Washington Bee

VOL. 28 NO 52 BISHOPS MEET ADDRESS OF DR. BOOKER T WASHINGTON. Norfolk, Va., May 15, 1908. The principal event of the week here in connection with the A. M. E. Church General Conference, aside from the election of officers, was the strong, convincing, interest-compelling address of Dr. Booker T. Washington, who spoke upon invitation of the Conference Friday evening, May 15th. The largest crowd of the Conference session gathered at the great Skating Rink at Liberatorium to hear the address and welcome the speaker of the occasion. More than three thousand people paid an admission fee to hear Dr. Washington, the whole proceeds going toward the expenses of the Conference, Dr. Washington contributing his services and the expense account of himself and secretary to the Conference. On the platform with Dr. Washington were Bishops Abraham Grant, W. J. Gaines, Evans Tyree, L. J. Copin, C. J. Shaffer, B. F. Lee, C. S. Smith, Prof W. S. Scarborough, Hon. W. T. Vernon; Dr. Washington's secretary, Mr. Emmett J. Scott, and Dr. H. T. Johnson, who introduced the speaker. The applause of the audience was spontaneously and truly hearty; every demonstration of good will and admiration being voiced in the overwhelming ovation which followed the conclusion of the eloquent address. At a banquet tendered Dr.Washington at theMt.Vernon Hotel by Mr. L. W. Bright, the proprietor, nearly every bishop and general officer of the Church and many leaders of the Church were present and responded to toasts, all voicing sympathy and endorsement of the sensible address to which they had listened. Dr Washington has every reason to feel proud of the cordiality of his welcome ehre, of the magnificent audience which greeted him, and of the sympathy and good will of the assembled hosts of African Methodism. It will mean much to the race for these strong forces to be working side by side, in complete understanding. On Saturday the General Conference went in a body to the famous Hampton Institute. A boat was provided by the Institute, luncheon was served to nearly six hundred persons en route, and a splendid day spent in visiting all departments of the school. In the gymnasium addresses were made by Dr. Washington, Bishop Gaines, Bishop Grant, Hon. W. T. Vernon, Dr. H. T. Kealing, Dr. Goode, Dr. Bolling, etc. Dr. Washington spoke for nearly two hours, and in part as follows: There are certain points of fundamental interest upon which we as a race can unite. On all essentials there is no reason why there should be any division among us. It is not necessary that we be uted on non-essentials, but there are certain great fundamental principles so important to the progress of any race of people that I am going to take the liberty of emhpasizing in your presence the necessity of having constant union in the promotion of these great principles. First, we can unite as a race upon the idea that we are to remain in this country; that we are to be permanently classed as American citizens. Again, we can unite upon the idea that the masses of our people are to remain in the Southern States, and that when all things are considered it is best that the masses should remain in the Southern States. It is impossible for a race to achieve any high degree of progress until it has definitely settled the place of its permanent abode. An unsettled, shifting people are always an unsuccessful people. Besides, there are certain elementts which follow us, no matter where we go. One cannot get rid of poverty or ignorance or immorality by merely changing the place of his abode; on the other hand, if one possesses intelligence and skill and high moral character, these elements will follow him and stand him in good stead, no matter where he may reside. We can all unite upon the idea that in the case of a race in the THE BEE WASHINGTON same relative stage of civilization, that the masses of ours are in, that national betterment is one of the first essentials for success; that the matter of ownership of land, of homes; of cultivating habits of economy, of providing today for tomorrow, this year for next year, are prime requisites. We can unite upon the idea that it is only through constructive efforts that we are to succeed. Your own church is an example of what can be accomplished by a race of people who are working in progressive, constructive directions instead of working in destructive directions. It has only been through constant, persistent constructive methods that you have built up a great Church organization that commands the respect and confidence of the world. In these great constructive directions, in these great constructive movements there is no racial discrimination, no chance for the drawing of the color line. Man may discriminate as to race, but soil and sunshine and rain and wood and iron and water draw no color line; they yield their richese as quickly to the touch of the hand and the brain of the black man as they do to the hand and the brain of the whitest individual in America. No man can enact a law to stop the progress of the civilization of the world. In proportion as we lay solidly and carefully the same kind of material foundation which has made other races useful and successful, in the same degree will we prosper. We can unite again upon the idea that we have a great opportunity in this country to enter into business, to become commercial factors; and in these respects the Negro minister must in a large degree be the leader and the guide. In respect to material and business betterment, the Negro minister, unlike the white minister, must teach the people, because many of the material and commercial considerations that now confront the Negro have been settled centuries ago by the white man himself, hence it is important that the Negro minister perform a broader and more varied service than is true of the wwhite minister. In our Southern country especially does the Negro have an opportunity to sell his labor in wwhatever market he chooses, and he has a rare opportunity to succeed in commercial business enterprises. We must learn to overcome evil with good. If a man says the Negro cannot buy a farm, do not argue with him, but let us show him a farm that a Negro has bought. If a man says the Negro cannot build and live in a decent house, do not argue with him, let us point to a decent house that the Negro has built and occupies. If a man says a Negro cannot save money and live an honest, decent, industrious life, do not argue with him, let us be in a position to point to scores and hundreds of our people in his community who are living decent and honorable lives. If a man says the Negro cannot conduct a bank, do not argue with him, but show him a bank that the Negro is conducting successfully. The object-lesson in all these respects will go further in convincing people than thousands of abstract arguments. We can again unite upon the idea that it is of the first importance that the masses of our people be educated. Only a very small percent of fthe Negro children in this and the next generation will ever get beyond the public school branches. A very small percentage will ever go to a high school, college or industrial institution. Those who do not get their education in the ordinary city and county schools for the most part will grow up in ignorance. It behooves us, then, to see to it in connection with our Church work that in some manner either through public fund or private fund, that every child that we are able to influence remains in school for six or eight months during the year. We can unite upon the idea that education must be suited to the needs of the people. Who will doubt if fthe Republic of Liberia and the Republic of Haiti were sending out scores and hundreds of well skilled, intelligent fafrmers and mechanics every year ducing such riches that they would become potent factors in the civil- WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY MAY 23. 1908. [Picture of a man in a suit, seated in a chair, with a serious expression.] ization of the world. Industrial or hand education that a few years ago we thought was being applied only to the Negro is now being given to white boys and girls throughout the as well as professional men, but that these countries would soon be procountry, and especially in the South, in a larger degree than it has ever been provided for black children. Again, we can unite as a race upon the idea that our leaders, whether they are miinsters or teachers, must be of a pure, high moral type. We can unite upon the idea that no Church should tolerate for a single moment a man in the putpit as a leader whose moral character is at all questionable. Justice to the clean minister demands that he not be compelled to associate with the one of unclean character. Our ministers in PRO a larger degree than is true of any other class must be prepared to lead public sentiment rather than to follow it; must lead public sentiment when it is not popular to do so; but learn that the doctrine which is offr the present the most popular is not that which in the long run will do the people the most good. We can unite as a people upon the idea that wherever the black man lives, whether North or South, East or West, he must pursue the same policy that other races pursue, and that is to make frriends in a manly, straightforward manner with the people among whom he lives. We must learn that true courage manifests itself in cultivating the friendship and confidence of the white man who is right at our door. Of all the facts in my life of which I am proud, there is none which I point to with more satisfaction than the fact that in my town and in my county I can call every man, no matter what his color, my frend. We all should bear in mind, as I said in the beginning, that the great masses of our people are to remain in the South and we should see to it that neither by our words or our actions that we ad to their burdens. We can unite upon the idea, again, that we do not ask any special consideration because of our race or color, but that the same law which is made to apply to other races of people i n this country be applied with equal and exact and unerring justice to our race. We can unite upon the idea that we do not consider social intermingling with any other race necessary to our salvation, but we do consider that it is fundamentally important that everywhere in America that we have the equal and sure protection of the Continued to page 4. Republicans excluded rf from the Republican State Convention held in Lynchburg, on April 23, held a State Convention on Thursday, May 14 at Richmond, in the True Reformers' Hall, on West Third street. Ex-Post O. T. Russell, who for thirty years has held a Federal office, was made chairman of the convention. There were just forty-eight colored men, some of whom were the best type of the race in the State, and there were many self-constituted delegates who for years have attended Republican conventions. In this meeting were some six or seven white men who failed to make connection with the Federal pie counter; some wanted to curse 5 any dead fol- ment but foifr not do the man East name and only, the We man-end man the am point the un- tter the President and his frfiends, while others preferred a more conservative course. The whole fight was against the Lily White wing of the Republican party, and not a few of those present thought that the fight should be made in the party in the State, where conditions were known. Dr. J. M. Benson, one of the ablest men in the State, led the fight for conservatism. J. H. Hoyes, the radical, who has fallen in every race, was outvoted in the committee on resolutions. He asked Chairman Siemp, of the State Committee for a compromise one week before the convention met. Chairman Siemp is willing to invite all registered voters into the party councils at the same time. He has his tonahawk carefully concealed in his big political blanket. WELCOME TO COLORED DEL-LEGATES. Chicago Preparing to Receive Convention Visitors With Open Arms. Greatest Social Function in History of Negro Race Planned by the Eighth Regiment for June 18. Chicago, Ill., May 20.—The colored men of this city are preparing to give the colored delegates and visitors to the Republican National Convention the greatest time ever given to colored delegates and visitors to any previous National Convention. Unquestionably, however, the most beautiful and enjoyable affair to be given during the week of the convention — and possibly the most brilliant affair ever given in Chicago for social entertainment of the race — will be the band concert and full dress reception tendered by the officers and men of the Eighth Illinois Regiment on Thursday evening, June 18. This is the "crack" regiment that went to Cuba during ```markdown ``` the Spanish-American War, and which, with Col. John R. Marshall in command, rendered service that won the highest encomiums at the hands of the United States Government. It is the only colored regiment maintained by any State in the Union, and is regarded as one of the finest drilled and most capably officered and best disciplined regiments in the country. The First Regiment Armory, probably the largest armory in the world, has been engaged for the occasion. It is also planned to have an exhibition drill by the regiment, so that the visitors from the North, East, South and West, may see what Chicago and the State of Illinois have in the shape of Negro soldiers. It may be added that the Eighth is the only regiment in the land offi- The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a monochrome photograph of a person, but no discernible details can be made. cered from colonel to corporal by colored men, and it will be a matter of much pleasure and deep interest to all to see them in action. The officers in full regimentals, beautifully gowned women, and distinguished colored men from every State in the Union, in full evening dress, will make this function one that will go down in history as the greatest and handsomest reception ever given among colored men and women in this country. It will take on truly national proportions, and the ladies are fairly on tiptoe of expectation in anticipation of its brilliancy. It is the desire of the officers and members of the regiment that every delegate and alternate delegate to the convention receive an invitation, and it is requested by the management that all delegates and alternates send their names and addresses at once to Col. John R. Marshall, 3630 Calumet avenue, Chicago, Illinois, to insure their receiving 'an invitation.' Willie Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, won an easy victory over Aurelio Herrera; of California, at the Armory Athletic Association of Boston, Mass., last Sunday. Battling Nelson disclaims a secret agreement with McFarland and their coming bout. Joe Gans and Boer Unholz had their 20-round bout at the Coliseum at San Francisco last Thursday. The faziest man in the world is an Irishman named Thompson, of Belfast, Ireland. He went to bed in 1877 and remained until a fortnight ago, only leaving by compulsion. Bishop Charles C. Brent, of the Philippines, has been elected Bishop of Washington, D. C., Episcopal Diocese. READ THE BEE. --- PARAGRAPHIC NEWS By Miss Beatris L. Chase. The closing exercises of the Georgia State Industrial College will begin Sunday, 31st, and continue thru June 3. It is said the date for the cornerstone laying of Douglass Hospital, Philadelphia, has been changed to June 28th, and an excellent program is being arranged. We note that the committee for bettering the condition of the colored people of New York advises the Southern Negroes to remain in the Southland. It is the purpose of the members of the G. U. O. of O. F. in America to dedicate the new headquarters of the organization which will be built in Philadelphia, about the middle of July. Mr. A. T. Seay, of this city, has gone into business in Richmond, Va. The college faculty of Yale has formally disqualifiedYale's best pitcher from athletics for the season. Rev. C. T. Walker, of Augusta, Ga., is booked as one of the principal speakers at the N. B. S. S. Congress and Y. P. Chautauqua to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., June 24-29. An arbitration treaty between the United States and Denmark and a treaty providing regulations for the exchange of prisoners an dfor salvage and wreakage between the United States and Great Britain was signed the first part of the present week. Martin Gofah reported to the police that last Monday night eighteen colored men jumped on him at the corner of Tenth and D streets about ten o'clock and beat and robbed him, but the police were not able to find any witnesses of the hold-up. The one hundred and twentieth general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America convened in the Convention Hall in Kansas City, Mo., last Thursday, and will continue until the 30th instant. Representative J. Thomas Heflin, who was connected with a shooting affray some time ago, 'delivered an address in the First M. P. Church in this city last Tuesday evening. Twenty-seven arrests were made by two policemen last Saturday between six o'clock in the evening and midnight. Many bills have failed to pass in Congress, and several have not been reported as yet. Last Monday the conference report on the Union Station Trackage Bill was agreed to by the Senate and was sent over to the House for action. The Secretary of the Navy has been authorized to accept and care for gifts, such as silver service sets presented to vessels of the navy. Mrs. Elizabeth Wonderly, the oldest woman in Philadelphia, who celebrated her one hundred and fifth birthday anniversary last Sunday, says that she expects to live one hundred and twenty-five years. Dr. E. W. Lampton was elected bishop at the A. M. E. Conference. John D. Rockefeller is going to spend two thousand dollars for a large ice box, which is to be placed in his home. The colored physicians of Chicago have presented to Dr. Daniel H. Williams, a leading physician of that city, a handsome loving-cup. Hon. John C. Dancy was one of the principal speakers at the anniversary services of Mt. Olivet Ch., New York city, last Sunday night, which were held at the Carnegie Hall. A CORRECTION In The Bee last week the type, in speaking of the summer school at Mannersville, in the Province of Good Sense, should have read: "The Bee suggests that one of the Supervising Principals attend this school instead of the Columbia, in New York." BALTIMORE AND OHIO EXCURSION. Sunday, May 24. $1.00 to Frederick, Keedysville and Hagerstown and return. Train leaves Washington at 8 a.m. NEW AND OLD, BUT ALL WORTH A TRIAL. Chinese Pineapple Chicken a Good Sample of Oriental Cooking—To Prepare and Bake Two Lem- on Puddings. Chinese Pineapple Chicken.