Washington Bee

VOL.27 NO.33 Negro BusinessLeague EMMETT I. SCOTT SPEAKS. Receives an Ovation, and Is Banquetted By Local Business League — Strong Statement of Aims of National Business League — Commercial Instinct of Race Stimulated by Fraternal Visit In the presence of a large audience at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church on last Tuesday night, Mr. Emmett J. Scott, private secretary to Dr.Booker T.Washington, and corresponding secretary and national organizer of the National Negro Business League, told of the aims, ideals and achievements of the body which he represented, and which has enjoyed nine years of increasing prosperity under the fostering care of the principal and founder of Tuskegee Institute. In language, self-reliance, sanity and pride of racial accomplishment, Mr. Scott recited the fact that since the beginning of the National Negro Business League in Boston in 1900, 498 branch leagues have been established in the States and Territories of the Union; twenty State leagues have been developed; the banks controlled by Negroes have increased from two to thirty-three; drug stores have multiplied from a mere handful to 175; depart ment stores, oil mills, gold mines, insurance companies, bonding and trust companies, and many other lines more familiar to the race have been put into operation on a more imposing scale through the vitalizing influence of the League. Colored men have become large producers of potatoes, sugar-beets, cotton, sugar cane, and agricultural commodities indigenous to their respective localities, and in the cities the race has made astounding progress in all of the activities that make for a substantial and enduring place in the world of business. Scarcely a single avenue of trade or public utility is not marked by the presence of a Negro, and all are succeeding, despite manifold difficulties. "The Negro Business League is not unmindful of the numerous embarrassments and disadvantages under which colored people labor," said Mr. Scott. "But its agitation proceeds along the line of practical endeavor, self-helpfulness, the overcoming of odds by actually 'doing something,' as an evidence of racial worthiness, rather than indulging in talk of a doubtful value, and denouncing somebody for what he has failed to do for us. We think the splendid results, as told by progressive business men at our national gatherings, have more than justified the organization of the League. The League attends strictly to business. In all the nine years of its existence, not one member has ever risen to a 'point of order.' Showy oratory has never been encouraged; harmony of action and plain facts, illustrative of patience, industry and final success, have been the agencies emphasized by the League as containing the elements of real racial uplift." Mr. Scott is in thorough sympathy with the teachings and philosophy of Dr. Booker T. Washington, with whom he has been intimately associated for eleven years, and enjoys in the fullest measure the widespread popularity of his chief, among the forces that are building up the commercial, industrial and educational welfare of the colored people of the National Capital. He received an ovation at the hands of the large and representative audience which greeted him an Tuesday evening. The meeting was held under the auspices of the local Business League, in conjunction with the regular session of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association, the foremost organization for literary research in the entire country. The personnel of the gathering, as well as its size, was a flattering testimonial of the high regard in which Mr. Scott is held in Washington, and an unmistakable note of endorsement of his helpful and constructive labors. The exercises through hurriedly arranged, reflects great credit upon the energy and resourcefulness of Miss Marie A. D. Madre, president of eBthel Literary, who presided gracefully during the preliminary stages of the meeting. The program included Dr. W. H. Davis, official stenographer of the National League, who gave an interesting resume of the big meeting last August at Topeka, Kansas, analyzing its composition and describing its invigorating effect upon the commercial life of the race; Mr. Daniel Freeman, a photographer of twenty years' experience, who gave some informing statistics touching the Negro enterprises of various kinds now in operation in Washington, making a showing so creditable that most of his hearers were agreeably surprised; Mr. R. W. Thompson, man- ager of a news bureau, who presented "Some Practical Suggestions for the Future," urging a more compact local organization, a strengthening of the co-operative spirit, and suggested that our capitalists purchase stock in the street railways, gas and telephone companies, and daily newspapers, and in the several public utilities, as a potent means of staying the blighting hand of "Jim Crowism," emphasizing the need of a theatre owned by Negroes themselves. Mr. J. A. Cobb, assistant District Attorney; Mr. W L. Pollard, attorney and real estate dealer; Mr. R. E. Rencher, a leader in wall papering; Dr. Amanda V. Gray, a prosperous pharmacist, and manufacturer of chemical preparations; Mr. A E. Lankford, an architect, and Mrs. L. R. Clarke, principal of the Clarke School of Domestic Science, also delivered brief addresses descriptive of their experiences in the business which they had developed. Mrs. Henrietta Vinton Davis, styled "The Daughter of the League," recited Mrs. Josephine Henderson Heard's thrilling poem, "The Black Samson," and responded to an encore amid enthusiastic applause. At the conclusion of the meeting at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, Mr. Scott was the guest of honor at a delightful dinner at Murray's Cafe, on U Street. Fitting responses were made to toasts by Auditor Ralph W. Tyler, Recorder J. C. Dancy, Robert H. Terrell, Attorneys Thomas L. Jones, and A. W G. Sango, the latter of Oklahoma; Assistant Register of the Treasury Cyrus Field Adams, concluding with the chorus "Auld Lang Syne," led by Prof John T. Layton. In all the speeches fine tributes were paid to the fidelity, courage and intellectual capacity of the guest of honor, which Mr. Scott feelingly acknowledged in the mose vein characteristic of the man of work rather than words. During his sojourn in the city Mr. Scott was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Curtis. He left Thursday morning, delighted with the reception accorded him, and well pleased with the happy results growing out of his all-to-brief stay. COLORED REPUBLICANS. From the Daily Post. The voting strength of colored Republicans in the North is discussed by the New York Times, and some of the figures it presents are full of menace, if it is true that colored voters are disposed to turn from the Republican ticket if a candidate opposed by them should be nominated. The Times shows that Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia could have been thrown to Bryan in 1900 by colored voters. New York, New Jersey and Ohio might be made Democratic next November if the colored Republicans should desert their standard. The Negroes of the North are watching the attitude of Republicans in the South toward colored voters. If the Lily White element in Louisiana and other States is in control, thereby excluding colored Republicans from party conventions, the Republican managers cannot expect the colored brethren to go to the polls and approve such methods by voting the Republican ticket. Not only are the colored Republicans protesting against such exclusion from participation in party affairs, but they are being supported by Republicans of the old school. These two elements are at work arranging rival conventions in districts where the Lily Whites are in control, and it is almost certain that contesting delegations will appear before the national committee at Chicago, clamoring for admittance to the National Convention. Four years ago the national committee created a contesting delegation composed of colored Republicans and their sympathizers from Louisiana, and this delegation shared the votes allotted to that State. If the committee should adopt the same rule next June, it might mean that Secretary Taft would lose the vote of at least four Southern States aggregating seventy votes — enough, possibly to swing the nomination. When it is borne in mind that the colored Republicans of the North are narrowly watching the developments in the South and are preparing to co-operate with their brethren, both in the convention and at the polls, the menace of such a movement may be realized. If the colored Republicans are denied the right to sit in a Republican convention, it is extremely probable that they will seek revenge by voting for a Democratic nominee. The result might be the overthrow of the Republican party. The Illinois members of the Supreme Court have adopted robes like those worn by the Justices at Washington, District of Columbia. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1908. What I Saw And Heard What I Saw And Heard Every day brings forth more amusements among the politicians. I have never seen so many idle statesmen in all my life. Every new candidate for convention honors that brings up, these local statesmen visit him and tell how many districts they carry and just what value the other fellow is. Then before he leaves the new candidate he will make an effort to draw from him a loan or a piece of money to treat the boys, to enable him to hold them in check until the day of the voting. It is not only amusing, but disgraceful. I fthis local statesman fails to get any money he is convinced that the victim is not an easy mark, and then he will hardly return. (General Burt was assured by several local statesmen that they could elect him. The General was persuaded to visit one of their meetings, and after the adjournment was touched. The General then became disgusted, and it is doubtful whether he will present hum- THE MASTER MR. HOPEWILL H. DARNEILLF. Formerly Assessor of the District of Columbia Choice of for Delegate to the National Republican Convention Formerly Assessor of the District of Columbia Choice of the Republicans for Delegate to the National Republican Convention self as a candidate, or not. There is rebellion in the Blaine Invincibles: The once old boss, Perry, can't hold the boys for the men he has instructed them to indorse. The janitor of the District Building, instead of meddling in politics, had better look out for the building over which he is janitor. I would like to know what this gentleman has been doing since the last campaign. His club endorsed Chiarman Bieber and Attorney Horner for delegates, but it is not certain that Chairman Bieber will run. If he does he will resign from the committee. The Blaine Invincibles are now looking for another candidate who has a well-filled purse. Well, many of the local statesmen are very hungry and thinner. They have been out of employment for some time. It is a kind of recreation for local statesmen who are out of a job. There will be something doing shortly. Every new candidate that springs up, those who carry districts in their vest pockets go to their constituents and tell them that the new man is just the man. They have not succeeded as yet in convincing the candidates that they can deliver the goods. Within a few days things will be lively. The preachers will be out in the field also with their candidate. The politicians think that preachers should stay out of politics. Many of them go on the theory that ministers can purify the atmosphere. Of course their pulpit is in need of nothing but funds. I have never known a minister to allow money to pass; no matter from what source it comes or how it is earned. Everything at present is in confusion. Tickets are being smashed every day. I am informed that Dr. Charles H. Marshall is strong in the West End. The people think well of him. He is beyond doubt one of the strongest men on the Home Rule ticket. Rounder. Read The Bee. The Republicans throughout the city are trying to elect Mr H. H. Darneille as the white delegate to the Chicago Convention. There is no man better known to the people and no man better appreciated by the people. As assessor of the District of Columbia the record of Mr. Darneille will surpass any that has ever held the office. He is a simon-pure Republican and one who has always looked out for Republicans whenever in his power to do so. Mr. Darneille has not only the confidence of the Republican party in this city, but he has the respect of the party. There are thousands of workingmen in this city who will vote for him. He is popular with colored Republicans because he was faithful to them when he was assessor. The colored employees were promoted on their merit, and he never turned a competent colored man down on account of his color. Mr. Darneille is a District man, hence he is a home-ruler. He believes in home rule. He believes in District men for Dartt offices. Every Republican in 1970 Columbia Choice of the Republicanss Convention the District government will register and vote for him. Let every District organization for for Mr. Darneille. STRENGTH OF COLORED VOTE. What Might Happen if It Was Threagn Brig. Gen. Andrew C. Burt, formerly in command of the Twenty-fifth Negro Infantry, from which three companies were discharged "without honor" for their participation in the Brownsville riot demanded from the platform of Summer Hall in Brooklyn, Tuesday evening, that the Republican party choose some other candidate than Taft. He spoke, General Burt said, on behalf of "the ten thousand voters in Kings county." This number is doubtless exaggerated. But in 1900, the year of the twelfth census and of a national election, what would have happened to McKinley through the complete transfer of a hostile Negro vote to Bryan throughout the country may be inferred from the following table: This will have to be set by hand or a one of the newspapers having 5-point type Of these seventeen States, two of which voted for Bryan, seven more, namely, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, oMutana, Oregon, Washington, and West Virginia would have gone Democratic in 1900 of the Negro Republican voters had gone over to the Democrats. Colorado and Missouri helped elect Mr. Roosevelt in 1904, but Mr. Taft—still adhering to the census figures of 1900—would have to reckon with a potential difference of 93,775 votes in Missouri, and of 8,184 votes in Colorado, a difference hitherto in favor of the Republican candidate. Rhode Island, which returned a plurality for McKinley in 1900, elected Democratic governors in 1906 and 1907. Idaho, Democratic in 1900, elected a Republican governor in 1906 by 8,890, a plurality reducible to at least 1,682 by the agency of Negro ballots. Oklahoma was Democratic in the Constitutional Convention of 1907, but she elected a Republican delegate to Congress in 1904, and there are over 10,000 Republican Negroes in Oklahoma. Pennsylvania, of course, would be Republican in any event, but it is instructive to note that she depends upon the Negro phalanx for a large part of her plurality. Connecticut was last Democratic in 1892, giving Cleveland a plurality of 5.35; New Haven's Democratic mayor owes his official existence to Negroes "knifiting" the Republican ticket in the municipal election last fall. The defection of any considerable Republican element in New York, New Jersey and Ohio next November might turn the balance to the Democratic side. Mr. Taft's political managers may well ponder the significance of the Summer Hall meeting. Perhaps, too, they do not regard as quite empty and futile, with respect to the immediate prospects of Mr. Taft, the boast made last September by Mr. W. Calvin Chase, the Negro editor of The Bee, that the Negro vote in 1908 would "control the balance of power" in the convention and on election day. ANSWER. This journal has endeavored to be fair with everybody and under all circumstances and conditions. The Bee has been and is a true defender of the oppressed, white and black. The Editor wears no man's collar, and neither is he any man's slave. In the coming contest for delegates to the National Republican Convention how do the candidates stand? Will the many candidates come out and declare themselves, or will they remain under cover until after the election? There are dozens of men in the field for the presidency. Will any of the numerous candidates declare for any of the following: Foraker, Fairbanks, Hughes, Knox, Cannon-or Taft? There are candidates upon the fence. Will they come off and let it be known which of the candidates for president will make the best-president? There should be honesty in politics as well as in everything else. Colored Republicans at heart are all again Mr. Taft. Will any one of the candidates declare for or against him? There is not a man running who is not at heart against the Administration or Mr. Taft but will any of the candidates give an expression. It was remarked by two or three of the candidates that they want to go to the convention to make a deal. With whom is this deal to be made, and what kind of a deal is to be made? The columns of The Bee are open to all candidates to answer, and if they don't answer he Bee will answer for them. POLITICAL V AMP I R E S AND MORE WORK FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE District of Columbia among Republicans has brought to the surface a class of political vampires and sharks. There is at this time needed a political vagrant law. The disgraceful and outrageous scenes that are exhibited, almost daily should put a blush of shame upon the faces of decent people. Upon every corner in and around the offices of the candidates these political vampires and sharks may be seen. Many of them who had occupations have temporarily left them and are in search of easy money, as they call it. This city has one individual in particular who never could manage himself; this individual in company with other leisure and restless statesmen may be seen in and around the offices of candidates. The occupation of the old Emancipators has been substituted for another. Major Sylvester, the Chief of Police, will be compelled to ask Congress for an additional police protection for the candidates. to keep these sharks and vampires at work on some farm. man; and so far as votes are concerned he carries them in his vest pocket. The most prevailing topic of today is District politics. One man who now claims allegiance to the Invincibles, demanded one thousand dollars. Another, who has not long been released from the penitentiary, declares that he the only pebble upon the political beach. Two individuals called to see a reputable Republican a few days ago and informed him that a certain man that he was representing was a thief; the other declared that he was unfit to be associated with decent people. No candidate has a clean record in the minds of these political vampires and sharks. About three months work upon the farm would be a wholesome recreation for these vampires. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS By Miss Beatriz L. Chase. The United States History, by Col. T. W Higginson, has been dropped as a text-book in the Boston schools by the Superintendent because he does not consider the book "up to date." Gen O. O. Howard, the only living officer of the Civil War, was retired last week as lieutenant general. Services in honor of the birth of Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were observed in many churches last Wednesday evening. There has been much suffering among the birds of this section since the falling of the snow, owing to their inability to get food. Today is the tenth anniversary of the destruction of the American battleship Manie in the Havana harbor. Last Tuesday was the seventy-fifth birthday anniversary of Chief Justice Fuller and the forty-seventh of Mr. H. B. F. MacFearland, District Commissioner. The Guardian says, "Stick to Foraker till he says quit, and then swing to Hughes." The good citizens among the descendants of the first slaves of America should not be made responsible for the acts of the bad ones; any more than the good descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers should be made account for the acts of their bad ones. The law should be ministered for all alike. The St. John A. M. C. Church, at Pine Bluff, Ark., was destroyed by fire quite recently, to the tamount of ten thousand dollars. It was one of the largest churches in the city. The House of Representatives, by a resolution, has requested the Secretary of the Navy to furnish information concerning the reduction of skilled labor in the Washington and other Navy yards. Attorney Sutro, of New York, said last Tuesday before House Committee, that minor pie and ice water had made dyspeptics who had committed crimes as great as any committed by persons who indulge in strong drinks. Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. celebrated its fortieth anniversary last Wednesday and Thursday. The closing exercises were held in Sharp Street Church. Mount Vernon M. E. Church, Ivy City, D. C., is planning to build a new church, and it is rumored that Mr. Perry Carson has promised to contribute some substantial support as soon as the building is started. Major Taylor, will make his appearance tonight at the Park Square Garden, Boston, the first time in many years in America. Lawyer Thomas L. oJnes delivered an address on "The Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln" last Sunday at the Second Baptist Church. Lawyer Jones is an acceptable speaker at all times. Prof. Imar J. Feritz, of Syracuse University, in his lecture before the N. M. C. A. last Monday evening, on "How We Got Our Bible," advocated a revision of the Bible. Mr. Thomas Lawson says he is willing to bet $100,000 that President Roosevelt will be his own successor. The entire value of the property, now owned by the descendants of the American slaves is estimated to be more than $937,839,000. The office of the Southwestern Christian Advocate was considerably damaged by fire January 31. Everything in the business office except what was in the iron safe was destroyed or rendered useless. Friends of the paper are requested to have aptience until things assumes hape. Editor George T. Angel, of OurDumb Animal, suggests Mr. Winthrop Murray Cerane "as an admirable man for our next President." It is reported that the pastor of John Wesley A. M E. Zion Church, Rev. W. H. Davenport, is a candidate for the general management of the Publication Houseo f his connection. "True Reformers' Day" was celebrated by the colored branch of the Y. M. C. A. last Sunday afternoon at 3:30 in True Reformers' Hall. The electric railway of Santiago, Cuba, was opened last Saturday. The celebrations were said to be elaborate. The Colored Alabamian, published at Montgomery, Ala., entered its second year of publication last week. We hope for it continued success. Miss Alice Byington, of Stockbridge, Miss., in her will bequeathed $50,000 of her fortune to Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. She was the daughter of Judge Byington, of the Massachusetts “4 . a8 a - een ee EN eg Oe ee eee F . . S . " : oo o ge ey Pars * ie a ze ° ay 7 wy wat ee \ x e THAW'S CHIEF COUNSEL ONCE A TRACK WALKER. His <Ambition to Be a Great New York Lawyer Realized — Nomt- nated Parker for Presidency at St. Louis Convention. New York,—Martin W. Littleton of New York, the Helasco of the legal profession. fs the principal fizure in the secon trial of Harry K. Thaw. It only needs a glance at his lower Jaw to see this must be so. Not even Petite Evelyn wilt be alowed to rival Martin W. Litueton in the fierce white light-that beats upon this sensational murder trial, 4 And when he faces Jerome across the trial table it will be Greek meet- jag Greek, and. Jerome will be given the battle of his ife. There will be no Fluffy Ruffles pos- ing, no affected and affecting sweet school girl simplicity, no filghts of golden Callfornia rhetoric, no “Amerl- cania dementia” in the second Thaw trial. That is not the Littleton method; he attains his ends by more subtile stratagems ' Littleton personifies force and de cision; be is strong physically and mentally, ‘sure of himself, self-con fident. The ponderous Lit{leton jaw 4s enthuslastically seconded By the straight, firmly closed, almost curve Jess Littleton lips. When Martin W. Litleton “con- Sented” to become chief counsel for Thaw—it is characteristic of the man that he “consented” Instead of “ac- cepting” as a smaller man would have done—he served notice on the whole Thaw family that they must keep hands off.” Littleton’s rise in the legal profes- siun hss been meteoric. In 1888 he was a trackwalker in Weatherford, Tex., marked among his fellows for his quick wit and ready repartee. His ambition was voiced first in a SES Be 2) ss S | a. i teem en er ek, ie WS BS Fy. Aw PAN EN 7 FEE EF NRRL Zoos RAY; ZR \ af} Ny \\S ue} WCW ef Uf mee MARTIN W. LITTLETON. chance verbal clash with the foreman of a section crew, whom he was worst- ing. “You're a pretty bright young man,” tre foreman sneered. “I reckon you expect to be a freight conductor some day?” “No,” the trackwalker replied so- derly, “I'm going to be a lawyer in New York city." “Pretty far cry that,” the foreman jecred. 7 “No farther than from ‘rail splitter to president,” Littleton replied, and walked away. 7 Eight months later he entered the office of the district attorney of Weatherford county as clerk and law student. He “fairly ate the law books,” the district attorney sald af terward, After being admitted to the bar he went to Dallas. In two years he was assistant district attorney. His fame AS a prosecutor soon spread through: out the state. His grasp of criminal law was remarkable, his handling of ‘a jury marvelous. He married in Dallas and soon af- terward came to New York. He was unknown here, had little money, but was loaded down with nerve. *He won quick recognition in Brooklyn. ‘When he was selected by William F. Sheehan to nominate Alton B. Parker for the presidency at the’ St. Louis convention, his reputation was as: Sured. It was the brilliancy of that nominating speech that paved the way to his later recognition in the metropolis. Martin W. Littleton strongly re- sembles David Belasco, except he is heavier and shorter and his hair fs still untinged with gray. There is the same smoothly shaven face, the same firm chin and generous breadth of lower jaw, that undefinable air of driving straight to the mark; and above all the same leonine locks, thrown carelessl> back from the brow, bristling with clectricity, vital with life, marking the man as out of the ordinary. In speaking he fs calm and deliber- ate. using few gestures and holding attention by the force of his strong * personaltey a WAY OF MODERN ITALY. Beauty of Perugia’s Famous Oratory to Be Marred by a New Building. Rome.—Lovers of Italy's art treas- ures will be sorry fo learn that it is {ntended to build a modern house in the small pleturesque square leading to the celebrated Oratory of Saint Bernardino of Sienna In Perugia, and that it will hide in part the view of ‘its beautiful facade. This oratory was built In 1450 by the magistrates of Pe- cugia, who were anxious to leave to thelr native city some enduring mark of the man whose influence in a time of extreme moral depravity and con- stant party strife had been purely one of gdod to the citizens of Perugia. The life of St. Bernardino of Sienna 1s fareiliar to most people. Like St. Fj Q 1 et eh | Bees 1 feces nee Ty ia eer ee 1 eta Ne | 8 RG gaa Rd Red ; Wea Mit ROR poke || gemerscenie aoe E dre ee eG OP A Deere es ||| Oe ae ees tel Ba Seta mee Fieri acesreb ences 4) Sy Facade of Saint Bernardino’s Oratory at Perugia. Francis he exerejsed an extraordinary power over the minds of men in the Middie Ages by the mere example o! pure living and beauty of character, but perhaps his power lay a little more in preaching and in stirring mex to action than that of the saint of Assisi, wlose influence was essen tially peaceful. His whole life was a strnggle for light in a very dark age. He was full of unselfishness and char- ity, and It is sald that he started’ the first Monte di Pieta or pawnshop, which still exists at Perugia. The facade of the oratory ts the work of a Florentine sculptor, Agos tino Ducel, and {s an interesting work of art. It fs built of the pink colored marble of the country, decorated with terra cotta figures and white marble garlands. ‘The saint is represented in the cen: ter. holding a square tablet with the initials of Christ, surrounded by an: gels playing different instruments. His miracles are represented in plaques underneath, while his virtues are shown by means of six figures, which stand for Humility, Mercy, Pur. ity, Religion, Patlence and Holiness. ‘The facade is elaborately decorated, and it is considered a masterplece of s‘ngular beauty. It fs not clear why this particular spot was chosen on which to build the oratory, but prob abdiy the reason was Its close proximi. ty to the Convent of St. Francis of Trato, where the saint lived while at Perugia. Thete is something touching in the associations of the Oratory of St. Bernardino, and the thought of mar. ring its beauty In any way scemé nothing short of desecration. But the spirit of the present day is distinctly material. A well paying hotel is con sidered far better than the unob structed view of a celebrated facade and the cult of preserving the sur. roundiugs of works of art seems grad uatly disappearing in Italy. STORK WITH A WOODEN Lec. This Bird Learned the, Use of a Tim ber Limb. Parls—aA stork in Algers Is the first of its kind to profit from the higher civilization and introduce the wooden leg to birdland. Marinette, as: this stork was christened by its owner, had #, ~~ y S we TS. VK BS eas \\ 9) Sy WS WS : N . RN RS RS \ —_—> om i aes Stork That Wears a Wooden Leg. the misfortune to break its left leg and the bones refused to knit. Pres. ently signs of gangrene began to ap: pear and threafened the life of the bird. Then it was that an’ original idea came Into the head of the bird’s owner. Why not amputate the stork’s leg above the knee and fit a wooden leg to the stump? This was done and now Marinette is quite well and walks about the yard, somewhat more stiflly, but, otherwise just as well as before. . Forgot Himself. American Helress—Gracious! My hair Js coming down, Won't you please push that bunch back into its place and hold it while I fasten it? Count Dé La Fayette Mont Morency —Certain-mong, meers. Dair, eet eet fineesh. Next'—New York Weekly. SOME FRUIT SALADS Ls a | DESIRABLE ADDITIONS TO THE DINNER MENU, [ Cut inthe Shape of Tulips Are the Foundation of One of the Best of These Recipes \ —Lettuce Salad. | This is the >etson when salads are a noticeable fexture of a dinner, The frutt salads are vety nice and may be prepated in rumerous Ways. One pretty way to muse a fruit salad {s Known as the tulip salad. Select very bright red apples and do not pare. Re ‘move the cores and slice the sides in ttle points to give the appearance of a tulip and scoop out the coitents. ‘Make a filling of chopped oranges, ‘banaras, plaeapples and the meat from the apple, Drain off all juice and imix the frult with chopped nuts. In each dish place an apple on white let: tuce leaves, preferably the small ones from the heart of the lettuce, and mix a few pleces of parsley In It to give a neat effect. Fill the apples with the fruits, After the dessert 1s served Pass a dressing made of mayonnaise and the fruit juices previously ex tracted. Orange shells may be filled in the ‘same manner and just as pretty are the lemon receptacles made from lem on rinds. A lettuce salad is made by filling lettuce leaves with finely chopped, cabbage and celery. This {3 placed in a small dish and surrounded with a layer of beets run through the ricer. You have no idea what a pretty decoration the beets’ make and the color can be changed by mixing the nuts with finely chopped celery. The meat chopper is best for making this. Save celery tops for decorative pur- poses. In making the mayonnaise, one real- ly should use a good egg beater to make all ingredients very lght, for this gives the desired smoothness to the mixture, Olls should be gradually added, and all actds added when the mayonnaise is done to prevent it from curdling. By all means cook your mayonnaise if you do not wish it to taste of raw eggs. Use sliced eggs, pickled onfons, and olives to garnish vegetable salads. . German Marzipan, One pound sweet almonds, two ounces bitter almonds, blanched and chopped fine. Add one pound pow. dered sugar and two tableapodos of rose water, just enough to moisten the ingredients so they may be kneaded by hand. Form the mass into a ball and let stand 15 minutes or so. Cut slices from the ball on a_ board sprinkled, well with powdered sugar. Sitt sugar over rolling pin and roll slices to about one-quarter inch thick. Cut in fancy shapes, hearts, diamonds, etc. Cut strips from plain sheet and fasten to edge of shapes like tart crusts, with 1ose water, erlmplog them with a fork. Sprinkle sheets of paper with sugar, lay on a board and bake the cakes on this in a moderate oven till a light brown. Fill them while hot with the following mixtme. prepared before. hand: One and one half pounds pow- dered sugar. Juice of a large lemon, two tablespoons‘ rosewater; stir slowly a long time, till it looks quite clear. If it gets tno hard add more fosewater. After filling the cakes do not remove from the board till they are cold, titndicae and teenie Sitio. Put clothespins in a small basket that has a hook made of wire on the handle. Slip the hook over the line and push-the basket along as you hang the clothes. Prevent scorching Ironing sheet by tacking a plece of asbestos paper about 12 inches square on end of board where the Iron js set. The paper will not burn and It saves the sheet. On troning day fold the sheets four times and lay smooth on the kitchen or laundry table, then fold the table cloths and place on sheets, then pillow slips, towels, napkins, handkerchiefs, ete. Then iron each piece, as you come to it, and by the time you get to the sheets they will need but Ittle more rontng. The work can be done much quicker and does not require so many ‘irons, thereby saving footsteps. Peppers, Clams and Mushrooms. - A delectable dish is made of green peppers, clams and mushrooms. Take a slice from the top of each pepper and remove the seeds and white pulp. Then wash and break a cupful. of (resh mushrooms tn pléces,and cook whem for two or three minutes in a tablespoonful of butter. Turn in half a cupful of cream, a quarter of a cup. ful of soft breadcrumbs, half a cupful of chopped clams and a beaten egg. Season with salt and pepper, add the mushrooms and fill the mixture ‘nto the peppers. Bake In a moderate even for 20 minutes, or until the pep- pers are tender, basting them.now and then with hot water seasoned with melted butter. Potato Cobbler. Peel and slice one pint of sweet po- tatoes, place In a porcelain-lined stew- pan, with twa cups of light brown sugar, half a cup of butter and half 2 teaspoonful of clanamon, quarter of a teaspoonful of cloves and quarter of a autmeg, and sufficient boiling water to cover nicely; boil until potatoes are soit, but not mushy; \thicken with a jevel tablespoonful of flour, stirred in seld water until smooth; take from the fire and put in a wine glass of sherry and a tablespoonful of brandy. ine a deep dish with the mixture, cever with a crust of the paste and take In a moderate oven until a light ‘arofmn. ee ee ee THE COMING ELECTION. How the District Will Be Divided The District of Columbia will be di- vided into twenty-two districts, as fol lows: First District—All that part of the conuty of Washington, outside the lim. its of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, lying east of Lincoln ave. jnue and Bunker Hill road, Second District—All that part of the county of Washington, outside the citie! of Washington and Georgetown, lying west of Lincoln avenue and Bunker Hill road. ; Third District—All that part of the city of Georgetown lying west of High street. Fourth District—All the part of the city of Georgetown lying east of High strect. Fifth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying west of twen- 'ty-first street west. | Sixth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying south of K street north, between Fifteenth street west and Twenty-first street west. Seventh District—All that part of the city of Washington lying between K street north and N street north, and Fi,7 teenth street west and Twenty-first street west, and north of N, between Four- teenth street west and Twenty-first street west. s | Eighth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying north of N street north, between Seventh bret west and Fourteenth stréct west, |, Ninth Districe—All that part of the city of Washington lying ese G street north and N street north, and be- tween Eleventh street west and Fif- teenth street west. S Tenth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying between G street north and the canal, and between Eleventh and Fifteenth strects west. Eleventh District—Alll that part of the city of Washington south of canal and east of Eighth street west, Twelfth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying between Sev- enth strect west and Eleventh street west and between G street north and the ca- nal, : Thirteenth District—Alt that part of the city of Washington lying between Seventh street west and Eleventh street west, and between G street north and N street north. Fourteenth Districe—All that part of K street nortm, between North Capjtol street and Seventh strect west. Fifteenth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying between D street north and K street north, and be- tween North Capitol street and Seventh strect west. Sixteenth District — All that part of the city of “Washington lying between North and South Capitol streets and Seventh street west, and between D street north and the canal, Seventeenth District—All that part: of the city of Washington lying between G street south and the canal, and between South Capitol and Eighth streets west. | Eighteenth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying south of G street and Eighth street west. Nineteenth District—All that part of the city of Washington lying north of E strect north, between North Capitol street and Fifteenth street east. Twentieth District—ANll that part of the city of Washington south of E street north, between North and South Capitol streets and Fourth street east. Twenty-first District—All that part of ‘the city of Washington lying east of Fourth streetreast, and between E street north and E street south. 