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OL.XXX NO 33 Business League THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BANQUET EVER GIVEN — DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON THE GUEST OF HONOR—DISTINGUISHED VISITORS PRESENT. The second annual banquet of the Negro Business League took place in Martin's new cafe, 11th and You St. northwest, last week. The banquet hall was beautifully decorated with American flags, the work of the committee on decoration. Mr. Henry Lassiter, chairman. There were two long tables, the length of the banquet hall, were beautifully arranged and one at the head set cross-wise. At this table were seated the guest of the league, Dr. Booker T. Washington. Mr. Nathan Hurst, Bishop A. H. Giant, Hon. J. C. Harper, Major R. R. Morton, President M. Sidney Pittman and Mr. W. Calvin Chase, chairman of the Executive Committee. At 9 o'clock President Pittman announced that the hour had arrived for dinner and while the guests were discoursing the excellent menu, the Jeter brothers discoursed classic selections of music. Pickles Crackers Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Rolls Sweet Potatoes Green Peas Lettuce Salad At the conclusion of the dinner Mr. W. Calvin Chase, who had been selected as toastmaster introduced the guest of honor, Dr. Booker T. Washington, who was received with enthusiastic applause. Dr. Washington gave some good advice to those ASSISTANT U. S. ATTORNEY J. A. COBB Heights put themselves on record as who heard him. He said among other things that he would be glad to see the day come when one man would speak well of the other He was tired of having men abused. He advised the league to try and see if it could not speak well of some fellow. Dr. Washington also expressed the surprise that there was no hotel in this city where a person could go when he arrived in the city. It was unfortunate that he had to look ATTORNEY L. M. KING for a boarding house or hunt up some friend. He spoke of his trip through Tennessee and how he and his party were treated by the white people. This trip, he remarked was most successful one. His address was full of sound logic. At the conclusion of Dr. Washington's address, Dr. Charles H. Marshall was intro- GEORGE F. COLLINS,, ATTOR- NEY. duced and responded to the toast. The Negro physician. He dealt with his subject in a masterly manner. He was followed by Bishop Grant, one of the guests, Prof. Scarbaran, author of a Greek Grammar which is used in some of the leading colleges in this country. After which the following speakers were introduced. Remarks - W. Sidney Pittman president Local League. Address—Booker .T. Washington President National League. "The Negro Physician" — Charles H. Marshall. "The Negro Laborer" — John W. Lewis. "The Negro Banker"—J. C. Napier. "Local Race Progress" — A. W. Scott. "The National Negro Exposition" —R. R.. Morton. "The Negro Drug Store" — W. L. —Board. "The Negro Diplomat"—James A. Cobb. "The Washington Public Schools" —John R.. Francis... "The Negro's Future" — Ralph W. Tyler. "Our Young Men"—L. M. King. "Our Educational Progress"—R. C. Bruce. W. Calvin Chase, Master of Ceremonies. Among those present were: Among those present were: Dr. Booker T. Washington, Register W. T. Vernon, President W. Sidney Pittman, Bishop A. H. Grant, Major R. R. Morton, J. C. Napier, Recorder John C.. Dancy, Hon. Ralph W. Tyler, Judge Robert H. Terrell, Dr E. D. Williston, Dr W. Bruce Evens, Prof. Geo. W. Cook, Attorneys Thomas L. Jones, Armond W. Scott, George F. Collins, Charles H. Hermans, Dr. L. H. Singletor, Dr. John R. Francis, Dr. W. L. Board, Mr W. A. Madder, Mr. Oliver Randolph, Dr. W. Bruce Evens, Dr. W. W. Jones, Assistant U. S. Attorney J. A. Cobb, Mr. W. A. Pinchback, Mr W. A. Bowie, Mr. Henry Lassiter, Ocen Taylor, Mr. John H. Paynter, Mr. Miles C. Maxfield, Dr. Charles H. Marshall, Mr. R. L. Pendleton, Dr. J. E. Moreland, Attorney R. L. Waring, Mr. Charles E. Hall, Mr. Joseph Manning, Mr. F. Marion Continued on page 4th. WASHINGTON DR. Guest of Honor of the Mr. W. Sidney Pittman elected President of THE CHANGING OF THE WORLD Guest of Honor of the Local Negro Business League. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman, President of the Negro Business League, and Re-elected President of the Fairmount Citizens' Association. FairmontHeiphtsElection FairmontHeiphtsElection ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION-W. SIDNEY PITTMAN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT BY BIG MAJORITY OTHER LOCAL NEWS NAMES OF OTHER OFFICERS. At a regular meeting of the Fairmount Heights Citizen's Association held last Tuesday night, December 14, a number of very important things in the order of regular business were considered. Among other things was that of the report of the special committee sent out to investigate the building of a station at 61st street on the District Line car northeast. The committee, through its chairman, Mr. Redman, reported that an agreeable site was available and further recommended that steps be taken to build the station. The report was unanimously received and PRESIDENT S. W. PITTMAN. upon motion, the president was instructed to proceed at once toward appointing a committee to superintend its construction. The special entertainment committee made its report on the results of the financial success of the entertainment and also formally informed the meeting of the completion of two new cinder walks in different parts of the community. A report from the special auditing committee appointed by the president at its last meeting was received with favorable comment. This report in general gave evidence of the sound financial basis upon which the association is working. The Chairman of the light committee also reported progress on the possibility of installing electric lights in the BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. The Local Negro Business League. In, President of the Negro Business League of the Fairmount Citizens' Association. [Image of a man in formal attire, seated at a desk, holding a book and pen.] SCIPIO AFRICANUS JONES Distinguished Attorney in Town Attorney Scipio Africanus Jones, of Little Rock, Ark., was in the city this week accompanied by his daughter, who is on her way to North Carolina. Mr. Jones is a native of Little Rock, Ark; president of the Negro Business League of that State, one of the largest organizations in the country; he was at one time delegate to the National Republican convention and one of the big Republicans to throw Arkansas into the Taft column. Fifteen dele near future. The Association voted to extend an invitation to the officers and members of the Howard Park Citizens' Association to attend their next (January) meeting. After the regular order of business the election of officers of the assotion for the ensuing year was taken up.. This election proved the most interesting as well the most excitable of its kind in the history of the association. For some weeks past, some slight but harmless opposition had been developing against the re-election of the present incumbent for the position of president and his administration in general. This opposition gates voted for Mr. Taft from Arkansas. Mr. Jones was elected from a white Republican district. He is president of the Arkansas Realty and Trust. Company, a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and has a large legal practice in his State. The entire State of Arkansas is urging President Taft to appoint him to a position under the Federal Government. Rumor has it that he would not object to the office of recorder of deeds if President Taft intends to make a change. it has been learned had its origin almost wholly along social lines instigated by two or three women social aspirants. The idea was taken up by a few sore head, disgruntled men of ambitious inclinations and every effort was made among the rank and file to overthrow the present administration, headed by Mr. W. Sidney Pittman, and elect a new ticket. But on account of the character and personnel of this particular type of sore heads and so-called leaders, this so-called opposition was almost from the beginning doomed to ignominious defeat, as the results of the annual election held last Tues- PARAGRAPHIC NEWS A Merry Christmas to all A collection of paintings of Mrs. A. C. Barney has been put on public view in the Hemicycle Hall of the Corcoran Art Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until December 29th. Mrs. Ida Wills Barnett is out in a stirring communication opposing the application of Sheriff Frank E. Davis, who lost his position by permitting the lynching of a colored and a white man at Cairo, Ills. The communication contains the same ring as of yore. A "Jim Crow" street car system for this city has again been proposed by Representative Heflin, of Alabama. His position on the race question is pronounced. Right, it is hoped, will prevail. In a card to the Washington Post Dr. Washington, it is said, calls attention to the job of a Xmas card, or a book, or some other remembrance would bring to the poor boys and girls in the South who are more familiar with darkness than sunshine and joy. A twelve-year-old little colored girl living near Point Lookout, Miss., was assaulted by a white brute while returning from a store about dark. Her neck was badly bruised. Her assailant made his escape, and one has been lynched. Woe to black womanhood. T.lee seen to have been some contention among the student body at Howard University about the singing of the plantation songs. Dr. (Continued to page 4.) day night will show. The existing administration was successful in reelecting its president, its secretary, and its financial secretary and in electing to fill new places, its treasurer, its chaplain and sergeant at arms. Mr. Pittman was re-elected over the head of his opponent with the overwhelming vote of 16 to 6; and once for all the citizens of Fairmount idea of social equality as paramount in the general plan of community development and established forever, the principle of sincerity of purpose to accomplishment of local improvements and beneficial results in the interest of Fairmount Heights and of its people. Much praise for the success of the election of the new officers for the ensuing year is due to the efforts of such men as