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VOL.XXX NO 35 MEMBERS URGED TO COPY EXAMPLE OF THE SAVIOR Resolutions Adopted at Revival Meeting. Held in Cosmopolitan Baptist Church. Colored Baptist Church, Colored Resolutions urging every Negro in the District, and the United State as well,to try to live as Christ would for the next thirty days were unanimously adopted at the.great union revival meeting at the Cosmopolitan Temple aBptist Church, on N street near Ninth street northwest, last Sunday evening. Rev Dr. Simon P W. Drew is the pastor of the church. These meetings began New Year's Eve and will continue for thirty days. Those who will be in charge of the various meetings are: Evangelist Rev. Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, Evangelist Rev. William Perry of New Jersey, Evangelist Rev. Dr. G. W Bailey of New Jersey, Evangelist Rev Dr. George H. Sims of New York, Evangelist Rev. Dr. Charles T. Walker of Augusta, Ga., better known as the Black Spurgeon of America, and the woman evangelist Mrs. Scott of Maryland. At a recent meeting of the congregations the trustees for the ensuing year were elected as follows: William Warren, Robt. T Moten, H. D. Johnson, W. H. Strothers and Randolph Cotrell. The officers for the Sunday school for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Superintendent, Mrs. C. Blanche Drew; assistant superintendent, Chapman Walker; secretary, Mrs. Lizzie King; assistant secretary, Miss Francis Little; treasurer, Mrs Eliza Little; librarian, Alonzo Little. Department superintendents—L. E. Brooks, senior department; advanced department, Rev. W. H. Ferris; junior department, Miss Hattie P. Ivey; intermediate department, Prof. W. A. Adams; primary department, Clarence Lyons; infant department, Miss Lucy Johnson; Cradle Roll department, Miss Caroline Roerts; pianist, W. A. Adams. THOSE NEGRO MELODIES From the New York Sun. We are glad to note that some casual remarks of ours about the Howard University "rebellion" have stimulated a controversy. Possibly that controversy may lead to something like illumination. We ventured to remark, regarding the reported revolt of the colored students against the so-called "plantation melodies" that, although the music is usually very pretty and plaintive it is not Negro music at all, but in most instances was composed by white men to meet a purely imaginary situation and answer a purely maudlin tendency. Now we have communications of protest and denial, one correspondent writing to say that perfectly trustworthy persons have compiled Negro songs in large quantities, imparted to them by the Negroes themselves. It seems to us, however, that the question goes further than that Such men as Gottschalk and, later, Lafcadio Hearn, spent long months in New Orleans hearing these queer melodies "from the Negroes themselves." Both of them in their different ways consorted with the custodians of the so-called Congo music and imbibed it thoroughly. They attended the annual voodoo celebrations near the mouth of Bayou St. John, where the wild chants were to be heard in their perfection, and where Marie Lavaux, the queen, presided to maintain the ancient traditions and control the ancient songs. They heard the crooning Negro nurses with their inherited cradle songs, "Deux Canards," "Le Crocodile"—a hundred others. They went into the question deeply, Gottschalk as a composer and inspired musician, Lafcadio Hearn as a poet and a patient student. But Gottschalk wrote the "Bamboula" and other barbaric extravaganzas without believing he had ever heard a "Congo melody"—a conviction since confirmed by much more enlightened inquirers who are also qualified musicians—and Hearn frankly abandoned his quest after THE BEE WASHINGTON years of inquisition and sailed away to the West Indies, immovably persuaded that there was no "African music" and that he had heard nothing but adaptations more or less savage. The explanation is simple enough Two centuries ago, and from that time on, the slaves in Santo Domingo, Haiti, Louisiana and so on, always enamored of music, and filled with their primeval passions, would hear the French and Spanish inmates of the "big house"making their own melodies, some sweet and some fantastic, through the open windows. The African heart is the slave of music, more than the African himself has ever been the slave of any purchaser or inheritor. The servants heard this music, translated it according to their various moods of despair or gayety, filtered it through their understandings, and the result today is visible in the so-called "Congo songs," whether of kindness or complaint or vengeance. The words amount to nothing. They are supplied out of the circumstances in each case. "Said the blackbird to the crow," "Hummagy aragy," "Old Joe kickin' up behind and befo," all these indicate nothing of real importance. It is the melody that always counts, and in not a single authenticated instance has this melody emanated from any African source. NEW YEAR DREAMS Thomas L. Jones was sent to Liberia. A. W. Scott, prosecuting attorney. Joseph H. Stewart had his hair cut and mustache trimmed. Thomas Walker and J. F. Bundy purchased ten more houses. James Harry Smith more civil cases than he can manage. John A. Morse a new Dunlap. Wm. L. Pollard, Royal Hughes and John F. Collins married to a fortune. Dr. Sam. M. Pierse purchased an automobile. L. M. King, elected National Exaulted Ruler of the Pythians. E. M. Hewlitt municipal judge. W. C. Marton, district grand master of the Odd Fellows. James O. Holmes the purchaser of the New Willard Hotel. J. T. Layton an increased salary and director of music of the Negro Exposition in 1913. Booker T. Washington a member of Taft's Cabinet. W. Sidney Pittman, supervising architect at a salary of ten thousand per. Wm. A. Bowie, a salaried officer of the Lincoln Memorial Building Association. The Washington Bee a daily. John C. Dancy reappointed recorder of deeds for four more terms. James A. Cobb, married to a wealthy widow. Supt. Roscoe C. Bruce has returned to the city from Kentucky where he went to deliver an address. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE The new commissioners appoint a colored American to a representative place. Tax Collector Rodgers remains where he is. Paymaster Wilson promoted. Assessor Richards commended for his good work. SidneyBieber select a stronger man for appointment the next time. Social vampires given a back seat. Bob Douglass, president of the Monacans. Jerome A. Johnson organize the Washingtonians. Miss Lucy Morton was given a wreath of gold. Nelson E. Weatherless, promoted. More men like Supervising Principal Jackson and Montgomery. Tattlers dismissed from the public schools. for his good work in the schools. Prof. John T. Porter given credit Miss Julia M. Layton appointed assistant truant officer Everybody happy during the entire New Year. DID YOU EVER THINK That a salaried man ever had a penny after pay day. That a fool would ever be appointed a municipal judge. That a colored American would be sent to the Court of St. James. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY JANUARY 8. 1910 J. JUSTICE ROBERT H. TERRELL. REAPPOINTED May good fortune prosper you this year, 1910 in all you do, and you in return prove true. The new double track bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad across the Susquehanna river 7,000 feet long, and costing about $2,500,000 is now open for traffic. It was begun May 9, 1907, and completed January 3, 1910. During the construction 17 men were killed and 85 injured. It is said that about 5,000 Negro enumerators will be employed to take the census, and 4,000 will be used in the South. Census Director Duran says "Negroes doubtless can obtain the information required from their race more accurately than white enumerators." Americans have been taught in Cuba that all blacks and whites are on a plane of absolute equality. An American House Hotel Plaza refused to serve two Negro Congressmen drinks. This resulted in a riot. The clerk of the hotel was fined seventy dollars in court That the Indians should be taught how to use the land, and produce from it a livelihood for himself and family is one of the main recommendations Commissioner Valentine, made in his report, and that the Red Man should have the same laws as to marriage and divorce as his white brother. It is rumored that Dr. Frederick Cook is very ill, in some remote corner of Europe, and that despite the verdict of the Copenhagen University, he will prove that he reached the North pole. A report of the State auditor shows that the Negro race in Virginia owns in personal and real property $13,000,000. Richmond comes first in the estimate, Norfolk second, and Petersburg third. There are eight banks owned by Negroes and five insurance companies Mr. Maxwell Hayson, one of the coming American poets contributed to the January issue of "The 20th Century Magazine" an article entitled "The Arena." In an article written by Jesse E. Moorland, one of the International Secretaries, of the t H. Y. M. C. A., in charge of the colored department, says that the Association owns twenty-one buildings in the U. S., valued at $240,000. There are twenty-eight paid secretaries, two of whom are employed at Tuskegee Institute and Howard University respectively. It is said that all letter carriers in clarksville, Tenn., are Negroes. Clarksville is a city of about 12,000 people and there is no friction between the races. This they say is --- the only town or city in the country where letter carriers are exclusively Negroes. Dr. Ludwig Mond's magnificent collection of old Italian Master's formed under the advice of the eminent critic, Dr. Richter has been left to the National Gallery in London. The value of the collection is estimated at $1,000,000. A French inventor announces he has achieved Telension, M. Georges Rignorix, has made an apparatus by means of which it is said, one may see the