Twin City Star

DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL effective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents The local committee got itself into another tangle when through its representative, the Rev. Mr. Gilliam, it signed to use the local driving park for the encampment grounds. The Rev. Mr. Gilliam permitted himself to be euchred into accepting these grounds and agreeing to pay $1,200 rental for a week's use without any privilege concessions, a white man retaining all concessions. This aroused considerable criticism among the Knights of Pythias. When Supreme Grand Chancellor Green went to Columbus and discovered that the driving park grounds had a saloon on it he emphatically informed the local committee that, it was against the principles of the order to use grounds on which liquor was sold and before he would permit it to use the driving park he would take the meeting away from Columbus. The belief prevails among the rank and file of the members that because of the hard times, and especially in the south, in which section the Knights of Pythias' largest membership is located, and because many brothers are out of employment, Supreme Grand Chancellor Green should advise doing away with all fuss and feathers this year, abandon the encampment, if possible, and simply hold a business session in the briefest time possible. General Robert Smalls, as he was familiarly known, who died at his home in Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 23, was born at Beaufort April 5, 1839. He was a river pilot in his younger days and gained fame on account of having captured the Confederate steamer Planter, which he delivered within the Union lines during the civil war. Congress commended General Smalls for this daring deed, and he was retained as pilot of the Planter after its capture. The Savannah Tribune in speaking of General Smalls' career says: "After the war Smalls served several terms in the legislature of South Carolina and served as a Republican in the Fort-fourth, Fort-fifth, Fort-eighth and Fort-ninth congresses; was appointed collector of the port of Beaufort, S. C., by President McKinley and served in this office until 1913." TUSKEGEE PROUD OF BRIDGEFORTH Teacher of Agriculture at Noted School Stands High. WORK BENEFITS THE MASSES Blessed With Special Training For His Cheese Profession, Head of Important Department of Institution Says He Is Only Humble Worker Holding Up Principal's Hands. Tuskegee, Ala.—One of the most important departments at Tuskegee institute and of which Dr. Booker T. Washington is proud is the department of agriculture, which, like the other departments, has an expert at the head, a man with experience, training and ability. These qualities are possessed by Professor George R. Bridgeforth, whose early life was spent in Athens, in the northern part of the state and in Limestone county. He is yet a young man. His first graduation was from Trinity school in 1894, then at Talladega college, where he graduated in 1897, but he felt that he was not yet prepared for his chosen line, so he took a course at the Massachusetts Agricultural college, finishing in 1901. Having finished his training, the next thing was to work. He accepted a position with the late William H. Council at Normal, Ala., where he remained one year, after which he accepted a position with Dr. Booker T. Washington in the agricultural department. Of course he was not at the head, but one of the instructors and workers. This was thirteen years ago. He con- GEORGE R. BRIDGEFORTH. vinced Dr. Washington and those around the school that he understood the business. Merit wins in Tuskegee. So when there was a vacancy at the head of the department Dr. Washington decided that he had the right man there. So six years ago Mr. Bridgeforth was placed at the head and has been conducting the work of the department ever since. Like other heads of departments, he has tried to make improvements and has been indeed successful. In the department now are to be found eighteen instructors, with a complete outfit for teaching from 300 to 500 students both theoretical and practical agriculture. It should be of interest to know that there are 350 students studying agriculture. This young man has not alone been devoting his time to the students, but he has been of help to the farmers by conducting what is known as farmers' short courses and movable schools for Macon county as well as other counties in the state. He has contributed toward the improvement of the village around Tuskegee, and through his efforts two land companies have been organised—the Southern Small Land company and the Tuskegee Farm and Improvement company. He is president of the former and vice president of the latter. It is of interest to know that this department does $135,000 worth of business every year. With the new agricultural building and the veterinary hospital, recently donated, there is a new canning factory, a cold storage, barns put in the agricultural campus, a 1,000 acre farm, a truck garden of forty acres, an orchard of 100 acres and live stock consisting of 600 hogs, 125 horses and mules and 150 cattle. The latest addition to the department is a postgraduate course. The young men from this course are making good and at the same time de- manding good salaries. The demands are much larger than the supply. are much larger than the supply. In speaking of his work Mr. Bridgeforth says: "I am one of the humble workers at Tuskegee institute, holding up the hands of the principal and working with him for the advancement of our people. Dr. Washington is a strong and great help in every particular in trying to develop this department. Our students combine theory and practice in helping the public." Annual Meeting of Educators July 28-9. The twelfth annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers In Colored Schools will be held in Cincinnati, O., beginning on Wednesday, July 28. The association was organized in 1904 and is doing splendid work. PYTHIAS ANNUAL MEETING. Officials to Decide on Place For Next Grand Lodge Session. Cincinnati.-Supreme Grand Chancellor Green of New Orleans, General R. R. Jackson of Chicago, head of the uniform rank, Knights of Pythias; Vice Supreme Grand Chancellor Joseph L. Jones and State Grand Chancellor William Anderson of this city were in conference at Columbus recently to straighten out the tangled condition in which the local committee on arrangements here appears to have got. The supreme grand lodge and supreme grand encampment, Knights of Pythias, are scheduled to convene in Columbus, O., in August. The local committee apparently was unable to raise the necessary funds to properly entertain the gathering. The state grand lodge offered to finance the meeting and consider the supreme grand lodge the guest of the state grand lodge. But the local committee on arrangements wants Columbus to serve as host, though unable to finance the affair. GENERAL ROBERT SMALLS DIES AT BEAUFORT, S. C. Captured Steamer Planter and Render Other Valuable Service to Nation Might Go Further. "She paints her eyebrows." "Well, she has to draw the line some where." "Columbia Jester." ATY. FRANCIS NEW LOCA. TION. Atty. William T. Francis has moved to Suite 329 in the American National Bank Building, Cedar and Fifth Sts., St. Paul. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MARCH 12, 1915. DISAPPROVES OF "CLANSMAN"PLAY BIG VICTORY FOR OUR RACE National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Administrators Severe Blow to Production of Film Show Called "Birth of the Nation," Based on Dixon's Book. New York.—The National Association For the Advancement of Colored People has scored a real triumph in this city in succeeding in getting the national board of censorship to reverse its approval of the moving picture film called "The Birth of a Nation," which is based on Thomas Dixon's "Clansman." As soon as advised of the action of the board of censorship, at the suggestion of Paul Kennaday, a member of the board of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, officers of the association got in touch with the police commissioner through Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, who has been advised by the commissioner that the entire matter has been placed in the hands of Chief Magis, trate McAdoo, and the owners of the film have been warned not to produce it. It had been extensively advertised for production beginning on the night of March 8 in the Liberty theater, Forty-second street, west of Broadway. One hundred thousand dollars has been invested in it. Its owners are Messrs. Alken and Grifith. The latter is reported to be a Virginian. An advance performance of the production was given in Washington, and it is said that Chief Justice White and President Wilson were present. The reversal of the decision of the board of censorship to approve the film will probably prevent its production in about 80 per cent of the theaters of this country, since many cities have ordinances prohibiting the production of moving pictures when not approved by the national board of censorship, and even when there are not such prohibitive ordinances many theaters will not produce films unless they have the approval of the censorship board. The National association had a very difficult task to perform in suppressing this film since it had already been approved by the censorship board when the association first heard of it through its Los Angeles branch, where it is alleged a duplicate film had been released and produced in spite of the protest of the branch. The reason given by the police department and the city council for refusing to interfere was that the film had been approved by the national board of censorship. When the national association first made its appeal to the national board of censorship there seemed to be little prospect of getting an unfavorable decision on this film in the limited time left before its advertised public production. The association communicated with every member of the board of censorship, and through the latter's courtesy an advance performance was arranged