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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. That the man who preferred charges against Judges Terrell is name Dennis. Italian Civil Engineer Invents the "Peophograph" to Foll Ballot Box Stuffers. Rome.—European ballot box stuffers, who are as expert as any of Boas Tweed's henchmen ever were in the palmest days of corruption in New York politics, soon will find their occupation gone. An Italian civil engineer, Signor Gogiano, has invented a voting machine which, it is claimed, is absolutely ungetatable" and incorruptible. He calls this invention the peophograph. 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. Davis, 100 BORN CLAIRVOYANT AND CARD READER TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS. 1228 25th St. N.W., Washington, D. G. Gives Luck to All. N. B.—No letors answered unless accompanied by stamp. N. B.—Mention The Bee IF YOU WANT A MARK TO BOARD ADVERTISE Go to HOLMES' HOTEL, No. 333 Virginia Ave., S.W. Best Afro-American Assocmation in the District. FUROPEAN AND AMERI- LAN PLAN. Good Rooms and Lodging, 50, 75c. and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give as a Call James Otoway Holmes, Prop. Washington, D. C. 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PUBLISHED AT 1104 Eye St., N. W., Washington. D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1860. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$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. Thee =i wees fase Deal. wen ed oii eS Cae FE pou cl Qo UE BE eee Wi ‘ eos yi Ra Ee [> INA Nr aae | Shas 8 Tn ee : + Raps poe o_O Ee ee ¥5th strect northwest, alter a. pleas-. ant 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 col- leges 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 atten- tion) He left for home last Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. J, B. Smith, of Troy, Pas and their son, Mr. J. V. Smith, of Phila- delphia, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. H.C. Scurlock during the holidays. Mr. Smith will remain for some weeke longer. The good people of Shiloh Bap- tist 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 Washing- ton, D. C, spent the holidays with her parents in Lonaconing, Md.” Mir. Andrew Rank, of this city visited his parents in Lonaconing, Md. last week. Miss Florence Thomas, of Wash: ington, D. C., spent last week in Lonaconing, Md. 7 Wiss Orrie B. Bond, who visited her parents in the city during the Christmas holidays, has returned te Durham, N. C. Mrs. Maude Cuney Hare, o} New York entertained on Christ- mas night in honor of her brother Mr. Lloyd Cuney, of Washington D.C - ‘Mr. J. Hyland Hayes, of the University of Pennsylvania, spén the holidays with his - parents . i Washington, D. C. drs. Agnes Mason, of - Nev York, spent the holidays with rela tives in this city: . Miss Ford of Atlantic City, visit ed friends in Washington during th holidays, i Miss Cornelia Knight, who spen the holidays in Washington, D. C has returned to her home in New port News, Va. Miss Edith May Easter, accom panied by her aunt, Mrs, Mar Hunter of this city visited her par ents in Newport News, Va., durin: the: holidays. Mrs, Nelson, of Richmond, Va is visiting friends in Washingtor DC , After.a pleasant stay with rela tives in this city, Miss Lillie Burk kas returned to Downingtown, Pa where she is a teacher. Miss Marjorie McGuinor, © Washington, D. C., was the recipi ent of many receptions, on the re cent visit to Philadelphia and A lantic City. . Miss Marion T.° Scott, of 903 | "street, n. ¢, who has been quite sic! is out again. i Mr. Moore of Richmond, Va visited friends in Washington, I C., last week. "Mr, Peterson, of New York visi ed his parents in this city last wee Miss Anna Vanderharp, forme! ly from Gayhead, Mass. now teacher of drawing in the Baltimot High School, spent an enjoyab holiday in our town. Mr. James T. King, of Cambridg Mass., slipped into town New Year Eve night,’ and was -Mr. M. Hayes’ guest at early New Yea breakfast. Mr. Noah D. Thompson, of Chic go, Ill, is the guest of Hon. W. | * Houston in Washington, D, C. Mr. Richard Venning, of Was ington, ‘D. C. spent the holidays Philadelphia, Pa. “Mrs. Lee Collins and two ch dren, of Washington, D. C.,, are t guest of their cousin, Mrs. Char! Poarch, in Newport~News, Va, Miss Hattie Xyles, of this ci spent the holidays in Richmond, ‘\ Mr, James Ragland, of this ci SOFIA CE WENT COR NES: visited Newport News, Va., last week. Messrs. Numa P, G, Adams, Dag- ler and M, A. Morrison, of How- ard University visited Richmond, Va., last week. Dr. R. M, Lynn, of this city visit- ed friends in Richmond and Man- chester, Va. the holidays. " * Mr, Leland Marshall, a student of Howard University, was the guest of Mr. LeRoy Howard, of Harris- burg, Pa., during the Christmas hoh- days. . 