Miss Marrilleen Jeffrey of Bryant School. Rev. Battles opened with prayer. Addresses by Rev's. Lewis and Carter. Solos, Mrs. F. Peoples, Miss Ada Lewis. Messrs. Wilbur Nevils and Jas. Coombs. Mrs. R. K. Cisney appeared in a very entertaining monologue sketch, "Why we have such few girl graduates." Miss Eva Walker read a very instructive paper. The remarks by Messrs. Roy Cannon, B. F. Bullock and N. D. Ricks were very inspiring. The entire program was good. Mr. O. A. Lawrence was Master of Ceremonies, having been the moving spirit to make this a creditable affair. He was assisted by Mr. Geo. W. Hall and a committee. Refreshments were served to all present. It was a pleasant evening for all. Mr. P. Eugene Davenport, a teacher in the Ft. Smith, Ark. school will spend the summer in the city. He expects to enter the University next fall, having been a student at the University of Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Raynor are residing at 536 7th Ave. No. Miss Jennie Hanly of Oskaloosa, Iowa is the guest of Mrs. C. W. Hawkins during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Eldridge gave a luncheon Thursday afternoon in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Brice U. Taylor, of Des Moines, Iowa, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hawkins, 720 Bryant Ave. Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hawkins, Miss Jennie Hardy, of Oskalossa, Iowa and Mr. Marshall Swader of Rock Island, Ill., were guests. Get Ready! Wait for the Big ELKS PICNIC JULY 22, 1913 CARVER, MINN. By Ames Lodge No. 106 of Minneapolis, Minn. I B. P. O. E. W. Mr. Chas. H. Hines, formerly of hts city, now of Boston, is spending a few days with old friends. He is enjoying good health and having a great time with former associates. Dr. Booker of Des Moines, Iowa is attending the American Medical Assn. meeting. He is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hawkins, 720 Bryant Ave. North, while in the city. Mr. Joseph Young is spending several weeks in Chicago. Mr. John S. Cary has moved into his new home, 2816 13th Ave. So. Messrs. S. E. McCarroll and J. T. Hollan of Kansas City, Kan., are visiting in the city. Mr. Jas. Wilson, 503 12th Ave, So., is gradually regaining his health after a severe illness. The funeral of Mrs. Sadle Robinson was held last week at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church. Mr. Robert C. Marshall returned Wednesday of last week from California. Mr. Marshall is one of the oldest stewards in the employ of the Soo Line, being assigned to the private cars. He enjoyed good health, a splendid trip, and will tell you all about the many old friends he met in the West. Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Cannon are to be congratulated on having their three sons graduated from school this year. They have the best wishes of the Star and the community. There was rumor that Negroes would not get Antler's Park, after the Odd Fellows plenic, but it is untrue. The Men's Episcopal Club will go there on July 10 and they will undoubtedly carry such a crowd of good people, that they will be asked to return again. Mrs. J. Jackson has moved to 3029 Grand Ave. Mr. Robt. W. Sehon has gone to his home in Cleveland, O., to visit relatives and friends. TWIN CITY STAR PICNIC THE MENS' EPISCOPAL CLUB St. Paul WILL GIVE ITS SECOND ANNUAL OUTING AT Spring Park LAKE MINNETONKA Thursday, July 17 Foot Races, Out Door Sports and Games of all kinds. SAINT PAUL vs. MINNEAPOLIS DANCING FROM 2:30 to 8:30 P. M. Trains Leaving St. Paul 9:00 A. M. 1:30 P. M. 4:40 P. M. Trains Leaving Minneapolis 9:30 A. M. 2:00 P. M. 5:10 P. M. Trains Returning 5:15 P. M. 9:15 P. M. WAIT FOR THIS ONE FAVORITE GOOD TIME. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Clarence L. Smith, Chairman John La Coste Firston White G. W. Edwards Edw. O. James Clarence M. Tibbs. N. B.—Patrons when buying tickets at the depots will please ask for picnic tickets. ST. PAUL Miss Dorothy Waters is improving. Miss Ethel Gardner is quite sick in the hospital. Miss Lucile Elliott is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Maxwell have moved to 553 Arundel St. Miss Opal Wade left Monday, June 16th for Des Moines, Iowa, to visit her sister. Mrs. Robt. Mead of Billings, Mont., was in the city the quest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Lowe, of Sherburne Ave. Mrs. Mead left Saturday, June 14th for her home. Mr. D. W. Kemp of Chicago was in the city last week visiting old friends. Mr. Evan Henry Anderson, son of Atty. and Mrs. J. P. Anderson, graduated last week from the Mechanics Arts High School. He was the only one of his race to receive that honor. Mrs. A. H. Schooley, is spending the summer at Deerwood, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. S. Philip Mayweather are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burrows of Thomas St. They will permanently reside in St. Paul. Mrs. Ella Bowles of Chicago arrived in St. Paul as guest of her mother, Mrs. Mamie Turner. Mrs. Bowles is a sister of Mr. Ed. J. White of Duluthf. Misses Cora and Marion Cutbert finished from Central High. Miss Cora Cuthbert finished in February and received her diploma. Mr. Andrew D. Maxwell of Sumter, S. C., finished from Lincoln University in Oxford, Penn., last week is in the city, the guest of his brother, Mr. S. L. Maxwell of Thomas St. Mr. Maxwell will be here the greater part of the summer. Mr. Junus Dungee has been promoted to a position in charge of a cafe car on the Omaha Ry., running from Mitchell, S. D., to Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Anderson have moved to 718 No. Bryant Ave. COLLINS AUTO-LIVERY. Look who's here. Autos for hire for any occasion at reasonable prices. Competent and reliable drivers. Jacob R. Collins, Prop. Phones N. W. South 1122. Garage Center 3893. Reliable, live, honest, bustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work as a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sioux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. WANTED. THE WORLD'S FIRST WOMAN MRS. BERTIE HIGH, President of the Social and Literary Society of Pilgrim Baptist Church. SOCIAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY CLOSES SEASON, AND MAKES ANNUAL REPORT. HONORARY PRESIDENT AGAIN HONORED. The Social and Literary Society of Pilgrim Baptist Church held its last meeting at the season at the home of Mrs. N. Golns, 661 W. Central Ave., on last Monday night. Report of Treasurer showed $301.02 cleared since Oct. 14th, 1912. The following program was rendered: "Instrumental Solo" by Miss Alberta Bell. Recitation" by Miss Ruth Charleston. "Instrumental Solo" by Miss Adina Adams. "Vocal Solo" by Mrs. Harriet Hall. At the conclusion of the meeting Mrs. R. B. Chapman, the Honorary President was presented with a cut steel bag, in appreciation of her untiring efforts for 6 years, inbehalf of the society. We wish to thank all members and friends who have contributed in any way, either by donation or otherwise to the Society. Mrs. B. High, Pres.; Mrs. E. Hood, V. Pres.; Mrs. E. Adams, Sec.; Mrs. E. Wills, Treasurer. CALL TO CONVENTION: The Ninth Annual Convention, of the Afro-American Women State Federation of Minnesota, will hold its sessions with City Federation of Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Laura Colby, Pres. June 26th and 27th, at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church. Clubs are requested to elect their delegates and send names to Mrs. Ada Mathews, Cec'y., Duluth, address, 720 5 Ave. E. Any club desiring to join the Federation, is invited to send Representative. Further information may be obtained by applying to President or Sec'y. of the State, Mrs. Ida Sellars Pres., Mrs. Nellie Hicks, Sec'y., 463 Thomas St., St. Paul. THE K. P. PNCNIC. The Knights of Pythias Picnic will be held on Aug. 1, at Carver, Minn. 