—Use a cup of cold chicken cut into cubes, one small can of mushrooms, and a small can of pineapple, three stalks celery, and two small onions. The celery and onions, cut into dice, are browned in oil or butter. Add to that the mushrooms and pineapple, together with pineapple liquor, add the chicken. Let come to a boll and serve. Any one fond of oriental cooking will find this delicous. Celery Pickle.—Take two quarts chopped cabbage, two quarts chopped celery, three quarts vinegar, quarter pound white mustard seed, half ounce crushed white ginger root, half ounce tumeric powder, two tablespoons salt, five tablespoons sugar. Cook slowly several hours until tender and seal in glass jars. Mealy Potatoes.—To have baked potatoes nice and mealy when served, silt the skin about two inches long ways of the potato immediately upon their removal from the oven. This will allow the steam to escape. Then squeeze slightly to make a fair sized opening. To this opening add a small piece of butter, salt, and pepper. Smooth Gravy.—Use egg beater to beat out lumps in making thickening for gravity. Two Lemon Puddings.—To one plint of scalded milk add one cup bread crumbs, one-quarter cup sugar, one teaspoon butter, grated rind of one lemon and one beaten egg or yolks of two. Mix all ingredients well together and bake slowly about one-half hour or until firm in the center. Serve hot or cold with jam or jelly. Two cups hot water, one cup sugar; put in a granite pan, let boil; then stir in two heaping tablespoons of cornstarch and a pinch of salt, wet with cold water. Let boil about two minutes on back of stove, then add juice of one lemon. Whip up whites of three eggs and pour custard over them. Whip with a spoon until light and foamy. Put in a dish and set away to cool. Serve with cream or a thin custard. Make Baking Powder.—Try mixing your own baking powder by taking one pound of cream of tartar, one pound of cornstarch, and one-half pound of baking soda. Sift several times together. This will make about two and one-half pounds of baking powder at a little more than the cost of one at the stores. Chickentaro.—For eight people use the white meat only of a good sized boiled chicken. Add two cans small mushrooms which have been removed from the cans and drained about two hours. Keep all in ice box, strictly salted. Dressing: Half pint of cream thickened with a little flour, when brought to a boll, a little salt and red pepper. When nearly cool add tablespoon of lemon juice and when perfectly cold add to the chicken and mushrooms. Mix only with a silver fork or spoon. Serve on a leaf of head, lettuce. Muffins. One cup of entire wheat (or graham) flour, one cup bread flour, one four cups sugar, two heaping teaspoons baking powder and one teaspoon salt, sifted all together. Add gradually one beaten egg, $1\frac{1}{2}$ cups sweet milk and one teaspoon of melted butter (measured after melted). Beat thoroughly and pour in hot buttered gem pans. Bake in quick oven 25 minutes. Watch carefully after first ten minutes that they do not get overdone and burn. When done fold in a napkin on pretty serving plate, and they are delicious, especially with maple syrup or honey, and take very few moments to prepare. Apple Butter Without Cider. Take half a bushel of apple peel, and put on stove in granite kettle. At the same time put peellings on in another kettle and boil until soft. Strain juice into apple butter. Add water to apples and cook until well done. Run through a colander. Set back on stove and cook until it thickens. Remove and add 50 cents' worth of dark brown sugar while hot. Replace on stove again and let it cook slowly for one and a half hours, or until it is the required thickness, stirring it occasionally. It will keep as long as desired. This rule will make two gallons. An Economy That Counts There are some things which it does not pay to buy in quantities, but soap of any kind is not one of them. If laundry soap is allowed to dry for weeks before using, the longer will it last. A high, unused shelf in the pantry or a table in an attic are either one excellent places for spreading the soap so that it is subject to the drying air. Even toilet soap is improved by this treatment; though it rarely gets it. Brown Chicken Ericassee For a brown chicken fricassee, Creole style, cut up the chicken in the usual way and fry in equal quantities hard and butter until nearly tender and brown. Dredge a little flour into a gravy and brown. Add a pint of boiling water, a small onion minced, a quart of potatoes and a small bunch of parsley. Simmer gently an hour or until very tender, and serve with rice. If preferred the rice may be added and cooked with the stew. Endless Novelties and Clever Combinations Are Possible. Olives may be a cultivated taste, but to the trained palate they offer endless novelties when used in clever combinations. The modern cook holds the olive in gentle regard, and with its aid prepares many a surprise to tempt palates that sigh for "something new." Olive Sandwiches.—Tiny ovals of thin bread spread with butter, then with equal parts of grated celery and chopped walnut meats, put together in palrs, with a stoned olive pressed into the top, are popular at teas. Russian sandwiches are made by chopping olives fine and just molstening them with mayonnaise. Cut thin slices of bread in narrow strips. Spread the olive upon half the pieces, spreading the others with cavlar; press together in palrs. Stuffed olives have the stones removed and replaced by any salpicon or forcemeat preferred. A variety is produced by stuffing them with some savory butter, such as lemon butter, rairgote butter, etc. They are separated from the stone spirally, as one peels an apple. The stone olive is then folded about the filling—which should be about the size of the stone—until it resumes its original shape. CARE OF THE TRUNK. Little Repairs That Will Keep It Always Looking Well. A battered trunk on the outside is not an ornamental, affair by any means and one never really cares what the exterior presents, providing the interior looks neat. Often the cloth or paper lining becomes old and the hinges break off, presenting a very untidy appearance. To make it look more presentable make new hinges with white tape, tacking the material in place with the smallest flat-headed tacks. Line throughout with white moire wall paper or a silver blue. The paper should be fastened on with wall paper paste and thoroughly dried before the contents are replaced. You will find that where the paper comes to the edge of the trunk trays and boxes it will be better protected along the edges if covered with passepartout to bind those parts. If the trunk has wooden pieces on the outside, clean with sandpaper and varnish. Often the metal portions can be cleaned with a cloth dipped in kerosene and rubbed into the pieces, afterward washed and polished with a chamois. Leather straps can be brightened with russet or black shoe polish. Beef En Casserole Wipe and trim neatly a good sized piece of the rump or round without bone. Sear until brown in a hot frying pan without allowing it to burn. In the bottom of your casserole dish, build a nest of diced potatoes, sliced onions, stripped carrots, turnips cut into small balls and any old cold peas or beans you may have on hand. If fond of herbs, scatter through this a little finely powdered mixed herbs. Season with pepper and salt. On this nest lay your seared meat. In a separate pan mix a large cup of stock or boiling water with one of tomatoes, stew until thoroughly mixed, strain and thicken with a tablespoon of flour and butter rubbed smooth, pour over your meat and vegetables. Cover with the earthenware lid and set in a moderate oven to cook for four hours. All casserole preparations are served from the dish in which they are cooked. This is set on a large plate or platter, and brought to the table, cover and all. No napkin or decoration of any sort is wrapped around the dish Beefsteak and Onions. Take a thick steak (a flank steak is best), chop thoroughly, dredge with flour, spread with butter, pepper and salt to taste, place in a dripping pan or roaster. Cover with water, cover closely and place in the oven for about an hour. Slice onions, and 24 minutes before meal time spread the onions over the steak and return to oven. If the flour with which the meat has been dredged does not make the gravy thick add a little browned flour mixed to smooth paste with water. Keep enough water around meat to have a nice gravy when done. Serve hot on a platter, either pouring gravy around steak or serve in a separate bowl. For Worn Carpet. When changing a Wilton, Brussels or tapestry carpet to other rooms one finds places which are cut in fitting or one wishes to join out. Make paste of flour and water and add some common glue, which should be dissolved thoroughly. Boll all together. Take a piece of burlap (the unfinished kind) and wet on one side with paste. Also wet the back of the carpet where you wish to rejoin. Put the side which is pasted next the canvas side of the carpet, lay over a board smoothly, draw the edges closely together, and hold them in place with a few tacks half driven in board. Seeds Spoil Lemon Flavor. The experienced housekeepers know, but the young ones have to be told, that the least little piece of a lemon seed will make a lemon ple extremely bitter, or will impart a bitter flavor to practically any food in which lemon is a part. The best method for extracting the juice and meat of a lemon is to cut it in half and squeeze out the contents on a metal or glass lemon squeezer. The seeds will fall into the groove below the cone and can easily be picked out with the tip of a spoon. If the lemons are grated there is more or less danger of the smaller seeds getting into the pulp. AROUND THE HOUSE AROUND THE HOUSE SMALL THINGS THAT ARE WORTH REMEMBERING. Save Thread on Machine.—Raise the foot of the machine to remove garment you are sewing, but before cutting the threads lower the foot again with top and lower threads toward the back. You then can cut the threads much shorter and the foot will hold them firmly in place with no trouble about the needle getting accidentally unthreaded. The work can easily be placed under the foot again, and you will find the needle always threaded in place of always unthreaded. Pea Pin Cushion.—A pretty idea for small cushions is a bunch of green pea pods—about six pods made of green silk and tied together with baby ribbon. Stuff with hair. A good pattern can be obtained from an old seed catalogue. Simple Buttonholes.—First sew the shape of the buttonhole, and then cut it through the center after it is sewed it through the center after it is sewed. Bands for Trimming.-Bands never were used more extensively for trimming than at the present time. To make bands quickly and perfectly, cut the band one and one-half inches wider than desired when finished and sew into one long strip. Draw two parallel lines eight inches long on the ironing board, the distance apart to equal the width of band when finished. Make a catstitch, using the lines as a guide. Pull the goods under the threads, and as it passes under press with a warm iron. If care is taken the edges will turn under evenly as they pass under the threads. To Hang a Skirt.—One of the most difficult things in dressmaking, is to make a skirt hang well. To get it even take a hoop and set it on the floor on little blocks of wood whose height is the number of inches the skirt is to be from the floor. Stand in the center of the circle and have someone mark the material along the top of the hoop with a piece of chalk. House Dress.—A shirt waist and skirt make the nearest of house dresses, providing the skirt band does not sag, and, to prevent this, the band usually is worn too tight to be comfortable while at work. Sew buttons at regular distances apart on shirt waist band; in skirt band work buttonholes, or, if band is narrow, sew tape loops to correspond. When fastened to waist by means of these buttons and buttonholes or tape loops the weight of dress hangs from shoulders, as it should. Do not use hooks and eyes, as these will cause rust spots when sent to laundry. To Clean Tan Leather. The knowledge that tan leather is hard to clean at home keeps a great many people from wearing it as much as they would like. Unless one is very careful, the efforts of renovafing make it become dark and streaked in places. Heavy tan gloves, which are almost every one's greatest comfort, can be kept in good condition by taking a damp rag and rubbing it over the surface. This removes the dirt and restores the original color. Yellow shoes, which no girl considers herself in the latest style without, can be cleaned by putting a few drops of turpentine on a woolen rag and rubbing them evenly all over. When dry polish with a soft brush, and they will look like new. Eggs In Cheese Sauce. A supper course to be made in the chafing dish. Melt a heaping teaspoonful of butter in the blazer, add one tablespoonful of flour and stir until smooth, then add two cupfuls of milk and stir until a creamy sauce results. Flavor with a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of red pepper, one small teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce. Finally add one cupful of grated cheese. When the cheese is melted, break into the sauce as many eggs as the blazer will hold, being careful not to break the yolks. When the eggs are well set, or poached, serve with the sauce on pieces of toast. If you have no chafing dish, use a porcelain-lined skillet on gas or coal stove. Concord Cream Peppermints. This is an especially nice way to make mints in the chafing dish. Put into the blazer two cups sugar and a half cup water, with a tiny pinch of cream of tartar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, remove the spoon and boil just eight minutes from the time it commences. Turn off the light, add eight drops essence of peppermint, stir hard, then drop from end of spoon on waxed paper. To Repair Carpet. Make an ordinary flour paste; boil and be sure it is free from lumps. Take any old-piece of wool carpet that will cover the worn part in the carpet you wish to repair; wet thoroughly with paste and spread smoothly over wrong side, over the thin or worn part. Be careful not to get paste through on right side. With a little trouble you can give new life to a worn carpet. To Brighten a Gas Mantle. When your gas burns poorly, probably the mantle is black. If so, remove the globe, get a salt shaker, and with it sprinkle salt on the mantle, as much as will cover it, then light the gas and let it burn till all the black is off. Then replace the globe. Cleaned thus, the mantle should be as good as new again. SOME NEW TABLE KINKS. Rock Candy for Coffee Instead of Sugar—Volcances of Rum. "Have you noticed that many hostesses are serving rock candy crystals instead of sugar with after dinner coffee?" inquired an observing woman. "I've tried it myself