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 sev- eral 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, i Mr. J. Gerald Tyler, “the noted pianist and teacher, formerly o: Washington, D, C., and brother of Hon: Ralph Tyler, was married te Miss Ray Campbell in St. Louis Mo., on Wednesday, December 29. Miss Rosa Childs, of this city, spent a pleasant holiday in Phila. delphia. Mrs. Henry Minton, of this city spent the holidays in Philadelphia Pa. . Miss Eppil Simmons, of Wash ington, D. C., was the guest of Mr in Mrs. Chas. Harrison, in Phil adelphia, Pa last week. Mrs, E, Stevens of Skanateles, N J., is visiting froieds in this city. Mr. Samuel A. Woodruff of Phil adelphia, Pa., was. the guest of hi sister, Mrs. Caroline Reynolds, a t2i0 You street, n. w., for the holi days. Mrs. Lucretia Kelly, of ‘this city is the guest of her daughter, Ma dam Jeanne Armstrong, in Philadel phia, Pa. last week, Messrs. Walter Jackson and Her bert A, Allen, of Howard Univer |sity, have returned to this city af ter a pleasant holiday to Mr, Allen’ home in Richmond, Va. { Myr. Russell T. Walker, who ha {been visiting relative and frientd {in Richmond, Va, during the holi days has returned tq Howard Uni versity. + | Attorney James H. Ricks, wh .{has been seriously ill, is ‘able to L sJout again and resume his practic Mr. James Jones of Summervill ;}N. J., brother of Attorney Thomas 1 Jones, has been the guest of h brother for two weeks. He returne ,|to his home this week, | Miss Clarice Jones, daughter < Mr. T. L. and Mary E. Jones sper -)the holidays with her parents. St "| 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 Snel- sons" 2202 14th street, n. w. Among those who received were: Madames Bessie Anderson, Agne: Mason, of N. ¥., A. Cooper, Tibbs Ella. Anderson; Misses Jessie C. Mason, ‘Maggie B. Penn, and Har- tod; Madames Grace Early, Lucy Blagburn, Scott, Julia Hayes, John: son Reynolds, and Adams, Rev. A C. Garner, and Mr. M. M, Pearce The gowns wor by these ladie were handsome. Mrs. Lizzie Snelson presente the callers. 4 ‘The music was charmingly furnish ed by Mr. E. Phillips, piano. Mis: Garner, violin, Mrs. Knight, pian and Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., ormet * é 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 com- ‘mittee, 7 | Solos by Prof. Layton and Miss B. Mason = | REV. BROOKS One ot the largest congregations that has ever assembled in the 19th Street Baptist Church was last Sab- bath morning when Rev. Walter -H. Brooks advanted to the pulpit and spoke in a manner that electric- fet his hearers. It was a sermon long fo be remembered. Never be- fore in the history of that church was ever such a ‘sermon delivered As a speaker Rey. Brooks’ equal cannot be found. Without a manu- scriptgor nates, for one hour, thi: eloquent divine - related | gospe truths. PRINCE HALL CHAPTER, ORDER EASTERN STAF 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 occa- sion 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 for- mal card, which entitled the “holder thereof to supper, which was served a la buffet by a competent corps of “officials,” who had been “enlisted” 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 Chap- ter is in a most flourishing condition both numerically and financially. It was formerly organized in 1898 by Mrs, Annie M. Johnson, its first Ma- tron, at her then residence, 1739 K street northwest, since which time it has continued to grow inguseful- ness and influence in this Masonic jurisdiction. A very pleasant episode during the evening was the presentation of a beautiful, gold-engraved charm at- tached to a handsome black silk fob to Past Patron J. A. Johnson,’ by Honored Lady Katie Wood Harris, ‘on behalf of the Chapter. The fol- lowing named committee was re- sponsible for this most enjoyable and elegant affair: Honored Lady Aurelia Howe, chairman; Honorec Ladies Annie M. Johnson, Katic Wood Harris, Bertha Saunders, Eva B. Lucas, Celia Smith, Daisy Wat- son, Marion T, Payne, Alice M. Lu jcas, Mamie Broidie, Sarah Lemos, Alberta Brooks, Sir Knights Jerome | A. Johrison and “Walter J. Abrams. “The hall was most beautifully an artistically decorated by Jacobs, | Miss Florence A, Dickersongis the present Royal Matron, and Sir Kt | Charles L. Harris is the Royal Pa ‘tron of this most efficient and influ ‘lential Masonic organization. A WORTHY COMPLIMENT’ From the Century Magazine Maxwell Haysonn is one of the most discriminating, ‘if indeed not the leading critié among — the scholarly colored men of New Eng- land. He is formerly of Washing- ton, D.C, and his early education- al 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. deal- ing with the Negro as a poct thai ‘will compare with Mr. Hayson’s |. Dr. E. D. Williston left th city this week for North Caro lina, on account of his serious ill ness of his mother. The docto: has the sympathy of a larg number of friends and The Bee ‘Attorney L. M. King wil leave the city next week to at tend a conference of representa tive Pythians looking to a con )solidation of the two organiza | tions, x i cai Read The Bee. —- ™ x os aoe -popular ot aii The Home of The World popu a 42°) columbia Club ei a, FG2\° 9, THE WHISKY THAT MADE WASHINGTON FAMOUS - ad es a Let me supply you with your Holiday Wines, Fa} ae \ Lh eae Liquors, etc. Phone N, 