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. When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some member as press agent, and get the names, especially the initials of persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. It is necessary that we get the full names of those present Atty. B. S. Smith says that "he had nothing to do with the Crisis affair, only assisted the St. Paul management by request." The part taken by Mr. Smith is generally known, and we do not intend to further discuss this matter unless forced. Such a nauseating incident should be closed. The Gibbs Philanthropic Club has made as good showing as the last social howl, without any notoriety, and paid larger expenses. It was not "Society"—but the efforts of local workers among estimable women for the good of deserving poor. LADIES ATTENTION! See Mrs. Wilson's adv. for Beautify ing. We beg that those who are indebted to us, send us their subscriptions by P. O. Order. Those organizations, failing to value this publication as the best advertising medium in the Twin Cities, bear witness that the foregoing statement is true. Send notes by Wednesday. The Very Latest Ideas in all that pertains to Women's Wear. DICKERSON CAFE by actual personal test how or believe if you didn't try the this cafe from all others. The Enough" and the "Best" is the service and ours. We want to prove to you by actual personal test how much better than you'd ever believe if you didn't try the features which distinguish this cafe from all others. The difference between "Good Enough" and the "Best" is the difference between ordinary service and ours. JOHN A. DICKERSON, Prop. Iennepin Avenue MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. BE UP-TO-DATE BROTHERS Years ago, New York butter and Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri Beer, were known to be the best, and swell folks always had them on their table. No one wants New York butter now, because Minnesota is the best, but some people stick to the old idea on beer. Experts Say nearest like the Imported, of any in QUESTS THE BEST Foreign Beer Experts Say that Golden Grain Belt is the nearest like the Imported, of any in America. Be wise. SERVE YOUR GUESTS THE BEST ```markdown ``` MASONS ELECT OFFICERS. The Annual Election of officers was held by Anchor Hilyard Lodge on June 3rd as follows. Geo. Johnson, W. M.; E. B. James, S. W.; John Sellars, J. W.; John Cheatham, Treas.; Dr. R. S. Brown, Sec'y.; Jas. M. Graham, Senior Deacon; Frank Terry, Junior Deacon; Van Art. Spence, Tyler. Installation will be held June 17th, at Masonic Hall. The Hotel Jones is now located at 1109 2nd St. So. where better apartments have been secured. (Adv.) Let us have more harmony among our social workers and in our organizations in general. It is disrespect and gross insubordination to ignore our officers and fellow-workers. We should not feel that others have no rights that we respect. Harmony is essential to unity. Let us try to do something to please others and to disagree from principle and not personal motives. In the words of the immortal Lincoln, "Though much provoked, let us do nothing in malice or ill temper." Many non-subscribers often request "a big write up," when public exercises are given by their organization, yet they never patronize this publication, and have caused others to fall in attempts to satisfy them. Greek Catholics in Philadelphia have started a Mission for Negroes in charge of a Negro Priest. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. COPY MUST REACH US BY WEDNESDAY. Send to the Star your News. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR and get good results. 208 Hennepin Avenue GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BULKS Steamer Hiawatha LEAVING AT 8:30 P. M. FOOT OF JACKSON ST. TICKETS. 50 CENTS. ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OF ST. JAMES A. M. F. CHURCH ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH Splendid meetings are being held each Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock by the Allen Christian Endeavor League. Aside from the general discussion of the topics, good programs are rendered. B. Y. P. U. The Baptist Young Peoples' Union of Pilgrim Baptist Church meets each Sunday at 6:45 P. M. The meetings are very interesting. All are invited. "Wherever any race or group of people learn to do a common thing in an uncommon way, by putting brain, skill and conscience info labor, that race or group of people is likely to solve all the problems that surround them."—Dr. Washington. 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. "I should wish," said the Cardinal de Bernis, "that every regard of politeness be preserved for the living, but that it might be permitted to speak freely one's mind of the dead." Filled as our lives are with daily shams, there is no more absurd and abominable sham about us than the mask of sorrow that we wear to the funeral of a rogue. As a matter of fact, the dead, being safe from physical punishment, should be the more open to such reprobation as their acts may have courted. In a true sense, "the evil that men do lives after them." To condone the faults of the dead is to corrupt the morality of the living.—Reginald W. Kauffman, in The Cosmopolitan. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. Defective tive Page SYLVESTER W. OLIVER Working Men's Social Club OLIVER BROS., Managers PHONE: Nicollet 9506 244 Third Ave. So. Minneapolis, Minn. PAEGEL 802 NICOLLET AVE. WILL MAKE YOUR WATCH KEEP TIME. We do the best WATCH, CLOCK and JEWELRY REPAIRING in the city at lowest prices. 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POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WIT Men's Sewed Soles, ..... 75s Ladies, ** ..... 65s Men's Nailed ** ..... 50 and 60s Rubber Heels, ..... 40s Ladies and Boys' nailed soles ..... 