at the Liberty theater Monday afternoon, March 1. All the members of the board of censorship were present, and a small committee from the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People was in the audience. At the close of the performance the board of censorship met and unanimously voted to disapprove the film. In connection with the difficulties that the national association met in having this criticised film censored, it is interesting to note the action taken in Atlanta, Ga., in regard to "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which has recently been produced there in moving pictures. To suit the southern community the name of the production had to be changed to "Old Plantation Folks" and all disagreeable scenes cut out, such as the whipping post. Legree is made almost a saint. In justifying this action Mrs. Joseph Morgan of Atlanta, president of the Pioneers, says: "Nobody has any right to come here and stir up sectional prejudice by offering such a play. Tb play recalls all the things we have been trying to forget." At His Best. Blobbs - The doctor told Guzzler drinking was the very worst thing he could. Slobbs - I guess that doctor didn't know Guzzler or he would have realized that drinking is the best thing he does. Philadelphia Record. ATTUCKS MEMORIAL SERVICES. Exercises to commemorate the 145 Anniversary of the death of Crispus Attucks, the Negro patriot, were held on last Sunday in the Assembly Hall of the Court House under the auspices of The National Independent Equal Rights League and The National Society for the Advancement of Colored People. Services were opened by prayer by Rev. T. B. Stovall. Song—My Country, 'tis of Thee. Life of Attucks, Atty. W. R. Morris. Songs by The S. C. T. Quartette, Messrs. J. H. Hickman, Jr., leader, D. W. Raynor, Morris Underwood, Wilbur Nevels. Attucks, an Inspiration, Atty. Gale P. Hilyer, Lessons from this Meeting, Atty. Brown S. Smith. A resolution in honor of the late Gen. Robert Smalls was adopted. A small collection was taken for Attucks Orphanage and Home. The attendance was good. Annual meetings will be held to commemorate our honored dead. Editor Chas. Sumner Smith presided. A Test of Friendship. Just before Artemus Ward's death Robertson poured out some medicine and offered it to the sick man, who said, "My dear Tom. I won't take any more of that horrible stuff." Robertson urged him to swallow the mixture, saying, "Do, now--there's a dear fellow--for my sake. You know I would do anything for you." "Would you?" said Ward feebly, grasping his friend's hand for the last time. "I would indeed," said Robertson. "Then you take it." Ward passed away a few hours afterward,—"Recollections of the Bancrofts." The Use of Iron. Iron has been known to men for a very long time. In the time of the Assyrians it was extensively used, iron saws, knives and other tools having been found by Layard at Nineveh. Homer refers to the forging of iron, while the hardening and tempering of steel appear to have been operations in common use among the early Greeks. The employment of a kind of bellows for the forging of tools, presumably of iron, figures in Egyptian sculpture of 1500 B. C. Cast iron appears to have been discovered about 350 B. C. Through the agency of the Romans the manufacture of iron was introduced all over the then known world. The First Victim. Chief Justice Doherty used to relate an experience which befell him during a visit to a country house in Ireland. His friend, the host, sent a car to the railway station to bring him to the place. He had not gone far when the horse became restless and finally upset the car into a ditch. The judge asked the driver how long the animal had been in harness. "Half an hour, sur." "I mean how long since he was first put in harness." "Shure, I've told you—half an hour, sur," answered the driver. "An the masther said if he carried ye safe he'd buy him."—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Figures of Speech. "Of what mathematical term does marriage remind you?" "Multiplication of course." "Right. And divorce?" "Why, division." "Certainly. What term, then, would you apply to grass widowhood?" "I suppose that would have to be called an improper fraction."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Heredity. Fond Parent—That youngster of mine is beginning already to have the family traits. You know we gave him a stop watch for a birthday present? Friend—Yes. Fond Parent—Well, sir, within half an hour of the time he first got hold of that timepiece he had found a bowl of water and put it in soak.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Bare Polea. Purser—Don't go on deck, madam. It is stormy, and we are running her with bare poles. Aunt Polly—Well, I suppose that, coming from such a cold country as Poland, they can stand running round naked, but I think it's downright scandalous to let 'em do it.—London Telegraph. Not Standing. Bill—Is he in the standing army? Jill—No. He's in the cavalry.—Yonkers Statesman. EQUITY CONGRESS PROVES ITS WORTH SOME RESULTS OBTAINED. Organized For Speoific Purposes, the Congress Led and Won the Fight For Race Representation In State National Guard, City Police Force and Fire Department. New York.—The organization known as the Equity congress in this city was organized Jan. 22, 1910. The colored citizens in this part of the Empire State saw the need of an organization through which they could express their views in all matters affecting their welfare. In their effort to obtain political and civic recognition and justice they felt that a strong central organization was a necessity. The congress is strictly nonpartisan and nonsectarian. Its achievements have been many. Its SPEAKER SAMUEL A. DUNCAN. work is national in scope and its influence for good has been felt by our people in foreign countries. The primary objects that called the Equity congress into being were, first, the securing of representation for colored men in the national guard of the state; second, the getting of colored men on the police force and in the fire department, and, third, to arouse colored men and women to the advantages of the civil service offered by the city, state and national governments. The congress has succeeded beyond the expectations of its organizers and sympathizers in accomplishing all three of these objects. Through its military committee, aided by other civic and political organizations, it secured the passage of a law creating a regiment of infantry in the city of New York, to be composed exclusively of Negroes. This law, which passed the legislature unanimously, was placed upon the statute book on June 2, 1913, Governor William Suzer having signed it on that date. The regiment has not yet been mustered in, due to a difference of opinion in the interpretation of the law by those officers of the national guard whose duty it is to carry out the provisions of the act. But the congress is still doing everything possible to have the will of the people, as expressed through their representatives, put into effect. And, with the change of administrations which has just taken place at Albany, the chances of mustering in the regiment and having colored men as part and parcel of the national guard of the state of New York grow brighter. It has succeeded in getting colored men upon the police force, and so, for the first time since consolidation this city has four colored men among its peace officers. This number will, it is hoped, be increased yearly until there shall be a sufficient number of colored men upon the force to proportionately represent the colored population of the city. Two colored men have passed the entrance requirements and have been admitted to the fire department, while others are preparing for the forthcoming examinations. As a result of its campaign of education conducted by the civil service committee, large numbers of men and women have competed in the examinations for positions in the municipal, state and national service. The congress enjoys the rare distinction of being honored each month with the presence of distinguished men, who consider themselves honored in turn by being permitted to address the congress. Governors, United States senators, congressmen, judges, a lieutenant general of the United States army and other men distinguished in all walks of life have appeared before the congress from time to time. Candidates during their canvass for office seek to appear before the Equity congress as often as possible. The organization of the congress is patterned after and its business is conducted after the manner in vogue in the national congress. The presiding officer is designated "speaker," and there are majority and minority floor leaders. Its committees are comprised of the following: Executive, rules, ways and means, laws and legislation, military, civil service, complaints, program and concurrent measures. National Sunday School Congress National Sunday School Congress. Rev. Henry Allen Boyd, secretary of the national Sunday school congress, has been making a tour of several states in the south and southwest, stirring up interest in the next annual meeting of the congress, which is to be held in Birmingham, Ala., from June 9 to 14 inclusive. In Oklahoma City, Okla., and in several cities in Ohio, Indiana and Texas he delivered addresses to great throngs of people who are interested in getting information concerning the work of the organization. Concord to Have New Church Edifice. The Concord Baptist church in Brooklyn, of which the Rev. Dr. William M. Moss is the minister, has had plans drawn for the erection in the near future of a new church edifice. The plans as submitted by the architect call for an expenditure of $62,000, not including interior furnishings. The membership of the church is over 1,700, and the church property is free of debt. MANNING SPEAKS HIS MIND. Former Alabama Legislator Tells North Conditions South Are Bad. The Hon. Joseph C. Manning, formerly a member of the Alabama legislature, in an address before the Economy club of Cambridge, Mass., the latter part of February spoke on the "Political