2499 your orders. Special Be: iG Bu Pane delivery service to any part of the city & oe Ce COLUMBIA CLUB $1.00 FULL QUART BOTTLE ce ‘ Yes COLUMBIA CLUB $1.00 FULL QUART BC ~- SIN Wm. J. Donovan 1528 7th st. N. W. a herd ; . ss ae oe |e oe peed Slee weet eT eR SOUTHERN BEAUry CULTURE SCHOOL AND PARLORS : ‘THAUH AND DO THM FOLLOWING WoR Hair dressing, treatmentof the hair, steaight- ting, shampooing, medical sealp teeatneot, mantcuring, chiropody amd fare teassaeet ‘All kinds of toilet and hair gaods oa sae Southern Beauly. ulture HiaifGrower aa sate 3 and socents a boxe Call 1730 14th st. n.w. Upstairs, ane Phone stern sige Our new method of selling homefurnishings ~ —gives the customer privileges to be had m no other store, and does aeay with disagree- able feature of the old-fashioned credit business. * It enables people to afford nicer things, and to have them when they want them. We have simplified the credit proposition un- til you have only to tell us that you wish the goods charged, and say what you will pay each week or month. No money is required at the time you buy— you sign no contract, lease-or notes. We know that our credit prices compare favorably with the best offers of cash stores— they're marked in plain figures for you to: see. Every article carries our guaranty that it | will prove just right, or we will make it just right | to you. 5 . We have something to give away ! 7b pulimited, supply, of basdeome pacer napkins for use at chureb, cluD or other entertainments Where refreshments are to be sorved. \ ‘We will give them at our stare’or Galtver them to apy address mentioned In « request. Make a note of this for future cscasions. p t Gr an and 80s Co., e er og 817-828 7th 8t. Cheap! Quick! Artistict Triangle Printing Company, 121: Florida Avenue, Northwest. Tele phone, North 2002-M. Job Printing of every «escriptioz Tickets, Programs, Circulars, Phe cards, Letter-heads, Bill-heads, State. ments, Business and Visiting Cards, Invitations, Pamphlets, etc, a spo cialty. W. Calvin. Chase, Jr. and Cor pany. : NO PLACE FOR HAUGHTY MAN Aged Servitor’s Caution Couched with Little Sentiment and Much Senae. A haughty citizen once strolled In- to the supreme court at Washington when an argumest was being heard and took a seat in the inclosure re- served for lawyers. After he had been tire a few minukes 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 recetved the card gravely, carried it to the clerk, who glanced at it and gave some instruc: tlons. ay ‘A moment later the haughty ¢itizen was touched on the shoulder and asked to retire. “Why?” he asked. “I sent up my ‘card. It usually gives me a seat fn any court in the land."_ | “Certainly,” sald the attendant: “but please retire.” The baughty citizen ald retire When he got out In the corridor he fumed and fussed a bit. “Sir,” admonished the nged negro at the door, who bas been there for many years, “think {t over. Don’t dc no persifiagin’ ‘bout that co't. If you should git in contempt of them you an got nobody to appeal to but God."—Saturday Evening Post. @ — RRS - . ; Christmas Beverages BUY YOUR WINES AND TREQUALITY DISTILLATES OF A WINE MERCHANT WHO _ INTI- HOUSE MATELY KNOWS THEIR (NATURE. e e 3 Christian Xander’s “THE LEADING HOUSE IN TOWN. THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCK IN THIS COUNTRY. 315. WINES, DISTILLATES, Etc. ABSOLUTE SGUARANTEB FOR PURITY AND EXCELLENCE. MODERATE PRIG ES. NO-OTHER HOUSE CAN COMPETE. GREATEST ADVANTAGES FOR BUYING. : HOLIDAY BEVERAGES go9 SEVENTH STREET. PHONE, MAIN 275. = Branch Houses She Lives In Loulsville. A young woman whose name {s— whose name {s—well, {f you can guess ft, 1s something Wke—never mind what her name {s—startled everybody within a certain block on Fourth sve nue the other day. She préved then that she doesn’t belleve In hiding her light under a bushel, especially when it is needed by the other fellow. A car was nearing a corner, and 2 man was dashing madly down a cross- strect 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 Ip, and which Is given only to the elect t- produce. The car stopped. The fatigued run ner clambered aboard, turning once t bow his thanks to the laughing dam gel.—Loulsyille Courler-Journal. NT eee Be aspen he a si False Doctrine. The late Dr. Theodore Wolf, pro fessor of chemlstry at Delaware col- lege, set officeholders a rare example of unselfishness by having his fees as state chemist greagly reduced on the ground that they were exorbitant. “Dr. Wolf.” sald a Newark man, “was a delightful lecturer. I often dropped into the college to hear him. TU 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 2 half-peck of pilis 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 Ht did no good. ‘ “Then Dr. Wolf appealed to the man’s wife to stop him, but she de ;elared that it couldn't be done. She ‘bad quoted at him, again and again, jahe sald, the verse in the liturgy tha! (pointed out his sin, and— 1 “But where, interrupted Dr (Wolf, bewildered, ‘where does the lt oray’ say anything against taking ‘quack medicine?’ jan SEND 10c FOR SAMPLE OF WONDER HAIR GROW ANOTHER 10¢ FOR 2 SAMPLES OF COMPLEXION WONDER “These samples and out information book and the private leters we will write to 30% will shew yea how th have all theseienprovements. We cannot overcome nature, but a# far as your individval charscteritica will permit, we can make you preposscssing, preseatable and attractive. The edi- tore of colored newspapers will tell you we are responsible, We are doing more for colored people than any business concern in this country. Out mission is nota lofty one like that of Dr. Booker ‘Washington, but in our way, we are trying to do for their bodies, what he is doizg for their minds. “That Company enables people, white or colored, toimprove their appear We Represent ance. People, whe beve yood appearance and who are preposseasina aad The Chemical preecatable, secure beater positions commercially and socially and get Wonder along better every way. * POND, WITHOUT CHAR Company of BEY BR ELAR TARE COLORED WOMEN WHO TARE INAL APPEARANCE AND New York PERE GAMER OF DECOVERIES WHICH WILL BENEFIT THEM a tu SEND 28 FOR THE THREE SAMPLES IMMEDIATELY oid oesolsa metre eek foe Cee eee: He will bring you letters See We Abie WRITE YOUR NAME AND STREET ADDRESS VERY PLAINLY MB. BERGER & CO., 2 Recter St, New Yerk IT IS THE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ee ¢§ « «x xe, = Lincoln Memorial. B CAPITAL, $400,000) 2 = 7 . FIRST OFFERING jf Zi ¥ \. $100,000 OF STOCK AT PAR hae $1000 PER SHARE = [a Ta be paid for on the Easy Payment A Mery . ke | Meetimntaa oS << \ Vey Why? | Rar adars ean a> iy _ Because. Feanen tage so et et yi cw) I a 7 LN : . 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. a If ali the Negroes in Washington were colon- ized in one place they would make a city larger than Richmond, Virginia. There are seven theatres in Washington, sapported by a white population of 241,923— ard a few foolish Negroes willing to be colon- ized in the galleries, the only place to which the Negro is admitted. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE FIRST- . CLASS OFFICE BUILDING in the city of Washington, where a colored professional or business man or woman, and there are hun- dreds of them in the National Capital, can ob- tain business quarters. . JUST THINK OF IT! 100,000 enterprising, thrifty, intelligent people, through race preju- dice, swept completely out of the business dis- trict of Washington; 100,000 genteel, prosper- ous, amusement loving people deprived of every form of theatrical entertainment unless willing to submit to the most humiliating con-’ ditions. Every colored man and woman IN Wash- ington. 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 SUC- CESS. A THEATRE AND OFFICE BUILDING IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, built by Negroes, for the use of Negroes, is a NECES- SITY. . 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 propor- tion, adequate in every respect to meet the re- quirements of prosperous professional and busi- ness men. . ‘The enterprise is exceptional in two respects: First—It is absolutely safe. Second—It promises enormous possibilities as a moncy 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 BUILD- ING COMPANY has surveyed the field care- folly, and it KNOWS that hundreds of tenants are available for the offices, that dozens of tacrchants are ready to rent the stores, and that 100,000 people are anxious to patronize the theatre exclusively, and make it the best * + Tear.off and mail with your remittance for First Payment Limeoln- Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., N. W., Washington,D. C. Gentlemen: Find inclosed.......ssesessesc2--22--+-0+t-2+e++-Gollars as first paymenton ._.......++++++-Shares of, steck in the Lincoln Memorial Building Company, upon the following terms and conditions: : Firat. 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 parchased on deferred payments that ,the first payment shall not be less than 10 per cent of the porchese Brice. . s F . That my contract of purchase will be issued to me for the number of shares applied for upon my first payment, . NAHG.rcoscrrceecccencé cenerdlEe cee =F 2S ees paying amusement place in America. IT KNOWS ALL THIS AND IT IN- VITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE in an en- terprise 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 558 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. 7 pk Cail nian gt fe ee fe] ee ee VIET wget pARAEIOSS us gg aon? we we, fee Fem Fon, Ten, Se, ae j + . renee “amp tt pes ; ee = “4 |B BB REE BA RBBB | E BBREAB SURE AEEE F cen ee x fom hea ma FS (779 r ac TERE Proposed Front Elevation LINCOLN MEMORIAL OFFICE AND THEATRE BUILDING - . WASHINGTON, D. C. W. SIDNEY PITTMAN, President. Architect Washington, D. C. DR. SAMUEL G. ELBERT, 1st V.