40s SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1628 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH BOARDING AND ROOMING HOUSE Clean, Comfortable and Reasonable Rooms. Excellent-Table Board. 2010 CEDAR AVE., MINNEAPOLIS. On Car Line. JAS. WILLIAMS, PROP. HUMOR OF THE DAY Simplified Spelling. "There's a dead horse on Koscuskıst street," announced a Brooklyn patrol man, 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 Koscuskıso?" "G'wan. You're writing that report.' An interval of silence. Then, "Sergeant, how do you spell Koscuskıst street?" "Stop bothering me," the sergeant ordered. "I'm no information bu sean." 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 indulgently 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 Ocatek, a farmer who didn't talk dialect, and John B. Hustle, 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). "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. "You eat it so gracefully."—Detroit Free Press. TWIN CITY STAR CHRISTIANITY Christianity certainly enjoins love for rother man. The great apostle whose fiery soul set the ancient Roman empire aglow with a new light held that under the new dispensation distinctions inherent in blood or tongue were consumed and fused into a new and consecrated unity. Certainly Christ never could lend His sanction to such outrages as are perpetrated upon human beings in the name and by the authority of men professing to rejoice in the redemption from bondage to sin brought about in his glorious resurrection. Christianity, true Christianity, is on trial, not the Jew.—Rabbi E. G. Hirsch. SCHEME TO HELP THE TRAVELING PUBLIC How a Housing Bureau Will Work For the Race's Social Betterment. The National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People has recently moved its new headquarters into the new World's Tower building at 110 West Fortiflah street. About four months ago the league opened a branch office in Harlem at 127 West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street. In this office is located the work of the industrial committee and the housing bureau of the league. The housing bureau is a new work added to the league's many agencies for the social betterment of our people in New York city. The work as planned by this bureau deals with the many vital problems that arise from the congested tenement life in the city. The results already obtained promise a very successful future. This department of the league also plans to aid the many visitors to New York city in obtaining quiet, respectable accommodations. The advantage to the traveling public of this work alone is worth the bureau's establishment. Many persons go to New York and have an otherwise pleasant visit spotted by being unable to secure comfortable places to stop. A number of the best New York families will accommodate persons recommended by this bureau. Any one planning to visit New York for any purpose who wants such accommodations should write to this bureau at 127 West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street. There is absolutely no charge for this service, and the league plans to arrange a similar service in other cities. NOTED METHODIST LAYMAN. Career of Dr. John C. Dany, Church Extension Society Secretary. Philadelphia—Hon. John C. Dancy of this city, secretary of the Church Extension society of the A. M. E. Zion church, is one of the most distinguished laymen of the denomination. In the Zion connection he is regarded as one of its most distinguished sons and the most prominent layman in its ranks since the days of John C. Price. Dr. Dancy has had a long and honorable career, both in the service of his church and his country. He has attained national prominence as an orator, and for nine years he was recorder of deeds at Washington, receiving his appointment under President Roosevelt. He has served in many useful capacities in the Zion church with satisfaction to the connection. His wide career has embraced many noble endeavors, which have given him wide experience in the field of journalism, education, religion and politics. Dr. Dancy was born in Tarboro, N. C., and was educated in the public schools of his native city. He continued his education at Howard university in Washington. He began his public career as principal of the high school in his native city. He has also served as register of deeds of Edgecombe county, N. C. Shortly after his election to this office he went as a delegate to the world's convention of Good Templars which met in Liverpool, England. While abroad he made an extensive lecture tour through many cities of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Returning to America, he delivered throughout the country a series of speeches in the interest of the Republican party which brought him wide notice. He seconded the nomination of General John A. Logan for vice president. He was a member of the joint commission of reconciliation between the A. M. E. and A. M. E. Zion churches and also with the C. M. E. church in 1902. For many years he was editor of the Star of Zion and the Quarterly Review. He was a delegate to the ecumenical conferences which met in Washington in 1801, London in 1901 and in Toronto in 1911. At the conference in Toronto he presided at one of the sessions and has the distinction of being the first colored layman to preside over an ecumenical conference. Dr. Dancy is a man of distinguished parts and is constantly in demand as lecturer throughout the country. His brilliant career should serve as an inspiration to the inspiring youth of the race. At the last session of the general conference he was elected to his present office and has already met with success in his new field. The items from the classes, make the news of the masses. Read the Twin City Star. HIS PAST DIDN'T BOTHER HIM. When Swinburne Was Very Close Unte Death by Drowning. In Mr. Edmund Gosse's reminiscent article, "Swinburne at Eretat," in the Cornhill Magazine he relates the poet's bathing adventure that nearly cost him his life in the late summer of 1898. The timely appearance of a fishing smack on the scene prevented the premature silencing of the voice that was presently to entrance the world (or some part of it) with the "Songs Before Sunrise." "I asked him," writes Mr. Gosse, "what he thought about in that dreadful contingency, and he replied that he had no experience of what people often profess to witness—the concentrated panorama of past life hurrying across the memory. He did not reflect on the past at all. He was filled with annoyance that he had not finished his 'Songs Before Sunrise' and then with satisfaction that so much of it was ready for the press and that Mazini would be pleased with him. "And then he continued. 