person to whom one is telephoning at a distance. Mr. Wilfred Stevens, of Minn., translator in the service of the United States, has a working knowledge of twenty-odd languages and can converse in as many dialects of various other tongues as may be demanded of him. North Carolina has 312 cotton, woolen and silk mills, with 3,143-511 spindlers, 55,692 looms and 55-128 employees, of whom 23,358 are females. A monument of imposing beauty is being built in North Carolina near Mount Airy, over the grave of a noted officer in the Federal army. Gen. Reynolds, who was shot from his horse during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The monument is being erected in sections and the sculpture work will cost $150,000. The Alexandria Gazette, the only daily paper published in Alexandria, is one hundred and eleven years old. The nineteeth annual session of the Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held at Tuskegee Institute, February 20, 1910. The Conference is composed mostly of those interested in the educational moral and civic uplift of the Negroes. At a meeting of St. John's Chapter No. 12, the following officers were elected and installed: Wm. H. Burke—W. M John E. Rattley—S. W. O. H. Smith—J. W. R. C Hill—Treasurer. N. Robinson—Secretary. Appointed Officers: C. W. Comer—S. W. R. H. Perrin—J. W. W. W Mason—S. M. C. Frank Johnson—J. M. C. G. C. Sudler—S. S. H. Hardy—J. S. L. Ingram—Chaplain. A. H. West—Marshall. A. A. S. Rite Richard H. Gleaves Assembly, No. 2, Order of the Golden Circle The following are the officers elect-ed for the ensuing year: Jennie L. Cox-Asso. Loyal Lady Ruler. Beatrice Richardson-Priestess Mayme Stewart-Secretary. Francis St. James-Tr. Jennie Cabannis—Guide. Sarah Young—Steward Bearer. Margaret—Steward Herald Gates—Inner Guard. Daisy Roberts—Outer Guard. The 16th annual meeting of the Masonic Building Association was held Thursday, December 23rd, and was largely attended by the stock holders The report of the auditor was read and approved. After which the following officers were elected: Bro. Henry Coleman-president. George Webster-vice president. Eugene Brooks-Tr. N. E. Wetheress-financial sec. John E. Turner-corresponding secretary. W. H. Myers—auditor. Board of Directors: L. C. Baily, W. H. Judd Malvin W. H. Grimsbraw, Wm. M. George Rev. W. Warfield, Peter (Walker, Mrs. E. W. Marshall, and L. H Wayne. Grand Lodge—Officers—1910 M. W. M., H. E. Wetherless—Gr. Master. R. W., Wm. Brown—Jr. Gr. Warder. R. W., J. Thomas Tascal—Sen. Gr. Warder. R. W., Henry Coleman—Gr. Tr. R. W., Wm. H. Myers—Gr. Secretary. R. W., Shelton Muller—Gr. Chapplain. R. W., John E. Smith—Gr. Lecturer. R. W. Primus Simmons—Gr. Marshall. R. W., Joseph H. Rapier—Asst. Gr. Marshall. & R. W., E. L. Conway—Sen. Gr. Steward. R. W., R. W. Pinkett—Jr. Gr. Steward. R. W., Walter J. Abrams, Sen. Gr. Deacon. R. W., Chas. Young—Jr. Gr. Deacon. R. W., A. H. West—Gr. Pursur- mount. R. W., H. C. Irving—Gr. Teler. Judge Samuel Mills, Not Reappointed ADDRESS BY JAMES H. HAYES The well known attorney, Jas. H Hayes of Richmond, Va., addressed the Bethel Literary last Tuesday evening, subject, "Pictures on the Wall." Attorney Hayes was greeted by a large audience and his address was most favorably received. Mr. Hayes is a forcible and eloquent speaker, and his subject was most eloquently and logically handled. Mrs. Jessie Kink Neill, a soprano soloist of some merit furnished the music. SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM Tomorrow afternoon at the Second Baptist Church lyceum. Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Atlanta, Ga., will deliver an address. He will be introduced by Mr. W. Calvin Chase. Special music has been arranged. Exercises will begin at 3.30 p. m. Lieut. R. E. Toony, president of the lyceum. The burning of a Christmas tree last Monday evening in the house of Dr. E. D. Wiliston, 1507 S street, northwest, caused damages estimated at $25. A lighted candle came in contact with the decorations and caused the blaze. Firemen hurried to the house in response to an alarm from box 249. Galbraith Church ANNUAL REVIVAL OF GALBRAITH CHURCH The usual Watch-night devotional service was held at Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church on 6th St., northwest last Friday night. The church was filled to its capacity, while a large number could not be accommodated. The meeting was a great overflow service held in the auditorium and chapel. Rev. S. L. Corrothers was in charge. His review of the work of the past year was full of interest. He told of the large number that was saved and that come into the church, professing a hope in Christ, of the faithful members who passed over Jordan and into the unveiled beyond. He referred to the church, the cooperation of the various departments and the pleasant relations between pastor and people, not only during the twelve months of the year just closed, but during the whole of his administration at Galbraith for the past seven and a half years. He said "This great Prayer and Praise Service is so near the birthday of the Saviour of the world, the founder of the Christian Church until the Child of God by faith can still hear the angelic chorus and see the star in the East, hear the shouts of the Shepherds and Simeon and Anna in the temple." This service was one that left a lasting impression on the great audience. The music of the choir and the congregational singing was full of the spirit and swept the hearts and minds of all heavenward. With this service the annual revival meeting began and will run through several weeks of the New Year. A great harvest of souls is expected. Many notable divines are to assist Dr. Corrothers in his great revival of this year. Among them will be Bishops Warner, Smith and others. The congregation renewed its vows. 1910 resolutions were made. Galbraith will move on a united Galbraith. The pastor will stand by his flock and their leader be, and together they will work to save men and women and to add to the sum of human happiness. The Interdenominational Colored Preachers' Union of this city will eat their annual dinner at the residence of Rt. Rev. Bishop J. W. Smith, D. D., 1309 R street, n. w., on Tuesday, January 11, 1910. The program will be an elaborate one. Many of the pastors of the Philadelphia and Baltimore and the Virginia Conferences will be present and the occasion will be a great social event. Members of all the different industrial associations are united. THEY SAY That Dorothy Dare will soon suggest a colored four hundred limited to those drawing a salary not less than $1,600 a year as clerks. That the jealous man or woman will often speak ill of the successful one. That the other candidates for the municipal judgeship will file their papers later. That President Taft will designate the kind of work he wants colored Americans to have. That Booker T. Washington will be appointed Director-General of the Negroes' world's Exposition. That small fry correspondents will not be appointed on the commission either. That no more banquets will take place soon. That the driver of one of the Commissioners wagons will dictate colored society. That Bookmakers often lose their gold and reputation. That Bob Douglass is a level-headed individual. That Attorney Thomas L. Jones has decided to remain in the United States. That a foreign mission would not justify his giving up his large law practice. 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Love of Sea and Adventure an Inherited Trait—Ambitious to Find Pole Ever Since He Was Young Naval Officer. Johnstown, Pa.—The movement from Maine to Cambria county, in the fifties, which brought to this district the prominent Barker and other families, also made it possible for Cresson, nearly the highest point in the county, to claim the honor of having been the birthplace of Lieut. Robert Edmund Peary, most daring and most persistent Arctic explorer of modern times and claimant for the title of Discoverer of the Pole. The father of Peary was not bothered about polar discovery. The building of "shook shops" and the manufacture and shipment of shook and staves to many distant points was his life work. Malne afforded ample opportunity for the lumber industry with its vast timber acreage, but for some reason the elder Peary thought Cambria county, Pa., also a virgin wooded land, better suited for his purpose, so he located at a point now generally admitted to be on the outskirts of Cresson. Peary's naval career sheds an interesting light on the question of inherited traits and predilections. The elder Peary, an Englishman, transplanted to Maine, came from forbears who loved the sea. For some reason he did not share this fondness for the bounding wave and deliberately left the shore line for a life far in the interior, away from even inland lakes. But after his father's death Robert H. Peary, then a little boy, was taken back to Maine by his mother, and as a result of his life on the coast and his education the youngster instinctively went back to the life of his ancestors. The whaling industry from New Eng- ```markdown ``` House Supposed to Be on Site of D. S. al Fine. Peary's Birthplace and to Include Part of the Old Home. land ports, the coming and going of clipper ships, laden with Maine lumber and many other products, by suggestion and appeal aroused in the youth love of the sea and its adventures. Leut. Peary's distinct ambition to discover the pole is known to have been born in him as a result of the Greeley expedition and its relief. He was then a young officer in the navy, as were a number of those prominent in the work of exploration at that time, and hence the glory which now shines upon the water arm of Uncle Sam's military service by reflection. It is strange how soon we are forgotten. People who knew Lieut. Peary's father are not now certain of his Christian name. Charles H. Peary of Chest Springs, a cousin of the explorer and who spells his name Perry, calls