-Pres. SAMUEL W, RUTHERFORD, 2d ¥.ctaes, : Physician, : Mamager National Benacht Acsssieen Wilmington, Del. * Washingten, D. GEORGE F. COLLINS, Counsel DR CHAS. H, MARSHALL, Treasersr 7 ‘Attorney Physician, Washington, D. C. : Washington, D. C: WILLIAM A, BOWIER, Secretary : Secretary Laborers” Building ‘and Loan Ass'n Washington, D. C, DR L. H. SINGLETON, Audit: .L. FORBES Pharmacist mene Real! Estate and Loaas Washington, D. C. . Norfolk, Va. “s. H, BOLLING GEORGE W, ROBINSON Contractor and Builder Merchant Lynchburg, Va. Z Washington, D. C JOHN W. LEWIS. President Laborers" Building and Loan Ass'n ® Washington, D. C. ae eee Svewees Dr. Wm. L. Board.. ...Washington, D. C. Hon, John C..Dancy....Washington, D. C. RE, Fraiet.ss..s.ee0++-Pattsburg, Pa. Henry Forrest...... ..-Washington, D. C. BE, Hailstorka,..... Washington, D. C. L. R Henderson...........Hampton, Va. Thomas L. Jones.... ..Washington, D. ‘C. Dr. W. W. Jones... ...--Deanwood, D, C. Joseph N. Lawson. ....Washington, D. C, J. Henry Lewis..... ..Washington, D. C. It will also-have a theatre, which, if patron- ized at prices ranging from ro to 50 cents, by only 1 per cent of the total colored population of the city of Washington, will enable the Com- pany to pay 15 per cent on its total capitaliza- tion. Equal in all to 20 g-10 per cent, to which may be added the land value increase of 554 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 abotit 3 or 344 per cent. The banks or insurance companies keep the balance. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD- OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ADVISORY BOARD ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEGRO. Not one dollar of white capital will be ac- cepted in exchange for its securities. There is not one dollar of Promotion Gade. consequently there is no watered stock, Every holder of- stock from the Presidemt down must pay at LEAST $10.00 per skate for every share of stock allotted to him. This does not mean that the price of seeck will REMAIN at $10.00 per share. Itis $20.00 NOW. It will advance in price far beyoad $10.00, just as railroad and public utility stock goes to several times par. So will the Yinecka Memorial Building Company’s stock ge to several times its present value. This means that a. share of stock eestimg $10.00 NOW will be worth $40.00 whea stock goes to four times par. Estimates show @eat the Company's earnings will be 20 per cemt, amd that is four times par, with every dotias in- vested in Real Estate. THE-BEST in the sity of Washington,.where values are as firmly Seed as the Rock of Gibraltar. This does not mean that the price of sock will'remain at $10.00 per share. It is $ra0co NOW. If the Company, as it is estimated, pays zo per cent, a $10.00 shar> of stock will be worth $40.00. If it pays 40 per cent, a stagle 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 Basid- ing Company’s stock increase in price. The first allotment of stock at $10.00 a alaare is being rapidly subscribed, and the next aBot- ment will be $12.50 per share, to which point it will soon be advanced; therefore, yom are urged to avail yourself of the present oppar- tunity 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 ascestain 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 in- vest YOUR money side by side with theirs. DCN'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. The price of stock is $10.00 per share, pay- able $1.00 down and $1.00 per month for nine months upon each share subscribed for. DOITNOW. ' Before you lay this paper down cut omt 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. Very truly yours, LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY, 494 Louisiana Ave., Washington, D. €. SS ee Free Prospectus ie sescces TI Robert Mattingly.......Washingtes, BG RH. Merchant..... .--+-Lyachbuxg, Ve. Zeph. R. Moore.......-Washingtoa, 2. © Dr. J. W. Morse.....-.Washiagtos, DC J. W. Nimocks.»..........Metidiaa, Mia. EK. Wz Pearson.....eesece-Ashewle, MC PF. A, Roman......cs..+-Washingtos, DC, RW. Thompson.......Washingtos, © Wa. H. Watts.......2-Washingtos, DR. & W. R. Williams.........Washiagtos, D. & Yaryar ry Oe OE RM ee RS TSR Seas Se) RAE TE RR ee Ee ee ee eee ee ae ee Comoe, eee ~~ oo Eee. - ae, e a : aid LA&GAL NOTICES. . ANE 7 | IN I I im I 2 — TENT MEXICAN CHURCH jen ftieteat (; , oa RICHARDSON and POLLARD POSED AS THE [FEN —— bianti®havecchte : © 3 ! Her-Tru-Line * SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS- Here First Clearing-House Certificates { A FAMOUS RED { a “yt. TRICT OF COLUMBIA, —_—_ Were Issued and First Counter. WINE FROM ITALY a ad FOR THE HAIR Witte Dectee. fans a it eet OL ee Eee felting Was Done. A necgetbettic eer) 86} loeD . Tp. LINE No, 15801, Administration. This is to give notice: ‘Phat the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Prodate Court of the District of Co- Jumbia, Letters Testamentary on the estate of Thomas Wilkins, late of the District of ~ “umbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the de- seased are hereby warned ‘o exhibit the sane, with the vouchers thereof legally authenticated, to the subscrib- er, on or before the roth day of De- cember, A. D. 1910; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefits of said estate. Given under my hand this roth day of December,, 1909, Zeph P. Moore, 1700 12 St, N, W. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wilts for the District of Columbia. Gterk of the Probate Court Bason N. Richardson and William L. Pollard, Attorneys.” COLLINS AND CLARK, ATTOR- . NEYS In THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- BIA Sadie M. Bradford, Complainant vs Eugene Bradford and .Mamic Ghose Defendants. No, 28,95, The object of this suit 1» to obtair a divorce from the bonds of mar- risgt, with the defendant, Eugen Bradford,on the grounds of adultery On motion of the complainant, ii is- Mile 23d day of December, 1909 erdered that the defendant Eugen Bradford and the co-respondent Ma: mie Chose, cause their appearance tc be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sunday: and legal holidays, occurring after vhe day of the first publication of thi erder; otherwise the cause will b proceeded with as in case of default Pravided, a copy of this order bi published once a week for thre! suecessive weeks in the Washingtor Law Reporter, and the Washingtor Bee before said day. . Job Barnard, Justice. Test: 7 A true copy. . J. R. Young, clerk, by F. T. Cun ningham, assistant clerk. ZEPH P.- MOORE, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS: TRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding Probate Court. Estate of Archie Ellis, Deceased. No. #16488 ‘Administration Docket 40 Application having been made here- im for probate of the last will nd testament of said deceased, and for letters Testamentary on .said estate, by Jams H. Winslow, executor of the said will appointed it is ordered this rsth day of December, A. D. 1909, that Philip Ellis, brother of de- cedent and all others sconces ap- pear in said Court on Wednesday the 19th dty of January, A. D. 1910, a1 10 o'clock A. ML, to show cause why such application should not be grant- ed. Le notice hereof be published in the “Washington Law Reporter’ and The Washinton Bee once in eack ef three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned — tht first publication to be not less thar thirty days before said return day. Attest: Job Barnard, Justice. James Tanner, Register of Will for the District of Columbia, Clerl ef the Probtte Court. Zeph P. Moore, Attorney. | : soar By 22 Os FOUIRENT 9 QE 14y6 oth street, northwest. Choice Zsecond foot_roem adjoining bath, withZor witheut board. Geatlemen only. For rent—Desk room to colored busi, - + gess man: also fiat five rooms, wate no bath{$r6 VOR RENT FURNISHED Large, chcerfal frost reom with large cleset, southern exposure sa coarenial Sacatiy.ta best section of the city. Gas, steam heat, three windows, tiled bath, cabinet mantel, Cle Optodate in every Fe spect. Must besees to ye appreciated. ~ vp cares Call 1835 Oregon ave.n.w. fc 7 “dh E. MURRAY - WHOLESALE AND METALL ICR CREAM: AND CONTEC. TIONS. OYSTERS IN SEASON. 1216 YOU STREST, NORTH. WEST. FRIONZE NORTH gal POSED Ab THE QUEER Evelyn May Converas, Playing Model, Met Artist, Who Kept Her Ar rayed In Royal Finery Untit Picture Was Finished. New York.—When the loyal and hon- est Britishera pay homage of hoart to the pictured Alexandra at the corona- tfon—from the brush of Edwin R. Ab- bey, R. A—it is only to their queen’s head and face. The rounded arms, the well poised neck, the stately, patri- clan carriage of the figure are anoth- era—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 VIL.” ‘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 ifbornto the purple. She was never proclaimed gpeen in Westmin- ster, but there she is in the picture. The king himself ordered the paint- ing to be hung on the walls of Buok- ingham palace. He posed; the queen posed; all the important personages ‘who were nearest to thelr majosties ron that august occasion faced Mr, Abbey for their portions of the pic- ture. 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 reat was only a matter of course. Who that could do it would refuse to pose for her majesty, consort of Edward ‘VIL, and wear her robes and jewels? Strangely enough, Miss Converse isn't a professional model at all. She comes from Eau Clalre, Wis. where her father, Henry Edward Converse, is a successful up-to-date American i a SO OH ioe Weed een . Bat weg 9 es ———— l ‘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 tor her fiance, a painter prince—Ema- toum Bey, son of a Russian nobleman anda French countess, who adopted Weypt as their country, where Effa- toum 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 Brench and music, and hoping that perhaps some day she might go into grand opera. Then she went to England, and at Cambridge she met Efatoum Bey, who had been to the ‘varsity there and rowed In one of the crews. Ho had taken up painting—and he fell in love with Miss Converse, ‘They became engaged And what could be prettier on canvas than the flancee's shell pink skin and her dusky black hair and her eyes that are some times black and sometimes blue and sometimes gray? And those arms, sc exquisitely modeled! Well, George Story, the artist, sav thé throat and arma and shoulders at a reception dt the American em bassy. “Just one sitting,” he