and Economic Conditions" in the south as of interest to the whole nation. He referred to the south as being submerged and said, "If the people of Massachusetts knew the actual political conditions existing in the south today they would be amazed." He alleged that the leaders of the Democratic party in the south manipulate the elections to please themselves and that it is impossible to pass a bill in the Alabama legislature today to make a law prohibiting the illegal control of the votes and that the ruling party in the south perpetrates power by brazen fraud. In the south there are as many disfranchised whites as there are blacks, all through the power of the leading Democrats, who control things to suit their own interests. "There is no such thing as popular government down there," he said, "and there never will be unless the national legislature takes up the matter. The so called Negro question is used merely as a subversion of constitutional government. The solid Democratic south is in the saddle today, and the northern Democrat is just as badly off at Washington as the Republican. "There is an oligarchic system of repression in educational, political and industrial circles as marked today as before the civil war. The 'crop mortgage' system serves to keep the mass of people in industrial serfdom. In Alabama there are 300,000 white men and 200,000 Negroes who should have the vote. Only 3,000 Negroes are allowed to vote, and the state is dominated by 60,000 white votes. The disfranchisement law of 1901 was not passed wholly to prevent the Negro from voting, but also to enable the political oligarchy to maintain its hold on the reins of government." An Island Wilderness. Andors island, among the Bahamas, is ninety miles in length and twenty to forty miles in breadth and most of its extensive area has never been explored. It is an unbroken wilderness, inhabited solely by about 3,500 negroes. It has great forests, sedum penetrated by white men, of mahogany, mastic, ebony, logwood and cedar; swamps, creeks and bayous teeming with wild fowl, including the flamingo, which is found here in vast numbers. No real effort has been made to exploit its resources. It is said to be the only one of the Bahamas which has running streams of water and is surrounded by a series of barrier reefs which provide sheltered water ideal for yachting Useful Indeed. Teacher—What is the use of the Eustachian tube? Pupil—So you can hear yourself talk.—New York Times. Smoke the Reliable SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c. ' — ’ i a RRS RL ROE a Saale ) ora seni. ents obi " | | | ] Defective Pag | i _ 1 ——_eG | | - ee es ee ff} ot BETHESDA BAPTIST. CHURCH roth Ave, So, and @th St. ‘All are welcome. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. Residence 611 E. 16 St, Minneapolis. Peoples Christian Assembly. Rev. G. W. Mitchell, Pastor, 1204 Washington Ave, So. Come! and Serve the Lord. ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 2and St. near 10th Ave. So. Rev. Thos. B. Stovall, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So, Minneapolis. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. THE SUNDAY FORUM. The exercises of the Sunday Forum were well attended last Sunday. There was an excellent program rendered. Instrumental Duet ......Bell Sisters Vocal Solo ......Mr. Wilbur Nevels A Paper ....-.....-../Mrs. Perkins Vocal Soto ........Mrs. F. Celestine Violin Solo ..........-Master Minor We would appreciate what you owe us, or a part of it, Mr. Delinquent Subscriber. Send Your Subscription 4 % | Pastor St. Peters’ A. M. E. Church. Rev. Thos. B. Stovall, of St. Peter A.M. E. Church has formulated plans for the remodelling of his church, which will be pushed forward by a campaign of energetic church workers called Tribes. The expenses are estimated at $10,000, which will make it a modern edifice. Improve- ments will consist of two rooms in rear for pastor’s study and choir, en- tire repair of basement, roof and ceiling, heating plant, lavatories, hardoow floors, ete. A grand rally has commenced to complete the work. Rev. Stovall does not approve of the old custom of begging the white folks “to help keep up expenses,” but will do his best to have a church of which we may be proud. Contractor Peoples has submitted specifications for the work. Rev. Stovall is a pro- gressive preacher and has made a great financial showing in his for- mer rallies. Send Your Subscription A ST. PATRICK’S SUPPER. The Twin City Charity Club will give a St. Patrick Entertainment and Supper at St. James A. M. E. Church 8th Ave. So. and 4th St on March 17, 1915. The public is invited. Admission 10 cts—Advertisement. The Big Three. Every First and Third Tuesday. Arcade Hall, r3r1 Washington Ave. So. Minneapolis. Good Music. Refreshments and Good Order. The Knights of Pythias will give the Easter Ball, on April Sth, at the National Guard Armory. ‘Wanted—Agents to solicit adver- tising and news, Salary or commis- ston. Good profits. Write the Twin Otty Star, Minneapolis, Minn. If you wish to help this publication ‘Send your subscription by Post office order. READ THE STAR—IT’S NEWS Befl and Jones are spring cleaning. They are renovating their barber shop and billiard hall. Things are being painted and they are giving the peo- ple a comfortable place and excellent service. Here is a Problem. Women’s Suffrage was defeated in the Minnesota Senate by one vote. Sen, Westlake voted against it. He was elected at the primaries by the Negro vote. Is the Negro vote a factor? Figare it out. THE BIG THREE WILL HOLD THEIR DANCE ON MARCH 18th INSTEAD OF MARCH 16th, THEIR REGULAR DATE, GO TO CHURCH %°r,'s,te Time, ate “Nowe 16 THE GREAT WORD OF GOD. “NOW” I8 THE ONLY ‘FREACURE WE HAVE, VET WE SQUANDER IT AS IF IT WERE OF NO VALUE. WHEN A PERGON GAYS HE HAS BEEN KILLING ‘WME HE MAS BEEN KILLING LIFE, POR LIFE i6 TIME. YOU CAN DO MORE WITH FIVE MINUTES NOW THAN YOU CAN WITH A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER YOU ARE DEAD. WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY AND WHAT YOU WILL DO TOMORROW GINK INTO INBSIGNIFICANCE COMPARED WITH WHAT YOU MAY DO TODAY. ‘TWO FORCES STRIVE WITHIN US—ONE 18 ACTION, THE OTHER 16 DELAY. ACTION 16 A SEVERE TASKMASTER, BUT I$ RICH IN REWARD, WHILE DELAY 16.AN EASY BOSS, BUT A POOR PAY- MAGTER. Shakespeare declares in his familiar but ever true lines, “There in. tde inthe afare f men which taken atthe food leads on to fortune.” Lowell “Once ev man and nation comes the en ara fe fe coene moines fous secret in the peychological moment when the heart ia hot and the emotions ‘Now is always the day of salvation. ‘The eld hyron rightly conceived the tmith: ‘There in 8 time, we know not when; A place, we know not where, ‘That marks the destiny of men To glory or despair. ‘THEREFORE, DO NOT PROSRASTINATE. GO TO CHURCH NOW. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO @O TO CHURCH TOMORROW. WHO CAN SAY WHERE HE WILL BE TOMORROW? THERE ARE VOUNG MEN WHO LAUGHINGLY DECLARE THAT THEY WILL @O FO CHURCH WHEN THEY ARE OLD. THEY MAY NEVER GET ‘THAT CHANCE. THEY MAY BE CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME. DON'T DELAY. DELAYS ALWAYS ARE DANGEROUS, SUT NEVER MORE 80 THAN WHEN YOU DELAY MAKING YOUR PEACE WITH aon. GO TO CHURCH Now. (72 eer NOTED TEMPERANCE LECTUR- ER Mrs. Eliza C. Peterson, a noted temperance worker lectured on Tues- day night at St. Peters’ A. M. E. Church—also on Wednesday night at Bethesda Baptist Church. The serv- icer were held under the auspices of the local W. C. T. U. The attendance was small, but those present took inspiration from the remarks of Mrs. Peterson and new energy has been arroused among the temperance workers, Mrs. Peterson left Thurs- day for Cedar Rapids, Ia., to lecture. Mrs, Amanda Smith, a leading tem- perance worker, is dead. LADIES—ATTENTION! Madam Hart will have her Spring Millinery opening Thursday, March 18 at 2 P. M. showing the “Tipperary” and “ Barnyard Straw” Styles, which will be exhibited by living models. A choice line of spring goods to select from. Open till 10 P. M. You are cordially invited. MADAM HART, 1210 Washington Ave. So, Minneapolis, ‘Minnesota. THE: FRANCE” CAFE OPENING. The France Cafe, Mrs. J. M. Mask, prop., was opened on Thursday even- ning at the new location, 300 Fifth Ave. So. Many guests were present and highly complimented the service and accommodations. They were en- tertained with music. Many reserva- tions were made for private dinners. Send Your Subscription Negro Business Men's League. A Business Men's League has been organized in the Northern district. Mr. J. A. Withers is one of the lead- ing factors. A full account of the membership and purposes will be given later. They held a meeting on Thursday night. Mrs. Ollie Phelps has recovered from a severe attack of pneumonia. Mre. Anna Stone of St. Paul was buried on Monday. Rev. Jones preached the funeral services, Mrs. Stone is a sister of Mrs. Geo. W. Kelly. ‘Mrs. Emma Archer of St Paul is | very ill in the City Hospital, Mrs. Ada Englehardt, 52 Bryant ‘Ave, No. has been confined to her home witth rheumatism. She is rap- idly improving under the care of Dr. Bloom. Mr. Everett Roberts, son of officer Roberts, has been sick durig past winter. Miss Marie Thompson is at Walker, Minn, where she is rapidly regaining her health. If you don't intend to pay for your Paper, be honest enough to discon- tinue it. STAR “ADS"—BRING RESULTS Send Your Subscription sa ‘ r | TWIN CITY STAR | ATTY. FRANCIS NEW LOCA- TION. Atty. William T. Francis has moved to Suite 329 in the Amer- ican National Bank Building, | Cedar and Fifth Sts., St. Pant. Mrs. Cisney, clerk of the Withers Express Co., 504'6th Ave. No., has ac- cepted the agency of The Twin City Star. She will ‘soficit ads. and sub- scriptions, and. mention the personals. There is much activity on the North Side and her news will be of great interest to our readers. We sent out several notices to de- linquents last week and received few responses. We hope that those who owe us will arrange to pay us NOW. We pay our bills, and need money ‘to keep up this paper. ROOMS FOR RENT—Two Front Rooms, will furnish for light house- keeping, near West Hotel. Bath and gas. Call 119 Western Ave, Minneapolis. BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE. $100 down and $25 per month will buy a 7-room, all modern house on 35th St. and Chicago Ave. eg down and $19 per month is all you have to put into it to buy a new | 10-room duplex, near South Central : High School. $10 down and $10 per month will buy a, Sroom Cottage, all modern but heat, in the South Central district. For Rent. I have on hand a list ot desirable modern houses and flats, on both North and South side F, PEOPLES. 