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THE DEE WASHINGTON Congressional Library The Business League NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS CAPTURES THE GOLD LAST - COMMERCIAL INC OF NEGRO RACE IS OWNED UNDER THE SPELL OF THE SPIRIT OF JOHN ON KANSAS SQIL B. Washington Preaches Self-Helpfulness. Regular Vernon Tells of the Negro's Pleasant Value to the American Nation—The Struggles and Triumphs of the Men Who Are "Doing Things"—Baltimore Next Year, Officers Electro-Topeka Does Herself Proud as "Mine Host"—Best Meeting of the Series—Special Correspondence. Topeka, Kansas, August 19.—The National Negro Business League captured the Golden West—and the League, in turn has been captured by the bounty hospitality and cordial welcomes which the good people of the Sunflower State have showered upon it with prodigal hand. This is the first session of the organization to be held west of the Mississippi River, and it is conceded to all who have followed the fortunes of Dr Washington's famous aggregation of constructive workers from its inception at Boston eight years ago up to the present, that in many respects the Topeka meeting, like the name of Abou Ben Allom, "leads all the rest." In point of attendance, the average was well maintained, despite the long distance from the center of the Negro population of the country, and the personnel, notwithstanding the absence of several of the strongest members of the "Old Guard," was fully up to the standard in quality and influence in the world that "Does Things." The Napiers, Patterns, Bankes, Bushes, Montgomerys, Scott, Williamses, Moores, Taylors, Velars Furmusses, Fortunes, Knoxes, Lankfords and other pioneers were "on deck" to keep the old ship true to her moorings, while there was an unprecedented infusion of new blood that gave the deliberations a snap and go from start to finish and generated an enthusiasm and interest above the ordinary. In openness of attention, in the accomplishment of definite results, and in the composite story of achievement told by business Negroes, it may be said, without invious comparison, that the meeting of this year was the most profitable of the entire series. The generous hospital of Teopka's good citizens exceeded the anticipations of the most ardent "rooters" for the city. It was a frequent remark among the delegates after each of the innumerable and superb conducted social functions, that it was simply marvelous how the leaders of a community in which there are but fifteen thousand Negroes could accomplish so much and with such apparent ease, when to do half so well would tax the wits and exhaust the public spirit of many other places which boast of a colored population four times as great. John Brown's Soul Goes Marching On. A special interest attaches to the meeting on this soil and at this place, because of the anti-slavery memories that still linger hereabouts. There was more than one man present who has personal recollections of Ossawatome John Brown. The spirit of this immortal friend of liberty and fraternity, whose name, Frederick Dauglass says in his autobiography, used to be whispered about among the slaves in awe-stricken tones, has become a fixed tradition in the mind of the Negro race, and the sacrifices he made for the brother in black can never be forgotten. The simple mention of the old hero invariably evoked a wave of reverent applause. Truly, it may be said, as it was so fervently sung by the audience: "John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on!" This pathetic incident came about just after the completion of the addresses of welcome, when Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, the brilliant editor of the New York Age, arose and solemnly suggested that the presence of the League upon the field made memorable by John Brown should be recognized by a tribute to his memory, and asked that Bishop Grant, who is greatly loved by every man, woman and child in this region, and who was a prominent figure throughout the League series, invoke upon the meeting the spirit of the fearless destroyer of th accursed institution of slavery. The profound silence that fell upon the meeting, broken only by the deep and penetrating voice of the man of God, created the one thrilling and dramatic episode of the session. The Negro is not ungrateful for the noble deeds of John Brown, who died as surely as Christ did that men might be free. Wednesday Morning's Session. The eighth annual session of the National Negro Business League was called to order shortly after the scheduled hour by Mr. Ira O. Guy, of Topeka, first vice-president of the organization. After an invocation by Rev. Henry B. Brown, of the St. Simon Protestant Episcopal Church, of this city, a letter was read from Hon. E. W. Hoch, Governor of Kansas, expressing his hearty sympathy with the purposes of the League and regretting that his unavoidable absence from the State prevented him from appearing in person to extend a cordial welcome to the delegates who have honored Kansas with such a timely and helpful visit. Vice-President Guy then introduced Hon. T. A. McNeal, State Printer, who, in the Governor's stead, welcomed the League on behalf of the State. He referred to the fact that though he Negro' hectoretically had all he rights of other people, practically he did not; but thought there was hope for the future. He regarded the triumph of the scholarly John Sharp Williams over the demagogue Vardaman as a sign of an improvement in decency and right thinking on the part of the South. The margin was small, but "every little bit helps." He thought the discrimination which the Negroos suffered was due to human selfishness, rather than malice, and questioned whether, if the conditions were reversed, the Negro would be more fair in his treatment of the "under dog." He looked for a brighter day in the future, when justice would hold sway. Other addresses of welcome, in cordial vein, were delivered by Mayor William Green, of Topeka, on behalf of the city, and by Hon. J. A. Troutman, representing the Commercial Club. Attorney James H. Guy, speaking, for the local Business League, said the Negroes of Topeka were the most industrious people on earth, and as such welcomed the coming of a body which woud inspire them to even more strenuous efforts toward industrial and commercial betterment. President Washington in the Chair President Washington in the Chair At this point Dr. Booker T. Washington, president of the National Negro Business League, assumed the chair, amid tumultuous applause, and received the dainty Chautauqua salute at the hands of the ladies, who were present in large numbers. He introduced in turn Judge Mifflin W. Gibbs, "the grand old man of the Negro race," and Mr. R. L. Smith, of Texas, who responded felicitously to the welcome addresses of the distinguished representatives of Kansas. Then came the John Brown incident related above, and after this singularly impressive interlude, the League settled down vigorously to the business which brought the upward of three hundred delegates and double that number of visitors to the city of Topcka. The first speaker was D. F. Tipton, of Emporia, Kansas, who told of his experiences of "Twenty-eight Years" as a House-Mover. He was followed, by M. W. Turner, of Indiapolis, Ind., on "Twenty - seven Years' Experience in Slate and Gravel Roofing, and Contracting," and John Spencer, of Grinnell, Iowa, who described his business in "Cement Contracting and Building." The chief interest of the morning session seemed to hinge about the story of Robert C. Owens, of Los Angeles, California, whose fortunate investments in real estate, beginning with small capital as an option dealer, have enabled him to amass property valued at the enormous sum of $675,000—narly two-thirds of a million. He is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and in a short time will have a monthly rent roll of $3,500. J. N. Bell, of Houston, Tex., also spoke on "Real Estae," in which business he has achieved a gratifying success. Self-Helpfulness the Cure for Racial Ills The spacious and beautiful Auditorium, one of the very best halls in the West, was filled to overflowing at the evening session. The principal feature of the program was the annual address to the League by Dr. Washington. The deliverance contained much that was new and some that was not new, but never before laid a Kansas audience heard him speak with the fervor, sincerity and intense earnestness which characterized his utterance on this occasion. The prevailing tenor of the address was "Do something to help yourself, if you would rise in the world." Success is an individual problem. No power on earth can make a weak man strong. The speaker emphasized the necessity for grasping our opportunities, and of not only getting eduaction, but to develop the means by which that education can be utilized. Education is of little value if it is not applied to some tangible purpose, to increase our productive ability and placing our talents in touch with the markets. One Negro succeeding in business will do more to elevate the race in the esteem of the governing classes than all THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK REGISTER W. T. VERNON. , BEFORE THE NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE the talk, resolutions, and abuse that might be indulged in from now until Dooms-day. The object of the League is to foster the habit of getting the most out of he hings a hand and of securing those just beyond. That its influence is making for tangible results is convincingly shown in the fact that before the advent of the League, eight years ago, there were but two banks in the country conducted by Negroes. Now there are thirty-four, with more in prospect. From a mere handful of poorly-tocked drug stores a few years ago, there are now 134, the majority of which are first class in every detail. It is now a poor community indeed that has not its colored grocery, dry goods store, millinery establishment, tailor shop, etc., together with splendidly equipped professional men—doctors, lawyers, teachers, editors, and the like. The race,argued Dr.Washington, has every reason to be hopeful of the future. The race has accomplished much and the way is opening through which it may accomplish more. We should have REGISTER W. , BEFORE THE NEG an abundance of race pride. The speaker was greeted with a deafening round of applause when he severely scored that class of Negroes who are sahamed of their race identification and who are trying to "pass" for something they are not. There was a demonstration of approval equally as strong when Dr.Washington declared that the Negro was not seeking social equality; has no desire to mingle with people who did not want him; and that, there was not the slightest foundation for the pretense in some quarters that the Negro is trying to dominate the politics of the country. All that any right-minded Negro in the land seeks is equal justice in the courts and equal protection under the laws of the land. Given the same chance and fairplay, DrD. Washington believes the enterprising Negro will not be a downtrodden people. He enunciated again his old shibboheth that "an inch of progress is worth a yard of complaint." While recognizing the good intentions of the agitator and fully appreciating the conscientious labor that many of them are doing for manhood rights, it was his definite achievement that would make us indispensable factors in building up the nation; farther toward securing us our rights would go all the petitions or complaints that we might file between now and judgment day. The Business League is working along this line. It welcomes the building element of the race. The League has grown from a mere handful of members in eight years, and with 456 local leagues, co-operating with the National body, Dr. Washington feels that the organization has fully justified its existence. At the conclusion of the "Wizard" eloquent pleas for self-helpfulness there was a storm of applause from the vast audience, in which there was a large number of white people, who had come out to hear the race's peerless leader to learn why the Business League has such a firm hold upon the confidence and affections of the energetic Negroes here in Topeka and in every other portion of the country. The musical features of the program were highly enjoyable. Prof. George Dardis, Atchison's favorite organist, ren- Continued on 4th Page. arrangements are being made for a "Negro" Chautauqua for Central, Illinois, beginning September 20 and lasting through the 23d. The Southwestern Christian Advocate says that the Negro is debtor to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Mrs. Ester J. Carpenter, who has held large meetings in this and other cities, is said to be meeting with much success. Rev. Sterling N. Brown, pastor of Lincoln Temple Church, delivered an address at the Price Memorial Literary, Atlantic City, Monday of last week. Norfolk, Va., has lost one of its best and well-known citizens in the person of Mrs. Maggie W. Bright, whose funeral occurred not long ago. The colored people of Louisville, Ky., held their farewell meeting in the Centre Street Methodist church not long ago. The congregation of Rev. L. H. Brown worshipped in this church seventy-five years. The Kentucky Standard states that some of the best women of the colored race of Lexington are trying to start a Day Nursery. T. VERNON. RO BUSINESS LEAGUE The highest order of Negro Masonry held its grand session in Springfield, Ill., this week. The funeral services of Charles W. Thomas, the son of Dr. and Mrs. I. L. Thomas, of Baltimore, who died at the home of his parents, August 6, at the age of 24 years, was held the following Wednesday. We see by the Christian Index that the Legislature of Alabama has submitted amendments to the Constitution, to be voted on by the people. Many attended the Baptist State Convention which convened at Yazoo City, Miss, not long ago. Mr. C. T. Rossier, who keeps sixty-four thoroughbred Jersey cows, uses milking machines, which he says are a great success. MR. LANKFORD COMPLIMENTED Mr. J. A. Lankford, architect and builder in the District of Columbia, and president of the Local League, was in our city this week representing the Business League of Washington, who had an excellent architectural exhibit showing the great work that he is doing throughout the States; and the class of buildings which are being erected under his supervision. Mr. J. A. Lankford and brothers are said to be the pioneer negroes in the country to open up a first class architectural and building office in the United States. He was nominated by Mr. Chas. Banks of Mississippi, and was elected Vice-President of the National Negro Business League of which Dr.Washington is the National President. He has established a branch office at Mr. Jas. H. Guys, the leading attorney of this city, who will be his personal representative in the Middle West. The Seventh Annual Meeting of the National Medical Association will be held here on the 27th, 28th and 29th of this month, at which time about three hundred physicians and dentists and pharmacists of the race are expected to attend. Each morning during the session papers relating to medical subjects will be read and discussed. This will be followed by a clinic at Provident Hospital. On the evening of the first day a public welcoming reception will be held at Union Baptist Church. A number of social events will enliven the session, including an elaborate musicale on the closing evening. Dr. W. H. Wright, of 1373 North Carey street, the chairman of the local reception committee, has been working unceasingly the past month to make the meeting a success. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Popular excursions to Niagara Falls, only $10 round trip; August 2 and 16; September 6 and 20; October 6, 1907. Excursion tickets will be sold on the above dates, good going only on Special Train leaving Washington at 7:45 a.m. arriving Niagara Falls at 11:00 p.m. Tickets valid for return ten (10) days, including date of sale, on all regular trains, except "Black Diamond Express," of Lehigh Valley Route. --- By Miss Beatrix L. Chase. We appreciate very highly the compliment paid us by Mr. J. W. Smith in his letter to the New York Age, Thursday, August 11. The annual meeting of the National Medical Association will be held in Baltimore, Md., the 27th, 28 and 29th of this month. Drs. Warfield, Shadd, Francis and Curtis of this city are expected to attend. Mr. W. A. Curtis, of this city, was an important figure in the recent juvenile demonstration of the G. U. O. of Galilean Fisherman. The public has heard much of Miss Cecilia Johnson; but it would be a puzzle for the public to recognize her by the many different pictures, which have been printed as her likeness. Washington has its quota of representatives at Saratoga, Atlantic City and cai attentions from the gallant young men of the city while here. On Friday last Miss Thompson and other summer resorts. Some of the ministers who were given a month's leave have filled their pulpits just the same. Senator Foraker delivered an address at the annual picnic of the Western Association of pioneers at New Carlisle, Ohio, last week. Orders have been issued to strike from the naval list the old wooden sailing vessel Saratoga, and to sell her by auction to the highest bidder. This boat was built in 1842, and was then classed as a fine warship. The summer school at the University of Pennsylvania has closed after one of the most successful years. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who will make her debut in society, is only seventeen years of age. The bubonic plague has broken out in South Manchuria. Many deaths have occurred. Ed. Dalton, alias Earl West, or William Earl, of Washington, who robbed and murdered William Legg (a butcher, of Sidney, Ohio, will be electrocuted. A special dispatch to the Star says that one of the most spectacular and exciting fires seen along the Hudson Valley for a long time occurred last night a week ago at Kingston, when the big West Shore freight station and forty cars were entirely destroyed. Dynamite which was in a car did much damage when it exploded. According to reports, Mts. Louise Taft, mother of William H. Taft, Secretary of War, is worse. Instead of the Metropolitan Mercantile Company being called the "Greatest Negro Enterprise" in the world it should be called the Greatest Enterprise in the World. The Baptist State Convention of Mississippi raised $4,500 this year. Mr. B. F. Washington, Mayor and Chief Executive of Brooklyn, Ill., was in the city last week visiting. Mr. H. A. Rucker, Collector of Internal Revenue for the State of Georgia has written a strong appeal to the Legislature. Mrs. Lairnia Watson has the honor of Being the only woman in the State of Kentucky who owns an undertaking es- DOCTORS TO MEET. Gall on ticket agents for pamphlet giving full particulars as to stop-over, side-tripa, etc. Baltimore & Ohio Excursion, Sunday, August 25th; $1.0 to Frederick, Keedysville and Hagerstown and return. Train leaves Washington at 8.30 A. M. READ THE BEE. THE ODD-FELLOWS WHAT THE SOUTH WILL DEMAND-ODD FELLOWS HEADQUARTERS REMOVED TO THIS CITY-THE NEXT SESSION OF THE B. M. C. The Southern Odd Fellows, which consist of over two-thirds of the organization in America, will undoubtedly remove their headquarters from Philadelphia, Pa., to this city. The injunction proceedings will come up in Philadelphia next month. The showing of Messrs. Howze, Knox, Crenshaw and Clinton and others will establish an illegal misappropriation of funds and many other irregularities. The next session of the B. M. C. which will convene in Atlantic City, will be one of the most memorable in the history of the order. The Southern Odd Fellows are determined to see that no more political tricks are introduced in the order by which officers are elected. The Alabama case will be one of the most important cases that will be considered by the next B. M. C. Grand Master Jones, of Mississippi, will be a strong factor in the next B. M. C. This present sub-committee of management with but one exception will go out of office so quickly that it will never know that it existed. Editor Benjamin J. Davis, of the Atlanta Independent, is the only level-headed man on the committee. The Alabama delegation alone will outnumber any Northern opposition that will show itself in the next B. M. C. Full particulars of the coming injunctions will appear in full in The Bee Thousands of dollars of the Odd Fellows money will be spent in law suits caused by the arbitrary and illegal ruling of the sub committee of management. DEATH OF JOSEPH MAYNE. It is but seldom that I ever attempt to correct a statement made in any of the daily or weekly papers, bu upon perusing your excellent paper, The Bee, of the 1th ultimo, my eyes fell upon an item therein on the death of my late friend and brother, M. V. P. O. Joseph N. Mayne, which said "that the funeral rites on the occasion of his burial were performed by Mr. R. D. Goodman, intimating that theer were no other ceremonies. Now, what I desire to state in the way of correction of the item is, that Brother Mayne died July 18, 1970, and was buried from Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, Fourth and D streets southeast, on Sabbath July 21, 1907. His remains were escorted from his late residence, No. 323 South Carolina avenue southeast, to the church by the following societies: Douglas Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Elder Mens' Relief Association, George W. Stewart, acting president; a lodge of the Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria; Rebecca Household of Ruth. G. U. O. of O. F.; Past Grand Masters' Council, No. 4, G. U. O. of O. F., and Social Lodge, No. 1, of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia; Rebecca Household of RRuth. G. U. O. of O. F. was present at the church. The religious services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dennison, who in his remarks paid a high tribute to the life and character of the deceased. He was followed by Rev. W. J. Howard, who traced him from his birth in the West India Islands to the United States, and of his services in the United States Navy Department, and of his thirty-seven years as a member of the G. U. O. of O. F., which assured his entrance to the heavenly grand lodge above. The Noble Grand of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 1028, etc., delivered the eulogy on the part of the lodge. Papers were read from the Post of the G. A. R. by Mr. Goodman, and from the Household of Ruth and the Good Samaritans, which were followed by the ceremonies of P. G. M. Council No. A, etc., after which his remains were escorted to Harmony Cemetery Northeast, where the last solemn religious rites were performed by Rv. Dennison. Next was the burial ceremony of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 1028, performed by M. V. P. John F. N. Wilkinson, Sr., the Noble Grand of the Lodge; next were the burial ceremonies of Washington Patriarchie, No. 18, by the Right Venerable and Worthy Chaplain, and last were the burial services of Social Lodge, No. 1, of Free and Accepted Masons by the Worshipful Master, Brother Walter C. Abrams, and his wardens; and the remains were deposited in the grave. There was no ceremony performed by any other organization, and could not be. John F. N. Wilkinson, Sr. August 14, 1907. 1. p 2. p 3. p 4. p 5. p 6. p 7. p 8. p 9. p 10. p 11. p 12. p 13. p 14. p 15. p 16. p 17. p 18. p 19. p 20. p 21. p 22. p 23. p 24. p 25. p 26. p 27. p 28. p 29. p 30. p 31. p 32. p 33. p 34. p 35. p 36. p 37. p 38. p 39. p 40. p 41. p 42. p 43. p 44. p 45. p 46. p 47. p 48. p 49. p 50. p 51. p 52. p 53. p 54. p 55. p 56. p 57. p 58. p 59. p 60. p 61. p 62. p 63. p 64. p 65. p 66. p 67. p 68. p 69. p 70. p 71. p 72. p 73. p 74. p 75. p 76. p 77. p 78. p 79. p 80. p 81. p 82. p 83. p 84. p 85. p 86. p 87. p 88. p 89. p 90. p 91. p 92. p 93. p 94. p 95. p 96. p 97. p 98. p 99. p 100. p --- THE FIRST KISS. ALBERT DEKYNE GOME TRIO.—Con espressione. Copyright 1904, by the American Melody Company, New York. 8PANS SEAS TO JOIN CHILD. Gillette SafetyRazor Deported Syrian Travels 33,666 Miles for Daughter's Sake. 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Mist and Water Will Flash All Colors of Rainbow at Night. Niagara Falls, N. Y. -The contract has been closed for the night illumination of Niagara falls, and the proposed plan for lighting the mighty torrent will be the greatest feat ever conceived in electrical illumination. The falls will be illuminated for the first time August 15. The illuminating scheme calls for nearly 50 large searchlights, several of them the largest of their kind and capable of throwing a beam of light a hundred miles, and the new color scintillator, a late invention. The projectors will be located below the falls in two batteries, one at the water's edge and the other on the high ground of the Canadian side. Every inch of the two falls will be under light. The new color scintillator is an attachment fitted to the searchlights by which the beams of light can be made any color at will. Thus the mist and water bathed in all the colors of the rainbow, will surpass anything in spectacular effect save the great Northern Lights. The proposition is to illuminate Niagara on a scale in keeping with the surroundings. It is said by the illuminating experts that the rays of colored lights when flashed in the air will be visible at Rochester and Toronto. MOSQUITOES HOLD UP TRAIN. Millions of Pest Swarm Into Coaches Near Badgley, Ia. Des Molnes, Ia.—A swarm of mosquitoes, millions in number, literally stalled a Minnesota & St Louis railroad train at Badgley the other night. For two hours the heavily loaded train was tied up by its fight with the pests and the 120 passengers were almost crazed before they escaped. The attack was made early in the evening, just as the train started to pull out of Badgley. Because of the hot weather the windows in the passenger coaches had been left open and the mosquitoes, driven from the marshes by the rain, swarmed into the cars, attacking the passengers. For a while the passengers attempted to fight the pests with handkerchiefs and hands, but as they increased in number and ferocity the conductor was finally appealed to and stopped the train. For two hours the train was stalled, while the passengers, driven from the coaches, built fires along the right of way, making a dense smudge which afforded them a little relief. The smudge was then carried into the coaches and the mosquitoes finally driven out. Many of the passengers had hands and faces almost eaten raw by the attacks. Historie Flag Exhibited. Washington.—The historic national banner of stars and stripes, which inspired Francis Scott Key to compose "The Star Spangled Banner," and which floated over Fort McHenry, Chesapeake bay, during its bombardment by the British on the night of September 13, 1814, has been placed on exhibition at the Smithsonian institution in this city. The flag is the property of Eben Appleton, of New York, who has loaned it to the government. The banner is 28 by 30 feet and will be draped on the wall in the hall of history of the institution. Removea Animated Rock. York, Pa.—Seeing what he thought was a big rock in the middle of the street before daylight, Patrolman William Shenberger thought he would do drivers a kindness by removing it. As he reached down to seize it the supposed rock became a demon, which furiously clawed and bit his hand. 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Continuing, Dr. Bushnell said: "Why, the $6,000,000,000 that this nation spends every year on its criminal cases equals the amount spent on all churches, Public libraries, the Young Men's Christian association, the Salvation Army, public hospitals, asylums for the insane and all benevolent institutions. The average factory hand earns $440 a year, while it is estimated that the average criminal costs the public at least $1,200 a year." United States Leads In Number of Persons Killed on Rails. Berlin.—Herr Guillery, an official of the archive bureau of the Prussian railway administration, has prepared a comparative table of statistics of those killed and injured by railways in various countries. He finds, that the railroads in the United States are the most deadly. The United States has more mileage than all Europe. Canadian Civil Service Monopolized by Members of Fair Sex. Montreal. Que—it is shown in an examination of the appointments of unmarried girls to the civil service of Canada, in connection with the new civil service commission, that in another ten years at the present rate of increase there will be more bachelor girls in the inside service than men. The commission of 1886 looked into the question of female civil servants and found numerous objections to their employment. The commissioners reported that the girls would have to be placed in rooms by themselves and under the immediate supervision of persons of their own sex. Subject to this the commission has no objection to girls being appointed as clerks of the third class under such regulations as might be laid down with the sanction of the governor in council. But to-day women are found in every department of the state occupying rooms in common with men and seeking no higher advantage than the right to equality with them under the regulations. The St. Patrick's Caledar, an influential Roman Catholic newspaper, expresses the belief that the appointment of so many unmarried women in the service marks for the upsetting of social conditions Girls who enter the service and themselves bound down by their environment. Life becomes for them a social condition that seduces leads in marriage. They find themselves in a few years in the receipt of a salary that practically makes them independent and places them out of the reach of the average young man willing to marry, which, saves the calendar, brings its compensation to the shape of freedom from women's institutional burdens and the means to make them otherwise acceptable and satisfying. INK NOTED FAMILIES S. GRANT, THIRD, AND MISS ROOT TO WED. Engagement of Famous General's Grandson to Daughter of Secretary of State Is Announced at Washington. Washington—The engagement of New York Usses S. Grant, engineer corps U S A. nephew of Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago, now on duty at Washington barracks, to Miss Edith Root, sister of the secretary of state, been announced. Miss Root made her debut in New York several seasons ago and has twice been a cabinet girl, although she was extremely young when her father was secretary of war in Presi- Miss Edith Root. den: McKinley's second administration. She is a gifted linguist, an accomplished musician, and is devoted to outdoor sports. She is an expert horsewoman and her smart trap is familiar in all the uptown sections of Washington. Leut. Grant has served as military aid at the White House during the last two seasons, acting with Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, Ji., and Lleut. Philip Sheridan. His father is Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, now in command of the military department of the east. He is a nephew of Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, his mother being Miss Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Palmer. He is a brother of Princess Cantacuene of Russia, who was Miss Julia Dent Grant, and the only child of the Grant family born in the White House. Leut. Grant's early education was obtained in Europe while his father was minister to Austria-Hungary, and so then spent four years in a state military school founded by Empress Maria Theresa. He entered Columbia college in New York on his return to the United States and was graduated in 1898, when he at once joined his father in Porto Rico, where he had his first experience in warfare. At the end of a year he entered West Point graduating sixth in his class of 1902. He was ordered at once to the Philippines, where he did good service U.S. GRANT 32 for three years, and, returning to the United States, was ordered to Washington barracks. No date has been set for the wedding, but it is expected to take place in the fall. Herloic Little Colored Boy. 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Furnished rooms for rent at 111756 57th street, N. W. Front Parlor suitable for a doctor and a back bedroom, 1410 First street, N. W. PRIMA DONNA IS REAL TRILBY. Bessie Abbott Says She Can't Sing Well Unless Sister Is Present. New York.—That she is a Trilby in real life—drawing her inspiration from the psychic bond existing between herself and her twin sister, Jessie, whose presence in the audience when she sings is necessary to her success—was the assertion frankly made the other day by Miss Bessie Abbott, one of Herr Courled's prima donnaas. Miss Abbott's admission was all the more astonishing because of two announcements she was making. One was that rumors that she was engaged were true, she keeping secret the identity of her betrothed; the other was that as long as she remained on the stage her sister must never marry. This part of her statement was made on account of recent reports that Jessie was engaged to James G. Blaine III. "I will never sing again," declared the prima donna firmly, "if my sister deserts me or allows her sympathies to be directed in another channel. "From my first appearance on the stage Jessie always has been in the audience. Even if I did not see her I knew that she was there. I knew she would help me whenever there came a difficult passage of which I might be the least bit afraid." Miss Abbott and her mother refused to discuss the report that Jessie was engaged to Mr. Blaine. NEW CARNEGIE PEACE PALACE. Imposing Structure Which is Being Erected at The Hague. The Hague.—The peace palace at The Hague, the foundation stone of which was laid recently, will be an imposing structure in the style of northern French chateaux. The design is by Louis Marie Cordonnier, a Frenchman, who was awarded the first prize of $3,000 on May 11, 1906, in a competition that included architects from many countries and comprised 216 sets of designs. The palace is to be built by Andrew Carnegie, who first announced the project on April 22, 1903. His gift for the structure is $1,500,000, but estimates place the cost much higher, and it is believed that Mr. Carnegie will meet the deficiency. The legislature of Holland on May 19, 1905, voted $214,000 for the site. The building is to consist of MUNICIPALITY OF BERLIN New Carnegie Peace Palace. justice halls and a library, and the entrance is to be through a grand vestibule of honor, with an imposing stairway, but the chief feature of the interior will be a magnificent "Hall of Arbitration," where future peace conferences are to be held. The main building is to be flanked by high towers of ornate construction, two of which are to be at either end of the facade. The entire block will be quadrangular, with a corridor on two floors and justice halls occupying the flanks. The mural decorations are to be highly artistic, and the furnishings in general are to be costly. Believed by Jans- The Japanese believe in more mythical creatures than any other people on the globe, civilized or savage. Among these mythical animals are some without any remarkable peculiarities of conformation, but gifted with supernatural attributes, such as a tiger which is said to live until it has become a thousand years old, and then turns as white as a polar bear. The Japanese also believe in a multitude of animals distinguished mainly by their monstrous size or by the multiplication of their members. Among these are serpents 800 feet long and large enough to swallow an elephant, Toxes with eight legs, monkeys with four ears, and fishes with ten heads attached to one body. Japs also believe in the existence of a crane which, after it has lived for 600 years, has no need of any sustenance except water. A Cosmopolitan Block. "If you don't believe New York is a cosmopolitan city just walk along this block with me and I'll convince you that it is," remarked a man as he and his companion reached the corner of Fortieth street and Broadway. They turned toward Sixth avenue, and he pointed out what looked like a New England cottage, which was an architect's office, a hairdresser's shop, on the window of which was the announcement that the proprietor had formerly been the hairdresser to the "court of Russia"—the sign of an "Hellenic tailor" and a restaurant with its name spelled out in Greek letters. "You win," declared the doubter. "The only thing it hasn't got is a Chinese laundry." FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS. $1.00-For-Hire-$1.00. Julius Cohen, 1104 7th street, N. W. ST. LUKE HALL. HEADQUARTERS L.0. of St. Luke, Richmond, Virginia. 