Washington Bee
Saturday, December 4, 1909
Washington, D.C.
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VOL.XXX NO 30
A GREAT WOMAN
A GREAT WOMAN
NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES
Miss N. H. Burroughs, President— Lincoln, D. C.
At last Washington has in operation a Vocational Training School for women and girls. Women and girls are given a marketable education and one has but to read the circular announcement then visit Lincoln, and be convinced that at last, we have a school that is not going all around Robin Hood's Barn, but straight at the educational problem, and will give women and girls the kind of education, they can use in earning a living. The courses are practical and comprehensive.
The high moral and religious atmosphere, makes the Institution a real home, where all the virtues are cultivated.
The new chapel is a beauty. The students are anxious to get into their new quarters, and it will not be many days before the building will be turned over for services.
The National Training School Supply Department at 20th and L Sts, is being well patronized by the women of the city who desire well-made dresses. Miss Nannie Godall and Miss Emma Lewis are expert cutters and fitters. You can help the Training School by patronizing the Supply Department. Night classes in sewing. Rev. S. N. Vass addressed the student body on Friday. He is very enthusiastic over the work already accomplished. As usual, quite a number of visitors found their way to Lincoln Heights this week. Misses Mattie R. Bowen, Alice Nelson, E. L. Jean, and Ida Plummer, were among the number who represented the city school. All visitors are charmed at the ideal location of the school, surrounded with nature's choicest blessings. All of our friends are surprised at the progress evident by the buildings, equipments and enrollment. The students are girls, made of the "stern stuff" who desire their lives moulded for great service. The president has that peculiar power that inspires one to desire to do great things for the race and the world.
Our enrollment represents seven different states. Texas holds her own—being the largest State in the Union—she has the largest number of students, and they are the most musical.
Chapel Hour—Sunday—6.00 p. m. is indeed interesting. Here we report what we have learned from the sermons and services we have attended during the day. You see to begin with, we all have the same subject, and you may think we say the same thing—"but be ye disappointed" if you expect such. Our reports are far from the same. Some of us see differently—others hear more differently—and still others explain most differently. Very often we all listen to the same sermon, but if you could hear us, you would think we were even in different cities. If you have the blues or any ailment—come to Lincoln and hear the Sunday reports on sermons and services and be healed. Mentally, you will be refreshed. The "peculiar" reports will make you forget your ills. Ask Mrs. Emma Lewis and Miss Mattie R. Bowen and others who frequently come to hear our Sunday reports.
The Quiz hour is another period of interest. It is conducted by our president. The hour we know not, but we do know often we are 'weighed in the balance and found wanting' but amid it all we "look wise" and Misses Versa, Rudolph and Hanna say—I'll know next time." The next time has never come. All of the girls are trying to be Walking Encyclopedias, because they see it is necessary. If you are desirous of knowledge in a nut-shell, ask the president when is the time of the "Quiz Hour," and come out. The president's daily message is — How to do ordinary things in an ordinary way.
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THE WOMEN'S TRADE-UNION
MOVEMENT IN GREAT
An article on "The women's trade union movement in Great Britain," by Katherine Graves Busbey, is published in Bulletin No. 83 of the Bureau of Labor, Department of Commerce and Labor. The writer gives a history of the movement and discusses its growth, the obstacle to organization of women, the attitude of male trade unionists, the results of organization, and the relation of women's trade unions to low wages and the sweating system. From the beginning of the movement in 1874, what is now known as the Women's Trade Union League has been the most important agency in the development of unionism among women in Great Britain. This organization at present has nearly 140,000 members. As regards the comparative growth of male and female membership in trade unions in recent yeras it is shown that in 1896, which is the first year for which comparative figures of female trade-union membership are available, 149 unions included women and girls as members out of a total of 1,302 trade unions, the female membership at that time being 117,030, or 7.8 per cent of the membership increased from 1,386,7009 to 1,768,767, or 27.6 per cent, while the female membership rose from 117,030 to 126,285, or 7.9 per cent. Since 1904 the percentage of gains among male and female members has been largely reversed. In 1907 the organized women numbered 201,709, a gain of 59.7 per cent over 1904, while the increase in male membership, although amounting to 436,270 new members, represented a relative increase of only 24.7 per cent.
Among the chief obstacles to the organization of women workers in Great Britain have been the temporary nature of their occupations, low wages and low standard of living, class distinctions, and apathy. Male trade unionists in the printing trades have offered opposition on account of inferior workmanship and the generally lower rate of wages paid to women. It is stated, however, that "in Manchester the men trade-union leaders are enthusiastic over the work accomplished by the women's unions throughout Lancashire. It is difficult to determine just what the opinion of the male trade unionist of the present day is in regard to the advantages or necessity of unionism among industrial women."
As to the results accomplished the writer concludes that the women's trade-union movement has in some instances been directly responsible for increase of wages, has added successful pressure to initiation and furtherance of protective legislation, and through the Women's Trade-Union League has accomplished much toward the conservation of health and the promotion of safety among local workers where little or no local organization can yet be effected.
The women trade-unionists of Great Britain seek to secure the betterment of labor conditions through protective legislation rather than by militant action. They regard the trade unions as a medium for suggestion aud as an aid in enforcing the legal rights of workers. The greatest endeavor of the leaders at the present time is to secure the extension of the board of arbitration prerogative to an authoritative for legal decision in wage disputes and the establishment of wages boards empowered to fix a legal minimum wage in certain trades.
Durham, N. C., Nov.27.
W. Sidney Pittman of Washington, D. C., was invited, by Dr. Jas.
E. Shepard, the rising young educator, to come to Durham, D. C., last week on business.
While here Mr. Pittman was royally entertained. He left for Greensboro today and from there he will go to Kentucky. The people in Durham are highly pleased with this young architect.
Before selecting your Xmas presents consult The McCalls Magazine, the queen of fashions.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY DECEMBER 4, 1909
[Portrait of a woman in a white dress with a feathered headpiece. She is standing with her hands on her knees.]
MISS NANNIE H. BURROUGHS
His Guest Of Honor Open Letter To President
Distinguished Guests Present — A Fine Report and Good Speakers The spacious parlors of the Ludnell were beautifully decorated and festoned with flags and Chinese lanterns last Saturday afternoon. The occasion being a dinner by the Hon. Ernest W. Lyons, United States Minister to Liberia. On this occasion Minister Lyons was the host, and his guests were: Hon. Harry Cummings, of Baltimore, Md.; Hon. Ralph W. Tyler, auditor for the Navy; Hon. W. T. Vernon, register of the treasury; ex-Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback, Hon. John C. Dancy, recorder of deeds; Judge Robert H. Terrell, Mr. Lewis E. Johnson, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dr. W. L. Willister, Dr. A. M. Curtis, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, Mr. James W. Gray, and Editor W. Calvin Chase. It was an occasion long to be remembered. Messrs. Hudnell and Savoy showed their bests in making the event one that was fit for the gods.
Covers were laid for fantinon and the dinner was served in courses. It was a complimentary return by Minister Lyons to the committee and others who so gratefully tendered Dr. Lyons a banquet on the evening of November 17th. At the conclusion of the report Mr. Cummings, who acted as toast master stated that he would depart from the usual custom, intending the principal speaker last, but on this occasion he would introduce him first, the host of honor, Minister Ernest W. Lyons who wished to thank the committee and others for their excellent banquet given Bishop Scott and himself in this city on November 17. When he arose he was greeted with a prolonged aplause.
Dr. Lyons briefly tendered his thanks to the committee and other gentlemen who had given Dr. Scott and himself a banquet on the date mentioned by his esteemed friend, Mr. Cummings and concluded by paying a high compliment to the Liberian people and especially their government
At the conclusion of his address, Auditor Tyler was introduced who is always an interesting talker and an agreeable entertainer. In a very flowery speech, Mr. Cummings introduced ex-Gov. Pinchback, who stated that he was interested in the Liberian government and hoped to see the day when that government would lead the world.
At the conclusion of Mr. Pinchback's remarks the company left, feeling that a deserving man had returned the compliments.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 30, 1909. To the President of the United
States.
My dear Mr. President:
I address you this open letter for fear that you may not know that there are ninety thousand colored people in this city who have been oppressed and discriminated against for a number of years. Republican and Democratic Presidents have appointed Commissioners for the District of Columbia and at no time have any of these Commissioners seen fit to appoint a colored citizen to a representative position.
The Democratic Commissioners Mr. President, are supposed to look after the interest of his Democratic constituents and not Republicans. What will be most pleasing, Mr. President, to your 90 thousand colored citizens is the appointment of good, liberal men the successors of Messrs. West and Macfarland. Of course the people would very much prefer that they don't accept the resignation of Mr. West, because his successor is hard to find, with but one exception, and that exception is Captain James F. Oyster. I am confident that Captain Oyster would give us all a square deal which we have not heretofore received, only from the Democratic Commissioner, Mr. West. Colored citizens are told Mr. President that they should not apply for office. Why it is our Constitutional right to apply for any place in the gift of your a administration. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction among colored men throughout the country, Mr. President, but I have endeavored to oppose this discontent by informing your faithful allies that your interest to do the right thing towards them. I hope you will not disappoint them, Mr. President, because we shall need them in 1912. The colored voter is becoming restless and something must be done to satisfy him. He may not be a factor in the South, Mr. President, but he is in the North, East and West.
Referring again to the commissionership, I hope that you will make no mistake in the appointment. We want no Psalm singers, Mr. President, amen corner shouters or Christian Endeavor pretenders. We want good and honest men at the head of our local government.
