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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MINNEAPOLIS Minn Historical Society DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL MINNESOTA ective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents GOOD NEWS FROM LIBERIA COLLEGE President Dosen Makes Plea For Higher Education. CAPABLE LEADERS NEEDED. Former Vice President of Little West African Republic Emphasizes Importance of Education as Means of National Protection — Sees General Awakening Among the Masses. BY JOHN E. BRUCE "GRIT." The newly elected president of Liberia college, a former vice president of the little republic, Hon. J. J. Dossen, in an address on the occasion of the jubilee celebration of Liberia college and also on his induction into office, delivered two significant and meaningful addresses which should interest colored Americans. At the jubilee celebration he, among other things, said: "The name of Booker T. Washington, who is at the head of one of the greatest industrial movements in the world, will live as long as history is preserved. His conception of the education best suited to the condition of the American Negro and best calculated to release him from the various forms of dependency in which he found himself after his so called emancipation was pro- MON. J. J. DOSSEN. claimed has placed him among the foremost thinkers and leaders of the race in the United States of America. "But in emphasizing industrial education for Liberia I do not wish to be understood that it should in any wise supersede or be given greater prominence than the higher or intellectual education. The republic needs and must have literally men to conduct intelligently the affairs of church and state. The aim of education in Liberia should be, as in the past, to qualify men for this as much as any other service in national and private life. The future of this republic would be seriously jeopardized and its progress imperiled if for any cause we should neglect the higher intellectual training of our citizens. The state requires the service and support of men of literary attainments and professions as well as it does its industrial element. She must have skilled physicians and medical experts to preserve the public health through the application of hygienic and sanitary rules and regulations and to combat the 'ills to which flesh is heir.'" At the inauguration exercises, which were attended by the president, members of his cabinet and many prominent and distinguished citizens, the Hon. Mr. Dossen said: "We cannot emphasize too strongly the importance of education as a means to national improvement and progress. It is the vital force that will uplift society, elevate the nation and qualify the people for the responsibilities and duties of citizenship. All history proves that illiteracy is a potent drawback to any people. The nations that lead the world today in power and achievements are those that have laid stress upon the value of education and have diligently promoted knowledge among all classes of their citizens. "The great source of power and efficiency in the leading countries of the world lies primarily in their colleges and universities. Remove these and their influences from among them and the result would be national decadence. From this source emanate the leaders of thought and action, the men who do the great deeds and perform the noble achievements which are the pride and boast of those countries. We in Liberia have a great task before us—the task of rearing and maintaining on African soil a republican society, the most complex of all civil institutions. In no other form of government is the need for an intelligent public more urgent than in this form. "Not only must the masses be educated, but their education must be so liberal as to enable them to exercise those high privileges, prerogatives and rights of free citizens. It is a hopeful sign that throughout the republic there is a general awakening of the masses and a growing tendency toward intellectual improvement. Not only does this apply to our civilized communities, but in native centers as well there seems to be a deeper thirst for knowledge." These sentiments from the lips of an African boy is of the "race racy" merely hint at what is back of the black man's mind in Africa. Those who have formed opinions about the dense ignorance of the "heathen African" will have to revise their opinions. I have personally met and known in the past thirty years hundreds of native Africans, and I have not met one who could not read and write. I used to know a stupid looking Kroo boy in Washington, who did not seem to have intelligence enough to go in the house when it rained, who wrote a beautiful hand and was as quick as figures as an expert accountant. He said that his instructor was a black man, a Mohammedan. And there are a great many like him on the west coast of Africa. Liberia college in past years has had several distinguished men as its president, among them the scholarly Alex A. Crummell of blessed memory, the erudite and accomplished E. W. Blyden, the late Justice Richardson of the supreme court and now the young, virile, able, talented, patriotic Dosen. I have written Mr. Dossen, urging him to move for the establishment in Liberia college of a chair of Negro history. Liberia is the gateway to Africa, and Liberia college should sustain to the entire Negro world the same relation that Oxford and Cambridge do to England, Heldelberg to Germany and Harvard and Cornell and Columbia to the United States. For in the fullness of time Africa—Ethiopia—will suddenly stretch forth her hands unto God and take her place in the family of nations in a largesense than she has done, and "men equipped in all the wisdom of the Egyptians" for the duties and responsibilities of the hour will be needed to meet and combat the questions, national and international, which will then come up for settlement. They should be men trained to think and act as Negroes, proud of their heritage and all the traditions of their race. And what better place for the education of Negroes than a Negro college or university manned from president to janitor by Negroes? Where better than in such an institution of learning could Negro youth acquire the habit of thinking and seeing black? The Negro race of the entire world should assist in raising an endowment of a million and a half dollars to make Liberia college the greatest educational institution for Negroes in the world, and its professors and teachers should be the best. The West Indies, Africa, South America and the United States are filled with educated men of the race who are eking out (some of them) a miserable existence and living lives of repression in lands where they cannot give out the best that is in them. Their ideals are white. Their destiny is not co-ordinate with that of the race which dominates the western hemisphere, and it cannot be made so by legal enactment, state or national. When this war in Europe is ended the black men in America and abroad will face the hostile opposition of white men in many avenues of labor and industry which he has never met before. They will need the opportunities which these blacks are enjoying, and they will get them, for always remember that blood is thicker than water. Alexander Again in Editorial Harness. Professor Charles Alexander, formerly of Boston, but who has resided in Los Angeles for the past two years or more, is now editor of the Los Angeles Post. Mr. Alexander was editor and publisher of Alexander's Magazine at Boston before taking up his residence in Los Angeles. He is well known in the east as a lecturer and dramatic reader. Pullman Porters to Establish Home. The Pullman Porters' Benevolent association, with headquarters in New York, has decided to found a home for the aged and dependent men of the service among its active members. Frank C. Fane is treasurer of the association and one of the prime factors in the new movement. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. NOV. ,27 1915. WELL QUALIFIED YOUNG MINISTER Man From Missouri Shows Kansas Folks How to Get Results In Organized Religious Movements - Makes Many Desirable Improvements In Ninth Street Baptist Church. Lawrence, Kan. - In the ministry Kansas has its share of strong, able men, who are battling against sin and the many evils which they must meet in the struggle to make the race better. In the front rank of this class of well trained men is to be found the Rev, G. N. Jackson, D. D., minister of the Ninth Street Baptist church in this town. Like most men who are leaders in this state, Dr. Jackson is not a native of Kansas, but halls from Meadville, Mo., where he was born May 21, 1860. When he reached school age he found his way into the graded school in the town of his birth. He was considered a smart boy by his teacher; hence he made rapid progress in his studies. When but a lad he joined the Baptist church and at the age of seventeen felt that he had been called to the work of the gospel ministry and entered at once upon his calling. Step by step he made his way to the front. Having to work regularly, his education was retarded to some extent, but he had declared that he was going to have an education if it took his whole life to get it. In the ministry in the state he was recognized by the leaders of his denomination. At the age of twenty-five he entered Western college, Macon, REV. DR. G. N. JACKSON. Mo., where he remained until he and finished the course of study. He worked during the week and served the Baptist church at Lathrop and Hamilton on Sunday. He graduated from the Western college with honors, receiving the degree of B. S. D. and B. S. T. in 1900. His diplomas were from the literary and theological departments. Recognizing his ability and worth and his knowledge of the Bible, Western college conferred on him the honorary degree of doctor of divinity. Dr. Jackson has not been without honors in his own country, because the Baptist convention of Missouri honored him by making him the corresponding secretary of the convention, which position he held for seven years. During his pastoral work in Missouri he was in charge of Baptist churches in Louisiana, Fulton and Palmyra. For four years he was the moderator of the Mount Carmel Baptist association, which has become the leading association in the state. In all good movements for racial advancement, as far as his time permits, he is an ardent worker. As a member of the United Brothers of Friendship, a benevolent organization, he has been one of the leading spirits. He served as grand secretary for four years. In 1910 he was called to the pastorate of the Ninth Street Baptist church in Lawrence and has made wonderful progress. During his stay in this city he has put $6,000 worth of improvements on the church, making it one of the best churches in Kansas. It has a large membership. It may be said to his credit that the improvements have all been paid for and there is not a mortgage banging over the church It is not surprising that the Kaw Valley Baptist association should have placed this leader at the head by electing him moderator four years ago. In this capacity he is doing an excellent work. It is one of the leading Baptist organizations in the state and has a large membership. In the association are to be found some of the best educated men in the state. Recently he entertained the Baptist state convention at the Ninth Street church, and it was indeed the best meeting yet held in the history of the convention. All departments of the church are well organized. Dr. Jackson is a great organizer and financier. He is conservative, energetic and a Christian gentleman. He lives in the hearts of his people and has many friends also among the leading white people. ATTORNEY B. S SMITH OF MINNEAPOLIS MAKES AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS AGAINST EXHIBITION OF "THE BIRTH OF A NATION" AT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ST. PAUL. The following is an editorial from the St. Paul Pioneer Press: A Champion Worth While. If the negroes who opposed the presentation of "The Birth of a Nation" so strongly felt it incumbent on them to offer proof to the public that their race has progressed since the period covered by the much-discussed film play, they would need to seek no farther than Brown S. Smith, the negro attorney whose masterful appeal won for them the partial victory which was granted by the City Council on Wednesday. Though surrounded by several well educated, cultured men of his own race, Mr. Smith towered above them all by the force of his unique personality and the wonderful eloquence of his address. He spoke for nearly an hour to an audience which contained many who opposed his proposals most strongly, but he held the absolute attention of every listener. As he made his points, rounding them out with a touch of humor or pathos, or a burst of eloquence, he swayed and converted many of his auditors who had entered the council chamber with their minds set in favor of his opponents. There was more than the appeal of one man in his speech. Listening to his remarkable flow of words, the impartial hearer was forced to the conclusion that here was the sincere appeal of a race of men and women with the same pride in accomplishment, the same depth of feeling, the same earnest desire to progress, that the white race possesses. His flashes of humor softened the sting of his sarcasm and served to drive home his points. His features reflected every emotion of his brain; his expressive eyes twinkled with merriment at times and glowed with fervor at others. His choice of words and his knowledge of the tricks of elocution proclaimed him a finished orator. Aside from the merits of either side of the argument in which this man participated, his part in the real-life drama was an unanswerable argument in refutation of the theory, which even now finds exponents, that education and enlightenment are bad for his race. CAUSE OF THE EUROPEAN WAR John E. Bruce "Grit" Attributes it to Sin and Selfishness. The root of sin is selfishness, and selfishness is at the bottom of the present war, which is devastating Europe, says John E. Bruce "Grit" of Yonkers, N. Y. Selfishness is the mother of greed, avarice, inordinate desire and all unrighteousness. Its other names are benevolent assimilation and covetousness. A good many people would like to enjoy the fruits of Christianity without having the root of Christianity in their philosophy. Some of the stronger races have made the attempt, and they have failed. Christianity may not be said to be a failure in America for the reason that it has never been given a fair trial by those who profess to have a monopoly of it. They have never really practiced it nor accepted what it teaches. Until it has been given a fair trial it were well to suspend judgment on it. That which now passes for Christianity is a libel upon that which Jesus Christ, its Founder, taught and practiced 1900 years ago, for it embraced in its broad folds men of every race and nation and recognized God as our common Father and all men as brethren. Modern Christianity does not go quite as far as this. STORY OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY POEMS Learned Critics Discuss Slave Girl's Literary Work. VIEWS OF MANY NOTABLES. Well Known New York Book Dealer Publishes Three New Volumes Dealing With Writings of First Post of the Colored Race In America—Schomburg Wrote Introduction. Charles Fred Heartmann, an antiquarian and bookseller of New