1920.02.24 Independent Order of St. Luke Independent Order of St. Luke Richmond, Va., is a growing Fraternal Society, with several Incorporated Departments, operating: 1. A Fraternal Society paying Sick Dues and an Endowment at death. 2. A Juvenile Department paying Sick Dues and an Endowment at death. 3. A Regalia Department. 4. A Savings Bank. 5. A Large Department Store. 6 A Weekly Paper—The St. Luke Herald. 7 A Job Printing Office. The St. Lukes are now operating in 15 states, and are rapidly spreading in every direction. We want good, hustling Deputies. Good terms for the right persons, male or female. When you write close testimonial as to character and ability. For further information, address MAGGIE L. WALKER, Grand Sec'y, I. O. St. Luke, R. Luke Hall, Richmond, Va. EVELYN LEARNING TO COOK. Prepares Dainty Dish Every Day and Takes it to Husband in the Tombs. New York—Evelyn Thaw is keeping house! She's going to cook, too, and her friends say lead the simple life. The Thaws have rented a furnished house in Park avenue and will remain in seclusion all summer. Mrs. Thaw told one of her friends she wanted to live as quietly as possible and that the house furnished her the best means of doing so. Also she declared that it would keep her mind occupied and give her something to do while waiting for the tedious process of the law to bring her husband to trial again. She intends to superintend the whole establishment—it is not very large—and in fact will do some of the work herself. She expects to have but one servant. She will cook, she has told her friends, which has been one of the ambitions of her life. In their enthusiasm over the idea these friends say that Evelyn will prepare a dalnty dish every day to be sent to her husband in the Tombs. One of them who is very close to Evelyn, says she told her the following: "I want to escape this notoriously. 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The only cheapness in it anywhere is the price. A Goodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsome lasts, in the most popular leathers. Looks first rate and wears that way every time. It's worth your while to come in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy. Always welcome. Wm.Moreland, 491Penna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT an oe wwe ee ea = es = * 7 . Amite s 7 7 ‘ 4 ——— “PURLIEEED AT 9 Eye St, N. W,, Washington, "De W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. he Entered at the Post Office at Wash- ; ington, D. C, as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880, a enmins TERMS .OF SUBSCRIPTION. - “One copy per year in advance. .$2.00 * Six MONS .seseserseeeeseeee 100 Three months’ ........seeeeve -$0 Subscription motthly ....+..06 20 PROFESSOR WASHINGTON AND HIS OPPOSERS. To know Prof. Booker T. Wash- dngton is to like him. He has a better heart than his enemies will credit him with. He is doing more today to elevate his people than those who are crying upon the housetops. He is not selfish. He is not ambitious. He has been de- ceived by demagogues and traitors. Representative and educated col- ored men, mei of character and in- in the race who stand ready to ‘follow his leadership, The Bee is not willing to see his great@vork and the man injured by grafters and selfish demagogues. ‘We see men hanging on to his coat- tails who are of no benefit to him and never will be. There are men in the race who stady ready tg give him their aid_and influence. While the colored Americans are in need of higher education, they are more in need of the kind of education that Tuskegee is giving. Let us get together and demon- Strate to the world that there is - unity among the race. The Northern colored man is, do- ing but little if anything to develop his people.’ The colored Ameri- . cans South, notwithstanding the op- pression and disfranchisement, are far ahead of the Northern colored men. ~The Bee believes in the Southern colored man. The Bee admires him for his industry. The Bee is supporting Dr. ‘Washington because he is doing for his people what no other colored man'can do. o The Bee has opposed him when it thought that he was wrong. But when a man utters such manly sen- timents that have been uttered re- cently by Professor Washington he is entitled to the plaudits-and, in- dorsement of his epople. THE CANDIDATE EDITOR. The candidate editor for the bishopric of the Methodist denom- ination, Rev.Lambkin,should either .¢lose his mouth or inform himsel! of the condition of the Odd Fellows ‘in this country, . I£he makes as bad a bishop as he does editor, TheBce is of the opin ion that he had better hold on tc the financial department of his de. nomination. is * He misleads: his’ readers by tell: ing them that all is quiet among Odd Fellows South and elsewhere: The court records show: First two injunctions and one suit agains the sub-committee of management. Second, Two suits against the Houston outfit in Alabama, and three arrests for contempt of cour in the State of Alabama, ,, , ‘Third, Howze meeting at Selma, ‘Alabama, and he and Professor ‘Kno xendorsed in a convention of six hundred delegates. » Fourth, a Houston meeting at Birmingham, Alabama; two-thirds of his attendance women and chil ‘dren. ¥ Still the’ candidate editor woul Have is readers to believe that al is quiet in the Odd Fellows anc ‘Houston has won. , Grand Master Houston met Hi (Waterloo in ‘Alabama, and left dis. gusted.” He declared to his man Johnson and others that he had done all that he could and that he was tired of tHe entire business (?) The Bee respectfully begs leave to call the attention of the candi- date editor of the lesson to him from the Atlarita Independent, pub- lished in another column of TheBee this week. Inform yourself, Brother Lamb- kin, before you begin to teach. TAFT’S SPEECH. That which “the people” thought would be ‘2 mountain. was no more than a small hill. The baby is born, and behold it is a child of misfor- tune. The great (?) speech re- flecting the sentiments of Theodore Roosevelt was delivered a few day: ago is Ohio, It was borrowed from his master and reflected his senti- ments. The universal opinion is that the slave was obeying his master. Tne American people want a man for President who is able to expres: his-own opinion and not the ‘opin- ion of others. Mr. Taft believes in jailing al leged violators of the law and yet the Administration can go out of its Way to use government office: for political aggrandizement. Mr. Taft reminds The Bee of ar overgrown schoolhoy delivering hi master’s speech after he has com: mitted it to memory. Those wh have, heard the schoolboy that hac been designated to delivér a vale dictory address and after a flatter: ing introduction by the teacher, ht starts off by saying “Mary had ; little lamb,” etc. This is the iway Mr. Taft’s speech is accepted by ‘the people. DOCTORS TO MEET. One of the lafgest medical con- yentions that has ever met will con- vene in the city-of Baltimore, Md., August 27th to the 29th. The as- sociation of colored Americans is to.be congratulated. It is compos- ed of some of the most able physi- cian in the world. * The Bee is pleased to see among the list of vice-presidents its dis- tigguished townsman, Dr. George W. Cobiness, ‘who is regarded one ‘of the most able physicians in the Uniited States, white or black. From all reports, the citizens of Ballti- more intend to give these gentle- man a royal reception, and there will also be read at his convention of doctors some very able papers. The Bee extends its congratula- tions to this able body of distin- guished physicians and surgeonste, OUR SCHOOLS. It is believed that the Board of Education will do all in its power to place the public school system upon a basis that will command the re- spect and kind consideration of the people in this city, What the board should do is to put a quietus on a few of the supervising principals who are of the opinion that they are running the schools: The Bee makes this suggestion to the board: Ascertain whether there are any supervising princi- pals running the schools, or their wives? THE BUSINESS LEAGUE. Elsewhere in The Bee will be read with interest the proceedings of the last annual session of the Negro Business League. ; Dr. Washington is entitled’ tc great credit for this successful or- ganization of colored business men. The programme was carried out to the letter” IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE TRUTH, THEN KEEP . YOUR MOUTH, From the Atlanta (Ga.) Independent.-- We have just finished reading Bro. Lambkin’s, of The Record, apology for Grand -Master Houstons mismanagement ‘of the Odd Fellows’ affairs in this coun" try. Bro. Lambkin’s editorial not only ‘shows misinformation but half faith in qs man Houston, His article, which | the color of defense is nothing ess than a weak apology for a afigrant ‘Golation of every principle of theOrder. Mach adverse criticism is appearing in the press about the administration of Grand Master W. L. Houston, of the G. U. O. 0, F, and we know fo a cer- ‘tainty that he would do nothing that onl in any way retard the progress of ‘the society and bring reproach upon his administration” el | We know nothing pesonally of Dr. dambzkin. We KNOW More OF HN 4s a candidate for bishop of the great A. M, E. Church that we do otherwise, but we feel that Dr. Lambkin not only does the order an injustice by his in- mocent misrepresentations in The Rec- ord, but he-does his own high character a'serious injustice. If we read correctly there never was such a misfit in the of- fice of Grind Masfer-as W. L. Houston: If the good. Docor would take the time to inform himself he would not so com- promise himself before his friends. His editorial shows that he is absolutely ig- norant of the revolution now going on inside of the order and threatening its very existence. sHouston is solely responsible for the confusion and demoralization of the or der now in existence. If he is not re- sponsible and measured up to the size of Grand Master, he would settle some of the troubles and avoid the criminal waste of the orders money in the courts, Any Grand Master is a poor excuse who cannot settle difficulties. Every- where Houston goes troubles multiply and complicate. He has been in office six months, and four lawsuits have been filed against the order, During the 35 years previous to his accidental promo- tion, under Mofris, Forrester, Needham and Jones, not a single suit was filed. What explanation has Bro, Lambkin tc make for this multiplicity of suits? Bro, Lambkin tells us that ‘Houston's service with-the government has brought to his knowledge business principle: which he has applied to Qis office. No™ who ever heard of a government clerk whose only experience with the govern ment is filling a blank, and who canno step outside of the, door to get a drink of water, except by permission, learning business principles? Bro. Lambkin ought to retire from the race for bishop if he believes filling blanks in a government office is produc tive of executive ability. Lambkin say: Houston is a lawyer} ‘he knows this te be absolutely.at Variance with the truth Houston did take a course in law by night at Howard, since he has been = clerk at Washirigton, but he has nevei appeared in court a single time in hi life. In Washington he is known as z “sundown.” If he was to appear ir court once he would lose his job as ; clerk. We have never seen Grand Mas | ter Houston, but if we are to judge hiv | by the basic ignorance which character J izes’ his conduct as master, we wouk | put him down as a dreamer, | We have been keeping up with Odi Fellow matters amd litigation,and we ap peal to Dr. Lambkin to stay out 6 |print until he informs himself. Hi |should have done like Editor Chase | Informed himself before he rushed in ]to print, or waited until the courts de {cided some of the many cases now pend {ing’as a result of the maladministratio: '|of Houston. Let Brother Lambkin tel {us why these suits are piling up so rap |idly under Houston, if he is not t J blame, why we did not have them be fore he was elected. Houston was ar rested in Birmingham a few days ago fo [contempt of court and put under a tw || hundred dollar bond, as a result of hit }arrogance and ignorance of the law. | Brother Lambkin, shut up shop unti you inform yourself. A candidate fo { bishop ought not to ‘give editorial in '|dorsement to any admiinstration punc {tured with scandal as Houston's' is, THE BUSINESS LEAGUE. Continued from 1st page. dered in magnificent style several classi- cal selections on the grand organ; Mrs. J. M. Wright, of this city, and Mrs. R C. Owens, of Los Angeles, contributed beautiful vocal solos, as did also Miss Jessie Oden, Topeka’s popular young singer. Bishop Abram Grant invoked the divine blessing upon the speaker and the assemblage, and Vice-President Charles Banks presided with dignity and parliamentary skill. The only paper of the evening was read by J. Washington, a wholesale grocer from Marlin, Texas. Thursday Borning Session Was opened with prayer by Rev. C. G. Fishback, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Topeka, The chair was oc cupied by Dr. S. G. Elbert, a wealthy druggist of Wilmington, Del, second vice-president, An interesting address was made by Hon. George L. Knox, the far-seeing and practical editor of the Indianapolis Freeman, which paper he ‘bas controlled for twenty yéars and developed into a paying property, with & swom circulation of twenty-five thou- sand copies weekly. The Freeman is found in every section of the country and in every foreign land, and has a fine staff of writers and pushers. It is the first Bf the illustrated journals pub- lished by the Negro people. “The Beet Sugar “Industry,” a new thing among ‘colored farmers, was ably discussed by George W. Gross, of Rockyford, Colo- Tado, the only colored beet sugar farmer in the State, and yho bears a striking resemblance to Dr."W, T, Vernon. Chas. Banks, one of the South’s shrewdest fi- nanciers, regardless of race, told of the work of the Mound Bayou Bank, at Mound Bayou, Miss, of which he is cashier and actuary, Mr. Banks is at the head of a deevlopment company seeking capital with which to start a ‘cottonseed mill in Mississippi, and he operation at the next meetng. Jj, fe Wilson, of aKnsas City, gave his experi- énce in the jewelry business. “Market Gardening” was the subject ofpRobeit N. Turner's remarks; Benjamin J. Carr, a substantial farmer and influential man of affairs, from Hatsville, Tenn, dis- cussed “Farming,” follgwed by -T. B. Patterson, of Pittsburg, on the same subject, the latter exhibiting samples of wheat, tye, com and potatoes grown on his farm, showing marked advantage over the samples of like grain coming from a white nighbor’s farm. T. J. Cal- Ipway, chairman of the Executive Com- mitfee in charge of the Negro Exhibit of the Jamestown Exposition, gave a comprehensive picture of the Exposition, its scope and purpose, and invited the people present, and all of their friends, to pay the enterprise a visit, assuring them of xcellent treatment and an oppor- junity to see everything .on the grounds fon equal terms with other races. Prof. R, R. Wright, Jr, representing an in- vestigation of the Negro’s commercial and industrial status under direction of the Carhégie Industrial Institute at the city of Washingon; Sandy W. Trice, proprietor of a department store at Chi- cago; €, T: Taliaferro, a wholesale and retail merchant of Perry, Okla.; S.Laing Williams and ‘L, L. Jones, promoters of the Black Diamond Mining and Oil De- velopment Company, with fine wells+at Chanute, Kansas; W. H. Chadwick, an undertaker of Guthrie, Okla; T. J. El- litt, habérdasher, of Muscogee, I. T., and others filled out the very instructive pro- gram of the morning session. The re- finer of the day was spent at Gar- field Park, where a picnic in honor of the League was given, Register Vernon Speaks, Equal to the address of DrD, Wash- ington the night before was the interest manifested in the speech of Hon. Will- iam Tecumseh Vernon, who has risen rapidly from the ranks to the highest position in the nation held by 2 mem- ber of pur race. He was born in a log cabin in Missouri and came out to Kansas to grow up with the country. He “made good” and now, with his name on every-Security of the greatest govern- ment on earth, it is not strange that the people of his State are proud of him and turned outen masse to hear himon “The Negro and the Nation.” The hall of the Hous. of Representatives was crowded at an carly hour, and those who had to stand were well repaid for their discomfort, for Dr. Vernon deliv- ce@ one of the most polished, scholarly and manly speeches that has awakened the Kansas echoes for many a day. Dr. Vernon showed that the Negro was an indispensable factor in the American body politic, and deserved his rights as a man because he had earned them on the battlefield, in the manufactures, on the farms, at the bar, in the schoolroom, and on the forum. He preached optim- ism and hope. He said that the Negro should contend for his rights as a citi- zen in this country, He should make himself worthy and should be accorded his due. Governments standing for fra- ternity, equality and law will stand for- ever. The people of Kansas and the best elements of America, regardless of race, are for equal and exact pustice to all men, The regnancy of an enlightened conscience is our countrys hope. We must have all our citizens educated, loyal and true, The American Negro is helping in this forward movement from day to day. Strong, manly men, and yomen noble and true, are coming forth ih the race to do their full share for the elevation: of the race and the ad- vancement of the American republic. sThe address was a classic, and abound- ¢d not only fn. splendidly-drawn paral- Iels in the history of the apcient govern- ments of the earth, but there was much food for reflection in the sage counsel applicable to the life we are leading now, and must lead in the bright future which he so hopefully anticipated for his people. Dr. Vernon expressed him- self