I see by a local paper that you anticipate some changes among your colored constituents. What we want in this direction, perhaps, you will not consider. Where a man has
served well and faithfully he should remain and increase the number of appointments by creating new places. The few colored men in office doesn't half pay us, Mr. President, for our faithful adherence and fidelity to the Republican party. You have decided not to appoint any more colored men South who may be objectionable to the white people. Whenever there is an office to give away and a white man, South, wants it all that the objectors must do is to protest against the colored man, Mr. President. I have been waiting for a great number of years, Mr. President, but it seems that the longer I wait for something to turn up the further it gets from me. It is a question with colored Americans of this country whether it would not be best to turn up something. You have been office long enough, Mr. President, to take the appointments of colored men out of the hands of your Cabinet officers and consider them yourself. A local paper that has always been inimical to the colored people makes some predictions. We take no more stock in this local sheet, Mr. President, than you do in considering Ben. Tillman for the Court of St. James. You should take the advice of a few impartial colored non-applicants for office, Mr. President. If you do, I feel confident that you will not go astray. I hope in my next to discuss the matter of colored appointments more fully, Mr. President, and until then believe me to be,
DR. THIRKIELD
The Thanksgiving sermon of Dr. Thirkield on the 25th of last month at the Metropolitan Church, Four and half and C Streets, northwest, was no doubt one of the ablest sermons that ever fell from the lips of man. The church was packed. It recalled the days of Grant and other eminent men who attended that church when the late Dr. Newman held his audience spellbound. Without fear or favor Dr. Thirkield took up the cause of the colored Americans and defended them. He told his hearers that it was preposterous to think of sending the colored race out of the United States. He said that the foreigner fresh from his native land comes to this country with the bomb in his hands, that in the history of the colored race you have failed to find any bomb throwers; you see no strikes among the colored people and they come nearer doing like the white American race than any other nationality upon this globe. Instead of driving the colored people away from home, great men like Dr. Thirkield will make a similar defense of the colored American race. There may be some bad ones among us, but there are no bomb throwers and strikers, no matter how bad they are otherwise.
You should do all in your power to protect them, declared Dr. Thirkield. The Bee extends its thanks to the distinguished president of Howard University and hopes that the day is not far off when other great men like Dr. Thirkield will make a similar defence of the colored American race. There may be some bad ones among us, but, there are no bomb throwers and strikers, no matter how bad they are otherwise. The colored man is grateful. He knows his friends and while many are oppressed and lynched the masses will do their duty, and when Dr. Thirkield said that there are no bomb throwers among our people and they are loyal to the Republic, he paid a deserving tribute to a grateful people.
Maj. John R. Lynch, now stationed at San Francisco, has been notified it is said that he will be continued on active service until the time of enforced retirement, which is at the age of sixty-four years, and further that he will not be required to take the riding or walking test. Maj. Lynch, has now nearly two more more years to serve on the active list.
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PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
Miss Gonevia B. Maxfield
The birth place of William McKinley, in Ohio has been bought by Miss Lula T. Mackey, a member of the trumbull bar. For years she has been gathering relics of the McKinley's. The house will be used as a museum.
Rameser, King of Eygpt, is resting aboard the steamer Aragonia, preparatory to proceeding to New York. The monarch's age is estimated at about 3,000 years, just which one of the Egyptian soverigns it is has not not been determined as yet.
The remains weighs 125 pounds. It is carefully packed in lead, iron and wood, and weighs 1,000 pounds. On the outside of the case is marked "valued at $30,000."
Elmer Dover, secretary of the Republican National Committee and former secretary to the late Marcus A. Hanna, is about to enter upon a business career. He has accepted an offer from a Chicago electrical engineering concern which owns or controls light, power, and street railway companies in a number of the Western cities. He is to become the executive officer in one of these concerns enterprises, and is likely to settle in San Diego, Cal., or Seattle, Wash. He expects to go West next month.
The Interdenominational Missionary Union of the Lutheran Memorial Church. Miss Florence M. Brown, secretary of the Young Woman's Christian Association delivered an address, and Mrs. T. R. Prickett, of St. Paul's M. E. Church, read a paper on "The Negro as a Christian," in which she gave some historical data, showing the conditions of the Negro race in the United States 50 years ago. She asserted that one of the strongest Protestant denominations in this country is the United African M. E. Zion Church, which has more than 349,000 members, and owns property worth more than $4,-8000. It supports 180 missions in Africa and a number elsewhere. It has branches of the Y. M. C. A., and 16 society or club buildings. She also recounted the large number of Negro men and women in the educational and professional fields, and said their progress, has been made by a people without ancestry without financial backing.
Charles M. Koones, former secretary and treasurer of the Capital Traction Company died last Sunday ngiht, at the age of 76. He is survived by four children.
According to official Register, or government "Blue Book" for 1909—which is on the eve of being issued by Census Director Durand, there were 28,947 persons in federal employ in Washington on July 1, last Unless the corporation counsel decides that its operation is not feasible, there seems a good chance of this city having a curfew law, which will send the little folks in after sun set. In compliance with several recent criticisms Commissioner Macfarland asked Judge De Lacy, Maj. Sylvester, D. P. Mann, and C. C. Estes, for their opinion as to the advisability of drafting such a regulation.
Have you been thankful for all the blessings which have come to you this year. Examine your conscience, and are paid annually $31,541,225, an average of nearly $1,100 each.
Because of the increase in the number of enlisted men in the army, rations ran short recently, and it began to look as though the soldiers might have to go on a short allowance of food. Secretary Dickinson, rendered an opinion yesterday that it was legal for the quartermaster to go ahead making contracts, for which Congress would be asked to make a deficiency appropriation, putting an end to the famine. The strength of the army has been increased 77,000 said one of the quartermasteds at the War Department.
SPACIALLY JIM.
(Nameutlich Fritz.)
BESSIE MORGAN.
German Words by the Composer.
JAQUES MENDELSOHN.
Allegro.
I was might - y good - look - in' when I was young,
Ich war feisch und drall, hat - te kaum acht - zehn Jahr,
Allegro.
Peert an' black - eyed an' slim, With fel - lers a - court - in' me Sun - day nights,
Bloud und flink wie der Blitz, Und die Juvg - ens, sie lies - sen mir kei - ne Ruh,
poco rit.
'Spac - ial - ly Jim.
Nam - ent - lich Fritz.
I got so tired o' hav - in' 'em 'roun'—
'swar mir so last - ig 'sgab mir viel Pein,
'Spac - ial - ly
Al - le die
colla voce.
Copyright, 1908, by American Melody Company, New York.
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This Time He Has a Fine One About Policeman and Civil Service Clerk.
"Say," whispered the man with the iridescent whiskers and the green handkerchief, leaning over the desk of the man with the bashful bald spot. "I've got a dandy for you to-day. You can use it if you want to. It's nothing to me. I believe when a man's a friend of a man he ought to give the man the benefit of what good ideas come to him from time to time. Live and let live is my motto."
"We're not handling mottoes to-day. What is the other thing?" asks the man at the desk, absent-mindedly trying to sharpen his fountain pen.
"What is the difference between a policeman who got his appointment through the influence of a brother-in-law who is in cahoots with an alderman and who is detailed to arrest people who have no vehicle license upon their wagons and carriages, and a civil service clerk whose duties consist in registering the descriptions and numbers of automobiles?"
"Why is a policeman who arrests three dozen hoboes less four like a man who happens up an alley and finds a chunk of dynamite behind a handbook shop!" saks the man with the hiatus on his head. "Because he has located bum 32. Good morning." "Very well," hisses the man with the luminous whiskers. "Very well! The answer to mine is that one nabs the tagless and the other tabs the nagless, but I shall give it to some more meritorious literateur." And the door closed, shutting off the breeze.
SHOW THEM YOUR TICKETS
This Will Surely Relieve the German Railway Guard of His Sadness.
Whenever a German railway guard feels lonesome, and does not know what else to do with himself, he takes a walk round the train and gets the passengers to show him their tickets, after which he returns to his box cheered and refreshed. Some people rave about sunsets and mountains and old, old masters, but to the German railway guard the world can show nothing more satisfying, more inspiring, than the sight of a railway ticket
Nearly all the German railway officials have this same craving for tickets. If only they get somebody to show them a railway ticket, they are happy. It seemed a harmless weakness of theirs, and B. and I decided that it would be only kind to humor them in it during our stay. Accordingly, when we saw a German railway official standing about,
Jim! I made up my mind I'd set a little down An' take up with him.
Witz! Mach' kurzen Prozess am ruhig zu sein, Da nahm ich den Fritz.
Andantino, mf
poco rit.
So we was married one Sunday in church.—Twas crowded, full to the brim;
So gab's denn Hochzeit im Dorf in der Kirch' Und voll warn al-le die Sitz: Und nur
Andantino.
a tempo.
on - ly way, to git rid of 'em all,...
so hatt' ich Ruh' vor den list i - gen Jung's...
'Spac - ial - ly Jim.
Und vor dem Fritz.
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looking sad or weary, we went up to him and showed him our tickets. The sight was like a ray of sunshine to him; all his care was immediately forgotten. If we had not a ticket with us at the time, we went and bought one. A mere single third to the next station would gladden him sufficiently in most cases; but if the poor fellow appeared very woe-begone, and as if he wanted more than ordinary cheering up, we got him a second-class return —Jerome K. Jerome, "Diary of a Pilgrimage."
How She Knew.
"I do think," exclaimed Mrs. Tolkier, indignantly, "that Mrs. Gadabout is the most aggravatingly 'inquisitive woman, if I must say so, I ever knew. Why, I never pass her on the street but what she invariably turns her head and stares back at me to see what I've got on and how it sets from behind."
"How—er—that is, I was wondering, my dear, how you found out that the mean thing looked back. Some one tell you?" inquired Mr. Tolkier, innocently.
And Mrs. Tolker straightway turned the stream of her indignation, seething hot, from Mrs. Gadabout to her "insinuating wretch of a husband," as she fondly ternied him, and after the first pyrotechnic outburst steadily refused to speak to the unfortunate man for the rest of the evening.
Conducive to Speed.
Farmer Nubbins—I wuz readin' a piece in one of these air comic papers t'other day, Maria, which allowed that a dude couldn't run. Said t'wa'nt in him to travel faster than a walk.
Mrs. Nubbins—Well, Hiram, hav ye seen anything to convince ye to the contrary?
Nubbins (with a reminiscent chuckle)
—Hev I? Waal, I jest wish the editor of that comic paper had bin out in the field with me a spell ago an' seen that air city dude who boards with the Hankinses sa'nterin' across the pastur' lot ahead of my two-year-old bull!
Enough Talking Already.
Stebbins—That new congressman of cur'n don't amount to much; why, all he does is to set thar an' vote an' let the rest do all the talkin'. He ain't offered to make a speech yet.
Snoggins—Hain't, eh? Waal, if that's the case we orter keep him thar right along. We're gittin' plenty of chin music from congress now without havin' him chip in.
Business Man's Falling.
"The policeman says you stole a pie," remarked the magistrate, "what have you got to say?"
"It's my busy season," explained Tired Tim, "and I was so rushed at the noon hour I'd only time to run out, and catch a little lunch."
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one of these experts as a last chance
before seeing a lawyer. The doctor
visited the man’s office and saw a bril-
Mant erlmson carpet on the floor. A
large oll painting, the prevailing tone
of which was red, hung on the wall.