Dr. W. W. Jones, Mr. Thos. Redman, Mr. Hargraves, Rev. Strother, Mr. Payne, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Crouse, Mr. Cole, Mr. Collins, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. George, and others. It was regretted that Mr. Frank Coalman should conceive the idea backed by a few irresponsible friends of his, that he would make a successful candidate for president of the association. And, because of his determined effort to have himself elected as president which proved an ignominious failure, he came very near being the means of defeating his own re-election as chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Coalman has heretofore succeeded fairly well in the position which he now holds and the association has shown every effort to appreciate his services in that capacity but, judging from this last election and current events, the association is determined to take general interests in the class of men every precaution in safe-guarding its it selects as officers, and it is hoped that this lesson will be forever remembered by him and all other parties concerned, both in the matters of office seeking and the discharge of all duties pertaining thereto. The officers elected at the meeting to serve the ensuing year, 1910, are as follows: President, W. Sidney Pittman. Secretary, Chas. E. Payne. Financial secretary, Thomas Redman. Treasurer, Walter S. Crouse. Chaplain, Rev. R. A. Hart. Sergeant-at-arms, R. D. Mullins. Chairman Executive Committee, Frank Coalman. MOTHER'S PICTURE. face,…… My mother's face so pure and bright, That always has smiled on me…… Though glean,…… What-e'er my lot, or what my fate, That picture shall re-main,… Till Copyright, by American Melody Company, New York. yon CONU This T Po "Say iridesc handke of the "I've g Kenyon Hangwell Trousers wear wonderfully well. They never lose they are cut on our own special pattern of room for sitting. They do not bat there is no strain on the seams. Made in 116 sizes and 400 fabrics. If your dealer does not sell them, C. KENYON COM 23 UNION SQUARE fully well. They never lose their in our own special pattern which sitting. 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Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 771. Is the same as No. 770, but is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 772. For large short women. The same as No. 770, except that the bust is somewhat lower all around. Made of white cotton, hose supporters front and rides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 773, is the same as No. 772 but made of light weight white batte. Hose supporters front and rides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. Ask any dealer anywhere to show you the new which will produce the correct figure for prevailing modes, which are made in such a variety as to guarantee perfect fit. From $1.00 to $3.00 p. WENGARTEN BROS., Mfrs.. 377-379 anywhere to show you the new W. B. 'B conect figure for prevailing modes, or any of a variety as to guarantee perfect fit for every from $1.00 to $3.00 per pair S., Mfrs.. 377-379 BROADW you the new W. B. 'hip-subduing' models, revailing modes, or any of our numerous styles wantoo perfect fit for every type of figure. to $3.00 per pair. 377-379 BROADWAY. NEW YORK Ask any dealer anywhere to show you the new W. B. 'hip-subduing' models, which will produce the correct figure for prevailing modes, or any of our numerous styles which are made in such a variety as to guarantee perfect fit for every type of figure. 1330 CONUNDRUM MAN ONCE MORE "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?" asks 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 Relleve 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, many years have taken flight. None dearer I erer see... in a higher, better state, I welcome her face again... CHORUS. Mother, your son still loves you, Mother, he'll try to be true... Mother, he'll try to meet you, After-life's journey is through... Mother's Picture 2 pp—2d p. 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 Pilgrimaga." 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—or—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 termed 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 twa'nt in him to travel faster than a walk. Mrs. Nubbins—Well, Hiram, hev ye seen anything to convince ye to the contrary? Nubbins (with a reminiscent chuckle) —Hev I? Waal, I just 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 ourn 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 match a little lunch." YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and low prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BRIDGE LANDING, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate or double our prices. Orders filled this record. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear on promptly at prices ranging from 83 to 88 or 91. Desperate bargain hits mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES, component of all kinds at half the usual retail prices. 1/4" a specaul and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have bundles of letters from satisfied customers stating that their tires have only been pumped upon once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider of only 40 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. or approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as representative. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price 8.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send on nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe a in a bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your orders. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of Hedgehorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial of the special introductory price quoted above or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. DO NOT WAIT but write or post to local Tire Store NOW BUYING a bicycle offered we are making. It only costs a portal to learn everything. Write it NOW. For Christmas Write at once for a Christmas sample bottle of ED. PINAUD'S LILAG VEGETAL Enclose 5 cts. (for postage and packing). Try the sample—then ask your dealer for our special Christmas box, containing a 6 oz. bottle of this exquisite perfume; PRICE, 75c. Nothing like it in the world; sensational value for Holiday presents. Everybody loves perfume—ED. PINAUD'S LILAC VEGETAL is the finest, just like the living blossoms. Send us your name and address to-day for the sample, enclose 5 cts. and please mention your dealer's name. PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD, Dept. MC ED. PINAUD Bldg., New York The peculiar what price of these trees is $5.50 per pair, but to introduce we will well you a sample pair for $8.00 with or for $5.50. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with Notices the thick rubber treat "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D". also rim strip "B" to prevent rim cutting. This makes the make-SOFT. ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. EFFECT OF COLORS Red Makes You Angry, Blue Is Soothing. Paris Medical Experts Claim to Have Found a Cure for Divorce and Result of Experiments with Colors. Paris.—Medical experts of the French capital have found the latest cure for divorce. It is a result of experiments in colors made by eminent medical men, who declare that red wall paper, red clothes and red glass windows make persons angry. Blue, on the other hand, is soothing to the nerves of excited and "touchy" husbands and wives. A Paris husband who had been having trouble with his wife consulted one of these experts as a last chance before seeing a lawyer. The doctor visited the man's office and saw a brilliant crimson carpet on the floor. A large oil painting, the prevailing tone of which was red, hung on the wall. At the home he found red wall paper, 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 piece 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 the doctors of 30 years ago had not quite solved the secret of the effect of blue light on the human brain. They were going it blindly—just like the farmer who put green goggles on his cow and fed her shavings. But now science 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 red rays of light quicker than the mind can conceive, travel to the BLUE SIGHT CELLS HATE CELLS LOVE CELLS RED sight cells of your brain, tingling the hairlike nerves on their way there. hairlike nerves on their way there. When you look at anything blue the same thing happens, only the nerve wire to your brain is a different nerve wire, for different colors tingle different nerve wire lines, just like different 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 distance on the red party nerve line, and then switch onto the sight cells through a part of the brain that contains 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 paper to blue. For nearly 50 years the men of science have known something about the colors' effect on the brain of man. The love cells are just below the hate cells, 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 less 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 Indian's skull than on a white man's. He believes that is why an Indian never forgets a grudge. The possibilities of treatment of family jars with colored rays are almost without limit, they say. Wives, especially, will be interested in the new discovery. Lots of evenings a man will come home and scold his wife, scold the nice supper she has cooked for him and find fault with everything. 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! 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What clothing stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods stores and what other lines of business will now make an effort to divert to themselves these over three millions tf dollars spent by Washington Negroes by advertising in The Bee? Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 5.499 appreciative Negroes spend their over three millions of dollars with you. Now is the time to advertise in The Bee, the newspaper that goes into every Negro home in Washington. Remember, merchants of Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. MORE MONEY—RACE PROGRESS. If colored people groom them selves dain tion odors, remove grease shine from the fain discoveries for improving the skin and do will be better received in the business money, and advance faster. The Chemical Wonder Company of New business friend colored people have. It is as Dr. Booker Washington improves the pany manufacturers nine Chemical Wonder colored people as attractive as individual mit. 