'I reflected with resignation that I was exactly the same age as Shelley was when he was drowned.' (This, however, was not the case. Swinburne had reached that age in March, 1867, but this was part of a curious delusion of Swinburne's that he was younger by two or three years than his real age.) Then when he began to be, I suppose, a little benumbed by the water his thoughts fixed on the clothes he had left on the beach, and he worried his clouded brain about some unfinished verses in the pocket of his coat." So here again, comments the Dial, we have an instance of the failure of an actor in a real life drama to rise to the dramatic possibilities of his part. They do these things better in fiction. SULPHUR SHOWERS. Not Sulphur at All, Only the Pollen Grains of Pine Trees. Many persons are aware that in spring, and especially in early spring, it happens that after a shower the edge of every pool of water in the streets and along the sidewalks will be bordered by a rim of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates this ring remains as a fine powdery mass, so much resembling sulphur as to have given rise to the name "sulphur showers." This so called sulphur is, of course, not sulphur at all. When examined under the microscope it is found to be made up of a mass of the yellowish pollen grains of pine trees. Instead of consisting of a single cell, as do most pollen grains, that of the pine consists of three cells, the two larger end ones being filled with air and the other containing the ordinary fertilizing principle. The two air containing cells are larger than the other and act as balloons to buoy it up in the air. In pines and allied trees fertilization of the cones, by which they are enabled to set and develop seeds, is accomplished by the wind—that is, the pollen is produced in immense quantities and is transported through the air to the cones, which are often on separate, widely distant trees. Thus it often happens that the pollen gets up in the higher currents of the air, is carried for long distances and is only brought down to the earth by the rain, producing the so called shower of sulphur.—Harper's Weekly. How Wheat Perspires. When you are perspiring furiously in the dog days it may or may not console you to think that an ordinary field of wheat is giving off moisture quite as furiously. Between the months of April and July, according to Sir James Dewar, a field of wheat perspires sufficient moisture to cover the surface of its ground to a depth of nine inches. Another interesting fact is that it requires three and a half pounds of water to produce sixteen grains of wheat. Speaking of the solar radiation in tropical places, Sir James says that in six hours about four-tenths of a square mile receives heat equivalent to the combustion of 1,000 tons of coal, while an area of 1,300 square miles receives in one year heat equivalent to 1,000,000,000 tons of coal—the whole estimated coal output of Europe and America.-Philadelphia Ledger. The commercial traveler had just finished a story of a disastrous fire, in which his firm suffered severely. "And what did you do when you heard of it on your journey?" inquired his friend. "Oh, the boss a long telegram of sympathy! He likes that kind of thing. Cost me half a crown." "Half a crown" exclaimed the other incredulously. "Oh, I charged it to my expenses, of course!" explained the traveler. Kindly feeling and thoughtful economy could go no further.—Manchester Guardian. Plausible Excuse. Guest—Walter, are you sure this is oxtail soup? Walter—Yessuh. Guest—But I've found a tooth in it. How do you account for that? Walter—Well, I don't know, sub; but I reckon dat ox must have been biting his tail.—Sphinx. In a Bad Way. "My friends," declaimed an orator during a convention—"my friends, I say to you that this great republic of ours is standing on the brink of an abscess"—Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright—Benjamin Franklin. ACCUSED OF 25 MURDERS. Missouri Life Prisoner Said to Have Used an Ax. Leavenworth, Kan. Twenty-five murders committed with an ax within the last three years in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa and Illinois are ascribed to Henry Lee Moore, now serving a life term in the Missouri pententary, according to a theory formed by M. W. McClaughry, special agent of the department of justice, after an exhaustive study of the so called ax murders. Mr. McClaughry is a son of Warden McClaughry of the federal penitentiary here and has charge of the bureau of criminal identification at the penitentiary. Moore went to the penitentiary at Jefferson City after being found guilty of the murder of his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mrs. George Moore, at Columbus, Mo., in December last year. Moore, on trial, said he had made a study of famous murders, including the Crippen case in England. AN UNUSUAL MORTGAGE. Farmer Puts Up Chickens, Hogs and Revolver as Security. Washington, Ga.—There was placed on record in the office of the clerk of Wilkes county what is considered the most unusual mortgage ever recorded in this or any other county. The security named in the recorded instrument consists of the following valuable property—to wit: "Nine chickens, two sow hogs and a 32 caliber pistol." The amount of the debt thus secured is $23, and it is provided that if the obligation is not met at maturity the property mentioned therein shall be sold at public outcry. All home-steed exemption rights are waived by the maker of the mortgage. The question is being asked, "Does this mortgage emphasize the increasing value of the 'hog and hominy' propaganda, or is it but another indication of the extreme stringency in the land about which so much has been said and written—which?" TABLOID BOOZE IS SERVED IN MAINE One May Carry Whisky or Beer In Vest Pocket. Bangor, Me.-A Maine sheriff might find a barrel of beer or even a jug of whisky, but he can't find a beer lozege or a cocktail tablet, and over that glad fact the thirsty of this state are rejoicing now. For the tablold booze drummer has come to Malne and is doing a rushing business in condensed drinks of all kinds, from plain whisky to cocktails and from beer to gln fizzes. The drummer carries a considerable stock of the tablets with him for immediate demands and arranges for further and unlimited supplies by mail. Many bars in Bangor, Lewiston and Portland are selling tablold drinks, while a great many men who just must have their whisky or beer when they want it have obtained their own supplies and make their liquor at home while they wait, and the wait is not long. Nobody here knows anything about the constituent elements of the tablets, but nobody cares so long as they produce something that looks and tastes like liquor. The tablets come in little paper boxes or glass bottles of a dozen each, and the price varies. A small phal of one kind of tablets, costing 13 cents, dissolved in a gallon of water, with other ingredients costing 50 cents, makes a gallon of what passes for whisky—total cost, 63 cents. It is not whisky that would appeal to a connoisseur, for it burns and bites all the way down, but is as near to whisky as a good many people are able to get in some parts of Maine, and it "goes." WHISTLING CAT HAS HARELIP Animal Never Has Mewed, but Is Musical Prodigy. Springfield, Mass.