At the home he found red wall pa-
per, red curtains and red furniture.
“Red,” said the doctor, “excites
your temper and your wife's too. Try
some other color, Put blue wall paper
in the house and throw away every
red plece of furniture you have.”
The husband obeyed the doctor's
orders and since then there has been
no trouble in that family,
‘You remember the old crusade over
blue spectacles? Everybody wore
them once. They were thought to
hold a wonderful power to ease pain,
toothache and other troubles.
The principle was the same that is
being used in Paris now, but thé doc-
tors of 30 years ago had not quite
solved the secret of the effect of blue
light on the human brain,
They were going {t blindly—just
lke the farmer who put green goggles
on his cow and fed her shavings.
But now sclence has found the real
reason for the effect of red and blue
on people's overworked minds.
There's a quality in the red and
blue rays that doctors call an actinic
quality,
* when you look at anything bright
red, the réd rays of light quicker than
the mind can concelve, travel to the
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How Colors Affect the Eye,
aight cells of your brain, tingling the
hairlike nerves on their way there,
When you look at anything blue the
same thing happens, only the nerve
wire to your brain 1s a different nerve
wire, for different colors tingle dif-
ferent nerve wire lnes, just like dilf-
ferent telephones signal “central” over
different wires.
The red nerve lines pass through a
part of the brain that contains what
doctors call the cells of hate!
The blue nerve lines go a certain
afstance on the red party nerve line,
and then switch nto the sight cells
through a part of the brain that con.
talns the cells of love!
So with this in mind you can see
the point made by the French doctor
who ‘says he can stop divorces, cure
family jars, and make happy homes
by changing red furniture and wall pa-
per to blue.
For nearly 60 years the men of
sclence have known something about
the colors’ effect on the brain of man.
The love cells are just below the
wate cella, and as far back as 30 years
ago Prof. Fowler, the eminent reader
of men’s heads, called the place on
the head where the love cells are the
bump of Amativeness.
Above this bump of amativeness is
the bump of Hate, which ought to be
Jess prominent on your head than the
other bump.
Prof. Frederick Starr, a present-day
student of the heads of Indians and
other strange peoples, found that the
bump of hate was larger on an In-
dian’s skull than dn a white man's,
He believes that is why 4n Indian
never forgets a grudge.
The possibilities of treatment of
family jars with colored rays are al-
most without limit, they say.
Wives, especially, will be interested
in the new discovery. Lots of even-
ings a man will come home and scold
shis wife, scold the nice supper she has
cooked for him and find fault with ey-
erything.
Perhaps it's a red carpet In the
man’s office, or a red curtain at home,
or red wall paper, or a red-headed
maid in the kitchen!
Hereafter, instead of “painting the
town red,” a man pu win honor if
he paints it blue!’ The way to a
man’s heart after all may be through
a blue glass window, or a blue silk
dress, rather than through his stom-
ach,
In thia marvelous discovery science
has again shown one of her most -won-
derful truths—that it is the little
things that cause .trouble in the
‘ world.
The Country's Progression,
‘The first post route In the United
States was established in 1672. It was
between New York and Boston and
the schedule was once a month. To-
day the yearly cost of mall transporta.
tion on our railroads alone is about
$45,000,000. The railway postofiice lines
cover 208,484 miles and employ over
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Southwestern Drug Company, Second and H. streets, southwest,
Board and McGuire, 1912 1-@ 14th street, northwest.
W. L. Smith, 2201 7th street, northwwest,
Leroy H, Harris, 600 3rd street, southwest. .
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L. M. Day and Company, r4th and P streets, northwest.
J. W. Morse, 1904 L street, northwes,,
George Murray, 201 D stréet, southwets. .
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Marke Pharmacy, 1000 2eth street, northwest.
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At Holtman’s Shoe Store, Pennsytrania avenue.
Arthur Martin, 105 8th street, northwest.
National Shoe Manufacturing and Repair Company, 442 gth street.
W. A. Taylor, 1202 New York avenue. . °
Robert Harris, 906 11th street, northwest.
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THE COMMISSIONERSHIP And now, the Chamber of Commerce wants to have a silk stocking election to name the successors to Commissioners West and Macfarland. This organization forgets that there are ninety thousand colored citizens in this city who pay taxes on over ten millions of dollars worth of real estate to say nothing of the personal taxes these citizens pay who ought to have some voice in the selection of the two District Commissioners.
President Tait, while he would not appoint a colored citizen to one of the vacancies ought to name a man who will be, at least acceptable to his fellow colored citizens. There are several candidates who have been mentioned who are. objectionable not only to the white citizens, but to the colored citizens, namely, Mr. Weller specially, The Bee would rather see a man, or would just as leave to see a man on the order of Ben. Tilman as it would Mr. Weller. If there ever was a man objectionable to our people, it would be Mr. Weller or men of his style. What the ninety thousand colored citizens in this city want are two good men, to succeed Mr. West and Macfarland, that is if the resignation of Mr. West is to be accepted, who have no color prejudices. It will make no difference to them if both are Democrats or both are Republicans. To some extent the Republicans appointed to office are more selfish toward the colored people than the Democrats are. The Bee has found them so at any rate. There is no representative place, under our local government held by any colored man. It is not expected that the Democratic Commissioners would select a colored Republican for a representative but, it is certain that the Republican Commissioners could have appointed a few colored men to places of minor importance, even if he did not want to appoint one to a representative place. The Bee wants to see President Tait to disregard the recommendations of the silk stocking organizations and appoint two men who will fill the bill.
Everybody will be satisfied with Captain Oyster and Mr. Chapan Brown.
A LACKEY
There is nothing any more disgusting than a lackey. A lackey is a coward. It is always best to be manly in your deportment and show those with whom you come in contact that you don't have to depend upon those who may have a little more money than you, or hold a little higher position than you. The truly great man has no respect for a lackey. He is unsafe. No man is safe in his presence. He lacks manhood, and whenever a man lacks manhood he can do you no good.
Suppose all other religious denominations would do likewise? The poor after death would not then be buried in Potters field. There are lots of false pretenders in the church who would have the world to believe that their Christian precepts would prevent them from committing sin. It is not the person who shouts and talks on God is the person we should put faith in. By your works you shall be known and credit given accordingly.
SHEPARD AND WASHINGTON
Here are two Southern colored representatives. Both are doing good work for the uplift of their people.
Durham, N. C., and Tuskegee Ala., will go down in history as two of the greatest places upon the Globe for the elevation and advancement for colored Americans. Dr. James E. Shepard, who is advancing a new propaganda. Dr. Booker T. Washington, who is educating the masses how to live and upon what to live to keep body together. Dr. Shepard is teaching the colored man what will make him a factor in this great Republic of ours.
It is the duty of the people to give these two men all the encouragement that is within their power.
AN OVATION
Dr. Booker T. Washington is receiving an ovation wherever he speaks in the State of Tennessee. It is quite evident that all classes of citizens irrespective of color, condition, politics or religious creeds are giving'Dr. Washington such an ovation that Kings and Queens only can receive. There is something in the man. He possesses a faculty that no other colored American in this country possesses. His advice to his people is such that will be a benefit to them.
OUR HIGH SCOOL
The new principal of the Colored High School is doing well and the school never was in a better condition. It is all quiet there now and the teachers are working in harmony with the new principal
ADVERTISE NOW
Now is the time to place your advertisement in The Bee for the holidays.
NO COLORED PORTERS The government of Mexico has notified the Pullman Company that it must get rid of all colored porters and conductors as soon as possible. Where is the colored man to go and what is he to do to appease the prejudice of the mean whites?
You must not fail to attend the Christmas Bazaar given under the auspices of the Helping Hand. There will be articles on sale which will interest the smallest child, to say nothing of the attraction that will hold the attention of the older people. This affair will be the most unique thing of its kind ever given in the District of Columbia. The following young ladies form the executive committee: Misses Ethel Davis, Violet Ferguson, Helen Hardis, Lillian Evans, Mary Cooke, Beulah McNeill, Virginia Williams and Marguerite Brent, these ladies with several very energetic workers of the club, will take pleasure in helping to make your evening's enjoyable one's. The Bazaar will be held at 1447 Pierce Place, n. w. December 6-11 inclusive. Don't miss a rare treat.
PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO Address Delivered at the Lutheran Memorial Church At a meeting of the interdenominational study class of the Lutheran Memorial Church held recently Mrs. John R. Francis, president of the Colored Young Women's Christian Association, and Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University spoke on "The Negro and the Citizen" and "Negro Citizenship," respectively, before a large gathering.
Mrs. Francis and Prof. Miller reviewed the progress of the Negro race in the past forty-five years. Educational qualifications were advocated for all voters because of the necessity of every man intelligently performing his duties and knowing his rights as outlined by the Constitution and courts. Both speakers declared that since the Negro acquired the right to vote he had acquitted himself creditably, and the question for the future was how to make members of the race more capable and efficient citizens. This it was declared, depended on education and co-operation with the white race.
A. A. O. N. M. S.
Where is Mecca Temple? We hope it has not gotten lost in the hot sands of the desert. I view of the fact, that the Imperial Council is to meet in Detroit, Mich., next August, they should come together and take some active steps toward making preparations to go. I would suggest that they should commence now and give a series of entertainments to stock their commissary with camels milk.
O. E. S.
Excelsior would be a good preface to head the description of the reception given to the Grand Chapter on its grand visitation to Datcher Chapter on Monday night. A more beautiful scene could not be conjured up in the mind of artist, than that which meet our gaze as we entered the portals o their Chapter room. The decoration of the hall was superb, and the raiments of the Hon. Ladies in all of their various tints and lines were a dream. The writer cannot find words to express his feeling. The corps of officers of the chapter were perfect in their work. The examination made by Hon. E. L. Wagner and the committee showed that this baby chapter was up to the standard which was highly complimented by the Grand Matron, Hon. Lady A. V. Moore. The following program was beautifully rendered:
Hymn—Star Spangle Banner.
Welcome — Hon. Lady Florence
Marshall.
Recitation — Hon. Lady Annie Slade.
Hon. Lady — Francis Thomas, pianist.
Thus ending the grand visitation for 1999. Grand visitation this year has had the largest attendance ever held in this jurdiction and shows a vast improvement all along the line. Robert H. Robertson is dead. This is the news that was flashed over the wires on Tuesday night, November 22nd from Alexandria, Va. This announcement relative to Bro. R. H. Robertson who was the oldest Past G. M. among colored Masons, one of the oldest citizens of Alexandria, Va., and one one of the oldest Ministers in the M. E. Church.