as deeply gratified that the Negro is doing his duty in helping the Amer. ican continent to ve the richest an¢ best governed under the sun, He says the Negro is not going to leave the land of his birth to he anywhere—the Negro is here to stay; and he had faith on the gave aertest nf bles tne eshien dtc paraphernalia of Haviland china aid im- ported linens, for an up-to-date cater- ers establishment. P. Fred Remaire, of Joplin, Mo, talked ‘on “Hames Manu- facturing,” and W- C. Gordon, of St. Louis, recountedshis experience in the undertaking business, Fourth Vice-Pres- ident Fred D. Patterson, of Greenfield, Ohio, presided during the evening, and made an excellent impression by his tact and generosity and his clear, sonorous enunciation. < ‘ The St. John” Octette sang most ac- ceptably. ae ‘ Friday Was Field Day. Friday was “felg day.” By pushing things vigorously, President Washington managed to complete an extraordinary program, covering every subject inChris- tendém. J, N. Shelton, of-Indianapglis, finished up.the “Undertaking Business” with an entertaining paper, abounding in optimism; Joh H. Adkins told of the Metropolitan Metropolitan and Realty Company of New Yori, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, of which $400,000 is actually paid up. F. H. Gilbert spoke of the Saratoga Cab Company, of New York; R. C. Houston, of Fort Worth, Texas,brought a favorable message from the Lone Star State, and Dr. W. L. Tay- lor, head of the True Reformers’ Bank, backed by a membership of 85,000 Ne- groes, stated that since the incorporation of the bank it had a total of $16,000,000 worth of business. ‘One of the best pa- pers of the session was tnat of W. H. Carter, head bookkeeper of tae Tuske- gee Institute, on “The Place of the Ac- countant in Business Enterprise, Emmet J. Scott, to whose untiring efforts the success of the League is very largely due, was introduced and received a “big hand.” Mr. Scot is popular, and dé serves many times more applause than can be given by tongue or pen. He is a “worker” with a capital “W.” The Baking Symposium, he Symposium on Negro Towné and he able paper of “Pa- pering,” by the enthusiastic R. C. Clay, of Bristol, Tenn, the “Boom” speeches of Lawyer Milton W. Cur, of Muscogee, I. T,, together with the valuable data on banks presented by J. C. Napier, Charles Banks, T. H: ‘Haynes, I. T. Montgomery and others, and the drug business by D. J. Edward Perry, of Kan- sas City, rounded out a program suffi- cient rich in information to keep the delegates and visitors busy with their thinking caps for many moons. In the interim of the Sessions,the National As- sociation of Banksrs elected officers for the ensuing year, and the National Ne- gro Undertakers was organized, with a full corps of officers, whose names will be given in subsequent notes. Several States organized State Leagues, notably Texas and Oklahoma. Baltimore was selected as the next meeting place, on the urgent invitation of the Board of Trade of that city, and the vigorous insistence of the leading colored business and professional men of M@yland. The choice is 2 popular one. Philadelphia, Muscogee, I. T, Guthrie, Oklahoma, and one or two oth- er places, were rival candidates for the honor. The report of the committee was diplomatically made by the courtly J. C. Napier, president of the One Cent Savings Bank, Nashville, Tenn. The following persons served on the below-named committee during the ses- sion: 7 On Credentials — F. H. Gilbert, New York; R. W. White, Alabama; Bismark Levine, Missouri; F. C. Carter, Indiana; C. E Henderson, Illinois; A, M. John- son, Miss.; J. M. Wright, Kansas; R-E. Smith, Texas; M. W. Gibbs, Arkansas; J. A. Lankford, District of Columbia, On Auditing — E. P. Booze, Colora- do; RC. Owens, California; J. L Thompson, Iowa; A. C. Perdue, Okla- homa; J. C. Napier, Tennessee. Thi committee showed a cash balance on hand of $1,764.64. “Twenty-six life members were secured, beating New York, the nearest competitor, by a mar- gin of three members. These life mem- | bers pay $25, and the money is invested by the League, On Resolutions — L T. Montgomery Mississippi; D. C, Hill, Arkansas; W. M. Porter. Ohio: C. W. Franklin tien. do; RK C Owens,» California; J. L. Thompson, Iowa; A. C. Perdue, Okla- homa; J. C. Napier, Tennessee. This committee showed a cash balance on hand of $1,764.64. “Twenty-six life members were secured, beating New York, the nearest competitor, by a mar- gin of three members. These life mem- bers pay $25, and the money is invested by the League, On Resolutions — L T. Montgomery, Mississippi; D. C. Hill, Arkansas; W. BI. Porter, Obio; C. W. Franklin, 1en- nessee; George L. Knox, Indiana; Ros- coe Conkling Simmons, New York; Sec- retary. The report of this committee was a memorable document, sanely call- ing attention to the wonderful develop- ment of the League and reaffirming its belief in commerce, industrial arts and footing in the soil as the fundamental elements that must finally solve the race problem. ‘ Officers for the Coming Year, Dr. Booker T. Washington was re clected, and the announcement of that fact was the signal for prolonged cheers. The names of most of the others were greeted by applause as they were read by the committees’ secretary. The offi- cial roster is as follows: First, second, third, fourth and fifth vice-presidents (in their order), Charles Banks, Mfississip- pi; F. D. Patterson, Ohio; S. F. Elbert, Delaware; H. T. Pratt, Maryland; J. A. Lankfgrd, District of Columbia. Corresponding secretary, Emmett J. Scott,, Tuskegee, Alabama; treasurer, Gilbert C, Harris, Massachusetts; regis- trar, F, H. Gilbert, New York; assist- ant registrar, R. .. Honstob, Texas; transportation agent, Cyrus Field Ad- ams; Illinois; compiler, S. Laing Will- jams, TL “< Executive Committee — 7 Fortune, chairman; S. E, Cosrzey, 'L, Jones, Ilincis; 8. 4," ana; J.C. Napier, Tennes..: y, ed LT, lor, Virginia: 3M. Len pal J. G Jackson, Kentucky, 7 ya Pennsylvania; J. E, Bust, Atkanay P. Booze, Coforado. : Official -Stenographer—\, jr De District of Columbia, The Sociat Side The socifl side af the ¢ +. - oq unusually elgborate ard : tendered by the citizens 1c ss, mittoes were of a: highs @-ay ture. The principal fea re. oat cial entertainment was s+, 27S the Auditorium on Friday Taya) time covers were laid to: 1) - tae The "table was a dress and the delightful me 38 acme of the caterers ar: > aay said to have been the lats-> 4 ever held in the State, 2+ as eI original ideas of the rev eri, a tee om arrangements: : ha no! forms of the average brn j.. yea ae spicuous by their abser. > ea were unusually bright, -p qq jit and brimful of into 5 9 ee speakers were | yrs D'S. A. Furniss, Eko 3 jley Brewer, Fred R.M-- J E Bay Rev. G. D. Olden, J Gs + - cab Booker T, Washington, Dr. Washington was a* + + eal a long and handsome +. +3 gu and at his side was Mec J 3 Wag who was early in the co-) > suay adopted by the League . “ie af! hostess of the city.” Vy Wp genial and engaging marner 2d coy eration for the happine-s “Eel her a host of friends dinvz the Other notable seciol cents were Te banquet tendered to Dr Wash.ogtoaiai the officers of the League at the rs dence of Dr. ES. Lee; the dime given_in honor of the Meropolizs ‘Mercantile and Realty Compacy of Ne» York, given by Mr. Roscoe Cocks Simmons; the Dutch luncheon gues a honor of the Business League aed & Western Press Association ‘w te Ty peka Lodge of Elks; the receptais honor of Mrs. Robert C Owens, ga by Mrs. W. I. Jamison, : The National Negro Business Lag is stronger for having invaded tre r gin soil of the grear West, 14 fork ing won to its support the ererze cs ‘of Kansas, Missonri, Coloca’s (tts What | Saw And tea | The meeting of the Ly) at Topeka, Kansas, was 1.7 <5 Prof. Booker T. Wa-! co great credit. ‘A local paper, pubi' = 43 an item from Grand Mi‘ >" that all was serene in ow that the rioters had been = +! of five hundred lodge, 9-77 indorsed Grand Master If . -7, and than one hundred follon ' Jo Houstons’ candidate. Jn «> oS and city in the State, with 1:9 oe exceptions, Grand Maser iba © indorsed. Certainly there «-* rae tle comfort for Brother H_u:to & this the Odd Fellows are dived. TS West Washington Odd F ‘nas wil doubt repudiate him at the rext BY 'C. The delegation this lervey ths for the next B, M. C. will net sz him. The outlook now - tut ¥ Thomas H. Wright will te 1 0? with the South. Iam any 3 o© the old guards come to the :</7t 54 Mén who are interested on te not from a monetary stands it, bt the uplift of humanity. Ther: i old friend Livingston. There is 24! more more honorable m2 032% with the Odd Fellows than Fe Dr. Marshall, of West Washins™! another who is to be commenced fo honesty and integrity. From all indications, the rext 33 C. will be ‘one of the largest St ever assembled. By the time 227 B. M. C. assembles the victor « that came from Richmond ls.t 52°" have cooled of. ; T see that the colored meni | the Board of Education have bees 7 somely recognized by the ort FO dent. I feel confident that Cari ter will denfonstrate bis frie 3°? i the teachers. He beliews ia 75.0 play and “a square deal” to al is no show about him. He will =) that members of the committee *2 * their duty, Fail 2. Dr. L, H. Harris and wife and weer refused orchestra seats 8 %Y tional Theatre last Thursdey, Doctor badp aid for bis sa 7 ander a Republican Ada and in the Capital of the Natt rest here. . Read The Bee. The Week in Society the Hornsby is the guest of at their home in Virginia. C Robinson spent several days alphia. Mr. Andrew Washington left for Cin- Ohio, to visit his grandmother. Mrs. Mabel Holmes has returned to R and, after spending a pleasant t here. Mr. A. O. Johnson is at Saratoga, hav- pleasant time. Mr. Hamilton Robinson, of Charles- t, S C, is here, the guest of his c oller. Mr. John Dunmore, accompanied by Mr. P. Pollard, has gone to visit rela- t and friends in Savannah, Ga- Miss Marie Lucas made a visit to Balt- rone last week. Miss R. Irene Lewis left the city a few days ago to visit Saratoga. Mrs A. E. Hopkins is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. I. Johnson, Tarrytown, N. J. Miss Caroline Woodford is visiting Mrs Nathan Trent, Hinton, W. Va. Mrs S. V. Wright and Mrs. M. Strattor, of St Albans, were among the very recent visitors to this city. M. Maria Hillman is visiting her a. L. W. Carr, Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Jeanora Kennedy and Miss Rosa Kennedy are here to spend some time with relatives and frinds. Mr. W. A. Banks, of Baltimore, spent several days in this city last week, the day of relatives. Mr. Birdie Wilson, who has been visit at Newport News and vicinity, has wired to Washington. Mr. E Marshall is having a pleas- sure at Atlantic City. Misses Lulila and Fannie Beaty will lunestown after leaving Wash- nor to returning to their homes, Little, N. C. Mr. W. H. Hayes included this city Northern tour. The New York Age states that Miss Barbour, of Washington, is the of her cousins, the Misses Will- of Arthur avenue and 176th street, mont. Mr. Charless Bias is pleasantly loca- tion Saratoga Springs. Register W. T. Vernon returned to the Monday morning from Topeka, Kan. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman, the well-own architect, will go on his vacation early. Mrs. Fontain Peyton has gone to Harpers Ferry. Mr. William J. Curray has gone to Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Attorney Armen W. Scott is in New York city. He accompanied his mother and aunt to the seashore last week, visiting his brother. Mrs. A. T. Vernon has been ill at her home in Le Droit Park. She will probably leave the city in a few days. Mr. M. C. Maxfield, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has returned to duty. Miss Flossie Thompson had as her guests the past week Misses Ellen Colwell and Meothilde Cabure, of New Orleans, who are en route home from the Summer School at Cheyney. The young ladies were the recipients of many so Mrs. De Nellotlz entertained these young ladies and the Misses Belcher, of Auburn, Ga., informally, with music and whist. Both the "Creole Belles" and the "Georgia Peaches" were voted the most charming of this season's visitors to the Capital. Miss Maggie Murrell, a teacher of English in the High School, is visiting her home. Misses Eva A. Chase and Rachel Bell have returned from Harpers Ferry. Mr. P. H. Ford, of Richmond, Va, arrived in the city from Philadelphia, Pa, where he has been the guest of Mr. Martin, nephew of Attorney W. C. Martin. He left for his home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Thomas, of 113 Eighteenth street, northwest, will leave the city next week for the East. Mrs. A. V. Chase, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Beatriz Lucinda Chase, left for Richmond, Va., Monday morning. Mrs. Mason, of Wylie street northeast, left Monday morning for Richmond, Va. Mrs. M. C. Maxfield and her daughter, Miss Genevieve, will leave for Philadelphia, Pa. next week. Miss Maria Wade will leave the city next week on a short vacation for the East. Mrs. W. C. Clinkscales, the popular music teacher, is spending her vacation at Garrisonville, Va. Dr. C. Sumner Wormley will sing during the offertory at St. Luke's Church tomorrow morning. The Misses Chaine and Emma Patterson and Miss Louise Willis, of 1532 15th street, N. W., are enjoying the sights at Saratoga. Mrs. Elizabeth Walker and daughter, Geneva, are spending their vacation at Asbury Park. Major Robert A. Tascoe, who has recently returned from Abyssinia and East Africa, will arrive in this city August 24 on business in reference to that country. He will be the guest of his brother, Sergt. C. A. J. Tascoe, 1612 Rhode Island avenue northwest. Anyone desiring information may see him at that address. Mr. A. E. Mannings, manager of the Indianapolis World, was in the city last week, and left on Saturday for the South. Mr. Mannings is one of the hustling newspaper managers in the West, and a man of ability. MRS. DE NELLOTTZ GOES WEST. Mrs. Cecelia De Nellottz has accepted the position of teacher of domestic science in Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo., at a salary of $850 to begin, and leaves September 1 for her new field of service. Lincoln Institute is one of the finest educational institutions in the country, and both Mrs. De Nellottz and the Institute are being congratulated upon the appointment. Mrs. De Nellottz has been giving instruction in cooking this summer at the Home for Destitute Colored Children, on Eighth street, closing the course Friday with a fine course dinner to the Board of Lady Managers, including Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Datcher and Mrs. Moreland. The Board was enthusiastic in its praise of the successful results of her work with the utterly inexperienced children. The many friends of Mrs. De Nellottz predict a most successful year for her in the great West. NEGRO DOCTORS AT JAMES-TOWN Graphic Demonstration of the Advancement of the Negro in Medicine, Surgery and Hospital Medicine Washington, D. C., August 17.—Plans are well under way for "Physicians Day" at the Jamestown Exposition. The event will be fittingly observed Friday, August 30, under the personal direction of Dr. A. M. Curtis, a leading physician of this city, formerly surgeon-in-chief of Freedman's Hospital. The program for the occasion will embrace a number of learned papers on the topics now uppermost in the medical world, specially prepared by the most prominent Afro-American physicians in the country. Some of the subjects to be covered will treat of the tuberculosis evil, sanitation, public health, unwholesome housing of Negroes in large cities, and the development of modern hospitals for the care of colored patients, concluding with a clinic, during which a skilled surgeon will perform a difficult operation in laparotomy or some form of major surgery, to demonstrate the impoved methods in vogue, by which cases once regarded as necessarily fatal may be handled with assurance of a favorable termination, if the proper care is taken. Particular care will be taken to emphasize the work of the trained nurse in attending delicate operations and in the management of the many details of the sick-room. The attendance of many noted physicians and surgeons from abroad is expected. The annual session of the National Medical Association will be held in Baltimore, August 27, 28 and 29, and it is understood that at the close of the meeting there, arrangements have been made by Dr. Curtis and the Baltimore local committee to have the members proceed practically in a body to Jamestown, as an attractive "outing" feature of the session, as well as to take part in the instructive exercises in connection with "Physicians' Day" at the Exposition. The dates are so fixed as to make the trip a convenient one for all concerned. Dr. Curtis is in receipt of letters from prominent doctors in every section of the country testifying o their deep interest in the forthcoming exhibit,and all indications point to a showing ha willt reflect great credit upon the entire profession. On the Exposition grounds is a beautiful four-room cottage, elegantly equipped in instruments and all the paraphernalia of a modern hospital.. It is primarily there as a concrete illustration of the advancement of the race in hospital management and to show by photos, charts and demonstrations what the physician of our. race is doing in private practice, in special work, in hospitals, medical colleges and sanitariums, with statistics touching their material prosperity and the results attained sci- M. H. H. entifically. This exhibit, prepared with much care and at no small expense by Dr. Curtis, is in charge of Dr. James F. Lawson, resident physician, and will prove highly instructive and beneficial, not only to medical men, but will be equally so to the layman and every-day citizen. The promoters of the exhibit are anxious to convince the world that the colored physician and surgeon are keeping in the front ranks of medical science, and there is no doubt in the minds of those who know of their ability that they will succeed in their very laudable endeavor, if the enterprising physicians and surgeons themselves will rally to the support of the movement as they should. The race has quite a number of very finely equipped hospitals in various sections, notably Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago, Kansas City, Decatur Ala., Memphis and other places, and it is expected that all of them will be represented in some way on the 30th. The gentlemen associated with Dr.Curtis on the special committee on exhibits in medicine and surgery stand at the head of their profession and enjoy a national reputation. They are Dr. George C. Hal, of Chicago, one of the founders of Provident Hospital, the best-known institution of the kind west of the Alleghenies; Dr. R. F. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. J. A. Warfield, surgeon-in-chief Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D. C., and Dr. J. J. France, who has done so much to elevate the tone of the Negro professional man in Portsmouth and Tidewater Virginia. J. The above cut is that of Dr. F. H. Cook, of Natchez, Miss, the editor of the Natechez Weekly Herald, and pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, in the above city. He is the acknowledged leader of the younger members of his race in the ministerial ranks. He is a power and eloquent speaker and orator of today. He is one of the leading Odd Fellows in his State. A true Knight of Pythias, and a true Mason of the De-Gree, Mystic Shrine. He will be in our city to attend the convention, and will probably speak while here. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION. Rates to the National Convention at Washington, D. C.: Announcement has been made-that the excursion rate for the 27th Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention which is to be held in Washington, D. C., September 11th to 16th, has been fixed at one fare plus 25 cents for the round trip, for all points south of the Ohio River and west of the Mississippi. Tickets on sale to stop over at the Jamestown Exposition after leaving Washington. Another provision is made in this rate, which will extend the ticket to October 1st if you will deposit in Washington, D. C., or Norfolk, Va., your ticket. Many of the southern delegates are already arranging to meet in Atlanta, Ga., where a special train is being arranged for. This train will leave Atlanta, Ga., by way of the Southern Road or the Seaboard Air Line going direct to Washington. All delegates that desire to visit the Jamestown Exposition will do so after the National Convention adjourns. DROPPED DEAD Lawrence O. Posey, a member of the local bar, after his return from the court on Monday, where he had been chatting with members of the bar and while ascending the steps of 609 F street northwest, in which his law office is located, Mr. Posey dropped dead. He was a man of very quiet disposition and was liked by a large circle of friends. He came to this city several years ago and was appointed to a clerkship in the Quartermaster Generals office. He held this position with credit. He was discharged from that department very soon after the Democratic pary got control of the office. Whenever an opportunity presented itself, the Democratic chiefs of the scral departments, under the administration of Mr. Cleveland, would dismiss colored clerks. Mr. Posey was one of the victims. He entered the law department of Howard University, and graduated. Unlike many of the graduates from this department, Mr. Posey decided to go to Delaware. He applied for admission to the bar three times, but on account of his nationality he failed to be admitted to practice. He gave up the fight, and returned to this city, where he has been ever since, and where he died Monday between ten and elevn o'clock a.m. HOWZE AND KNOX ENDORSED. The annual meeting of Odd Fellows held at Selma, Ala., August 6th to 9th, 1907, will go down in history as one of the greatest ever met in Alabama. The numerical showing was especially superb. There were 435 bona fide delegates present, which was thirty-five more than two-thirds of the financial representation of the State. A temporary Executive Board was elected. The personnel of the committee is as follows: W. W. Patterson, of Decatur, Ala.; M. S. Sledge, of Selma, and Prof. U. S. Jones, of Demopolis, Ala. Prof. U. S. Jones, of Selma, Ala., was elected auditor. The secretary-treasurer was required to make bond in the sum of $16,000, which was readily given. Mr. Sledge, who was elected secretary-treasurer, is well qualified for the position. He numbers among his many friends some of the best people of Selma, white and colored, who were elated over the selection from their city. Almost perfect harmony existed through the entire session. Prof. U. S. Jones, of Demopolis, Ala., and W. W. Patterson, of Decatur, Ala., the other two members of the Board, stand equally as well in their respective communities. The meeting voiced the true sentiment of Odd Fellowship in this State. The delegates unanimously adopted a resolution of sympathy for Howze and Knox. Some of our conservative friends say we should drop the contention of both factions and get together. We wish to say to such people, However much it would be our desire to see perfect harmony exist we cannot compromise truth and falsehood on equal basis; one will have to give away for the other. No institution can permanently exist part right and part wrong; its basic principle must be either right or wrong; if no ere long we who now live or the coming generation will be looking on nothing more than a heap of ruined structures, such as are furnished by the ancient cities of Greece, Alexandria City and Rome. It is almost impossible for any great institution to run for more than half a century without becoming corrupted, and in order to be purged of such corruption it must pass through a most severe and trying ordeal. Did not the Christian institution experience this struggle in the sixteenth century? When Whitfield, Lattimer and others were imprisoned, others burned at the stake and beheaded. Sometimes to purge means death. It was the attempt to purge the Whig party that caused its death. It was the attempt to purge the great Democratic party, which had held powers for years, that led up to that disastrous civil war and rent it into three separate parts. It was the same course of action that caused the great Republican party to go down in defeat on two different occasions. The grand United Order of Odd Fellows has stood practically united sixty-four years in the United States. Within that time corruption has gathered at the head of the fountain and the streams have become polluted Our own S. C. of M. has the ear mark of political trickery and their decisions are made on the style of the Sanhedrin Court. The last B. M. C. was a political convention, and the most questionable thing done at its last session was the election of the present S. C. of M. Slavery exists in East Africa under the British flag Yet we claim that England is friendly to the colored brother. Uncle Sam will begin next September to decorate with service badges those who have won special dissection in wars since 1861. COME ONE COME ALL! 10,000 people are expected to picnic to 10,000 children at Deal Day, September 2, 1907, from the Great Cosmopolitan Temple Bay west, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, B. $10,000 for new building fund. 3 P. M.—Platform meeting. T ner, will be the orator of the day. Short addresses will be delivered. Pastor of Concord Baptist Church, D.D., pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist N. McDaniel, B.D., pastor of For J.; Mr. J. A. Lankford, M.S., Pr Washington, D. C.; Judge E. M. of The Bee, and Rev. J. B. McL. At 2 p.m. the pig race will take pig by the tail will be awarded the Music by New Waldorf Orchestra. This picnic is open to all, regain Admission, adults, 25 cents; ch by parent or guardian, free. SPEC FOR EVERY THREE BUSHE AT OUR YARD WILL GIVE DURING THE COLD WEATH COLUMBIA COAL AND ICE FIFTH AND L ST., N. W., are expected to attend the grand ban oo children at Deanwood Park, Deanw ober 2, 1907, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. politan Temple Baptist Church, 708 mon P. W. Drew, D.D., Ph.D., pastor; new building fund. platform meeting. The noted speaker, M. orator of the day. passes will be delivered by Rev. C. H. M. Record Baptist Church, Albany, N. Y.; Rev. of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, New York. B.D., pastor of Fountain Baptist Church Lankford, M.S., President of the local B. D. C.; Judge E. M. Hewlett; Editor W. and Rev. J. B. McLaughlin, D.D., of the pig race will take place. The person will be awarded the pig. New Waldorf Orchestra; Prof. J. Smith, is open to all, regardless of race, sex, or adults, 25 cents; children under 14 year guardian, free. PECIAL DAY THREE BUSH-ELS OF COAL BARD WILL GIVE ONE PECK OF THE COLD WEATH-ER. 10,000 people are expected to attend the grand barbecue and free picnic to 10,000 children at Deanwood Park, Deanwood, D.C., Labor Day, September 2, 1907, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., given by the Great Cosmopolitan Temple Bap-tist Church, 708 O street northwest, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, D.D., Ph.D., pastor; benefit of raising $10,000 for new building fund. 3 P. M.—Platform meeting. The noted speaker, M. H. Warner, will be the orator of the day. Short addresses will be delivered by Rev. C. H. McDonald, D.D., Pastor of Concord Baptist Church, Albany, N. Y.; Rev. L. B. Trisby, D.D., pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, New York City; Rev. E. N. McDaniel, B.D., pastor of Fountain Baptist Church, Summit, N. J.; Mr. J. A. Lankford, M.S., President of the local Business League, Washington, D. C.; Judge E. M. Hewlett: Editor W. Calvin Chase, of The Bee, and Rev. J. B. McLaughlin, D.D., of this city. At 2 p.m. the pig race will take place. The person catching the pig by the tail will be awarded the pig. Music by New Waldorf Orchestra; Prof. J. Smith, director. This picnic is open to all, regardless of race, sex, or denomination. Admission, adults, 25 cents; children under 14 years, accompanied by parent or guardian, free. SPECIAL done $2.00 Derbies and Soft Hats Have no Equa T'S HA Our $2.00 Derbies andSoft Hats Have no Equals BROT'S HATS BRO T'S HA ARE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD LEFTWICH, A.M., D.D., PASTOR A. B. DR. CALAIS A LEFTWICH, A.M., D. M. DR. CALAIS A LEFTWICH, A.M., D.D., PASTOR A. B. B. D. DR. CLAIS A. LEFTWICH. One of the most successful and eloquent scholars connected with the C. M. E. Convention, and pastor of Lanes C. M. E. Tabernacle, Fourteenth and C streets northeast, is Dr. Calais A. Leftwich. This young man has a record of which any person should feel proud. When Dr. Leftwich was sent to this church there was a feeling of rest, because the members were convinced that this young man was th right person in the right place. He has held many positions of honor and trust, which will be evidenced by a brief history of his career, as follows: ,Calais A. Leftwich, A.M., D.D., pastor A.B., A.M., Howard University. B.D. Gammon Theological Seminary. D.D. Paine Seminary, Alabama. D.B. Tate Seminary, Alabama Special summer course, Harvard University. EARLY COLLEGE DAYS. Learned printers trade in Bee office. Editor of Jackson Head Light, Jackson, Tenn. Editor of Christian Daily Index, Memphis, Tenn. POSITIONS. Pastor of Israel C. H. E. Church, Jackson, Tenn. Pastor of Georgia Street Church, Memphis, Tenn. Pastor of St. John Church; Sherman, Texas. Pastor of Morning Chapel, Ft. Worth, Texas. Dean, and Professor of Latin, Greek and Hebrew, Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. Professor of Ancient Languages, Cc.k Ancient Languages, Cc. k-Brien has been call of Repairing neatly done Factory and Salesroom 419 11th St. N. 11 Phone Main 4474-Y attend the grand barbecue and free inwood Park, Deanwood, D.C., Labor o.a.m. to 11.30 p.m., given by the posttist Church, 708 O street north- D.D., Ph.D., pastor; benefit of raising the noted speaker, M. H. War- d by Rev. C. H. McDonald, D.D., Albany, N. Y.; Rev. L. B. Trisby, at Church, New York City; Rev. E. mountain Baptist Church, Summit, N. resident of the local Business League, L. Hewlett; Editor W. Calvin Chase, laughlin, D.D., of this city. place. The person catching the pig. ra; Prof. J. Smith, director. less of race, sex, or denominatior- children under 14 years, accompanied SCIAL ELS OF COAL PURCHASED CONE PECK OF COAL FREE -ER. COMPANY, Near K Street Market. oft Hats Have no Equals HATS D., PASTOR A. B. B. D. man Institute, Jacksonville. Fla. President of Homer College, Homer, Louisiana. Professor of Latin and Greek, Morgan College, Lynchburg, Va. Professor of Cremistry, University of West Tenn. PRESENI WORK. Lane C. M. E. Tabernacle, Fourteenth and C streets northeast; a new brick, modern church, complete in every respect, etc.; $1,000 rally movement to reduce the heavyd debt. He left the city Thursday for the South, where he will lecture in the interest of his church, and The Bee wishes him much success. Dr. Calais A. Leftwich left the city, Monday on a lecturing tour South. Prof. J. A. Martin and wife, with Mrs. Rishes, of Jackson, Miss., friends of Dr. L. H. Harris, the popular South West Pharmacist, were in our city last week. After sightseeing, etc., they departed for Cincinnati, Ohio. Brother Banks held a regular old-time bush and camp meeting at Deanwood, D. C., last Sunday These were several thousand present Rev Father Joseph Burgess preached at St Cyhpen Cathoile Church last Sunday Father Burgess is a young colored priest just starting out The white brother is having a tough time with his Italian siblings. The Black Hand Oh! if the colored brother would only unite Read The Bee 1912007 B 9811 The fight between oJe Gans and O'Brien has been call d off BRANCH, 503 9th St., N W SNEEZE FAD LATEST GIRL ACCIDENTALLY STARTS NEW DIVERSION IN JERSEY. Was a Victim of Hay Fever—Queer New Frolic at Summer Resort Guaranteed to Drive Away Blues. New York.—There are all sorts of epidemics at summer colonies. There's the embroidery epidemic, the crochet epidemic, both flourishing best in plaza surroundings. Then of more active variety, there is the epidemic of tennis, croquet, shuffleboard, and others more prevalent among the "young folks" than with the plaza coterle. But it was left to the colonists at a small lake in northern New Jersey to discover the joys of sneezing. There the sneezing epidemic developed. It all happened in this way. A young woman who arrived one morning at the little country station was a hay fever victim. On her drive from the station to the lakeside cottage where she was to stop she passed through field after field of new-mount hay and as is the custom of hay-fever victims she began to sneeze. All through that drive she sneezed. She frightened the horse, she frightened her friend who was driving, who thought she would gradually use up all her strength in those uncontrollable sneezes. She frightened herself for she had never been in such an uncomfortable state. They drove to the village drug store and there she asked the village doctor for some remedy. He advised a certain kind of medical snuff, and she quickly invested in a bottle. That was the beginning of the epidemic. It got to be a joke, the way she sneezed, but always after the volley of sneezes consequent to the snuff taking she would be free for a while. When she found that she was amusing her friends she wanted some of the same kind of amusement herself and prevailed on some of the younger members of the family to join in her sneezing and try her bottje. They rather enjoyed it and the various kinds of sneezes caused so much merriment that it soon became a daily performance to pass around the bottle and have a sneeze frolic. Some young people came over the lake in their canoes one night. There were ten of them and they all sat on the plaza and talked lake gossip. They were finally told about the new habit, and as young people in the country are usually ready for any new experience, they consented to try. Soon there arose such a hubbub as was seldom heard on the quiet summer nights there. Mingled with laughter came the sneezes and gasps, thick and fast. It lasted for five minutes or more, with an occasional spasm from some one with a special propensity for sneezing long after the others had stopped. "Where did you say you got that?" asked one enthusiastic young guest. "In the village?" and they all went away in their canoes still laughing. The next day four bottles of the stuff were bought and four cottages were supplied. From then on it was no uncommon thing for the silent paddlers who canoed along the moonlit lake to hear all along the shore at the different bungalows and cottages the wild volleys of sneezes and the roars of laughter that always accompanied them. New victims were continually arriving, and these were especially interesting to those who had become accustomed to the new art. It soon developed into a science. Some progressive and thoughtful young man made a "sneeze book" in which he carefully noted all the different kinds of sneezes and wrote down the characteristics of the owners. It got to be as popular as a palmistry book. More books were copied from this one and finally character reading became a case of "Sneeze and I'll tell you what you are." The sneeze epidemic has not passed yet at this New Jersey resort, and be it harmful or otherwise it has certainly been the cause of enough laughs to drive away indignation and the blues. Judge Says Amount Is Too Small to Blast a Reputation. Cincinnati.—Acting Police Judge Fox dismissed Fred Ruble, aged 17, charged with stealing 20 cents. The prosecuting attorney strenuously objected, asking that the case be decided according to the law and the evidence. "When I raised my right hand to take the oath of office," said Judge Fox, "I took an oath that I would uphold the law and act as a judge of this court should. I will decide the cases as my conscience dictates." There was a ripple of applause, which the court officers at once suppressed. The company which had the boy arrested had been missing money and marked four nickels, which it was charged Ruble took. After the evidence was in and arguments concluded Judge Fox said he did not care to blast the young man's reputation because of four marked nickels. Hen Is 20 Years Old. Northville, Mich.