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FDOD TET DIG HN 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE | Trape Mans ; Ocaicns | Copynicuts ac. Sire tiierarne game me Scientific Amerikan. Aeron eee Cara eran se Sebel cette tee Ratrah neevoatere MUAN 2 Co,212-mon New York Branch Otice. €%5 F St. Washoeioa. D TEA-TIME DAINTIES HERE ARE SOME NEW AND DELICIOUS DISHES. German Butter Cookies Are a Delicacy Hostess May Offer with Pride to the Most Fastidious of Her Guests. German Butter Cookies.—These are most delicous and will inspire respect in the heart of a tea time guest—particularly if cut with fancy shaped cutters. Mix together to a cream two cups sugar and two and one-half cups butter, and add two tablespoons of sweet milk, three swell-beaten eggs, and just flour enough to roll out. Cut it into the desired shapes, place them on a buttered tin and brush the tops with egg yolk mixed with a little water. Mix together one cup of granulated sugar, one teaspoon each of cinnamon and cardamom seed, and one cup chopped jordan almonds. Sprinkle this mixture over the top of the cookies and bake in a quick oven till light brown. Real jumbles of the old-fashioned sort are delicious with tea, and they, too, possess the charming attribute of improving with age. Here is the tried recipe of an old housekeeper: Soft Jumbles—Cream very lightly two cups of sugar and one cup of butter, then add three eggs beaten very lightly, one cup milk, five cups of flour slifted with three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and the grated rind of two lemons. Drop in teaspoonfuls on buttered tins, place a blanched almond in the center of each and sprinkle the tops with crushed loaf sugar. Do not put them too near together, as there is danger of running together. Wafers of different kinds are appetizing, and this recipe for brandy snaps is due to be treasured. Brandy Snap.—Mix well together equal parts of butter and brown sugar and flour. Add brandy enough to wet them well. Spread them into rounds with a knife on a buttered baking sheet, put them in the oven and when hot roll them up with a knife and bake till crisp and golden brown. Use a little more flour if it seems necessary. For very festive occasions when one has had warning in time to prepare something unusually daly, nothing can be better than almond tartlets, though be sure to serve them with plates and forks. Almond Tartlets.—Beat to a thick froth the yolks of four eggs and one cup powdered sugar. Add the stiffly beaten whites and two tablespoons grated chocolate, one-half cup blanched and chopped Jordan almonds and one teaspoon baking powder mixed with a very scant cup of cracker dust. Bake in buttered muffin rings, filling them half full, and place on a baking sheet covered with buttered paper. When baked, allow them to cool, split them open and spread whipped cream between and on top of each. Currant Tartlets. One cup milk, yolks two eggs, two level tablespoons sugar, two grains salt, two level tablespoons cornstarch, one-half teaspoon vanilla, one-fourth teaspoon almond, one-half cup currants, one-third cup whipped cream, whites two eggs, two level tablespoons sifted powdered sugar. *Scald the milk and add the egg yolks slightly beaten and mixed with the sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Stir until thickened; cover and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the fire. When cold and the vanilla, almond, and currants. Mix well and fold in the whipped cream. Fill the tartlet cases, which should be previously baked. Beat the whites of the eggs stiff, and beat in gradually the powdered sugar. Spread on tartlets and brown in the oven. Serve cold. May be prepared the day before.* How to Cook Pumpkin. To cook pumpkin properly requires a slow, steady fire and long cooking to insure richness and flavor. It is almost impossible to cook it slowly over a gas stove without burning. A better and simpler way is to bake it as you would squash. Cut the pumpkin in two, remove seeds and tissues, and bake until the desired shade of color and dryness is reached. The flavor will be much better than by the quicker method of boiling by gas. Escalloped Potatoes and Onions. Wash and pare potatoes and slice thin. Peel onions and slice thin. Put potatoes and onions into a baking dish in alternate layers, allowing twice as much potato as onions. Sprinkle each layer with salt and pepper and dot over with bits of butter. Add milk to cover all and bake for two or more hours, in a moderate oven. Twenty minutes before serving cover the top with buttered bread crumbs and brown nicely. Bunion Cure. Bunions are generally caused by wearing tight shoes. The shoe rubs against the foot and makes it very sore. Use the following recipe: Two fluid drams of carbolic acid, two fluid drams of tincture of iodine, two fluid drams of glycerine. Apply with a camel's hair brush daily. To Clean a Bean Pot. Instead of scraping and scouring an earthen pot in which beans have been baked, put in one teaspoonful of baking soda and fill up with cold water. Cover well, so it can steam off all the black that adheres to the edges of the pot. Leave in the oven two hours or more. Your bean pot will cleanse as if by magic. DRINKS FOR THE INVALID. Acceptable Concoctions in the Period of Feverish Colds. With la gripe and feverish colds prevalent, cooling drinks are in demand. Chilled fruit ices are always acceptable, whether they be the juice of dried fruits soaked over night, then cooked in the same water, tart homemade jellies dissolved in a glass of cold water, allowing a tablespoonful of jelly to a glass of water, or the juice of lemons, limes, oranges or grapefruit diluted with water and sweetened to taste. One patient finds nothing more acceptable than the juice of an orange squeezed in a glass the same as lemon for lemonade. Another finds appleade the most refreshing. To prepare it peel and quarter a tart apple, cover with water and cook until tender. Press to a pulp while hot; sweeten slightly, then cool and strain into a glass of cold water. The water in which rice has been cooked when strained, cooled and slightly sweetened or lightly salted is both nourishing and cooling. The addition of lemon juice makes an Oriental drink greatly in demand in case of cold or fever. Oyster broth made with milk and chilled is often relished. The peculiar acid of buttermilk appeals to many palates, while with others oatmeal water stands first. To make the latter, put one cup oatmeal in a stone jar with a cup of sugar, the juice and thin yellow rind of three lemons. Cover with three quarts boiling water and let stand until the sugar is dissolved. Strain and put on the tee. Beef Stew. For this choose an inexpensive cut having the bone lean and fat. Cut the lean meat into small pieces. Put the bones, trimming, and fat into a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring slowly to the boiling point, then push back on the fire, while it will simmer slowly for half an hour. Meanwhile dredge the lean meat with salt, pepper and flour, and brown in a little hot drippings with a few slices of onion. When the meat is well browned, turn in with the liquor and the bones; simmer gently for three or four hours. About an hour before serving, take the bones out of the kettle and add for two or three pounds of meat and bones a half cupful each of sliced carrots and turnips that have been saturated in the drippings long enough to have become slightly cooked. Twenty minutes before serving add four potatoes that have been parboiled for five minutes. At the last, season with salt, pepper, celery salt, strained, stewed tomatoes, and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. This may be served with or without dumplings. Transforming Plain Cake A plain cake is transformed by an icing. The simplest known of these is that of white of an egg and powdered sugar. Boiled frosting is not difficult, and when cocoanut or chopped nut meats are added the frosting may be as elaborate as you please. Maple sugar, which is a boon to dessert inventors; lends its delicious flavor to cake frosting. Boll one pound—two cupfuls of grated maple sugar with half a cupful of water until a soft ball can be formed in cold water; then pour onto the stiff whipped whites of two eggs, beating constantly; return to the fire for two or three minutes, beating carefully to avoid burning; then remove and beat steadily until it can be spread without running down the sides of the cake. Orgeat. This is a favorite southern remedy in case of feverish colds. Boll one quart milk with a two-inch stick of cinnamon in a double boiler. When it comes to a fair boll remove the cinnamon and let the milk cool. Blanch a half cup sweet almonds and when cold pound in a mortar with orange flower or rose water to make a paste. Sweeten the milk to taste, then cook the paste in it for a few moments only. Strain out the almonds, leaving the milk creamy. Cool, then pour in glass jars or bottles and keep on the ice. Serve very cold. A. Sleeve Board A serviceable sleeve board is made about 20 inches long, six or seven inches wide at the broadest end and tapered slightly at the other end. The standard should be a square board nailed about three inches from the broad end. This is to prevent its interfering with the sleeve. On the wide end should be two braces of iron which are fastened on the end of the board and securely held on the edge of the table with two iron clamps. This holds the board, giving sufficient room for ironing sleeves and small dresses or pencilcoats. Eggs with Rice. Plunge a quarter of a cup of rice into a pint of boiling water and cook for 30 minutes, thoroughly drain, then place in a baking dish and add a scant cup of cream or rich milk, a tablespoon of butter, a saltspoon of salt, cayenne pepper and grated nutmeg. A dash of curry powder is liked by some. Mix this well together, let come to a boll, then crack over it eight or ten eggs, set in oveu for ten minutes, remove and serve. Newspaper Holder. An inexpensive newspaper holder may be made of part of a broomstick and some ribbon. Saw off the broomstick about two feet from the end and wrap it with the ribbon or gild it. Tie a bow about three inches from each end of the stick, allowing enough ribbon by which to hang it up. Hang the papers over the stick. LA BAHIA TO BE RESTORED. Movement Begun to Preserve Ancient Mission Building. Goliad, Tex.—The ancient La Bahia mission building, near Goliad, is to be rehabilitated and preserved, if the movement which has been started among patriotic Texans with those purposes in view succeeds. It was in this old mission that 300 men under command of Col. Fannin were massacred by a large force of Mexicans, at Santa Anna's orders, on May 7, 1836. The walls of the church were stained with the blood of the Texans. No quarter was given by the Mexicans. The bodies of the slain were horribly mutilated. The news of this massacre aroused the Texans and gave them the frenzied courage which soon afterward resulted in the overwhelming defeat of Old La Bahia Mission. Santa Anna's army and capture of the Mexican commander, whose life was only saved through the timely interference of Gen. Sam Houston. In all the years that have passed since that massacre, during the period that Texas was a republic and since she, became a state, the historic edifice has remained uncared for, except such little attention as was shown by the few poor but devout Mexican worshipers who gathered at its altar on Sundays and the various saints' days. The state of Texas purchased the historic Alamo mission building at San Antonio some years ago, and put it in charge of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The movement now on foot seeks to have the state purchase La Bahla mission from those who now hold title to it and turn it over to the Daughters of the Republic. Owing to its remote location comparatively few people visit La Bahla mission. Those who enter the building must first pay a fee to the Mexican who is in charge of the place. The interior is much the same as it was when the massacre occurred. The dark blood stains are still to be seen and the marks of bullets deface the stone and the time-worn woodwork. So little has been the interest in preserving the historic edifice and its surroundings that the old brass cannon which the Texans used to defend themselves against the attack of Santa Anna's army may still be seen lying in the rocky bed of the San Antonio river, where it was thrown by the victorious hosts nearly three-quarters of a century ago. The bodies of the men who were massacred are still lying in the potters' field unclaimed, and with no mark to show that they offered up their lives for the cause of a people who have prospered beyond measure and grown into greatness. NEW HEAD OF SWISS REPUBLIC. Dr. Brenner, Distinguished Jurist, Elected President. Geneva.—The new president of the Swiss republic, Dr. Ernst Brenner, is one of the most distinguished jurists M. DR. ERNST BRENNER in Switzerland, a man of wide culture and of great experience in public affa- fairs. He leaves the post of chief of the department of justice and police to assume the Swiss presidency. No person who has been elected to the presidency of this country has enjoyed to a greater extent the re- spect of his fellow-citizens or at- tained to greater popularity. His election to his high office was or- dered by the federal assembly by a vote that was little short of unan- imous, 156 members out of 192 giving him their support. Fascinated Her. David Belasco was talking about matinee idols. . . "Strange," he said, 'the fascination that they exert upon young girls. I overheard a literary conversation that is apropos. Two bald men were conversing. Did you ever read Shakespeare's "Love's Labor Lost?" said the first. "No," growled the second bald head, 'but I've taken my best girl to the theater, and loved her rave all through the show as at the leading man's heavenly hair.' Steel Springs Are Among Recent Household Novelties. A woman who sleeps in a house full of rattling windows was delighted to receive the other day a dozen bent springs of steel for insertion between the sashes and casings of rattling windows. They are flat at one end and swell toward the other, thus fitting themselves to any casing. Another novelty is the radiator brush. These are long or short and as flat and thin as can be, the bristles being wired in. They are the only things that will clean a radiator, going between the various pipes and getting out every bit of dust. In lamb's wool there are longhandled brushes of the wool for wiping off wallpaper, and these take off every bit of dust. They are also useful for dusting highly polished or oiled floors. They may be washed with lukewarm water and white soap when sufficiently solled. Short-handled sticks, with round swabs of the wool, come in many sizes for dusting picture frames and furniture, and single gloves, with the palms and fingers lined with lamb's wool, are also good for dusting. All are washable and come out when rinsed and shaken as white as when first bought. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Water standing in a room is a good disinfectant, as it absorbs all impurities. If your coal fire is low throw on a tablespoonful of salt and it will help it very much. Pumpkin seeds are very attractive to mice and traps baited with them will soon destroy their nests. Windows may be kept free from ice and polished by rubbing the glass with a sponge dipped in alcohol. To test nutmegs, prick them with a pin, and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture. Some sand or pebbles, put in tall, slender vases containing flowers, will prevent their tipping over and solling the dolly. If jewelry is sent periodically to a jeweler for cleaning and repolishing it will—at a nominal cost—always look as good as,new. To take grease out of leather apply the white of an egg to the spot and dry in the sun. Repeat the application till the stain is removed. Mica in stoves is readily cleaned by taking it out and thoroughly washing with vinegar diluted. If the black does not come off at once let it soak a little. Cracked Furniture. Ugly marks caused by slits or cracked places on furniture are easily filled in with beeswax and the mark is never detected. In fact, this is how furniture dealers cover such blemishes. First slightly soften the beeswax until it is like putty, then press firmly into the cracks, and smooth evenly with a thin steel knife. Of course a putty knife is best for the purpose, but a dull case knife will do. Sandpaper over the surrounding wood finish, or color, and when the furniture is varnished you will look in vain for the blemishes. Often this defect occurs in the panels of furniture, headboards of beds and tables, so try this method of mending and you will be delighted with the result. It is better than putty since putty soon dries, crumbles and falls out, while beeswax remains forever just where it is placed. Canadian Plum Pudding. One cup chopped suet, one and one-half cups stale bread crumbs free from crust, one cup raisins seeded, one-half cup currants, one-half cup clitron cut flue, grated rind of one lemon and one orange, one cup sugar, one-half level teaspoon each of salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and clove, four eggs well beaten three level tablespoons flour. one-half cup milk. Mix thoroughly the suet, bread crumbs, raisins, currants, citron and lemon and orange rind. Add the sugar mixed with the salt and spices; then add the eggs. Mix well, add the flour, then the milk. Turn into a buttered mold and cover closely. Steam for five hours. Molasses Drop Cake Boil together two cups of molasses, one cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of lard and one-half cup of water. Before boiling dissolve in the half cup of water one teaspoon of ginger, one of cloves and a little salt. After boiling thoroughly, being careful not to burn, and when cold, add two egg, beaten light, one tablespoon of soda in flour; sift and stir quite thick. Drop on reverse side of baking pan. Nut meats and ralsins may be added. To Carve Ham. Ham should first be cut through to the bone from the center or near the thin end. The slices must be very thin. Always begin from the upper side. The falrest way by far, so as to serve fat and lean evenly, is to commence cutting from the center of the thickest part in thin circular slices. By this means the flavor of the ham is far better and it will prove a more economical mode of service. To Mend Underwear To mend knit underwear, turn wrong side out and whip together closely all rents and worn places, stretch carefully and add a patch of some old knit goods over the whole shipped portion. Then darn down on right side with darning cotton or wollen yarn. This insures a nice looking and serviceable darn, and the arment, if not too badly worn, will last as long as when first bought. HUNTS SOUTH POLE LIEUT. SHACKLETON WILL USE MOTOR CAR AND PONIES. Siberian Animals Selected for Their Endurance and Ability—Commander Experienced in Antarctic Exploration. Washington.—With a specially built motor car, and with Siberian ponies—two novelties in polar expeditions—a big siege of the south pole will be begun by, Lieut. E. H. Shackleton, commander of the British south polar expedition, and 28 companions this week. "Success" has been painted on the funnel of the old Newfoundland sealing vessel Nimrod, whose name has been changed for the trip to Endurance, and Lieut. Shackleton expects to plant on the south pole the union jack presented to him by Queen Alexandra for this purpose. Almost as many fruitless expeditions have been made to the south as to the north pole, with the odds in favor, however, of the antarctic explorers getting back to a warmer and more congenial civilization. But the inner antarctic circle is just as much terra incognita as that of the arctic. Hitherto, in the antarctic circle, the daring adventurers have always met with mountainous ramparts of ice, impossible to climb, and around which no way has yet been found. With his new methods of locomotion Lieut. Shackleton hopes to make a dash which will result in finding the location of the south pole. The Endurance sails from Lyttleton, New Zealand, and is expected to reach King Edward VII. island' by February1, which will be midsummer in the antarctic region. The vessel will then return to Lyttleton and wait until January, 1909, before going to the J. base of operations on-King Edward VII. island to bring the explorers back to civilization. The cargo of the vessel consists of ample food supplies, a living hut in sections, 12 Siberian ponies, a team of 12 picked dogs from the far northwest of Canada and, the specially constructed motor car. The car will go at the rate of 25 miles a day, drawing more provisions than the pony and dog sledges. Lieut. Shackleton selected Siberian ponies, which will be used for the first time in a polar expedition, because of their endurance and ability to stand very low temperatures. One disadvantage he reckoned against the ponies was that if any died they could not be fed to the others. This has always been done with the dead dogs in all polar expeditions. In speaking of his expedition before he left England Lleut. Shackleton said: "With regard to our food supply, we have studied this question down to the final analysis. Our foods are prepared with the utmost care. The tins they are packed in are triple thickness and are doubly painted. Every particle of food is of the best. As I suffered terribly from scurvy on my first antarctic trip I know the value of this careful attention to the food supply. We are going practically without vegetables, as they do not keep, carrying only the best meats and other eatables." Lieut Shackleton went with Capt. Scott five years ago in the latter's historic dash to the pole, in which a record for "furthest south" was established. During the 96 days' journey over the ice Lieut. Shackleton was stricken with snow blindness and so had to be fastened to the sledge, when all the dogs were dead, in order to do his share of the pulling. He suffered from that curious complaint accompanying long lack of food—dreaming about food. He dreamed that he was being chased by three-cornered jam tarts. Another member of the expedition always dreamed that he was cutting sandwiches for some one else to eat. He spent Christmas day, 1902, 300 miles from the ship and the party had a plum padding which weighed only nine ounces. On his return to England Lieut. Shackleton was made a member of the Victorian order. Expeditions to the south pole have been made by explorers from the United States, France, Germany and England. The largest and most important was that of Sir James C. Foss, who started operations in ships Erebus and Terror, did not return at all. Recipes Given in Recent Popular Book on Cookery. From "One Hundred Desserts" we take the following recipes: Niege.—Peel and core eight large apples and cook whole in a rich slurp until soft; remove carefully and arrange on the dish for serving. Fill the core cavities with quince jelly and cover completely with a meringue made of the whites of four eggs and a half-cupful of powdered sugar, flavored with a little lemon juice. Stick blanched and shredded almonds over the meringue; put on the upper rack in a quick oven and brown lightly. Frozen Figs.—Melt four tablespoonfuls of brown sugar without any water; pour in quickly a cupful of boiling water and boil to a strup. Heat a quart of milk; add 14 ounces of sugar, and stir until dissolved, then pour on the beaten yolks of eight eggs. Strain the carameled sugar into this and put into a freezer. Chop a pound of figs, soak until soft in a little brandy, and when the custard is partly frozen, stir them in and finish freezing. A cup of chocolate, is much improved by a dash of cinnamon, or by adding a third of a pint of coffee to each pint of milk. Very rich chocolate may be made by pouring a quart over the yolks of two eggs, beating constantly to prevent curdling. Some prefer a few drops of vanilla, either in the whipped cream or chocolate. MAKES FOR DRESS ECONOMY. Little Touches That Alter Appearance of the Bodice. At the present moment we have ample opportunities of altering the appearance of our bodices and making one play the part of many, says a writer in the Montreal Herald. Some of these take the form of fichus made of folds of thin or thick material, which are thrown over the shoulders and fasten at the waistband. Then there is a new form of bolero which is attached to a waistband that forms an accentuated point on the front from which a couple of straps is attached to the bolero, that opens wide in front and falls over the point of the shoulder. Both the band and the bolero are generally covered with embroidery, and the many gold embroidered bodices which come from the east can be adapted to them. Then there is the pinafore effect which completely changes the whole aspect of the dress if attached to the skirt, and with a good pattern costs a mere song. Many of the present winter dresses are made of rough fabrics intermixed with black, and with these a plain colored pinafore would have an excellent effect. Monogram fobs are worn with many such gowns now. Spaghetti Savory. Two even tablespoonfuls of whole mixed spices, four medium sized onions, one clove of garlic, four bay leaves, one can of tomatoes, one small can of Italian tomatoes, one-quarter grated, one can of mushrooms. Put mixed spices, onions, garlic and bay leaves in cooking utensils, cover with water, cook until onions are well done, add tomatoes, cook five minutes, strain through sleeve, add Italian tomatoes, butter, cheese, and mushrooms: return to fire, cook ten minutes and stir constantly. Have vessels of boiling water salted to taste, a teaspoon to a quart being the rule. Drop in spaghetti, let cook until tender; drain, pour sauce over, and serve hot. This is excellent and has been pronounced by those who have tried it the best ever tasted. Vegetable Stew. Parboll two pared potatoes, one turnip, one onion, and one carrot. Drain and cut into half-inch dice. Chop fine two square inches of fat, salt pork, put into a kettle, and cook slowly until well tried out. Skim out the pork fragments, stir in one teaspoonful of flour and brown slightly, then gradually add one pint of good beef, or, falling that, good boiling water. Season well with salt and pepper and the diced vegetables and a cupful each of shelled peas, lima beans, and corn cut from the cob. Sifner together until all are tender, add some chopped parsley and serve. Beef Loaf. Take two pounds of round steak and half a pound of suet, both chopped fine. Add two eggs, one cup of bread crumbs that have been softened in cold water, one small onion chopped fine, one-half cup of sweet milk, three teaspoonfuls of salt and one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper. Mix all together and shape into a loaf. Bake in a moderate oven an hour or more, basting frequently. Nut Creams. Roll three cupfuls of granulated sugar with one cup of rich cream. Cook until it reaches the soft ball stage when dropped into cold water; take from the fire. add a cupful broken nut meats and stir until it begins to thicken. Turn into a buttered, ran, and when nearly cold mark into squares. In place of cream rich milk with a tablespoonful of butter may be used. Fruit Nougat. Chop dates, figs, raisins and maraschino cherries freed from juice into bits and arrange in alternate layers in a buttered shallow pan. Melt two cupfuls sugar in a pan over a quick fire, watching closely that it does not turn yellow. Pour over the fruits slowly and evenly, using only enough to bind. Before the mixture is quilted cold cut in small bars. THE BEE 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance.....$2.00 Six months .....1.00 Three months .....50 Subscription monthly .....20 REGISTER VERNON The insinuating and unmanly attack upon Register W.T. Vernon in the New York Age of February 6 is but in line with a seemingly concerted policy of certain publications evidently under the control of the same individuals. This article claims to have found that rumors were afloat to the effect that Mr. Vernon's lecture tours over the country were distasteful to the extent that he might be displaced and advised (?) him to cease lecturing, all of which seems strange in the light of the fact that officeholders have always gone among the people to address them whenever they had the inclination so to do. The public generally will hardly be deceived by the so-called good offices volunteered by The Age. It is pretty generally understood that Dr. Vernon owes nothing to the man or men behind The Age, and that these solicitous people would gladly have had someone else for Register. In fact, they had another candidate. Mr. Vernon's powerful backing of Senators and Congressmen from various States; his great church support from the A. M. E. denomination, his general support from all denominations, made him invincible — and he won. The Bee has had the opportunity to confer with the leaders of the A. M. E. Church now congregated in Washington, at the Bishops' Council, and they regard this attack as a species of journalism unworthy a high-grade periodical. They also feel that those controlling The Age have been too well treated by them to make this attack upon one of their denomination who is rendering efficient service. The Age likely has motives other than the best interest of the Register or of the race. The Age knows that Dr. Vernon is growing in popular favor as office holder, lecturer, and platform orator. He is a scholarly, classical orator of brilliance and acknowledged ability. Is he becoming a rival to be feared by others? Are certain people jealous of his popularity? He can oblid his own with the bestof them. These energies should be more cautious. Dr. Vernon is no toady, no apologist, no trimmer, and neither is he a knave. He is a manly man, brave, sagacious, and fearless. He wears no man's collar, and neither is he a sycopiant like many others. He is not the fawning knave, and neither does he belong to the bread-and-butter brigade. He was made Register of the Treasury by virtue of his merits. His work for his party and his people made him the man that he is today. Is Dr. Vernon the only office-holder that leaves his office and visits States to which he has been invited? Who made The Age so wise? Who has informed The Age that he is doing something contrary to custom? The great West honors the man. Ten millions of colored Americans bow to him and admire his manhood and courage. The Bee, in common with other Americans, will every honor and respect the man, The Age to the contrary notwithstanding. In discussing the Negro question with a distinguished colored American and a lover of his people, the question that impressed The Bee was suggested, Are not the slums advancing upon the clean and intelligent colored American to such an extent that they prejudice the white race against all classes of colored Americans, which is the inauguration of the "Jim Crow" system in vogue in those States where the Democratic party prevails? What is the remedy, then? The slums must be cleaned out and taught cleanliness. The impudent and unruly colored American must be tamed so that when he enttrs a car he must assume the appearance of a civilized being if he is not one in fact and indeed. The disgusting scenes in street cars, especially in the usmmer, tend to deprive the more behaved colored Americans of those rights and privileges that he wishes to enjoy today. The slums are advancing upon and crowding the educated and refined colored Americans to the wall. How must this be prevented? There is but one remedy: The pulpit must be reformed. The Negro pulpit must be con constituted that its influence, instead of being used in other directions, namely, building new churches, increase in the pastor's salary, and other grafts, should be directed pointedly against immorality and other debauchery. There is something radically wrong in the Negro pulpit in this city. The gospel is not preached. The Bible is not explained. Many of the Negro ministers in this city think more of having two letters added to their names: D.D. They think it sounds big, and indeed many of them cannot read two passages in the Scripture correctly and explain them intelligently. They know how to condemn a picnic or an excursion, and they themselves slip in a back door of some sister's house or the side door of a saloon and then appear in a big crowd appealing to other runheads to close up the saloons. The slums are advancing and the pulpit is to blame. Will someone of the colored W. C. T. U. name one drunkard that has been saved or reformed? Will the colored W. G. T. U. point out to The Bee one act of reformation it has accomplished among the colored people? The Bee has never seen a temperance advocate who was not a sham and a hypocrite. If he abstained from drinking whiskey he was dangerous otherwise. First clean out many of these pulpits in Washington, then the slums will cease to advance. Let many of the preachers reform themselves; then the slums will disappear. THE COLORED AMERICAN. The Democratic Legislature of Maryland has decided to adopt a disfranchise amendment to the Constitution, if it is possible. Every Southern State except the State of Maryland has adopted disfranchise amendments. The President has gotten the enmity of the colored Americans, and he insists upon nominating Mr. Taft, who is also objectionable to the colored people, because he is the nominee of the party. The colored Americans are confronted with two objectionable propositions. The question that they must decide next November, should Mr. Taft be nominated, is whether they will accept him as the standard bearer of the Republican party or the Democratic party and its disfranchising amendments to Democratic State Constitutions. If the colored Americans go to the Socialist party their loss of his votes to the Republican party will elect a