York city, has brought out three volumes de luxe dealing with Phillis Wheatley, which collectors and book lovers will appreciate because of their rarity. Mr. Heartmann is a German scholar and a former journalist who has traveled much in Europe and, like a good journalist, has made excellent use of his eyes and ears. He has long had the idea in mind of doing justice to the little African poetess who in her day was lionized by the best class of Americans and the nobility of England, where she made an indelible impression by her talents and genius as a writer of poetry, says John E. Bruce "Grit." There have been several editions of Miss Wheatley's poems published in the United States and in England, but there has been no such attempt made as this of the altruistic German gentleman to give this Negro girl her true place in American literature—that of the first American poetess, for no white woman in this country, so far as we have been able to discover, had achieved any distinction as a writer of either prose or poetry at that period, so that Phillis Wheatley was easily first among American literary women of that day. Mr. Arthur A. Schomburg, secretary of the Negro Society For Historical Research, who collaborated with Mr. Heartmann in the compilation of these books, in his introduction to the poems and letters of Phillis Wheatley cities Dr. Samuel Stanhope Smith (1810) in his essay on the variety of complexion and figure in the human species, who said, answering Jefferson's criticisms, that religion had produced a "Phillis Wheatley, but it could not produce a poet" and added that her poems were "below the dignity of criticism." To this Dr. Smith made answer as follows: "The poems of Phillis Wheatley, a poor African slave taught to read by the indulgent plety of her master, are spoken of with infinite contempt. But I will demand of Mr. Jefferson or any other man who is acquainted with American planters how many of those could have written poems equal to those of Phillis Wheatley" (page 250) Mr. Schomburg further along in his introduction states that many of the poems of this girl were quoted by Thomas Clarkson, the great English abolitionist, in his celebrated Latin essay, which won the first prize at Cambridge, 1785, on "The Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species." He quotes also by Lydia Maria Child, who said of her poems: "Jefferson denies that these poems have any merit, but I think he would have judged differently had he been perfectly unpretuded." It would be indeed absurd to put Philis Wheatley in competition with Mrs. Hemans, Mary Hewitt, Mrs. Sigourney, Miss Gould and other modern writers, but her productions certainly appear very respectable in comparison with most of the poetry of that day, and a later critic, J. B. Earnest Jr., M. A., who says: "An excellent little volume of poems by a Negro girl who was a slave in Massachusetts. The work cannot approach the excellence of the poetry written by Paul L. Dunbar, yet it is wonderful poetry for a Negro slave of the eighteenth century." Mr. Jefferson, it appears, did not accept Dr. Smith's challenge. The reasons are obvious. The lord mayor of London, Mr. Brooke Watson, was so well pleased with Philis' poems on her visit to England, where she was the guest of the Countess of Huntingdon, to whom she dedicated her book of poems, which was published in 1773, that he presented to her as a mark of his appreciation of her talents a Fouls edition in folio of Milton's "Paradise Lost," which is now the property of the Harvard library. Mr. Schomburg has done well in his introduction and has given us many important facts about Philis which have not hitherto been put in such compact form. Mr. Heartmann has done even better in making possible these three books about Philis Wheatley. A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN VISITOR. Leading Business Woman of Her Race Spends a Week in Minneapolis. Madame C. J. Walker of Indianapolis and New York City arrived here last Saturday, on her return from a five months' tour of the Western states. Madame Walker is one of the wealthiest women of her race in America. She is a woman who has accumulated about $120,000 worth of valuable real estate as the result of MMB. G. J. WALKER. ten years as a hair culturist. She manufactures the famous Walker Hair Grower, and gives a course of instruction on "Madame Walker's Method of Hair Culture." She appeared at Zion Baptist church Sunday night, before a large audience and gave a stereoponic lecture, showing her rapid rise in business and her property interests, including many luxurious places, among them "Bishop's Court," the New York (Flushing, L. I.), residence of the late Bishop Dorrick, which costs $50,000 to build and covers nearly an acre of ground; also much residential property in Indianapolis and "the Lelia College property," owned by her daughter. Mrs. Walker is making a great sacrifice for her people. She gives bountifully to charity and does not use for herself any money taken in on her business trips. She has toured the West Indies in her auto, also made several trips from Indianapolis to New York. Her homes are luxuriously furnished, having as her guests most of the celebrities of her race. The late Dr. Washington was her guest at Indianapolis home on his last visit there. Her object in giving these views is only to show the capabilities of a Negro woman to rise by perseverance and faith in God to unlimited heights of success, she having been a servant woman, who began business on the capital of $1.50 now having agents nearly everywhere representing sales to $100,000 yearly. She desires to show the ability of Negro women to prosper in business, to accumulate wealth and their capabilities as to taste, decorations, and every qualification to enjoy the result of their earnings as those of other races. Her success is an inspiration, worthy of emulation and admiration. Madame Walker appeared at Pilgrim Baptist church, St. Paul, on Thanksgiving night. She was well received. She went to Duluth Friday night and will leave for Chicago on Saturday. She is accompanied by her granddaughter, and while here secured satisfactory accommodations at the beautiful residence of Mrs. Marguerite Martin, 3013 Garfield avenue. Madam Walker is suffering from a severe cold, and was unable to meet her engagement to meet several ladies, at Madam Hart's, the milliner, 1202 Washington Avenue South, who were interested in her work. She will return to our city and may establish a branch of her business here. As one of her much heralded charities, she has given $1,000 to the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A., $500 to the National Negro Business League, supports several students at Tuskegee, and has many private sources of charity. She is a Christian woman, who attributes her success to faith in God, honesty, perseverance, and confidence in fellow-beings. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS Send Your Subscription SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c Send your notes to us by Wednesday A. M. Send your subscription now. Leave your subscription at our office Third floor, 305 Fifth St. So. Bring your printing to the Twin City Star Print, 305 So. 5th St. Patronize those business houses, who request your patronage through your paper. We are giving much space to church news, and we ask the co-operation and financial support of church members. Many never subscribe to The Star, and use the Editor and his publication as their personal convenience. If you mean to help us, boost with your cash. There are persons who do things worth mentioning and never give newspapers any copy. How can we get news, if it is not sent to us? M. E. H. MRS. LULU MAXWELL. The subject of the above cut is Mrs. Lulu Maxwell, 2824 Eleventh avenue south, who will read a paper at the Memorial services to Dr. Washington on Nov. 28 at Assembly hall. She was an honor pupil of the public schools of this city and a student at Tuskegee, Institute. Mrs. Maxwell is one of the ablest women of her state. Her subject will be "Tuskegee Institute—A Monument to Booker T. Washington." WE EXPECT YOUR SUPPORT WE NEED YOUR MONEY. The editor of this publication gave all of his time, money, efforts and ability to suppress "That Vicious Film," and received little assistance after a month's strenuous work. Miss Alice Baskins of Oakland, Cal., is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. B. Holmes, 313 13th avenue south, until after the holidays. Mr. Charles Hardin is spending the winter at San Antonio, Tex., in search of health. He is located at 502 Wyoming street. His many friends are glad that he is improving. Mr. Albert A. Ford has returned to work on the Duluth run of the Soo Line, after spending several weeks at Hot Springs, Ark., where he took the baths for rheumatism. Rev. G. W. Mitchell invites the public to his services at the People's Christian Assembly, 1204 Washington avenue south. They are arranging for their annual Christmas tree for the children. Mrs. Mitchell is an ardent Sunday School worker and will make the exercises this year a great event. Mrs. M. Moseley Withers, wife of the Rev. M. W. Withers, 2406 17th Ave. So., has been offered the position as teacher of English and Elocution, at The National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C. Mr. J. W. McMoore, of 510 Sixth avenue North, is the father of a fine boy. Mrs. McMoore is doing nicely. The youngster is nearly a month old and weighed 10 pounds at birth. MAYOR'S INVITATION REVOKED. Mayor Nye's invitation to speak at the memorial services to Dr. Booker T. Washington was revoked by the program committee, after it was found that he had arranged to show "The Birth of a Nation." The members of the Porters' and Waiters' Club wore crepe for Dr Washington. They now wear crepe for Mayor Nye. Mr. Carroll Thomas has returned to the city after a long stay in the east. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS ADVERTISE HERE, IT.PAYS. --- YOUNG MEN'S BARACA CLASS. Bethesda Baptist Church. OFFICERS: Rev. J. M. Moss, President. Miss Eva Walker, Treasurer and Instructor. W. H. Jenkins, Chaplain. Meets on 1st and 3rd Friday nights at the residences of members. The Young Men's Baraca class of Bethesda is rapidly progressing under the instruction of Miss Eva Walker. President Moss invites young men of the city to join. Mr. Hezekiah Allen, who is employed at the Minneapolis Gas Light Co., will receive applications. A complete list of members will be published later. AMES LODGE CHRISTMAS PARTY. Ames Lodge of Elks will give their Christmas party for the children at Pythian hall. Eighth avenue and Fourth street. Everything free. Excellent program. Appropriate decorations and beautiful presents for the little ones. All children are invited. All will be served. Mrs. Mathilda Dean, who was sick for a long time at the City Hospital's improving. She is at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newton, 3349 Twenty-first avenue south and wishes to inform her many friends who may call. THE Y. G. B. C. The entertainment given by the Young Girls' Beneficail Club at Maonic hall last month is a grand affair. Two hundred people attended. The deportment was highly commendable. The hall was decorated with club colors, purple and gold and autumn leaves. The club is composed of eight young ladies, Misses Clara Lucas, president; Rosella Sample, secretary; Eunice Smith, treasurer; Leola Colman, Mattie and Ellen Lucas, Lillian Thomas and Maydrew Cunningham. CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my thanks to my friends for services rendered me the death of my wife, Mrs. Carrie Rogers Williams, who died on Oct. 20, and for the beautiful flowers received from Mesdames J. S. Wright, John Anderson; B. Jones, A. Coleman, A. Jackson; G. Hicks, W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. M. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. E. McGathey, Miss M. Prewitt, and Mr. B. Woodford. J. A. WILLIAMS, 2808 10th Ave. S. DEATH OF AN AGED LADY. Mrs. Louisa Thomas, formerly of Philadelphia, mother of Mr. Joseph Thomas, the clubman, died last month. She was nearly 100 years old and was one of the lovable characters of the old school. She had a host of friends and age had not dimmed her mental faculties. Her funeral was largely attended. The recital by Mr. Arthur Wynne, the dramatic leader, was a social and literary treat. FUNERAL OF MILES JACKSON. Services were held at Lander's Undertaking rooms on Monday, over the remains of Mr. Miles Jackson, 1517 South Second street, one of the old residents of Minneapolis. He was a well-known waiter and cook and had lived here 27 years. Mr. Jackson was born in Montgomery, Ala., aged 50 years, 5 months and 3 days. He was married 22 years ago and leaves a faithful wife and loving daughter. He had been in failing health for four years and went to Rochester. Minn., for treatment, where he died Nov. 18th. Rev. M. W. Withers preached the funeral sermon. There was a number of relatives and friends present. The floral pieces were beautiful. Mr. Jackson died from heart failure. CARD OF THANKS. We thank our true friends for the sympathy and kindness shown us in our bereavement, the death of Mr Jackson—and for the many beautiful owers. Respectfully, Mrs. Miles Jackson and Daughter Eva Mrs. Wm. Stirman, of Snelling avenue is on the sick list. Police Officer James Robert is improving after a two weeks' illness of pneumonia. MRS. KEEYES STRUCK BY ENGINE. Mrs. Hester Keeeyes met with a severe accident on Nov. 23. She was struck by a train at the Milwaukee crossing at Fifth street South and Thirteenth avenue. She is at the city hospital suffering from severe bruises. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWSY TWIN CITY STAR ATTORNEY WILLIAM Prominent St. Paul Negro, Author City Council A. ATTORNEY WILLIAM T. FRANCIS. Prominent St. Paul Negro, Author of the Ordinance Passed by the City Council of St. Paul. BOOKER I. WASHINGTON, MEMORIAL SERVICES. Don't fail to attend the Memorial services at Assembly hall on Sunday evening, Nov. 28, at the Courthouse in the Assembly hall. Admission free. Editor Montgomery, formerly of Milwaukee, now of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Advocate, the new Negro semi-monthly paper, spoke at Zion Baptist church on the attitude of Mayor Nye in this fight. He claimed that Mr. Nye was "fooling the Negroes, and that they should pray that death would remove him, should he permit the show." Services may be held and Mr. Montgomery should lead the prayer meeting, provided Bro. P. F. Hale can be induced to conduct the song service. TOWN TOPICS. In theatricals—"The Birta of a Nation." In politics—THE DEATH of Mayor Wallace G. Nye, who wanted to go to Congress from the new Tenth district. BUY RED CROSS SEALS. BUYING RED CROSS SEALS is more than an OBLIGATION; it is an OPPORTUNITY. The CHRISTMAS SEALS are sold only for the WAR against TUBERCULOSIS. The SEALS you buy in your own STATE support the campaign THERE. STAR Alfred MAYOR DISREGARDED NEGRO WOMEN. Minneapolis, Minn., 11-25-1915. To The Twinity Star:— Mrs. M. O. Cannon, representing the Minneapolis Sunday Forum wishes to state that in his final decision concerning the showing of the Photodrama, The Birth of a Nation, Mayor Wallace G. Nye utterly and openly disregarded the wishes as well as the welfare of the Negro women and children of Minneapolis. He also failed to appoint a Negro woman on the censor board or to arrange for any Negro organization to be represented, on said board. Mrs. M. O. Cannon, 