—Stanislaus Czynszky of Prospect avenue, West Springfield, is the owner of a cat with a harelip, which whistles with the facility of a schoolboy, but cannot mew or, at least, never has mewed. Czynszky is inclined to believe that no animal in its normal state of mind would whistle, but is loath to do away with the cat, which, he says, attracts more attention than any other member of the family and is regarded as a musical prodigy. Neighbors have suggested that the cat would prove a treasure to a maker of catgut violin strings. Hen Lays Tiniest of Eggs. Vancouver. Wash.—An egg weighing but fifteen grains, laid by a real live hen, is the property of Mrs. Harvey Alexander of this city. The egg, about half the size of a hazelnut, is but 1-384 part of a pound. Mrs. Alexander found an egg with a soft shell, which crushed in when she picked it up, and inside was the small egg, perfect in shape and with a hard shell. 11th Born to 11th of 11th. Lawrenceburg, Ind. - An eleventh daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sillas W. Jackson of Miller township. Mrs. Jackson is the eleventh daughter of an eleventh daughter of a family in which there were no boys. The new arrival weighed nearly ten pounds and is thriving. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are Invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 33d St. between 9th and 18th Ave. Serves every Sunday 10:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday school at 12:30. Rev. F. M. Lewis, Pastor. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 315 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday School at 11 a. m. 8 p. m. Sunday School at 11 p. m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1120 Eighth Street So. Reaching every Sunday morning and evening Rev. J. Carter, Pastor, 602 10th Ave. S. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue N. and 4th St. Services morning and evening each Sunday. Rev. M. W. Witners, pastor. The People's Christian Mission, REV. G. W. MITCHELL BAPTIST St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. H. P. Jones, Pastor, Cor. Jay and Fuller Sts. All are welcome. It is a rule at the St. James A. M. E. Church that persons attending funerals will not be permitted to view the remains in the Church. All persons will call at the undertakers or the residence to take the last look at the departed. ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Rev. G. W. Camp, Pastor. All are welcome. Ames Lodge of Elks meet at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So, every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Deputy, Installs and organizes Chapters of The O. E. Star. Please te consult any one Interested. Residence Mrs. Anna B. Harris, Grand District 285 Rondo St., St. Paul, Minn. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. 111 South 6th St Minneapolis. N. W. Nic. 1534. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counselor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Colfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. FRANCIS Attorney and Counselor at Law, 89-90 Union Block, St. Paul. N. W. Cedar 5552 4th & Cedar Sts. R. O. LEE ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practice In all Courts. 25 Union Block, St. Paul, Minn. J- LOUIS ERVIN Attorney and Counsellor at Law 303 Cour. Block, St. Paul, Minn. McDew Rents Houses. McDew Rents Flats. McDew Sells Houses. McDew Sells Lots. NIC. 621, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. FOR MEN ONLY. THE HOTEL PAUL, 112 WASHINGTON AVE. NO. E. S. Paul, Prop. N. W. Phone Nic. 4655 Special Attention Given Ladies' Work STAR PANTORIUM E. H. PAUL, Prop. Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing SHOE SHINING PARLOR 110 Wash. Ave. N. MINNEAPOLIS Goods Called for and Delivered Promptly Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SHULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters 311 Hennepin Ave. Mpls. Mpls. Golden Rule Tailors S. BLUMMER, PROP. 1311 WASHINGTON AVENUE 80. SUITS OR OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CLEANING, PRESSING, REPAIRING. CLOTHES CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. : : : READ THE STAR. Os | | | Detec E TWIN CITY STAR _ NEGRO PROGRESSIVE. ‘Vol. 3 Friday, June 20, 1913 No. 42 Watered in the Post ollice at Min- weapolis, June 23, as second class mat ter. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION 1419 Washington Ave. 80, Minne apolls. Minn. Phone: N. W. Nic. 2824 Geo. B. Kelley Duluth, Men, “Head of the Lakes” Representative DNS ara Subscription by Mall, Postpald. ONE YEAR oo... ..cceeeeee cere + $2.00 SIX MONTHS ......000eee00+++ 1.20 ‘THREE MONTHS ..........+++ 65 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION ... 2.50 ADVERTISING RATES. 1 column inch—1 inszrtion .....$ .50 1 col. inch—4 insertions (1 mo.) $1.50 1 col, inch—13 insertions (3 mos.)$5.00 Special rates furnished on application Reading notices ......10 cents aline. 6 words constitute a line. ‘The above rates apply to all classt- fications as follows, except Births, Notices, Barter and Exchange and all Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Meeting ads. preceding Male Help. Births, Deaths, Cards of Thanks and Meeting Notices — Minimum charge, 26¢ for 15 words or less. Over 26 words, one cent for each word. Subscribers are earnestly request: ed to report to the office any irregu- tarities in the delivery of their paper: also any change of address. In this great city of ours, we need more consecrated men and women to throw out the life line to rescue the perishing souls. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor Bethesda Baptist Churcn. HOW ONE COLLEGE HAS HELPED NEGROES. In a certain county in Mississippi, says a writer t the Southern Work- man, a college for white boys has in- spired and positively helped the Ne- groes of the county. “A spirit of sympathy and good will has shown itslf in conduct. The college em: plays a number of Negroes 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 eventual- ly start up farms of their own and thus carry with them the experience gained under trained oversight. Their success in the community where they live becomes an object lesson to the neighbors around. Again, the college: experiments in taxing the productive capacity under certain conditions of an acre of cot- ton or corn in full view of the peds- trians to and from town. This ex- periment is watched with the keenest interest by those who are aware of what is being done, and this has proven to be a very effective kind of object lesson, The college further sends out men to hold farmers’ in- stitutes for Negroes in various parts of the county. Such questions as deep plowing, crop rotation, green manuring, diversity