He was the first secretary of Universal Lodge, No. 1, located in Alexandria, Va., instituted Feb. 5th, 1845. He was the fourth Grand Master of Grand Lodge of District of Columbia, which was organized March 27, 1884, he serving as G. Master in the year 185—. He was present at the convention held in Fleets School house, West Washington that day, as also the following delegates Social Lodge, No. 7, J. D. Kennedy, W. E. Grant, A. F. Thomas, Charles Datcher, Wm. Hikes. From Universal Lodge No. 10, Alexandria, Va., Joseph Frazier, Dennis Bourbon, Wm. Ford, Ed. Evans, Roland Garreett. From Felix Lodge, No. 15, Richard H. Phiske, John T. Coston, John Lewis, John H. Thomas, John H. Massia Also Bro. John A. Gray, he being the only member now living, that was in that convention.
Bro. Robertson was active in the craft up to 4 years ago. Owing to his infirmities in this life, he became inactive. He was made a honorary
member of Universal Lodge. His remains was buried from Robert's Chapel, S. Washington St., on Thursday, November 25, at 2 o'clock. Rev. M. H. Clair officiated, assisted by 26 other ministers of the M. E. Church, and other churches. The services were very solemn and impressive.
R. A. M.
Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. 1 worked R. A. degree on 12 candidates on Friday night.
At a mass meeting of the members of Mt. Calvary Commandery a pilgrimage club was formed to make the pilgrimage to Det. Nuds, in August, 1910.
The following officers were elected:
Captain Gen. John E. Smith, president; Sir Kt. L. C. Barley, treasurer; Sir Kt. James E. Slaughter, secretary.
Gen. Lissimo—Sir Kt. E. L. Webster, collects from the members monthly, certain amounts which will be deposited to their credit to pay their expenses on that occasion.
A. A. Rite
Jonathan Davis Consistory held its regular meeting, Monday night, November 29th and elected the following officers:
Commander-in-Chief D. J. Renford.
First Lieutenant Commander M.
Second Lieutenant Commander.
M. Taylor.
M. H. Robinson.
Ill SublimePrince R. L. Pendleton, deputy of this valley then made a statement to the consistory relative to the annual session of the Supreme Council held in Kansas City, Mo., and the generous hospitality accorded the members of the Supreme Council while in that city and also in Chicago and started that the annual session of the supreme council will be held in Washington city in October, 1910. So Jonathan Davis must commence to take steps looking to its entertainments on this occasion and it behooves every Sublim Prince to be up and a doing for it is expected that it will be the largestgathering ever held by the Supreme Council.
WORK ON PRACTICAL JOKER.
The Corriere of Rome, which published some time ago a copy of a document said to have been found in the library at Bergamo containing an account of "an airship voyage across the English channel in 1751," is receiving much attention at the hands of investigators. In the Tribune's notice of this alleged achievement, in which a monk named Grimaldi, of Clvita Vecchia, was the chief actor, it was stated that there was nothing in the Italian paper's article to indicate that it was not written in good faith. "Now," writes an Englishman from Rome, "the records of Clvita Vecchia are being searched in vain for a Grimaldi and the papers of England for a story of the flight. The document may be in the library, but who was the practical joker who placed it there?"—New York Tribune.
Wireless-Telephone on Warships. According to daily press reports wireless telephony has not proved an unqualified success on the battleship fleet. It was impossible to send messages over any great distance except under the most favorable conditions, and when the telephone was in use the telegraph had to keep silent.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF CHURCH
The members of Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church celebrated the fiftyeighth anniversary of the founding of the church last Sunday. John C. Dancy, recorder of deeds for the District, spoke at the morning service on "One hundred and fourteen years of Zion Methodism." The effort to have separate snyods and presbyteries for Negro and white ministers was scored by A. W. Scott, a lawyer. The anniversary service in the evening was conducted by Rev. S. L. Corrothers, pastor. Washington Herald.
Lloyd Tooney, a well known citizen of Baltimore, and a relative of Prof. Parker N. Bailey of the M Street High School of this city died last Saturday. Funeral services were held at St. Mary's Chapel, Baltimore, last Monday.
FOLLOWED QUARRY TO DEATH
Some men working in the fields west of Moscow village the other day saw a hawk start a partridge in a wheat field and attempt to cach it. The partridge was too speedy of wing, though, and for a short distance it flew straight for the village, after attempting to elude its pursuer, thinking, perhaps, that in the habitation of man there was protection from its merciless foe.
The two birds flew down Main street in front of the stores and people on the street, but the hawk was so engrossed in the pursuit of its prey that the presence of men did not frighten it off. The partridge flew about the buildings on Main street and then to the residence section.
It was rapidly tiring from its long flight, and as the hawk, which was stronger of wing, seemed about to clutch it in its talons the partridge attempted to fly in the window of A. J. White's residence, but the window was closed and the bird struck the glass with force enough to break its neck and shatter the pane in many pieces.
The crashing glass frightened the hawk and it quickly flew off, evincing a desire, however, to take the dead body of the partridge with it—Mount Morris Correspondence Rochester Herald.
SOVEREIGNS OF THE REGION
Splendidly Led Baboons Ate the Crops In Nigeria So Fast Natives Gave Up Farming..
In many parts of Nigeria, and especially among the hill regions of the northern provinces, baboons are one of the greatest plagues to the farmer and a source of menace to property and even to life. A protectorate officer while engaged in business in a mountain village was informed by the local queen that her people could not continue their farming owing to the raids of baboons.
During the absence of the men a few weeks previously these beasts had actually come into the heart of the village and destroyed the crops, according to the Wide World Magazine The natives are in constant dread of them and continually fear for the safety of their children.
Sir William Wallace relates that he has seen droves of 50 to 100 of these animals all in single file, and that lately he himself shot two enormous brutes who were grinning at him from the cliffs. They utter a nerve shattering and horrid bark.
They possess a regular system of defense and always have signalers out to watch for the approach of a possible enemy. These scouts are always the biggest monkeys and they signal by barks to their comrades when strangers are approaching.
Family Heirlooms at Maine Fairs.
The Maine town fairs are great places to see family heirlooms which have been handed down from generation to generation without suffering wear or change.
Among the curious old pieces shown at Green fair were a blue spread 150 years old, done by an ancestor of Mrs. Mehitable Mower; a towel woven by one of Burgoyne's soldiers while a captive in the revolution, a curious pitchepit of wood used by Solomon Jackson while chorister in a Winthrop church in 1800, and old iron dishes shown by Mrs. Ann L. Fogg. Then there were Mrs. Fred B. Parker's "pumpkin hood," old fashioned straw bonnet, and home woven articles, and much pewter ware belonging to Aunt Polly Sawyer.
A bedspread, 125 years old, made by Mrs. Dorcas Dearborn was shown by Augusta Daggett, who also had a hand carved hatchel for combing flax.
Great State of Texas.
The 25 states which compose the home land of the German empire, including Alsace-Lorraine, have an area of 208,270 square miles with a population of 60,641,278. Texas has an area of 265,780 square miles. After the German empire had been laid down upon Texas in the remainder space of 57,510 square miles it would be feasible to tuck in all of England and Wales with the excption of the tiny county of Rutland. Or if that arrangement should promise to impose too much work upon the Texas Rangers it would be possible to include the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark and Switzerland. Still Texas would have room for a few stragglers.
Shoemaker's Candles
I well remember some 70 years since, says a correspondent of the Dickensian, seeing flat candles in use. To produce what was known as the flat candle, which was also sometimes called "shoemaker's candle," two newly made "dlips" were pressed close to each other, while soft, and then again lowered into the hot fat, thus holding them together as one candle with two wicks. The size could then be increased if desired. This flat candle was most generally used by shoemakers and tailors, but was made use of in some households whenever an extra bright light for working or reading was required.
Not Entirely Unbelievable
"Scientists have decided that Methuselah was only 79 years old." "That is more like it. It is absurd to suppose that any man could have lived to the age of 969 years." "Oh, I don't know—there were no automobiles in those days."
BIBLE NOT ETHICAL
Thirteen Chicago University Professors O. K. the Statement.
Holy Book Is Neither the Compendium of Truth Nor Theology, Declares an Official Editorial In the Biblical World.
Chicago.—The divinity school of the University of Chicago gave the world another startling bit of advanced theology when the 13 editors of the Biblical World put their O. K. on the statement that the Bible is not a compendium of ethics and never was intended to be.
The argument appeared in the form of an editorial in the magazine, of which Prof. Ernest DeWitt Burton, D. D., head of the department of New Testament literature and interpretation, is the editor-in-chief. The associate editors are members of the faculty, and their unanimous approval is necessary before an editorial goes to the printer. Often two or three collaborate on an article. The editorial makes the argument that the ethical methods of Jesus were ideal in that they were elastic and adjusted to fit conditions as they were found.
In an interview Dr. Burton elaborated on the presentments made in the editorial in a manner to emphasize what many persons had read between the lines, viz., that Sunday baseball and other personal enjoyment of the Sabbath were not necessarily sinful, in the minds of the 13 professors. Dr. Burton did not mention baseball in his discourse nor did he mention saloons, but he left room for some very plain inferences. As did the editorial, he held that the Bible was not an iron-clad depository of truth and arbi-
A. H.
Prof. Ernest D. Burton.
trary rules of conduct, but a historical record. And no less an authority than Jesus himself was cited in support of his position
"The Bible is not a compendium of truth, nor even of theology," said Dr. Burton. "It is a record of religious and ethical experiences rather than the last authority and a composition of all theological truth, such as it is held to be by most churches.
"Taking the Bible at the beginning and following it through, we find it ever-changing, according to the conception of the times. We cannot take it as a compendium and opening it say: 'There is the law; there is the truth.'"
Parts of the editorial read as follows:
"What shall we say concerning the commands of Jehovah in the Old Testament to exterminate the women and children of a vanquished foe? How shall we account for the fact that the Old Testament heroes indulged in polygamy, forbidden, by our modern laws? How can we teach total abstinence from a Bible which represents Jesus as partaking of wine at feasts, and which even tells how he miraculously produced wine from water on one occasion when the supply fell short?"