236 Boston Block. NEW BILLIARD PARLOR. Mr. John G. Yancy of Des Moines and Mr. John L. Gibson of this city have established a First Class pool and billiard parlor at 627 Sth St. Ne. ‘They are meeting a demand in that locality and the financial outhook is "poo8 Auaa THE SPIRELLA CORSET Mrs. Cora Anderson Carr 365 Aurora Ave. N. W. Dale 1345 St. Paul, Minn. OLIVERS’ CABARET, 244 Third Ave. So. Minn. Premier Artists, Café Service. Sylvester W. Oliver, Manager. Leave your Subscriptions aad Printing at TWIN CITY STAR PRINTERS, 1603 Washington Ava, So. Glacier Park Peake. ‘The peaks in Glacier National purk riging wore than 10,000 feet above seu level are Mount Cleveland, 10.438 feet: Mount Stimson, 10,155 feet; K.nile peak, 10,100 feet; Mount Jackson, 10, 023 feet, and Mount Siyeb, 10,004 feet Changed Views. “Time makes 2 big difference.” “What are you thinking of?” “My wifes father. 1 used to think ttm @ stubborn old feel. Now I re epect his Judgment.” “What's happened?” “Nothing; only be did bis dumdest to prevent my eloping with his dangb- ter."—Detroit Free Press. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE 8TAR READ THE STAR—T’S NEWS SMART EASTER TAILLEUR. Dark Blue Gabardine Used in ‘hile Chic Spring Gown. ‘The tailored suit must be reckonea with im the upring as one of the neces cities, ‘Worn with « handsome blouse the tailored frock becomes suitable for an efterncon tea and with a plata Diouse can be meed for shopping and morning weer. ‘The tallleur shown in this dHustration ts simple, bat built along gracefnl lines. The skirt is short and gored; the hip length jacket has high placed, simulated pockets bound tn braid. The buttons are of black satin, and the cofiar and cuffs are of dive and white checked pique SILK STOCKINGS. Lengthen the Life of Veur Hose by Good Care. ‘With a little care and attention silk stockings may be made to wear two and even three months, If before wearing they are washed through luke- warm water they become more glosay ‘And aleo strengthened, as silk takes Very ‘kindly to water. After each wearing, also, the stock- ings should be washed in lukewarm water and white soap. Hf the stockings are white, they mbuwld ‘te put.in.a dark:soom to dry. Never dry white or colored stockings in the sun. ‘he Japanese are said to put all white silks in a dark closet to dry. This will abeotutely keep them from yellowing. ‘The use of hot water, ac- ‘Conding to those who know, ts prohibtt- ed in the eraahing of silks. Also avold rubbing. And now :as to ithe wearing of silk stockings. They absolutely must not be wom tight. If the stocking ie pull- e@ to ibs full Jength and caught at Rhe them there will be few, if any, “rumnera” occurring within a reason- able time. Wear your stockings com- fortabis, not too loose or too tight. One extreme 4s as bad sa the other. A.stocking with a lisle top and foot ‘will wear better than an all silk.one. ‘Choice of a Room tn Resting Eyes. ‘When your eyes are tired try bathing ‘hem at night time in a Iittle warm water:te which a pinch of boracte pow- er bes been added. Use an eye cup tor the purpose. tis @ good pian to lie down tn a Gartrened room for about twenty min- tutes every day if you can. This rests the eyes splendidiy. In choosing your room, if you have woak eyes be careful that dt bas not too sunny an aspect, and try tf possible to have a bedroom with ‘green’ biinds. ‘White diinds only serve to increase the warning glove, snd if the san beats Gown ercely upon your face from arly sunrise not only will your rest be @tarbed, but your eyes will suffer as preil, j WORTH KNOWING. ; Orange bicssom girdles are a feature on the new bridal robes. Much in demand will be the buttons ‘of brass, silver and steel. A atraight line at the base of the neck te decidedly trying. fesbes now often mold the hips, but Fequire the greatest care in arrange- ment. ‘The braiding on velvet gowns is meat elaborate. Half and half stockings are new and etriking. ‘The upper part of these new stockings is in decided comtrast to the Jower part In the coming season there wil bea great deal of black millinery beaid ‘used, also neutral shades and shades matching the Gress goods. Long trains of white broche metal tiesue are used in a detached way on robes of soft white chiffon or char mouse. ‘The new blues for spring are powder, ‘sero, artillery and blue gray. Young girls are wearing the modified Cossack costumes with shorter waist tines. Narrow scarfs of velvet embroidered with beads are among the new hat trimmings. Good form Re er gs ee ie ee ae ee A point that should be carefully borne in mind concerning an afternoon or evening reception where music or some such entertainment is provided for guests is that should a number be progressing when a guest arrives he ot ‘she should wait for it to be finished be- fore entering the room; otherwise the whole company will be disturbed. ‘When the hours named are, say, from 8 to 5 many delay arrival until 4, and the greatest crowd will be fourm between 4 and & o'clock. If well ac- quainted with the hostess or ladies in the recetving line it is Just as well to time arrival earlier, so the rooms will not be crowded. If the guests are well known very enjoyable chats can be had with many friends and acquaint- ances rarely seen. Where any games are named, cards or anything of that sort, guests should be extremely careful to arrive a little before the hour. Nothing so annoys a hostess as to have her carefully ar- ranged plans go for naught on account ‘of a belated guest. She has probably planned refreshments for a certain hour; also she feols that the punctual guests are uncomfortable, and lastly the well bred person is always punc- tual, that being the virtue of kings. ivel’ Gisnendin ‘The “slinker” slouch, the “pump han: le” shake and the excessive use of slang oven in smart circles are being frowned upon these days. Perhaps it is that we have advanc ed suffictently in common sense to re gard these hardly human social pecu- Uarities as showing nothing more than a lack of good breeding. Whatever the cause, the natural manner is now re garded as the “thing.” Naturalness, after all, has a charm which affectation can never attain. ‘When we meet a person who displays ‘@ perfectly natural manner, {s charm- ing, vivacious in her own, not any one else's, way, we are so delighted that invariably the ponsessor of these nat ural manners 1s regarded as a woman of peculiar fascination, and yet any one can be natural if one will There Hes the trouble—“tf one will” It ts most difficult to be oneself—not to tmi- tate others. It is so easy to pick up the forms of speech, the affectations of manner which our associates dis- play, #0 easy and so dangerous to the caitivation. of a natural charm. It s human nature to imitate and to imt. tate the bad as well as the good. But ‘once good habits of thought are formed the problem solves itself. Pets in the Drawing Room. “I used often to have my dogs in the drawing room when guests were ex- pected,” sald a hostess, who is a dog lover. “I thought them distinctly or- pamental lying on the rug before the fre. “One was a bull, whose face belied his gentle nature ‘The other was a Pom, who, despite his habit of yap- ping furiously, would not hort a fly. “It did not strike me that strangers might be afraid of my pets. But one day ‘when I went inte the drawing room I discovered a nervous caller, Positively too frightened to move from the spot whence abe had first caught sight of my bull's ugly face. 1 often had to suppress a smile at the frantic barking of my Pom, but I discovered that to some people it was no joke. “Bo I resolved ‘that on at home days and lke occasions my pets should be rigidly excluded from the drawing room; also from the front doormat, because a lady told me that once when she found them both ‘lying in walt’ for her there she took to her heels and ran away.” Correct Way to introduce: There is an art in introducing cor- rectly. First of all, an introduction must be made in a clear, understanda- ble voice. It is an insult to your hear- ers to mumble your words and slur over the names of strangers who are betng presented to each other. It ts a slight and suggests elther an ignorance of the importance of the introduction or © lack of interest in this duty. 80, above all things, when you mention the names of strangers to each other mention them so that there will be no doubt about these names, about the married or single state and about the relationship which may exist between them and you. Always present a gentleman to a Indy, mentioning the lady's name first, unless the man is very elderly or very famous and the Indy ts a very young irl, 0 keleed ta Webiink: ‘When invited to a church wedding ‘and not to the reception following, {t 1s not necessary to send a present to the bride, but a call ts made on the bride on her at home day a month or two after the wedding. While cards announcing the mar riage of a couple do not require an answer, carefully courteous persons will call on the parents of the bride a week or so after recetving it. Tt ts not necessary to send a written reply to a wedding invitation unless the cards include a breakfast or lunch- eon at the home of the bride or bear the letters R. 8. V. P., indicating that ‘an answer would be appreciated. MODISH MOIRE COAT. A Fabric Which Ie esucraie: Fashionable Shown In ‘New Guise. | ate 3 at. “sag ‘FANCIYUL MASTER STYLE. ‘The coat shown tn this filustration fs built of black ilk motre. Tt 18 cut with rippling skirt, the ripples mostly at the sides, The sleeves