of crops, stock- raising with reference to the breed- ing and care of stock, have been presented at different times. These institutes furnish experiences to the filtrate Negroes for the intelligent observation of work done on the col- lene farm.” SOMEBODY'S SISTER. By Byron H. Stauffer. In our old school reader was a poem entitled “Somebody's Mother.” It told of an old woman helped across the busy, slippry street by a bright laddie who returned to the merry group of his fellows to say: “She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, For all she is aged and: poor and slow.” I wish @ rhyme could be given us on “Somebody's Sister,” to stir the noblest imaginations our our youths, and elevate their demeanor toward every young woman they meet, Somebody's sister is walking by the street corner where you and your chums are congregating tonight, You are feeling merry, with a bit of loose change in your pocket and the day's work over. A group of young fellows will recklessly make remarks about @ passing woman in the evening, which one young man, alone wouldn't think of expressing next morning. Bet.the bound of decency against your buoyancy, The next young wom- an to happen along may be your als- ter or your sweetheart. If your chum, not knowing, should offer her ‘an insult, there would be trouble, ‘wouldn't there? TO PURIFY POLITICS, In all the prosecutions waged ‘against unlawful corporations there 1s a desire to reach the men “higher up.” When the dis- bursing agent who contracts for a delivery of votes at a certain time and for a certain price is put behind prison bars, then a step will have been made which ‘will tend to improve instead of ebauch politics.—O. B. Brough- ton. EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS. All Classes Benefit by Carnegie Library at Biddle University. By GEORGE F. KING. By GEORGE F. KING. | Charlotte, N. C.—There is a keen in- terest manifested by the Afro-Ameri- cans in this city for good literature. ‘This unusual mental activity is a con- spteuous evidence of the trend of the race here to become influenced by great Christian agencies that have molded ether progressive races. ‘There are hundreds of public libraries through- out the southland, but Afro-Amert- cans are denfed the use of them for such knowledge as they might wish to obtain through book lore. One can readily appreciate existing conditions that have fmpoded the Afro American's material advancement in the realm of good literature. ‘The class of books that will inspire our youth is not so easily procured in many sections of the country, and because of such there is a mental degeneration in too many instances, and a poor con- ception of ennobling ideals is also the result. Hence It ts quite obvious to the ay- erage member of the race to under stand the motives of any race in giving {ts members such excellent opportuni- ties for mental culture, ‘The Carnegie Ubrary at Biddle university, this elty. is a regenerating influence that is real- ly proving our people's clatm, which fs Just, to become an integral part of everything that is in direct touch with good influences. It 1s encouragingly true that the ma- tured members of the race in Charlotte ‘are exhibiting a remarkable dispost- tion, which is also an indication of hope long deferred, to accept every op- portunity given them by this good in- stitution of learning which has mold. ed hundreds of young men for a life of useful service. The Mbrary 1s equipped to meet the peculiar exigencies of a reading pub- Ie that Hlves upon pure iterature and was dedicated at the last commence ment season of the university. The Pesalmist that 1s himself fooling with the ghost of racial antipathy should visit the school and the library and see how the students and general public make use of the opportunity. Dr. H. L. McCrorey, president of the aniverstty, and those assisting bim in bringing Biddle up to its present stand- ard of efficiency for the work of de- veloping a race along the right lines are now the cynosures of the better ele- ment of both races in all sections of the country for giving our people such an excellent chance for self help. HOW TO RETAIN PHYSICAL ENERGY MOST IMPORTANT. Summer Solstice In Life Comes at Thirty, Says Dr. C. V. Roman. In an address to the Knights of Pythias of Tennessee not long ago Dr. ©. V. Roman, the “sage” of Nashville, Tenn., sald in part as follows: “Physical energy is the basis of worldly success, and the primary need of our people today 1s to conserve thelr phystcal force. Our educated people must live long enough to pay back with Interest the price of thelr educa- tlon. “The college bred man who dies at graduation or soon thereafter dies in debt to soctety. If he dies through his own ignorance or carelessness he ab- sconds without paying his board bill. He throws away other people’s money. “Our successful men must live until their successors are qualified if we are to hold our own and advance. The thirtieth birthday marks the summer solstice of the average man’s career. Ho should have at least thirty active years from that date to make and reap bis rewards. “A high birth rate is not a full com- pensation for a high death rate. The ‘energies of the race are exhausted tn merely trying to live, and no strength 1s left for improvement. How much land could a farmer till if he broke fresh horses every morning? “He could make no headway even if the horses were given him, and a race that loses its prepared men and wom- en prematurely cannot find compensa- tion for the loss in a high birth rate. The drain must be stopped. How? By teaching our people to utilize all available opportunities to improve thelr physical condition. One illustra- tion will suffice. “Davidson county, Tenn., bas built a modern tuberculosis hospital, equal ac- commodations for colored and white. Although there are more deaths among ithe colored than among the whites from tuberculosis, there are fewer: col- ored patients at the hospital than ‘whites. “The average colored person stricken ‘with tuberculosis would rather remain ‘& burden to. bis relatives and finally @e than go to the hospital and get ‘well. “To enlighten our people along these Hines is a great opportunity. Let us hope that our fraternal leaders may Bee that ‘the good of the order’ con- sists in embracing promptly this op portunity.” TWIN CITY STAR -MRISING YOUNG: ‘SONGSTER, Ode to. Ethiopia Gave E, 8, Jones #ie Passport.t> Freedom, | Eaward smyth Jones, a native/ot Mississippi, bids fair to rival. Paul Laurence Dunbar as a writer of: verve. Mr. Jones has long cultivated the muse and gained much public notice a’ year or so ago when he was arrested ag a vagrant while trying to enter Harvard University. “The Ode to Ethiopia” ts & historical epic and is regarded as being responsible for his being veleas- ed from the jail at Cambridge; Maes, where he was confined after being ar. rested at Harvard. Even