3400 Oakland Ave. NO COLOR LINE BUSINESS. Promoters of Proposed Summer Resort in Michigan Should Be Broadminded. In Michigan Should Be Broadminded. The movement recently started by a group of prominent colored men to clear up the ground and erect suitable buildings for a summer resort on the shores of Crooked lake, near White Cloud. Mich., to be ready for the season of 1916, has many good features. But if the promoters should decide finally to confine the benefits to be derived from the resort to our race only without regard to the business enterprises usually carried on at such resorts, it may hinder rather than help the project. The sentiment of the race generally, says N. B. Dodson, is against drawing the color line. The race is fully capable of maintaining owner-hip of its business enterprises, educational and religious institutions without drawing the line. If white people desire to patronize our institutions of whatever kind under our management they should be permitted to do so. Cooperation is the watchword of the times. The proposed summer resort should be a purely business movement. RESTAURANT AND ROOMS MRS. D. L. RODGERS 2010 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis Meals at all Hours Rooms by Day, Week or Month LIAM T. FRANCIS. or of the Ordinance Passed by the of St. Paul. A. E. FRED L. McGHEE. The spirit of Fred McGhee was shown to good advantage in the fight against the film in the Twin Cities, the memory of his fearlessness, and the results of his agitation encouraged many to follow his lead. Col. James Loomis, one of the old guard, speaks well of the united efforts of the Negroes of St. Paul and encourages the work of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. which was organized in St. Paul by the late Fred L. McGhee. A DAMNABLE PHOTO-PLAY. The Birth of a Nation (?) There is no doubt that the infamous photo-play called The Birth of a Nation will be shown in this city. Many protests against it have been made, but the authorities are not sure that they have the power to stop it. Certain eliminations will be made and that will be the extent of their efforts The Star has stated that Mayor Nye would not permit these pictures, and he has told a committee that he would do all in his power to prevent it. We hold Mr. Nye to his campaign pledges and believe that he will not give us cause to regret his action. We were informed that the play has been stopped, pending an investigation. TWIN CITY STAR OCT. 16, 1915 FLAT FOR RENT. FOR RENT.—Modern flat, in good neighborhood; walking distance to center of city; near car line. Apply to M. J. Fately, 1917 Fifth avenue south. Comfortable rooms, newly furnished, clean and conveniently located, suitable for hotel or railroad men, or married couple. Mrs. Sawyer, 528 Seventh avenue north. For Rent—Two nicely furnished rooms, heat, gas, bath,—2406 17th Av. So. Tel. Drexel 600. FOR RENT—Two-room flat, 3509 Chicago Ave. $7.00, Modern. F. People's Realty Co., Nic. 2188. FOR RENT.—A large furnished front room, suitable for light house keeping or for two men; walking distance from city. Mrs. J. E. Leeke 1300 Clinton avenue. WORTH ONE DOLLAR. Any Advertisement in Any Newspaper of Any Affair at Any Place where Any Admission fee is Accepted is worth One Dollar, the price we charge. ADVERTISE HERE, IT PAYS. --- Piano tuning and repairing. N. W. Phone South 3755. PROF. L. W. 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Address all mail to Twin City Star 305 S. 5th St. STUDENTS STUDY FARMING AT WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL. Garden Cultivation at Collegiate Institute Has Many Interesting Features. One of the many interesting features of work for the students at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, aside from their literary studies, is the cultivation of school gardens. These gardens are laid out under the direction of a member of the agricultural faculty. The gardens are cared for by the students of the sophomore normal class under the direction of Mr. A. W. Curtis, director of the agricultural department, and the junior normal and academic students under the direction of Mr. Murray. The experimental plots are given over to the students taking the prescribed agricultural course. The school garden occupies an area of 100 by 150 feet, and this is divided into 106 beds, each 6 by 7 feet. A f ur foot path runs the entire length of the garden, east and west. Each bed is surrounded by a two foot path on all sides, so as to make it convenient for each bed to be worked by the student without getting on the bed after it has been thoroughly spaded up and otherwise prepared for planting. Each student is required to hand in a report at the end of the spring term covering the operations performed on the plot and the cost of producing the different vegetables in the bed. The wheat plot consists of thirty rows of winter wheat, divided into three parts of ten rows each and treated as follows: The first ten rows are manured with stable manure, the second ten rows untreated, and the last ten rows are treated with acid phosphate fertilizer at the rate of 600 pounds to an acre. This is done, to ascertain the effect of different kinds of soil treatment on the crops grown. The grasses grown in the grass plot consist of the following grasses: Canadian blue, awfulness brome, tall meadow oat, Italian rye, meadow fescue, timothy, redtop, winter rye, spring oats and Kentucky blue. This experiment was started with a view of determining the adaptation of the various commercial hay and pasture grasses to local conditions and for student practice work. A MEANS TO AN END. The mayor used his Negro FRIENDS and "The Birth of a Nation" as a means to an end, by securing a legal decision as to his power to revoke licenses, and this power was an end to their appeals and protests. He caused a burden of expense on the taxpayers by a week's court procedure, also much expense to Mr. Bainbridge, the theatre manager, and left it to his advisory committee, "who saw no harm in the play." He has not measured up to that standard of dignity becoming a public official. He is a poor politician and poorer mathematician. He can't figure the cost of his action. It is political suicide. It were far better that he had permitted the show without the advertising. There are some things within the bounds of charity, loyalty and public sentiment, and others within the pale of selfishness, lawlessness and invisible interests. May God direct Mayor Nye so that in the future he will use his discretionary power to differentiate, so that we shall have a cleaner city government and a better citizenship. On Monday morning a very small delegation comprising Rev. Stovall, Atty. B. S. Smith, Editor Smith, Mrs. M. O. Cannon, Mrs. Grace Blackwell, Messrs. R. C. Marshall and Thomas Perkins, appeared at the mayor's office. Rev. Stovall saw the mayor before the delegation arrived, because he had to leave for the Methodist Ministers' convention. Mr. Nye said that he had left the matter of censorship to a committee of representatives from various associations, which had offered to assist in censoring pictures, etc., and that he would abide by the decision in this play. Atty. Smith made an earnest plea for a manly stand by the mayor and showed the disastrous effect on the race by the exhibition. He had also asked that a Negro organization be represented in this censor association, knowing that the mayor had placed in evidence in the district and supreme courts the correspondence from the Minneapolis Sunday Forum a public society and Ames Lodge of Elks, an incorporated Negro organization. He also made a plea for a representative from a Grand Army post, but was told that Capt. S. P. Snyder was on the list, but he sanctioned the play. Mrs. Blackwell