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CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. —_ “Batered at the. Post Office at Wash- ington, D, C, as second-class mail matter. —— ESTABLISHED 1880, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ee copy per year in advance. .$a.e0 Three months......0.ceseeeee ge OUR MISTAKE (ahe colored citizens Of \\Vasn- ington have a great deal to learn. Their greatest mistake is in al- lowing every stranger who comes to the city to share in their confidence. Has it been a mistake? Let us see: The first thing that a stranger does when he arrives in the city is to con- -nect himself with one of the lo- cal charges. He next eases him- self into the Sabbath School. Not satisfied with being a member of the Sabbath School he has ambitious designs on the super- intendency ot the Sabbath School. If he is a good talker he succeeds in making himself superintendent. If he doesn’t ‘succeed in hoodwinking the peo- a literary society. Of course, he makes himself president and invarably he selects some socie- ty belle as secretary. This of course gives him an entrance wedge into the best society. If he fails to organize a society in his church his effort will be to capture the literary society con- nected with some other church. ‘He succeeds and then He con- nects himself with one of.the sv- called up-to-date social clubs and has himself elected president, rare he becomes a social dicta- tor. Respectable people must take a back seat, make room for the more fashionable belle. The gentlemen of the city are blackballed and are told in plain English that they are not social- ly’high enough to be permitted to enter the social circle. It 1» Amusing as well as ridiculous to see how the newly made sociat king struts about, and the na- tive gentlemen are barred out. The Bee, within its history has exposed and caused to be dis- banded several dozens of this social sham organization and set to flight a number of these so- cial renegades and yet the citi- zens will permit themselves to be hoodwinked. There js an in- dividual in this city who drives a carriage for one of the District officials who has made every ef: fort to dictate the colored so- ciety of this city. He is too ig: “morant to hold a better positior than a driver and yet he has at- tempted to shut out of the socia! functions given by a certain or ganization; in this city, young mén who are socially and intel lectually his superior. There i: something radically wrong it the- colored social circle o Washington. The Washington people ar too hospitable for their ows good and welfare. The youn; women make a mistake in plac ing herself under obligation tc the dude and pup. She show: too much humiliation. There i a certain department clerk whc has declared that he would no marry a2 Washington young wo man, Why? because she permit: too much familiarity . She shows too much ‘anxiety for the man’s company. If the young women of this city demonstrat ed more social independence they would be more respectca. Many of the young men violate their social license. Who is too blame? The women. Let the young woman be more independ- ent in dealing with the young man and then she will he re- spected. If these are not our mistakes, whose are they? JUDGE KIMBALL The charges against Judge Kimball of the Police Court may be well founded or they may not be. But there is one thing cer- tain and the Attorney General soma investigate bfore he con- cludes to appoint his successor. ‘He.is not too old although he ‘may be 70, as his enemies al- leged. He has a brilliant and clear mind. He knows the law and above all, he has no favor- ites. They may be successful in removing him; but they may have a worse’ man appointed. It may be true that many of his dicisions have been reversed by the Court of Appeals, and ii there was a higher court that the United States Supreme Court, The Bee feels confident that many of its decisions would be reversed, especially those de- cisions on the disfranchisement, of Southern colored Americans. No English court, The Bee ple with his Christian hypocracy a notion strikes him to organize these unconstitutional — State Constitutional Amendments. If Judge Kimball’s sentences and fines are bad, Congress made the law and not Judge Kimball His fines are not as severe as the fines are in the lower court. Give Judge Kimball a square deal and attack on matters and things of which he may be guil- ty and not on subterfuges. OLD VS. NEW And.now it has come to pass that the students of Howard university object to the old plan: tation songs and insist on hav- ing the new—new songs. They want to forget the song of their fathers and grand mothers for something new. Dr. Thirkiel¢ likes the old songs. Ah! but this reminds The Bee what its Sweetheart wrote it in years gone by, -“Old tunes are the Sweetest and old friends the surest.” The Bee was Inclined some time ‘ago to believe thai Dr. Thirkield was inimical to the colored American. After having heard his great Thanksgiving sermon, The Bee is convincec that Dr. Thirkield has been mis- tepresented. Why not sing thc songs of our fathers and moth: ers? What Howard Universit; is in need of at this time, is « cleaning out of the disorganiz ers. There are enemies within Let us have the songs of out tethers . THE NEGRO LEAGUE BAN OUET Continued from first page. Murray, Attorney L, M. ,King, Mr. Lewis Johnson, Mr. Zeph P. Moore, Mr. Logan Johnson, Attorney L. M. King, Dr, J, E. Moreland. AFTERMATH... Attorney A. W. Scott received an ovation, _ Dr. Vernon electrified the banquet hall. Dr. Francis knows something about the school. Professor Bruce failed to material- ize. He is a polished. speaker. Dr, Washington is a philosopher. Attorney Jones endeavored to teach diplomatic aspirants their duty. Dr. Board dealt in fine arts. Mr, Napier knew something abou! banks. Mr, Cobb knows something about law. . Judge Terrell retired without potite He is every bit a judicial officer. The League continues to grow. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. __* Continued from page 1. Thitkield has the interest of the doesn’t believe would uphold school at heart, and it is hoped that peace and harmony will soon reign there, Remember while you are giving your Christmas ifts as takens of Ivoe jit will not be complete unless your near is filled with the love of Him who was born at Bethlehem more than nineteen hundred years ago. Hien P Fleming, who has just opcned a lawyer's office in Buffalo, has tHe distinction o being the young: ¢st womman admitted to the bar in the State of New York, and it is also Ibetievel she is the only Polish wo: ‘man im‘the United States who is practicing law. The Negro physicians of this city have already begun active grepara- {tions for the convention of doctors to be held here in August. Last Sunday evening a frge and enthu- siastic meeting of leading men was held at the Lincoln Congtegational Church, when an organization was formed to assist in entertaining them. This meeting will bring together the largest number of doctors, dentists and pharmacists since its_organiza- tion, Mr. Isaac Fisher, a graduate of Tuskegee, and president of the State Normal School at Little, Rock, has succeeded in winning a second prize from the “Manuacturers Record” by writing the best essay on “German and American Methods on Regulat- ing Trusts.” Mr, Fisher was the on- ly person competing who did not have a college degree; but so fine was the essay that he received the prize of $400, _The stattie of John Calhoun has been 'placed among the beroes, of lib- erty in the Statuary Hall, the gift of South Carolina, . Col. Terrence Clark, who was one of the five men who planned and carried out thé escape of a caer of prisoners from Libby Prison by means of a tunnel during, the Civil War, died last Tuesday at the age of sixty-nine at Paris, Ill, of heart disease. 7 | Mr. Henry Phipps, of New York, founder of the Phipps Institute in Philadelphia, presented to the,.uni- versity $500,000, to be used in the campaign against tuberculosis, | Mr, F. T. Strailman, for, forty years foreman of the Index Appeal, a newspaper in Petersburg, Va., died December 20. Mr. Strailman, was present at the hanging of JohnBrown at Harpers Ferry, and served dur- ing the Civil War in Pickett’s divi- sion, ig Rey, Peter Pinkett, colored, cel- cbrated Saturday his 104th birthday anniversary at the Sarah Ann White Home, in Wilmington, Del., where he has been an inmate for several years. = May all the blessing ofChristmas be yours. + Those who did not attend “The Old Maids’, Convention,” a concert given by the 19th Street Baptist Ch., missed a rare treat. The old maids scored the bachelors of the church so until, it is said, some, with the coming year, will really change their mode of living. It was indeed an interesting affair, . All persons who are going to re- ceive on New Year's Day will send their names, addresses, and those who will assist them. Send by next Tuesday to ‘us, and we will publish 6. Re ew ee NOTES © FHOWARD UNIVER | SITY An enjoyable song service was giv- en by the University Choir on Sun- day, December 19th, The choir, true to its high reputation, rendered the difficult program with taste and fin- ish. The singing was well conduct- ed by Miss Maude Young of the De- partment of Music. It is a tribute to the exceptional efficiency of the director, Miss Lulu V. Childers, now ‘recovering from a severe illness, that the work in music is so well organiz- ed and the choir so thoroughly train. ed as to render such an exercise pos: sible in her absence: Following is the program: . | 1, He Shall Come Déwn Like Rain —Dudley Buck — Misses Diggs and Barton, Messrs, Jones, W. Johnson and choir. i 3 2, Solo—Hold Thou My Hand—Mr Walker Johnson. 3. Jubilate DeoDudiey Buck — Misses Jones and Morris, Messrs, Jones and Terry, and choir. 4. Solo — The Day is Ended — Miss Alma Fleming. 