are long and full, the fullness held in at the wrists by narrow bands of silk braid. The col- lar 1s of white satin cut sailor fashion and trimmed with braid. The jaunty hat ts of white tagal straw ornament. ed with « wreath of red eherries. SILK FRUITS FOR TRIMMING. Make Them at Heme and Cut Down the Cost. Silk fratt in pale colors, silk fruit in intense colors or, for that matter, silk fruit in any color will continue to be a most popular trimming this spring. Purchased at a shop, the prices are prohibitive for many girls; but, made at bome, the cost 1s proportionately nothing. Cireles of silk or kid, firmly packed with cotton and drawn up snug, is the recipe, Add a French knot, drawing the eflk thread all the way through the fruit eo that ft flattens it correctly, and fasten the thread tightly to the other side, or, in gold or green silk or some contrasting color, work a tiny cir- cle in chain stitch (before Alling with cotton); then fill and draw up the cov- er. In the center of the circle place a French knot and tighten firmly to the oppesite side. Laces to Be Used. Nets, first of all, in the all over laces ‘will be in great demand for dresses and accessories for the smartest of spring and summer frocks. The nets of great modish prominence are the fillets. Those samples already received from foreign markets are supplement: ed by those of domestic manufacture, which compare very favorably with the foreign product. For instance, in those which duplicate the weave of Brussels nets the imitation is perfect. In those where pearled edges are de- sirable factors even these are accom- plished. Combinations of chantilly and, fillet are to be featured. These will be es pectally destred in white, ecru and in black. Black applique laces will be in vogue. | HOUSEHOLD SPICE. A map cannot serve two masters even when he’s master of his own house. Did you ever hear of 2 woman being 80 absentminded that she forgot her own trouble? Don't try to be happy without mak- ing others happy. Only way. A woman's fears are always ahead of danger. . The kitchen is the chief temple wherein we worship, its roaring fire is our vestal flame, and the cook is our great high priest. Love is a fire, but you have to keep putting fresh chips on it to keep It go- ing. If you don't somebody else will. ‘Don't trust a girl, however pretty, if ber heart is as cold as a dog’s nose. ‘The more polite two women are to each other the less they love each other. . ‘The wise wife never insists on hay- ing her way. She merely takes it and says nothing. “What do the suffragettes want, any- how?” “We want to sweep the cotn- try, dad.” “Well, do not despise small beginnings. Suppose you make a start with the dining room, my dear.” Defective Page RICHMOND ELKS ARE PROGRESSIVE Order In Old Dominion Capital Holds Mass Meeting. ALL FRATERNITIES UNITE. White People of Richmond Manifest Great Interest In Plans For Entertaining President Wilson at Forthcoming Exposition—Celebration to Be Held on Famous State Fair Grounds. Another demonstration of the friendly co-operation existing between the white and colored people of Richmond, Va., was made evident at a great mass meeting held in Johnston's auditorium on West Leigh street, Richmond, on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 25, when it was announced that the Virginia state fair grounds had been secured for holding the coming fifteenth anniversary celebration by the colored people for a month, beginning July 4. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Capital City lodge of Elks, and nearly all of the secret and benevolent societies of Richmond were represented by from one to three delegates. One of the main features of the meeting was the shaping of plans to entertain President Wilson, who will be the guest of honor of all the people on Virginia day, Thursday, July 15. After a thorough exchange of views from the delegates the meeting adopted the following set of resolutions: Whereas, There is to be held in the city of Richmond, Va., a mammoth exposition and celebration in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the emancipation and achievements of the Negro, commencing July 4 and ending Aug. 4, 1915; and, whereas, the holding of such a celebration of the United States and the president of the nation: and, whereas, the colored people throughout the United States are manifesting great interest in the coming exposition and the best element of white people is encouraging and stimulating the promoting of said exposition; and, whereas, every organization, business conglomerate, and interested in promoting plans to participate in the said exposition; therefore Be it resolved by this convention of the delegations from the various colored organizations of the city of Richmond and vicinity, assembled at Johnson's auction, the city of Richmond, on the 28th day of February, 1551, we will turn in out in a body, carrying banners and floats to designate and distinguish our various organizations and to show the progress made by them on the said "Virginia day." Thursday, the 15th of July, and that we invite all of the fraternal organizations and business concerns to turn out in a body on Virginia day and march to the fair grounds. Resolved, also, that we invite the citizens of Richmond generally to unite with us and turn out in a body to do honor and to petition the white people that we petition the white people who are employing colored people to give them a holiday on the 15th of July so that they may be able to unite with us in a befitting manner to celebrate the event of Virginia day; also, that we ask all of the proprietors of the tobacco factories, Tredyne and other concerns employing colored people to give them a holiday on that day. Resolved, further, that this convention now assembled, as aforesaid, pledges itself to do all in its power to carry out the object and purposes of this convention—a steering committee to be appointed by the chairman of this meeting to make proposals for the opening celebration by the colored people of Richmond for Virginia day, which committee shall not exceed nine in number, and the chairman of this meeting is to be ex officio chairman of the said committee and the secretary of this meeting to be ex officio secretary of the said committee. This committee shall make suggestions for carrying out the purposes of this convention and report their acts to the convention at its meetings from time to time, and that every delegate of this convention shall be required to invite every society, lodge or assembly of colored people which is not represented at this meeting to send delegates to the next meeting of this convention. Resolved, finally, that it shall be the duty of the delegates present to inquire and ascertain how many lodges, societies and clubs or other organizations that are interested in the governor's formation and that we extend our thanks to the governor of Virginia, Senator Martin and Senator White of Alabama for their encouragement and support, and also to all of the white people who have given their time to the occasion and this occasion to invite all of the people throughout the country to visit this exposition between the 4th of July and the 4th of August and pledge to them our best endeavor to make them happy during this occasion and to give them continuous happiness while with us. Respectfully submitted. Committee of the Capital City Lodge of Elks. John P. White, chairman; W. A. Smith, W. H. Williams, Dan Booker, Nelson S. Harris, W. S. Cowan, ex-ruler; A. J Brown, secretary; W. F. Weaver, Giles B. Jackson, W. R. Green, Dr. R. E. Jones The New England Baptist Convention. The New England Baptist missionary convention will hold its next annual session at the Mount Olivet Baptist church in New York for five days, beginning on Thursday, June 17. William Bishop Johnson, L.L. D., of Washington, is president of the convention and the Rev. W. P. Hayes, D. D., is pastor of the church which will entertain the convention. Working For the Snow Hill Institute. Principal William J. Edwards of the Snow Hill (Ala.) institute is making a two months' tour north in the interest of the school which he founded twenty years ago. While in New York in February Professor Edwards did some excellent work for the school. He will spend the greater part of March in Boston and other New England cities. returning south early in April. Holy Trinity Baptist Holds Big Function For Dr. S. W. Timms. Brooklyn—The Holy Trinity Baptist church in this city conducted a most remarkable double celebration for two days the last week in February in honor of its minister, the Rev. Dr. S. W. Timms. The occasion marked the sixteenth annual donation which the church gives yearly for the personal benefit of its pastor and also the twenty-fifth marriage anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Timms. The church evinced unusual interest in both of these functions by taking entire charge of all arrangements, thus relieving the pastor and his wife of all the details of the celebration. Mr. F. G. Warner, for many years a faithful and efficient leader of the choir and at present chairman of the board of trustees of the church, was in charge of the arrangements for the donation. He was ably assisted by Mrs. H. C. West. The Rev. A. C. Matthews, B. D., minister at the Friendship Baptist church in East New York, presided over the literary program, which was opened with an address of welcome by Master Fred Booker. Miss ```markdown ``` REV. DR. S. W. TIMMS. E. Leola Hudson of Selma, Ala., rendered a classic piano selection, Miss Mildred Peyton recited, and Mma. Holmes rendered a pleasing vocal solo. The various auxiliary organisations of Holy Trinity were represented by the following named persons: Deacon board, Mr. Allen Dillard; King's Daughters, Mrs. Lucy Tinsley; Missionary society, Mrs. Mary McCray; Sunday school, Miss Anna Bell Collins; Lyceum, Mrs. James A. White; Baptist Young People's union, Mrs. Marie Jones; Pastor's AID society, little Miss Dorothy Lop; board of trustees, Mr. Herman Gardner; Linen Shower club, Miss Nancy Green; Women's Christian Temperance