"How, for example, can a Christian gain in intelligent understanding of the issues at stake in the modern conflict between capital and labor if he simply confine himself to a reading of the Bible? How shall he gain defensible moral convictions concerning the ethics of child labor if he confine his attention to a literature which never dreamed of the possibility of modern factories and machinery?
"When one turns to the Gospels one cannot fall to be impressed with the way in which Jesus taught morality directly from life rather than by the methods of the scribes. He determined what was right in any instance by examining the situation itself. When sickness needed to be healed the interests of suffering humanity were of more importance to him than the Jewish legislation concerning the Sabbath.
"Is it not time that we should cease to apologize for this method of Biblical study which has been universally adopted in our seminaries?"
Cure Effected by Radium.
The latest use of radium was upon a case of filariasis, or blood worm disease in Paris. In this mosquito-caused disease the blood at night swarms with millions upon millions of microscopic maggots plugging up and inflaming and swelling the kernels in the armpits. A short course of radium in the armpits cured the swelling and made the worms scarcer in the blood.
A secret that is worth keeping is, of course, doubly worth telling.
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at the drug store of ‘Board & Mc-
Guire, 1912 1-2 14th St, n. w., “the
place where everybody meets every-
body else” for ice cream sodas and
the most delicious sundacs in the
city. °
Attorney Robt. L. Waring bes retorned from
New York City from a meritorious visit.
- Mr. Jos. H. Price, of Albany, N.
“y, was the guest of Miss Kate E.
Taytor, of 2417° Georgia Ave., while
in the city.
Mr.‘ Hutchins of fthis city has re-
tired her colored coachman, Mr. Jos-
eph Downs who has spent the best
portion of his years in his service.
Mrs. Joseph H. Brown, of Lynn,
Mass,, who came to this city with
‘Mrs. Mary Gardner or 1224 25th St,
in. w,, has returned after spending a
very, pleasant week.
On Thanksgiving evening the mar-
tiagé anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Fieming, making the tenth
milestone in their happy marital
journcy, occurred at their residence
51 O St, mn w. They entertained
| their guests in a highly creditable
manner,-and the menu was of the
highest order. The presents were
numerous and costly,
Miss Alice ‘Matthews of Hampton,
Va., will spend the winter here.
Rey. Theo. Smythe of Indianapo-
lis, Ind, and Miss Minnie Clarke of
Detroit, ,Mich.; were married at the
residence of Mr. W. T. Vernon,
register of treasury on Tuesday.
Mrs. Wilber Roper of this city is
visiting relatives in Suffolk, Va.
Hen, J. C. Dancy, ‘recorder of
deeds, spent Sunday in Baltimore,
Ma. 7
Hon. W. T. Vernon and Prof. J
‘. Layton went to Annapolis, Md.
. Sunday. OS
Mrs. Arthur Carter, Dr. C. H.
Crampton, Dr. Stephen Lewis, Dr. C.
L, Carter; Mr. W. J. Austin and Mr.
J. W. Craighead, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
were in the city last Thursday in in-
terest of the Howard-Lincoln game.
Messrs. Charlie Steuart, W. G
Stuart, Eddie Robinson, and Charles
E. Smith, of Hampton, Va., visited
friends in this city-last week..
*'+Miss Appenda Davis of Hampton,
Va., is visiting friends in this city.
_ Miss: Erola MecDaniels of this
city spent Sunday with friends in
Baltimore. .
. Mr. W. H. Bruce, visited Balti.
more, last Thursday.
Mrs, Laura Harris and daughter,
Inez, were the guests of Mrs, Lall,
in Alexandria, Va., last Thursday.
Mrs. Janie Johnson Cowers of
New Haven, Connecticut, has been
the guest of Miss Vivian “Myers
Myers, while in the city.
A dinner was recently given it
Baltimore by Mr, and Mrs. Calvin
Farror in honor of Mrs. Clara T.
Hall's guest, who consisted of Mis:
Clara Smith, Mrs. Charles E. Hall
Mrs. Clara Hall, Miss Minefee, Dr.
Shorts and others.
The following Baltimoreans were
seen at the Howard Lincoln gam
last Thursday: Miss Fannie Alex-
ander, Louise Smith, Cora Tucker
and Bertha Cisco, Dr, H. F. Browr
Misses Oliver, Crumpe, and Bland
and Dr, F. N. Cardoza.
“of Richmond, Va., spent Thanksgiv.
ing day here. .
Mrs. Griffin of 1306,G St, n. ¢.
had a delightful stay in Philadelphi:
- last week, .
Mrs. Caroline Mitchell of this cit;
it the guest of her daughter at Louis
ville, Ky.
~ Mr. Russell T. Walker of Howart
University spent several days at hi
home in Richmond, Va., last week.
Mrs. Rebecca Johnson McAbee, c
w&lumore visited this city last week.
Strezt Baptist Church last’ Thursday
by Prof. D. Webster Davis was, very
interesting and largely attended.
Mr. L. J. Spencer, who has been
the guest of his son, Maurice C.
Spencer while here has returned to
his daughter's Rome in Wilmington,
Del.
Mr, ‘V'lliam Thomas, who has
been visiting friends in this city,
Bahimore and Philadelphia, has re-
turned to -his home in Harrisburg,
Pa,
= Mr. and Mrs. James T. Hughey of
Everett, Pa‘, wittnessed the Howard
Lincein game last Thursday. ~
Mrs. Gertrude Blonden and Miss
Bertha Perry of Philadelphia, spent
their Thanksgiving holidays in Bal-
timore and this city,
| Among the Philadelphians seen at
the Linzoln-Howard foot ball game
last Thursday were Messrs. J. Arm-
strong, .\. Fisher, G. White, Jr., and
I. iira, .
Miss Emma B. Wilson, of Wil-
mington, Del., was in the city last
week, ”
When thinking of drugs and medi-
cines consider only the best, the pur-
est, the freshest. It pays to buy al
ithe Board & McGuire Pharmacy on
rgth St, between Tea and You.
Hon. W. I Vernon was the guest
i Mr. and \Mi-s. John Chew Mat
thews, in Bolimore, Thanksgiving
day. 7
Mrs, Eller S.-Foreman, of this
city, is visiting relatives in Rich-
rmon, Va. 4
Miss Mattie Berry, of German-
town, Pa., spent Thanksgiving day
in this cit .
Messrs. Lewis and Sandidge of
Philadelphia, were the guest of Mr.
Parker Kelly while in this city.
Mr. M. F. Burke, of 427 New
York Ave. n. w. and his little ne.
phew,\Wendellhas just returned from
a visit to his old homestead in North
Carolina.
Mrs. Hatti Taylor, wife of Dr. W.
L. Taylor, of Columbus, Ga., is the
guest of her parents, Rey. and Mrs.
James H, Lee of 519 Spruce St, n
w.
Rev. W. H. Brooks, has returned
to the city after spending a pleasant
Thanksgiving in Richmond, Va,
Several marriages have taken place
during the recent holidays, Cupid i
still in the field.
Mr. W, Sidney Pittman, the archi-
tect, is-now in Durham, N.C.) mak
ing plans for the National Religiou:
‘Training School, of which Dr. J. T
Sheppard is the founder.
Don't fail to notice our advertise:
ments, patronize them when oppor-
tunity permits, .
Minister Ernest W. Lyons anc
Hon, Harry Cummings were in thi
city last week.
| Register W. T. Vernon accompan:
ied by Prof. J, T. Layton went tc
Annapolis, Md. last Sabbath it
jwhich place Mr. Vernon spoke ir
|the evening.
| Recorder of Deeds J. C. Dancy
pas in Baltimore, Md., last Sunday
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MOSES H, DADE,A HOST
Moses Dade gave a dinner at his
old homestead, Arlington, Va., Sun-
day, November 21, under the roof of
his once famous Road House. On ar-
riving the party was showed around
Mr, Dade’s country house whict
consists of several acres of land’ then
the party filed in the spacious din.
ing room where a spread for 22 had
been prepared. The table being
blessed by Mr. John Lee, the guests
began to make merry the dinner,
| Among those present were: Mr.
‘Rufus Dade, Mr. Samuel Ewel, Mr
John W. Lee, Mr, Geo. Jackson, Mr.
i H, Carter, James M. Jackson,
Mr, Charles McElroy, James S, Hill
}Geo. Williams, L, W. Williams
Chas, Davidge, Capt. John Crown
Judge William Scraggins, Solomon
Dade, John H, Cooper, Albert Dade,
Henry Davis, F, D. McIntosh, Col.
Edward Williams, John H. Dade,
[James Cole, Noble. Thomas, Leo.
‘Jackson, and others.
After dinner toasts were responded
to by several present. The party
ii aor to the parlor where
‘they were hignly entertained with
music, by Mr. Samuel Ewel, Messrs.
J. W. Lee, Mr. Shell and McElroy.
At 8. 30 the party embarked for
Washington, *
VISITS SCHOO!
On last Wednesday afternoon Prof. Wm. A:
Jotner of Howard Univers ty conducted one of
the classes ofthe Teacher's College to the Induy
trial Home School for «olored Youth, of which
Mr. Ocea Wadden is Supervisor, Conveyances
were fetnished by Mr. Madden tor the class after
thel mits ofthe ongress Heights car line had
been reachkd. The school is makisg progress
nader the supervision of Mr. Madden.
| ROYAL CABINET
| The Royal Cabinet Dancing Class
announces to the general public that
it will give prizes every Tuesday eve-
[ning at the hall, which is beautifully
arranged, F street between Third and
Four-and-a half streets southwest.
| GUST Ul HONOR
at the annual banquet of the lov
Negro Lusiness i-ogue, which w-ll
fake place ong ey ning this a wt,
‘Dr. Bowker ‘T. V+shington will
the gnest of mor, This baa,s-
will be she west retable in the | s
tory of the cig.miertion. Pres. .u
Pitman of thé «al league wot 4,
pomt the conmittce on banquet te-
dav :
Mr. W. Sidwey F ttman, whoo
beén in Frankfort, Ky, from whic:
pace he went after- his reception,
‘Durham, Grecashits Nw. C., arrive!
" this city last evenmng. .
MIS IMPRISONMENT AND ES.