Democratic president. The next question is, if Governec Johnson of Minnesota is nominated by the Democratic party, the inde- The Deniocratic party offers no inducements to colored Americans, and what they had under former Republican rule has been taken from them. There is a great deal for colored Americans to consider. There are matters that are near and dear to them in which their personal and Constitutional liberty are involved. Secretary Taft may be a good man, but if he is to follow or adopt the policies of the President, The Bee thinks that his hope of success is very faint. The Bee is only judging from the growing and increasing unrest among the colored Americans in this country. Mr. Taft may do more for the colored Americans than the President, notwithstanding the views he entertains today. The condition of the colored Amreicans in this country is a pitiful one. They are faithful to every trust, but they are ostracised and discriminated against without any cause or provocation. The colored American must think for himself. He must know what he intends to do now and on the day of election in November, 1908. He must choose between two masters, and reason with himself wisely and dispassionately, and bear in mind that he is an American citizen, notwithstanding the objectionable and obnoxious laws against him. There are as many Republicans opposed to colored Americans as there are Democrats, and the only way to overcome these objections and discriminations is. to demonstrate to the word that the Negro is a man. Let us choose today. MR. TAFT'S SPEECH. The speech of Mr. Taft, at Kansas City, Mo., on the suffrage in the South should be carefully read by the colored Americans throughout this country. In this speech Mr. Taft justifies the South in disfranchising colored Americans in that section. He said among other things that the South should be given credit for not shedding blood in its disfranchising schemes. If we have a Constitution, and that Constitution has been violated, why should the South be given credit for an illegal act? What right has any Southern State to violate the Constitution of the United States, and we declare that it should be given credit for its mild methods of violating that Constitution? Is there any manhood in the colored Americans? If there is, they should show it. There is one more Southern State remaining to take from colored Americans their franchise. When that State has accomplished the fact (Maryland), what then is the colored man to expect from the Republican party? The colored man lacks manhood. He permits himself to be defrauded of those rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States without a murmur. There may be a few white men in the South who know the value of the colored man, as Mr. Taft has said, and while that is true Mr. Taft is under an administration that permits thousands of colored men to be denied the right of suffrage. Will Mr. Taft explain? Will he tell why it is that the President says nothing more concerning his door of hope policy? You may be a fair-minded and big-souled man; Mr. Taft, but you certainly have a poor way of showing it. The Negro is like the man on a burning ship. If he remains on the ship he will burn to death; and if he jumps overboard, we all know what will become of him. THE DOLLIVER BILL. The colored citizens seem to be inactive in their opposition to the Dolliver bill that was introduced in the Senate some time ago. The adoption of that bill means cen- --- The very idea of the District Committee recommending a bill without first having submitted it to the District Commissioners and asking their opinion. No other city but Washington, with a population of 250,000, would tolerate such arbitrary action. The people must be asleep or cowards. Suppose the United States pay one-half of the school tax? The people of this city did not request it. The people are fully able to pay all the expenses of their local government if the United States will pay the required amount of taxes assessed against the buildings and grounds and other property belonging to the National Government. Mr. Sidney Bieber, who declared prior to the meeting of the National Committee that no man ought to serve on the Election Board and be a delegate. Mr. Bieber was supported by The Bee and others with that distinct understanding. Certainly Mr. Bieber would not remain on the Election Board as chairman or anything else and be a candidate. Certainly, if Mr.Bieber wants to serve the Administration he should be man enough, if he intends to be a candidate, either for delegate or national committeeman, to step down and out and take his chances with others. The editor of The Bee, Mr. W. Calvin Chase, is a candidate for delegate to the National Republican Convention. If the Republicans of this city don't want him, they will stamp their disapproval at the polls. Mr. Chase will submit his claim to the people, and allow them to decide. If other candidates, white or colored, can present a better claim than the Editor of The Bee. Mr. Chase, he will be satisfied. The Editor has sufficient number of friends to see that an honest count is made. The way to have a fair election is to allow each candidate or each ticket to have one judge in the box. DISTRICT DELEGATES. Every few days someone whose interests are centered in other States gives publicity to their opinions as to what the local Republicans should do in the election of two delegates from this city to the city to the next National Republican Convention. One would presume from the estimate that is placed upon the District delegation that immaculate men should be selected. It is always the thief that cries "Catch thief!" At the beginning of the present administration the cry went up: "None but clean men will be appointed to positions under the administration." It now turns out that not only are thieves appointed to honorable positions, but murderers are given positions of honor and trust. Any man that has killed a "nigger" or has defamed a "nigger," or made a "nigger" know his place, stands well under the Administration and is placed in a position that will enable him to control the "nigger." If the Congressman from New Jersey will attend to his business the Republicans of the District of Columbia and farther South will select men of their own choice and dictation, and not from the advice of outsiders. DR. REYBURN. The National Committeeman,Dr. Reyburn, has been converted to the Taft column. This announcement will be received with surprise, because this very well known physician-politician has been declaring against the Administration and the followers of Mr. Taft for some --- Mr. Bleber will remember that he declared in the presence of Mr. Ricketts and the Editor of The Bee, prior to the meeting at Grand Army Hall, that all he wanted to control was the Election Committee and become a member of the National Committee. He will also remember that Mr. Ricketts and the Editor of The Bee buttonholed members of the National Committee to have him and Rev. S. L. Corrothers appointed, with the distinct understanding that neither would be a candidate for delegate- It now seems that the honor is too much for him, and he now declares himself a candidate for delegate with Mr. R. R. Horner. He should also remember that he declared for Speaker Cannon, but now he has gone over to Mr. Taft and deserted his friend, Speaker Cannon, who has since repudiated him. The Republicans of this city will not tolerate such imposition, and if there is not a fair election a contest will be carried to the National Convention. Neither will the Republicans of to the National Convention, which will be evidenced by their unanimous votes at the polls. We intend to see that a fair election is held and that the choice of the Republicans of this city be elected delegates. This city will be thoroughly canvassed, and the merits and demerits of candidates explained to the people. The Bee warns every Republican in the city to be on guard and see that the will of the Republicans is carried out. The bill of Senator Gallinger will put a quietus upon Mr. Sidney Bieber. He will be convinced that it pays to keep faith with those who make you. The Editor of The Bee and the people favor the Gallinger bill. Mr. Bieber will not be able to count the votes if the bill becomes a law. The commission will see to it that honest election judges are appointed and the delegates are the choice of the Republican party. If the people don't want the Editor of The Bee as one of the delegates, he will be satisfied and have the knowledge of knowing that he was honestly defeated. If the bill becomes a law it will place the Republican party in this city upon a higher basis. Let every Republican in this city organize to send Mr. Hopewell H. Darneille to the next Convention. The Republicans need a man on the National Committee like Mr. Darneille. Will some Republican explain what Dr. Reyburn has accomplished since lie has been on the National Committee? The National Committee, so far as the District of Columbia is concerned, was only represented once, and that was by Col. M. M. Parker. THE BEEWOULD LIKE TO KNOW Why there are so many candidates for delegates. If someone will present their merits. If Dr. Clair is still in the field. If any one of the candidates has declared for Senator Foraker. The number of colored officeholders that will be in the next convention. Who Dr. Wilder's running mate is. How much money has been secured by the local statesmen. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A fair election. A political vagrancy law enacted. The Dolliver bill defeated. Commissioner West soon at his post. A few colored Republicans appointed. Harmony in the Republican party. Senator Foraker vindicated. David Warner a member of the Exoise Board. W L. Montagte District Assessor. Frank Langston promoted. A national testimonial to Booker T. Washington. Bishop and Mrs. J. W. Hood, Bishou, C. R. Harris, A. Walters and G. W. Clinton are the guests of Bishop and Mrs. J. W. Smith, 1309 R street northwest, and Bishops- J. W. Alstork and J. S. Caldwell, Dr. W. H. Goler and Prof. S. G. Atkins, the guests of Hon John C. Dancy. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. Continued from first page. Superior Court, who died in Stockbridge in 1856. Professional pickpockets are at work again in this city. C. E. Haddox, warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville, committed suicide last week. It is said that the Associated Charities, the Citizens' Relief Association, and the committee on the prevention of consumption need more money for their work this year. Dr. A. N. Thornley, who was one of the most prominent and oldest physicians in the city of Nashville, Tenn., died last week at his residence in East Nashville. John Williams, a wealthy and well-respected Negro, went to Culpeper, Va., not long ago to take his aged father and mother to his home in New York, and while entering their house he dropped dead. His mother was killed from the shock of her son's death. SENATOR LA FOLLETTE TO MR. CHASE. UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C. February 5, 1908. Mr. W. Calvin Chase, 1109 Eye St., N. W. Washington, D. C. My dear Sir: For Mr. La Follette, who is so pressed with other work as to be unable to give personal attention to correspondence at this time, permit me to acknowledge your letter of the 1st inst., which he has read, the subject of which will, I am sure, have his careful consideration. Respectfully yours, A. H. Dumm, Sec'y. The Slater Industrial School, of Winston-Salem, N. C., for colored people, under the management of the People's National Bank, own buildings and grounds worth $50,000. The white people raised $10,000 for a hospital; the colored people gave the labor free; the State and county contribute $5,500 and the Slater Peabody Fund $1,200 yearly. Owing to good results, the State now offers $12,000 in addition to yearly grants if the trustees will raise a similar amount. A New York philanthropist will give half of the $12,000, thus leaving the colored people only $6,000 to raise. This raise is to improve the property, etc. Chief of Police J. E. Warden, of Graham, Va., blew his brains out as a result of a dream he had which related to the manner in which he killed Alexander Preston, colored, in the discharge of his duty. A great many white immigrants who have been lured to North Carolina have been fleeced of their earnings and forced to work for starvation wages. The Southern whites will find that the colored brother is the only one that can live in the South and get by. The Week in Society Mrs. David A. Warner, of P street northwest, is seriously ill at her residence. Mr. George W. Scott, of 1447 Corcoran street northwest, has been confined to his room the past week with severe cold. Mrs. Fannie Bailey, wife of Prof. Henry Bailey, supervising principal in our public schools, is very sick with la gripe at her residence. The Men's Club o St. Luke's are making extensive arrangements to entertain their friends on Thursday evening, the 27th ust., at Odd Fellows' Hall. The Lyric Orchestra will furnish music for the occasion. See advertisement in another column. Mrs. Leonard C. Bailey is danger- lly ill at her existence with a stroke of paralysis. Miss Nettie Murray, Miss Lottie Wallace and Dr. C. Sumner Wormley have been solicited by the Men's Club to assist Mr Wear on the 27th inst at Odd Fellows Hall. The Manhattan Dancing Class, Prof. Bryson C. Chase, instructor, gave a very enjoyable masquerade reception at Masonic Hall in Nineteenth street last Monda evening. The John Wesley Church choir gave a very acceptable song service last Sunday at 6 p.m. A large number of persons attended. Should you desire to have an enjoyable evening, "drop in" to the Men's Clug reception on the 27th inst. Have you heard the reorganized and augmented parish choir of St. Luke's Church? Mr. W. F. Lilley, of North Carolina, announces his engagement to Miss Carrie Simms, of this city. Miss Simms is the sister of Mrs. Tramble, of 2236 Twelfth street northwest. Attorney A W. Scott went to Philadelphia, Pa, last week on professional business. Bishop A. Grant and Dr.H. B. Parks, missionary secretary of the A. M. E. Church, are the guests of Register W. T. Vernon and wife, in Le Droit Park. Col. S. M. Lewis, who has been ill able to be out again. Miss Mary C. Roberts, of Newport News, is in Washington and expects to remain some time. Mr Charles Fuller is confined to his bed by sickness at his home, Charlottesville, Va. Miss Portia N. Bush, of this city, was married recently to Mr. B. B. Purvis, of Newark, N. J., by the rector of St. Philip's Church, N. J. Miss Gertrude Carter left the city a few days ago to visit friends in Philadelphia. Mrs. Nanie Dick left Washington a few days ago to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cato Thomas, at Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Victoria A. Waller, who was in Hampton last week, has returned to Washington. Mrs. Carrie oJhinson, of Mexico, has been in the city some days as the guest of Mr. John Green and wife. Mrs. A. A. Burrell left the city a few days ago to visit New York city. She was the guest of Mme. C. A. Cerute. At a recent entertainment by Mrs. Betty Criss at Elkins, Mr. aJmes Butler, of this city, was among the honored guests. Rev S. H. Norwood, pastor of Asbury M. E. Church, rFederick City, Md., passed through Washington, en route to Baltimore, to attend the fortieth anniversary celebration of Morgan College last Wednesday and Thursday. NOTES OF WEST WASHINGTON. The death of Mrs. Mary E. Banks, the beloved sister of Mrs. E. J. Hewlett, and wife of Mr. Wilton E. Banks, is much deplored though not unexpected, after a lingering illness of over six months. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. E. E. Ricks officiating The funeral of Mrs. Margaret, Bell, 2124 Ward Place, was held at Mount Zion M. E. Church, Monday afternoon, at two o'clock. Rev.B. T. Perkins, D. D. officiated. Interment in Mount Zion Cemetery The members of the First Baptist Church have taken a decided stand, regardless of the one-sided conference held at Rev. Tolivar's Church a few weeks since, and will on Wednesday evening, 26th inst, install Rev. Edgar F. Ricks as their permanent pastor under whose pastorate they soon expect to be out of debt entirely. During the services on Sunday last the pastor Rev. E. E. Ricks preached at 11 a.m. after attending the Sunday School. Rev. M. W. Norman, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, preached a stirring sermon at 3 p.m. and Rev. Dr. Seaton, of the Ebenezer A. M. E: Church, at 8 p.m. It being rally day, the collection realized was $650 toward liquidating the indebtedness on their new edifice. The congregation and membership of both church and Sunday School has greatly increased, and new energy seems to have entered with the call of their new pastor. Their Sunday School is in a flourishing condition. The revival services at JerusalemBaptist Church, Rev. George Harris pastor, continues with much success and a large number of converts. The many friends of Mr. George W. Boyd, 2807 O street northwest, who has been confined to his home for the last three months from the effects of a severe attack of la gripe, will be glad to learn of his recovery so far as to be able to be out and walking around. 