begged of the Deautiful American girl, and when she told her fiance of this he sald: “It's s very great honor from such a painter —by all means pose for him.” They got slong-famously, and one day Mr, Story ventured to sugges that Mr. Abbey might want her fo: some of his next pictures. Miss Con verse laughed merrily—the {dea tha such an artist, one of the two Amer! cans in the Royal Academy, shoul want to paint hart “Why, there are plenty of othe! girls who will do quite as well,” sh went on, protesting. And now we get to the point wher: the pretty American girl was asked t wear Queen Alexandra's coronatio: robes. Mlss Converse called on Mi J Abbey. As she tells it: “He smiled and just looked at m | hard, bard, for about a minute. The: he asked me if I would mind takin, off my glove, that he might see m hand. 1 sald, ‘Yes, 11 do it’ on then—why, he just sald that if m | arms wore Jike that he'd most cei tainty want me for a very {mportan pioture he was painting. - “and that very day I put om Quee: | Alexandra's robes and he began ¢ paiat me in the picture,” ANCIENT MEXICAN CHURCH Here First Clearing-House Certificates Were Issued and First Counter- felting Was Done. "City of Bextco—The ancient Church of Landin, one mile west of Saltillo, Mexico, {s tast 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 Catholle church, who was sent among the Indians of Spain's Rew possessions to convert them to the religion which had been brought across the sea by Cortes and his fol lowers, The priest soon surrounded Ct | os ea. y/ Eic¥ Se 4) oe sae s <S i sere a : bd = sx= : a Ruins of Church of Landin In Mexlec 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 dis- ease. A store of food supplies was sent to their rellef from the City of Mexico, and the priest received per- mission 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 colns 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 pleces were perhaps the first clearing-house certificates ever fssued. The Indians, however, brought the financial relief scheme to a sudden end by counterfelting great numbers of the copper pieces, which they pre- sented for redemption. The priest became alarmed at the unlawful in- flation of his circulating medium and fled from the country to avold poss!- ble punishment at. the hands of the government. Tn after years the parish of this an- clent 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 cornerstone in the building. It is said to contain ancient relics of almost priceless value. The offer was refused. At present the In terlor of this church is used as a corral for goats. « RETIRES FROM ACTIVE WORK Senator Nixon of Nevada Dlspotes of Vast Mining Interests in the > West. ‘Washington.— Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada, sald to be worth $20,000,000, has disposed of his vast maining {nterests In the west and has retired from actlve mining operations. Senator Nixon began Ife as a tole graph operator. He served as a mem- bi a fo . : ay fj % i NN i (2 Sagas SH Ce RR ei yy aay SEA ese eee, Ut TF SIREN Hi \ 1 fais) 4} fam ee? Ba ™ ae ey f ret S 7 FEA mean Oe 7A Senator George 9. 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 i[n Nevada, costing $500,000. He was prominently connected with the tariff bill passed at the recent spectal ses- sion of congress. Saving the North Woods. It will be a great satisfaction to those who are fighting for the preser. vation of the Adirondack forests to learn that the first two of the oll burning locomotives to be used have proved stgnal successes. The only complaint agalnat them is based upox the rapidity with which off makes steam, but this fs hardly » serious difficulty. If this reform can reduce ‘the number of fires by 30 per cent. ad 1s expected, it will prove the most ef fective means yet devised to prevent the devastation of the north woods by famos.—Troy (N, Y.) Record, ae ee | hiantiStravecchio | A FAMOUS RED WINE FROM ITALY ‘7s¢ per bottle | 40 per half bottle % ~~ Christian Xander’s f (The Family Quality House! y90g, 7th St Reccis | en CEEEIAEEN eee lege, “AA se CHAS H. JAVINS & SONS, -. FISH... Poultry and Oyster Dealers, 930 C Street, Northwest, and Center Market, ‘Phone, Main 4480 . Washington, D. C. re BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE GOLD AND SILVER WATCH- ES, DIAMONDS, JEWEL- RY, GUNS, MECHANICAL TOOLS, LADIES' AND _ GENTS’ WEARING APPAR. EL OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsytvania Ave. N. W, HOLTMAN’S OLD STANL 49t Penn, ave., N. W. OUR S50 AND 33 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE. SIGN OF TWR IG BOOT WM. MORES.AND, PROP. ee OLD MADE NEW. 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Hot free lunch at 12 noon, daily . 