and have found that the prettiest effect is gained by buying an equal amount each of red and white rock candy and mixing the irregular shaped crystals in a low glass bonbon dish. "These are served with a bonbon spoon.' There's an especial advantage in this plan for those who want very little sugar, as the smallest quantity may be taken, less than an ordinary piece of cut sugar. This rock candy is absolutely pure, very cheap, and gives a particularly delicious flavor to black coffee. "Another new kink I noticed at a luncheon was the passing of two little glass dishes with the salad course. One dish held finely minced green peppers and the other tiny slices of little new onions. The guests took what they wanted and sprinkled it on the salad, which was a combination of Jettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. "At the same luncheon a fancy omelet with burning rum was served instead of the usual sweet course. Instead of the ordinary river of fire running placidly around the platter the effect was quilty spectacular and reminded one of miniature volcanoes. I found that this effect was the result of stacking lumps of sugar in heaps at intervals 'round the platter." HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If many of the books look shabby in the bookcase cover them with tan moire paper. They can be marked on the back with India ink. Apple stains on the hands can be removed by rubbing them with the inside of the apple peel or with a little lemon juice. Rinse in clear water. Cups and jugs often show a want of strict cleanliness about the handles. This is easily prevented by an occasional scrubbing with a small well-soaped brush. Never place a good piece of furniture very near a fireplace or register. The heat dries the wood and glue, often causing rot where the parts are joined together. Should the oven get too hot while baking put a cup of cold water in rather than leave the door open. In baking delicate cakes in a gas oven it is nearly always desirable to keep a small dish of water in the oven. To blacken tan boots wash the leather in rather strong soda water, but do not saturate it. When quite dry black the boots all over, using the cut half of a potato instead of a brush. Black thoroughly, then polish with a brush as usual. Vaseline stains on linen should be removed before the garments are washed, for, though the stains only look like grease, soap sets them. The right plan is to soak these stains in kerosene, turpentine or alcohol before putting them in water. Boiled Tongue. Try this dish some time when you are almost at your wits' end for something different. Boll a fresh tongue in salted water till tender with a sprig of celery or parsley, small parsnip, carrot and onion. When almost cooked take from water and skim and return again to the water. About an hour before serving place in deep pan, pour over following sauce, cover closely and bake in moderate oven, turning in half an hour. Sauce for Above—Melt two tablespoons of butter and add two tablespoons flour and two cups of water which tongue was cooked in, two cups of stewed and strained tomatoes, teaspoon table sauce if liked, and salt and pepper to taste. Baby Cage. To keep baby out of mischief and know exactly where she is, saw off the top of a barrel about down to the first hoop; take out every other stave and fasten the remaining ones to the hoops. Leave the bottom of barrel on, and in the open space from where the staves were taken, toys may be suspended by strings tied to the hoop around the top. The inside of the barrel may be covered with oil cloth, which can be cleaned easily. Casters also can be added. Here baby will be contented while mother attends to her household duties. Ribbon Cake. One and one-half cups of sugar, two-thirds cup of butter, three eggs, one cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, one teaspoon of cream tartar, one-half teaspoon of soda, a little salt. Flavor with vanilla. You can have three or four layers. Take nearly one-half of the mixture or one-third of it, add one tablespoon of molasses, one cup of seeded chopped raisins, one-fourth pound of citron, nutmeg, cassia and cloves. Put together with a thin layer of quince or raspberry jelly to hold it in place. Cooking Cabbage in Milk This is a delicate way of preparing cabbage, being both odorless and digestible. Prepare the vegetable by cutting it into very fine shavings; cover in a saucepan with milk and season to taste. Set on the stove, allowing it to cook for nearly 20 minutes. Serve at once. Spaghetti and Beef Take one pound of chopped beef and same amount of chopped onions and fry brown. Add one cup of apaghetti broken in small pieces, then one can of tomatoes, a little red pepper, and one teaspoonful salt. Cook half an hour. ```markdown ``` PICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE ON WEDNESDAY TERMS SAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. FTH and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C HOUSE & HERRMANN The newest weaves from theand size. 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New York—New light on that strange malady which attacks the wellers in the dark continent, the sleeping sickness" of Africa, was obtained by Dr. Robert Koch, the distinguished German scientist, who arrived here a few days ago after a long time spent in the German colonies of Africa, where he had gone for the purpose of making a study of the angular disease. This scourge is now attracting the attention of the entire medical world. It is estimated that in Uganda alone fully 100,000 have succumbed to it within a few years. Dr Koch worked for more than a year in the infected districts, striving with the dogged determination of his pace to solve what has now come to be recognized as the most urgent of all the problems of tropical medicine. The report of the German commission of which he was the head includes the ominous suggestion that drypanosomiasis, or "sleeping sickness," as it is more commonly known, may be communicated like other infectious diseases. One suggestion advanced by Dr Koch was the extermination of the crocodile. The tsetze fly, which carries the infection to man, feeds on this saurian. "This lighthearted proposition to wipe out the crocodile," says the Journal of Tropical Medicine, 6 Dr. Robert Koch. "does not seriously commend itself to us. Frankly, we do not see how it can be done. Every tropical sportsman knows that the crocodile is one of the most difficult animals. to destroy, and every naturalist is aware that its powers of reproduction are so enormous and its habits such as to make it extremely doubtful if its destruction could be effected in even the most highly civilized lands." Sir Patrick Manson, who is recognized as an authority on this scourge, says that in the days of the slave trade many poor wretches died of sleeping sickness during the voyage across the Atlantic. Nor were the slaves safe after landing in America or in the West Indies. Months, sometimes a year, afterward, and after a long spell of apparent good health, sleeping sickness would develop in some of the plantation hands and run its usual fatal course. But—and this is a remarkable and significant circumstance—the disease never spread to those legroes who had been born in America or the West Indies and who had never been to Africa. Not long after the opening up of the interior of the Dark Continent, and apparently in consequence of the resulting increased intercommunication, sleeping sickness began to extend its endemic area, especially so in the direction of the Upper Congo basin and toward the Portuguese colonies to the south of the Congo. Gradually it crept up the great river until it got as far as Stanley Falls, and now the riverine villages over a large part of the Congo Free State, villages in which the disease was formerly unknown, are only too familiar with this terrible scourge. The disease was originally discovered by Col. Bruce of the British Army medical department. It is now known that it is caused by an animal parasite called trypanosoma, which is carried by a special kind of tsetze fly. The natives are quite indifferent to flyites, and when once trypanosoma is introduced into the districts where these files abound they die like rotten sheep. Europeans brush off the files, and hence seldom fall a prey to the sleeping sickness. The tsetze fly is a little bigger than the ordinary house fly. Its ravages have long been familiar to all who have to do with what is called the tsetze belt in South Africa, a region in which no horses or cattle can live. During his investigations in South Africa, Dr. Koch was under commission by the German government. Dr. Koch took with him a staff of expert chemists and bacteriologists, and lived in the heart of the infected districts. His investigations there are not complete, and he will probably return to Africa as soon as his year's ear of the world is over. PURDY NAMED FEDERAL JUDGE. Government "Trust Buster" to Succeed Lochren of Minnesota. Washington.—Milton Dwight Purdy, who has been appointed United States district judge for the district of Minnesota, has been assistant to Attorney General Bonaparte since July, 1905, and has had special charge of cases relating to the Sherman anti-trust act and the interstate commerce laws. He has argued, before the United States supreme court, many important cases for the government, among his most recent victories being the two JILTON DWIGHT PURDY cases of the Great Northern Railway company and the Armour Packing company against the United States, in which the government was successful. Through Mr. Purdy's work important principles of law applicable to the interstate commerce act were established. Mr. Purdy was also connected with the investigation of the Brownsville riots. Following President Roosevelt's dismissal of the negro soldiers, Purdy was sent to investigate the full details of the affair. He is a native of Ohio, 41 years old, and a graduate of the University of Minnesota academic and law courses. He practiced law 13 years in Minneapolis before his appointment as assistant to the attorney general and was United States attorney for Minnesota. SPOKANE TROPHY FOR FLEET. Washington Citizens to Reward Ship Making Real Target Score, Spokane, Wash.—When the Atlantic squadron, now cruising in Pacific waters, reaches Puget sound in June, the battleship or first-class cruiser which made the highest score at target practice in Magdalena bay will receive a solid silver trophy, valued at $1,500, presented by the people of Spokane. The cup is to be competed for annually by battleships and cruisers of the first class of the entire American navy. Albert E. Mead, governor of Washington, has announced that he will participate in the official reception to ```markdown ``` Trophy to Be Presented to Fleet. the fleet on its arrival in Puget sound. Invitations have also been forwarded to the governors of adjoining states to take part in the ceremonies and acceptance of these are already assured from the executives of the Pacific states. The Spokane contingent will travel to the sound in a special train, and it is expected there will be hundreds of others in attendance from various parts of the Spokane country and elsewhere in the northwest. Popular Phrases Often Misquoted. Critics who assert that we get more slovenly and careless every day in speech, manners and customs have proof of part of their assertions, at any rate, in the manner in which the writings of famous authors are continually being misquoted and distorted. Shakespeare never wrote: "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," although this is the version generally given of the correct words from "Henry VI." which run: "Ill blows the wind that profits nobody." Nathaniel Lee is similarly treated in regard to his phrase: "When Greeks joined Greeks then was the tug of war," which more often than not is misquoted as "When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war." "Money is the root of all evil" is a travesty of the line from the first Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy. "The love of money is the root of all evil." Another scriptural passage which is often incorrectly quoted is the sentence from Proverbs: "Pride goeth before destruction and ar haughty spirit before a fall." The popular version is "Pride goeth before a fall." TO STUDY LOST RACE MISSOURI TEACHER GOING TO LONELY ARCTIC ISLE. Inhabitants, a Race of Eskimos Holding Iself Alcof from Its Neighbors, Have Progressed, but Do Not Know There's a World. Macon, Mo.—Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson, who for the last two years has occupied the chair of physiology at Blees Military academy, has gone to New York, where he joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History. The express purpose in Dr. Anderson aligning himself with the museum is to take charge of an expedition to locate an unknown tribe of Esquilaux on a small island in the Arctic ocean. Dr. Anderson's associate in command will be Dr. Stefansson, also of the museum staff. The balance of the company will be natives of the far north. A voyage lasting two years has been planned. If successful the gentlemen will devote a large part of their time to the study of the lost tribe, their language and their manner of living, and will endeavor to bring back with them some of the members, together with as large a collection of objects illustrating their forms of worship, method of hunting and of living as is possible to transport. No white man has ever met any member of this isolated tribe, and the knowledge of its existence comes from Esquimaux picked up here and there by whaling vessels. From these it is gathered that the islanders are a rigorously exclusive set, but that they have advanced beyond other tribes in their skill in making implements of the chase and in the construction of their habitations. Whether the tribes- DR. R. M. ANDERSON men from the mainland will be able to converse with them is a question for future solution, and there is even a more important problem—whether the hermit kingdom will permit their visitors to land. Of course the voyagers will go to them with the outstretched hand of friendship, and will endeavor in every way possible to win their good will. Then will come the interesting feature of their mission—making them understand that there is a great outside world beyond their little island, which is only a pin-point in the ocean. Dr. Anderson and Dr. Stefansson are stalwart Norsemen, inured to the hardships of a cold climate, and thoroughly at home on snowshoes and dog sledges. They will leave New York soon for Edmonston, British Columbia. From Edmonston they will voyage down (which means northwest) the Mackenzie river to Herschel Island, at the mouth of the river. This puts them into the Arctic ocean. They expect to get their supplies, dogs and sledges on the island, and will there arrange for their native company. The next part of the journey will be made on a whaling vessel to the mouth of the Copper Mine river. From there they will cruise along the coast to the small island beyond Prince Albert island. On this small island they expect to find the queer tribe that is not aware it is lost. The museum wishes authentic information regarding these faraway people for the purpose of building up a composite group of all the human and animal species of the world, and to illustrate the methods of living, of religion and of warfare of every class of people. Big Demand for Farm Horses. G. K. Holmes, chief of the division of foreign markets of the department of agriculture, has found that the automobile has replaced about 60,000 horses in this country up to the present time, and farm horses have never been in such great demand as at the present moment. In fact, the demand for horses for farm and other business uses has become stronger and stronger during the last two or three years, the farm horses alone in use on January 1, 1908, numbering no less than 19,992 in round numbers. Toilet Club for Dogs. There has recently been opened in one. of London's fashionable streets a toilet club for dogs. There the pets of the smart set can have their hair dressed and their coats trimmed to immaculate perfection. For three shillings they can be bathed. If their teeth are imperfect they can be filled or extracted, and if their claws protrude too far they can be daintily manicured. New York Boy Makes His Summer Home in a Big Walnut. New York.