union, Mrs. M. E. Schrested; Loyal Temperance legion, little Miss Alice Dillard; Pioneer club, Miss Katherine Swan, and Floral club, Miss Regnette Dillard. Brief addresses in commendation of the work of the church and pastor were delivered by Drs. W. M. Moss and W. W. Brown. The second evening of the celebration was given wholly to the marriage anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Timms, and the arrangements for the program and reception were in charge of Deacon Morson, Mrs. G. Gray, Miss Gilbert, Mrs. N. White, Mrs. M. Jones and Miss M. Northrop. The girls of the Pioneer club acted as ushers. The regular marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Timothy White of the Bethel Baptist church. The bride and groom were preceded to the altar by the usher, Mrs. N. D. Johnson, Sr. Miss E. Leola Hudson and four bright little children, Bradford Johnson, cousin of Mrs. Timms; Corneia Hayes, Helen Johnson and Alice Dillard. The Rev. Mr. Timms was dressed in a handsome black suit, and Mrs. Timms was gracefully attired in a rich gown of crepe de chine. There were many handsome presents of much value and donations in cash of more than $100. The presents from churches and organizations other than Holy Trinity were: Friendship Baptist, fruit dish; Bethel Baptist, large serving tray; Mount Hebron Baptist, two initial napkin rings; Woman's Auxiliary to the State Baptist convention, substantial sum of money, and State Sunday school and Baptist Young People's union also presented cash. The Rev. Dr. Timms organized the Holy Trinity Baptist church seventeen years ago. During his administration 1,700 members have been enrolled. The membership, while not so large at the present time, is among the most active of the churches of the denomination in Greater New York. Dr. Timms is one of the founders of the New York Colored State Baptist convention and was for many years its president. Sheba Lodge Will Hold Banquet May 4. Sheba lodge, No. 64, Free and Accepted Masons, Pittsburgh, announces Thursday evening, May 4, as the date on which it will hold its annual banquet. Sheba is one of the most active lodges of the order in Pennsylvania. B. B. Bradshaw is the present worshipful master, and C. E. Wright is the secretary. Kansas City Invitee League. The local business league of Kansas City, Mo., has already conferred with the executive committee of the National Negro Business league, inviting the league to hold its sixteenth annual meeting under the auspices of the Kansas city local business league in August, 1916. TWIN CITY STAR THE EARLY FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY German Quakers Held Protest Meeting In 1688. HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT Succinct Story of Part Played by Famous Men and Effective Legislative Enactments Which Resulted In Final Abolition of Slavery—Virginia Exposition Big Feature of 1915 Activities. At a meeting composed of German Quakers, called Friends, held in April, 1688, a formal protest against slavery in the American colonies was adopted. This was the beginning of the abolition movement which never died out, but gradually spread with the growing colonies and which spread over the country when the states were formed and the government established. As the population grew and the number of slaves increased the spirit of opposition to human slavery increased until the freeing of the slave or the dissolving of the Union to perpetuate slavery became inevitable. And thus the great civil war came. It became evident that a nation with human slavery as its cornerstone could not stand. The first dawn of freedom appeared over the horizon in 1862, and the full sun of emancipation burst forth when the friends of human slavery gave up the conflict in 1865. The work of making a new man, a new American citizen, then began with the reconstruction of the government. When the slaves found themselves free men and women they soon began to hold emancipation celebrations, which have grown into county and state fairs and expositions. A brief study of the work before the Virginia Negro Historical and Industrial association under the lead of the Hon. Gles B. Jackson, which is beginning its arrangements for the great celebration of fifty years of freedom and exposition to take place at Richmond next summer, brings us to a relation of the history of the emancipation of the slaves in the United States. After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1800 it was early decided that slavery was a disgrace to our country and a dark blot on our escutcheon in the eyes of Christian and civilized nations, so by an act of congress the slaves in the District of Columbia were freed on the 16th of April, 1802. This was the real entering wedge and paved the way for a general emancipation. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued a general proclamation of emancipation to take effect on Jan. 1, 1863. This brought about the thirteenth amendment to the constitution on Dec. 14, 1863. On Jan. 13, 1864, Congressman Ashley of Ohio offered an amendment to the constitution prohibiting slavery in the United States and its territories. The late Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri offered an amendment for the complete abolition of slavery and a vote was had in the senate on June 15, 1864, but failed because it did not receive the necessary two-thirds vote. This forced the question into the presidential campaign of 1864 and the cause of abolition won at the polls. A vote was again taken on the Henderson amendment on Jan. 31, 1865, and the amendment was agreed to and was submitted to the states for ratification or rejection, and twenty-seven states, which were two-thirds, ratified it, and it became a part of the federal constitution. The second amendment had been issued on Jan. 1, 1863. After the states had acted congress on Dec. 18, 1865, adopted the amendment and slavery died forever in the United States so far as congressional enactment was concerned. The closing of the civil war also sealed the fate of human slavery in the United States. The former master and the former slave were now confronted with new problems. Neither for a time knew his exact status or just what to do. They finally agreed that they should live on together under their new conditions and rebuild the waste places of the southland and make it once more blossom like the rose. That work since then has been going on. The new freedmen have made wonderful progress in fifty years along all lines, and because of this progress Virginia's colored population will hold a great exposition at Richmond during July and August, 1915. National Equal Rights League Representative Delivers Able Series of Lectures In Many Cities Against Injustice of Race Segregation—Organization Meets Public Favor. The recent visit of William Monroe Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian, to many of the large cities of the west resulted in arousing our people in the interest of their problems and plans for better conditions to a greater extent than any one item of constructive effort has for some time. Before responding to the many invitations from various sections of the west Mr. Trotter delivered a series of addresses in Boston, Providence and other New England cities. Coupled with his story of the now famous Wilson-Trotter White House incident, the burden of his addresses and lectures was equal justice and industrial opportunity for the race, with no segregation. DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 Cleaning Pressing Repairing CLIFFORD A. SMITH. 421 UNIVERSITY AVE., ST. PAUL N. W. PHONE DALE 3233. SMOKE THE BEST 5C CIGAR Sight Draft W. S CONRAD CO., Distributors NO. 140. E. 6th ST., ST. PAUL. NO. 1. WESTERN AVE., MINN. Judge Johnson's Dances Judge Johnson will hold his dances every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening UNION TEMPLE HALL 28 Washington Ave. So. ADMISSION 35c. THE CARVER HOTEL 200 ELEVENTH AVE. SO. By Day, Week or Month. Special Rates to Theatrical People. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. W. Phone Main 863 Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits You Pairenage. SPECIAL SAMPLE SHOES. POPULAR PRICED SHOE RE- PAIRING. WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT. Menta Sewed Soles ..... 750 Ladies Sewed Soles ..... 650 Men's Nailed Soles ..... 50 and 600 Rubber Heels, ..... 400 Ladies' and Boys' nailed soles ..... 400 SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 Washington Avenue South. DO IT NOW!!! DON'T WAIT!!! Come in, and have your teeth fixed and pay in Weekly or Monthly installments. We have Dr. H. Pierce, "the famous extractor" with us every Monday and Friday and by special appointment. RED CROSS DENTAL PARLORS DR. M. W. JUDY, MGR. 248 First Ave. No. Minneapolis N. W. PHONE NIC. 4057 MRS. H. I. WILLIAMS. TYPEWRITER, STENOGRAPHER Atty. Francis' office. 89 Union Block, St. Paul, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Celfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 80, 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 111 So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn. THE SOUTHERN THEATRE 1422 Washington Ave. So. MOVING PICTURES—VAUDE- VILLE. Best Films—Thoroughly Fireproof. DAN'S RESTAURANT 306 So. 3rd St., Minneapolis HOME COOKING My Specialty N. W. Main 2767 Daniel Williams, Prop. PRINTING THAT SATISFIES. Bring your printing to THE TWIN CITY STAR PRINT, 1402 Washington Ave. So. The work will suit you. Estimates cheerfully given. T. 8. 2620. CHOP-SUEY VOCAL ENTERTAINER REGULAR DINNER AND A LA CARTE SERVICE THE PLACE TO DINE GIBSON AND YANCY PROPRIETORS. A COMPLETE LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. 