wanted to relate a personal experience resulting from the show. It had been suggested that the committee of 16 heads of various organizations be increased to 80, each organization adding four delegates. This was the trick. Editor Smith asked the mayor why he left the administration of the affairs of his office to the committees, and the mayor replied that "he was being criticized as a judge, or Czar, and he wanted a public decision on this picture." Notwithstanding the fact that he had revoked the license after a private exhibition on Oct. 27, where the concensus of opinion was against the film, Editor Smith said that it was unfair to leave it to public opinion now that the courts had declared the mayor had the right to stop the play. Also that he should recognize "the great majority of one," which was his official power, and that his action, if in the right, would always be with the majority. He stated that there were more than 100 representative citizens, perhaps more representative than this (suggested) committee, who would not and did not endorse the nomination of Wallace G. Nye for mayor, and that you, Mr. Nye, are immune from criticism. The mayor then told how Mr. Karl DeLaittre, former president of the city council, had organized this movie cenor committee and offered aid, and the mayor after REFUSING to give Negro or Grand Army organizations a voice, or allowing a delegation of Negroes to meet the committee to appeal or protest, he promised to see Mr. DeLaittre. Atty. Morris not being present, the committee to see Smiths went to Mr. DeLaittre and was cordially received. He told that he had interested himself in the movie censorship on the request of a civic organization on the east side, and the project was begun last April. They had perfected organization and were to begin Dec. 6th, but they had not given thought to "The Birth of a Nation." He showed a letter from Mayor Nye, which stated that he had consented to allow a private exhibition of "The Birth of a Nation," and suggested that the representation from each organization be increased to five, also suggested the name of some local censor board, composed of movie picture men. Mr. DeLaittre said that they were not accepted. He said that Mr. Nye had come to him recently, and had mentioned the "colored representation," but the committee had not decided to accept them; in fact, the matter was not considered, just mentioned. Mr. DeLaittre saw no harm in the picture. Mayor Nye was again informed and again asked to secure representation for the Negro citizens, and he completely ignored the communication, which reached him at 2 p. m., Monday. FARMER BRUCE WINS A MEDAL. The other day a white man made a path to the humble door of a cabin on top of a hill near Dalton, Mo. In one hand he held a championship medal for the best Missouri corn shown at the San Francisco exposition; he also carried a certificate saynig that N. C. Bruce had earned second place among all corn exhibitors at the San Francisco fair. The door of the cabin opened and N. C. Bruce, a negro, received both the medal and certificate. Farmer Bruce last year raised 50 acres of corn that averaged 114 bushels to the acre. An Illinois farmer took the first prize with 127 bushels to the acre. The negro race is to be congratulated upon having men like Farmer Bruce setting so fine an example to its young men.—Mnineapolis Daily News. SUBSCRIBE NOW. THE MORAL PHASE LIFE Home Training M. Says Miss Nannie The moral phase of problem is the most the whole aggravation improve the standard masses is the only r As with other races in the homes are set who preside over the to bring about a ref hood of the race m how to instruct the those virtues, that the most advanced races We are prone to When "The Birth of a Nation" was shown at a private exhibition in the St. Paul Auditorium last month about 100 Negroes were present. After the first reel, showing the scenes before and during the Civil War, Mr. Friedman, a producer of the show, introduced Mr. Sherman, one of the owners of the Northwest rights of the film, who was heralded as one of the greatest promoters and young educators of his day. He told of the cost of the production, etc., and said many untrue things about it, especially that "there had been no trouble anywhere except in Boston, where a "little misunderstanding occurred" when two Negroes were refused seats because the house was full." After he had concluded he was roundly applauded. Then arose Mr. Jose H. Sherwood, a well-known Negro of St. Paul and a national character in Masonic circles, who calmly called "Mr. Sherman—come back." After repeated calls from Mr. Sherwood, the promoter returned. Mr. Sherwood told him that "you are not speaking the truth," and told of the riots, etc., which had occurred. He replied in answer to the appeal by Sherman "that an enormous lot of money and time had been spent to produce these wonderful pictures; said that safe blowers and burglars spend more money for tools than any skilled mechanics, but they are not allowed, for that reason, to rob other people or to follow their profession." Some cried, "Sit down—we came to see the show." Mr. Sherwood remained calm and told of the harmful effect of the films. He was told to "Go on," and after Mr. Sherman had "left the stage" he concluded his remarks. He was the man of the hour. His excellent deportment (under provocation) correct English and moderate tone, brought forth many creditable remarks from the audience, and he made a remarkable showing of the courageous spirit of the Negroes in a protest against a wrong done their race. His adequate remarks and opportune action placed him on record as a MAN ready to defend his race, and showed an example of what may be expected of the Negroes of St. Paul, which was later proven in a fight for the passage of any ordinance led by Attorney W. T. Francis, which was passed by the City Council prohibiting exhibitions which "tend to incitio riot or create race or religious prejudice, or purports to represent any hanging, lynching, burning, or placing in a position of ignominy any human being, the same being incited by or inductive to race or religious hatred." The following appeared among the many interviews of prominent persons in the St. Paul Daily News of Oct. 20: The crime of taking a nation just freed from slavery and but recently emerged from savagery rests with the white people of the North. If people who go to see "The Birth of a Nation" intelligently grasp this fact, then the picture could be shown. If the audience does not see this point, then the picture might create prejudice. believe that the great improvement the colored people have made should be shown. It was very noticeable Tuesday day night that the colored man who spoke at the exhibition used much better English and talked more intelligently than either of the white men who spoke on behalf of the picture. BOGE M. KENYON MRS. GEORGE M. KENYON, Vice President Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association. Attorneys J. Louis Ervin and W. T. Francis, Dr. Valdo Turner, Orri G Hall, Fred McCracken, Messrs. Gask kins, Sherwood, Hall, Mrs. T. H Lyles and Mrs. W. T. Francis and Rev. B. N. Merrell, Fr. Theobald and many others, did much effective work in St. Paul. AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS. The St. Paul branch of the National Society for the Advancement of Colored People may take "The Birth of a Nation" into court under the new ordinance recently passed by the City Council. They are in need of FUNDS. Become a member. Send your name and $1.00 to Mrs. Lillian Turner, 386 St. Albans street. St. Paul. It takes money to bring legal action against the producers of this play. THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO LIFE. Home Training Most Important. Rays Miss Nannie H. Burrougha. 