the lieutenant's father Charles Peary. Ex-Judge A. V. Barker of Ebensburg is certain his name was George. It has been suggested that perhaps his name was George Charles Peary. However that may be, Mr. and Mrs. Peary on coming into this county located in the woods near what is now Cresson, where Peary established a shook shop. A house standing on the turn of the road from Cresson to Loretto, about 100 yards from the town, is now generally accepted by the people of the county as occupying part of the site of the original Peary home, and is said to actually include a fragment of the old building. It was in that house that Robert E. Peary was born, and there, two or three years later, his father died. Frank O'Hara, an old farmer living in Munster township, recalls Peary's birth clearly and tells a story of the elder Peary sending a messenger in a conveyance to a point some distance away to fetch a physician. "Kill the horse if you have to," Mr. Peary is alleged to have sald to the driver, "but get the doctor here in a hurry." And it's another reminiscence of O'Hara that the elder Peary, who died at Gallitzin, was buried amid a blizzard, "That was like the north pole itself," says the aged Munster man. Peary was buried at Cape Elizabeth Me. The only basis for the claim that Peary was born at Chest Springs is the residence there of his cousin. Charles H. Peary's father, James Peary, came from Maine about the same time as George Peary did, but instead of locating at Cresson, settled at Chest Springs and there his children have resided ever since. George Peary, fortunately, left enough of an estate to make it possible for Mrs. Peary to educate her son thoroughly and he finally found his way to the Naval academy. SECOND HAND MOTULLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chinese retail stores. 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So complete and sat BUSS CONTROL INDES YOTAND factory has this machine proved that it had been adopted by both the Italian and the French governments. The psephograph is a little over a yard in height and is provided with as many openings as there are candidates in the field. The voter presents his card to an official who has charge of the voting booth and receives a small metal chip about the size of an American dime. He is then given permission to enter the booth and steps behind two screens which render him invisible to both the public and the overseers alike. There he finds the voting machine facing him. After carefully scanning the different slots, above which is a space containing the names of the candidates, he selects the one he wishes to vote for and drops his chip in the slot corresponding to it. The fall of the chip causes an interior lever to rise, this movement making the number of persons voting appear on a little tablet on the outside, which is always visible, and in the interior registering the vote for the chosen candidate. When the voting is over the officer in charge lifts aside the metal covering on which is registered the number of persons voting and the number of votes obtained by each candidate is revealed. By this system 27,000 votes were cast in two hours at a recent election at Turin. GETS A GOLDEN CROWN Miss Mabel Boardman Honored by Italy for Alding Victims of the Earthquake. Boston.—The Marquis de Montagliari, Italian charge d'affairs at Washington, has remitted to Miss Mabel Boardman of Manchester, Mass., and Washington, a golden crown, the gift of the Italian government in recognition of her services as a member of A. Miss Boardman. the American Red Cross society to the victims of the recent Italian earthquake. The crown, a reproduction of the ancient Roman civic crown, is composed of oak leaves and acorns, made of solid gold. It is enclosed in a typical Roman box of leather, which is adorned by the royal coat-of-arms in gold. On the crown is engraved: "To Miss Mabel Boardman of the Red Cross, from the Italian Government, as a Token of Gratitude, 1905-1909." Miss Boardman, as the executive head of the Red Cross society, recently announced her intention to devote her life entirely to its interests. She is the sister-in-law of Senator Crane and was a member of the famous Taft Philippine party. While visiting Japan she saw the evidence of the work of the Red Cross in the Russo-Japanese war and was impressed with the boundless possibilities of the movement. She is an intimate friend of both President and Mrs. Taft. She Won't Waste the Ropes. Give a woman plenty of rope and she will hang—her washing on it. Mme. 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Is this amount of money we certainly is, and not even the largest store refuse to get the big end of it did they buy money the Negroes are really spending. The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city but a rival or competitor, and covers the merchants in this city will patronize the advert. Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they offer — these 5,499 Negroes who draw annually over three millions of dollars — will assume the application edited and operated by one of their fire and deserve their patronage. And such a bulk of these over three millions of dollars recruits Negroes of Washington. Using stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods lines of business will now make an effort to use over three millions of dollars spent by The Advertising in The Bee? Advertising in The Bee and watch these 5,499 spend their over three millions of dollars with time to advertise in The Bee, the newspaper Negro home in Washington. Remember, users' what advertising pays you, not what it costs. There are 5,499 Negroes employed here in Washington by the Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes draw salaries aggregating $3,044,404. These more than three millions of dollars are spent right here in Washington, but scattered among the hundreds of tradesmen. Is this amount of money worth bidding for? It certainly is, and not even the largest stores in this city would refuse to get the big end of it did they but realize how much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city. It stands without a rival or competitor, and covers the field like a few of the merchants in this city will patronize the advertising columns of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they may have, these Negroes — those 5,499 Negroes who draw annually from the Government over three millions of dollars — will assume that by patronizing a publication edited and operated by one of their roes that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of these over three millions of dollars received and spent by the Negroes of Washington. 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 of 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. people groom them selves daintly, destroy move grease shine from the face, and use or improving the skin and dressing the or received in the business world, make advance faster. If colored people groom themselves daintly, destroy purpiration odors, remove grease shine from the face, and use new discoveries for improving the skin and dressing the hair, they will be better received in the business world, make more money, and advance faster. The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is the best business friend colored people have. It improves their bodies as Dr. Booker Washington improves their minds. That Company manufacturers nine Chemical Wonders, which will make colored people as attractive as individual peculiarities will permit. Colored men in New York who use these Wonders hold better situations in banks, clubs and business houses, and women have better positions, marry better, get along better. (1.) Complexion WonderCream will light up any colored face (black or brown) every time it is used. To prove this on one trial, we send demonstration sample for 10 cents. Regular jar, 50 cents postpaid. (2) Magneto-Metallic Comb, called Wonder Comb. Can be heated before using, to help straighten and dress the hair. Costs 50 cents, and will last a lifetime. (3) Wonder Uncurl. When this pomade dressing is in the hair the kinks can be uncurled and the hair becomes flexible. When heated into the scalp and through the hair with a Wonder Comb, any stiff, knotty hair will dress well. 50 cents postpaid. (4) Wonder Hair Grow fertilizes the scalp and makes hair grow long, just as fertilizers in the soil make cornstalks grow. 50 cents postpaid. (5) Odor Wonder Powder instantly destroys perspiration odor. People who neglect such chemical cleansing are obnoxious. 50 cents postpaid. (6) Odor Wonder Liquid. This fine toilet water surrounds the body with delicate perfume. When used with used with Odor Wonder Powder the conditions of the body become perfect. If you can spare 50 cents extra, order this luxury. 50 cents postpaid. (7) Wonder Foot Powder keeps the feet dainty. 50 cents, postpaid. (8) Wonder Wash. A shampoo to clean from dandruff and insure the health of the hair and scalp. 50 cents postpaid. pink cheeks without made-up appearance. 50 cents postpaid. We guarantee all these Wonders as represented. We give advice free about hair, skin and scalp. Will send book an attractiveness free. We will prove we are true business friends of colored people. We require one agent for every locality and guarantee you against loss. Only $2 capital required. Always write to M. B. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York. We market all the Chemical Wonder Company prepara tions. THE RE. PUBLISHED AT 1104 Eye St., N. W., Washington. D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1860. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$a.00 Nine months.....1.00 Three months......50 Subscription monthly......90 SHAMS? SHAMS? There are all kinds of shams is the journalist sham or quasi editors of newspapers. These shams are more prevalent in this city than any other place in the United States. A sample of their editorial bows read as follows: "The editor of this paper presents to the public a newspaper that is to fill a long felt want. We propose to edit a clean up-to-date journal; such a journal that can enter your household without being embarrassing to your children. We don't propose to publish advertisements of saloons or anything else pertaining to the sale of intoxicants." The next class of shams are those who start out to regulate the morals of society and it is not long before they are charged with seduction and other immoral offences. The most sinful sham is the Sabbath School male teachers or the preacher who is forever blasting away at the immorality in the church. You will find these shams destroying more whiskey and pursuing more sisters in the church than the notorious libertines. Many notorious cases of this class of shams have been exposed in this city and if The Bee felt disposed to turn on the light the scenes that would confront the public eye would be fearful. The temperance shams are the most hypocritical. There are some fine men in the pulpit. There are a few good men in the Sabbath school. The most dangerous shams and menaces to society are those who claim that they neither smoke nor chew tobacco nor drink whisky. These are what The Bee designate as holy psalm singers. They do more praying in public and commit more rascality in the dark than the outright sinner. The man who starts out to reform society and declares that he proposes to expose the immoral guilty should be watched. He gives himself license, for a time to enter the social precints of a moral household. There are people in this city today who claim to lend the social element of our community, who have no more business being recognized than the frequenters of Marble Hall. No man is compelled to drink whisky if he doesn't desire to do so. The saloon keeper who sells whisky is more honorable and possesses more good traits than the man who continually denounces him. All so-called moralists are shams Say what you may, there is no colored American in this country who is doing more for the uplift of his people than Dr. Booker T. Washington. Whatever his faults may have been and are now, this man has instigated himself in the hearts of all honest people who are willing to listen to his appeals for a down trodden race. Now, what are his faults? He declared that the colored American belonged to a child race. Is this true or false? He asserts now that the colored American is capable of taking in the higher branches of education and should be given an opportunity. He asserts that the South is the place for his people and he advises them to secure homes and have a bank account. Are these modern or ancient — faults? He liberally spends his money, his time and patience; these may be faults and waste of time to instil into the brains of an ungrateful people. He has advised his people to cease speaking ill of one another and try to make a good man out of a bad man. Are these previous wrongs or faults? He has elevated the worthy and had them elevated to positions of power and trust. This may be a rebuke to the unworthy, but not a fault. There never has been and there never will be a man like Dr. Booker T. Washington, white or black. His value or worth will never be realized until he is gone and an attempt made to fill his place by some one else. He endeavors to please and satisfy his people. He has successfully taken the colored politician out of politics in which he was a failure, and put business in which he is a factor and a benefactor. This is the record of a man who is today discredited by the demagogues. It is true as others say, he is climbing while those in the mire are tugging at his heels. Those who are opposing him might as well cease before they sink in the mud and are buried. THE KNOCKERS There are no people in this country more dangerous than the knockers. This is one of the dangerous weaknesses of colored Americans. If a colored man holds an office and is doing well and if some other colored man wants his job, he will institute charges, no matter how ancient they may be, against him. The white people have no respect for a knocker. They conclude that the knocker is a mean individual and is not entitled to any respect. There has been filed with the attorney-general certain charges against one of the municipal judges. The charges upon investigation are groundless and the attorney-general has been convinced that the author of these alleged charges is a candidate, indirectly, for this individuals place. There is something wrong in the make-up of certain colored men. They dislike to see their fellow man succeed. Is it not strange to see so many colored American candidates for places held by other colored men? Why is it? The theory upon which many base their objections to their own representatives holding office is: Such and such a man has held office long enough. Of course, it is not expected that a man should hold office forever, but when he has made a good official and held it a reasonable time, it is no more than fair that he should resign, but not knocked out by the knockers. There are several kinds of knockers. The meanest in the bunch is the knocker who lies to degrade his fellow man. No man can succeed who endeavors to destroy the usefulness of a good man. The policy of every one should be to build up and elevate. A man who is tyrant, mean and cruel should be knocked and knocked severely. The colored American will succeed better if he ceases his knocking. SOCIAL VAMPIRES There is no city in this world in which social vampires are any more prevalent than in Washington. The social vampire is the individual who is a "blood sucker." He will attempt to rise and lead a social element —crookedness and chicanery There are a few people who will suck the blood from the veins of an individual to rise above those who are above them. The Bee a few weeks ago called the attention of its society to certain people who attempted to organize a lily white society in this city. The character and reputation of these individuals couldn't stand the calcium light. Investigate them if you please, ascertain where they came from, their social standing at home and what they amounted to in their own community. It is ridiculous to see these social vampires promenade our public streets, with a curled mustache and straightened hair, and wearing H. O. T. clothing. They make themselves ridiculous in the eyes of respectable people. The real man and woman in this city are able to show something. They count for something and the people of this character should at once rid the community of the social vampires. JUDGE TERRELL WINS The little barking dogs who filed charges with the attorney-general, against Judge Robert H. Terrell' got bitten and are With true hearts full of love, Over lakes, hills, and valleys likely to die of a disease. There never was a man so well indorsed for retention as Judge Terreli. The leading members of the bar; white, judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sent letters of the highest commendation to the attorney-general. The attorney general soon became disgusted and was thoroughly convinced that the little poodles who opposed Judge Terrell's reappointment were full of venom and their bites were without force. The great trouble with some colored people is, that they would rather pull down than to build up. The Bee has said all along that Judge Terrell would be reappointed. The alleged charges were so ancient and groundless that they were passed by without investigation. The Bee congratulates the Judge and hopes that his opposers will get religion and repent of their sins. MISS DOROTHY DARE This young lady(?), it has in this country, but the more recent and greatest of these shams been announced, is to regale Washingtonians upon society matters "in a weekly letter brimful of innocent gossip," etc., The Bee is willing to wager that she is a well known man who wishes to get back at somebody or do some fighting under cover, and who is too cowardly to come out in the open as he has been all along. What a pity that two men trying to build up a paper, should thus early be used as dupes and catspaws. Pity for them, and shame for "Dorothy." "Dorothy" will find in due time that "she" will have "her" hands full. She will be glad to keep her (?) name under cover There are those who have only contempt for a man who resorts to the methods of the assassin and hides behind a woman's name to do his dirty work. Good day, "Dorothy," you will need to cover your tracks better than you have. TOADS AND GRASSHOPPERS A few weeks ago there was an organization started in this city in opposition to the local Negro Business League. It is said, that a certain member of the organization declared that he was tired of following the national president of the National Business League. The Bee is aware that certain men connected with this all-on-paper concern attempted to use the national president for their own self-aggrandizement, but failed. The national president was able to discern the difference between a grass hopper and a toad and finding no virtue in either he decided to keep them where they belong, in the swamps and dry fields. The local Negro Business League is stronger today than it has ever been, because it has gotten rid of the toads and grasshoppers. SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM There was a large crowd present at the Second Baptist Church Lyceum last Sunday afternoon for the purpose of celebrating the 47th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation proclamation. The celebration was under the auspices of the lyceum of of the church, Attorney R. E. Toony, presided. Eloquent addresses were delivered by Lieut. Thomas H. R. Clark. Rev. J. R. Rich, Attorney B. J. Gaskins, read the proclamation. Rev. L. C. Moore formerly a member of the Mississippi legislature and no doubt one of the best known men in this country read the following poem which was enthusiastically applauded: THE NEGRO'S ONWARD MARCH By Rev. L. C. Moore Nine million and a half Traveling in a world of gloom, And behind the cradle stands That rocked them, in oppression's tomb. Nothing to guide; no path or mark, Yet the race is marching fast, Like brave pilgrims in the dark, Forgetting trials of the past. They are called a foolish people For struggling in a fertile wrath. Thorny is the road they travel To reach the stars that shine above Out of confusion they will bring Tho' the race is much divided By the Devils, shot and shell, But they soon will not be guided By those who ring destruction's bell. IT IS FOOLISH TO THINK That every man who supported the Republican nominee will get an office. That those men who raised their right hand and declared that Mr. Taft should not be elected. That every candidate will be appointed to the office of recorder of deeds. That honest men leave their homes without cause and settle down in Washington. THT WONDER COMB—50c. We have a pomade called "Wonder-Uncurl." If you will heat Wonder Comb and use it to draw this Wonder-Uncurl through your hair, your hair will dress better than ever before. If you send 60 cents, we will send the Wonder Comb, a trial jar of Wonder-Uncurl, and two samples of Complexion Wonder. The latter will make your skin lighter colored everytime it is used, and will make you (man or woman) look better than ever in your life before. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, N. Y. Read the Bee if you want a live paper. The Bee leads and all other papers follow. Lead The Bee Yarmouth Scenes Which Dickens Described in His Story of "David Copperfield." London.—A Yarmouth hundred of herring really counts 132, and in many ways the inhabitants of the old town are credited with an open-handed generosity. Pergoty told David Copperfield, you remember, that it was the finest place in the universe, to which the boy replied that "a mound or two might have improved it, and also that if the land had been a little more separated from the sea and the town and the tide had not been quite so much mixed up, like teast and water, it would have been much nicer." But ```markdown ``` presently, when he got into the streets and "smelt the fish and pitch, and oakum, and tailow, and saw the sailors walking about and the carts jingling up and down over the stones." Young Coppermouth admitted that he had done Yarmouth an injustice. The remains of Peggotty's hut may still be seen, sad and forlorn, alas! but suggestive nevertheless of the qualt hone where David was so happy, of Peggotty's jokes, of little Emily's pretty ways and of the dolefulness of Mrs. Gummidge. There are many ancient buildings that have stood the test of time better than the queer boat home of Peggotty. Formerly Yarmouth was one of the principal ports of England, and its merchant adventurers enjoyed the patronage of Queen Elizabeth. Its Tolhouse claims to be the oldest municipal building in the kingdom. WILSON WILL GO TO MEXICO Minister to Belgium to Succeed Ambassador Thompson in Neighboring Republic. Washington—Henry Lane Wilson, American minister to Belgium, will soon be officially named to succeed David E. Thomson as ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Wilson has been notified of his appointment by the state department and is clearing up his business at the legation in Brussels pending his departure for his new post. Mr. Wilson, who is a native of Crawfordsville, Ind., has been in the diplomatic service since 1927, when he was appointed minister to Chile. He . Henry Lane Wilson. became minister to India in 1965 Before entering the diplomatic service Mr. Wilson was especially editor, lawyer and banker He is a graduate of Wabash college. Deadheads Must. Be Coaxed. Concert givers in Germany find it more and more difficult to get an audience. Free tickets by no means insures one. A Berlin journal tells how audiences at recitals (Berlin often has more than 50 of them in one week) are ant to be made up. Miss N., who plays or slugs, sends out about 200 tickets, some of them to prominent persons. One of these is the wife of Prof. X. She kindly accepts the ticket, but has no intention of attending the concert, so she gives them 'to her dressmaker,' who in turn bestows them upon her assistants, who probably may go to the concert. In one case it was found that of 200 free tickets only 47 were used.—Musical America. Pulsation and Respiration. Before birth the average number of pulsations per minute is 150; in the newly born, 140 to 130; during the first year, 130 to 115; second year, 115 to 100; seventh year, 90 to 85; fourteenth year, 85 to 80; adult life, 80 to 70; old age, 70 to 60. At birth there are 44 respirations in one minute; at five years of age, 26; from 15 to 20, 20; from 20 to 25, 18.7; from 25 to 30, 16; from 30 to 50, 18.1. The average ratio which the number of respirations bears to the number of pulsations in a given time is $1:4\frac{1}{2}$. The temperature of a healthy human adult averages from 98.4 to 98.6, but 97.5 and 99 F. are within normal. "WHO IS WHITNEY?" Career of Man Who Enters Cook Peary Polar Controversy. Is Perfect Specimen of the Clubman- Sportsman and Went North with Peary to Hunt—A Good Writer and Story-Teller. New Haven Conn.—"What sort of a man is Harry Whitney?" This is the question that is being asked of every New Havenite, man, woman or child, who ventures into the zone of the Cook-Peary polar controversy. To reply to it accurately is a matter of more than a word or two. Harry Whitney has had an interesting career. "The quiet sportsman" he has been called, for his adventures have been enjoyed and suffered without press notices, except when they could not be avoided. The world has been the theater of his exploits, and the arctic regions were about the last section of the globe left for him to visit when he joined the Peary party It is not commonly known that when Whitney decided to become a member of the Peary party half a dozen other wealthy clubmen agreed to take the trip. There was no individual scheme on his part to join in the dash for the pole, but an agreement reached by clubmen, probably in a New York club, after tales of previous adventures had been exchanged and the view taken that the world seemed to be growing tame. Frank Carnegie was one of the party who agreed to take part in the expedition. He is a nephew of Andrew Carnegie and his plans were vetoed as soon as they were mentioned at home. Indeed, a veto was uttered upon all those of the party except Whitney, whose step-mother's wish did not dissuade him from his scheme. Whitney left on the Roosevelt, which sailed from New Bedford July 9, 1908. He went to New Bedford some time before the party left there and had two neat power boats built there of M. Harry Whitney. whale boat model, which he presented to Peary as part of the expedition's equipment. Whitney is a perfect specimen of the clubman-sportsman. His father, the late Stephen Whitney, was another such, and was known in New York and New Haven clubs as "a thoroughbred." Harry Whitney is the elder of the two sons of Stephen Whitney, and has two sisters older than himself. His younger half-brother is Stephen Whitney. Harry's mother and Stephen's mother were sisters and the daughters of the late Bradish Johnson of New York city and Long Island. Mr. Johnson was a clubman and country gentleman of prominence and wealth, and much of his property was left to Harry and to Harry's step-brother. Both Harry's father and mother are dead. Harry Whitney did not care to go to college, but on leaving the high school decided to learn the copper manufacturing business. He spent three years in factories in Ansonia, Conn., and then decided that he did not like the steady confinement of the work. Canceling the idea of managing an Australian sheep ranch, he made careful preparations for the venture and sailed from New York city for Australia, where he purchased a ranch. This business was well started when a severe drought killed the sheep and Whitney abandoned the plan and came home. His love for ranching and open-air life remained, however, and he purchased an Arizona ranch, where he has remained a couple of months each year. He had a narrow escape from death in a peculiar manner while on his Arizona ranch a few years ago. He was riding on a mustang when an insect flew into his ear. He need every means to dislodge the creature, whose presence created excruciating pain. Tucson, the nearest place where a surgeon might be found, was 100 miles away, but he headed for it and rode at top speed. When he reshaped Tucson he was raving mad and was stopped for an insane man. His fate would have been uncertain but for an Elsa' pin that he wore. Prominent officers of that order interested themselves in his case and he was taken to St. Mary's hospital in that city, where the physicians found out his trouble and relieved him of the insect. In his physique Harry Whitney is slight. He is unusually tall, although a little stoop prevents this characteristic from being too evident. His face, from exposure to the weather, is as ruddy as a sea captain's, and a light drooping mustache covers his mouth. --- The Week in Society Master Clide McDuffie, of No.1530 15th street northwest, after a pleasant visit to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. McDuffie, during the holiday season, left the city last evening, to resume his studies in one of the leading colleges in Massachusetts. Master Ray Waller, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been visiting this city during the holiday season. He was the recipient of much social attention. He left for home last Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Smith, of Troy, Pa. and their son, Mr. J. V. Smith, of Philadelphia, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Scurlock during the holidays. Mrs. Smith will remain for some weeks longer. The good people of Shiloh Baptist Church