—Wesley Mills of this place has a hen that is 20 years old which he raised on his little farm here. It is just as brisk an egg layer as any in his stock. A peculiar characteristic of the egg bird is that it does a crowing stunt every day just like a rooster. SNAKE BITE TO CURE CANCER. Woman's Remarkable Experience Suggests a New Remedy. Port Jervis, N. Y.—A remarkable cure of cancer has been effected on Mrs. Wilhelmina Lodwig, a farmer's wife, who resides several miles back of Millrift, in Pike county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lodwig has been a sufferer from a cancer on her left leg, just above the knee, for all long time. The disease had advanced until a spot about six inches long by three wide was developed. While out picking huckleberries two weeks ago she was bitten on the leg by rattlesnakes. Her nephew, Karl Lodwig, came to her assistance and killed three rattlesnakes, which by their appearance had just shed their skins. Before the doctor came the woman's leg had swelled to an enormous size. A remarkable thing about the case was that the swelling did not go above the spot where the cancer was located. The physician said he could do nothing on account of the cancer, and that the woman would die. And now comes the remarkable point in the case. The cancer, which had always had the appearance of ink, fringed with red, turned into a running sore. It remained in this condition for four days. On the fourth day the discharge stopped and proud flesh began to make its appearance. The snake poison had worked all through the cancer, the swelling disappeared, and the heretofore ugly looking cancer began to heal, and turned to a healthy flesh color. To the joy of the patient and her family, the waund began to heal, and the other day Mrs. Lodwlg was in town, almost cured. WOMEN ASK FOR UNIFORMS. Are Willing to Wear Bloomers to Sales Street Car Fare. St. Louis.—The women clerks in the East St. Louis post office may soon be decked in uniforms. Postmaster Joseph B. Messick, who has been in communication with the department at Washington, has recommended the adoption of a uniform consisting of a "romper" waist and skirt, of material resembling in color and texture the garments worn by the carriers. It is believed permission will be granted Postmaster Messick to make the experiment. The principal reason for the change lies in the fact that the men employees, when in uniform and wearing a badge, ride on street cars without paying car fare. A lump sum is paid monthly by the men to the street car company, and this is less than their car fare would be to and from the post office. The plan has worked admirably, the letter carriers getting over their routes more quickly and handling much more mall than they could walking, as was the custom several years ago. The girl clerks and employees of the post office seem to think they have been discriminated against and are willing to wear any uniform suggested, so that they, too, will have the benefit of the free car rides to and from their work. Postmaster Messick says it would stop rivalry in dress among the employes and better the service generally. SWAINS FIGHT FOR SAME GIRL. "You WinI I Love Her, but I'll Keep Away," Says Loser. New York.—Frank Jorden and Thomas Sullivan, two young men from Harlem, love the same girl, and as they could not settle the matter peaceably they fought five rounds on the banks of Mott Haven creek, the Bronx, with the agreement that the winner was to take the girl. Jorden won by a knockout, and when Sullivan had been revived he shook hands with his opponent and said: "You win. I love the girl, but I'll keep my word." About a hundred persons witnessed the fight, having accompanied the gladiators from Harlem. The boys stripped to the waist, and with Michael Hurley as referee and Frederick Cope as timekeeper, went at it according to marquis of Queensberry rules, except that they used bare flats. Just as Jorden delivered the knock-out the police arrived, and the spectators literally took to the woods, scattering in every direction. The name of the girl was not divulged, but the way the boys went at each other showed that they were very much in love. PASTOR PAINTS; WOMEN SING. Head of Struggling Flock in Bay State Done Overalls. Malden, Mass.—Rev. John Newberry, pastor of Pentecostal church, the other morning began painting the exterior of the church building, alded by several members of the congregation. The church is a struggling one and a few days ago the pastor said he would do the painting if some one would provide the paint, which the citizens did, and the Rev. Mr. Newberry went bravely to work clad is overalls and a jumper donated by a clothing firm. Before starting in the pastor held a short service on the sidewalk, praying and reading from the scriptures. His wife served lemonade at intervals to her husband and his helpers, while women of the congregation encouraged the workers by singing hymns inside the church, one of the number playing the organ. GIRL DONS TROUSERS THEN TRAMPS LONG DISTANCE TO REJOIN HUSBAND. Pretty "Broncho Buster" After Being Arrested for Masquerading at Last Reaches Better Half In Spokane, Wash. After having tramped more than 1,000 miles attired in a man's garments, arrested at Walla Walla, south of here, and detained in jail two weeks on a technical charge of masquerading. Mrs. George Earl, who was Nora Clay, daughter of a former cattle grower near Ft. Worth, Tex., has joined her husband in Spokane after a separation of six weeks. They eloped three years ago, because the bride's father threatened to place her in a convent. She was then 16 years of age, and had a reputation throughout the panhandle as a "broncho buster." Mrs. Earl is of medium height, slender and comely, a typical Texan, and speaks with an air of refinement. George Earl has found employment in a local hotel, where Mrs. Joseph A. White has given the girl-wife a home. This is her story: "I was raised on the plains of Texas and started to ride bronchos when four years of age. When I was 10 I started busting mustangs and Indian ponies. Papa sold his ranch later and started, a wild west show. I did trick riding and broncho busting. It was easy, as I had roped and branded cattle on the Texas ranges. "While with the show I met George and we fell in love. My parents objected to our marriage because they said I was too young. I was 16. Then George and I ran away, because papa threatened to put me in a convent. I was to be taken to Lott from El Paso on the 6:35 o'clock evening train and George and I left for Waco an hour, earlier. "We went around the country, finally going to Oregon." "George failed to get work and started for Walla Walla. I did not hear from him for several days, and my funds gave out. Determined to reach him, I decided to don a suit of his clothing and beat my way to Walla Walla. Reaching there, I heard he had gone to Spokane, and started out to tramp it to this city. When I reached Starbuck I got a report that he was at Walla Walla, and turned back. "I tramped all the way from Starbuck back to Walla Walla on the railroad track, not having a bite to eat from Sunday morning to Monday night. I was arrested by the constable at Walla Walla, who noticed that I wore women's shoes, and suspected that I was masquerading." "I told the police of Walla Walla that I was stranded, and was determined to reach my husband and realized that the adoption of a disguise was the only means whereby I could carry the scheme through. I was turned over to the Salvation army, where I was treated nicely, and received transportation to Spokane, after George had written to me where he was. We expect to stay in Spokane, as we have found good friends who will assist us in making a home." TWITS BRIDE-ELECT; SPURNED. Pennsylvania Swain Makes Fatal Mistake at Clerk's Desk. Philadelphia.—Because her flance twitted her about her age, Miss Emma Perth, of Reading, broke off her engagement with Harry Bissell, of the same city at the marriage license bureau in the city hall this morning. Miss Perth indignantly told Bissell that he talked too much for her, and that he could go and find some other girl to marry. All went well until Clerk Smith began to ask the customary questions. Bissell stated that he was 24 years old, while the bride-to-be admitted 29 summers. "She doesn't look her age, though," said Bissell. "You needn't apologize for me," said the prospective bride. "I am old enough to know my own mind." "You bet you are," replied Bissell. "I consider that an insult," said Miss Perth. "You talk too much. Now I will never marry you. No man who makes remarks about his wife's age will make a good husband. Good-by." Hugs to Eat Omaha Garbage. St. Louis. It was learned the other day that 1,000 head of hogs bought recently by Thomas McPherson from the immense herd of porkers on Chesley Island, in the Mississippi river below the city, where the St. Louis garbage is consumed by the swine, were destined to feed on the garbage of Omaha. The municipal contractors had found that the high-bred Poland Chinas and Berkshires from Iowa wouldn't eat the daily dumpings of filth from Omaha. The Omaha contractor paid a good price for the St. Louis swine with undiscriminating taste. Only One Deaf Mute Pupil. Columbus, O.-Miss Delia D. Rice, of Columbus, who was sent to Manila by the United States government three months ago to teach the 97 deaf mute Filipino children, reported by the census, writes that a mistake was made by the census takers and only one such pupil has been found. She is under contract to remain three years at $1,000 a year, and will remain to teach this one pupil. 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We are merchants and not speculators and our fair percentage of profit is all we ask. So, as long as these Diamonds last, it will be possible to buy them here under the regular market for fine stones. Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150.00. Ladies' Diamond Broaches, $5.50 to $1,000. Diamond Earrings, $15.00 to $500.00. Diamond Scarf Pins, $7.00 up. Diamond Cuff Buttons, $7.00 up. Diamond Studs, $10.00 up. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings set in Tiffany Mounting which we are selling at $30.00. This will make an appropriate present for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. CLOCKS AND BRONZES Clocks of all makes—American, French and German. We have a Clock as cheap as $5.00—must be seen to be appreciated. All Clocks kept in order for two years. E.VOIGT MANUFACTURINGJEWELER 725 7th Street, Northwest BETWEEN G.&H Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-Brac is now complete. Each piece has been carefully selected and we feel satisfied that a visit from you will bear us out that we have as fine a selection as can be found anywhere. Why not give us a call tomorrow. Everybody has some friend whom they wish to make happy. It may be mother or father, sister or brother. It may be a wife, or it may be a sweetheart—and no better time than Christmas is so appropriate—so suggestive. Nothing makes one feel happier than to gladden the heart of another. Any article that you may select will be laid aside and delivered when wanted. Experienced clerks. Polite attention. Engraving Free of Charge. We mention here but a few of our specials. Gentlemen's 20-year-Gold Filled American Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Ladies 20-year Gold Filled Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Gentlemen's 14-carat Solid Gold American Stem Winders and Setters, as cheap as $35. Children's Solid Silver Watches with Pin Attachment, $3.50; regular price, $4.50. Ladies Solid GoldWatches, Open Face, $8.00. Boys' Solid Silver Watches,' $5 up. RINGS, LOCKETS, ETC. Genta' Solid Gold Signet Rings, $3.50 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Signet Rings, $2.00 up. Child's Solid Gold Signet Rings, $1.00 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Medallion Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies Solid Gold Crosses, $4.00 up. Gents' Solid Gold Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Bracelets, $5.00 up. Ladies' 14-Carat Gold Filled Lockets, $2.00 up. We engrave the monograms on them in the highest style of the art. SILVERWARE Silver Cups for Children, $1.25 up. Silver Baking Dish, 7.00. Silver Butter Dishes, $3.50 up. Silver Pickle Casters, $3.00 up. * The above silver is the Genuine Rogers, which speaks for itself. CATHOLIC GOODS We have the largest line of Cath- olic Goods in the city. ^ Genuine Pearl Rosaries, 35 cents up. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, strung th 52 Wm. C eric-a-Brac is now complete. Each and we feel satisfied that a visit from us fine a selection as can be found tomorrow. whom they wish to make happy. It brother. It may be a wife, or it may be than Christmas is so appropriate one feel happier than to gladden the effect will be laid aside and delivered. Polite attention. KEYSTON D-779 on Fine Silver, with Solid Sarsen Crucifix, 75 cents up. Emerald, Sapphire, Garnet, Ruby, Jade, Turquoise, Topaz, Crystal, and Coral Rosaries, strung in 14-Carat Gold-Filled Chain, $4.00 and $5.00. Will make a handmade Christmas present. Solid Gold Rosaries, Gerald Stones, $25.00. Rosaries for special devotion viz.: Immaculate Conception, 2 Ann's, St. Philomena, St. Amity, Seven Dolors, Infant of Prague, St. Joseph, etc., with prayers English or German. PRAYER BOOKS High quality at low prices, such as Key of Heaven, Manual of Prayers, St. Vincent's Manual, Vale Mecum, Sacred Heart, Following of Christ (by Kempis), Bible Cl and New Testaments, etc. We have them in cases suitable for bride Christmas presents. RELIGIOUS MEDALS Religious Medals in Gold Silver; Immaculate Conception Benedict, St. Anthony, St Infant of Prague, St. Vincent Paul, St. Aloysius, e. Eight-Day Sanctuary Old, per gallon. Crucifixes, hanging and standing Candle Sticks in Gold Shrubs, Brass. Sacred Hearts, Solid Gold, cents and $1.25. annon, Sh Street, N. W. INDIAN NOT A STOIC LAST OF SIOUX AT TOMB OF LAST OF MOHICANS. General Belief That Red Man is Unemotional Disproved by Incident During Col. Cody's Visit to Norwich, Conn. Chicago—There exists among those who know of the Indian character only by reading fiction or by hearsey the impression that the Indian is stolical—that he never laughs or cries and that he is without tender sentiment. This is simply a misunderstanding of the Indian character. Fact is the Indian is particularly emotional, though he is not always particularly demonstrative in indications of what his heart feels. The impressions that the white men received of the red man while an invader of the latter's domains have been handed down to these generations ever aggrimated. Thus the word "In- UNCAS Monument to Uncas at Norwich, Conn. dian" has been a bugaboo to the children of many generations of America many generations of America. Education and civilization, so far as they have reached the Indian, have brought to view the better side of the Indian among those of the east who have had an opportunity to observe it; his better side has been known to those who have been familiar with him in the far west. (Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") and his compatriots in blazing the western way have found it necessary to kill a great many Indians in battle and on the scout, but no man knows better the good side of the Indian than Col. Cody, and no one could be more eloquent than he in demonstrating it by words and treatment. With Col. Cody are many Indians of the truest type. Notwithstanding their travels all over North America and Europe with the aggregation named these red men preserve their customs, costumes, character, and individuality to the last degree, and yet under the kind treatment that they receive at the hands of Col. Cody and his associates they are as kindly genial, good natured, laughing or crying or dignified a lot as occasion demands, as any other body of people that could be gathered from any source. These Indians appreciate a good story when they can understand it, and laugh as heartily at a joke that comes their way as anybody. They feel the loss of kin and their sympathies are deep, strong and true. A particularly interesting exhibition of the sympathetic nature of the Indian was brought about lately at Norwich, Conn., when they visited that city. About Norwich are many relics and mementoes of the war between the Narragansett under Miantonomo and the Mohegans under Uncas, an Indian food that has been dramatized in romance by James Fennlmore Cooper in his powerful story, "The Last of the Mohegans" that has long been classic and standard Among the mementoes mentioned are monuments over the graves of Miantonomo and Uncas, who were deadly enemies, and Miantonomo was plain by a brother of Uncas after he had been captured by the latter, though the execution was pursuant to an order from white authority. Uncas was friendly to the white settlers. Col Cody conducted the chiefs, Rocky Bear, Iron Tall, Lone Bear, Flying Hawk and about 125 other braves from the Sioux nations and other tribes of the fast fading race of red men of the far west, to the grave of Lucas on the occasion mentioned. They gathered about the monument, the Indians in their warpath trappings and with their ponies, and here Col. Cody told them in the simple eloquence of the plains the story of Uncle and his people. After Col Cody had concluded his remarks the Indians, without previous instructions from "Buffalo Bill," at signals from Rocky Bear and Iron Tall, chanted the wild and weird dirge with which the Indian honors the memory of his dead. It was a moving spectacle and one that much impressed the hundreds of Norwich citizens who saw it. As the last walls of the dirge died away a veteran bugler from the Sixth United States cavalry sounded "taps" and the ceremony of respect was over Wife of Vice President Seeks Read in Old Farmhouse. Boston—A small, unpresentious old farmhouse on the top of Porter's hill, Putnamville, is to be the summer home of Millionaire Vice President Fairbanks and wife for the next three months. Mrs. Fairbanks' stay, while it may be a quiet one, will not be uneventful, With Magnolia, Beverly Farms and other fashionable resorts near, with the many country clubs so easily Summer Home of Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks. Summer Home of Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks. reached by automobile, and with enthusiastic Danversites planning receptions and visits, she may find it hard to escape entering into the summer gayeties which she wants to avoid. The vice president, during the time he is at home, will put in his time folling about the farm, which has an area of 140 acres. The house itself is weatherbeaten and in need of paint. Large chestnut trees sway high above and over its roof, and hedges hide the lower portion of it from the passerby except in the front. There are several rooms in the house which have not been occupied for years, but have remained locked. Antiques of great value are scattered everywhere. Even the chinaware and glassware are many years old. Most of the rooms in the house are small. There is no gas or electricity, the cooking is done in a large brick oven and in most of the rooms are the old-fashioned fireplaces of long ago. In the room reserved for the vice president there is a huge armchair stuffed with cotton and decorated in many colors. Over the big fireplace are two little closets which are to be found only in olden New England farmhouses. About the wall of the vice president's room are several old English prints representing scenes in the passion of Jesus. A heavy mahogany writing desk with strange sliding doors, concealed drawers and old-time writing utensils has been placed in one corner, while a ponderous bureau ornaments the other. The windows are small and are divided into many panes. In Mrs. Fairbanks' sleeping room everything is severly plain and antique. The room is larger than most of the others. The bed which is to be used by Mrs. Fairbanks is a decided curiosity. The bedposts are so high that they come nearly to the ceiling, while by a jacklike arrangement the sleeper may sleep at whatever distance is desired from the floor. NEW ALABAMA SENATOR Ex-Senator Johnston to Succeed Late E. W. Pettus. Birmingham, Ala.