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" gigling. 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 rotting, 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 al together for today: it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. SIX GOOD REASONS 1. It teaches that race prejudice is the most evil thing in the world today and that "Jim Crow" cars, race segregation, anti-intermarriage laws and all other manifestations of it are unchristian and cruel efforts of the stronger to oppress the weaker. 2. It combats in the courts, state legislatures, the Halls of Congress, the government departments and everywhere the spirit of persecution against the Colored People which grows out of race prejudice. 3. It aims to bring about such a healthy public sentiment in this land that Colored People will be accorded all their social, civil and political rights and will receive exact justice in all the relations of life. 4. It believes in and teaches the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and the equality of all races in our American civilization. 5. It aims to uphold the honor of our women by opposing the passage of anti-race inter-marriage laws. An Appeal for Funds. The Association needs money and new members. It costs just one dollar to join. If you believe in fair play, in fighting for your rights, if you believe in organization and cooperation, join this Association and do your hit toward advancing the race and therby helping to make human brotherhood a reality and not a fiction ZUMELWEISS THE BETTER BEER You are sure of appreciation from anyone to whom you recommend it. BENJ. JONES (Near Milwaukee Depot) CLARENCE W. 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Want Ads .....Twenty-five Cents Reading Notices, per line, Five Cents Wedding Announcements, Fifty Cents Card of Thanks .....One Dollars In Memoriam .....One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Death Notices .....Fifty Cents When writing for the press, don't abbreviate your words. Spell each one out correctly and distinctly. If you don't it means that all of your manuscript will have to be rewritten if there is time. Write on one side of the paper only. Address all mail to Twin City Star 305 S. 5th St. Minneapolis, Minnesota. STUDENTS STUDY FARMING AT WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL Garden Cultivation at Collegiate Institute Has Many Interesting Features. One of the many Interesting features of work for the students at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, aside from their literary studies, is the cultivation of school gardens. These gardens are laid out under the direction of a member of the agricultural faculty. The gardens are cared for by the students of the sophomore normal class under the direction of Mr. A. W. Curtis, director of the agricultural department, and the junior normal and academic students under the direction of Mr. Murray. The experimental plots are given over to the students taking the prescribed agricultural course. The school garden occupies an area of 100 by 150 feet, and this is divided into 106 beds, each 6 by 7 feet. A f ur foot path runs the entire length of the garden, east and west. Each bed is surrounded by a two foot path on all sides, so as to make it convenient for each bed to be worked by the student without getting on the bed after it has been thoroughly spaded up and otherwise prepared for planting. Each student is required to hand in a report at the end of the spring term covering the operations performed on the plot and the cost of producing the different vegetables in the bed. The wheat plot consists of thirty rows of winter wheat, divided into three parts of ten rows each and treated as follows: The first ten rows are manured with stable manure, the second ten rows untreated, and the last ten rows are treated with acid phosphate fertilizer at the rate of 600 pounds to an acre. This is done to ascertain the effect of different kinds of soil treatment on the crops grown. Intentional Duplicate Exposure The grasses grown in the grass plot consist of the following grasses: Canadian blue, awnish brome, tall meadow oat, Italian rye, meadow fescue, timothy, redtop, winter rye, spring oats and Kentucky blue. This experiment was started with a view of determining the adaptation of the various commercial hay and pasture grasses to local conditions and for student practice work. A MEANS TO AN END. The mayor used his Negro FRIENDS and "The Birth of a Nation" as a means to an end, by securing a legal decision as to his power to revoke licenses, and this power was an end to their appeals and protests. He caused a burden of expense on the taxpayers by a week's court procedure, also much expense to Mr. Bainbridge, the theatre manager, and left it to his advisory committee, "who saw no harm in the play." He has not measured up to that standard of dignity becoming a public official. He is a poor politician and poorer mathematician. He can't figure the cost of his action. It is political suicide. It were far better that he had permitted the show without the advertising. There are some things within the bounds of charity, loyalty and public sentiment, and others within the pale of selfishness, lawlessness and invisible interests. May God direct Mayor Nye so that in the future he will use his discretionary power to differentiate, so that we shall have a cleaner city government and a better citizenship. On Monday morning a very small delegation comprising Rev. Stovall, Atty. B. S. Smith, Editor Smith, Mrs. M. O. Cannon, Mrs. Grace Blackwell, Messrs. R. C. Marshall and Thomas Perkins, appeared at the mayor's office. Rev. Stovall saw the mayor before the delegation arrived, because he had to leave for the Methodist Ministers' convention. Mr. Nye said that he had left the matter of censorship to a committee of representatives from various associations, which had offered to assist in censoring pictures, etc., and that he would abide by the decision in this play. Atty. Smith made an earnest plea for a manly stand by the mayor and showed the disastrous effect on the race by the exhibition. He had also asked that a Negro organization be represented in this censor association, knowing that the mayor had placed in evidence in the district and supreme courts the correspondence from the Minneapolis Sunday Forum a public society and Ames Lodge of Elks, an incorporated Negro organization. He also made a plea for a representative from a Grand Army post, but was told that Capt. S. P. Snyder was on the list, but he sanctioned the play. Mrs. Blackwell wanted to relate a personal experience resulting from the show. It had been suggested that the committee of 16 heads of various organizations be increased to 80, each organization adding four delegates. This was the trick. Editor Smith asked the mayor why he left the administration of the affairs of his office to the committees, and the mayor replied that "he was being criticized as a judge, or Czar, and he wanted a public decision on this picture." Notwithstanding the fact that he had revoked the license after a private exhibition on Oct. 27, where the concensus of opinion was against the film, Editor Smith said that it was unfair to leave it to public opinion now that the courts had declared the mayor had the right to stop the play. Also that he should recognize "the great majority of one," which was his official power, and that his action, if in the right, would always be with the majority. He stated that there were more than 100 representative citizens, perhaps more representative than this (suggested) committee, who would not and did not endorse the nomination of Wallace G. Nye for mayor, and that you, Mr. Nye, are immune from