'DEPUTY GRAND MASTER AT HOME Hon. L. M. Porter, National D. G. M. tending the S C. M., visited many points of interest in the East. Mr. Porter is a strong man in his antive State, and is well known and liked by leaders of the race throughout the country; hence on his trip to Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, and other points, he was much sought out by politicains of national repute, all of whom were anxious to get a line on political sentiment in the South generally, and the Southwest particularly. Mr. Porter, in his lear, level-headed manner, had them understand that the announcement in the public press by official party leaders requesting that the Negroes of the South be given a square deal in the election of delegates, etc., to the coming Republican National Convention was about the wisest step that the party could have taken. There is a 'small group of men who represent the thrift and progress of Mr. Porter's home town, and they are always on hand to welcome any of the boys home or wish them bon voyage when they are leaving. When Mr. Porter returned to Little Rock he found the 'Old Guard" waiting to receive him. Knowing the likes and dislikes of the gang, he had them repair to his beautiful home, and soon all had their feet under a heavy-burdened lunch table, and in the midst of cigar smoke were soon swapping experiences. Mr. Porter gave quite an exhaustive report of his trip in the East, after which he framed up the following informal program: Judge M. W. Gibbs. "Our National Politics." Mr. J. H. McConico, "The Young Man in Politics." Mr. H. D. Luster, "The Duty of a Ward Politician." Mr. C. B. King, "The Banker as a Politician." Mr. H. H. Garner, "Should Government Employees Engage in Politics?" Prof T. R. Ish, "The Teacher in Politics." Mr. M. H. Henderson, "The Laboring Man in Politics." Mr. H. E. Gibbs, "The Business Man as a Politician." Dr. J. G. Thornton, "The Professional Man in Politics." Colonel J. E. Bush and Hon. S. A. Jones telephoned begrats, as business kept them from joining the boys. The little gathering extended far into the wee-sma hours. Somehow or other a sentiment for Hughes and Cannon seemed to invade the crowd, and ere the close the mention of either one of the names was sure to call forth applause. After the lunch and cigars had all disappeared the crowd gave three cheers for "Porter and Judge M. W. Gibbs," the veteran, lead the song, "He's a jolly good fellow." After awhile all departed their several ways, silently wishing that the Hon. Mr. Porter would take another trip soon. RIGHT AND JUSTICE CONQUERS After eight months of enforced activity, due to an injunction obtained out of the Chancery Court of Jefferson County, by C. F. Johnson W. T. Breeding, R. T. Jackson, and others, which injunction was the cause of an enormous loss to our time-honored Order. We availed ourselves of the opportunity to inform all good and true Odd Fellows of District Grand Lodge No. 23, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and the Order in general, of the decree of the Chancery, dissolving the injunction July 10th, 1907, from which decision an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, in the following language: THE STATE OF ALABAMA-JU C. A. Howze et al. Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. McClellan, J. The only question presented for review on this appeal is the propriety of the action taken below in the dissolution, on the denial of the answer, of the temporary injunction issued. The bill is grounded on a contest between the complainants and the respondents as to who were the officers de jure of Grand Lodge No 23 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America. Assisting their equal rights to the several offices described in the bill and to the funds committed by the laws of the Order to such officers, the complainants seek to invoke the powers of the Court of Equity to restrain the respondent, who are denounced as usurpers, from exercising the functions and performing the duties of such office; and to require of the respondents an accounting with such complainants as the true tenants of such offices. The bill further charges the respondents with serious misconduct in respect of the funds belonging to the mentioned Order. The bill and answer are voluminous in the extreme; but it will suffice to say that every material allegation contained in the bill is unequivocally denied and that in full recital of the facts in the premises. Under such circumstances a respondent is entitled to a dissolution of an injunction, unless it is apparent irreparable mischief will probably follow the dissolution, or some peculiar conditions exist, justifying a departure from the general rule stated. Turner vs. Stephens, 116 Alabama, 546. We are of the opinion that the exception described is not present in this case. As indicated, the gist of the controversy is which set of officers is entitled to the position, and therefore, to the funds received, receivable, and to be disbursed under the rules and regulations of the Order. Whether the one set or the other is finally found thus entitled, the only mischief, aside from the misappropriation of the funds charged on the one side and with full, explicit and full allegation denied on the other, to which the Order will be subjected, is that always incidental to such factional contest as this shown to be. The continuance of the injunction could not operate to induce harmony and allay strife under such circumstances, and the injury to the order consequential upon the existence of the state of hostility thus pervading almost the whole membership of the Order in this State is and must necessarily be beyond the effect of any order or judgment of the civil courts. It cannot be assumed in the face of the, denials of the answer that the misconduct charged against the respondents in the handling of funds belonging to the Order are true, or that irreparable injury will attend, or even has attended, the reception by respondents of unds drawn from the membership under the rules of the association. We entertain no doubt of the correctness of the order of dissolution entered below, and it is affirmed. Affirmed: Tyson, and Dowdell and Anderson, LL, concurring. From the given statements there can be no further doubt in the minds of any true Odd Fellow that C. A. Howze, P. J. Crenshaw, H. S. Chadwick, R. L. Douglass, T. W. Owens and H. A. Knox are the lawful and legal officers of the District Grand Lodge No. 23, and they are now in a position to foster the Order in said District and bring it up to that high standard to which it had risen before a number of men calling themselves true Odd Fellows disrupted and attempted to break up the Order in this State by asserting their false claims to office. All members of the Order of District Grand Lodge No. 23, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, know that during the nine years that I served as Grand Master of the Order that I have made an unparalleled success: Bringing it from sixty-nine Lodges up to six hundred and ten or more Lodges; increasing the membership from less than twenty-two hundred to upward of twenty-five thousand members; that an Endowment Department was organized on assessment plan that paid two hundred dollars on the death of a. member, and this Endowment was increased from two hundred dollars to five hundred dollars, and the cost of this Endowment to each member was reduced from about 471-2 cents per member per month for two hundred dollars to 35 cents per member per month for five hundred dollars. This is the record of which I boast, and I challenge anyone to prove that I have been guilty of any acts either directly or indirectly causing a loss to the Order, and a benefit to me individually. I furthermore wish to announce that H. A. Knox is Endowment Secretary and R. L. Doupglass Grand Treasurer, and being relieved of disabilities to serve you by decisions of the Supreme Court they are now ready to receive the Endowment moneys from every member and Lodge in the District. You will without hesitation I trust forward your moneys to H. A. Knox as you did before the injunction. H. S. Chadwick, No. 9 Cherry street, Montgomery, Ala., is the District Grand Secretary, and all moneys belonging to that office from the Lodges and members you will please forward to him. And we shall pay death claims as we have done for many years, prior to the injunction. Now, dear brethren, please allow me to rejoice with each of you for our untold and unparalleled victory, and each of you should join in with me in singing praises to Gqd, who knows no wrong, and will always bring His people out more than conquerors. Again I will say, too much praise cannot be given to our lawyer, Hon. H. H. Goldstein, for his untiring efforts in accomplishing this victory for us. I will venture to say that there is not another lawyer in the State of Alabama that would have stood by our cause so nobly with such little encouragement and scarcely any money, and we owe to him a debt of gratitude that money cannot pay. But we should do our duty, as true and faithful men, and prove to the world that the Negroes, and especially Odd Fellows, are not ingrates. Again rejoicing with you, I beg to remain yours of yore, Fraternally, C. A. Howze, District Grand Master. NO MORE SUNDAY FUNERALS. At a session of the Interdenominational Ministers' Meeting of the District of Columbia, held on Monday of this week, the question of Sabbath observation was discussed, and the following resolutions with regard to Sabbath funerals were unanimously adopted: "Whereas, the practice of holding funerals on the Lord's Day is on the increase in the churches of dur race in the District of Columbia; and "Whereas, this practice is hurtful to the churches, spiritually and financially, and a prolific source of Sabbath desecration in that it causes undertakers and hack-drivers to do work that is not absolutely necessary on the Lord's Day and keeps large numbers of people from the regular church services; and "Whereas, the laws of the District of Columbia forbid the Virtial of persons on Sunday; and "Whereas, the holding of Sunday funerals causes the pastors and members of our churches to needlessly become Sabbath breakers; therefore, be it "Resolved, That we, the members of the Interdenominational Ministers' Meeting of the District of Columbia, do condemn and practice as being contrary to the plain teaching of God's Word, hurtful to the financial and spiritual welfare of our churches, and pernicious in its effect upon the decorum and morals of our people. "Resolved, also, That we pledge ourselves not to attend funerals on the Lord's Day, unless justified in doing so by some unusual circumstances, and that we will do all in our power to discourage the holding of Sunday funerals on the part of all the churches and pastors in the District of Columbia. Be it also "Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to every Ministers' Meeting among us in the District, and that a committee of five (5) be appointed by the President to visit said Minister's Meetings and urge them to take similar action in this matter. "Done by order of the Interdenominational Ministers' Meeting on Monday, February 10, A.D., 1908. Rev. Drs. J. Milton Waldron, Strling M. Brown, W. H. Davenport, J. W. Smith and Dr. Wiseman were appointed a committee to lay these resolutions before the other Ministers' Meetings of the District of Columbia and to urge their adoption THE DUTY OF THE NEGRO VOTER. From the Colored Alabamian. This is to be a great and eventful year with the voters of America. Grave problems confront the several States and the nation, the adjustment of which will very largely depend upon the wise use of the ballot. No graver questions confront any section of the American voters than those which confront the Afro-American voter. We want to instruct the colored voters of Alabama (those who are qualified under the law) to go to the polls at every election and MENS CLUB RECEPTION Second Annual Reception of the Men's Club of St. Luke's Parish, Thursday evening, February 27th, 1908, at Odd Fellows Hall. Mr. Felix Wear, the eminent violin soloist, will appear, assisted by other well-known talent. HER-TRU-LINE The proper care of the hair is a duty every man and woman owes to themselves and friends as well. Nature makes an effort to preserve the hair, but by not giving the hair and scalp the proper attention man works against the effort of Nature by his carelessness and negligence. You should help Nature in the direction in which she makes an effort to work, and the greatest help possible is by using "Her-Tru-Line." The beauty of a fine suit of hair is very valuable to both man and woman. "Her-Tru-Line" is the result of years of intelligent study and experiment and is a scientific preparation. The attractiveness of a luxurious growth of beautiful hair is invaluable to man and woman alike. "Her-Tru-Line" stimulates the growth of the hair, it takes out the curl and leaves the scalp in a clean and healthy condition. "Her-Tru-Line" leaves the hair soft and glossy and easily dressed. "Her-Tru-Line" curts dandruff, ringworm and scalp tetter. "Her-Tru-Line" is delightful as a dressing for the hair, being perfectly harmless. Only the purest materials are used in its manufacture. "Her-Tru-Line" leaves a nice, comfortable feeling in the scalp. It is a true luxury and a valuable addition to toilet accessories. One jar of "Her-Tru-Line" will convince anyone that it will do all we claim for it. Frank F. Woog. Eastern Agent, 1114 G Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. This photograph of Lula Swan on and testimonial of Lovie Mayes show what HER-TRU-LINE will do for the hairin a short time. ```markdown ``` cast your ballot. All of the candidates may be Democrats, but that should have nothing to do with your exercising your privilege as a voter. There are some good Democrats and many bad Republicans. If there is only one qualified colored voter in a locality, he should go to the polls and cast his vote on the side of right and justice. Again we want to advise the qualified colored voter of Alabama to attend the Republican conventions in your county and see to it that such delegates are elected to the State convention as are opposed to the candidacy of Secretary Taft. We hope that the colored race in Alabama will not be disgraced, humiliated and cursed this year by a set of men in our conventions who disregard every honor at stake, and put "Pelf Above Principle." · Secretary Taft has proved himself an enemy of the black race. When he took to himself the task of scraping up filth, falschood, and every misrepresentation to prove that the innocent colored soldiers whom he and President Roosevelt had unjustly dismissed "without honor" were guilty of the charge of "shooting up Brownsville;" when he joined President Roosevelt in classing those honorable black soldiers, with a most honorable record, as "midnight assassins," he then descended to the low level of the Vardamans and Tillmans, and then branded himself or all time to come as an unjust official, devoid of every sense of justice and honor. There should not be found one colored man in Alabama who would go into the county, Congressional or State Convention and vote or work for the advancement of the Taft interests. With the suffrage laws of the South against us; with Roosevelt and Taft using every opportunity to humiliate and degrade us, what course will the colored voter pursue? So far as every colored voter of the State is concerned, it should be settled now, that the delegation from Alabama to the Chicago Convention will not be solid for Secretary Taft, and even if Mr. Taft is nominated, those colored voters who are not willing to vote for the Democratic nominee should remain away from the polls. God grant that he colored voters of America will deport themselves as men this year, and that the downfall of Secretary Taft and President will be certain and complete! Senate Bill No. 48, introduced by Southern Medicine Co. Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: I wish to say that my hair was only about three inches long and so kinky, stiff and harsh I could not manage it at all. But since I took two jars of your HER-TRU-LINE I have as pretty suit of hair as any lady in Atlanta. I wish everyone with curly or kinky hair knew of this wonderful HER-TRU-LINE. Yours respectfully Miss Lovie Mayes, Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga Senator Gallinger, to reimburse the depositors of the Freedmen's Savings Bank one million dollars, was passed. The bill was strongly recommended by theCompetroller of the Currency. Rev. White is interested in the bill. NEW SECRETARY OF THE Y. M. C. A. The Tri-County Press, of Bussey, Iowa, has this to say about the new secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of this city: "After nearly four years of very successful work as general secretary of th Y. M. C. A. of Buxton, L. E. Johnson has tendered his resignation, to take effect Feburary 1, or as soon sa the Board can find a successor. This they have accepted with many regrets for they very well know that he has been with their work 'from the ground up' and has made a success at every step. This call to Washington follows his work of three months in that city last winter. during which time they raised $32,000 for a new building, and the amount is to be made $100,000 with which to build the finest colored Y. M. C. A. building in America. Washington with its 100,000 colored people is to be a model after which other cities can copy, and it is fit that Mr. Johnson should be in charge for he is capable, faithful, and devoted to the work. We have seen some of the letters sent him by prominent men urging him to come, one of which was from President W. P. Thirkield, of Howard nUi-iversity. "The Buxton society now numbers 400 men and boys and they have Bible classes, night school, lectures, theatres, gymnasium.baths, games of many kinds, in fact everything found in a well-appointed Y. M. C. A. Mr. Johnson has proved his ability to cope with this problem and for this reason he has been called up higher. He leaves the finest colored Mining Camp Y. M. C. A. in America (in fact only New York city has a greater) and he has had more to do for it than anyone else. Returning immigrants carry away millions of dollars from this country. This is one of the reasons that times are so hard and antive-born Americans, white and black live so hard. The Smithsonian Institution will move in their new building early next year. HUGH DARLINGTON. Allegro. Brillante. Con spirito. FINE Copyright. Kleinert's DRESS SHIELDS Klimets LUXURY THE GEM DOUBLE COVERED Klimets LUXURY FEATHER WOOD WASHABLE Klimets 2 JUNO ODORLESS, NO RUBBER Every pair of Klelnert's Dress Shields is warranted. When properly used, we will not only refund money paid for shields that are not perfect, but will hold ourselves responsible for any resulting damage to gown. 