CAPE
One of the most representative
audiences that ever assembled ‘ir
Trinity Raptist Church was last
week on the octasion of a lecture by
Mr, L. P. Williams, assistant clei}
of the Supreme Court of the Districs
of Columbia. ,
| Seated upon the platform were
| Auditor R, W. Tyler, Register W. T
Vernon, Hon. J. C. Dancy, ex-Gov
P, B.S. Pinchback, Judge Rober
H. Terrell, Assistant U.S. Attorney
J. A. Cobb, Rev. J.. Anderson fay:
lor, Attornex: P. W. Frisby, Mr
Goedwin, W. Calvin Chase and oth
crs. :
Mr, Williams was introduced by
Rey, J. Anderson Taylor, pastor o}
the ‘Trinity Baptist Church and he
took for his subjece as it had beer
previously announced “His imprison
ment is Libbey Vrison and his es
cape.” Tt was a most picturesquc
BREACH OF PROMISEOF MAR-
RIAGE 7
The Men's Clud of St. Lukes P. E. Church of.
ferse fine treatat its usual monthly meeting De-
cember 13th, 19-9. The Parish Hall will be made
to resemble court room,the usual bustling pro-
ceeding, motions, arguments, opinions, carried
on,and the whole to be followed by a breach of
promise of marriage suit for $50,000 damages ea:
titled, I. Doyletie Work va. Ema leazhir Judge
Robert H. Terrelj, ofthe Municipal Court, wil
preside. Messrs, Armond,W. Scott and L. Me-
Jendez King will appear for the plainuff, while
Messrs. James A. Cubb and Geo F. Collins will
look after the interest of the fair defendant. Mr
Geo. H. Dexeefwill serve asclerk The public
generally Is invued. No admission will be
charged. ‘
CARNIVAL OF NATIONS
The. 0.ofSt. Luke with a membership o!
more than 2 00 inthe Distrlet of Columbia will
hold bigh feast in Carnivalof Nations Wednes.
day, Thorsday and Fr day nighis, Dec. 8th, 9th
and 10th, 1909 at 8o’clock-at New Auditorium, 8th
MSE, det. EandG. |
Oriental novelties, progtam of fan and good
muse. :
Doors open 7o'clock: Admisston 10 cta. each
night,
GARFIELD SCHOOL
The new school building in Gar-
field was dedicated Thursday after:
noon in the presence of a large num-
ber of the interested patrons of the
President James F. Oyster, of the
school. Addresses were delivered by
Board of Education; Commissioner
Henry B..F. Macarland. Superin-
tendent A. T. Stuart and Dr. W. V.
Tunnell. Interspérsed with “the
speeches were solos by J. T. Laytor
and Miss Lola Johnson. :
The new building is for the mse o!
the colored children and is moderr
in every respect. It is two stories ir
‘height and contains twelve rooms,
Commissioner Macfarland spoke of
the progress that has been made in
the past few years, toward making
the school buildings modern, sani-
tary and safe, There is still much
to be done, he said, if the- future
gtowth of the schools is to be taken
care of, © 3
“This is the latest and best build-
ing for a Negro public school in the
country,” he said: “It is a credit
to our public school system, and this
neighborhood. I am sure it will be
an inspiration to teachers and pupils
Sin 1900 ve have been steadily
carrying out a program of improve-
ment in, our public schools, which
has yielded excellent results and has
good promise for the future. At
that time we had very few moder
school buildings and many of the old
ones were in an insanitary and dan-
gerous condition.
The principal of this school is
Prof. Harry Lewis, one of the most
successful teachers in the city, and
who is popular with the people in
that section of the city,
“Mr, John F. Cook is still confin
ed to his residence in 16th street, n
w., unable to venture in the strects.
He needs the constant attendance
of a trained nurse. 4 :
| The doctrines of the Protestant
Episcopal Church are rapidly spread.
‘ing in this diocese among our col:
cored citizens. There is only onc
parish Church, and also five mis:
sions as follows: St. Luke's Parist
Church, St. Mary's Chapel,“2 chape
in Ennalytown, and one in Wes!
Washington; St. Monican’s Chape
in South Washington, and the Cal
vary Chapel in North east Washing
ton. *
Mr, Atway Holmes, proprietor o
Chauncey L. Brent, son-in-law 0
the Holmes Hotel, died Wednesda
ere last, after a lingering il
ness.
| The Leather Bottle tnn.
On the Dover road at Northfleet,
just whereythe old road, down which
David Copperfield trudged on his
weary pilgrimage to Dover, breaks
away on {ts temporary parting from
what is now the main road, is an old
inn naméd the Leather Bottle. Over
the door hangs a veritable leather bot-
(le, The uninitiated Dickensian 1s
momentarily deteived into the bellef
that here is the Leather Bottle of
Pickwick fame, and {s disgusted when
he discovers that this fs still four
miles farther on. Nevertheless, this
's one of the few “real Dickens inns:
still remaining. Dickens, when on his
long country tramps, often turned in
there for refreshment, and the chair
he usually occupied {s still to be seen
—Priceless In the eyes of the host.—
London Chronicle.
The Blue and White In Greek Flag.
The Greek flag 1s an unpretentious
plece of blazony consisting of nine
stripes of blue and white alternately,
with a white cross on a blue ground
in the left hand corner. The navy
flag has a golden crown in the cen-
ter of the cross.
Blue and white are the national
colors of Bavaria and were adopted
by the Greeks as a delicate compll-
ment to the Prince of Bavarla, who
accepted the Invitation to ascend the
throne of Greece when that country
had succeeded In wresting her {nde-
pendence from the Ottoman empire.
Danger Avoided,
Daughtef—Is it really bad form to
|go shopping without a chaperon?
: Mrs. De Style—Excessively. Young
‘ladies who shop without a chaperon
jare always sure to forget themselves
rand buy things.—Brooklyn Citizen.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MAR-
RIAGE—A CELEBRATED
MOCK TRIAL AT TRINITY:
CHURCH, DECEMBER 10th,
One of the most celebrated mock
trials will take place at Trinity Bap-
tist Church Friday evening, Decem-
ber roth, at 8 o'clock sharp. This is
3 new case in which Attorneys A. W
Scott and Marion T. Clinkscales will
take the leading patt. Attorney W.
Calvin Chase will act as judge of the
court and Attorney P. W. Frisby will
act as clerk of the court. Mr. Phil
Barker no doubt the best immitator
of a Chinese will be the star witness
against the plaintiff. Mrs. Fannie
Mitchell will be the complaining wit-
ness who will prosecute her suit for
oreach of promise of marriage to the
amount of ten millions of dollars.
‘Aside from the novelty of this grea
case there will be several, vocal and
instrumental selections by twomof the
[best pianists in the city. It will be
‘well to secure your tickets at once
,and avoid the rush because those
‘trials are always well attended.
and interesting talk of that once fa
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Is there any reason why a credit house -f
= cannot sell just as low for cash as the so-called
cash house? i
N o! —but there IS a reason why
. © they can sell at lower prices.
‘You know that when a firm places an order with the
manufacturer for a hundred bedroom sultes they will get a
lower cost price than th: man Who can onder but twenty.
Our cash business ts large, but, with an Immense credit
business added, our buying power commands these lowest s
* cost prices.
It enables us to make our credit prices as low as the
cash prices of other houses, and we mark every piece of
Furniture in plain ficures to Invite COMPARISON. We
only ask you to see that values are equal.
If you can take advantage of our discounts we can give €
you the lowest prices to be found in Washington. :
On accounts settled In 30 days we allow the full cash
discount of 10%; If you pay in G) days we deduct 74%; if
you pay In % days We deduct 5%.
In_any case We charge your purchases on an open
account, without requiring ‘a penny at the time you buy—
without asking you to sign any contract, lease or notes, _
Take the discounts If you choose, or take the long-
time credit privileses and pay a little each week or month. .
‘We'll give you the best Furniture and Carpets that
money can buy—we'll give you cood, prompt service—and
we'll trust you to treat us fairly for this help in furnishing
2 home. -
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HOUSE! & HERRMANN
MR, EMMETT J. SCOTT
There is more manhood and genu-
ine honesty in Mr. Emmett J. Scott
than his enemies will give himeredit.
Just why he should have any ene-
mies The Bee is unable to state, be-
cause he is every inch a man and
an honest one at that. To know this
young man is to appreciate and hon-
or him. He is sincere and a true
friend of his people, The colored
people in this country don’: know
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SOME BIG REDUCTIONS
-ON SOLID MAHOGANY
BEDROOM FURNITURE.
Our. only reason for making
such reductions is the fact that
some of these designs have been
discontinued by the factories,
which must bring out new de-
signs each year, and some of
the pieces show slight traces of
having been on our show floors.
We believe we will benefit our
customers more by ¢ffering these
WHENINDOUB
HOUSE! & »
Seventh and I (By
mous prison that any one would like
to hear. He told of the trials and
horrors that those Union soldiers
suffered while incarcerated in this
prison. ‘There was no mercy shows
thos: brave solliers who fought to
uphold the flag of this country and
neither do these men get the synt-
pathy of this great nation today for
what they suffered to sustain the
Constitutien and the laws of the
country. Mr, \\‘itiams held his ava-
ience spellbound for about two hours
relating the iorros of this ‘famous
prison’ and how he 2nd others suffe--
ed while imprisoned there, - At th=
conclusion of his lecture” addres-s
were made by all of thosé who occy-
pied seats upon the platform. Aftzr-
which the ladies auxiliary of .th2
church under the ¢'rection of M:5-
dames Rose, Taywr. Thornton and
others served a firiz collation.
the man. It is because he doesn't
mingle with them, Nor because he
can always be found with his peo-
ple, and appealing to the powers to
do something for them.” Dr. Wash-
ington could not have selected a
more brilliant man or a more com-
petent private secretary. z
Dr, Washington with the great
work before him must have with him
such a man as Mr. Emmett J. Scott.
- CREVIT
reductions now, rather than wait
until trade is duller.
Solid Mahogany lasts through
generations and depreciates very
little in value. Our special re-
ductions on the highest grades
of Mahogany Furniture, in elab-
orately carved designs of the
very highest grade of Cabinet
Making, will interest those who
want real bargains in the best
grade of Furniture that is made.
T,BUYOF ,
c). Streets, N. W.
Southern Beauty Culture
School
achand do the folio wing work by eaperttadies
ALL BRANLHES OF HAIR WORK.
| TREATMENT OF SCALP AND
HAIR, MANICURING, CHIROP-
| ODY,-U_E OF ELECTRwITY
jae MATE CE VFLs IDEM,
"sass CONSULTATION FREE...