625 D street, northwest Tet Acie os Teo Tenaes LAROEA Than MCTURE IT 14. Im LOMO ee getete ne atime ane se . oom aps MAGIC tate } | f At a i I< Ano HA: STRAIGHTENER, F i xd Ss Anralany ’ HID SSAMUMGAIA) MAILED sepaser ates +128 et sah SUMD MONEY Br PQST erMCcE Motery CEnER_? Rvery lady can have > pesntiful and lururiant head of bair if she tees a MAGIC. Afters shampoo or bath the 4 Hedahion ine cant head ofaur, ss Mak "The Magie will nod burn or injure tho hats, bocanwe the Combis never heated. ‘Tho steel haet- ing bar which trons the balr, is aloxe. put into the flame of the alcohol or gas heater. ‘The Aluminum Combis easily detsched from the heating bar, then, after the bar ie beat- ed the com> foes back into place and ls held by a turn of the handle. ‘The Magic Heater {salso auitabie for curling irors. has a cover aod ean be earried fee handbag. Afagic Shampoo Drier $100. Magic Aleohol Heater $060. Liberal terms to ayenis. Wnite for Uterature today. Magic Shampoo Drier Co, Mixxeapolis, Minnesota- CREDIT t—“‘“‘OSOSOSO™*~*™S “CREDIT SOME BIG REDUCTIONS reductions now, rather than wat ‘ON. SOLID MAHOGANY until trade is-duller. BEDROOM FURNITURE. +Solid Mahogany lasts through Our only reason fot making generations and depreciates very such reductions is the fact that little in value. Our special se- 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 ofvery highest grade of Cabinet 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 cffering these x " foe ; WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF 7 ai aie Seventh and I (Rye) Streets, N. W. _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 CenterMarket call on Mr. Henneseg. [a S | . ye ER WM. CANNON , "J225 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 caal. Po tld en k et BS * Rae ails ies wien Southern Medicine Ce Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: | I wish to say that my hair was on- ly about three inches long and so kinky,stiff and harsh I could not man- age it at all, but after using two jars of your Her-true-line I have as pret- ty suit of hair as any lady in Atlanta. I wish every one with curly or kinky hair knew of this wonderful Her- true-line. s Yours respectfully, Miss Lovie Mayes, ‘ Southern Medi £ Box ‘754 JOHN J. KENNY — Wines, Liquors, and Cigars Just the place to visit before you take the boat, or after leaving the boat. This place is at 6an 11th street, southwest, near the river. —— ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Stere Phone North 33409 1917 4th Street, N. W: Washingtes, D. C Phone North 3628 FULL DRESS and TUXEDOS SUITS FOR HIRE ONE DOLLAR Julius Cohen, 1104 7th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Sai SS tel If you want | first-class printing done, send to W. Calvin Chase, Jr, 1212 Fla. -Ave., N. W. Phone North, 2002 M. Now is the time to have your yisiting cards printed. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., can do the work. | I you send two dollars for one year’s subscription to The Bee, you \will receive a package of visiting cards with your name printed in beautiful script type. ' Her-Tru-Line FOR THE HAIR > — HER - TRU - LINE The Great Hair Grower . “Her-Tru-Line” stimulates the growth of the hair, it takes out the curl and leaves the scalp {n a clean and healthy condition. “Her-Tru-Line” cures dam druff, ringworm and scalp te> ter. : “Her - Tru - Line” is delightfa as a dressing for the hair, being perfectly harmless. It is a tres luxury and a valuable addition te " toilet accessories. , ’ Large jar’50 cents at all drag "stores and by our special agents. ' Sample box mailed to any ad- dress on receipt of five trro-eezt | stamps. _sell this wonderful HAIR GROWER. : Ford’s Hair Pomade rs s A eae Fifty years of success havo proved the merits of tf preparation. Whatis more att” —_ than a beautiful head of hair? Ib cen the ambitioa of womeninallages. The usect Ford’s Nair Pomade makes stubborn. harsh, kinky er curly hair sefter, more pllableand glossy easy co comb and arrange In any style de- sired cousistent with ite leach. as log an the Pomade remains in the hair, ‘This resalt may be obtained by one thbrough application according todirections. Two to four applieo- tions s month will keep the hat: fa satisfso- torycondition.and two tofourbottles. recur size, are usually sufficient fora year. Direc- tlons with every bottle. rezasves and prevents dandruff. invigorates the scalpand keeps it from cetung harsh asd dry. stops itching and prevents the hairfrors falling out or breaking off and gives i} new - | life and vizor. “Absolutely harmless. Used /+| with splendid results even on children and infants. Delicately perfumed. its use ts 3 constant pleasure. A most rativfactory tol | flames toe for indies, geatlemen aad ~ | chidren. ° Don't buy anything else sileged to be® fast 1 88 food if you want the best results buy Verd’s Mair Pomade Look for this nase “Charles Ford. Prest.”—on every packaes. [ iexcue: drugpist or loca} dealer cannot oup- g° ply you with the genuine. we will send you »{ 9ue bott!s, regular size, for. . 3.30 Three". 08 woe ee bao b|aix. ole ow ll se One *. amall eo Mes 2s ° expren ait potsta | va 2 7Wnen Srcaring oad Postal or Earns Mesey | Ore Altona aSipped prompur csceceipe et ime The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. e ‘11S Woes Kinste Bt Chisses, HA FOROS HAIR POMADE te made only tm thimge na] Wrinenbore tree . ‘Ageate Wanted Everywhere g| a Read The Bee. ;