627-5th St. No., Minneapolis SHORT AND SHARP. Why not establish a merchant submarine? Borrowed money soon begins to look like borrowed trouble. The trouble with most people is that they have too many troubles. Everybody loves a quitter when he has been talking a little longer than enough. A silencer for party telephone lines would contribute greatly to a decrease in gossip. The man who starts something is all right and a desirable citizen if he has good sense. The man who plays cards for money often finds that the other fellow did the same thing. It does not do too much good to keep some of the Ten Commandments and smash the others. Letters and articles that try to show the brighter side of war all fall because there isn't any. Maxim Gorky has made peace with the czar, which is the first peace news from Europe in some time. International law is something which all civilized nations highly respect and uphold—in times of profound peace. The high cost of living should bring a detachable revival. Horace's dictum was "if you chew more you won't eat so much." If variety is the spice of life Mexico City must be about the spidest place on earth just now. It changes hands almost every day. Echoes of the War. The greater truth is not that the United States is unprepared, but that it is unwilling for war.—New York World. Between bombs dropped from the air and torpedoes shot beneath the sea neutral commerce does not seem to have much to encourage it.—Philadelphia Press. Making history is an interesting process, but we can't help feeling glad it is being made in Poland instead of in South Carolina.—Charleston News and Courier The announcement is made by each nation in turn that renewed arrangements have been made to push the war. In the meantime The Hague continues to issue no bulletins whatever.—Washington Star. Sometimes we feel as if we didn't care whether we ever speak to Europe again.-Toledo Globe. A Massachusetts specialist says he can live on 10 cents a day. He has our permission.-Detroit Free Press. Speaker Clark advises a proportional elimination of all the armies. Well, ain't they doin' it?-Washington Post. In view of what is going on, one is disposed to inquire what has become of the old fashioned gayety of nations. -Chicago News. Seattle physicians are puzzled over a woman who hasn't slept in seven years. Perhaps her husband talks in his sleep.-Washington Post. Kaiser Wilhelm has been German emperor for twenty-seven years. Queen Alexandra of England receives an annuity of £70,000 from the state. The king of Spain is said to be the only monarch who does not sign his name to documents and edicts. His signature is simply "Yo. el Rey" ("I, the King.") About four years previous to his ascending the throne King Emmanuel of Italy fell in love with Princess Helen of Montenegro while on a visit to Russia, and the marriage took place in October, 1896. Impertinent. Gibbs—I tell you no man can fool my wife. Dibbs—Then how did you get her? READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS Ino. L. Gibson Flippant Flings. The Royal Box. ST CUSHIONS LITE Billiards PROPRIETORS. E OF CIGARS CCO. Minneapolis John G. Yancy OLIVER'S NEW CABARET. Mr. Sylvester W. Oliver is keeping pace with the modern features of entertainments, and has decorated his Cabaret Room in the most appropriate design, with myriads of electric lights, producing a scenic effect much to the pleasure of his patrons. The designs are painted by Sanford and are very commendable. There are few places which surpass Oliver's. When in doubt, call at Oliver's, 244 Third Ave. So., and witness the Cabaret by best entertainers. After theatre parties will find it specially convenient to spend a while in the luxurious Cabaret Room under such very pleasant accommodations. THE BIG THREE invite you for the Season 1914-15 The same courteous treatment will be shown our many friends of the Twin Cities as has been shown in the seasons past. Dances on the first and third Tuesdays in each month Respectfully Yours, Edw. Pipkin, P. H. Southall and Robert Glenn. PROF. HOWARD'S LATEST HIT. Prof. W. H. Howard, the well known musical instructor of 111 So. 6th St., is the composer of "I Wonder" one of the latest musical selections. The words are by Burt Shinkle. This song is sold at leading music stores and its popularity is assured. Nearly one thousand copies of on St., is the composer of "I Wonder" one of the laest musical selections. The work are by Burt Shinle. This song is sold at leadin music stores and its popularity assured. Nearly o thousand copies this song has been sold since 1915. MANY NEGRO DOLLS BEING SENT OUT. Nashville, Tenn.—An announcement was made by the National Negro Doll Company that their rush season, which it usually has during the Christmas, is just now on. This is occasioned, declares the manager of the company, on account of the delay in the importation of material from which these dolls are made. The ship was caught and held as a prize of war and was only recently released, hence, the material did not reach Nashville until Christmas day. But the people, says the manager, were so determined to have the size doll they wanted that they all replied "We will wait to get the big dolls." While hundreds of small dolls were sent out, the manager declares that it was surprising to note that the people wanted the dolls ranging in sizes from SEVENTEEN to THIRTY-SIX inches. The orders are being sent out rapidly. Many of the churches have sent in orders for dolls that they might conduct their bazaars. Dolls will be shipped throughout the year, declares the manager of the Doll Company, as we are ready to fill orders as they come. STAR "ADS"—BRING RESULTS PUBLSHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 1419 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION MINNESOTA EDITORIAL ASSN. 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Record For 1914 Puts University of Southern California Man at Top. New York.—The year just passing is generally conceded to have been one of the leanest from many standpoints that amateur athletics has had in more than a decade, says the New York World. Fewer records were broken, fewer meets were held, and the Amateur Athletic union, the governing body of athletics in this country, suffered a financial loss. Its treasurer's report shows that during the year it lost $1,008.72. Time was when twenty-nine records, the number established by the stars of the track and field this year, would have been but a fraction of the marks made by Uncle Sam's best men in twelve months. Several reasons have been advanced for this falling off of onlaughts on the figures of the "past performances." It is asserted by many close followers of the game that the class of the men was not so high as in former seasons. Others are a unit on the proposition that the marks in the record books have reached their uppermost figures. Outstanding is the mark of 9-3-5 seconds for the 100 yard dash hung up by Howard Drew, the great Negro spinner of the University of Southern California. Of all the records ever made in the history of athletics this mark stands by itself. To accomplish this feat has been the dream of all sprinters of all time. While this mark has been credited to several other men, it was not until Drew accomplished it that it was accepted by all without reservation. To him and to him alone will experts—men who have made a study of the game for years—concede this notable feat. That he ran the distance in the accredited time no one doubts, because he showed his great speed on both sides of this continent and in Europe and under all sorts of conditions—good weather and bad, scratch and handicap events. And for this feat he has earned the crown of America's greatest all around sprinter. Besides his 100 yard mark he displaced the former records in the 120 yards by doing 118-5 and 180 yards (indoor) in 124-5. He also equaled the 220 yard mark of 21 1-5 seconds. Another great performance of the year was the high jump of Eddie Deeson of the Olympic club at Berkeley, Cal., where he was credited with the unprecedented leap of 6 feet 7 5-16 inches. That he did not come near these figures in his performance at the intercollegiate championships created skepticism and caused many to doubt the authenticity of his western performance. With the shot Patrick McDonald of the Irish-American Athletic club of New York stood out as the best man in the country. His put of the eighteen pound sphere of 46 feet 2% inches promises to be a mark for future shot putters to strive for in vain. Dave Caldwell, who is looked upon as the next winner of the 800 meter race at the Olympic games, got his name on the record books by his marvelous performance in the intercollegiate championships when he defeated Ted Meredith, the world's title and record holder, in the half mile event in the record time of 1:53 2-5. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mary Cunningham of San Antonio is the first girl born in her family in 120 years. Anna Patadametri pays $12,120 a year rental for a flower stand in City Hall park, New York. Miss Helen Dalton, prominent among the young women amateur athletes of New York city, not only makes the 100 yard dash in 12½ seconds, but is a clever gymnast, swimmer and basket ball player. Miss Marie E. Stocker, who has been teaching school in St. Louis for the last thirty-four years, has just been granted citizenship paper. Miss Stocker is of German birth and came to this country with her parents in 1866. Dr. Mary Pleison Eddy is a missionary heroine who has been doing splendid and heroic service in Syria for a number of years. She has done good work for the tuberculosis cause and in medical itineration and is said to have shown skill and courage in whatever kind of work she has undertaken. Town Topics Having its river terminal system complete, New Orleans is getting all the advertising, to say nothing of the business.—St. Louis Republic. Talk of making St. Paul and Minneapolis one city is liable to precipitate internecine strife as to which shall stand in front of the hyphen.—Washington Post. It has taken a Detroit man seventeen years to get a divorce. Detroit is not so big as Cleveland, but in some of these little details she has it all over us.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is some complaint in Boston that baseball is interfering with art. Still baseball has given Boston considerable prominence that would have been impossible to art.