Judge=ar thur P. Stone, who dismissed: the charge of vagrancy against him, sald, “Gentlemen, I do not wish to be judge, but this 1s better poetry: than ¥ ind 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 gen- tuses who, like Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alexander Dumas, occasionally comes forth to proclaim the intellectnal equality of the Negro race” Mr. Jones is the author of a: book of poems ealled “The Sylvan Cabin,” with en introduction by W. Stanley» Bratth- waite, the writer. The “Ode to Bithio- Ny D pla” is a classic and te not written ta the dialect which characterizes . most Doems on the Negro. It gives.s,nece- Pitulation of the deeds of the race in all ages. It begins: ‘Thou sovereign queen of Afric’s aunny ‘strands, I smite my lyre to sing thy praise unsuhg Im strains far sweeter than -serapl’s A lay Geep in my bosom's core is Wate queen, although my years as 704 = Deed] thoughts and musings of thy history ‘Where ‘cies end Sery epten long’ ‘nat, lve centurion im my tmmortal soul po Ané strike sweet Lydian measures on my harp of gold! ‘This ode consists of nineteen, Spen- cerian stanzas, and into it the author pours bis soul. A perusal of it thrills one with pride for his race and ant- mates his soul to put forth greater ef- forts. He pays the following beautiful tribute to the virtue and charms of women: Tooall thee angel of thiaearth, For angel true thou art In noble deeds and sterling worth And sympathetic heart. I, therefore, seek none from afar For what they might have been, But sing the praise of those which are, ‘That dwell on earth with men. ‘This young versifier of the higher Ufo of the race ts paid the following tribute by William Stanley Braith- waite in the introduction to “The Syk van 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 rep- Tesentative of the race which has giv- en 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 ‘extput of one born in Mississippi.” — Fe eo ae Serene cee eer eee ‘The manual training department and the department of domestic science of the Bartlett high schoo! tn St. Josepti Mo. are attracting considerable attem tion in educational circles op accoustt of the excellent work whieh: the stu- dents of these two sections of .the school are doing The enrollment of students ts 820, The faculty ts rated as being highly proficient tn its work. Professor Sims directs the affairs of the schoo! with skill and splendid. bust- ness methods in all departments, RUNNING A NEWSPAPER. Running @ newspaper is a thing that every person knows how to da except the editor or manager. No body should ever get a reasting in ite columns except the editor and ais friends. On the other hand, . thelr friends should be sweet scented Draised and banqueted. 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Kelley Duluth, Minn "Head of the Lakes" Representative ADVERTISING RATES. 1 column inch—1 insertion ..... $ . 50 1 col. inch—4 insertions (1 mo.) $1.50 1 col. inch—13 insertions (3 mos.) $5.00 Special rates furnished on application Reading notices ..... 10 cents aline, 6 words constitute a line. The above rates apply to all classifications as follows, except Births, Notices, Barter and Exchange and all Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Meeting ads. preceding Male Help. Births, Deaths, Cards of Thanks and Meeting Notices — Minimum charge, 25c for 15 words or less. Over 25 words, one cent for each word. Subscribers are earnestly requested to report to the office any irregularities in the delivery of their paper; also any change of address. In this great city of ours, we need more consecrated men and women to throw out the life line to rescue the perishing souls. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor Bethesda Baptist Church. HOW ONE COLLEGE HAS HELPED NEGROES. In a certain county in Mississippi, says a writer in the Southern Workman, a college for white boys has inspired and positively helped the Negroes of the county. "A spirit of sympathy and good will has shown itself in conduct. The college employs a number of Negroes 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 oversight. Their success in the community where they live becomes an object lesson to the neighbors around. Again, the college experiments in taxing the productive capacity under certain conditions of an acre of cotton or corn in full view of the pedatrians to and from town. This experiment is watched with the keenest interest by those who are aware of what is being done, and this has proven to be a very effective kind of object lesson. The college further sends out men to hold farmers' institutes for Negroes in various parts of the county. Such questions as deep plowing, crop rotation, green manuring, diversity of crops, stockraising with reference to the breeding and care of stock, have been presented at different times. These institutes furnish experiences to the illiterate Negroes for the intelligent observation of work done on the college farm." Intentional Duplicate Exposure SOMEBODY'S SISTER. By Byron H. Stauffer. In our old school reader was a poem entitled "Somebody's Mother." It told of an old woman helped across the busy, slippery street by a bright laddie who returned to the merry group of his fellows to say: "She's somebody's mother, boys, you know. For all she is aged and poor and slow." I wish a rhyme could be given us on "Somebody's Sister," to stir the noblest imaginations our our youths, and elevate their demeanor toward every young woman they meet. Somebody's sister is walking by the street corner where you and your chums are congregating tonight. You are feeling merry, with a bit of loose change in your pocket and the day's work over. A group of young fellows will recklessly make remarks about a passing woman in the evening, which one young man, alone wouldn't think of expressing next morning. Set the bound of decency against your buoyancy. The next young woman to happen along may be your sister or your sweetheart. If your chum, not knowing, should offer her an insult, there would be trouble, wouldn't there? TO PURIFY POLITICS. In all the prosecutions waged against unlawful corporations there is a desire to reach the men "higher up." When the disbursing agent who contracts for a delivery of votes at a certain time and for a certain price is put behind prison bars, then a step will have been made which will tend to improve instead of debauch politics.—C. E. Broughton. EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS. All Classes Benefit by Carnegie Library at Biddle University. By GEORGE F. KING. Charlotte, N. C.