presented their pastor, Rev. Dr. Waldron with a substantial Christmas gift in the shape of a seventy-five dollar suit of clothes. Miss Effie Ternent, of Washington, D. C., spent the holidays with her parents in Lonaconing, Md. Mr. Andrew Rank, of this city visited his parents in Lonaconing, Md. last week. Miss Florence Thomas, of Washington, D. C., spent last week in Lonaconing, Md. Miss Orrie B. Bond, who visited her parents in the city during the Christmas holidays, has returned to Durham, N. C. Mrs. Maude Cuney Hare, of New York entertained on Christmas night in honor of her brother, Mr. Lloyd Cuney, of Washington, D. C. Mr. J. Hyland Hayes, of the University of Pennsylvania, spent the holidays with his parents in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Agnes Mason, of New York, spent the holidays with relatives in this city. Miss Ford of Atlantic City, visited friends in Washington during the holidays. Miss Cornelia Knight, who spent the holidays in Washington, D. C., has returned to her home in Newport News, Va. Miss Edith May Easter, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Mary Hunter of this city visited her parents in Newport News, Va., during the holidays. Mrs. Nelson, of Richmond, Va., is visiting friends in Washington, D. C. After a pleasant stay with relatives in this city, Miss Lillie Burke has returned to Downingtown, Pa., where she is a teacher. Miss Marjorie McGuinor, of Washington, D. C., was the recipient of many receptions, on the recent visit to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Miss Marion T. Scott, of 903 G street, n. c. who has been quite sick, is out again. Mr. Moore of Richmond, Va., visited friends in Washington, D. C., last week. Mr. Peterson, of New York visited his parents in this city last week. Miss Anna Vanderharp, formerly from Gayhead, Mass., now a teacher of drawing in the Baltimore High School, spent an enjoyable holiday in our town. Mr. James T. King, of Cambridge, Mass., slipped into town New Year's Eve night,' and was Mr. M. C. Hayes' guest at early New Year's breakfast. Mr. Noah D. Thompson, of Chicago, Ill., is the guest of Hon. W. L. Houston in Washington, D. C. Mr. Richard Venning, of Washington, D. C. spent the holidays in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Lee Collins and two children, of Washington, D. C., are the guest of their cousin, Mrs. Charles Poarch, in Newport News, Va. Miss Hattie Xyles, of this city, spent the holidays in Richmond, Va. Mr. James Ragland, of this city, visited Newport News, Va., last week. Messrs. Numa P. G. Adams, Dagler and M. A. Morrison, of Howard University visited Richmond, Va., last week. Dr. R. M. Lynn, of this city visited friends in Richmond and Manchester, Va., the holidays. Miss Mary Weber of Atlantic City spent a few days with Mrs. Lena Watts, in Washington. Miss Patterson formerly of this city, but now teaching in Gainsville, Texas, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Wood in Austin, Texas. Miss Mary S. Conner, who has been in Washington, D.C., for several months, has returned to her home in Portsmouth, Va. Mr. W. B. Anderson, of this city, spent the holidays in Portsmouth, Va., with his parents. Mrs. Henrietta Chiles, of this city visited Richmond, Va., last week. Miss Rosa Childs, of this city, spent a pleasant holiday in Philadelphia. Mrs. Henry Minton, of this city, spent the holidays in Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Eppil Simmons, of Washington, D. C., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harrison, in Philadelphia, Pa., last week. Mrs. E. Stevens of Skanateles, N. J., is visiting froieds in this city. Mr. Samuel A. Woodruff of Philadelphia, Pa., was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Caroline Reynolds, at 1210 You street, n. w., for the holidays. Mrs. Lucretia Kelly, of this city, is the guest of her daughter, Madam Jeanne Armstrong, in Philadelphia, Pa., last week. Messrs. Walter Jackson and Herbert A. Allen, of Howard University, have returned to this city after a pleasant holiday to Mr. Allen's home in Richmond, Va. Mr. Russell T. Walker, who has been visiting relative and friends in Richmond, Va., during the holidays has returned tq Howard University. Attorney James H. Ricks, who has been seriously ill, is able to be out again and resume his practice. Mr. James Jones of Summerville, N. J., brother of Attorney Thomas L. Jones, has been the guest of his brother for two weeks. He returned to his home this week. Miss Clarice Jones, daughter of Mr. T. L. and Mary E. Jones spent the holidays with her parents. She returned to her school Monday. ST. LUKE RECEPTION The St. Luke's of Washington, D. C., received their many friends last Saturday from 5 to 10 p. m., at the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Snelsons' 2202 14th street, n. w. Among those who received were: Madames Bessie Anderson, Agnes Mason, of N. Y., A. Cooper, Tibbs, Ella Anderson; Misses Jessie C. Mason, Maggie B. Penn, and Harrod; Madames Grace Early, Lucy Blagburn, Scott, Julia Hayes, Johnson Reynolds, and Adams, Rev. A. C. Garner, and Mr. M. M. Pearce. The gowns worn by these ladies were handsome. Mrs. Lizzie Snelson presented the callers. The music was charmingly furnished by Mr. E. Phillips, piano. Miss Garner, violin, Mrs. Knight, piano and Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Jr. cornet Among some of the callers were: Prof. J. T. Layton, Hon. W. T. Vernon, The Amphion Glee Club, Dr. Morse, Curtis, Gray, Messrs. Taylor, Lankford, Edwards, Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Mr. and Mrss. Buckner, Miss Mitchell, Mrs, P. Pope and others Refreshments were served in the spacious dining room by a committee. Solos by Prof. Layton and Miss B. Mason. REV. BROOKS One of the largest congregations that has ever assembled in the 19th Street Baptist Church was last Sabbath morning when Rev. Walter H. Brooks advanced to the pulpit and spoke in a manner that electricified his hearers. It was a sermon long to be remembered. Never before in the history of that church was ever such a sermon delivered. As a speaker Rev. Brooks' equal cannot be found. Without a manuscript or notes, for one hour, this eloquent divine related, gospel truths. PRINCE HALL CHAPTER. ORDER EASTERN STAR The eleventh anniversary of the Prince Hall Chapter, No. 12, Order of the Eastern Star, was celebrated at Middleton's New Auditorium Hall Eighth street southeast, on Thursday evening, December 30th. The occasion partook more of the nature of a reunion of the members than an anniversary. Provision had been made for about three hundred and twenty-five persons, embracing the membership and personal friends. No one was admitted save by a formal card, which entitled the holder thereof to supper, which was served a la buffet by a competent corps of "officials," who had been "enlusted" for the occasion. A program of music embracing twenty selections was furnished by the Monumental Orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Charles Hamilton. The lady members of the Chapter were attired in most beautiful costumes, and the gentlemen in full dress. The Chapter is in a most flourishing condition both numerically and financially. It was formerly organized in 1898 by Mrs. Annie M. Johnson, its first Matron, at her then residence, 1739 K street northwest, since which time it has continued to grow in usefulness and influence in this Masonic jurisdiction. A very pleasant episode during the evening was the presentation of a beautiful, gold-engraved charm attached to a handsome black silk fob to Past Patron J. A. Johnson; by Honored Lady Katie Wood Harris, on behalf of the Chapter. The following named committee was responsible for this most enjoyable and elegant affair: Honored Lady Aurelia Howe, chairman; Honored Ladies Annie M. Johnson, Katie Wood Harris, Bertha Saunders, Eva B. Lucas, Celia Smith, Daisy Watson, Marion T. Payne, Alice M. Lucas, Mamie Broidie, Sarah Lemos, Alberta Brooks, Sir Knights Jerome A. Johnson and Walter J. Abrams. The hall was most beautifully and artistically decorated by Jacobs. Miss Florence A. Dickerson is the present Royal Matron, and Sir Kt. Charles L. Harris is the Royal Patron of this most efficient and influential Masonic organization. A WORTHY COMPLIMENT From the Century Magazine Maxwell Haysonn is one of the most discriminating, if indeed not the leading critic among the scholarly colored men of New England. He is formerly of Washington, D.C., and his early educational advantages have complemented natural ability of a high order. As a poet, lecturer and essayist his work has justly won a high meed of praise. Few essays have appeared dealing with the Negro as a poet that will compare with Mr. Hayson's Dr. E. D. Williston left the city this week for North Carolina, on account of his serious illness of his mother. The doctor has the sympathy of a large number of friends and The Bee. Attorney L. M. King will leave the city next week to attend a conference of representative Pythians looking to a consolidation of the two organizations. Read The Bee. 1 SOUTHERN BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL AND PARLORS TRACH AND DO THE FOLLOWING WOR Hair dressing, treatment of the hair, straight- ening, shampooing, medical scalp treatment, manicuring, chitropody and face massage. All kinds of toilet and hair goods on sale. Southern Beauty, allure Hair Grower on sale 25 and 50 cents a box. Call 1730 14th st. n.w. Upstairs. Phone North 3495 Cheap! Quick! Artist! Triangle Printing Company, 121: Florida Avenue, Northwest. Tele- phone, North 2002-M. Job Printing of every description Tickets, Programs, Circulars, Phcards, Letter-heads, Bill-heads, Statements, Business and Visiting Cards, Invitations, Pamphlets, etc., a specialty. W. Calvin. Chase, Jr. and Company. NO PLACE FOR HAUGHTY MAN A haughty citizen once strolled into the supreme court at Washington when an argument was being heard and took a seat in the inclosure reserved for lawyers. After he had been there a few minutes an attendant came over and asked him: "Are you a member of the bar?" The haughty person wasn't, but he took out his card with a flourish and handed it over. The attendant received the card gravely, carried it to the clerk, who glanced at it and gave some instructions. A moment later the haughty citizen was touched on the shoulder and asked to retire. "Why? he asked. "I sent up my card. It usually gives me a seat in any court in the land." "Certainly," said the attendant: "but please retire." The haughty citizen did retire. When he got out in the corridor he fumed and fussed a bit. "Sir," admonished the aged negro at the door, who has been there for many years. "think it over. Don't do no persuasion' 'bout that co'. If you should git it to contempt of them you ain't got nobody to appeal to but God."