—Sleeping outdoors in a rudely constructed house erected among the branches of a high walnut tree in the heart of Flatbush a young Polytechnic institute student has adopted a novel method of "getting near to nature." The tree sleeper will commence this way of sleeping just as soon as the weather begins to show signs of summer. Last year he tried this method of outdoor life, starting in the early spring and continuing until the first real snowfall of the season. The "tree house," as the people in the neighborhood call it, is located on the lawn surrounding the home of Mrs. W. T. Lees, who lives on Flat- The Bedroom in the Tree. bush avenue, near Avenue I, Flatbush. W. Thompson Lees is the tree dweller. A wooden stairway winds around the tree's trunk leading to the single chamber above, allowing an easy ascent to be made. The entire structure is made of wood and was designed by young Lees and his chum, Vall Applegate, a freshman at Dartmouth college. The boys built the house a little more than two years ago, but it is only lately that they have converted it into a sleeping place. At first their intention was simply to build a "crow's nest" where they could seclude themselves on rainy afternoons and days when it was too hot for active exercise. The "crow's nest" did not prove to be large enough, so the boys added a large platform which forms what they call their plaza. This plaza is roomy enough for an ordinary sized dining-room table and comfortably accommodates six or eight diners. After Lees and Applegate had the house completed their parents took an interest in it. They recognized that it would be a fine place to sit in the warm weather. Mrs. Lees suggested that a stairway be added to enable the older folk to climb to the tree top. It took the boys three months to build it. It was last summer that Lees and Applegate decided that they would like to see how it would feel to sleep out in the open. They covered the top of the house with panes of glass and this gave them all the light, day or night, they needed. The trial worked so well that they declared that thereafter they would, while the weather was warm, sleep in the tree. ANCIENT HOUSE OF WORSHIP: Church in City of Mexico Oldest In North America. City of Mexico.-The chapel of the Conception, in the City of Mexico, is the oldest house of worship on the North American continent. By this it is meant that it was used longer for that purpose than any other building. It was erected in 1541 and has served almost continuously since that Chapel of Conception in City of Mexico date as a place where daily devotions were held. This ancient building is still in a splendid state of preservation. It is situated in the Conception plaza or square. It is small but attractive architecturally, and never falls to interest antiquarians who visit the city. In the early days of its history a large convent was situated adjacent to it, but with the growth of the city, streets were cut through the convent buildings and nothing now remains to indicate that they were once a part of the church property. It is stated that for a century or more after its erection this chapel was the most fashionable church in the city. Its layout was numbered many of the people with wealth and high social standing. Wingfield is a Kenney Research. Dr. Nathan Hass received the GIB award in 1920, offered by the New York health for the best original research on the kidneys. The site was founded to create an interest in the study of Bright's disease. Dr. Ditmar's investigations tried to account for the unnecessary two-thirds of man's meat diet, and to see if this had any close connection with the poisons present in the system of a person afflicted with Bright's disease. London Companies' Gas Supply. The 11 London gas companies supply among them 46,403,632,000 cubic feet of gas to 1,101,896 consumers. RELIC OF LEXINGTON FLAG OWNED IN MASSACHUSETTS BELIEVED TO BE SUCH. Handed Down from Israel Foster, a Minute Man, with Statement It Was Cantured from British Boston.—In the possession of Mrs. Emma F. Knight of West Medford, Mass., is a British flag, which has been handed down from revolutionary days as a relic of the disastrous march of Gen. Gage's men to Lexington and Concord, on the 19th of April, 1775. The authenticity of the relic has never been doubted by its owners, but they do not know the circumstances by which it passed out of the hands of the British, and into those of Israel Foster, an Essex county minuteman, who left it to his descendants, who in turn passed it along to thelrs, until it came into the possession of Mrs. Knight's husband, James F. Knight, a veteran of the civil war. The flag was given to Mr. Knight by Israel Foster of Manchester, Mass., his great-grandfather. He had received it from his uncle, Israel Foster of Marblehead, with the statement that it was captured at the battle of Lexington. In 1818, when Israel Foster of Marblehead died, the flag was on exhibition at the state house in Boston, draped over the British drum captured at Lexington. Mr. Foster made a will, giving the flag to his nephew, Israel, of Manchester, but there was some delay in securing the delivery of the relic, as the state authorities were inclined to retain it. If the flag had a clear history at that time it has not been transmitted to the present owners. James A. Knight, a son of Mrs. Knight, has tried to look up its history, but with no further result than to learn of the facts here stated. He believes there may be in some branch of the Foster family a detailed account of how Israel Foster of Marblehead got the flag. That he captured it at Lexington does not seem probable, as the men of Salem and Marblehead, although they marched fast, did not reach the scene of retreat until the fleeing English sol- Flag Said to Have Been Captured In 1775. Flag Said to Have Been Captured in 1775. diers, hurrying for their lives, had arrived at Charlestown. Washington, writing under date of May 3, 1775, says of the British retreat: "They had not arrived in Charlestown (under cover of their shipe) half an hour before a powerful body of men from Marblehead, and Salem was at their heels, and must, if they had happened to be one hour sooner, inevitably have intercepted their retreat to Charlestown." It is possible that the flag was thrown away or lost in the panic of the running fight all the way from Lexington to Charlestown. The British soldiers were dropping of exhaustion. They had been up all the night before, on the march to Lexington and Concord. They had fought all day, having been gallled all along the line of retreat by firing from behind trees and fences, and from windows of houses. No general historical account of the battle mentions the loss of British colors, so that the regiment from which this flag may have come cannot readily be determined. This proves little, however, since the demoralization of the British was so complete that the loss of one flag might not have been reported, especially if it were lost through the death of its bearer in the retreat. There is another statement concerning the flag, which is borne out by its appearance. This is that it was used by the militia under Washington in lieu of a national American standard, which was not originated until 1777. To the edge of the upper corner were sewed 13 short stripes of buff, the continental colors. These unquestionably were intended to represent the 13 states. Thus embellished, the hated red of England might have become a temporary battleflag for the patriots. If the flag were used in the continental army it might have come into the possession of a brother of Israel Foster of Marblehead, who was an ensign in the Manchester (Mass.) militia company. The appearance of the upper left hand corner indicates that a piece has been cut out as a result of another quality has been set in. If the position of the wreath were a cross, or union, as the case is, it was smaller than the calculations now require, and out of proportion to the rest of the flag, which was in it 4 feet by 6. As one end of the flag has been worn off it is now about 4 feet square. One firm of four men having their headquarters near the Illinois river gather $100,000 worth of pots every year, which are sent to Europe. TALKS IN FORTY TONGUES. Massachusetts Woman Has Mastered Many Difficult Languages. Boston.—An addition to the international fame won by American women has been made through the recent triumphs of Miss Mary Elizabeth S. Colton of Eashampton, now on her way home from the far east, who has recently achieved the honor of being the champion linguist of the world. Miss Colton speaks 40 languages fluently—that is, she has a conversational and reading knowledge of each and has also made a careful study of relig- MISS ELIZABETH S. COLTON lon and philosophy in each of the different tongues. Previous to Miss Colton's new record the most accomplished linquist known claimed a knowledge of only 33 languages. Miss Colton's list, moreover, includes a long roll of different tongues, which are numbered among the most difficult in the world to learn and which include Chinese, Pall, Avestan, Sanscrit, Hebrew, Syrian, Assyrian, Arabic and Persian. While this now famous American woman was following the occupation of a vocal teacher at the Farmington (Conn.) Seminary for Girls, a number of years ago she first became interested in the Oriental languages through having been brought in contact with several pupils from the far east. Her intense interest became a passion, and in the interval since then she has devoted nearly all her time to the mastering of the different tongues. Many years ago she became a fluent user of the romance languages, such as Italian, Spanish and French. The greatest tribute to her wonderful memory lies In the fact that the roots of the different numerous eastern languages which she has learned are all entirely different from those of the western tongues. In the present-day colleges throughout the world separate courses are held in such languages as Hebrew, Sanscrit and Persian, and to obtain a working knowledge of any single one is considered a difficult task. When Miss Colton first took up the study of the eastern langues she was located not far from Yale college, and it was there that she acquired her elementary training in these different tongues. Within a short time the young woman had come to be looked upon as a prodigy among the most learned Yale professors. Miss Colton and Prof. Spooner have been on the borderland of Afghanistan, among the mountains, where the first articulate speech is supposed to have originated. TO LEAD PROHIBITION PARTY. Seaborn Wright Slated for First Place on Ticket. Augusta, Ga.—Seaborn Wright, who, it is said, will be nominated for pres- SEABORN WRIGHT ident by the Prohibitionists at their national convention in Columbus, O. July 15, is one of the leading advocates of prohibition in the south, though a Democrat. For 20 years a member of the Georgia legislature, he drafted the state prohibition law and ed the fight that resulted in the law's adoption. Mr. Wright is a resident of Rome, Floyd county, and is wealthy. His father, a prominent judge, left him a fortune, and his wife, who was Miss Moore of this city, had $250,000 at the time of her marriage. As an orator Mr. Wright is eloquent, and he has been successful as a lawyer. In 1896 Mr. Wright was the populist candidate for governor of Georgia. He is 50 years old. Wheat Growth in Canada. Wheat matures in Canada in from 90 to 100 days. THE BEE PUBLISHED 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, ton, 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 Mr. MARSHALL'S EXCUSES Mr. Napoleon Marshall, he of Texas melodramatic fame, has been for the past two weeks, it is said, making unsolocited efforts to explain away his recent call on Secretary Taft, accompanied by Register Vernon. One of the reasons, it is alleged, he assigns for calling on the Secretary was to find out where he (the Secretary) stood on the color question. Now, in view of the fact that the briefless lawyer has, for the past year, been going up and down the country denouncing the Secretary as an enemy of the race, and calling on the race to do likewise, it seems passing strange that he would now offer this flimsy excuse for calling on Mr. Taft. Such an excuse is on a par with the sentencing of a man to prison and then investigating his life, a year later, to ascertain if he was guilty of any crime. Another reason, it is alleged, Marshall assigns for his visit to the Secretary was to ask him if he proposed to permit Dr. Booker Washington to suggest on dictate colored men for offices, if he(Taft) was elected, as he (Marshall) was opposed to Dr. Washington exerting any influence. Now Marshall never propounded any such impertinent question to the Secretary, and the Secretary never made the answer that Marshall alleges was made to it. No one knows this better than Marshall. Another reason, it is alleged, Marshall assigns for his visit to Secretary Taft was to inform the Secretary that Register Vernon is the biggest and ablest Negro in America, and that all the other Negroes, big and little, were jealous of Mr. Vernon. Since that visit was made in company with the Register, he may have so advised the Secretary, but we even doubt that. In fact, it is twenty-dollar gold pieces to a spurious nickle that Marshall was simply ushered into the Secretary's presence, received an introduction, spoke a complimentary word as to the Secretary, gave the usual Mephisto cross between a smile and a grin, and then withdrew — the whole visit and conversation consuming less than two measly minutes of sixty seconds each. Mr. Marshall, who, it is alleged, is no longer connected, with the Constitutional League and Senator Foraker's managers — the separation being enforced — simply called on the Secretary in an attempt to catch on, somewhere and somehow, the Taft band wagon. Now, what's the use of dodging behind a lot of incredible excuses? Why not 'fess up, like any Negro Democrat out of a job? Every State and Territory has held its convention and selected delegates for the Republican National Convention, and Secretary Taft has clearly a majority of fully one hundred on the first balot. Every big white daily in the country, and all the little white dailies and weeklies now concede the nomina- tion of Taft on the first ballot even to the Washington Herald, which has been strongly anti-Taft. Every United States Senator, and every member of the House of Representatives concedes Taft's nomination on the first ballot. All the other presidential candidates concede, and the country concedes it, there now being now power but death that can prevent it. Two months ago The Bee pointed out that this would be. It announced that Taft had the call, and that he could not be beat for the nomination. The Bee's prediction has come true, for all is now over save the shouting. The Bee predicts that Bryan will be the Democratic nominee as easily as Taft will have become the Republican nominee, and the contest will be between Taft and Bryan for the presidency of this country. And The Bee further predicts that Mr. Taft will receive the solid Negro vote of this country; that is, the solid Republican Negro vote. Of course this does not include the half-dozen Negro Democrats and the two distinguished Negroes of Georgia, who do not vote because they never pay their poll tax. When The Bee makes a prediction, watch confirming developments. EASILY FOOLED. Colored people are prone to be influenced by flattery. A few days ago a Negro messenger called at this office and stated that he was employed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; that J. E. Ralph had already promoted some colored employes; that he wanted nothing said about it; that he was a man who did not like notoriety. The Bee investigated the alleged promotion and ascertained that a few colored girls had been transferred from the machines to night work in another division. The Bee is of the opinion that this man Ralph is no better than Sullivan, his predecessor. That white women are being promoted without question. Sullivan did make the woman in the miscellaneous division know her place. Unless Secretary Cortelyou takes a hand in the promotion of colored employees in the Bureau, The Bee is confident that old conditions will continue. Negroes are easily fooled. Next week The Bee will show the real conditions in the Bureau and just how colored employes are treated and what they have. Colored men in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing should be more manly and cease playing the toady to poor white trash who may be elevated oven them. There are some who are charging that Senator Foraker made an abject surrender when he arose in the Senate and moved to lay the Brownsville matter over until next December. But was it a surrender? The Bee emphatically states that it was not. Senator Foraker, like a valiant knight, he fought to the last ditch, and there, turning around and finding all his followers gone, save the Hessian crowd of Negroes who would fight only for pay, and seeing that the opposition, overwhelming in strength and numbers, and perfectly equipped and disciplined, Senator Foraker simply withdrew, only to renew the fight when he shall have recruited his disseminated army, and when the time will be more propitious for victory for him. He could not win now. He knew it. The country knew it. He does not abandon his contents. He simply asked for a change of venure, as it were, or moved that the case go over until the next term of court. There are some who charge that the Senator was looking out for himself, and for his future. Well, what of it? Has not a man a perfect right to regard his own interests some, and especially after he has made the sacrifices that the Senator has made. Single-handed and alone Senator Foraker has made a masterly fight, and had he had with him, intimately associated in the work of propagating his cause, a band of unselfish Negroes willing to labor out of gratitude, and for love — and there are thousands of them instead of some of the Hessians that hung on his hip, old barnacles to impede the progress of the ship, he might have triumphed at this time. TWO OF A KIND. Put a poor white man and a half-educated colored man in a big position and they both will turn fools. A poor white man has a great deal of prejudice, while a half-educated colred man has not sense enough to reason. COLONEL MORROW. The Engineer Commissioner, Colonel Morrow, has a right to defend his department and any man, in his opinion, he believes to be innocent. If The Bee were Colonel Morrow and he The Bee, the latter would remain a member of the Board of Commissioners, notwithstanding the objection of counsel. WILL OPEN. The Bee is pleased to note that Prof. L. B. Moore, of Howard University, will open his summer school July 1 and will continue until the 31st. Those who have attended his summer school in the past know that it rendered them valuable aid. Professor Moore is an educator and a man of ability, and his school is a great benefit to the teachers. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? To the Editor: The Negro is opposed to social inequality, he believes in social equality to this extent: that is to say, religions, moral and educational equality, without regard to the nationality or the color of the skin of his associate. God created mankind of one flesh and blood; whoever charges God with being so unfair as to have created either of the races superior to the other in every particular is a blasphemer in the highest sense of the term. I deny most emphatically that the God whom I worship is guilty of any such wrong; the fact of the matter is, from my standpoint, that God never made any man or race of mankind — He created man and gave him dominion over the whole earth, and all that is in it. Man makes himself. The Constitution of these United States guarantees to all of its citizens the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I maintain that it is nobody's business if I choose to invite Prof. Booker T. Washington to dine with myself and family, provided however we are both satisfied with the situation. Suppose Mr. Tillman or Mr. Vardaman both object, what have either to do with our social relations? Absolutely nothing. Intermarriage is another piece of foolishness. Intermarriage, as I understand it, is a civil contract between two families, where each takes one and gives another. The pre-requisites are simply that their tastes harmonize, that is all; the color of the skin has nothing to do with the matter. If an Irish lady agrees to marry a German gentleman, what has anyone to do with it? Absolutely nothing. If an English gentleman agrees to marry a French lady, what has anyone to do with it? Nothing whatever. If I choose to sit down to a table and dine with a black lady, what has anyone to do with it, if we are satisfied? I think it all nonsense for anyone to meddle—you might as well try to dip all the water out of the Atlantic Ocean with a tin cup. I have nothing to say against the Cosmopolitan dinner because it indicated absolute freedom and good will unto man. No man is superior to another because he is white or black; he is superior because he will be superior. Neither is any man good or bad because he is black or white, but because he will be good or bad. No man is honest, virtuous or great because he is white or black. I endorse the spirit of the Cosmopolitan Club: First, because it recognizes the fact that of one flesh and blood God created all of mankind. Second, its object is to instill into the hearts not only of the Negro of this continent, but the white man as well, and more especially the white people of the South, that this most wicked, ungodly sin which has been in practice principally in the Southern States for nearly three hundred years, to wit: fornication, adultery, and incest. These enormous sins seem to be the highest estimate of Southern morality. I believe in the purposes of the Cosmopolitan Club, because it wages war against the awful sins of bastardy, fornication, adultery, incest, and racial hate, generated and nourished in the hearts of the so-called Anglo-Saxon race, more especially in the South. Behold the mixtures and admixtures of the people of the Southern States, and tell me that the white people do not associate with the blacks! You might as well tell me that darkness is light. But how do they associate? Like the beasts of the field. The Cosmopolitan Club declares that to be sin before God and man, almshouses and the jails are filled with the offspring of such ungodly, sinful association between the whites and the blacks of this country, principally in the Southern States. Why, then, should we not praise the efforts of the Cosmopolitan Club in its Christian endeavor to blot out and destroy forever such doctrines as are taught contrary to the brotherhood of man, and the laws of God? How nauseating it was to me when I sat in the gallery of the United States Senate a few weeks ago and heard, coming from the lips of a member of the grandest and most learned body of lawmakers on the face of the earth, the most blasphemous, disgraceful, unjust, and infamous abuse against ten millions of brave, loyal and patriotic citizens of the greatest and grandest government on the face of the civilized earth, supposed to be the land of the free, the home of the brave, and the asylum for the oppressed of all nations of the earth! "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." I have just finished reading your splendid editorial upon why the Negroes should support the nominee whoever he may be, of the Republican party. The reasons have been so plainly and convincingly set forth until it seems that no further argument is necessary. As you have said, the Democratic party has always been the party of disfranchisement and proscriptive laws; in fact, everything that tends to humiliate the colored citizens throughout the country. It is inconceivable how any intelligent, self-respecting Negro can overlook this fact and propose compromise with any such party. Their leaders and public men and such papers as the Atlanta Journal, Constitution and many others, have boldly proclaimed that their party is a "White Man's Party" and will forever remain such. How can we expect anything like fair treatment, especially when their candidates running for such offices as governors and senators (U. S.) chose Negro disfranchisement as their surest claim upon the offices sought, and having become so emboldened of late through their continued and open defiance of the Constitution, so far as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are concerned, until they have had teh audacity to ask the Congress of the United States to pass a "Jim Crow" law right in the city of Washington. This alone should cause every Negro to become more resolute to do everything in his power to defeat any national ticket named by the Democratic party. It is, therefore, the plain duty of all our people to banish all feelings of resentment at real or fancied wrongs, and support the nominee of our party, whoever he may be. As you have said, the political signs point unmistakably to the nomination of Secretary Taft, let us cease this useless denunciation of him and President Rosevelt and give them our unswerving support. Those of us who through circumstances are living in the North, where all those rights vouchsafed for us under the Constitution are accorded to them, should remember their less fortunate brothers in the South and remember that to even ```markdown ``` countenance such a wicked proposition would surely militate against all of us. Trusting that you will continue in your chosen position, I am Very truly yours. SHARKS' UNREST. The Bee has been informed that several dozen political suits will be instituted against the chairman of the Election Committee and the two Republican delegates-elect by a lot of political sharks and vampres. These sharks, just prior to the election of the two delegates, inaugurated a little scheme to fleece Mr. Bieber and the delegates out of several thousand dollars. The scheme was well concocted. A meeting was called, and the chairman and delegates-elect were told that it would take about five thousand dollars to elect the two delegates, and unless that amount was forthcoming no Bieber delegates could be elected. The combination got together and decided upon a scheme to defeat these vampires. It was decided to get the other ticket out of the field, because it would be cheaper. Negotiations were entered into and about a week prior to the electon the combine was successful in sidetracking the other ticket. After t was done, "Othello's occupation was gone." Then the successful ticket was denounced and eternal vengeance was declared against it. The flow of money ceased. Barrooms, street corners and other public places were infested with the sharks, who declared that the ticket should be defeated at all hazards. Those woh had received money, and had previously sworn allegiance to the Flathers-Horner ticket proved to be the real tratiers and money sharks. These same individuals had held honest men up to condemnation and ridicule, but as a matter of fact were more honest and sincere than Those who had received money, and aid from Messrs. Flathers and Horner. This was made plain to Mr. Bieber long before the alleged conspiracy took root. Charman Bieber was to much of a politician for the sharks. He left a few of the traitors in charge, but he had sufficient hold on them to make their efforts and schemes against him non-effective. Instead of the traitors fooling him (Bieber) this young white politician deprived them of other strings and took away the honors. Now they find themselves hopelessly defeated, hence the many suits that are threatened. These alleged suts will result in farces, and the wish of The Bee is that the new vagrancy law will become operative in time for these sharks who have been defeated at their own games. It is an old Biblical aphorism that he who digs graves for others generally falls into them himself. The many schemes that were inaugurated to fleece money out of candidates were disgraceful. Men who should have acted as judges and clerks of election had to be paid. The methods adopted by the Democratic Central Committee are commendable. Honorable and upright men have been chosen judges and clerks without compensation, which is an evidence that they have the interest of their party at heart. There is only one way to build up a respectableRepublican party and organization. The party mangers must get rid of the political sharks and invite decent and despectable men to participate in the organization. The Bee would suggest to Chairman Bieber to surround himself with men of good reputation. So confident were these sharks that they would fleece Chairman Bieber out of money, that many of them left theri permanent jobs, while others, who had never worn a decent suit of clothing can now be seen dressed up in a Prince Albert suit. Another old-time shark who has the reputation of being a grafter, demanded three hundred dollars from Chairman Bieber for his church. The church would have never seen it. Many of these sharks may be seen standing upon the street corners discussing with one another how it happened. Bishops Meet Continued from page 1. law, of the courts, of public officials in regard to life and property. We can unite upon the idea that no group of people shall be more loyal to the interests of this nation than we are, and that it will be a bitter and unfortunate day for us if the white people should ever get the idea that the Negro race in a large degree is against the government, is an enemy to those who are selected to rule over the destinies of this nation. The common masses of our people everywhere look to you as leaders for hope, for encouragement, for to keep before them that which will stimulate, that which will spur them on to higher and higher achievement. They are not looking to you to sound the note of defeat, but a note of triumph. They are not looking to you to sound a note of despair, but the note of courage and faith and hope. I am constantly engaged in a study of the condition of my people in every part of America, and I can find no reason for discouragement, no reason for doubting the futility. True, we have problems, difficult ones to face and to solve, but I had rather belong to a race that has problems than to belong to ne that has none. I had rather belong to a race that has difficulties to overcome than to belong to a race, that has before it only a flowery path. Think of it! Think of the contrast! Picture twenty slaves landing in this vicinity at Jamestown a few centuries ago, then put in contrast these thousands of intelligent, virtuous, loyal Christian men and women who have come up here to attend this great Conference. Can anyone rest for a sing'e minute his mind upon this scene and then feel that there is no hope for us in the future? The colored Republicans of Virginia who, as they claim, had been WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR. The Great Falls, Old Dominion, Washington and Alexandria, Mt. Vernon, the Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast Line, Chesapeake and Ohio, Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railroad Companies have notified the Commissioners they have complied with their request and that the Jim Crow signs will be hidden white in the District. The oldest love letter known was shown at a Brooklyn Institute by, Prof. Gabriel Oussami, at 502 Fulton street. It dates back to the time of Abraham. Th lady in question put it away in its clay envelope, where it remained until brought to light by a German professor. The body of General Clinton, first governor of New York, has been disinterred from the grave at Congressional Cemetery, where it had lain over ninety-six years. It will be buried at Kingston, N. Y. Sixty out of the one hundred and fifteen special clerks, P. O. D. tabulating department have been dismissed. The first court action testing the President's authority to dismiss soldiers without trial came up at New York last week. The principal contention between the soldier and the Government amounted to civil contract, which the President has no authority to abrogate. Also if the President has authority to dismiss without trial an officer he has power to dismiss a soldier. Judge Hough requires argument to show that relations between the Government and the soldier amounted to civil contract, and whether Congress has ever transferred its right to dismiss soldiers to the President. Comrade Goodman, commander of Sumner Post No. 9, G. A. R., is busy, getting ready for Decoration Day. Particulars later. Last Tuesday week ComradePhilip Tubman, officer of the day, U. V. U.'s, was buried from the UnionWesley Church. Comrade Goodman and other prominent G. A. R. members were in attendance. Last Wednesday the Governors of the United States convened here. It is a grand idea, but we trust that the Negro will not be the bone of contention. E. W. Howe, the champion tramp, has traveled over every State and Territory but Alaska. In the future the motto "In God We Trust" will appear on the coins of the United States. Doing away with the motto is one of the reasons of the hard times in this country. The law-abiding colored citizens of Des Moines, Iowa, have formed a vigilance committee to aid the Department of Public Safety to protect the city and guard women against assailants. According to a decision of the London Court of Chancery, Dakota divorce decisions are invalid. The recount of ballots in the case of Mayor McClellan of New York will be May 25. The probabilities are that JoeGans and Attell will have a 15-round bout in June at San Francisco. The returns of the Gans-Unholz fight were $8,400, of which Gans received $5,000. The Week in Society Mrs. W. A. Ray will return this week from an extended visit to her parents in Texas. Misses E. Mid'eton and HattieMcIlwain and Mrs. James Hurley, of Metroplitan Church, are visiting the General Conference in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Ellen Brent, one of the old inhabitants, was