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Their lines are your lines, their shape that of your own figure. They make a bad figure good and a good figure better. ON SALE AT ALL DEALERS Erect Form 744 (Stout Model) of Imported Coutil $2.00 Nuform 403 (Slender Model) of Coutil or Baste $1.00 Nuform 447 (Stout Model) of White Coutil $3.00 Erect Form 720 (Average Model) of Coutil or Baste $1.00 Nuform 738 (Average of Imported White Coutil or Baste) $2.00 Nuform 406 (Medium Model) of Coutil or Baste $1.50 WEINGARTEN BROS., MAKERS. 377-379 BROADWAY, N.Y. VALUE OF ORANGES ONE OF THE MOST HEALTHFUL OF FOODS. Many Delicious Dishes That' Can Be Prepared from This Royal Fruit —Omelet That Will Be Medical men say that an acid orange eaten daily before breakfast from December to April tends to produce a condition of almost perfect health. It is well known that singers consume large quantities of oranges, the juice of the fruit being considered specially good for the voice. Fresh fruits are always wholesome and appetizing as a food or in beverages, and fruit in some form should be eaten daily. Oranges may be served in many dalty dishes, and one may rejoice over the fact that the supply is plentiful and the price reasonable. Orange Omelet—Heat the yolks of six eggs with seven teapadspoonfuls of powdered sugar. Whip the whites to a stiff froth and pour the egg and sugar mixture over them. Mix lightly, at the same time adding the juice and grated outside rind of a large orange. Melt a tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan and tilt it about until the bottom and sides are well greased. Pour in the omelet and cook slowly. When firm and nicely browned set in a hot oven for two minutes, then fold it together, place on a heated dish and serve at once. Orange Roly Poly.—Peel, slice and seed four sweet oranges. Sift together one pint of flour, one tablespoonful of baking powder and one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Rub into this two tablespoonfuls of butter and mix in sufficient sweet milk to make a soft dough. Turn out on a well-floured board, roll out in a long strip, spread with the sliced oranges and sprinkle well with sugar. Roll up, pinch the ends so that the juice will not run out, lay on a buttered plate and steam for 30 minutes, then set in the oven until the top is dried off. Serve with hard sause. Orange Pudding.—Take three oranges, the juice of half a lemon, one pint of milk, one tablespoonful of cornstarch, one cupful of sugar, two eggs and one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt. Peel the oranges and cut them into pieces half the size of a nutmeg, taking out the tough portions in the center. Place the pieces in a pudding dish, squeeze the lemon juice over them, add half a cupful of the sugar, stir and set aside while the rest of the pudding is being prepared. Beat the yolks of the eggs, stir in two tablespoonfuls of milk, add the same quantity of milk to the cornstarch, and beat the two mixtures together. Heat the rest of the milk in a milk boiler, and Leggiero. mf ff molto creo. D.C. au Fm. when it comes to the soil add the egg and cornstarch mixture. Cook for five minutes, add the salt and the rest of the sugar, remove from the fire and lay the preparation, one spoonful at a time, upon the oranges in the dish. Beat the whites of the eggs stiff, add one tablespoonful of sugar, spread the iceing on top of the pudding and brown it delicately in the oven. Setting the Pace. The careful housekeeper whose heart is thoroughly in her work and whose aim it is to make her household run on offled wheels will soon discover that it lies with her to set the pace in energy, carefulness, tidiness and punctuality. The entire household, from the children to the servants, all take their cue from the mistress. If she is lazy and careless, her servants and her children will be quick enough to follow her example. On the other hand, if the mistress is tidy, quick to discover mistakes, careful and troubled over every detail of domesticity, she will soon find that her house works well, and that punctuality and order reign in place of slackness and careless methods.—Cassell's Journal. English Yorkshire Pudding. One-half pound of flour, one pint of milk, two eggs and a pinch of salt. Beat the eggs and salt, add part of the milk, then the flour and rest of the milk. I like a fork, the best to mix with. I melt some butter or dripping and put in my muffin pans and have my pans hot. Put my batter in about half full, and then everybody gets their share of crust. Worcestershire Sauce. Add to one quart of vinegar one-half ounce cayenne pepper, two heads garlic, chopped; three anchovies, mashed; two teaspoons ground cloves, three teaspoons of allspice, two blades of mace, time-half teaspoon each cinnamon and ginger. Let stand 24 hours. Strain, add the juice of a lemon. Cork and set aslide for ten days. Pour in a crock and skim, bottle and seal. With the Squabs. For a sauce for fried squabs turn a cupful of hot water flavored with beef juice or a good stock into the pan in which the squabs are cooked, add six or eight button mushrooms cut in pieces, pepper and salt, and cook for five minutes. Then season with a tablespoonful of flour rubbed smooth with two tablespoonfuls of butter. Cranberry Jelly. One quart cranberries, one pint sugar, one half pint water; wash and pick over cranberries, put in a saucepan with sugar and water; boil 12 minutes; wash the berries on side of kettle while boiling; strain through a course wire move; put in mold. When cool turn out on dish. Any one can make this jelly and be sure of success. ED. PINAUD'S HAIR- TONIC (EAU DE QUININE) THE RAW CURRANT THE RAW CURRANT PRAISED BY WRITER AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET. May Be Given in Quantities to Children with Only the Most Beneficial Results, on Scientific Until the last year or two mothers have felt it a sort of solemn duty to keep a very tight hand over the currant-bag, declares a writer in London Madame. "If you have them now you cannot have them' in the cake," we say to the bairns, and, when once more reminded that the currants would be more fully appreciated now than they could possibly be at tea-time, we give the sober answer: "They aren't good for you, dear, and you mustn't ask again." Now that is just where we mothers go wrong. Raw currants are good for our children—immensely better than the raw, unripe gooseberries and the sour green apples which we know they eat from the garden, better, also, than any other under-ripe or over-ripe fruit whatsoever. Dried currants, in their uncooked state, are so exceedingly light and so very nutritious that—provided the skin of the berry is broken before the fruit is swallowed—90 per cent of the total weight of the fruit is digested within half an hour of its being eaten, and mothers may safely take this as a vindication of the wholesomeness of the raw currant. No grown-up person, no little child, can obtain anything but good from this fruit if only the simple precaution be taken to pierce the skin by the natural process of mastication. Almost it would seem that the more precious the food the more snugly does nature wrap it up. Peas and beans are very nutritious—see how carefully nature packs them; nuts are famous for nutritive value—nature packs them in wooden cases. Currants are, weight for weight, more nutritious than any other fruit known to man and, though the berries are small and insignificant looking, nature has taken care that the fine skin shall be just strong enough to preserve the precious fruit from injury. It is seldom that one sees a bruised or broken currant, yet the covering of the berry is so very fine that when once broken it rapidly becomes part and parcel with the soluble matter of the currant It has been proved by our scientists that none of the nutriment of the currant-grape escapes from the fruit during the simple process of drying, which is carried out in the open sunshine and fresh air Currants, lose only water in this drying, and the effect of the sunshine upon the gathered fruit is simply to change the fleshy portion of the currant into what is known as grape sugar Grape sugar is the most highly nutritive of all foods, and it is because currants are so remarkably rich in it that Sir Francis Laking, our own king's doctor, recommends them so heartily to people of all ages and all classes of society. Sir Francis is of the opinion that when once the people of this country have become fully aware of the food values of this wonderful fruit, Greece will have no time to look further for purchasers for all the currants she is able to produce. With testimony such as this to reassure us, we mothers may cast every doubt to the winds and gladly provide our children with a full sufficiency of the fruit that is at once so wholesome and so inexpensive. McCall Patterns 10 15 McCall Patterns 50 YEAR There are more McCall Patterns sold in the Dublin British than any other of its品种. This is an amount of their style, colour and simplicity. McCall Magazine (The Queen of Puzzles) has many publishers that any other Lolley Magazine. One year subscription (in number costs 50 cg) is been £5,000. Every member gets a McCall Jacket, Lady Agnes Warehouse. Expanders promote Dover each summer. Pattern Catalogue (of two deals) and Press Catalogue (shopping and pre- mising) are sold. 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We still have a large collection of superb Diamonds which we bought a considerable time ago at lower prices than prevail today. We shall not advance prices on these stones. 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 Peel two or three cucumbers, cut them in quarters, remove the seeds and slice coarsely. Parboil in salted water and drain. Put in a saucepan with two tablespoonfuls of butter and one large sliced onion; let all cook together for half an hour. Season well with sugar, salt, pepper and celery salt. Melt in another saucepan two tablespoonfuls of butter; stir in one tablespoonful of flour; cook it without browning. add the cooked cucumber, one quart of the white stock, boll up, skim, add one pint of boiling milk. Cook slowly for 20 minutes, then rub through a fine sieve. Stir one gill of cream with two yolks of eggs well together, pour into the puce, return to heat, but do not allow to boil, pour into the soup tureen and serve with croutons. Apricot Tartlets A novel way of preparing apricot tartlets is to line silk tartlet molds with pastry, fill them with dried bread crumbs and bake them. When nicely browned remove the crumbs and on the bottom of each tartlet place a good-sized teaspoonful of apple marmalade. Use a can of apricots, cut in thin slices, to fill up the tartlet shells. Top each with a teaspoonful of powdered sugar. Make 16 minutes in a moderate oven. Remove from the oven and let them become cold; then decorate the top of each with a teaspoonful of currant jelly, when they are ready to serve. A tiny circle of whipped cream around the currant jelly improves both the flavor and the appearance. Kensington Cream One-half box of gelatin, soaked an hour in one-half pint of milk. Put a pint of milk in a double boiler with four tablespoonfuls of sugar and beaten yolks of four eggs. When boiling add gelatin and milk. Take from stove, pour in a teaspoonful of vanilla and the beaten whites of the four eggs; turn into a mold. Serve with maraschino cherries and whipped cream. Preserved cherries and berries may be used instead. Stan Parties. In planning a stag party for husband, brother or son remember that men prefer plain, substantial food rather than fancy salads, ices and cakes. A beefsteak supper is always appropriate, or, if the supper is to be given after cards or the theater, creamed oysters on toast, club sandwiches. Scotch woodcock or any of the simpler dishes is more acceptable to the masculine palate than the usual supper party menu. To Remove Grease. One often spoils a painted wall back of a gas stove range trying to keep the grease off of it. If this is used you require no soap or heat. 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Dip any of the crisp soda crackers in milk, but do not permit them to become too sodden. Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with sugar and spread upon a platter, on which there is room enough to lie singly. Put in the oven, let them brown slightly, and sprinkle with minced raisins and almonds. Lay two or three together and serve with whipped cream. All white meats gain in flavor from a delicate onion admixture with the gravy. The nion is to be grated and put over the meat before it has just finished roasting and then blended by basting. In this way one avoids the burnt onion slices, which sometimes result from other methods, and which have, in a way, caused the addition of onion to be regarded with disfavor. The bits of tongue and ham which do not look well upon the table should be saved and chopped up together for meat pies. Spinach prepared with a butter sauce is mixed with the fragments just before they are put into the chopper. A little tomato ketchup is an improvement. The thickening should be either grated bread or cracker crumbs. The usual pie crust is best, with a little niggardliness in the matter of shortening. An old carpet dyed often looks as good as new. If, therefore you have a carpet which is badly faded, but otherwise in good repair, send it to be dyed, and if you choose a nice color you will be delighted when you get it back again. All shoes are ruined if wet too often, and poor shoes suffer most of all. If the shoes have been thoroughly wet don't try to dry them quickly. After removing them rub them with plain lard or vaseline and let them stand in a cool place until thoroughly dry, when they will have regained much of the original oil of the leather. A delicious savory can be made by pounding together the yolks of hard-bolled eggs and sardines freed from bone (equal quantities) and lemon juice and salt to taste. Fill the whites with the mixture, stand on fried croutons of bread, put a tiny bit of whipped cream on top, and serve garnished with parsley. Shave beef very fine, put into a frying pan when good and hot, season with pepper and salt just before serving. Beat two or three eggs light and stir in and you have an appetizing dish easily prepared for tea. Cold ham is also good. The Use of Mineral Waters. Unless it is known positively that the mineral water is a pure kind, use distilled water, which is always pure, although it may not be as agreeable to drink. BETWEEN G'&H Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150. Ladies' Diamond Brooches, $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. WATCHES When Shoes Get Wet Effective Savery. Frizzled Beef. KEYSTONE D-779 IN WINDOW DRAPERY MATERIAL FOR VARIOUS STYLES OF ORNAMENTATION. Aberdeen Linen Suitable in Many Respects—Directions for Preparing Stencil Pattern of the Design Best Liked. The small side windows where one does not wish to hang lace curtains should be covered with soft-shaded drapery, plainly hung and of a simple pattern. A very good material for this purpose is Aberdeen linen. It sells for about 90 cents a yard. Where diamond-shaped windows are to be decorated this material is well suited. Of course one can use the soft silks and a stencil pattern on soft linen colored silk is very handsome. In preparing a stencil pattern if you cannot afford a metal stencil, then get a good grade of manila paper and draw the design you wish on it. Flowers with hanging heads are very pretty and the way to get a perfect outline is to place a piece of carbon paper black side on the manila paper. Lay on this the pattern you wish and pin firmly in place. Outline with a very sharp lead pencell. This leaves a perfect outline on the manila paper. It is best to coat the cut-out paper with paraffin, which can be done by sprinkling small pieces of shaved paraffin over the pattern and running a hot iron over it. But a better way would be to get a soft brush, dip into the melted wax, and paint both sides of the pattern. This coating saves the sides of the pattern by preventing the moisture from ruining the edges of the openwork. Cut out the pattern with a very sharp knife on the manila paper, and if you make a wrong move there is nothing to do but make a new pattern. The brush must never be wet when applied to the material or the moisture and color will extend beyond the outlines and ruin the effect. A good color to use on linen-colored silk is dull green or brick red, with a touch of black, but a beginner should try using only a solid color for the first work. Get brushes Nos. 6 and 8 for the work. They are flat and made for the purpose. A round-end brush will be helpful in filling in the work and following edge lines. Horseradish Sauce. Melt one tablespoonful of butter in a small saucepan, blend in one tablespoonful of flour, one pint of seasoned chicken or veal stock, three-fourths of a cupful of cream, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of made mustard, and two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Boil five minutes, draw to a cool part of the range, and add the beaten yolks of two eggs, stirring very carefully while putting them in. Heat again almost to boiling point and then add three-fourths of a cupful of grated horse radish. Mix well, simmer two or three minutes, and pour over the meats. Serve while hot. W.SidneyPittman Architect The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has concluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with it's increased Capital for the purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants-Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The Only First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With It's Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions, together with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 guests, at it's present location. 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. The Public is Base-Ball mad. and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in value in a single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning And Operating This Immense And Well Paying Plant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come without fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. it has been made purposely low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it. Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each. You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where you are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filling out the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. James H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. TWELFTH AND R STREFTS. N. W. JHDABNEY FUNERAL DIRECTOR. Hiring, Lever and Sale Stable. Carriages hired for funerals, parties, balls, receptions, etc. Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction guaranteed: Business at 1132 Third street northwest. Main office branch at 222 More street, Alexandria, Va. Telephone for Office, Main, 1727. Telephone call for Stable, Main 1428-5. OUR STABLES IN FREEMAN'S ALLEY. Where I can accommodate 50 Horses. Call and inspect our new and modern stable. because of the exceptional attention bestowed on the making. The only cheapness in it anywhere is the price. A Coodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsomest lasts, in the most popular leathers. Looks first rate and wears that way every time. It's worth vour while to come in and lock the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy Always welcome. Wm.Moreland, 491Penna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. BIGV OF THE BIG BOOT RENDERING IN MONOTONE, WATER COLOR AND PEN & INK PATENT DRAWINGS DRAFTING,DETAILING,TRACING BLUE PRINTING STRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Office 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Organizing—Capital Stock $100,000 The Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has condition in order to give room for the former, with its purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Establishing For All The People, The Only First Amendment Park, With It's Theater (Light Opera), Hutes, Miniature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Burley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto-making devices and laugh producing concessions, to-mmer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes the Loop District in Chicago. Ad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled inions can be made by those Who Take Stock In Of The Race Owning And Operating This Implant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will and October of each year, where you can come with and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? lovely given by subscribing for Stock in this Corpora-ly low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can his Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, dollars Each. You Squander More than this amount amusement Assn. 6258 Haisted Street, Chicago, Ill. Reas:- Enclosed please find $ _____ or infull as subscription fee for of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement per month until the full amount has been paid, at which time I am to recieve my stock name address city state H. Winslow AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. H AND R STREFTS, N. W. DABNEY GENERAL DIRECTOR. Lever and Sale Stable. Merals, parties, balls, receptions, etc. kept in first-class style. Satisfaction guar- the Third street northwest. Main office branch Alexandria, Va. Main, 1727. Table, Main 1428-5. RES IN FREEMAN'S ALLEY. 50 Horses. New and modern stable. Y, Prop., 1132 Third Street N. W. H·DEGREE OF SATISFACTION IS A RARE THING IN MOST $3.00 SHOES. SHOES AT THIS PRICE USUALLY LACK STYLE OR COMFORT OR BOTH. THE STYLE OF MORE EXPENSIVE SHOES AND GOOD SOLID VALUE ARE FOUND IN OUR SIGNET SHOE of the exceptional attention be- on the making. The only cheap- it anywhere is the price. year-welted shoe, made on seve- the season's handsomest lasts, in it popular leathers. first rate and wears that way me. With vour while to come in and look met over, even if you're not ready welcome. Rev. Simon P. W. Drew is having a big revival. Attorney T. L. Jones addressed the Second Baptist Church Lyceum last Sunday. Attorney J. W. Patterson was largely indorsed as a delegate to the Chicago Convention uesday night. About five hundred Republicans were present. The Dolliver bill will be defeated. The Blaine Invincibles will be invisible soon. The Gallinger bill will become a law. WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BEE The Bee may be purchased in this city at the following places: Dr. A. S. Gray, 12th and You streets northwest; Mr. M. Byrd, 1500 Fourteenth street northwest; Mr. W. H. Lee, 933 Twentieth street northwest, and Mr. J.-H. Ellis, 489 Missouri avenue northwest. Mrs. Emily McGinniss, of New York, who has been visiting this city, was the guest of Mrs. Mamie Early Mason, of 1509 First street northwest. MR HART ANNOUNCES HIMSELF. 1927 M. To the Republicans of the District of Columbia: Gentlemen:As the time draws near for selecting delegates to the next National Republican Convention, to represent the good people of the District of Columbia, and no steps so far have been taken to secure candidates to urge the nomination of President Roosevelt for a second elective term, I beg to announce myself as a Roosevelt Republican candidate to Chicago in this behalf. It would be a great misfortune for the DEATH OF MRS. FLEETWOOD. Nurses' Examining Board of the District of Columbia, 1723 G Street, Washington, D. C., February 7, 1908. Major Fleetwood, 91419 Pierce. Place, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir It was with great regret that the Nurses' Examining Board, heard of the death of one of its former members, Mrs. Sara Iredell Fleetwood. At a meeting of the Board on February sixth it was resolved that the sympathy of the present members be extended to her bereaved family, and the following minutes be recorded by the secretary of the Board: "In the death of Mrs. Sara Iredell Fleetwood the nursing profession sustains a distinct loss, as by her high character and courteous and Christian disposition she was always an influence for good among her associates. "During her short term as service as a member of this Board she won the respect of every member by her interest in the work no less than by her charity to all. "Her last attendance at a meeting was when she had been stricken by the illness which later was to cause her death. and at the cost of much pain she came, because she deemed that her duty to the public demanded her attendance. "Thus has ended a life of usefulness. May she rest in peace." Yours very truly, Lily Kanely, President. GRAND MASTER HOUSTON'S SISTER DEAD. Mrs. Evangeline L. Young, wife of J. Young, and sister of Grand Master Houston, died lastuesday at her late residence, 1432 Corcoran street northwest, and was buried on Thursday in Harmony Cemetery, the funeral occurring at the residence, with Rev. W. H. Brocks officiating. Mrs. Young, prior to her marriage, was a teacher in the public schools of Evansville, Ind., having graduated from the HighSchool of that city; and during the first years of her residence in Washington was a member of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church choir. She was of a gentle, loving disposition, devoted to her home and beloved by her friends, of JAMES L. NEILL, ATTORNEY. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Raquel Cruz Carter vs. Heyward S. Carter. No. 27531. The object of this suit is to obtain absolute divorce on ground of adultery. On motion of the complainant, it is this 3rd day of January, A. D. 1908, ordered that the defendant cause his appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day.exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default; provided a copy of this order be published in the Law Reporter and the Washington Bee once a week for three successive weeks. Harry M. Clabaugh, Chief Justice. True Copy. Test: By J. A. C. Palmer, Asst. Clerks. 2 Republic to lose the services of this wonderful executive He is true and tried; our foremost citizen, and ideal Republican American. I do not announce my candidacy as a white man, but simply as an American citizen like unto our great President, who knows no race, no color, no caste, no class, but only upright, loyal Republican manhood, the "square deal" and the open door of opportunity for all men of character, capacity and courage. whom she had many because of the qualities of her heart and mind. She is survived, in her immediate family, by a husband and three daughters, while the other relatives left to mourn her loss are a mother, sister and three brothers. The railroads kill ten thousand each year, and one hundred thousand were wounded in the last twelve months. In 1888, 5,282 were killed and 25,888 injured. To June 30, 1906, the number killed was 10,618, and injured 97,706. The statistics for 1907 have not been compiled. The whites of Philadelphia are up in arms because three young white girls have jidoined the Holy Ghosters, a Negro religious, society at New York. It is a mixed membership. Mr. Simmons, father of Sir Knight Simmons, of Simons Commandery, K. T., still keeps sick at his residence, F street northwest. He is a prominent member of Rev. Howard's church, southwest. Charles A. Stillings' suspension as the Public Printer amounts to a removal. It is indefinite. The electric line between Washington and Annapolis made its first run last Friday. In a few weeks the line will operate between Washington and Baltimore. Dr. Woodward has informed the District Commissioners that it is not the duty of the Health Office to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine in the District of Columbia. Congress will be urged by the Commissioners upon the recommendation of Major Sylvester to enact a vagrant law for the District of Colombia. Miss Alice Byington, of Stockbridge, Mass., in her will, among other bequests, leaves Tuskegee $5,000. The white people of Chicago have put in operation the snow bath for various ills. Rev. T. A. Walker, pastor of the Divinity Baptist Church, O and Fourth streets, is doing great work. All welcome. Judge Mullen, of Petersburg, Va., decided that in the case of the Harrison Street Baptist Church (colored), that the Rev. Eli Tartt, by reason of his resignation, is no longer pastor and has no official connection with the church. William H. H. Hart. JAMES F. OYSTER The Leading Place in the City for BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. Oyster's Butter is the sweet purest and Eggs the freshest. Square Stands, Center Market Riggs Market. Wholesale Dealer and Salesman Butter is the sweetest in the market. His Eggs the freshest. Stands, Center Market, 5th and K streets, set. OFFICE Dealer and Salesman, 900 and 902 Pennsylvan N. W. Oyster's Butter is the sweetest in the market. His Cheese is the purest and Eggs the freshest. Square Stands, Center Market, 5th and K streets, N. W., and Riggs Market. Wholesale Dealer and Salesman, 900 and 902 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. M. B. XMAS GOODS AT PRICES TO AT W. S. RICHARDSON'S, 31 BRUSHES, TOOTH BRUSH CLES, INCLUDING ALL I FUMERY SOAPS. RICHARDSON'S EST LOGNE IS AN EXQUISITE ORS, THE FRAGRANCE OF DOMINATING. DELICATE, TO BE FOUND FOR THE X OTHER USEFUL THINGS AND USEFUL XMAS PRESS. DON'T NEGLECT YOUR X ABSOLUTELY PURE—FOR ATISM, AND A GENERAL BE FOUND HERE. SATISF REFUNDED. Columbia Ic BEDS AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL CURRENCY. RICHARDSON'S, 316 41-2 ST. N. W. C. S, TOOTH BRUSHES, FANCY TOPS, INCLUDING ALL KINDS OF THE LAST SOAPS. RICHARDSON'S ESPECIALLY PREPARED EXQUISITE BLENDING OF DRY FRAGRANCE OF ORANGE BLOSSOM. DELICATE, LASTING. NON-TOUND FOR THE MONEY. THOUSAND FEEL THINGS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR XMAS PRESENTS. REGLECT YOUR HEALTH CABINET, HELLY PURE—FOR COLDS, MALARIES AND A GENERAL HEALTH. FRESH HERE. SATISFACTION, OR YOU WANT. 316 41- XMAS GOODS AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL CUSTOMERS. AT W. S. RICHARDSON'S, 316 41-2 ST. N. W. COMBS AND BRUSHES, TOOTH BRUSHES, FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, INCLUDING ALL KINDS OF THE LATEST PERFUMERY SOAPS. RICHARDSON'S ESPECIALLY PREPARED COLOGNE IS AN EXQUISITE BLENDING OF DAINTY ODORS, THE FRAGRANCE OF ORANGE BLOSSOMS PREDOMINATING. DELICATE, LASTING. NONE BETTER TO BE FOUND FOR THE MONEY. THOUSANDS OF OTHER USEFUL THINGS THAT WILL MAKE PRETTY AND USEFUL XMAS PRESENTS. DON'T NEGLECT YOUR HEALTH CABINET ARE TO ABSOLUTELY PURE-FOR COLDS, MALARIA, RHEUMATISM, AND A GENERAL HEALTH. FRESH DRUGS BE FOUND HERE. SATISFACTION, OR YOUR MONEY REFUNDED. 316 41-2 S., N. W. Columbia Ice and Coal Co. FIFTH AND L STS., N. W., M. A present for every Butler in this time, between December 31st and Columbia Ice Co., Absolute satisfaction for every Butler in the Phone. 5th & December 31st and city of Washington Columbia Ice Co., A present for every Butler in the Phone. 5th & L Sts. 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There are many special values here now, as we are getting ready for the reception of spring stocks. Peter Grogan 817-819-821-823. Seventh Street. Between H and I Streets. The Life and Works of PAUL LAWRENCEDUNBAR Containing his complete poetical works, his best short stories, etc. With biographies of famous poet by Lida Keck Wiggins, and an introduction by Walter Dean Howells, editor of Harper's Magazine. Properly illustrated by J. T. Nichols Bro., Illinois. Price, $1.75. Drop postal to The Bee Office, and a representative will call on you. est in the market. His Cheese is th et, 5th and K streets, N. W., and OFFICE n. 900 and 902 Pennsylvania Avenue N. W. TO SUIT ALL CUSTOMERS. 60 41-2 ST. N. W. COMBS AND IES, FANCY TOILET ARTINDS OF THE LATEST PER- PECIALLY PREPARED COBLENDING OF DAINTY ODORANGE BLOSSOMS PRELASTING. NONE BETTER MONEY. THOUSANDS OF THAT WILL MAKE PRETTY ENTS. HEALTH CABINET ARE TO COLDS, MALARIA, RHEUM-EALTH. FRESH DRUGS ACTION, OR YOUR MONEY 316 41-2 S., N. W. e and Coal Co. NEAR K ST. MARKET. This ice is made from distilled water, drawn from artesian wells. It is from the same water veins that furnish the famous Columbia Springs. Also retail dealers in Wood and Coal. Corner Fifth and L streets Northwest, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 070 Joseph T. Peake, Pres. & Mgr. Secy.-Treas. Why not make a gift to your home by placing your order with the Columbia Ice Company for your coal and wood? and your ice for the winter and summer? Absolute satisfaction guaranteed on Phone. 5th & L Sts. N.W. city of Washington that calls on on on Terms CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Claret Punch Acceptable for all seas sons. Ready for dilution $2 gallon 50c full qt. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Phone M 74. COLE & SWAN, WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS, No. 1514 14TH Sr., N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Choicest jewelry of every kind, To suit the most fastidious mind, With taste and skill combined, The best and finest you will find. Nos. 216 and 218 Ninth street northwest. Families supplied with Oysters, Clams, Crab Meat, Hard and Soft Crabs. Everything guaranteed to be fresh and delivered BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, GUNS, MECHANICAL TOOLS, LADIES' AND GENTS' WEARING APPAREL. OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. DR.MILES' ANTI-PAIN PILLS FOR Headache FOR NEURALGIA. SCATICA. RHEUMATISM. BACKACHE. PAIN IN CHEST DISTRESS IN STOMACH. SLEEPLESSNESS TAKE ONE of the Little Tablets AND THE PAIN IS GONE If you have Headache Try One They Relieve Pain Quickly, leaving no bad After-effects 25 Doses 25 Cents Never Sold in Bulk HOUSE AND HERMANN. February Furniture Bargains Every piece of Furniture in this store is well constructed and finely finished. No "veneer values" in this stock, which carries reductions that make our bargains REAL ones. The savings amount to 33 1-3 percent, and are made possible by our control of the most desirable lines handled in this city. Don't buy until you have made comparisons. When in doubt, buy of HOUSE & HERRMANN, Seventh and Eye Sts., N. W. CLAIRVOYANT OGIST crude to grave. gives in full of those you have or will marry; cancer happy hearty; those you desire; unites those necessar (never falls). If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any under- taking in busi- ness or domestic life; sickness, divorce, separate. Life from choice to gra- nage in fullfill of those you have or will marry, causes happy marriage to those you owe due money those you are arraised (never falls). If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any under- taking in business, social or domestic life sickness, divor- cations, lawsuits, lost or absent friends interest you; if you have a domestic trouble, moved, your lost love returned, write me. You will be advised the best way to succeed. Fee $1.00 e Patrons attended to in all parts of the world. Letters of inquiry answered on receipt of two stamps. THE F. E. GREEN CO. 818 19th St N. W. Washington, D. C. Dyeing, Cleaning and Pressing. J. Henry Foster, Manager. Gentlemen's Neckties Cleaned and Pressed, 50. Silk Hats Ironed Waists Dyed and Pressed, 75c. Short Coats Dyed and Pressed, 75c, $1.00. Long Coats Dyed and Pressed, $1.00, $1.50. Blankets, $1.00, $1.50. Portieres Dyed or Cleaned, $1.00, $1.50. Our Dressmaking and Repair Department is at your service. Suits steam cleaned, $1.00. CHARLES H. JAVINS & SONS FISH, POULTRY AND OYSTER DEALERS, 930 C Street Northwest, and Center Market, Washington, D. C. Phone, Main 4480. FOR RENT. Nicely furnished room with or without board. No. 1742 Fourteenth street northwest. A. H. Underdown, 1742 14th St. N. W. ROLLY MOUNT PURE RYE WHISKEY. Sold Only JOHN F. MEENEHAN, 14th St. and Rhode Island Avenue, N. W., WASHINGTON. D. C. Phone N. 3166. J. D. O'CONNOR, Union Bar, and Union Goods. Yellow Keystone Pure Rye Whiskey. J. D. O'CONNOR'S BUFFET, Cor. Seventh and P Sts. N.W. Phone N 4117. SAMUEL G. STEWART 1141 Seventh Street Northwest, Between L and M Streets. Wies, Liquors, Etc. Washington, D. C. GoToC.E.Bunch DEALER IN FINE FAMILY GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS AND PROVISIONS. COR. FOUR AND HALF AND MD.' AVE. S. W. Louis J. Kessel, Importer of and Wholesale Dealer in WINES AND whiskies Sale Owner of the..... ... Following Brands: Private Stock, Old Reserve, Hermit Oxford, Tremont 425 TENTH SREET, N. W. Telephone—Main—160.