-Saturday Evening Post. She Lives In Louisville. A young woman whose name is—whose name is—well, if you can guess it, is something like—never mind what her name is—startled everybody within a certain block on Fourth avenue the other day. She proved then that she doesn't believe in hiding her light under a bushel, especially when it is needed by the other fellow. A car was nearing a corner, and a man was dashing madly down a cross-street in an effort to nab it before it salled by. It looked as though he would miss it, though, and then it was that the girl placed her fingers to her lips and blew a shrill blast that Peter Pan would have delighted in, and which is given only to the elect to produce. The car stopped. The fatigued runner clambered aboard, turning once to bow his thanks to the laughing damsel.—Loulsyille Courier-Journal. False Doctrine. The late Dr. Theodore Wolf, professor of chemistry at Delaware college, set officeholders a rare example of unselfishness by having his fees as state chemist greatly reduced on the ground that they were exorbitant. "Dr. Wolf," said a Newark man, "was a delightful lecturer. I often dropped into the college to hear him. I'll never forget one of his lectures on quack medicines. "He told us about an early patient of his, a man who dosed himself with about a half-peck of pills and two or three gallons of quack medicine every week. "There was nothing the matter with the fool, but all this silly medicine swilling, and Dr. Wolf told him so, but it did no good. "Then Dr. Wolf appealed to the man's wife to stop him, but she declared that it couldn't be done. She had quoted at him, again and again, she said, the verse in the liturgy that pointed out his sin, and— "But where," interrupted Dr. Wolf, bewildered, where does the liturgy say anything against taking quick medicine?" 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 Our new method of selling homefurnishings gives the customer pro other store, and does av able feature of the old-f It enables people to to have them when they We have simplified til you have only to te goods charged, and say week or month. No money is require you sign no contract, le We know that our favorably with the best they're marked in plain Every article carri will prove just right, or to you. 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THE LARGEST AND IN THIS COUNTRY. 315 ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE LENCE. MODERATE PRICN COMPETE. GREATEST G. PHONE, MAIN 274. ch Houses AGE LIGHTER COLORED Lincoln Memorial Building Co. IT IS THE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION FIRST OFFERING $100,000 OF STOCK AT PAR $10.00 PER SHARE To be paid for on the Easy Payment Plan $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 WASHINGTON 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%8 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 Paid Lincoln Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., N. W., Washington, D. 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 number my first payment. Name..... Street.... City.... Resistance for First Payment W., Washington, D. C. as first payment on .....shares of following 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 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... CAPITAL, $400,000 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 LINCOLN 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. DR. SAMUEL G. ELBERT, 1st V.-President Physician Wilmington, Del. GEORGE F. COLLINS, Counsel Attorney Washington, D. C. WILLIAM A. Secretary Laborers Wash. DR. L. H. SINGLETON, Auditor Pharmacist Washington, D. C. S. H. BOLLING Contractor and Builder Lynchburg, Va. JOHN President Laborers Wash. ADVISOR George W. Robin DR. L. H. SINGLETON, Auditor Pharmacist Washington, D. C. ington, D. C. W. R. Williams.....Washingts AMATION ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEG Not one dollar of white capital will PATION PROCESS Front Elevation CE AND THEATRE BUILDING GTON, D. C. PROCLAM This day will remain NOW. pays 20 per worth $4 share of as railroad in value, ing Company. The first is being ment with it will s urged to tunity to floor as are. The O men of s you are through Their They have Company earned m vest YO NG DCN'T The p able $r.c months 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 9-10 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 retnrn mail, free of ch It is understood that there is no obligation on me Name ... Street Tear off and mail for Free Prospect Company, Love., Washington, D. C. ertisement and desire further informs mrn mail, free of charge, prospectus or is no obligation on my part whatsoever Name Street City ... Lincoln Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: 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. · OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS W. SIDNEY PITTMAN, President. Architect Washington, D. C. WILLIAM A. BOWIE, Secretary Secretary Laborers' Building and Loan Ass'n Washington, D. C. JOHN W. LEWIS President Laborers" Building and Zoan Ass'n Washington, D. C. ADVISORY BOARD ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEGRO. 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 meeting $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. DCNT 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. Before you lay this paper down cut out the coupon on the lefthand corner of this page and mail to-day, with remittance for first payment, if for but one share of stock. We shall be glad at all times to give you any further information desired, and again invite you to join us in this enterprise. SAMUEL W. RUTHERFORD 24 V. Manager National Benefit Association Washington, D. C. DR. CHAS. H. MARSHALL, Transwer Physician Washington, D. C. GEORGE W. ROBINSON Merchant Washington, D. C. Robert Mattingly.....Washington, D. C R. H. Merchant.....Lynchburg, Va. Zeph. R. Moore.....Washington, D. C Dr. J. W. Morse.....Washington, D. C J. W. Nimocks.....Meridian, M. C R. W. Pearson.....Ashwille, M. C F. A. Roman.....Washington, D. C R. W. Thompson.....Washington, D. C Wm. H. Watts.....Washington, D. C W. R. Williams.....Washington, D. C DO IT NOW. RICHARDSON and POLLARD SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS 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, 1900. 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Sadie M. Bradford, Complainant, vs Eugene Bradford and Mamie Ghose Defendants. 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 23d 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. A true copy. J. R. Young, clerk, by F. T. Cunningham, assistant clerk. ZEPH P. MOORE, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding Probate Court. Estate of Archie Ellis, Deceased. 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: Job Barnard, Justice. James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk • of the Prob'te Court. Zeph P. Moore, Attorney. 1836 9th street, northwest. Choice second floor, 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!$16 FOR RENT FURNISHED. Large, cheerful front room with large closet, southern exposure in congenial family, in best section of the city. Gas, steam heat, three windows, tiled bath, cabinet mantel, etc. By-to-date in every respect. Must be seen to be appreciated. E. MURRAY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONS. OYSTERS IN SEASON. 1216 YOU STREET, NORTHWEST. PHONE NORTH 988 POSED ASTHE QUEEN Wisconsin Girl Original for Painting of Alexandra. Evelyn May Converse, Playing Model, Met Artist, Who Kept Her Arrayed in Royal Finery Until Picture Was Finished. New York.—When the loyal and honest Britishers pay homage of heart to the pictured Alexandra at the coronation—from the brush of Edwin R. Abbey, R. A.