buried from the St. Paul's Church Thursday. Mr. Ernest McNeil has joined the host of benedicts. Mrs. Georgia Taylor has returned from Philadelphia, Pa., and is home with her mother at 921 Third street southwest. Mr. J. Harry Harris will visit his friend, William H. Rieks, this fall. Bishop George L. B'ackwell, formerly of Zion Church, and editor of Missionary Seer, will preach his first sermon after consecration as bishop at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, D street southwest, Sunday, May 24, 1908, at 10.45 a.m. Special music by choir; J. T. Newman, chorister. All are invited. Rev. W. A. Ray, D.D., at 8 p.m. will preach special sermon to G. A. R. All are invited. Dr. J. E. Sheppard, of Durham, N. C., was in the city a few hours Monday, en route for Philadelphia. Read The Bee next week on Dr. Sheppard's work. The members of the local Business League should meet at once and reorganize for business. Something ought to be done to show that a Negro Business League really exists in this city. Mr. Nahum Daniel Brascher, editor of the Cleveland Journal, has been spending a few days in the city. Mr. William Henry Lewis, Assistant United States District Attorney, of Boston, Mass., has been selected to deliver the commencement address to the graduates of the M-Street, Armstrong Technical and Normal Schools, of this city. The exercises will be held at Convention Hall, June 14th. The competitive drill of the High School. Cadets, embracing two companies from M-Street and two from Armstrong Technical School, will take place at American LeaguePark, Monday, June 1. Auditor Raph W. Tyler delivered the commencement address to the graduates of the Freedmen's Hospital School for Trained Nurses at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on Wednesday evening, and spoke to a big audience Thursday evening at Baltimore, as the special attraction of the Knights of Pythias night of the Industrial Home Fair. It is expected that Bishop Lampton will locate in this city. Washington has no resident episcopate of the A. M. E. Church at this time. Miss Susie P. Robb, assistant secretary of the National Benefit Association, is on the sick list. Mr. S. W. Rutherford, secretary of the National Benefit Association, went to Pittsburg Wednesday on business. Mrs. Bessie DeLapsley Carttier, of 136 Wallach Place, is in Norfolk, spending a few days visiting the A. M. E. General Conference. She joined her sister there, Mrs. Josie D. Heard, whose husband, Dr. W. H. Heard, has just been elected bishop for West Africa. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and Recorder John C. Dancy delivered notable and highly praised addresses last Sunday night at Carnegie Institute, New York city, the occasion being the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, of which the famous Dr. M. W. Gilbert is pastor. Hon. John P. Green, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been in town. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, private secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washing- ton, spent Tuesday in the city, the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Curtis. He was entertained at luncheon at Gray's by the local officials, and a member of the baseball party which went out to see the Chicago-Washington game at American League Park. Mr. Scott was en route from New York to Tuskegee. The Hand-to-Hand Fraternity, a beneficial organization which has a colored department store in view, held a mass meeting Thursday night at the Third Baptist Church. Addresses were delivered by President John L. Hughston and other prominent members of the Order. Mr. J. C. Gilmer, editor of the Advocate at Charleston, W. Va., was in the city last Saturday on business connected with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. William A. Soders, of Howard University, will return to his home, Martin, Texas. The Washington Whist Team, under the captaincy of Lawyer James A. Cobb, administered a divisive defeat to the Baltimore Whist Team, under the captaincy of Lawyer. William McCard. The Washington team had a balance of 26 points. Mr. Albert J. Dickerson has gone to Dallas, Texas, to visit his mother and other relatives and friends. Mrs. William Hopkins, of Chicago, expects to spend some time in Washington while making a tour of the principal cities. Mrs. T. J. Smith arrived in Washington last week from the South. Mrs. Annie W. Silence has issued invitations to the wedding reception of her daughter, Carrie Estelle Lee, to Mr. Charles Henricks Fearing, June 3, 1908, at 2132 Thirteenth street northwest. Dr. J. R. Wilder, M.D., delivered an address on tuberculosis before the Men's Club of St. Luke's Parish last Wednesday evening. A large number of auditors were present, both male and female. Addresses were also delivered by Dr. Price, Messrs. Mays, Brooks, Barnett and others. Refreshments were served by the Woman's Guild. Over one hundred children in elegant costumes take part in the cantata "Moon Queen" on the 2nd of June next. Don't miss this wonderful entertainment. See notice in another column. Mrs. Ida Hall, of 450 N street northwest, gave an at-home lastWednesday evening to her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. James H. B. Smallwood, and sister land brother, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. There were many others present, among whom were Miss Ida King, Miss Miller, Miss Taylor, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Lewis and others. Music was furnished by Messrs. James Shell and John Lee. The occasion was enlivened with an original poem by Mr. James H. B. Smallwood. About nine o'clock the host and hostess invited the guests to the dining room, where an elaborate repast was served. Mrs. Hall is one of the most refined entertainers in the social circle. THE WHITMAN SISTERS. For the past two weeks this city has been musically electrified by some of teh greatest musical artists in this country. Notwithstanding Barnum & Bailey's Circus, Buffalo Bill, and other great productions, the concerts that have been given by the Whitman Sisters in the several churches have been attended by overflowing houses. These young ladies are natural-born singers, and their renditions of their musical numbers certainly electrify their audiences. Before over three thousand people last Sunday afternoon at te laying of the cornerstone of the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church Miss Essie Whitman had her auditors in tears. At the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church on Wednesday evening standing room was at a premium. Notwithstanding the rain Tuesday evening, Mt. Airy Baptist Church was too small to hold the people. Thursday night Trinity A. M. E. Church was crowded to the streets. Last evening the Tenth Street Baptist Church, Rev. S. G. Lamkins, gave these young ladies a great ovation. Next Monday night the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church will be taxed to its utmost capacity and those who have not heard these wonderful singers should not fail to go early and secure a seat. Miss Essie Whitman is no doubt the most wonderful singer in this country. Every church of any prominence has been opened to their artists. Miss Mabel Whitman is not only a woman of great executive ability, but she possesses great musical ability. Miss Alberta Whitman is the youngest of the three sisters. She possesses a sweet voice. Willie, the little boy who takes part in this combination, is a genius. See the programme in another column. TESTIMONIAL TO PROF. JOHN T. LAYTON. Prof. John T. Layton's many friends in this city availed themselves of the opportunity yto show their appreciation of his long, faithful and efficient services as a musician by tendering him a testimonial last Monday night. A large nnumber of both races attended Metropolitan A. M. E. Church and listened to the most excellent program. All the choirs were full. Prof. J. Townsend Beason wielded the baton for Mt. Zion M. E. Cohir. They did fine work and fully sustained their well-earned reputation. Special credit is due Misses Dabney and Perkins for the rendition of their solos. Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Choir, with their leader, Dr. James T. Walker, was at its best. The round of applause showed that the rendition was excellent. Lincoln Temple Choir sang with its accustomed finish and style. St. Mary's P. E. Quartette did exceptionally good work. The Metropolitan A. M. E. Choir, last on the program but not least in its rendition — the shading, attack, and expression were up to the stnadard. The obligato which was so sweetly and pathetically rendered lly Miss Pearl G. Lampton, was greatly enjoyed. All the choirs were thoroughly appreciated and loudly applauded. The United States Marine Band was present also to do honor to the occasion. They rendered several selections. All know what this greatest of bands can do. The octette from Armstrong Manual and M-Street High Schools was excellent. They sang with great taste and expression. Master Turner Layton sang "Onaway" with an intelligence that would have done credit to a professional singer. He has a wonderful voice for a boy not fourteen years old, and bids fair at some day to make a great singer. Prof. J. T. Layton was never in better voice and rendered his selection, (a very difficult one) as is his custom, with strength and vigor. Mr. Felix F. Weir was happy in his selection and rendered it with great skill and beauty. Mrs. Lucy Blagburn, with her usual ease and grace, rendered her selection very artistically, much to the pleasure of her many admirers. Prof. William Braxton was at his best at the organ, and the round of applause evidenced that the rendition was excellent. To say that Miss Mary L. Europe was the accompanist is sufficient. MANY THOUSANDS ATTENDED CORNERSTONE LAYING OF THE COSMOPOLITAN TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH. About ten thousand people on last Sunday, May 17, at 3 p.m. were present at the cornerstone laying of the Cosmopolitan Temple BaptistChurch, N street northwest between Ninth and Tenth street, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, D.D., LL.D., pastor. The edifice was packed to its fullest capacity, and standing room was at a premium. On the outside on the streets for two blocks the great crowd surged hither and thither under the warm rays of the sun, patiently and orderly standing during the ceremony. The National Band escorted the Order that conducted the exercises the Nimrod Grand Encampment, No. I. A. O. K. of J—from their hall to the church with inspiring strains. The services within the church building were elaborate but brief, the music being a special feature by the ```markdown ``` choir, under the direction of Prof. W. A. Adams, including sq'os by Misses Corlence Roberts, EssieWhitman, Bessie Holcomb and Carrie Strother, which were ably rendered. After singing, and prayer by Rev. Solomon Pollard, D.rDrew, the pastor, began his sermon, having as a text, "God's Church·Shall Stand Forever," Ezekiel xxxvii, 23. One of Dr. Drew's thoughts was, "The aim and object of Christianity is to conquer the world for God and His Church." The discourse was brilliant, timely, eloquent, and teeming with logical passages, and will long be remembered as one of the most profound sermons Dr. Drew has ever delivered. Editor W. Calvin Chase, of The Bee, followed with one of the most logical and inspiring speeches complimentary to the race generally, and ended with a great tribute to Dr. Drew, calling him "king of the ministry." Annual report of the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church from May 17, 1907, to May 17, 1908: (New members taken into the church membership: letters, 35; Christian experience, 75; baptismal, results of revival meeting, 315; grand total new members this year, 400. Money received during teh year from all departments of the church, $11,500. This is considered the banner year with this church for it must be remembered that the new church building was purchased during this year. Senator Tillman is gone to Europe for two things: first, to get well; second, to escape the political campaign. (If Tillman would stop monkeying with the Negro he would save these trips.) Mrs. Emily E. Woodley, the last of the thirty-five army nurses of the Civil War, died at her home (Philadelphia) last Saturday. For heroic services she was commissioned as a captain, U. S. A., by President Lincoln. The coal supply of this country will be good until 2050. Then look out. Ill. O. R. King is still holding the fort at the same old place. Many people think that the ignorant should be excluded from suffrage. Ignorant, like educated, is one of those words to be explained before understood. The ignorance of the ignorant is greatly overestimated; also the education of the educated. Officer De Lany, of the Southeastern District, has been transferred to the Anacostia Station. Mr. De Lany is a fine man and a gentleman and much thought of in the Southeastern District by both races. E. G. Lewis, publisher of the Women's Magazine and Women's Farm Journal, of St. Louis, Mo., wins his suit against the Postoffice Department, charged with intent to defraud by use of the United States mails. Ill. Brooks Burr, thirty-second degree, P. E. C. of Simons' Commandery, is keeping bachelor's hall at his home, 324 G street southeast. Brother Kerr is one of the oldest engineers at the United States Navy Yard. A. china urn bearing the inscription "Presented by the City of Philadelphia to the Constitution, 1797" was found in the Delaware River by dredgers. ST. LUKE'S P. E. CHURCH "The Moon Queen," the most unique, beautiful and chaste entertainment ever given in this District, will be repeated on Tuesday evening, June 2, 1908, in True Reformers' Hall beginning at 8 o'clock. General admission, 25 cents. Children under 10 years, 10 cts. Lyric Orchestra. Choice refreshments at moderate prices by the Woman's Guild. ```markdown ``` HEAR WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY. The Whitman Sisters are making fine runs in Chicago and meeting with great success. This is gratifying and proper; these people are no fakes, but strong, intelligent, Christian people from one of the Negro families in the South, and their plays and renditions have never been surpassed in Chicago. They give more than the worth of the auditor's money in any performance. The Conservator is proud that the good, appreciative people of Chicago are so liberally encouraging this excellent family of talent and push. The Whitman Sisters move on merit and not in cheap gush. While we know these sweet sisters are not struck on The Conservator because we misplaced the picture of one of them, as they thought., in our columns, we know the family and want to see them succeed even if they do not understand us. They are good and intelligent people. Encourage them. Ebenezer A.M. E. Church, Monday, May 11, 1908. Friendship Church, Friday, May 15. Mt. Airy Baptist Church, Tuesday, May 19. Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Wednesday, May 20. Trinity A. M. E. Church, Thurs-day, May 21. Tenth Street Baptist Church, Fri-day, May 22. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, Monday, May 25. St. Paul' A. M. E. Church, Tues-day, May 26. Return engagement Second Baptist Church, Monday, May 18. Lane C. M. E. Church, Wednesday, May 27. Walker Memorial Baptist Church, Thursday, May 28. Return to Ebenezer A. M. E. Ch., Friday, May 29. Metropolitan Baptist Church, Mon-day, June 1. Ebenezer M. E. Church, Wednes-day, June 3. Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Ch., Thursday, June 11. For all engagements apply at 502M street northeast. Mabel Whitman, Manager. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Under direction of Dr. Lewis B. Moore, Assisted by Corps of Able and Experienced Professors and Instructors Subjects offered: History and Principles of Education. General Method of Teaching. Primary Methods. Psychology and School Management. Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry. English, History, Literature and Nature Study. Sewing and Millinery. Classes in Languages organized if demanded. Tuition, $10; expenses moderate. Registration books now open. Send application to Dr. L. B. Moore, Howard University, Washington, D. C. ColoredSkinMadeLighter By Use of WONDERINE FRANCOIS DE SALLE, 1837. New York City. 1 on receipt of 50 cents.) NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. Photographic studio ofWarren & Turner has just open- up-to-date studio and one that commends itself by the of work it turns out. portraits in oil, pastel and water colors. WREN & TURNER, 1248 Ninth Street Northwest. rents.) GRAPHIC STUDIO. Warren & Turner has just open- one that commends itself by the and water colors. 