—The successor to Senator E. W. Pettus, who died recently in Hot Springs, N. C., will be Former Gov. Joseph F. Johnson of Birmingham. At the state primaries last year candidates for the alternate senatorships were voted on and Senator J. H. Bankhead received the highest vote. He was therefore given the first vacancy upon Senator Morgan's death. Gov. Johnson re- M. Joseph F. Johnston. ceived the next highest vote and will therefore be elected by the legislature to the second vacancy caused by Senator Pettus' death. Gov. Johnson is 64 years old, has a fine war record and has always taken a lively interest in confederate affairs. He served as governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900. Johnston will not only be elected for the unexpired term of Senator Pettus, but will be elected also for the additional term of which Pettus was recently elected, which expires March 4, 1915. From coal refuse are obtained 400 colors, many perfumes, several explosives, a great number of acids and medicines of incalculable value, saccharin, asphalt, numerous insecticides, salts of flavor, lubricating oils and varnish. 142 First portrait of King Alphonso's son and heir, the Prince of Asturias shown in the arms of the Countess of Puerto; the new crown prince is thriving wonderfully and is said by the court physician to be in perfect health. The baby is galning in weight rapidly and has developed in intelligence to such an extent that he recognizes his parents and prefers their society, on the rare occasions when state affairs do not take them away from him. In spite of the fact that he is attended by a corps of nurses the royal infant is in no danger of being spoiled, and is already being taught that he cannot have his own way simply by crying for what he wishes. TONGUE TIED BY WRIT ANDLORD OBTAINS INJUNCTION AGAINST WOMAN. Man Has Troublesome Tenant Restrained by Court From Speaking to Him or Her Own Husband About Orders. Kalamazoo, Mich.—A Kalamazoo man has at last discovered the way to curb the tongue of woman. His discovery is timely, and the only fear is that the system will be worked overtime. Frank B. Morris, who owns a farm near this city, employed Irve Savage to work it. Savage has a wife, claimed to be all her name implies, and soon after the farmhand, and his wife had taken possession of the tenant cottage on the farm Mrs. Savage discovered that she did not like the owner. The dislike grew and finally reached Mrs. Morris. The landowner claimed that during his and his wife's visits to their farm to oversee the work and give orders Mrs. Savage made life miserable for them. Consulting an attorney he was advised to make application for an injunction. Morris followed the advice, and his petition was presented to Judge John W. Adams. In it he charged that Mrs. Savage has an uncontrollable temper, and frequently used coarse language in his presence and that of his wife. The woman was also alleged to have influenced her husband not to carry out the orders given by Morris, and the landowner prayed the court that Mrs. Savage be enjoined from speaking to either himself or wife on the farm or on the street. Also that she be restrained from interfering with her husband carrying out the orders his employer issued. The injunction was issued, and the court's order was served on Mrs. Savage. By its provisions she cannot, without being in contempt of court, leave the lot which surrounds the tenants' cottage, nor can she speak to Mr. and Mrs. Morris. Enraged by the order, Mrs. Savage packed her belongings and moved away from the farm. Before going, however, she pulled up every growing plant in the garden she had made. While the Savages have left the Morris farm, the court's order stands, and Mrs. Savage must not speak as she passes her husband's former employer on the streets. Drunken Bees Torment City. Pasadena, Cal.—Scores of angry citizens have made complaint to the authorities that bees and flies, intoxicated on fermented orange juice, have become a nuisance that should be abolished. They say that the proprietors of a nursery near the town have a large force of Japanese employed extracting seeds from partly decayed oranges, and in the process of squeezing the seeds from the oranges a small stream of orange juice flows from the place, which attracts millions of flies and bees, which become intemperate. The nursery uses the seeds for planting. Washington.—A vaudeville actress of New York city, who evidently wants Uncle Sam to help advertise her, wrote a letter to the bureau of immigration as follows: "I am about to put on a new act and want to wear red, white and blue tights. The shirt and 'lowers' will be of red and white, and the trunk of blue with white stars. Has there ever been any legislation against such a uniform?" Chief Terence V. Powderly replied that-tights were outside the sphere of his official influence. DREAM MADE HER BREAK NECK. In Turning Girl Dislocated Vertebrae —Surgeons Reset Them. Camden, N. J.—Dreaming of bears, the traditional bugaboos of childhood, ten-year-old Olga Bennett of South Second street was frightened so badly by a vision of the beasts pursuing her that she turned suddenly and dislocated her neck. The pain of the dislocation awakened her and she called loudly for help. Her parents rushed to her bedside and tried to allay her fears, but she continued to scream until she fainted from the pain. When the older folks attempted to revive her they noticed that her head hung limp from her body. Not understanding what could all the child they called in a physician. He saw immediately that her neck was dislocated. An ambulance was called and she was hurried to the Homeopathic hospital, where a careful examination of the injury was made. It was found impossible to make any progress in giving the girl even temporary relief until the X-rays were used. With their aid an attempt was made to replace the dislocated vertebrae. The first few attempts were unsuccessful, and the surgeons were in despair of saving the child's life; but finally an attempt was made which is thought to have been successful. With the aid of a harness the girl's head has been put in position and held there. It will be several days, however, before it is known what the results of the peculiar accident will be. In the meantime the case is being watched with much interest by the medical profession of this and neighboring cities. MORE PAY TO GOOD SHOOTERS. War'Department Wants to Encourage Expert Marksmen. Washington. — Announcement is made at the war department that enlisted men qualified as export riflemen are entitled to three dollars a month and those qualified as marksmen to one dollar a month, in addition to their pay, from the date of qualification to the close of the next succeeding target year; provided, that during that time they continue to be members of an organization armed with the rifle or to re-enlist in such an organization within three months from the date of their discharge. If a soldier, having qualified as an expert rifleman, falls in the next succeeding regular practice season to again qualify as such, he will be entitled to the classification and pay of a sharpshooter until the close of the next succeeding target year following his failure to qualify. The extension of time in which a soldier may qualify is not to exceed three years. Qualification can not be made in the coast artillery nor in bands of any arm of the service. Cutting Up a King's Yacht. Hackensack, N. J.-The famous yacht Hildegarde, in its day one of the finest craft afloat, built in 1874 to the order of the prince of Wales, now king of Great Britain, at a cost of $80,000, is being cut to pieces in Hackensack river here. Its hull, made of Chinese teakwood, is being cut into souvenirs, and one will be sent to King Edward. Walking sticks, collar boxes and paper knives, made from the hull of King Edward's former pleasure craft, soon will be in many Hackensack homes. Cupid Kept Busy at Panama- New York.—According to Herman Weeks and his wife, who arrived here the other day from Panama, the government has promised every man who brings his bride to the canal zone or marries there a detached cottage. The result has been such a boom in marrying that the brides and bridesgrooms are ahead of the cottages by several laps. TAFT ON HIS VACATION SECRETARY PLAYS GOLF AND FISHES IN CANADA. Not Considered Great Man by Beattman-Justice Harian and Ohioan Manoir Richelieu, Pointe au Pie, Quebec.—"The stout gentleman over there addresses the ball with unnatural vigor and enthusiasm," observed the Canadian member of parliament, "but," and here he adjusted his eyeglasses, "if it was his intention to land on the fifth green he has taken an easterly direction, while the green is in the southwest. His elderly companion seems to be making a better record over the course." By and by the stout gentleman and his elderly companion, each trailed by a little Canuck caddy, appeared on the broad veranda of the clubhouse, where the Canadian member of parliament had the pleasure of being formally presented to William H. Taft, secretary of war of the United States of America, and to Justice Harlan, of the Supreme court of the United States of America. If you were to ask the secretary of war, as he sits sunning himself in the open, with his cap tilted back from his broad forehead, what interests him most in his daily routine of vacation he would reply, "Hardening my muscles, training down and tanning my nose." To go over the greens, climb the hillocks and cross the stretch of half swamp with Taft and Harlan is a treat to one who likes to study human nature. The two men chaf each other from the time they get out until they J. Copyrighted by O. D. Prey. Secretary Taft. leave the links with the awful bogy still unbeaten. The judge is 73 years old, as straight as an arrow, with a bald head and a halo of long, grayish white hair that sticks out at sixes and sevens. His eye is as keen as an eagle's, his profile like a Roman and the color of his cheeks is as red as a cherry. He dresses loosely for golf, an old pair-of baggy brown trousers, heavy brogans, a red golf jacket, a duck cap and, as astonishing as this news may appear to golfists, he carries an umbrella. Creaking wagon springs tell when Taft goes out to ride. He usually has his brother as companion on these trips, as he also does when he goes to swim. It is in a bathing suit that the secretary of war appears to the best advantage. The muscles of his great arms stand out in distinctive rolls so easily traced that an anatomist might label them. His chest development is nearly as pronounced as his girth. While there is flesh in abundance it is not flabby. If Taft has gained weight or lost it since he crossed the border the story told by the scales is kept a government secret. Increased exercise undoubtedly reduces his weight, while increased appetite as surely increases it Taft does not diet. At the hotel they know this to be true. Among the fishermen, visitors and natives alike, Taft is not considered either expert of successful. He goes fishing with a native boatman who speaks bad French when he talks at all, but who knows how to fish and catch 'em. To him Taft is not a great man. When asked what luck had attended his trip the other day Taft looked at the French-Canadian boatman and with a wisdom born of politics said: "The squadron under my command," waving his hand at the boatman, "caught 12 fish." Young "Bob" Taft, of Yale, who goes about in a blazer and knows all the pretty girls, a boy of ten who likes to read the baseball scores and wears a mammoth pitcher's glove half of the time; Mrs. Taft and Helen Taft, a pleasing young miss who will soon be in Bryn Mawr. are of the secretary's party. Mrs. Taft seems to be very contented watching her husband have fun. --- TO GUARD GRAVE OF MOTHER Indian Woman Lawyer Opposes Removal of Burial Ground. Kansas City, Kan.—In order to protect the grave of her mother and to keep the government from despoiling it, Miss Lydia Conley, the only Indian woman lawyer in the country, has created a cottage in the center of Huron cemetery here, and with a shotgun will drive off those who attempt to take possession of the property. Uncle Sam has undertaken to sell the property, which is the last resting place of the old and famous tribe of Wyandot Indians, which once no 9 JISS EDIA CONLEY cupled the whole state of Ohio, and which was driven slowly westward, making its last stand in Kansas. The government, at the request of the city authorities, has had a commission appointed to dispose of the property. Miss Conley sought to prevent this in the federal circuit court, but she has been ruled against, and it was the ruling that caused her to prepare to guard her mother's grave when the time comes. She says no one shall move the bodies of her loved ones from their last resting place so long as she is able to lift a hand in protest. Miss Conley has many of the popular attributes of the Indian. It is her boast that illness is a stranger to her, merely by reason of the fact that she instinctively obeys the Indian rules of health. She can work for days without food, and yet without feeling fatigue. In fact, her whole time is spent in a manner that would put a girl less hardy out of the running in a very short time. From early morning until late at night she is busy with her practice, besides reading authorities to sustain her contention regarding Indian rights in the federal court. She has been a practicing attorney for five years. GOLF BALL HITS HAIRPIN. Unlucky Accident by Which Scotish Player Came to Grief. Boston.—The story comes from England of a golf match lost under conditions in which a woman's halpin played a leading part. The Scottish ladies' gold championship was played over the Troon line, and when the Hillhouse cup serech competition, open to Ayrshire golfers, was played over the same course Robert Andrew, the holder, had an unlucky experience. Playing to the twelfth hole, his ball fell on a lady's ```markdown ``` Ball with Hairpin Firmly, imbedded in it. hairpin, which must have been staking in the ground points upward, as both points were firmly imbedded in the ball. He struck his second well, but it went no distance, and he took four to get on the green. As there was no rule bearing on the point, he putted but with the hairpin adhering to his ball, but the latter ran right round, about, and he took six on the green. Of course, this spoiled Mr. Andrew's chance. Mr. Andrew's opponent won the one. Punishment. Head Inquisitor—You were the chauffeur, I believe, who was continually letting vile smoke come out of the rear of your machine. Late Arrival—Yes, sir. "Well, go and swallow a cup of boiling cylinder oil every ten minutes, until I can think of some punishment to fit your case."—Life. JAMES F. BUNDY, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Co- Jumbia. Holding a Probate Court. Jumba, Holding a Probate Court, No. 14004. Administration Docket. Estate of Edward H. Gibson (otherwise Edward Gibson (deceased). Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters of administration cum testamento annexo on said estate, by Rhoda Gibson, it is ordered this 1st day of August, A.D. 1907, that Martha Gamblia, also the unknown next of kin and heirs at law of said deceased, and all others concerned, appear in said court on Tuesday, the third day of September, A.D. 1907, at ten o'clock am., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice, hereof be published in the Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Job Barnard, Justice. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Will for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. James F. Bundy, Attorney. JAMES F. BUNDY, ATTORNEY. No. 14508. Administration. Supreme Court of the District of Co- Jombia, Holding a, Probate Court. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters testamentary on he estate of Hattie A. Johnson, otherwise Hatie Johnson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber on or before the 12th day of August, A. D. 1908; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 21st day of August, 1907. 