—it is only to their queen's head and face. The rounded arms, the well poised neck, the stately, patriican carriage of the figure are another—the secret is out now. Miss Evelyn Converse, an American girl from Wisconsin at that, posed as Queen Alexandra. for Mr. Abbey's great painting, "The Coronation of Edward VIII." Miss Converse hasn't sat on the royal throne, but she has worn the coronation robes. She has never been presented at court, but she has come and gone at Buckingham palace as if born to the purple. She was never proclaimed queen in Westminster, but there she is in the picture. The king himself ordered the painting to be hung on the walls of Buckingham palace. He posed; the queen posed; all the important personages who were nearest to their majesties on that august occasion faced Mr. Abbey for their portions of the picture. But for two years the great work was held up because there was no suitable model in England. "For two years I've waited for you," said Mr. Abbey when he met Miss Converse. He knew he had found the model he wanted—the rest was only a matter of course. Who that could do it would refuse to pose for her majesty, consort of Edward VII., and wear her robes and jewels? Strangely enough, Miss Converse isn't a professional model at all. She comes from Eau Claire, Wis., where her father, Henry Edward Converse, is a successful up-to-date American . Miss Evelyn May Converse. business man. He went there from New York and took a hand in mining and timber and made good. There is sturdy New England stock in Miss Converse, too—on her family tree is the name of Oliver Wendell Holmes. It all happened just because -Miss Converse fell in love and played model for her fance, a painter prince -Ematou Bey, son of a Russian nobleman and a French countess, who adopted Egypt as their country, where Ematou Pasha is one of its foremost men. When she was 16 Miss Converse left Eau Claire and went abroad with some cousins to study. She stayed in Paris several years, studying French and music, and hoping that perhaps some day she might go into grand opera. Then she went to England, and at Cambridge she met Ematoum Bey, who had been to the 'varsity there and rowed in one of the crews. He had taken up painting—and he fell in love with Miss Converse. They became engaged And what could be prettier on canvas than the fiancee's shall pink skin and her dusky black hair and her eyes that are sometimes black and sometimes blue and sometimes gray? And those arms, so exquisitely modeled! Well, George Story, the artist, saw the throat and arms and shoulders at a reception at the American embassy. "Just one sitting," he begged of the beautiful American girl, and when she told her flance of this he said: "It's a very great honor from such a painter—by all means pose for him." They got along famously, and one day Mr. Story ventured to suggest that Mr. Abbey might want her for some of his next pictures. Miss Converse laughed merrily—the idea that such an artist, one of the two Americans in the Royal Academy, should want to paint her! "Why, there are plenty of other girls who will do quite as well," she went on, protesting. And now we get to the point where the pretty American girl was asked to wear Queen Alexandra's coronation robes. Miss Converse called on Mr. Abbey. As she tells it: "He smiled and just looked at me hard, hard, for about a minute. Then he asked me if I would mind taking off my glove, that he might see my hand. I said, Yes, I'll do it," and then—why, he just said that if my arms were like that he'd most certainly want me for a very important ploture he was painting. "And that very day I put on Queen Alexandra's robes and he began to masket me in the picture." ANCIENT MEXICAN CHURCH Here First Clearing-House Certificates Were Issued and First Counterfeiting Was Done. City of Mexico.—The ancient Church of Landin, one mile west of Saltillo, Mexico, is fast crumbling to ruins. It has a history that is in some respects the most remarkable of any church edifice on the continent. It was erected in 1532 by a devout priest of the Roman Catholic church, who was sent among the Indians of Spain's new possessions to convert them to the religion which had been brought across the sea by Cortez and his followers. The priest soon surrounded ```markdown ``` Ruins of Church of Landin in Mexico. the church with a colony of Spaniards and Indians. They went through a period of great privation on account of crop failures and the losses of their live stock by an epidemic of disease. A store of food supplies was sent to their relief from the City of Mexico, and the priest received permission direct from the king of Spain to establish a crude mint for coining copper money for the relief of the financial condition of the colony. These coins were cut in triangular shape and were issued to the Indians and members of the colony with the promise that they would be redeemed, coin for coin, by the government when the settlement became prosperous. These copper pieces were perhaps the first clearing-house certificates ever issued. The Indians, however, brought the financial relief scheme to a sudden end by counterfeiting great numbers of the copper pieces, which they presented for redemption. The priest became alarmed at the unlawful inflation of his circulating medium and fled from the country to avoid possible punishment at the hands of the government. In after years the parish of this ancient church established a copper smelter and engaged in mining and smelting copper ore on a large scale. The slag pile of this ancient smelter was found not far from the church a few years ago and the smelter at Saltillo bought and treated the slag at a good profit. An American contractor who built a railroad near the church made the owner of the property an offer of $1,000 for the corner-stone in the building. It is said to contain ancient relics of almost priceless value. The offer was refused. At present the interior of this church is used as a corral for goats. RETIRES FROM ACTIVE WORK Senator Nixon of Nevada Disposes of Vast Mining Interests in the West. Washington. — Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada, said to be worth $20,000,000, has disposed of his vast mining interests in the west and has retired from active mining operations. Senator Nixon began life as a telegraph operator. He served as a mem- J. Senator George S. Nixon. ber of the Nevada legislature in 1897 and was elected to the United States senate in 1905. His term of office will expire March 3, 1911. He recently completed the handsomest home in Nevada, costing $500,000. He was prominently connected with the tariff bill passed at the recent special session of congress. It will be a great satisfaction to those who are fighting for the preservation of the Adrondack forests to learn that the first two of the oil-burning locomotives to be used have proved signal successes. The only complaint against them is based upon the rapidity with which oil makes steam, but this is hardly a serious difficulty. If this reform can reduce the number of fires by 30 per cent, as is expected, it will prove the most effective means yet devised to prevent the devastation of the north woods by fires.—Troy (N. Y.) Record. ChiantiStraveccchio A FAMOUS RED WINE FROM ITALY 75c per bottle 40c per half bottle Christian Xander's The Family Quality House 909 7th St No branch houses Phone M. 274 CHAS H. JAVINS & SONS, ...FISH... Poultry and Oyster Dealers, 930 C Street, Northwest, and Center Market, Phone, Main 4480 Washington, D. C. BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, GUNS, MECHANICAL TOOLS, LADIES' AND GENTS' WEARING APPARAL OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND FINE BOOTS AND SHOES 491 Penn, ave., N. W. OUR 24.50 AND 25 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT WM. MORBLAND, PROP. 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Solid Mahogany for making generations of the fact that little in val signs have been ductions on the factories, of Mahogan ing out new de-orately carved and some of very highest light traces of Making, will our show floors.want. real b will benefit our grade of Fu offering these the hair, because the comb is never heated. The steel heat put into the flame of the alcohol or gas heater. Descended from the heating bar, then, after the bar is beamed and held by a turn of the handle, is held for curling irons, has a cover and can be carried in a 100. Magic Alcohol Heater $0.50. Liberal terms to agents. Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota. CREDIT ACTIONS reductions now, rather than wait MOGANY until trade is duller. FURIE. Solid Mahogany lasts through making generations and depreciates very fact that little in value. Our special reserve been ductions on the highest grades factories, of Mahogany Furniture, in elab-new de-orately carved designs of the some of very highest grade of Cabinet traces of Making, will interest those who new floors, want. real bargains in the best benefit our grade of Furniture that is made.ing these SOME BIG REDUCTIONS reductions now, rather than want ON. SOLID MAHOGANY until trade is duller. BEDROOM FURNITURE. Solid Mahogany lasts through Our only reason for making generations and depreciates very such reductions is the fact that little in value. Our special res some of these designs have been ductions on the highest grades discontinued by the factories, of Mahogany Furniture, in elab which must bring out new de-orately carved designs of the signs each year, and some of very highest grade of Cabinat the pieces show slight traces of Making, will interest those who having been on our show floors. want. real bargains in the best We believe we will benefit our grade of Furniture that is made. customers more by offering these WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF HOUSE & I Seventh and I (Bye M. HEN Restaurant, 216 Ninth Street, best beers and whiskies. Find When you are at the Center WM. CA 1225 and 1227 7th Street, north. Sole distributor of Old Puri One of the leading houses in JOHN J. KENNY Wines, Liquors, and Cigars E & HER Seventh and I (Eye) Streets, N. HENNE 5 Ninth Street,northwest. whiskies. Fine lunch and at the Center Market call I. CAN nth Street, north. Phone, No tor of Old Purisima Whis leading houses in the city. & HERRMANN and I (Eye) Streets, N. W. ENNESSY nth Street, northwest. It is the place to get es. Finelunch and dinner daily. the Center Market call on Mr. Hennesey. CANNON et, north. Phone, North 528. Old Purisima Whiskey. houses in the city. Don't fail to call. HOUSE & HERRMANN M. HENNESSY Restaurant, 216 Ninth Street,northwest. It is the place to get best beers and whiskies. Finelunch and dinner daily. When you are at the Center Market call on Mr. Hennessy. WM. CANNON 1225 and 1227 7th Street, north. Phone, North 528. Sole distributor of Old Purisima Whiskey. One of the leading houses in the city. Don't fail to call. Cigars before you leaving is at 6am near the Just the place to visit before you take the boat, or after leaving the boat. This place is at 620 11th street, southwest, near the river. ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 4th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 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