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Future Millionaire Was Repulsed by Girl's Father Because of His
There are many stories of the lighter side of finance in which love affairs find a place. Perhaps none of these is more peculiar than the story of James Lick, a name famous all over the world through a monument to his memory, the great Lick observatory, in California. In the financial world the great city of San Francisco is a monument to Lick's luck—he foresaw the possibility of the great city of the Pacific slope, bought the land on which it now stands, and became a millionaire. Before that time the name of Lick was great in the musical world. Lick's planos—out of which he made the money which he invested in land—were manufactured by him. But on the poetic side of life—a world apart from such things as plano-making and mud-flats—the great Lick Mill stands as a monument to Lick's love.
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SURELY SAVED THEIR LIVES
"Old Pomp" There When His Marse Charlie and Marse William Fought Duel.
There was nothing old Pomp enjoyed more than telling stories of the importance of his position in the days "befo' de wah," when he was a conspicuous figure on a southern plantation of the best sort. "I brung up Marse Charlie an' Marse William," he often said, solemnly. "Deir own family 'lowed I saved bose deir lives once, besides all de res' I done fo' em.
"Twar jes' like dis: Marse Charlie an' Marse William, dey bose tuk de mos' 'grejus fancy to a young lady dat come a-visiting de house; an' somebody had fill deir foolish hails all up wid talk about duels; an' dey jes' promulgatet to hab one, an' find out which ob 'em was to hab de young lady.
"Marse Charlie he was seventeen. short an' fiery, and Marse William he was sixteen, slim an' cool; but dey was bofe sot' an' termined on de duel.
"Course deye didn't tell me 'bout it, but I 'spected it, same as I always did, 'kase I looked after dem boys fo' deir paw an' maw, when dere was comp'ny.
"So I watched out, an' I follered, an' I crep' up to where dey was beginning to take p'sition fo' de duel, an'—an' I jes' broke it up."
"How did you do it, Pomp?" each listener is sure to ask.
"How did I do it, chile? Why, I Jes' emptied a pall o' water right on Marse Charlie's haid, an' I tuk an' spanked Marse William—dat's how."—Youth's Companion.
SET AVERAGE MAN THINKING
Could There Be Anything Sarcastic In What She So Quietly Set Forth?
"How sad it is," said the Average Man to the Average Woman, "that you are a tiresome creature—considered, of course, from a purely impersonal standpoint."
"I am interested," said the Average Woman. "Pray go on—as far as you like. I'm in the mood where real candoor is the only thing I care for. Why then, am I tiresome?"
"Because of your limited range. For example, your conversation is exclusively confined to babies and bridge, servants and cigarettes, clothes and cottillons."
"How interesting!" exclaimed the Average Woman," "and how true! That suggests an idea. I shall reform."
"In what way?"
She smiled ambitiously.
"Hereafter," she said, "I shall widen my range of thought to include business, sport, woman and the quality of tobacco and rum, interspersed occasionally by the telling of indecent stories."
The Average Man had nothing to say. Indeed, for the first time in his life he was actually thinking.—Life.
Really Poor Penman.
There is a certain Philadelphia physician of considerable prominence who is renowned among his friends as the worst penman in the Quaker city. He used to write them letters and then feel hurt when they could not read them. When he wrote to persons who were not familiar with his scrawl they frequently would not know whom the letters were from. Some time ago he introduced a typewriter into his office, and this rendered the body of the letter intelligible, but did not clear up the difficulty over the signature. Now, however, says the Record, he has had made a rubber stamp bearing his name and address in printing. He signs his name in the usual scrawl, but alongside he impresses his stamp. It is a little humiliating, he says, but he no longer has any trouble about persons to whom he writes not knowing from whom the letters are.
What Roads Owe to Salt.
Roads, we are told, owe a great deal to salt. According to one theory, the oldest trade routes came into existence as a result of the traffic in salt. One of the oldest roads in Italy is the "Vla Salaria," along which the people of the Sabine country obtained their salt from the salt pans of Ostia. Salt was the main merchandise carried in the trans-Libyan caravans of the days of Herodotus, and salt is one of the chief elements in the trade along the Sahara caravan routes to-day. Salt and salt fish, it is interesting to remember, entered largely into the commerce of the Carthaginians. The latter, by the way, was considered a delicacy in those pre-Christian days.
Forced to Guess Answer.
It beats all what odd question reach some of the departments of government in Washington. Not long ago the treasury received a letter from a Pittsburg man who had made a bet, asking: "How many cents are there in a bushel?" The answer was not easy to offer. If the man had asked about pounds he might have received a definite answer. As it was, he got in reply a guess from a clerk, that "roughly there are something like $320, or 32,000 pennies."
On the Installment Plan.
"I dreamed last night that I bought a fine set of books, so much down, so much a month."
"Pshaw! There's nothing remarkable about that. People actually do that every day."
"Walt a minute. I dreamed I finished paying for them."
DON'T STUDY NATIONAL AIRS
American Visitor in Great Britain Returns with His Feelings Perturbed.
"I wish," growled a man lately back from a tour of the British Isles, "that the British bandmasters would take a course of instruction in what constitutes the American national alrs. Band concerts are the rage all over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. During the summer season, probably as a compliment to the hordes of Americans who are flinging away gold for their benefit, they present daily what is generally dubbed 'American national alrs.'
"The majority of these bandmasters think 'Dixie' is the national air, because they sagely observe it is the only one which Americans applaud. The 'Star-Spangled Banner' is dismal and lugubrious enough under the best of circumstances, but to hear the Scotch bagpipes have a filing at it is indescribable misery. The man who wrote the 'Columbia' hymn would not know his own work as performed in King Edward's domain, and even the 'Kentucky Home' and other negro ballads get a touch between an Irish jig and a Scotch wall which robs the American visitor of any pleasure which he might experience in hearing songs from home. It may be that British, Scotch and Irish guests on this side of the water get as much discomfort in hearing 'Annie Laurie.' I hope they do, for it would establish a sort of international musical balance."
PASSING OF PARLOR CARPET
Modern Methods of Living Turn to the Rug as the More Sanitary.
Modern methods of living are asserting themselves more and more very day. For some peculiar reason man always has assumed the prerogative of supplying what he considered the untilitarian portions of the home, and to woman has been delegated its ornamentation, but in the last few years ideas have been changing in this regard and women have become not only the largest buyers, but the finest judges of the necessities, as well as the luxuries of everyday existence.
Only a few years ago the height of womanly ambition in household decoration or idea was a Brussels carpet in the "best room," a floor covering that was often put over a cushion of straw and left to gather dampness, dust and germs, sometimes for years, in the unused parlor. Anyone who has been around at spring cleaning and caught a view of the dirt which has lifted through the carpet was certainly appalled at the sight. For many years this floor covering was considered the acme of elegance, and the woman in comfortable circumstances who would have had the temerity to substitute hardwood floors and rugs for the old-fashioned carpet would have been considered as decidedly eccentric and extravagant.
Haunted Alaskan Island.
To the south and west of Kodlak, distant about 100 miles, and forming one of the Semidi group, is the island of Chrikof, the haunted island of Alaska.
Enshrouded for a great portion of the time with almost impenetrable fog, the Tanna Tribune says, this lonely isle is an object of terror to the natives, who will not go near the island, saying it means certain death to invade the canny confines, and there are few men in the far north who have the temerity to test the truth of the many and weird tales told of this forbidding and barren island.
Shipmasters and sailors passing the place assert that the agonizing cries of Russian exiles sent there to starve or die of torture are sometimes heard on quiet nights, while the clink of chains and the sound of blows are testified to in an affidavit by a white man who once attempted to remain there for a week and who lost his reason.
Legend Proved True.
A curious legend surrounding a country estate in the Meon valley, Hampshire, which has been fulfilled with painful reality, has set the whole country-side talking. The story concerns the death at Corhampton house, Corhampton, of Mr. Campbell-Wyndham, J. P., who on the death of his mother on September 8, last year, succeeded to an estate around which a legend runs that a male heir will not live over 12 months after succession. Mr. Campbell-Wyndham was the first male heir for generations. In the last stage of his illness, Mr. Wyndham prophesied that he would die in bed 12 months to the day his mother passed away, and by a truly remarkable coincidence, he died a few minutes after midnight on that very day. London Mall.
Extreme Politeness.
"Although he overcharged me terribly," says the returned traveler, "the cab driver who took me over Paris was most pollite."
"All Frenchmen are," we observe.
"Yes, but this one got off his box and helped me find the necessary profanity in my French-English dictionary, so that I might say what I thought of him."—Exchange.
WILL Stick to Dad.
"Come indoors immediately!" called a nurse to a small boy whose father was going out. "You won't go to heaven if you're so naughty."
"I don't want to go to heaven," was the aggrieved reply; "I want to go with father!"—Brooklyn Citizen.
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W.C. MARTIN, ATTORNEY.
SUPREME CuURT OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA
. HOLDING PROBATE COURT
No. 16383 Administration
‘This is to give notice:
‘That the aubsctiber of the Vist, of C 1 bas ob-
talaed frow the Frobate Coust of the District of
Columbia wetters testamentary outhe estate of
Dasid ¥. Green, late ot the « istric) uf Columbia,
deceased. All petsons having claims against the
deceased ar. beceby warned toexbibit the same,
with vou. bers theieof, legally authenticated, to
the subscriber, on or before the sccoud day of No
Vemibers Az Us igioy otherwise they sa-y by law
be excluded from all benefit ot said ¢state,
‘Given wader my band this second day of No-
ember, 1909-
Edward W. Burnett,
613 First street, N. WV.
Arrest: James Tanner, Register of Wiils for the
District of celucabia, Clerk ofthe Probate urt
W «° Martis, Attoracy.
W. L. POLLARD, ATTORNEY.
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOLDING PROBATE COURT
No. 16220, Administration.
This is to Give Notice: , :
That the subscriber, of the District
of Columbia has obtained from the
Probate Court of the District of Co-
lumbia, Letters testamentary on the
estate of Amanda Willis, late of the
District of Columbia, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof,
legally authenticated, to the subscrib-
er, on or before the 21st day of'Oc-
tober, A, D. 1910, otherwise they
may by law be excluded .from all
benefits of said estate. -
Given under my hand this 21st day
of October, 1909.
Mary Catlett,
2251 Cleveland Avenue,_N. W.
Attest:
. James Tanner,
Register of Wills for the District of
Columbia. Clerk of the Praobate
. Court.
Wm. L. Pollard, Attorney.
THOMAS L. JONES, ATTORNEY
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA .
HOLDING PROBATE -COURT
No. 16378, , Administration.