—Philadelphia Press. PITH AND POINT. The only way to be a neutral is to talk about something else. An explosive mine has no sense of discrimination or of safety first. Cotton is vainly waiting for fashionable philanthropy to boom the calico dress. He who rejoices on posterity to do him justice will not feel the pain of disappointment. When a fellow puts on the gloves with old habit he is in for an interesting bout. All the nations want peace with "honor." The trouble will arise over defining the latter word. We shall not surely know whose ocean it's going to be probably until it is settled who wins the war. Mines and submarines, it would seem to a landlubber, are about enough to blow the romance out of the sailor's life. Iceland has had an earthquake. The country that has not had something in the way of trouble is, indeed, a lonely one on the map. He who lives much out of doors is seldom out of sorts, and the only weatherwise are those who do not mind the weather. With so much wealth being shot away every day, the dollar's purchasing power shows only a middling to poor recuperative power. Evidently the man who takes a cold bath every morning isn't repaid by the resulting benefit; he has to talk about it to get his money's worth. Facts From France. France has a population of about 40,000,000. Among the laws of France which have been suspended because of the war is the one that requires that the banns must be posted in the city hall two weeks before weddings take place. In order to encourage the erection of beautiful residences in Paris the authorities award three gold medals annually to the designers of the most artistic dwellings. The owners of these homes are relieved of half of their annual taxes. State Lines. The highest point in Maryland is the summit of Backbone mountain, in Garrett county, 8,340 feet above mean sea level. In 1918, the last year for which the official record is in, over 1,000 changes in name were allowed and decreed by the probate judges of Massachusetts. In 1914 there were 71,931 births registered in North Carolina, while the total number of deaths registered during the year was only 31,484, which shows an increase in the population of over 40,000. Tales of Cities. Cincinnati requires study of municipal laws by policemen. New York is spending $2,000,000 monthly on subway construction. Naples, on the Mediterranean, is the most important of the Italian cities and does a large export and import trade. Strasburg, the capital of Alsace, was annexed by Germany in 870, taken by France in 1681 and recaptured by Germany in 1870. TWIN CITY STAR ROMANCE OF THE DARDANELLES THE allied fleet in the Dardanelies has awakened classical echoes, and echoes that may be farreaching in their results, in case of the complete success of the allies. The conquest by the allies of the highway between the Black sea and the Mediterranean is of vast importance as regards political results, which, in turn, are bound to influence the military situation. The delicate balance in the near east and Italy will respond to the new pull on the allied side. But even the immediate results are of the highest importance. With Turkey split in two and her offensive power reduced to a minimum the pressure on Russia in the Caucasus will be relieved. The safety of Egypt will have been secured. The large English forces in Egypt will be released for service elsewhere. To Russia there will be an immediate profit in the establishment of an important line of communications with her allies in the Mediterranean. There is much talk of the outpour of Russian wheat when the Dardanelles is opened. But more important for the moment will be the inpour of munitions of war into Russia from the west. With her arctic port frozen in, Russia at present can draw supplies only by way of Vladivostok, a round-about way, considering how great are her needs of war material. German authorities have laid stress on Russia's enormous losses in guns and munitions and have predicted that long before her supply of men gives out Russia will be in want of arms and equipment. The opening of the Dardanelles will change all that. The fall of Constantinople means the exit of the Turk from Europe and will realize for Russia her long dream of A Photos by American Press Association. ABOVE, BOBERT COLLAGE, CONSTANTINO-PLOR, POINTS AT FOOT, BELOW, PORT OF SEED EL BAHRS ON DARDANELLES. an outlet in the Mediterranean, for Great Britain has expressed her sympathy with these aspirations. The Dardanelles takes its name from Dardanus, who was supposed to have founded the lost city of that name near that other and far more famous lost city, ancient Troy. It is from one to five miles wide, the most romantic part of the passage being only a mile wide between Sestos in Europe and Abydos in Asia, where "Leander swam the Hellespont his Hero for to see," at the time of the largely mythical war of the Greeks and Trojans so celebrated by Homer. The feat of Leander had for long years been pronounced impossible, but Lord Byron in 1810 swam the Hellespont, clubfooted as he was. from Sestos to Abydos. Here, too, Xerxes crossed with his great army, 480 B. C., and a century and a half later Alexander the Great sped from one shore to the other with his hosts. Long later Romans and crusaders from England and France overran these lands and waters. The very name of Mohammedmed Constantinople dates from the removal of the Roman capital to Byzantium by Constantine, a Christian emperor, who in A. D. 830, with great pomp, inaugurated the new capital and christened it Constantinople. In 1807 Admiral Duckworth of the British navy forced the passage of the strait to Constantinople. Various other invasions sought final control, but in 1841 one of those treaties was made which are made to be broken, declaring that no foreign ship might pass the Dardanelles without Turkish consent. In 1891 the sultan gave permission for vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet to pass through even when carrying soldiers, and during the Russian Japanese war the Russian cruisers Petersburg and Smolensk sneaked through from the Black sea under commercial flags, hoisted the Russian flag when they sailed into the Red sea. stopped German and British ships and ceased these exploits only when they received instructions from the czar to do so. THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO LIFE. Home Training Most Important. Says Miss Nannie H. Burroughs. The moral phase of the Negro problem is the most serious part of the whole aggravating question. To improve the standard of the life of the masses is the only solution. As with other races, the standards in the homes are set up by the women who preside over them. Therefore to bring about a reform the womanhood of the race must be taught how to instruct their children in those virtues, that have made the most advanced races what they are. We are prone to think that the Negro is by nature religious and therefore moral. He is both; but he is not enough of either when it comes to living up to fundamental principles every day life. Because of his crude conception of what the Christian religion really is he too often practices one thing and preaches another. Often the foremost woman in the church is so far from a model for her less ambitious sisters that they look with contempt upon her and discredit religion. This misrepresentation of the genuine article takes many forms and sometimes the one woman is a combination of all. She allows beer drinking, card playing, and ragtime music in her home. She is loose in her conversation. Her language is often smutty. Her demeanor becomes a woman of the street. Her home is a hangout for "sliding elders" and loafing, hungry preachers. Her house is poorly kept. Her children are too young to be men and women and too old to be children. They are theregore the freshest things in the neighborhood. They run the church. They sit in the front heat, chew gum, talk and keep their "gang" giggling. To speak to them is to throw a match into a magazine of powder. These wise and talented youngsters of the leading sisters, get into the choir and start trouble for the choristers. They get religion and start trouble for the deacons. These children of too many of those who aspire to leadership in our local churches presume too much on the standing and influence of their mothers and give our churches all kinds of trouble. What we need is a new type of women in our homes as mothers, and a new type of women in our churches as leaders and examples for the young. The wig wearing, gum chewing, beer smelling, mouth running, street trotting, home neglecting, convention fever type of women are out of style, and from them may we soon be delivered. The struggle for today, is not all together for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. Day before yesterday a perfectly nice lady called us up and with a tremble in her voice reproved for us not mentioning the fact that she had had a friend visiting her last week. We told her that she had not let us know anything about it and that therefore we did not know that she had a visitor. Then she said, "Well, you should have known. I thought you were running a newspaper." Wouldn't that rattle your slats? Some people think that an editor ought to be a cross between Argus and Anna Eva Fay. They seem to think that our five senses are augmented by a sixth that lets us know everything that happens, even if we see, hear, feel, taste or smell it not. Dear lady, editors are only human, or at least, almost human. If you have a friend visiting you, if you are going away, or have returned from a visit out of town, if Johnnie falls and breaks his arm, if your husband chops his toe instead of a stick of wood, if anything happens that makes you glad, or sad, happy, or mad, call us up. Tell us about it. That's the way to get it in the paper.—(From many exchanges). No jokes are better appreciated than those that are made unwittingly by sober minded men. Not long ago a solemn member of congress was holding forth in that body in a pessimistic strain about what he felt to be a great falling off in the character and standing of that august body. 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