-There is a keen interest manifested by the Afro-Americans in this city for good literature. This unusual mental activity is a conspicuous evidence of the trend of the race here to become influenced by great Christian agencies that have molded other progressive races. There are hundreds of public libraries throughout the southland, but Afro-Americans are denied the use of them for such knowledge as they might wish to obtain through book lore. One can readily appreciate existing conditions that have impeded the Afro-American's material advancement in the realm of good literature. The class of books that will inspire our youth is not so easily procured in many sections of the country, and because of such there is a mental degeneration in too many instances, and a poor conception of ennobling ideals is also the result. Hence it is quite obvious to the average member of the race to understand the motives of any race in giving its members such excellent opportunities for mental culture. The Carnegie library at Blddle university, this city, is a regenerating influence that is really proving our people's claim, which is just, to become an integral part of everything that is in direct touch with good influences. It is encouragingly true that the matured members of the race in Charlotte are exhibiting a remarkable disposition, which is also an indication of hope long deferred, to accept every opportunity given them by this good institution of learning which has molded hundreds of young men for a life of useful service. The library is equipped to meet the peculiar exigencies of a reading public that lives upon pure literature and was dedicated at the last commencement season of the university. The pessimist that is himself fooling with the ghost of racial antipathy should visit the school and the library and see how the students and general public make use of the opportunity. Dr. H. L. McCorey, president of the university, and those assisting him in bringing Biddle up to its present standard of efficiency for the work of developing a race along the right lines are now the cynosures of the better element of both races in all sections of the country for giving our people such an excellent chance for self help. HOW TO RETAIN PHYSICAL ENERGY MOST IMPORTANT Summer Solace In Life Comes at Thirty, Says Dr. C. V. Roman. In an address to the Knights of Pythias of Tennessee not long ago Dr. C. V. Roman, the "sage" of Nashville, Tenn., said in part as follows: "Physical energy is the basis of worldly success, and the primary need of our people today is to conserve their physical force. Our educated people must live long enough to pay back with interest the price of their education. "The college bred man who dies at graduation or soon thereafter dies in debt to society. If he dies through his own ignorance or carelessness he absconds without paying his board bill. He throws away other people's money." "Our successful men must live until their successors are qualified if we are to hold our own and advance. The thirtieth birthday marks the summer solstice of the average man's career. He should have at least thirty active years from that date to make and reap his rewards. "A high birth rate is not a full compensation for a high death rate. The energies of the race are exhausted in merely trying to live, and no strength is left for improvement. How much land could a farmer till if he broke fresh horses every morning? "He could make no headway even if the horses were given him, and a race that loses its prepared men and women prematurely cannot find compensation for the loss in a high birth rate. The drain must be stopped. How? By teaching our people to utilize all available opportunities to improve their physical condition. One illustration will suffice. "Davidson county, Tenn., has built a modern tuberculosis hospital, equal accommodations for colored and white. Although there are more deaths among the colored than among the whites from tuberculosis, there are fewer colored patients at the hospital than whites. "The average colored person stricken with tuberculosis would rather remain a burden to his relatives and finally die than go to the hospital and get well. "To enlighten our people along these lines is a great opportunity. Let us hope that our fraternal leaders may see that 'the good of the order' consists in embracing promptly this opportunity." TWIN CITY STAR RISING YOUNG SONGSTER. Ode to Ethiopia Gave E. S. Jones Nile Passport to Freedom. Edward Smyth Jones, a native of Mississippi, blids 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- A. E. 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. strands, I smite my lyre to sing thy praise unsung in strains far sweeter than seraph's bear A lay deep in my bosom's core is sprung. Fair queen, although my years as yet be young. 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 ode 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. 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 output of one born in Mississippi." Praise For the Bartlett High School. The manual training department and the department of domestic science of the Bartlett high school in St. Joseph, Mo., are attracting considerable attention in educational circles on account of the excellent work which the students of these two sections of the school are doing. The enrollment of students is 320. The faculty is rated as being highly proficient in its work. Professor Sims directs the affairs of the school with skill and splendid business methods in all departments. RUNNING A NEWSPAPER Running a newspaper is a thing that every person knows how to do except the editor or manager. Nobody should ever get a racing in its columns except the editor and his friends. On the other hand, their friends should be sweet scented, praised and banqueted. If you do something bad you want the editor to keep your name out of the paper; but, on the other hand, should you buy a new dress or hat or feed two or three of the bon tons of the town at your table or sing a solo you want a big puff and a boost, and if you don't get it you are going to stop the paper. A newspaper is something no one forgets to condemn for its mistakes, but never remember to praise it for the good it accomplishes. —The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. 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M. KENNEDY BEN. MARIENHOFF FASHIONABLE TAILOR Phone N. W-4398 318 HENNEPIN AVE. Makes Good Clothes at Moderate Prices SPFCIAL DESIGNS or SPRING and SUMMER Hochsteiner LAGER The Beer of Quality & Flavor "PURITY" brew is the Beer for the summer, In spring and winter And fall it's a hummer! Brewed and Bottled Exclusively by The Leading Bottle Beer Brewery PURITY BREWING COMPANY MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. F. PEOPLES REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Contractor and Builder Office Phone .....N. W. Nlc. 2188 236 BOSTON BLOCK, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. PAINTING, PLUMBING, PAPER-HANGING, PLASTERING, BRICK and CONCRETE WORK You don't need money; if you own your lot. I BUILD HOMES ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS. ITS JUST LIKE PAYING RENT. PLANS FREE. Defective