This is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber, of the District
of Columbia has obtained from the
Probate Court of the District of Co-
lumbia,Letters of administraticn ‘on
the estate of Alice Thomes, late of
the District of Columbia, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the ‘same, with the vouchers
thereof, legally authenticated, to the
subscriber, on or before the 25th day
of October, A. D. 1910; otherwise
they may by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate,
Given under my hand this 25th day
of October, 1909.
John Thomes,
2236 Cleveland Avenue., N. W.
Attest: z
7 James Tanner,
Register of Wills for the District of
Columbia. Clerk.of the Probate
Court. %
Thomas L. Jones, Attorney.
ZEPH P. MOORE, ATTORNEY.
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOLDING PROBATE COURT
No. 16351, Administration.
This is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber, of the District
of Columbia has obtained from the
Probate, Court of the District of Co-
lumbia,Letters of administration on
the estate of Arthur Grice, Jate ‘of
the District of Columbia, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warmed to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, legally. authenticated, to the
subscriber, on or before the gsth day
of October, A. D. 1910; otherwise
they may by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 25th day
of October, 1909.
e. James H, Winslow.”
1805 12th Street, N. W.
Attest:
James Tanner,
Register of Wills for the District of
“Columbia. Clerk of the Probate
» Court. .
Zeph P. Moore, Attorney.
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W. L. POLLARD, ATTORNEY
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOLDING PROBATE COURT
No. 16288, Administration,
This is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber, of the District
of Columbia, has obtained from the
Probate Court of the District of Co-
lumbia, Letters of administration c. t.
%., on the estate of James F. Wilkin-
son, late of the District of Columbia,
deceased. Al persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby warn-
td to exhibit .the same, with the
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
cated, to the subscriber, on or before
the 23rd day of September, A. D.
1gto, otherwise they may by law be
excluded from all henefits of said es-
state. ,
Given under my hand this 23rd day
of September, 1909.
William L. Pollara.
* 609 F Street, Northwest,
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James Tanner,
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William L. Pollard, Attorney.
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BIA, 4
Elizabeth B. B. Moxley vs. Edward J.
Moxley, defendant; Stella Bryant,
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No. 28854, Equity Doc. 63
The object of this suit is to obtain a
divorce on the ground of adultery.
On motion of the complainant, i:
is this 4th day of November, 1909.
ordered that the defendant and core-
spondent cause their appearance to
be entered herein on or before the
fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays
and legal holidays, cccurring after
the day of the first publication ot
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‘Uhree successive weeks in the Wash-
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OC Job Barnard,
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FOR SALE
House on roth Street , near
East Capital, all improvements,
eight rooms, fine location, con-
venient to car lines. For infor-
mation, apply, or address to this
office.
, By Owner.
FOR RENT, FURNISHED.
1523 Church St., N. W.—A large,
comfortably furnished room, con-
yenient to both lines of cars, suitable
for two gentlemen. Furnace heat.
Phone North 874.
. _ Seah BAEEN
For rent—Desk room to colorcd busi-
ness man; also flat, five rooms, water
no bath $16
\Bass’ White
| Label Ale
| $2.00 Dozen (
! Christian Xander’s
l !Quality House”
909 7th st Phone M “tl
ee
~ THE HUDNELL
EUROPEAN PLAN
FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS.’
J. H. HUDNELL AND P. D.
WASHINGTON, PROPRI-
ETORS
Phone, Main 3322. cd
1o7 SIXTH STREET, N.W.
“‘WASHINUTON, D. C
SURNSTINE’ LOAN OFFICE
GOLD Ai'D SIL*-ER WATCH
ES, DIAMONDS, JEWEL
RY, GUNS, MECHANICAL
FOOLS, LADIES AND
GENTS’ WEARING APPAR
EL.
OLD GOLD AND SILVEh
BOUGHT.
UNREDEEMED HFLEDGES
FOR SALE
361 Pennsvivania Ave. N, W
eee
HOLTMAN’S
OLD STANE
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FINE BOOTS AND SHOES
4¢t Penn, ave, N. W.
OUR 32.50 ANIs \3 SHOFS ARE
THE BFS MAI E.
SIGN OF TH BIG BOOT
WM. MORELAN +, PROP
OLD MADE NEW.
If you want- your’ clothin,,
cleaned, altered or repaired, you
should send a.card or call at the
up-to-date repair establishment
All work guaranteed or money
tefunded.
Mrs, D. Smith,
Proprietor,
614 D street, northwest.
eee TE Pe RIOR ST
Office Hours: .
9 A. M. to 6 P, M
Sunday by appointment.
| DR, J. ARTHUR FRAY
Surgeon Dentist
Office, 310 4% Street, S. W.
Specialties:
| Crown and Bridgework
Why pay 10 percent wher -ox
can get it for 3 percent;
- H. K. FULTON'S LOAN
OFFICE,
No. 314 Ninth Street N. W.
Leans made en Watches, Dia-
monds, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc.
If yeu want te buy 2 good watch.
diamond ring, or jewelry of am
kind, look st our stock first. Yes
BRODT’S
419 ELEVENTH STREET
NORTHWEST,
503 NINTH STRET N, W.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
WASHINGTON’S LEADIING
HATTERS.
THIS IS THE LEADING
HAT FIRM IN THE CITY.
HATS OF ALL STYLES MAY
BE FOUND AT EITHER
Se
B . ~
& Bill” Kennedy
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If you want fresh beer, good
wines and liquors, don't fail to
patronize this house. .
Hot free lunch at 12 noon,
daily. .
625 D street, northwest ,
ing R
STOP Paying Rent
AND
Own Your Own HOME
BE INDEPRNDENT. RAISE YOUR OWN AULLTRY AND
GARDEN PRODUCTS.
. BEAUTIFUL
—- —
‘WESTFORD
Lots $150 To $300 -
Th: finest opportunity ever offered the refined colored people
of W’ shington to own a home or make an investment. “No Taxes.”
“No Interest.” “No Landlord.” High and Healthy Location in the
beautiful northeast section of the city, within 25 minutes ride of
the U, S, Treasury. One car fare Electric Lights, and Graded
Streets,
Take the H Street Cars and transfer at 15th Street, N. E, to
Kenilworth, or District Line Cars, get off at Minnesota Avenue,
and walk up K Street two blocks.
Agents on the grounds Sundays and Holidays from to A. M., to
6 P.M. For weekly engagements and further particulars, apply
to O. H. FOWLER, Owner,
Columbian Building, 416 5th St. N. W+ Washington, D. C.
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Is Your Hair Beautiful
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cs. Soft, Silky and Longs?
ana P Dossit comb saslly without breaking?
Pak ees ay Is itatralght?
Ca 4 “a , F——="M_ Does It smooth out alcely?
L—___.| ¢; iu do Itup fi {the obarm-
make you proud of It?
ae ' Is It long and full of fe
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A NI SS i ul he ee ves to 0 aie
‘ ed, y above ations, then yoo nse
id BSS) NZ .
(NE ay _ Nelson's
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PAA nese ane
wr A | GD censied bis co uote ed eceyle svaills Tteaskeae Muatiey-
\e 4 — ft keepe tt from eplitting er breaking off, It mub<s it sich
2y Ss and gtvesit that charm ao longed for by all tree fedies,
ie ’ Use Nelson's Hair Dressing {riz
“BS Yourhasd willkeepcisean. The roots of your hale wifl have the mecsemey
amountef ell, Yeuwill never have scalp disease, You will be delighted with tts delicate pestume,
Nelson’s Hair Dressing (177? Otte tee oes
agents everywhere sefl it at 25 ceataabex. If you can’t get ft, send us 30 cents nod we wil mall
you a full aire box pestpald. Geand buy It cew, of aft right down and writeus. Address
NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, Va.
» Live Agents Wanted. Write Quick for Terms, ‘
Trt acne ie Feo Tete LARGER man meTVet “1116.9 1m Lomo,
(Sip A ETS — I pa THE G Cone
Cai srarvoe oetn cret0 ex, DRIER.
\ A f ns REZ Ano HAIR:STRAIGHTENER.
I Eines a i a
HA Tssset i ANYWHERE INU.S $100
| i TASH LUMI) MAILED seonenepmes 28
SEND MONLY GY S9STOFFKE MONTY ONDER,
Every laay can have = peautiful and luxuriant head of
hair if she uses a MAGIC. Afters shampoo or bath tha
Mage dries the hair, removing the Gandraff: and [t wid
B straighten the crrilest heed of hair.
‘The Magle will not burn of injure the halr, because tho comb Is never heated. ‘Tho steel heat
ing bar whic> trons the hair, is alone, put into the flame of the aleohol or gasheater.
‘The Alusisum Combis easily detached from the heating bar, then, after the bar is heer
ed the com> goes back into place and is held by a turn of the handle.
\ The Magic Heater is also suitable for curling trons. has acover snd oan be carried ty a
hapa bag. @facic Shampoo Drier $100. Magic Aloohol Heater $0.40. ‘Libera! terms to agente.
Write for Werature today
Magic Shampoo Drier Co, Minzeapolis, Minnesota.
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Wess
by ga Cee
Southern Medicine Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen:
§ I wish to say that my hair was on-
ly about three inches long and s
kinky, stiff and harsh I could not man.
age it at all, but after using two jar:
of your Her-true-line I have as pret:
ty suit of hair as any lady in Atlanta
I wish every one with curly-or kink;
hair knew of this wonderful Her
true-line.
Yours respectfully,
Miss Lovig Mayes.
Southern Med
Box 754
'fHer-Tru-Line”
FOR THE HAIR
— HER -*‘TRU - LINE
The Great Hair Grower
“Her-Tru-Line” stimulates the
‘growth of the hair, it takes out
the curl and leaves the scalp in
a clean and healthy condition.
“Her-Tru-Line” cures dan-
druff, ringworm and scalp tet-
ter.
“Her - Tru - Line” is delightfal
as a dressing for the hair, being
perfectly harmless. It is a true
luxury and’a valuable addition to
" toilet accessories. «
’ Large jar 50 cents at all drag
"stores and by our special agents.
"Sample box mailed to any ad-
_ dress on receipt of five two-cent
, Stamps.
sell this _ wonderful HAIR
GROWER. .
GASKIN'S RESTAURANT
| Gaskin’s restaurant, 320 8th.
street, northwest, formerly Gas-
kins and Gaines, First Class
Services. All the delicacies of
|the season, Free Lunch from
tato 1 Every Day.