5. Male Quartette — Messrs Jones, N. Johnson, Stratton and W Johnson. : 6, Chorus with Soprano Obligate —Mendelssohn — Miss Mabel E Diggs and choir. The enrollment at the Law Schoo! this year is 105, the high water mark in the history of the Department. Un. der the auspices of the Council o! , Upper Classmen, the Blackstone Club appeared last Saturcay Fven- ing in the Rankin Chapel and argued a case at law. | Judge Norris of the Philippine. Is- lands delivered receently a lecture of ‘unusual interest on the People of the Philippines—their strivings and pos- sibilities. | A bird’s eye view photogravure en- graving of the grourids and buildings of Howard University is in course of preparation by a firm which has made ails pictures for’ many of the prominent educational institutions land large cities of the country. |} The University Band has recently been equipped with well made uni- forms of military cut. * | Christmas checraprevails through- out the University. The completion of one new building, the rapid work on another, the enlargement of courses, combined with promising Prospects of other improvements, in- dicate that the institution is provid- ing well for its thirteen hundred stu- dents and that it is holding a firm place in the respect and esteem of the right minded, e FPDhp. HIS TRIUMPHS ne eet ae tener ae le ja tour of the South, including th . States of Virginia and South Caro : lina. . | It is reported that he received ar ovation while in the Southland. ‘The [elite of Richmond society came ou jto hear him in the True Reformers’ | Hall,. which was filled on the evening of December oth, Mr. R. T. Hill. cashier of the True Reformers’ Bank presided at the meeting. Doctor Ver- non was introduced by D. Webster [Davia aJecturer and poet of Rich- mond, The Richmond dailies spoke jin most glowing terms of his address ,and the people of Richmond feel in- debted to Rev. E. H. Hunter, form- |erly of this city and pastor of the A. M. E. Church there, who had so much to do with securing Doctor Vernon for the Richmond engagement. , Among the many tributes paid |Doctor Vernon was one by Doctor W. T. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Said he: ~ | “He is an orator of calm, impas- ;sioned, sparkling, conversational | grace, of restrained intensity, of in- jsuperable poise, of broad culture, |who shawing the high\art of achiev- ling gréat results by the simplest ;means, conducts his audience, not only by a steady flame, but by a suc- cession of lightning flashes; crowds - long processes of reasoning into ar | epigram; abashes political _seelfish- [ness by a classical jest; punctures his stately reputation with a diamon¢ [point of a fatal epithet; and with nc > more apparent effort than that o! | breathing, he utters the word whict _ is destined to became, the watchword ; of the struggling Negrocs of thi: country.” | - Register Vernon, at the invitatior '0f Bishop B. F. Lee, visited Soutt 1;Carolina in the interest of Allen |tniversy, the school supported by ‘'the A. M. E. denomination of tha | Episcopal District. He also address 2 ed the South Carolina Conference t While in Columbia he received splen did treatment—the “Columbia State,’ a leading white daily, and one of th .|de chine with rare old lace; Mrs saline with white lace; Mrs. Cliffor {tulle; Mrs, Wright Cuney, black mes -|fengthy account of his meeting, anc "quoting generously from his address In Charleston, S. C., the doctor wa ‘greeted with a great audience a _|Mount Zion A, M. E. Church. Th “I“Charleston News-Courier” paid hin pj the special compliment of reportin; .\the meetings, furnishing a reporte ,, Who took excerpts and passages fron this highly’ appreciated address, Hi _,trip was productive of great good "Jand served as a source of inspiratio .|to the people of the race in both Vir ; ginia and South Carolina, and at th jae time served to bring about ,j better feeling between the races. | “The Bee” takes special pleasure i ‘ giving this account of the aratorica | triumphs of Register Vernon, as i . jhas often complimented him ‘upon hi “\abitity as an orator, thinker and Jead _jer, and realizes the great service h {is rendering the race. Such men d “honor to the positions they vccups loa are a credit and inspiration t our people, .| NOTES OF RACE PROGRESS ;|As Reported By the National Ne gro Business League—Our ‘ Banks -|. The Forsyth Savings and Tru: “| Company of Winston-Salem, N. C [began business May 11, 1907, T I! Decembtr 1, 1909, the cash and oth kler kinds of business transacte -]amounted to over $400,000. Th | Basie pays 4 per cent, interest on a! o deposits J. S. Hill is president an ge Se OR ee act cg oS ae I Si aaa ee ae PR ese ee Re RSE Cen pet re cers toga oe «< gouge St a es Boa Mie gece Saas ORES BR SMS «inate Sic ir tis aa eet Bene Re aOR AS eS | cE oe 2 eS ¥ eS Rta heat Vii? ~ 3X Re Ba to Ma eR... eee RE ede er tm COE Ss eR areas) germans oS) Ren a Me es ee ere eta es em gee mite one | eS ace gael aan Bh tah a ota ed A oe eer Bae! ean es s Hae. oS ed Hed eee es re Ber eee Be poe 1 ae, Sn PR ge ee): Ae a ae i sees ees Sara " ae eS eet! 2 ae ae RE Se Tre Ma sce RE. heater a a ae Bermees ne ee See tarot Sean ee es eae ol eee sO Oana 5; ae Berar ese cee ae as WR tT . Tye pir ekee ce So ee, 8 ae ss eigen spk ee RN or te eee ea evey. Sri oa ia are aoa ote ene ete ot te i ress A od Cee eee aoe bens a kee oe et ger eR Seer So tt) ae ee ne ree rd es afar ct ed Ts, 6, Sy ee! way RISE Pee 9 EE oi hae ok tnbtee he od aoa ees Sere Oe eee cee ie ta . ee ere Se ee) ie Ay Po ts , seers a a , ; HON. W. T. VERNON Register of the Treasury rr MG Kennedy, cashier, | The Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham, N. C., was launched Atgust 1, 1908, At tht end of twelve months of business $230,000 had been placed on deposit. The amount of business done within the same period was $1,250,000, The officers of the bank are R. B, Fitz- gerald, president; John Merrick, vice président, and George W. Adams, cashier, s The Alabama Savings Bank, of Selma, a young offspring of the pen- ny Savings Bank of Birmingham, made its initial bow-before the pub- lic November 1,19 09. It is domi- ciled in splendidly furnished quarters in the Hudson-Irby Building. On the first day of business the deposits amounted to $2,012.45. At the close of business December 8, 1909, the deposits were $15,259.16. The vol- ume of business transacted within the same period was $28,995.63. The offictrs of the bénk are: Henry Boyd, president; R. .B, Hudson, cashier; R. H. Hunter, bookkeeper; W. H. McAlpine, paying and receiving tel- ler, Four per cent. interest is paid on all deposits. W.. R. Pettiford, the founder and president of the Penny Savings Bank of Birmingham, Alabama, authoriz- ed the following statement concern- ing the business done at the close of November 16, 1909. This bank an authorized capital stock of Sro0.000. Cash’ in Vault____$ 20,731.39 Cash in Other Banks_. 26,379.12 Loans and Discounts__ 133,326.69 Stocks and Bonds____ 290.00 Real Estate______ 39,009.88 Furniture and Fixtures Overdrafts ..0-- 1,429.45 Tot*l___._$ 275,996.53 Liabilities Capital Stock_______$ 42,018.50 Undivided Profts_____—_ 3,773.83 Due Depositors on De- mand___.. 143,212.88 Dut on Certificates_____ 70,262.18 Rediscounted Notes... 10,693.39 Dividends Uncalled for. + 435.1 Bills Payable__mtmnttmoés 5,330.98 Savings Account___.. 269.18 Ee: hee “In 1907 this bank had 9,112 de- positors, which number was reduc- ed by the financial panic to 8,000 the present number of depositors. “We have built 1,525 homes for our depdsitors and we h?v handled one million and ninety-nine dollars ($1,000,099.) “On Monday last we received on deposit $11,000,-0n Tuesday $6,000, on Wednesday $3,000; total $20,- oco for the three days. Total for the week $30,000. Of that amount $17,000 was chtcked out, leaving '313,0co in bank; which is about th- javerage growth of our business. “We do * regular banking busi- ness, issuing drafts on New York and certificates on foreign countries, “Our bank sustains the most cor- dial relations with all the white banks of Birmingham. “We teach our people to use twe books—the Bible and the bank book.” ‘The number of banks owsed and controlled by members of the race are in the neigh=ood cf fifty at present, They are being sxtsblished almost *t a rate of one evtry month in the year. A bank was opened in Anniston, Alabama, last month, and steps are being taken to start one in Mobile and one in Moatgom- ery the beginning of the easuing year. , While it stems to be somewhat difficult for some reascn or ether to [get 2 definite statement of the £2- ancial condition of all the beaks now in existence from their respective officers; neverthtless, W. R. Petti- ford, president of the National Ne- gro Banking Association, bas beex successful in securing some data concerning the business of several of these banks upon which the, fallow- I. NR ing statem*nt 1s Dased: Loans and Discounts_$ 379,106.8e Captal Stock Authoriz- . ed_____ 275,000.08 Capit"! Stock paid in 149,733.17 Deposits 722,122,383 Value of -Real Estate 146,522.77 Estimate of deposits in all the banks annual- (ly _ 2,080,600.00 October 22, 1909, | W. R. Pettiford, presidemt. , _ THE BEE KNOWS : _ That Judge Terrell will be reap- pointed, That the gentlemen from Virginia will then lose his brains as wellps his head. That Ralph W. Terrell is moa at all disturbed. ‘That fools should not attemd ban- quets. (That President Taft don’t éatend to remove Dancy without 2 cause, That interlopers must retura to their homes and take the plough’ That Assistant U. S. Attoracy J. A. Cobb is making a good record. That Attorney A. W. Scatt is 2 man and not a coward. That he knows no man by his size or standing. in, That Attorney Thomas L,Jones has decided not to accept a diplomat- ‘ic mission. That fools will make an exhibition a themselves the moment they are wound up. . THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW If men speak of their records at banquets without being asked then If the plantation songs at the Uni- versity will continue. How Board and McGuire gained their reputation for fine druge.. Tf honest men accuse themselves before they are accused. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE Perrie W. Frisby come ent alt right in the end. His friends rally to his resene. An appeal made to the judges who are honorable men. . Hughes and Gray continue to suce ceed. e es Attorneys Hughes, Pollard, Col- lins, Gaskins and others joim tie ar- my of benedicts. Attorney Peyton continue te suite. Judge Kimball reappointed. ‘The friends of D. W. Baker come to his defense. a 379,106.80 275,000.08 149.73317 722,122.38 146,522.77 The Week in Society Board and McGuire, Druggists, desire to extend to all their friends and patrons and to every body else their sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year chuck full of happiness and prosperity. Iron. W. J. Cary, M. C., of Milwaukee, Wis., will speak to the National Personal Liberty League Dehating Society January 12th at Masonic Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Weddington, of 1442 Corcoran street, will have as their guest Miss Annie C. Weddington, a teacher in the Hampton Normal School, and the Misses Nettie Price Hagler and Olivia J. Weddington, of Charlotte, N. C. Miss Sadie R. Washington, of Charlotte, N. C., will be the guest of her sister and brother-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Alleyne, of 20th st. Miss Pearl Christmas will spend the holidays in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mayo. Many people are now ordering miniature bust of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the great A. M. church, and of Books T. Washington for Christmas and New Year's gifts. Mail orders so solicited. Address National Alto-Art Co., 1912 12 15th St., N. W., Wash., D.C. Price $1.00 each. Mrs. Jennie B. Browne, organizer of Beatrice Council, No. 423 I. O. of St. Luke, was the recipient of a gold cross and chain, presented by the Willing Workers of said Council recently. The presentation speech was delivered by the District Deputy, Mrs Bessie Anderson, which was masterly. Mrs. Jennie B. Brown was very thinkful for the gift, and said it is a grand thing to receive bouquets of flowers while one could see and appreciate them. Refreshments were served to the members, friends and visitors. All left for their homes feeling much inspired with the work recently accomplished. The social given at the Eighth street home, extended, on last Friday evening by the Junior College Class of Howard University was well attended and an enjoyable evening was spent by all. Hot chocolate and dainty wafers are all the ragenow at the Board and McGuire Pharmacy on 4th street. A reception will be held at the residence of Mrs. Snelson, 2207 14th street northwest, on Saturday, January 1, 1910, for all St. Lukes. In the artistically arranged Japanese tea room of Mrs. Toomey last Saturday evening the Matrons' Whist Club, composed of twelve women, met their hostesses, the Saturday Evening Whist Club, composed of twelve of the younger set, familiarly known as the Maids. A challenge series of games issued by the latter was played off. The matrons were represented by Arthur Gray as scorekeeper, and the Maids by James A. Cobb, William A. Joiner acted as referee. Twelve games of four hands each were played. Mr. Joiner announced at the close that the maids had won by forty-five points, the news being enthusiastically received. Mrs. Mary C. Terrell, president of the Matrons' Club, in a charming and graceful manner congratulated the Maids upon their victory. Miss Therese Lee responded as president of the Saturday Evening Whist Club, expressing the pleasure of the club at the presence of the Matrons and the desire for a continuation of hivalry between the clubs. An excellent repast was served by Mrs. Toomney and Mrs. Werles. What the ladies wore: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, black satin princess, gold and white lace; Mrs. Alfred Lewis, pink satin; Mrs. A. M. Curtis, apricot satin trimmed in jet and gold Mrs. R. C. Bruce, black chiffon over white, embroidered in green; Mrs. Carrie Clifford, gray broadcloth; Mrs. William Wilkinson, black. net; Mrs. Charles Picket, black net and dull gold; Mrs. C. I. West, white crepe Connor, gray messaline with white C. Fry, pale blue satin trimmed with white and gold; Mrs. J. W. Cromwell gray silk, heavy lace and net; Miss Therese Lee, black chiffon with embroidered net and spangles; Miss Eva Ross, white silk, lace and tulle; Miss Edna Gray, champagne colored braided broadcloth; Effie Simmons, yellow crepe de chine, with gold; Miss Jennie Robinson, pink flowered silk with pink satin; Miss Eleanor Curtis, blue crepe trimmed with silver and glass; Miss Cora Hawkins, canary crepe dechine and lace; Miss Jennie Williamson, pink messaline; Miss Anna Jones, peacock blue broadcloth, Grecian band; Miss Eudora Mitchell, old rose satin with white; Miss Lulu Allen, white flowered crepe de chine, green velvet and lace; Miss Jessie Parks, pale blue silk, gold lace and chiffon. Busts of Negrocelebrities can now be placed beside the busts of white celebrities in your ill-brailes and parlors. For particulars address National Afro-Art Co., 1915 a 14th St., N. W. Washington, D. C. The offer was received with enof the association will see to it that thusiastic applause and the members Prof. Kelly Miller delivered an address before the pupils of the Colored High School in Baltimore last week. Subject, "The Ideal Man." Mrs. Ida Gibbs Hunt, wife of the Hon. W. H. Hunt, United States Consul at S t.Etienne, France, will spend a part of the winter here, as guest of her father, Judge Gibbs, and sister, Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall. Misses Ella and Annie Malliason, of this city, are visiting friends in Newport News, Va., and their brother, Captain Malliason, at Buckroe Beach, Virginia. Mrs. R. L. Jones and daughter, of Charleston, W. Va., is in the city for the Christmas holidays. Mr. P. Nelson, who has been in this city or several days, returned to his home in Kanawha, W. Va., last week. The Pullman Porters' reception given last week at the Odd Fellows Hall was well attended. Dr. J. E. Mooreland, international secretary, and Mr. Lewis E. Johnson, local secretary, of the Y. M. C. A., report a highly profitable session which they recently attended in Louisville, Ky. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis gave a four-act military drama of "Dessalines" at the Trinity Congregational Church, Pittsburg, Pa., last week. The company consisted of many capable young people. Mrs. Howard Richardson has returned to her home in Philadelphia, Pa., much delighted with her visit to this city. There are many Beautiful Nmas presents and New Year Rememberances still at the drug store of Boardman Nicole, 1929, late st. northwest. Miss Dome Koeutmeyer, who had a gentle visit of one month with friends in the city has returned to home at Newport News, Va. Mr. Travis Dade, who has been in New York since September the guest of his brother, returned home last week looking well and much pleased with his trip. Mr. C. Carpenter, visited Baltimore last week. Mrs. Carrie Johnson, of Baltimore, Md., was the guest of Mrs. Jas. McNearson while in this city. Miss Gertrude Hendricks, of Philadelphia, Pa., was the guest of Miss Martina Evans while in this city. Mrs. Duncan is still the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Washington, in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Eliga Honey has returned to her home in Philadelphia, Pa., much delighted with her five weeks' visit to the Nation's Capital. Mrs. Otta Brooks Jones, of West Virginia, is the guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Brooks. Mrs. Susie Lampkins, of this city, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fitchett, for the Christmas holidays, at Phoebeus, Va. Miss Catherine Ransom, of Penn- sylvania, is visiting relatives and friends here. Miss Henrietta V. Davis elocutionist, of this city, visited Cincinnati, Ohio, last week. Miss Mamie McGwinn, one of our public school teachers, will spend her holidays in Philadelphia, the guest of relatives. Mrs. Estelle Fendall, of Philadelphia, Pa., will be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs McKinny, at 6 P street northeast. Mrs. Robert R. Colbert, of this city, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Griger at 252 West 124th street New York city. Mrs. J. B.. Shephard has returned to her home in Pittsburg, Pa., visiting friends in this city for a week. Mrs. Crawford, of Vienna, N. J., is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Davis, of 828 12th street northeast. Miss Ada A. Pinckney, one of our school teachers, and Mr. Julius Ross were married last Saturday at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Pinckney, 2214 Eleventh street northwest, by Dr. Wiseman. ROYAL CABINET The Royal Cabinet Dancing Class announces to the general public that it will give prizes every Tuesday evening at the hall, which is beautifully arranged, F street between Third and Four-and-a-half streets southwest. HIAWATHA If you want a first-class amusement for your children, one that is instructive as well as interesting, you should spend an evening at the Hiawatha. The greatest Comedian upon the stage today will be seen at this place. His name is Finley Forarigivalitz, he cannot be surpassed. The manager deserves credit for giving the people of this city such a high class vaudeville. BRUCE—IETER Miss Mabel M. Bruce, one of our teachers, Becomes, Bride of Mr. Walter Jeter. The marriage of Miss Mabel M. Bruce and Mr. Walter Jeter took place last Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at the residence of the bride, 207 Elm street northwest. Miss B. Bruce, aunt of the bride, was matron of honor and Miss Agnes Davis was bridesmaid. The wedding reception was held from 6 to 8 p.m., when many riends were present to congratulate the happy couple. The presents were numerous and costly. THE USHERS OF THE METROPOLITAN A. M. E. CHURCH The following officers were elected to the Ushers Board of the Metropolitan A.