1248 Ninth Street Northwest. The new photographic studio ofWarren & Turner has just opened. It is an up-to-date studio and one that commends itself by the superior class of work it turns out. Life-size portraits in oil, pastel and water colors. WARREN & TURNER, 1248 Ninth Street Northwest. FORSALE FORSALE Two-Story, Bay Window, Pressed Brick, Nine Rooms, Two Stairways, Two Bathrooms, Modern and Up to Date. Small cash payment; rest, like rent. FOR SALE. In beautiful Le Droit Park — 408 Spruce Street Northwest. Two-story, Bay Window, Brick, Six Rooms, Cellar, Very Large lot. Small cash payment; rest, like rent. McCall Patterns sold in the United States than of any other make of pattern. This is an amount of their eye, memory and simplicity. McCall's Magazine (The Queen of Fashion) has many subscriptions than any other magazine. One year's subscription costs $80.00. A sequent number, 6, may be. Every member gets a McCall Pattern From, because the toy. Lady Agents Wanted. Hardware proprietors of Beverly cash commission. Pattern Catalogue (of boo dresses) and Premium Catalogue (shaving and perfume from). Address THE MCAILL CO. New York THE BEE AND McCALL'S GREAT FASHION MAGAZINE for one year for $2.00. COUPOON. Editor Bee:— Find enclosed two dollars. Send to my address below The Bee and McCall's Fashion Magazine for one year. No..... Street..... Town or City.... BUY THE NEW HOME IMMIL RUNNING SEWING MACHINE Before You Purchase Any Other Write THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY ORANGE, MASS. Many Sewing Machines are made to sell regardless of quality, but the "New Home" is made to wear. Our guaranty never runs out. We make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions of the trade. The "New Home" stands at the head of all High-grade family sewing machines. Sold by authorized dealers only. FOR SALE BY WE DO BUSINESS AT ONE PRICE Misfit Cloth- ing Parlor; Fine Garments (Slightly Wors) Made by Our Leading Tailors. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Established 1865. 619 D St. N. W. BEST USE OF DISINFECTANTS. Knowledge That Every Good Housekeeper Should Have. Every household needs disinfecting, and the proper use of the ordinary deodorizers is knowledge that every good housekeeper should have. Not only do these useful things make a house pleasanter to live in, but they also make it healthful. So many good disinfectants are on the market at the present time that there is a wide choice for the careful woman. They are classed under three headings: Disinfectants which purify the water, air, clothes, etc.; antiseptics that arrest putrefaction, and deodorizers that destroy disagreeable smells. Heat, of course, is a powerful disinfectant, and boiling water may be used when it is practicable and possible to reach the spot to be disinfected. When obliterating traces of disease—measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria—burn sulphur in the room after stopping all cracks and crevices with newspapers so that it will be airtight. During the illness a sheet saturated with a solution of carbolic acid should be bung over the doorways, even when the doors are shut, to protect the other members of the family from possible contagion. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If the knife and fingers are slightly buttered when seeding railsins the work will be robbed of its stickiness and discomfort. A pinch of salt will make the white of an egg beat quicker, and a pinch of borax in cooked starch will make the clothes stiffer and whiter. Sunshine is destructive to mirrors. It causes the glass to assume a milky appearance, and the mirror will never be so clear again in spite of whatever is done to it. To clean silver trimmings—Cover the surface with well dried and finely powdered magnesia, and let it lie for a couple of hours. Afterward rub in the powder and brush off with a hard brush. In ironing the plait of the back of a shirtwaist, on which the tiny buttons are sewed, try laying it on flannel or a Turkish towel as you do embroidery. The buttons sink in and the material is ironed. A good homemade cement for broken crockery is unslacked lime or plaster of paris mixed with the white of an egg to the consistency of cream. A cement that is practically waterproof is made by dissolving ordinary white glue in warm milk. --- Annual Annoucement A. dividual piece has been carefully that we have as fine a selection a Any article that you may select Polite attention. 17 Prices in the Diamond market are advancing, but OUR PRICES HAVE'T BEEN ADVANCED in some time. 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 n is all we ask. So, as long as these Diamonds last, it will be possible to buy them here under the regular market for ```markdown ``` Spread paraffine oil on the solled woodwork and let it stand for an hour or more to soften the dirt, then wash with soap and warm water and wipe dry. Next run on a mixture of paraffine oil and turpentine—one third turpentine and two-thirds oil. Polish with soft old flannel. Let it rest for an hour or two, then polish with soft old linen. If the surface is very dull, dirty and scratched, instead of washing with soap and water, add more oil and sprinkle powdered rottenstone over it. Rub gently and regularly, first with a circular motion and then with the grain of the wood. When the surface is smooth and bright wipe off the rottenstone and finish as you would after washing with the soap and water. Pumckin Fanchonettes To each two cupfuls of stewed and strained pumpkin add one cupful of milk, two tablespoonfuls flour, one tablespoonful of butter, one-quarter teaspoonful each of cinnamon and ginger, a grating of nutmeg, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half cupful of sugar. Heat the pumpkin, add the dry materials, well mixed, then add the milk, butter and beaten yolks of eggs, reserving the whites for a meringue. Cut out pastry in rounds to fit over gem pans, bake, then fill with the mixture, which has been cooked and partially cold, cover with the meringue and finish in a moderate oven. Recipe for Herring Dish. A herring dish brought over from Normandy by a French woman is prepared in this way: A big onion is chopped fine and fried in butter until it is a rich golden brown, but not burned. Then it is removed and six big herrings are put into the pan and cooked. When they are nicely browned, they are arranged on a hot plate with the onions, and a sauce made with salt, pepper and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar cooked together is turned over them. Mustard is passed with them. A Canned Peach Dessert. Cut stale sponge cake into round pieces an inch thick. Place these in a glass dish and moisten them with the slurp from a can of large half peaches. Place a half peach on each piece, with the inside up. Sweeten some whipped cream and flavor it with vanilla. Then blanch some almonds and chop them very fine and add them to the cream. Heap this on each half peach. Serve any that remains in a separate dish. Safety Pin Needle for Tape Take a safety pin, stick pin securely through end of tape, fasten pin, then as the pin is smooth it will go through goods easily, drawing tape with it. Is especially good for tape that is too wide for ordinary needle. E.VOIGT MANUFACTURINGJEWELER 725 7th Street, Northwest Everybody has some friend whom they wish to make happy. It may be mother or father, sister or brother. It may be a wife, or it may be a sweetheart — and no better time than Christmas is so appropriate — so suggestive. Nothing makes one feel happier than to gladden the heart of another. Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-brac is now complete. Each in-elected and we feel satisfied thata visit from you will bear us out can be found anywhere. Why not give us a call tomorrow? WATCHES We mention here but a few of our specials. Gentlemen's 14-karat Solid Gold American Stem Winders and Setters, as cheap as $35. Children's Solid Silver Watches with Pin Attachment, $3.50; regular price, $4.50. Ladies' Solid Gold Watches, Open Face, $8.00. RECIPES OF VALUE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONCOCTION OF EVERYDAY DISHES. French Method of Preparing Herring as a Relish—Menu for a Good Plain Dinner—To Prepare Scallops. To prepare herring for a relish in the French way known as harang saur marine, choose the dried herring. Broil them and remove the skin and bones. Cut them in neat little strips. Arrange them in a dish with layers of sliced or grated onion. The former looks the better, but the grated onion seems more digestible. Dress with oil, vinegar and pepper. Serve as a relish for luncheon. A Plain Soup.—Leeks and potatoes make a good soup. Choose such a menu as this for a good plain dinner. Leek and potato soup, beefsteak, French fried potatoes, spinach with hard-bolled eggs and radishes. For dessert, apple sauce, Swiss cheese and coffee. If the cheaper fish must be bought for baking, such as cod, it may be much improved by baking it on a bed of vegetables and laying strips of bacon or unsmoked pickled fat pork over it, basting frequently. Files of fish, nicely fried, may be served with a brown sauce hot with curry powder. Large gherkin pickles may be cut in fan-shaped slices and arranged with lemon slices for a garnish, or use sliced lemon with some chopped parsley sprinkled over it. How to Prepare Scallops.—Scallops are a very cheap form of shell-fish, obtainable in our markets, but more used by the foreign population, who know their excellence. While they require careful cleaning in more than one water, they are then available in many forms in place of clams and oysters or fish. They must be steamed in a kettle with about a pint of water, and a bouquet of herbs is desirable. When they open they can be cooled and the meat taken out and served in a variety of ways. Save the broth in the kettle. A chowder can be made in the usual way by browning some onion in fat sait W.SidneyPittman Architect BETWEEN G & H Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150. Ladies' Diamond Broochs, $5.50 to $1.00. 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. KEYSTONE P-759 --- Earrings, $15.00 to $500 00. Scarf Pins, $7.00 up. Cuff Buttons, $7.00 up. Studs, $10.00 up. pork in a kettle, then, when both are browned, add a little water and boil a few minutes before adding some scallop broth and sliced potatoes. When the potatoes have cooked a few minutes, add the scallops and let all cook for five minutes. Season with salt and pepper and red pepper. Add some rich milk, and, if liked thicker, rub a little butter and flour together and put in the chowder. When it is served add some toasted crackers. Dust Broom. For the stick of the dust broom cut one from an old broom and pad the rough end, using a circle of old cloth about ten inches in diameter and put a good bit of cotton batting in the center. Insert the sticks and fasten the pad firmly on to it with heavy twine. Take old flannel underwear and cut into strips 12 inches wide, slitting each strip in two-inch widths, like a fringe, leaving one and one-half inches along one edge. Cut enough of these to make a good full broom and sew them to the padding on the stick. Saturate with kerosene oil and allow it to dry completely before using. This is a great improvement over the regulation "broom bag," as the strips get into the corners, around the legs of the furniture, etc. The oil takes up the dust readily and imparts a polish to the floor. Renewing Oilcloth. When oilcloth has been laid for a few months and is beginning to lose its shiny surface it can be renewed and made to lost twice as long. Melt a little ordinary glue in a pint of water, letting it stand on the top of the oven until it is dissolved. Wash the oilcloth thoroughly and let it dry. Then at night, when no one will walk on it, go over the entire surface carefully with a flannel dipped into the glue water. Choose a dry day for doing it, and by morning you will have a fine gloss. To Mend a Torn Garment. When a silk or cloth garment is torn, procure a few threads of the warp of the goods and darn as you would a stocking. If you have no pieces from which this may be obtained, perhaps there is a straight edge on one of the seams from which a few threads may be taken. In this way the repair is made of exactly the same shade as the cloth.-The Dellineator. yPittman nitect PATENT DRAWINGS DRAFTING,DETAILING,TRACING BLUE PRINTING TION A SPECIALTY. 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W. S. H. HINES UNDERTAKER,EMBALMER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR 1715 Fourteenth St.,N.W. ```markdown ``` Metallic Caskets on Hand For Shipping Best Service Guaranteed Use Hines Cloth Casket. J H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. TWELFTH AND R STREFTS, N. W. JH DAB FUNERAL DIRECT Hiring, Levery and Sal Carriages hired for funerals, parties, La Horses and carriages kept in first-class anteed. Business at 1132 Third street not at 222. More street, Alexandria, Va. Telephone for Office, Main 1727. H DABNE FUNERAL DIRECTOR. Hiring, Levery and Sale Stable required for funerals, parties, lalls, receptions, etc. carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction ness at 1132 Third street northwest. Main office street, Alexandria, Va. For Office, Main 1727. JH DABNEY Carriages hired for funerals, parties, Lalls, 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. OUR STABLES IN FREEM Where I can accommodate 50 Horses. Call and inspect our new and modern s J. H. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 A·HIGH·DE R STABLES IN FREEMAN'S ALLEY. accommodate 50 Horses. expect our new and modern stable. H. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 Third Street N. W. HIGH·DEGRE A HIGH DEGREE OF SATISFACTION IS A RARE THING IN MOST $3.00 SHOES. SHOES ATI THIS PRICE USUALLY LACK STYLE OR COMFORT OR BOTH. THE STYLE OF MORE EXPENSIVE SHOES AND GOOD SOLID VALUE ARE FOUND IN OUR SIGNET SH because of the except stowed on the making ness in it anywhere is A Coodyear-welted sh SIGNET SHOE because of the exceptional attention stowed on the making. The only che ness in it anywhere is the price. A Coodyear-welted shoe, made on se because of the exceptional attention be stowed 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, is the most popular leathers. It's worth your while to come in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy. Always welcome. Wm.Moreland, 491Penna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOK WADE Departed this life at her residence, 138 Carroll street southeast, Tuesday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m., Florence and loving mother of Marie A. Blanche L. and Manie Wade-Dickerson, and aunt of Francis Magruder. Funeral services were held at St. Cyprian's Church, Thirteenth and C streets southeast, Saturday, at 9 a.m.; requiem.mass for the repose of her soul. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. CITY BRIELTS. Miss Mary Nalle has entered suit against the Board of Education Attorney Napoleon Marshall has taken an office with Attorney Thomas L. Jones. It may result in the law firm of Jones & Marshall. EXCELLENT IS THIS FACULTY Instead of Firing Faculty of Coolred State Normal as Was Done in At a meeting of the board of regents of the C. A. & N. University, at Langston, here today, the entire faculty of that excellent institution was retained. This is the State Colored Agricultural and Normal School and is attended by more than four hundred colored pupils. That the faculty of such a large institution should be retained when the State Board of Regents for the white schools have made almost clean sweeps of the State Normals reflects great credit on the said faculty. Two instructors resigned to accept better positions in other schools, otherwise no change was made. Mr. John L. Love, formerly of the High School of Washington, has been elected vice president to Prof. Inman Page. It is a great wonder that some of our married people don't open quick lunch rooms like the white brother. In most every case the main man is the chef, and he is always one of our race. There is money in the business. There are lots of our people in the city occupying good and prominent positions (outside of the Government) that are not known. In a good many cases they are positions of honor and trust. We will mention later on. Senator Foraker was eulogized;the virtues of the Negro extolled; the Taft forces and Brownsville case were condemned by speakers at the Galbraith A. M. E. Church last week. Senator Dick was present; also Hon. W. E. Chandler and others. The sliding pole used in engine houses was the invention of Stephen Payne, colored, a member of the Chicago Fire Department, in 1878. RepresentativeJames Thomas Heflin of Alabama was indicted today by the local Grand Jury for assault with a dangerous weapon. The indictment is in three counts, two of which relate to the shooting of Lewis Lundy, the colored man with whom Mr. Heflin had a dispute on a street car March 27 last. The third count then charges an assault of Mr. Thomas McCreary, of New York, a horseman, who was standing on the sidewalk and was struck by a bullet from Mr. Heflin's pistol. The first count charges that the Representative assaulted Lundy with a pistol by striking and beating him over the head with the weapon. In the second count Mr. Heflin is charged with shooting the pistol at the Negro and injuring him with a bullet. Lundy was taken to the Emergency Hospital after the shooting and remained two or three days under treatment. Shortly after his release he instituted suit in the District Supreme Court against Mr. Heflin to recover $20,000 damages. His counsel recently had a disagreement, with Lundy as to the manner of conducting the case and ordered the suit dismissed. Mr. McCreary developed a case of lockkjaw from the effects of the wound received at the shooting, and was extremely ill at George Washington University Hospital for several weeks. Dr. Heflin, of Alabama, a brother of the Representative, assisted in the care of the patient, who recently was able to leave the institution. It was rumored that in addition to paying hospital bills and for medical attention Mr. Heflin made a monetary settlement with Mr. McCreery. The reported amount of a settlement was denied by the Representative. M. Andre Segbried, financier and merchant $ _{r} $ of Havre, in remarks to the Musee Social on the money crisis LEGAL NOTICE Perri W. Frisby, Attorney. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS .. TRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holdin Probate Court. No. 15204. Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the State of Pennsylvania, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters testamentary on the estate of Sinah E. Pearson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 22nd day of April, A. D. 1909; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 22nd day of Aril, 1908. Marion E. Lewis, 1150 22nd Street Northwest. Attest: W. C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. of the United States, said, to some extent it was brought about by Mr. Roosevelt, who outside of the business world used intemperate language; whose interest in the country's affairs being general, denounced business in wild, general terms. The real men to blame are those working for power; also the banks engaging in money speculatons, etc. A lawsuit begun 478 years ago, in 1430, has just been amicably settled at Freimar, a suburb of Gotha, near Berlin. The cost has been enormous. Last Wednesday there was a large mass meeting held at Boston, Mass., Faneuil Hall, by the colored citizens. Resolutions were passed denouncing President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, and endorsing Senator Foraker. Last Wednesday sailors from the United States naval vessels at Norfolk, Va., started a riot by beating several colored men. The police were compelled to sound the riot call. (We wonder if they will be mustered out of service without trial, like the Twenty-fifth?) The following rules, if followed, will ruin the best lodge or in fact any department in Masonry: First, the presiding officer to be a crank; second, know it all, and can't be told; third, allow himself to be installed, then show his inability to do the act; fourth, gong to have his way or run the whole thing in the ground. Result: The brethren will become careless; no meetings. The question is asked, What is the cause? Brethren in selecting officers should be careful in their selections. The proper qualifications are: Executive ability, fair amount of education, a very large amount of courtesy (or taffy). These if put into operation will result in success. When we profess to be Christians the first great object is meekness. It makes us tired to see some people who profess to be Christians. If you watch these same people it will be found that they do the same as the worldly people, and then hide their rascality under the cloak of the Church. In due time they will descend to the warm place presided over by his Satanic Majesty, viz., the Devil. The remarks of the Rev. Mr. Ricks were received very heartily by the members of the League and the host of friends present, who donated to the church the sum of forty dollars. Mr. Walter Singleton, the president of the League, paid a high tribute to the pastor and told in glowing terms of the esteem in which the reverend gentleman is held by the entire league. The Rev. George W. Tomson, of Woodbury, N. Y., came to his death by his own hand last week on account of his love affairs. The Naval and Military of the Spanish-American War has been inaugurated in the District of Columbia for honorably discharged commissioned officers of the United States. Regular or volunteer branch of United States army or navy or marine corps, Ventura Dominico, of Chicago, fell from a three-story window. Neither he nor his pipe he was smoking suffered serious injury. The Senate has passed a bill prohibiting Federal judges from issuing injunctions against States except on five days' notice to the Governor and attorney general. James Huckins, aged sixty-seven years, of La Porte, Ind., died from the effects caused by a copper cent that had remained in his stomach for sixty years. COCTAIL, Manhattan Superior to all trade cocktails, prepared of the best ingredients. 1.25t.bottle, 750. full pt. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. 'Paine M 274. DR.M FOR NEURALGIA. SCATICA. RHEUMATISM BACKACHE. PAIN IN CHEST. DISTRESS IN STOMACH. SLEEPLESSNESS. ILES' ANTI-PAIN PILLS FOR Headache THE NILES' ANTI-PAIN PILLS 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 SALES AND DABNEY, FUNERAL DIRECTRESSES AND STEWART CAMPBELL, CARRIE SALES —AND— RUTH DABNEY First class service guaranteed at reasonable prices. Carriages furnished for Balls, Parties and Receptions. Phone, Main 4231. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Subscribers for The Bee are notified that their paper will be discontinued after this issue unless the subscriptions are paid in advance. This is the law now; hence it is impossible for the management to continue sending the paper to subscribers unless subscriptions are paid in advance. Send at ONCE and oblige The Bee Publishing Co., 1109 Eye St. N. W. THOMAS J. CALLQWAY, Attorney at Law. Washington, D. C. General Pracitce.' Phone M 2404. Prompt and Careful Attention to All Matters. TRY HIM. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. For Sale.—A client having half an acre of land in Hillsdale will sell at sacrifice. Apply P. W. Frisby, 503 D street northwest. For Sale.-Client having large lot, unimproved, in Lincoln, D. C., will sell at sacrifice for cash. Apply, P. FOR RENT. For Rent. Two or three communicating rooms, with every modern convenience. Call or address Mrs. Proctor, 920 L street northwest. FOR RENT. A desirable 4-room and bath flat for rent; 2124 L street northwest, with use of parlor; all gas attachments for light and cooking. Inquire of George W. Lukins, Agt., corner Nineteenth and H streets n.w. THE BEE IS ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES IN THIS CITY: Dr. A. S. Gray, Twelfth and You streets northwest. Mr. M. Byrd, 1500 Fourteenth street northwest. Mr. J. H. Ellis, 489 Missouri avenue northwest. Mr. W. H. Lee, 920 Twentieth street northwest. --- SOUTH KELINI Colored Lay the foundation for your Home SOUTH, KENID Don't put it off until some other Columbia is growing rapidly in BUY NOW, while it's cheap. Terms $5 Dow NWORTH red People your Home today by buying a site for it at TH, KENILWORTH, D. C. some other time. Property in the District of pidly in cheap. KELINWORTH Colored People Lay the foundation for your Home today by buying a site for it at SOUTH, KENILWORTH, D. C. Don't put it off until some other time. Property in the District of Columbia is growing rapidly in BUY NOW, while it's cheap. Terms $5 Down $5 a Month 5 Down $5 a Month NO TAXES, while paying. for all cash. Title good, or money refunded. a soon, and prices will advance. BURY ADVANTAGEOUS AND DISTINC- South Kenilworth, aside from its very desira- level lots, wide streets, good alleys, liberal maple shade trees. Within half square of the city of Washington. Only one square to the usted. will build houses for lot purchasers and allment plan. NO INTEREST. NO TAXES, while paying. Ten percent discount for all cash Title good, or money refunded. Improvements will begin soon, and prices will advance. Ten percent discount for all cash Improvements will begin soon, and p SOME OF THE VERY ADVANTIVE FEAURES of South Kenilvable location. are: large, level lots, w parking, and beautiful maple shade best colored school in the city of Wae electric cars. Until funds are exhausted, will be let them pay on the installment plan. SOME OF THE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS AND DISTINCTIVE FEAURES of South Kenilworth, aside from its very desirable location, are: large, level lots, wide streets, good alleys, liberal parking, and beautiful maple shade trees. Within half square of the best colored school in the city of Washington. Only one square to the electric cars. Until funds are exhausted, will build houses for lot purchasers and let them pay on the installment plan. UNITY ForYoung Men educative salaries in all sections of fully in the South, for young men trained in ag- gard for the graduates from this department of and Indus-trial Institute is so far in excess of offering special inducements to graduates of persons sufficiently advanced in the academic and pursue the courses in agriculture, including Live Stock Raising, etc. An opportunity arrest young men to work out all of their board secure full information by addressing Booker T. Washington, Principal. OPPORTUNITY the country, and especially in the S riculture. The demand for the gr the Tuskegee Normal and Indus the supply that we are offering sp other schools, and persons suff branches to come here and pursue t Farm Work, Dairying, Live Stoo will be given a few earnest young while taking a course. Those interested can secure full Booker T. MATTING GoodRefri atLowest Pr The selection of a Refrigerator is poor refrigerator is expensive at than a good one and doesn't keep it buying a refrigerator from us, for to give absolute satisfaction. We from it —and we believe the make ical and most reliable that can be b We shall be glad to arrange crea Peter C 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street OPPORTUNITY ForYoung Men lucrative salaries in all sections of the country, and especially in the South, for young men trained in agriculture. The demand for the graduates from this department of the Tuskegee Normal and Indus-trial Institute is so far in excess of the supply that we are offering special inducements to graduates of other schools, and persons sufficiently advanced in the academic branches to come here and pursue the courses in agriculture, including Farm Work, Dairying, Live Stock Raising, etc. An opportunity will be given a few earnest young men to work out all of their board while taking a course. Those interested can secure full information by addressing Booker T. Washington, Principal. ATTING LAID FREE. Refrigerators at Prices Refrigerator means more than its first cost. A expensive at any price, for it uses up more ice doesn't keep its contents fresh. You are safe in from us, for we guarantee each and every one action. We don't charge high prices — far save the makes we handle are the most econom- that can be bought. arrange credit terms to suit you. er Grogan MATTING LAID FREE. GoodRefrigerators atLowest Prices The selection of a Refrigerator means more than its first cost. A poor refrigerator is expensive at any price, for it uses up more ice than a good one and doesn't keep its contents fresh. You are safe in buying a refrigerator from us, for we guarantee each and every one to give absolute satisfaction. We don't charge high prices — far from it — and we believe the makes we handle are the most economical and most reliable that can be bought. We shall be glad to arrange credit terms to suit you. Peter Grogan Phone, Linc. 1824. C. A. COOPER. THE TAILOR. Suits Made to Order. Cleaning, Repairing, and Pressing. HOUSE AND HERMANN. ChoiceMattings Whether it is good wearing qualities or pretty patterns that attract you most in mattings, our stock will satisfy you and please you. We import direct in large quantities, which enables us to offer the biggest possible values, and to show many exclusive designs. We make no charge for laying CREDIT IF YOU WISH IT. We make no charge for laying. CREDIT IF YOU WISH IT. When in doubt, buy of When in doubt, buy or HOUSE AND HERRMANN, Seventh and Eve Sts. N. W. 316 Four-and-a-half Street, S. W. As usual, invites the public to visit his Second and D Streets Southwest. Telephone Main 3148. ELGIN CREAMERY CO., HEADQUARTERS FOR BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, CHEESE, COFFEE, TEA. 220 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington D. C. MAMMOTH STORE Stocked with everything in the Drug line. Easter offeings in every design. Pure drugs. Prescriptions carefully compounded. RICHARDSON'S DRUG STORE, 316 Four-and-a-half Street, S. W. Dr. Robins, of Petersbug, Va., was in the city this week. Butter. --- NO INTEREST. 'Phone-Main 1081. RICHARDSON'S DRUG STORE. MAMMOTH STORE Lots, $200 and up. BERNERD G. BROWN, Owner. 525 Thirteenth St. Northwest. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Between H and I Street. Phone Main 2436. —THE ACME MARKET— A. J. May, Proprietor. DEALER IN Fine Groceries, Provisions, Beef, Lamb and Veal. Corned Beef a Specialty. Cor. Four-and-a-half and C Sts. Southwest. REPAIRING AND ALTERING THE CLOTHES CLEANING SHOP 614 D Street Northwest, J. S. Jutsh, Prop. J. C. Colvin, Mgr. MURRAY'S PURE DRUG STORE. Second and D Streets Southwest. Just Arrived — A complete assortment of the purest and freshest Drugs on the market, including a large line of Easter-Articles. Something very fancy in the way of Toilet Soaps and Fine Colognes, at reduced prices to suit the times. MURRAY'S PURE DRUG STORE. Washington, D. C. C. H. Redmon, Prop. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Magnolia Brand Elgin So STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR, that is can be put up in my style desired condition by its length. Fords' JEWELRY Form 45 was formerly known as "OZGNIZED OXMARROW" and is the only safe preparation down to that makes knickers curly hair straight, shown above. It is use makes the most stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, available and easy to comb. These results may be obtained from one treatment; 2 to 4 Client for a year. The pomme removes and leaves itching living the hair from falling, takes is grow and, by gives it new life and a perfumed and is necessarily for ladies. n. Ford's Hair Ford and sold continuously abel. "OZONIZED OX stored in the United in 1964. Be sure to get the hair STRAIGHT. Beverage of imitations." 's Hair Pomme is size, and is made only The genuine has the. 1. Front. on each pack. nly 50 cm. Sold by If your drugging you, he can $ 1,000 or wholesale dealer one bottle postage* $10 or $2.50 for six box- say postage and express U.S. A. When order- ness money order, and paper. Write your nly 50 Ox Marrow Co. about my signature) The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co (None genuine without my signature) One of the finest cafes in the city is that of William Xander. He has everything first class, and if you want a hot lunch every day don't fail to patronize him. FINE WINES, WHISKIES, and Cigars. The very best brands of cigars that can be found anywhere. Phone, Main 5438. William Xander, 610 La. Ave., N. W. 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. Why pay 10 percent when you can get it for 3 percent? H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE, No. 314 Ninth Street N. W. Loans made on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc. If you want to buy a good watch, diamond ring, or jewelry of any kind, look at our stock first. You can save money. THE F. E. GREEN CO. 818 19th St N. W. Washington, D. C. Dyeing. Cleaning and Pressing. Pressed, $1.00, up. essed, 50c. Pressed, 25c. essed, 35c. EMBERS. essed and Repaired Each week SUIT ered the same day. or goods left over FOR LADIES. Pressed, Plain, 50c. Pressed, Plaited, 75c. Pressed, Silk, 75c. Pressed, 50c., 75c. and Pressed, 50c. and Pressed, 75c. pressed, Plain, 75c. ssed, Plaited, $1.50 nd Pressed, $1.00, ssed, 75c. and Pressed, 75c., nd Pressed, $1.00, Portieres Dyed $1.50. and Repair Depart- vice. Suits steam ent to your resi- nts per month; 50 ths; $1.00 for six er annum, in ad- 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. Have The Bee sent to your residence. Only 20 cents per month; 50 cents for three months; $1.00 for six months, and $2.00 per annum, in advance.