1425 Corcoran Street Northwest. Attest:W. C. Taylor, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. James F. Bundy, Attorney. NOTICE! NOTICE!! NOTICE!!! Don't forget the great Open-Air Meeting to be held at Madre's Park, Eckington, D. C., Sunday, September 8, and Sunday, September 15, 1907, under the auspices of the Great Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor, at which time some of the greatest and most distinguished preachers of the United States will preach, including L. E. Twisby, D.D., pastor of the great Mount Gilead Baptist Church; Rev. C. H. McDonald, D. pastor of the Concord Baptist Church. Rev. E. N. McDaniel, D.O., pastor of the Fountain Baptist Church, Summit, N. J.; Secretary of the Negro Baptist Preachers' Union of New York; Rev. N. S. Epps, pastor of the great Mercy Seat Baptist Church; Rev. R. J. Brown, pastor of the great Day Star Baptist Church; Rev. George H. Sims, D.D., pastor of the great Union Baptist Ch.; Rev. Granville Hunt, B.A., pastor of Grace Baptist Church, and the great giant preacher of preachers, Rev. Chas. S. Morris, D.D., LL.D., pastor of the Old Mother-Church of New York, and other stars will be heard, to end up with a great lamb-slaying and the last picnic of the season; to be held Thursday, September 19, at Madre's Park, Eckington, D. C., for the benefit to raise $5,000 toward the building fund of the above-named church, and to give a day's outing to Sunday schools and public schools of the District of Columbia. All children under fourteen years of age will be admitted free, but they must be accompanied by parents or guardians. Admission, adults, 25 cents. For information address or call Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, D.D., Ph.D. president of the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School, of Alexandria, Va. president of the National Negro Evangelistical Convention of America, and the honored pastor of the great Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church; residence, 2014 Eighth street northwest, Washington, D. C. WHY PATRONIZE THEM? Sometime ago, either in a written article or a public address, I don't recall which, Mr. Charles R.Douglass took occasion to inveigh very strongly against the humiliating practice among colored people of going to theatres where they were openly subjected to every form of discourtey, disrespect and discrimination. I thought at the time that it was sound advice, and I would like to call attention to it again, and to repeat it, especially since so many of our young people seem bent on continuing to patronize these white theatres where they are subjected to so many indignities. It is surprisingly to me that any intelligent colored man or woman would, at this late day in the progress of events, willingly and wittingly put himself or herself in a position to be offered a public affront or an open humiliation such as is the case in public HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkield, D.D. Robert Reyburn, M.D. President. Dean. The Fortieth Annual Session will begin October 1, 1907, and continue eight months. FOUR YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN MEDICINE. THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN DENTAL SURGERY THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN PHARMACY. AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR COURSE IN MEDICINE IS OFFERED. Full corps of forty-five instructors. Well-equipped laboratories. The New Freedmen's Hospital just completed at a cost of $500,000 offers unexcelled clinical facilities. The Second Session of the Post-Graduate School and Polyclinic will begin May 18, 1908, and continue six weeks for Medical Course and four weeks for Dental Course. This School is connected with a Great University of Seven Departments; one thousand students, and over one hundred professors. For further information or catalogue write Washington, D. C. weather A Word To Th The Women ery. LSO l Housekeeping. dments. While Attending School and After Women to Become Self-Supporting. years ago, during which time it has or nearly three hundred young women; cities and towns as teachers, dress-the day. Washington, D. C. Winslow ACTICAL EMBALMER. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. R STREETS, N. W. vor Mining Co. Honest Officials, Honest Man-been the motto of the Honest En-a result we now have what we can propositions in Buskin. Destined mining districts in Golden Nevada. five cents) per share. But you must reached a premium. You must get prospectus, sample of ore, or fur-ern representative, A Word To The Women Instruction in Cooking and General Housekeeping Day and Night Classes in All Departments. Employment Provided for Pupils While Attended Graduation. Excellent Opportunities for Young Women. This school was established eight years ago, trained and secured employment for nearly ten and all are now employed in various cities and makers, and sewing in families by the day. For further information, address, Mrs. L. R. CLARKE, Principal, 2000 Eleventh Street oNrthwest. Jame H. W. UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS OF TWELFTH AND R STREET. Phone, Main 2524. Honest Endeavor Phone M 2524. Honest management, and Honest Mining has been the deavor Mining Company. And as a result we justly claim is one of the very best propositions to be one of the richest and best mining d. Stock now selling at $.25 (twenty-five cents) not wait until the mine shares have reached a in on the ground floor. For map, prospectu ther particulars, address the East-ern repre Employment Provided for Pupils While Attending School and After Graduation. Excellent Opportunities for Young Women to Become Self-Supporting. This school was established eight years ago, during which time it has trained and secured employment for nearly three hundred young women; and all are now employed in various cities and towns as teachers, dressmakers, and sewing in families by the day. 2000 Eleventh Street oNrthwest.....Washington, D. C. Jame H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. Honest Endeavor Mining Co. Phone M 2524. Honest Officials, Honest Management, and Honest Mining has been the motto of the Honest Endeavor Mining Company. And as a result we now have what we can justly claim is one of the very best propositions in Buskin. Destined to be one of the richest and best mining districts in Golden Nevada. Stock now selling at $.25 (twenty-five cents) per share. But you must not wait until the mine shares have reached a premium. You must get in on the ground floor. For map, prospectus, sample of ore, or further particulars, address the East-ern representative, become content to hold ourselves as the butt of general ridicule and the object of general contempt. Let us stay away from the theatres, every one of us. HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. (Founded 1867.) Opposite Judiciary Square, No. 420, Fifth Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkield, D.D., LL.D., President. Benjamin F. Leighton, L.L.D., Dean. Regular Annual Session will begin October 1, 1907. Course Three Years. School Open to All, Without Regard to Race, Sex or Creed. Tuition, $25. For further information, write or apply to James F. Bundy, Sec'y., Office in Law School Building, No. 420 Fifth Street Northwest, Courses in Dressmaking and Millinery. ALSO Bell & Mcnight, theatres where the uniform practice is to huddle together or colonize all the people who show the slightest trace of Negro blood. It is an unmistakable indication that our patronage is not wanted. And if that is the case why in heaven's name do we continue to push ourselves unwelcomed into such places? What has become of our self-respect? Has our pride deserted us? It is no answer to say that no other source of amusement is open to us. This could not be true if stated, but suppose it were? Is it any gain to us as a race to satisfy our love of frivolity at the loss of our self-respect? Why is it necessary for any of us to go to a theatre where we are so plainly not welcome, when we have access to the libraries, to the art galleries and to the public concert parks? Why cant we forego some or all of these things if the deprivation means the development of our self-respect, and thereby the assurance of the respect of some others? This is a lesson we must learn ere long, however hard the task, unless w G. CLIFFORD SMITH PHARMACIST 10th and R Streets, Northwest, WASHINGTON, D. C. SODA WATER WANTED HELP. Any person who can read and talk a little can earn from $1 to $2 a day very easily. Big things for High, Manual and Normal School pupils. Only 75 cents capital needed to start, and you can't lose that. J. B. Hyman, 1451 Corcoran St. Call any evening at 5:30. THE BEE'S COLLECTOR Mr. Briggs, the subscription collector for The Bee, will call on subscribers daily. Don't tell him to call twice. Pay up when he makes his first call. The weather is too warm. 211 Schermerhorn St. Brooklys, N. Y. MADRE'S APRK FOR PICNICS. Madre's Park is being fitted up for picnics, lawn fetes and other outdoor amusements. A new floor will be put in the pavilion this year. For terms and other information call and see M. A. D. Madre, 1314 Eighth street northwest. Wanted at The Bee Office.—Two good collectors. The Navy Department is investigating recent juggling with the weights of scales in loading of cars, which a difference of 70,000 pounds would result in favor of the buyer of bronze shavings at the Washington Navy Yard. W. S. RICHARDSON DRUGGIST. 316 4½ Street, S. W. A stitch in time saves nine. At this drug store are all the freshest drugs, choice perfumes and toilets. Before going to the James-town Exposition get your toilet articles at this store and save money. Soda Fountain open the year round. RICHARDSON'S, PURE DRUGS, 316 4½ Street, S. W. S. D. HOUCK, * Practical Harness Maker. Whips, Blankets, Lap Robes, Fly Nets. New and Second-Hand Harness, Etc. 308 10th St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Residence. 1017 Dartmouth Street, N. W. GEORGE V. GREEN, The Harness Manufacturer, The Horse's Friend. New and Second-Hand Harness 200 to 300 Sets Always on Hand. Blankets and Stable Findings of All Kinds. 303 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. Phone: Main 6260. Friend of the Coachman's Union of District of Columbia. COLE & SWAN, WATCHMAKERS AND JEW- ELERS, No. 1514 14TH Sr., N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Choice jewelry of every kind, To suit the most fastidious mind; With taste and skill combined, The best and finest you will find. During July and August we close at 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 1 p.m. Credit for all Washington. August Clearance Sale Biggest Bargains of the year in Furniture, Beds, and Floor Coverings. Hundreds of Washington housekeepers have learned the economy of buying at our Annual August Clearance Sale. They have learned it through the pleasing experience of many dollars saved. It is absolutely necessary for us to make an extensive clearance, and we do not hesitate to cut prices liberally. We must provide accommodation for the big fall stocks that will arrive next month; so we are making irresistibly tempting prices in every line. BUY ON CREDIT Even at the sale prices we invite you to buy on Credit and arrange the terms of payment to suit your income. We ask for no notes, and there are no disagreeable features about opening an account here. PETER GROGAN. 817, 819, 821, 823 Seventh Street, Bet. H and I (Eye) Sts. FOR RENT. Punished rooms, large and commodous, with hot or cold baths or both. In a fashionable and healthy part of the city, 1916 13th street, N. W. FOR SALE Corner saloon, doing good business, with a high-class patronage. Immediate possession. Reason for selling, sickness. For particulars, address William F. Turner, 253 North Tennessee avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. FOR RENT. Two elegant furnished rooms, 1718 Sixth street northwest. FOR RRENT. Room.—Furnished, for rent to desirable couple or two young men. Gas and bath furnished, and terms reasonable. Apply at 1222 Kirby street northwest. JOHN H. MYERS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Phone, North 6285. Practice in all the Courts of the District of Columbia. Office and residence, 405 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. MOSELBLUMICHEN Imported from Germany Excellent value; grand quality. 708 qt., $7 doz. qts.; $7.50 per 24 pts. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Phone N 774 Established 1866. Gold and silver watches, diamonds, jewelery, ams, mechanic, tops, pare. Gold gold and silver house. Tredeemed nledges for sale. 361 Pennsylvania Avenue. N. JOHN E. MCGAW, Pres. and Gen'l Mgr. JOSEPH T. PEAKE, Sec'y-Treas. COLUMBIA ICE COMPANY. Also RETAIL DEALERS IN WOOD AND COAL. Cor. FIFTH AND L STREETS, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. TELEPHONE, MAIN 272. BEAUTIFY THE COMPLEXION IN TEN DAYS. NADINOLA CREAM. TABBY MARK POSTING THE NADINOLA GIRL The unequaled beautifier, is endorsed by thousands and guaranteed to remove freckles, pimples, liver spots, tan, sallowness, etc., the worst case in 20 days, and restore the beauty of youth. TOO MANY WHITES. A Matter of Bad Blood Between the Two Races. There are two races in every persons blood, one is a red race and the other is a white race. The red race represents food and the white race represents the scavengers. The red race produces healthy color in your cheeks, healthy flesh on your bones, strength, brightness in your yes and all the happiness that comes from good health. The white race takes the impurities out of the blood and wards against disease. There cannot be too many "Reds," but if there are too many "whites," then the blood is said to be thin, the face gets pale, and the whole body is open to attacks of any kind of disease. Graham's Blood Compound wards off disease and is recommended for all blood impurities, eczema, pimples, and skin diseases. . Present this Coupon and we will give you the mammoth $1.50 size Graham's Blood Compound for $1.00. Only one bottle to a customer, and the Coupon must be presented. : : : : : Sold by all Druggists. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE, Special Agents, 824 Seventh St., N. W., Washington, D. C. HOUSE & HERRMANN. We close at 5 P. M. Saturdays, 1 P. M. WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF HOUSE & HERMANN. CLOSING OUT GO-CARTS AT A BIG REDUCTION. A good assortment of patterns in all styles. Credit if you wish. HOUSE & HERMANN, 7th and I (Eye) Streets, N. W. Phone, North 2340. Phone, North 2340. ROBERT ALLEN, BUFFET AND FAMILY LIQUOR STORE 1917 14th St. N.W. Washington, D. C. HOLLY MOUNT PURE RYE WHISKEY. Sold Only By JOHN F. MEENEHAN. 14th St. and Rhode Island Avenue. N. W. WASHINGTON. D. C. Phone N. 3166. HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN Secured by This New Union Order Grows By Leaps and Rounds—Started Five Years Ago with Nothing But a "Principle"—Now Has Over 400 Subordinate Lodges and 36,000 Members. Over 30,000 homes of our people are seen filled with joy, because of the Protection of a great and powerful Union Order, which is using its strength and influence to secure better conditions for our people. This is the first and only great Union Order in this country in an International Union Charter from the Courts, which gives full Protection and Benefits to our ra There is no color, race or sex discrimination in this Order. The Lodge has an equal standing with the white members, and can be elected to make any office. Every effort is made to advance the condition of the member by securing equal opportunities to work with other workmen, to learn the trades and to have steady work at high wages and Union hours. The Grand Lodge donates $100,000 for the burial of each deceased member. A fine monthly Journal is published. A Membership Book of the Order is organized by all Lodges everywhere. Dissressed members are assisted. Lodge members and Subordinate Lodges have the privilege of buying stock in the order, on low monthly payments, said stock paying 8 per cent interest, said amount. A Leading Negro Deputy is wanted in each locality. AT ONCE. in form Lodges, sell Buttons, take Journal subscriptions, sell Stock and act as DISTRICT DEPUTY ORGANIZER. The work can be done in spare hour; but many are devoting their whole time and attention to it. Big money is not good hustlers. Write at the State name a paper, and in the information THE L I U GRAND LODGE, 34 to 40 Canby Building, Davon, Ohio. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" SO STRAIGHTEN KINNY or CURLY HALF that it can be put up in any style desired consistens with its length. Dress known as "OZONIZED OXMARROW" and the only safe preparation known to us that makes kinky or curly hair straight in born, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, plurable and easy to comb. These results may be obtained from one treatment; 3 to 5 times a week; or from a use of Fords' Hair Formade removes and prevents dandruff, relieves itching, itching, itching, on or breaking off, makes it grow and by nourishing the roots, gives it new life and vigor. Being elegantly perfumed and gentlemen and chl dren. Fords' Hair Formade has been made and sold continuously since 1958, and label, OZONIZED OXMARROW. States Office, in Lift. Be sure to put Fords' as its use makes the hair STRAIGHT. Remember that Fords' Hair Formade put up only in 50 cts. size, and is made only in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the same color and texture as the other sizes. Befuse all others. Full directions with every bottle. Price only 50 cts. Sold by drugstores and dealers. If your drugstores or for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send as 50 cts. for one bottle postpaid, or $1.40 for three bottles or $2.50 for six bottles. Charges to all points in U. S. A. When ordering send postal or express money order, and write your name and address plainly to: The Ozizedized Ox Marrow Co (No genuine without my signature) CREDIT IF YOU WISH When in doubt, buy of Telephone, North 595 A. E. BEITZELL. 401 O Street, N. W. WHOLESALE WINE AND LIQUOR DEALER. Distributng Agent for EVANS ALE AND PORTER, PAUL JONES WHISKIES, BONNIES WHISKIES. PRIVATE TRADE A SPECIALTY, DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY BY OUR WAGON. DR. ROBERT L. PEYTON Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty, 22K. Gold Warranted. Phone, Main 5872. DR. ROBERT L. PEYTON, Surgeon Dentist. Office Hours.—9 a.m. to 12 m, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays—8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 310 Four-and-a-Half Street S.W. Washington, D. C.