-M. E. Church: S. W. Hardy, president. J. H. Robinson, second vice president. J. P. A. White, assistant secretary. Charles Fisher, chaplain. A. Williams, vice president. C. E. Allen, secretary. S. Larry, treasurer. R. Perrin, sergeant-at-arms. The following officers of the Usher Board consist of some of the leading young men of the A. M. E. Church, and they were instrumental in raising over $240, at the last rally of the church; the Board consist of over thirty members, and also a ladies auxiliary, and they deserve great credit for the efforts they are making to aid the church financially. FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS·AN VICINITY LOCALS Mrs. Lottie S. Payne of Linwood Heights, D. C., is convalescing from a dangerous attack of ptomaine poisoning. Mr. Washington Wilson who underwent a serious operation performed by Drs. Jones and Jack has returned to his duties at the capitol. Mrs. Maria Choates has opened a coal, wood and express business in Fairmount Heights. The stork has visited quite a number of homes in Fairmount Heights during the last two weeks and still there are more to follow. Our population is rapidly increasing both from within and without. Mr. Thos. Redman has a fast mare that he has brought up from his farm in Virginia. Miss Id $ ^{a} $ C. Plummer has installed a telephone service in her home on Sheriff Road, Deanwood. The community loses a valuable citizen and worker in the death of Rev. Joshua Barnes, who pastored in Washington for several years and started a growing mission in Fairmount Heights. Resolutions of re- T. H. the Citizens' Association and ordered placed in the record. The many friends of Mrs. Marie White, of Burrville will be pleased to know that she has recovered from a severe spell of sickness. Dl W. L. Taylor, of Richmond was banqueted last week at True Ref. imers Hall. Chief Griffin was toastmaster and J. A. Langford was master of ceremonies. BETHEL LITERARY The foremost literary organization of our country scored a triumph at its meeting of the 14th instant, held to commemorate the life and services of Gen. Oliver Otis Howard. President Louis G. Gregory introduced as the Warwick of Bethel Literary and Historical Association, Prof. William H. Richards, who reviewed the active and fruitful labors of the old age of Gen. Howard, orator, writer, educator founder of a university for the loyal mountaineers of Tennessee as well as of the eminent military career of his earlier days and as the Capital figure in the educational history of the Negro American, having as he did such a conspicuous part in establishing practically all the older schools for the liberal education of the colored youth of the South. The success of this great and splendid man was attributable according to the speaker, to his nature in the best traditions of New England home life, his college training and ideals and his early choice as his model of the life of the gentle Nazarene. He closed by contrasting our condition when emerging from the barbarism of slavery with our States of today when millions of the Negro people are living in lawful marriage by honest toil under their own vine and fig tree and sending their children to school, completely vindicating General Howard's faith in their capacity and possibilities when he entered upon the work of their uplift from their lowly estate nearly half a century ago. Prof. Richards was followed by Mrs. Belle M. Howard, whose husband was an intimate and trusted friend of General Howard had named her son for him and herself had been a member of the Sunday School class he taught during the years of his administration of the Freedmens' Bureau and of, the University which bears his name. She paid a glowing tribute to his beautiful home life, his consideration for servants, his infinite tenderness and love for children. His one arm often being seen around the little black ones whom he insisted should go to the white schools and for the constant assistance he rendered people of color in securing homes for themselves. The next speaker was Dr. Walter H. B Brooks, pastor of 19th St. Baptist Church, who dealt with General Howard as Commissioner of Freedmens' Bureau and the strength the wisdom, and goodness he there displayed in providing for homless. and friendless freedmen. He pictured in a most graphic way the value of the bureau. These people had to be clothed, fed, sheltered and their children educated yet they had no The Home of The World-popular Columbia Club THE WHISKY THAT MADE WASHINGTON FAMOUS Let me supply you with your Holiday Wines, Liquors, etc. Phone N. 2499 your orders. Special delivery service to any part of the city COLUMBIA CLUB $1.00 FULL QUART BOTTLE Wm. J. Donovan 1528 7th st. N. W. The "reason why" EVERY firm that extends credit searches for the most binding obligation to secure prompt settlements of its accounts. Forty years of experience have shown us that no contract, lease or note is as effective in this direction as the customer's SATISFACTION. Selling Furniture and Carpets that stand the test of time and service—and we replace them if they do not— Making prices as low as those of the cash stores, for equal values— Giving terms that are graded to correspond with the customer's resources. These points make up the "reason why" we do not find it necessary to compel a purchaser to sign any contract, lease or notes, nor to pay any part of the bill with the order. That's the way we do business with people who are furnishing homes, and we're ready to give you just that kind of an open account. Christmas THEQUALITY HOUSE Christian Christian Xander's THE LEADING HOUSE IN BEST SELECTED STOCK I WINES, DISTILLATES, Erc. FOR PURITY AND EXCEL ES. 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The Aeolian Mandolin Club rendered exquisitely a difficult selection, Overture—Taunhauser by Wagner. CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION — AUDITOR TYLER SPEAKS DITOR TYLER SPEAKS At the regular monthly meeting of the Howard Park Citizens' Association held last week, the president, Rev. D. E. Wiseman, presided, and Auditor Ralph W. Tyler, delivered an interesting and practical address on "Good Citizenship." Auditor Tyler pointed out the duties and obligations of citizenship in city and State, and emphasized the obligation of each resident in a community to maintain order to promote its cleanliness and to enhance its beauty. He an and Sons Co. 817-823 7th St. Beverages BUY YOUR WINES AND DISTILLATES OF A WINE MERCHANT WHO INTIMATELY KNOWS THEIR NATURE. Xander's TOWN. THE LARGEST AND IN THIS COUNTRY. 315 ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE LENCE. MODERATE PRICAN COMPETE. GREATEST NG. showed his deep interest in the subject by offering two prizes of ten dollars, respectively, as first and second prizes, to be bestowed by the Association to any one of its members who would be adjudged to show the best kept front yard and back yard for the period running from January 1, 1910 to September 1, 1910. The prizes are to be awarded at the September meeting of the association. great papers of the South, giving a the spirit of rivalry is kept up to the end of the season. Mr. Tyler was unanimously elected an honorary member of the association. The project to effect the reclamation of the Anacostia flats was unanimously endorsed by the association. Mr. Robert Pelhan, chairman of the committee on mails and leislation reported that steps had been taken by his committee to secure an earlier and prompter delivery of mail for the heretofore neglected portions of Sixth Street hill and the remote portions of LaDroit Park, and that a promise of improvement in these matters had been made by the post office authorities. Cheap! Quick! Artistiel Triangle Printing Company, 122 Florida Avenue, Northwest Tela phone, North 2002-M. Job Printing of every description Tickets, Programs, Circulars, Place cards, Letter-heads, Bill-heads, Statements, Business and Visiting Cards, Invitations, Pamphlets, etc., a specialty. W. Calvin Chase, Jr. and Company. PHONE, MAIN 274 Houses IT IS THE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ```markdown ``` $100,000 OF STOCK AT PAR $10.00 PER SHARE To be paid for on the Easy Payment Plan Why? Because It advances the interest of the Negro race. It affords the individual a safe and sure investment. It opens up new channels of enterprise. It presents the Negro in his true light before the eyes of the world. IT IS THE NEW NEW EMANCIPATION Proposed LINCOLN MEMORIAL OF WASH paying amusement place in America. IT KNOWS ALL THIS AND IT INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE in an enterprise ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF RISK, where every dollar will be invested in the best of Washington Real Estate, that increases in value annually at the rate of 5% per cent—nearly DOUBLE bank interest. Even that is good enough for most people, but the LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY will do better than that. It will have offices and stores and lodge rooms, which will earn, on a conservative estimate, at least $23,200 per year. Equal to 5 9-10 per cent per annum. Tear off and mail with your remittance for First Pay Lincoln Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., N. W., Washington, N. Gentlemen: Find inclosed...dollars as first payment on stock in the Lincoln Memorial Building Company, upon the following terms and First. That the price at which I purchase this stock is ten dollars per share Second. That the stock issued to me shall be fully paid and non-assessable Third. That if purchased on deferred payments that the first payment is cent of the purchase price. Fourth. That my contract of purchase will be issued to me for the num- my first payment. Name. Street. City. mittance for First Payment W., Washington, D. C. has first payment on .....shares of allowing terms and conditions: ten dollars per share. and non-assessable. the first payment shall not be less than 10 per to me for the number of shares applied for upon State... Tear off and mail with your remittance for First Payment Lincoln Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: Find inclosed...dollars as first payment on shares of stock in the Lincoln Memorial Building Company, upon the following terms and conditions: First. That the price at which I purchase this stock is ten dollars per share. Second. That the stock issued to me shall be fully paid and non-assessable. Third. That if purchased on deferred payments that the first payment shall not be less than 10 per cent of the purchase price. Fourth. That my contract of purchase will be issued to me for the number of shares applied, for upon my first payment. Name..... Street....City....State.... ```markdown ``` This is of importance to YOU and and every Negro in the land! WASHINGTON IS THE SEAT OF OUR NATION'S GOVERNMENT. The eyes of the world are on Washington.' One-third of Washington's population is Negro. If all the Negroes in Washington were colonized in one place they would make a city larger than Richmond, Virginia. There are seven theatres in Washington, supported by a white population of 241,923 and a few foolish Negroes willing to be colonized in the galleries, the only place to which the Negro is admitted. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE FIRSTCLASS OFFICE BUILDING in the city of Washington, where a colored professional or business man or woman, and there are hundreds of them in the National Capital, can obtain business quarters. JUST THINK OF IT! 100,000 enterprising, thrifty, intelligent people, through race prejudice, swept completely out of the business district of Washington; 100,000 genteel, prosperous, amusement loving people deprived of every form of theatrical entertainment unless willing to submit to the most humiliating conditions. Every colored man and woman IN Washington. Every colored man and woman VISITING Washington. Every colored man and woman in America, familiar with the true state of the Negro in Washington, realizes that a theatre, store, and office building, operated by the Negroes, for the Negroes, is A NECESSITY. The welfare of the race demands it. The self-respect of the race demands it. Any enterprise resting its hope of success upon a NECESSITY is bound to be a SUCCESS. A THEATRE AND OFFICE BUILDING IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, built by Negroes, for the use of Negroes, is a NECESSITY. Appreciating to the utmost that fact— THE LINGOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY proposes to erect in the Central Business District of the city of Washington a magnificent theatre, seating capacity 2,500, and a store and office building of splendid proportion, adequate in every respect to meet the requirements of prosperous professional and business men. The enterprise is exceptional in two respects: First—It is absolutely safe. Second—It promises enormous possibilities as a money maker. Features that must appeal to every man or woman with a few dollars to invest, and you are such a man or woman or you would not have read this far. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY has surveyed the field carefully, and it KNOWS that hundreds of tenants are available for the offices, that dozens of merchants are ready to rent the stores, and that 100,000 people are anxious to patronize the theatre exclusively, and make it the best A. B. EMANCIPATION Proposed Front Elevation LINCOLN MEMORIAL OFFICE AND THEATRE BUILD WASHINGTON, D. C. The building is a large, multi-story structure with a flat roof and a series of windows. It has a decorative facade with columns and arches. The ground floor has a large entrance with a staircase leading up to it. The building is likely a commercial or institutional structure, given its architectural style and size. Proposed Front Elevation LINCOLN MEMORIAL OFFICE AND THEATRE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. ment M.C. shares of conditions: shall not be less than 10 per per of shares applied for upon te... NATION PROC Front Elevation CE AND THEATRE BUILDING GTON, D. C. It will also have a theatre, which, if patronized at prices ranging from 10 to 50 cents, by only 1 per cent of the total colored population of the city of Washington, will enable the Company to pay 15 per cent on its total capitalization. Equal in all to 20 910 per cent, to which may be added the land value increase of $5 \frac{1}{8}$ per cent. Now, all this is Conservatively Estimated. Banks and Insurance Companies engage in enterprises like this with their depositors' and policyholders' money—YOUR money, but YOU get only about 3 or $3 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent. The banks or insurance companies keep the balance. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD- Tear off and Lincoln Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: I have read your advertisement and desi- ing Company. Please send me by retnr mail, free of ch It is understood that there is no obligation on m Name...... Street. I have read your advertisement and desire further information regarding the Lincoln Memorial Building Company. Please send me by retnrn mail, free of charge, prospectus of the Lincoln Memorial Building Company. It is understood that there is no obligation on my part whatsoever. Building Co. WASHINGTON, D. C. DR. SAMUEL G. ELBERT, 1st V.-Pres. Physicians Wilmington, Del. GEORGE F, COLLINS, Counsel Attorney Washington, D. C. DR. L. H. SINGLETON, Auditor Pharmacist Washington, D. C. This r $10.00 N goes to B the Comp that is f vested in of Wash as the R This d will rem NOW. pays 20 p worth $2 share of as railro in value, ing Comp The fi is being ment wi it will s urged to tunity to floor as are. The O men of a you are through Their They ha Compan earned r vest YO NG DON'T The p able $r. months Tear off and mail for Free Prospect Company, Love., Washington, D. C. Advertisement and desire further inform enrn mail, free of charge, prospectus c is no obligation on my part whatsoever Name..... Street..... City.... OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS W. SIDNEY PITTMAN, President. Architect Washington, D. C. WILLJAM A. BOWIE, Secretary Secretary Laboters' Building and Loan Aaa'n Washington, D. C. JOHN W. LEWIS Président Laborers' Building and Loan Ass'n Washington, D. C. ADVISORY BOARD CLAMATION ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEGRO. Not one dollar of white capital will be accepted in exchange for its securities. There is not one dollar of Promotion Stock consequently there is no watered stock. Every holder of stock from the President down must pay at LEAST $10.00 per share for every share of stock allotted to him. This does not mean that the price of stock will REMAIN at $10.00 per share. It is $10.00 NOW. It will advance in price far beyond $10.00, just as railroad and public utility stock goes to several times par. So will the Lincoln Memorial Building Company's stock go to several times its present value. This means that a share of stock costing $10.00 NOW will be worth $40.00 when stock goes to four times par. Estimates show that the Company's earnings will be 20 per cent, and that is four times par, with every dollar invested in Real Estate. THE BEST in the city of Washington, where values are as firmly fixed as the Rock of Gibraltar. This does not mean that the price of stock will remain at $10.00 per share. It is $10.00 NOW. If the Company, as it is estimated, pays 20 per cent, a $10.00 share of stock will be worth $40.00. If it pays 40 per cent, a single share of $10.00 stock will be worth $80.00. Just as railroads and public utility stocks increase in value, so will the Lincoln Memorial Building Company's stock increase in price. The first allotment of stock at $10.00 a share is being rapidly subscribed, and the next allotment will be $12.50 per share, to which point it will soon be advanced; therefore, you are urged to avail yourself of the present opportunity to get in as completely on the ground floor as any one of the Company's Directors are. The Company's Directors, by the way, are men of sterling worth, integrity and honor, as you are possibly aware, or can easily ascertain through any COMMERCIAL AGENCY. Their names are at the top of this page. They have unbounded faith in the future of the Company. They have invested THEIR hard earned money in it, and they advise you to invest YOUR money side by side with theirs. DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. The price of stock is $10.00 per share, payable $1.00 down and $1.00 per month for nine months upon each share subscribed for. 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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 pianos—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 piano-making and mud-flats—the great Lick Mill stands as a monument to Lick's love. In early life James Lick sought the hand of a miller's daughter, but was repelled by the father on the ground that the young sultor did not possess a mnr. Many years afterwards, when he had become one of the richest men in the states, he erected a large mill and adorned it like a palace. It was built of mahogany and costly woods, and erected solely as a memorial of his youthful attachment. His only pleasure was to contemplate this palatial mill and to gloat over the man who had spurned him for his poverty.—Harry Furniss, in the Strand. She Wanted to Be Sure Just What the Wind Should Be Called. It was blowing rather hard, and there was a nasty sea on an hour and a half before the first breakfast bugle. An officer of the ocean liner hurried along the passage between the state rooms, and a timid voice called to him: "Oh. Mr. Officer, please stop." Oh, Mr. Officer, please stop. He turned and saw a dear old lady with a wrapper thrown around her, peeping through her half-open door. "Yes, madam," said the officer. "Mr. Officer, please; would you call this a galer?" asked the old lady, anxiously. "Oh! no, madam. There's not the least danger. I assure—" "Well, is it half a galer?" "Not even half a galer, and this is such an excellent sea boat that you needn't worry a bit," explained the officer. "Well, what would you call it, please?" said the lady, steadying herself as the vessel rolled. "Just a fresh norwest breeze, madam, with a cross sea running. But, really, there's nothing to fear." This Offer of The Washington B Will Appeal Especially to Women SELE TIGHTENING SHEARS The Winner Louisiana Expoelt If this pair of Shears breaks or within five years from date of P with a new pair without cost Hamilton Silver Co., Factory B. Notice the Guarantee Given by The Best Shears In The World Come to our office, 1109 Eye Street, northwest, and see this 'Self-Tightening Shear." You never saw anything like it. ABSOLUTELY FREE 3—Because it costs you nothing—it is impossible to buy them if you could the Shears would cost you about $1.50. Do not delay. Cut out this coupon and mail it today. The Washington Bee Publishing Co. 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GEO. GRAY, MANAGER. 614 Four-and-a-Half Street, Northwest. John T. Rhines and Company Carriages for Hire. Telephone, Main 194 Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Bodies Cremated as Well as Interred Satisfaction Guaranteed. 600 Second Street S. W. Washington, D. C. 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 towed I saved bofe 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 haids all up wid talk about duels; an' dey jes' promulgatetd 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 bose 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 compny. "So I watched out, an' I follered, an' I crep' up to where day was beginning to take p'sitlon 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 pail o' water right on Marse Charlie's hald, 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 can do it, 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 cotillons." "How interesting!" exclaimed the Average Woman," "and how true! That suggests an idea. I shall re form." "In what way?" She smiled ambitiously. "Hereafter," she said, "I shall wider 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 man 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." "Wait a minute. I dreamed I finished paying for them." American Visitor in Great Britain turns 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 airs. 