criticism. The mayor then told how Mr. Karl DeLaittre, former president of the city council, had organized this movie cenor committee and offered aid, and the mayor after REFUSING to give Negro or Grand Army organizations a voice, or allowing a delegation of Negroes to meet the committee to appeal or protest, he promised to see Mr. DeLaittre. Atty. Morris not being present, the committee of two Smiths went to Mr. DeLaittre and was cordially received. He told that he had interested himself in the movie censorship on the request of a civic organization on the east side, and the project was begun last April. They had perfected organization and were to begin Dec. 6th, but they had not given thought to "The Birth of a Nation." He showed a letter from Mayor Nye, which stated that he had consented to allow a private exhibition of "The Birth of a Nation," and suggested that the representation from each organization be increased to five, also suggested the name of some local censor board, composed of movie picture men. Mr. DeLaittre said that they were not accepted. He said that Mr. Nye had come to him recently, and had mentioned the "colored representation," but the committee had not decided to accept them; in fact, the matter was not considered, just mentioned. Mr. DeLaittre saw no harm in the picture. Mayor Nye was again informed and again asked to secure representation for the Negro citizens, and he completely ignored the communication, which reached him at 2 p. m., Monday. FARMER BRUCE WINS A MEDAL. The other day a white man made a path to the humble door of a cabin on top of a hill near Dalton, Mo. In one hand he held a championship medal for the best Missouri corn shown at the San Francisco exposition; he also carried a certificate saying that N. C. Bruce had earned second place among all corn exhibitors at the San Francisco fair. The door of the cabin opened and N. C. Bruce, a negro, received both the medal and certificate. The negro race is to be congratulated upon having men like Farmer Bruce setting so fine an example to its young men.—Minepinea Daily News. SUBSCRIBE NOW. THE MORAL PHASE LIFE Home Training M Says Miss Nannie The moral phase problem is the most the whole aggravation improve the standard masses is the only y As with other race in the homes are set who preside over r to bring about a re hood of the race r how to instruct the those virtues, that most advanced race We are prone to A Defender of His Race. When "The Birth of a Nation" was shown at a private exhibition in the St. Paul Auditorium last month about 100 Negroes were present. After the first reel, showing the scenes before and during the Civil War, Mr. Friedman, a producer of the show, introduced Mr. Sherman, one of the owners of the Northwest rights of the film, who was heralded as one of the greatest promoters and young educators of his day. He told of the cost of the production, etc., and said many untrue things about it, especially that "there had been no trouble anywhere except in Boston, where a 'little misunderstanding occurred' when two Negroes were refused seats because the house was full." After he had concluded he was roundly applauded. Then arose Mr. Jose H. Sherwood, a well-known Negro of St. Paul and a national character in Masonic circles, who calmly called "Mr. Sherman—come back." After repeated calls from Mr. Sherwood, the promoter returned. Mr. Sherwood told him that "you are not speaking the truth," and told of the riots, etc., which had occurred. He replied in answer to the appeal by Sherman "that an enormous lot of money and time had been spent to produce these wonderful pictures; said that safe blowers and burglars spend more money for tools than any skilled mechanics, but they are not allowed, for that reason, to rob other people or to follow their profession." Some cried, "Sit down—we came to see the show." Mr. Sherwood remained calm and told of the harmful effect of the films. He was told to "Go on," and after Mr. Sherman had "left the stage" he concluded his remarks. He was the man of the hour. His excellent deportment (under provocation) correct English and moderate tone, brought forth many creditable remarks from the audience, and he made a remarkable showing of the courageous spirit of the Negroes in a protest against a wrong done their race. His adequate remarks and opportune action placed him on record as a MAN ready to defend his race, and showed an example of what may be expected of the Negroes of St. Paul, which was later proven in a fight for the passage of any ordinance led by Attorney W. T. Francis, which was passed by the City Council prohibiting exhibitions which "tend to incite riot or create race or religious prejudice, or purports to represent any hanging, lynching, burning, or placing in a position of ignominy any human being, the same being incited by or inducive to race or religious hatred." The following appeared among the many interviews of prominent persons in the St. Paul Daily News of Oct. 20: The crime of taking a nation just freed from slavery and but recently emerged from savagery rests with the white people of the North. If people who go to see "The Birth of a Nation" intelligently grasp this fact, then the picture could be shown. If the audience does not see this point, then the picture might create prejudice. I believe that the great improvement the colored people have made should be shown. It was very noticeable Tuesday night that the colored man who spoke at the exhibition used much better English and talked more intelligently than either of the white men who spoke on behalf of the picture. MRS. GEORGE M. KENYON. Vice President Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association. Attorneys J. Louis Ervin and W. T. Francis, Dr. Valdo Turner, Orri C. Hall, Fred McCracken, Messrs. Gaskins, Sherwood, Hall, Mrs. T. H. Lyles and Mrs. W. T. Francis and Rev. B. N. Merrell, Fr. Theobald and many others, did much effective work in St. Paul. AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS. The St. Paul branch of the National Society for the Advancement of Colored People may take "The Birth of a Nation" into court under the new ordinance recently passed by the City Council. They are in need of FUNDS. Become a member. Send your name and $1.00 to Mrs. Lillian Turner, 386 St. Albans street, St. Paul. It takes money to bring legal action against the producers of this play. 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 haneout 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 "zang" eingeling. 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 rotting, 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 al together for today: it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. SIX GOOD REASONS Why You Should Join The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1. It teaches that race prejudice is the most evil thing in the world today and that "Jim Crow" cars, race segregation, anti-intermarriage laws and all other manifestations of it are unchristian and cruel efforts of the stronger to oppress the weaker. 2. It combats in the courts, state legislatures, the Halls of Congress, the government departments and everywhere the spirit of persecution against the Colored People which grows out of race prejudice. 3. It aims to bring about such a healthy public sentiment in this land that Colored People will be accorded all their social civil and political rights and will receive exact justice in all the relations of life. 4. It believes in and teaches the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and the equality of all races in our American civilization. 5. It aims to uphold the honor of our women by opposing the passage of anti-race inter-marriage laws. 6. 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