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 air.' "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 fling 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 untillitarian 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 sifted through the carpet was certainly appalled at the sight. For many years this floor covering was considered the acme of elegance, and the woman is 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 Kodisk distant about 100 miles, and forming one of the Semidi group, is the island of Chirikof, 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 Polliteness "Although he overcharged me terribly," says the returned traveler, "the cab driver who took me over Paris was most polite." "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. RICHARDSON and POLLARD SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding Probate Court. No. 15801, Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters Testamentary on the estate of Thomas Wilkins, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 10th day of December, A. D. 1910; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefits, of said estate. Given under my hand this 10th day of December, 1909, Zeph P. Moore. 1700 12 St., N. W. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court Mason N. Richardson and William L. Pollard, Attorneys. COLLINS AND CLARK, ATTORNEYS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF Sadie M. Bradford, Complainant, Eugene Bradford and Mamie Chose, Defendants. No. 28,95. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of marriage, with the defendant, Eugene Bradford, on the grounds of adultery. On motion of the complainant, it is this 3d day of December, 1909 ordered that the defendant Eugene Bradford and the co-respondent Mamie Chose, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter, and the Washington Bee before said day. Job Barnard, Justice. A true copy. J. R. Young, clerk, by F. T. Cun- mingham, assistant clerk. ZEPH P. MOORE, ATTORNEY UPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding Probate Court. Holding Probate Court Estate of Archie Ellis, Deceased. No. 16488 Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters Testamentary on said estate, by James H. Winslow, executor of the said will appointed it is ordered this 15th day of December, A. D. 1909, that Philip Ellis, brother of decedent and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Wednesday the 19th day of January, A. D. 1910, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and The Washington Bee once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned — the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Zenh P. Moore, Attorney. FOR RENT 1336 9th street, northwest. Choice second door room adjoining bath, with' or without board. Gentlemen only. For rent—Desk room to colored busi- ness man; also flat, five rooms, wate no bath $55 FOR RENT FURNISHED Large, cheerful front room with large closet, southern exposure in congenial family, in b st section of the city. Gas, steam heat, in three windows, tiled bath, caisset manuel, etc. Up-to-date in every respect. Must be seated be apprised of the room. Call Gale Oregon on w- MISS JOHNSON DEAD Among the joys and gayeties of life cones sorrow, with its share of mourning. Miss Elizabeth J. Johnson, of 445 N street northwest, who was buried last Wednesday from the Lincoln Temple Congregational Ch., 11th and R streets northwest, was one of the most promising young ladies in this city. She came from one of the leading families, and her death was indeed a sad blow to all who knew her. Miss Johnson was, for a number of years employed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and on account of sickness she had to resign. She leaves a mother, one sister and two brothers. ANNUAL ELECTION At the annual meeting of Gethsemone Chapter, No. 4, Order of the Eastern Star, held December 15, at Masonic Temple, corner of Va. Ave., and 5th St., S. E. The following officers were elected, appointed and installed: Hon. Lady Rebecka J. Gray, Royal Matron. Hon. Lady Clara S. Brooks, Associate Matron. Hon. Lady Nettie Powell, Conductress. Hon. Lady Mary E. Taylor, Associate Conductress. Hon. Lady Julia M. Taylor, secretary. Hon. Lady Rissey Brown, treasurer. Sir Wm. A. Wells, M. D., Royal Patron. Hon. Lady Bessie Clay, Ruth. Hon. Lady Bessie Anderson. Adah. Hon. Lady Carrie Sanders, Esther Hon. Lady Alice Taylor, Martha. Hon. Lady Mary Gaines, Electa. Hon. Lady Emma Thomas, Warder. Hon. Lady Julia A. F. Taylor, Organist. · Sir Kt. John Hutchinson, Sentinel. The officers were installed by Grand Royal Patron, Sir Kt. John R. F. Brown, assisted by Past Grand Matron. Hon. Lady Elizabeth W. Marshall, and Grand Royal Matron, Hon. Lady Anna V. Moore. TWO CHRISTMAS DAYS The First "For unto you is born this day a Saviour which is Christ the Lord— He came unto His own and His own received Him not." . greatst gift of all, The Jews "His own" despised Him, Except for those few wise ones "His Star" has shown the way; And those few faithful Shepherds to whom the angels sang, He came and was rejected, and yet He loves them still, And went about to save them and do His Father's will; But still they would not hear Him, and sought His life to take Not knowing that His coming was for their own life's sake; Our gift of that first Christmas was sacrified, w's slain But oh, that precious promise, he said, "I'll come again." "Behold He cometh with clouds and every eye shall see Him—all the earth shall wail because of Him—and I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and God shall wipe all tears from their eyes and there shall, be no more death." He'll come, the earth shall tremble and hearts shall quake with fear He'll speak in tones of thunder, and all the earth shall hear; The wicked Jews that slew Him, the one who pierced His side Before His awful presence none can escpe or hide; Yes, every saint and sinner shall all be there that day To hear His words of welcome or else be driven away. He'll come with all His angels to condemning entirely the effeminate To look up all our records and see what we have done; His coming will be fearful for those who lived in sin His coming will bring justice and blot out every wrong And comfort those who've suffered, and toiled and waited long. He'll come on that last Christmas in majesty arrayed Before His awful presence all flesh shall be dismayed: And there shall be a new earth that shall forever stay; And filled with joy and gladness, all hearts shall shout and sing Before the glorious presence of Him, our Lord and King. —James Conway Jackson. ALUMNI, FACULTY AND FRIENDS BANQUET THE GRIDIRON HEROES. There gathered at a banquet in the new Northeast Cafe, last Saturday evening which was elaborately decorated to represent a football field, seventy-five citizens and out-of-town friends to do honor to the victorious football team of Howard University. Aside from the address of welcome by Mr. J. B. Allen, whose efforts especially, aided by Mr. R. Pelham and Mr. A. S. Gray-and generously supported by the alumni, faculty and friends, made this banquet possible, there were impromptu speeches by most of those present. Interpersed were college yells and beautifully rendered songs by the Howard Glee Club, under the direction of Prof. A. H. Brown. From beginning to the end each person present felt that he was witnessing a great football game, so unique was every feature of the affair, which closed with the election of Mr. Clarence Eugene Allen, dental, '11, as captain of the team for the season 1910. CITY NEWS Last Wednesday evening a mass meeting for the purpose of establishing a school of millinery, was held in Zion Baptist Church, South Washington. A large number of persons attended. Its main object as stated by those in charge appears highly commendable, embracing the employment of young women and girls of the race, upon completing the milliner's art. The following program was observed: PLEASURE TO BE PAID FOR How Wise Mother Directed Little Daughter's Steps In Ways of Common Sense. She was a very little malden, and she thought that Willy Smith, whom she met at a party, was the very nicest boy she had ever seen. "Mummy," she told her mother the morning after the party, "I want to write every day to Willy Smith; I said I would." "All right, dearle," was the cheerful reply. A very inky letter went off that day to Willy Smith. But the next day, when the small damsel had finished writing her missive, she looked up at her mother. "Must I pay two pennies every time I write to Willy Smith?" she asked; plaintively. " "Why, of course, darling," said the mother. "But if I pay two pennies every day to write to Willy Smith, I won't have any pennies of my own." "No, that is true." "Mummy," in a pleading voice, "wob't you give me two pennies for my letter!" "No, dear. I don't care to write to Willy Smith. Why should I spend my pennies on him?" "Then," with a sigh, "I think I won't write any more to Willy Smith. I'd rather have my pennies." The modern parent seems to be adopting Herbert Spencer's advice to leave the children to be taught by the penalties that life inflicts. Ford's Hair Pomade Fifty years of success have proved the merits of the preparation. What is more attractive than a beautiful head of hair? It is the ambition of women in all ages. 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MURRAY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONS. OYSTERS IN SEASON. 1216 YOU STREET, NORTH WEST. PHONE. NORTH 904 ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1017 4th Street. N. W. The evening training classes for ministers and Christian workers have become an interesting feature of the Howard School of Theology. More than fifty students now enrolled from among the city pastors and active Christian workers. Its continued growth and enlargement are assured. Inquiries may be made of President Thirkield, Dean Clark or Prof. Sterling N. Brown.