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THE BEE WASHINGTON Dr. Washington Explains National Negro Exposition. To the Editor, The Washington Bee, Washington, D. C. My Dear Sir: Various members of our race and many organizations have been so very kind in assisting to get the bill through Congress appropriating $5,000 to be used in defying the expenses of a preliminary commission to investigate and report upon the wisdom of holding a semi-centennial of the negroes' freedom in 1913, that I feel that a perfectly frank statement of what has been done and the present prospects for the exposition ought to be made. I ought to state in the first place that the idea of a preliminary commission was first suggested by President Taft, and this idea, as is well known, was urged upon Congress in his annual message. It seemed to all of us at the time that the course urged by the President was the wisest one to pursue, and if Congress had seen its way clear to have carried out President Taft's wish, matters would have been by this time well under way. Unfortunately, however, there was so much important business before Congress that it seemed impossible to reach the exposition bill in the regular course of committee reports before the adjournment of Congress. Hon. W. A. Rodenberg, of Illinois, with the consent and co-operation of Hon. E. L. Taylor, Jr., of Ohio, both of whom had charge of the bill, thought it wise to have the bill called up under a suspension of the rules in order to expedite the matter. When a bill is called up under a suspension of the rules, two-thirds is required to pass it. Unfortunately, when the bill was called up, certain Democrats thought the Republicans were simply trying to pass the bill in order to make political capital out of it. Consequently, it was made a party measure, practically all the Republicans voting in favor of it, and practically all the Democrats voting against it. It will be seen that a large majority of the members of the lower house favored the bill. The exact number was 189. I ought to add that Senator W. L. Jones, of Washington, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Expositions, did all he could in favor of the bill, along with Congressman Rodenberg and Congressman Taylor. President Taft also manifested the deepest interest and did all he could to bring about the passage of the bill by Congress. All who are interested in the exposition are greatly obligated to him, to Congressman Rodenberg, to Congressman Taylor, and to Senator Jones, who from the first have shown the deepest interest in trying to get the bill through Congress. There are also other members of Congress who deserve the thanks of our race for their activity and interest in behalf of the bill. In order that the race may see just how matters stand at present, I give portions of letters received on the subject. In a recent letter, Congressman Rodenberg says: "As you are probably aware, my resolution providing for the appointment of a preliminary commission to investigate the question of the advisability of holding an exposition to commemorate the semi-centennial of the negroes' freedom in America, was defeated on Monday, as it failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote. The vote stood 189 to 87. The votes in opposition to the resolution came entirely from the Democratic side. I will state, however, that we have no particular reason to feel discouraged. It is my purpose to bring out a bill at the short session providing for holding an exposition of this kind, and securing a consideration on Calendar Wednesday, when only a majority will be necessary to pass the bill. I believe it will be an easy matter to get this majority in a Republican Congress." Congressman Taylor writes as follows: "I have your letter of June 22. The bill has not failed. In order that you may understand the situation and not feel that we have lost a good fight, I will say that the resolution providing for the commission was on the regular calendar, and it became evident that, under the call of committees, the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions would not be reached in its regular order. For that reason, Mr. Rodenberg procured the consent of the Speaker to be recognized under a suspension of the rules. In order to put through a resolution or bill under suspension, it requires a two-thirds majority vote, and as usual the Democratic members, particularly from the South, were there in sufficient number of prevent its passage by a two-thirds majority. But it carried heavily, and will, when brought up in its regular order at the next session, undoubtedly pass the House without the slightest difficulty. This was an honest and sincere effort to get the bill out sooner than it would have been called up on the regular calendar, and, therefore, as I stated in the beginning, it is not a defeat, but only a temporary setback, and leaves the resolution exactly where it was before it was called up. I hope and believe sincerely that it will pass in the short session of the 61st Congress, and am indeed sorry that we could not put it through successfully at this session." Senator Jones, of Washington, who had charge of the bill in the Senate, has written to similar effect. He plans at the coming session to co-operate in the effort to secure favorable action at the hands of Congress. At the coming session of the National Negro Business League, the whole matter will be considered, and in all probability new plans will be decided upon. Before any definite decision is made, Prof. R. R. Wright, the members of the preliminary committee, and others interested in the movement will be consulted. Certainly no harm has come from what has thus far been attempted. The agitation of the subject has resulted in calling the attention of the Nation to the importance of this celebration. In some form it is safe to say the event will be duly recognized and celebrated in 1913. (Signed.) BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, July 25, 1910. The Medical Association The next meeting of the National Medical Association will be held in Washington, D. C., August 23, 24 and 25, 1910. By reason of its favorable location on the border line between the North and South, its great educational advantages and hospital facilities, no better place could have been selected for this meeting. The officials of the Howard University have placed some of their finest buildings at the disposal of the convention. The great half-million-dollar new Freedmen's Hospital will open its doors, and we are assured that the clinical facilities of all kinds will be unsurpassed by any the Association has had in the past. The Local and Citizens' Committees organized early last fall, and since then they have worked in complete harmony and accord to make this meeting a credit to the Capital City as well as to the great organization itself. Not less than 500 delegates are expected to be in attendance. The scientific program is being arranged with great care, and physicians, dentists and pharmacists will hold sectional meetings, so that they may discuss in a heart-to-heart manner the problems pertaining to their individual professions. Clinics will be conducted likewise. The Citizens' Committee will see to it that there be no lack of functions, but it is generally agreed that the socials on this occasion will not usurp or interfere with the scientific program. The Local Committee is endeavoring to secure special rates. Should they do so, announcement will be made. Otherwise, delegates and visitors are advised to secure summer tourists' or excursion rates to Washington, or the nearest point East to which these rates may be secured. Reduced rates may be secured at almost any time to Old Point Comfort, Va. (This will apply especially to delegates from the South and Southwest.) Nothing is more pleasant than a boat ride from Old Point Comfort to Baltimore, thence to Washington by rail in an hour; or those who prefer may go directly to Washington from Old Point Comfort by rail or boat. Dr. Charles H. Marshall, 2710 P street northwest, Washington, D. C., is Chairman of the Public Comfort Committee. Write him with reference to attendance, accommodation, etc. Also watch the Journal of N. M. A. for further notice, program, instruction, etc. You are earnestly requested, and urged, to attend. Sincerely yours, THE NATIONAL Colored Graduate Nurses Colored Graduate Nurses. The third annual convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses will be held in Philadelphia, Pa., August 16, 17 and 18, 1910, at F. Peter Claver's Auditorium, 12th and Lombard streets. Nurses throughout the country are earnestly requested to attend this meeting. Matters of importance to the profession at large and all others interested in the bettering of conditions are to be ventilated. Plans for immediately beginning active work in the tuberculosis crusade are to be presented, and it is sincerely hoped that the support of the public and the hearty co-operation of all nurses will be given this great and good movement. All information pertaining to board and lodging can be obtained from Mrs. M. R. Tucker; R. N., President, Philadelphia Graduate Nurses Association; office, 127 North 15th street, Philadelphia, Pa. For further details write Miss Martha M. Franklin, R. N., President, 61 Dixwell avenue, New Haven, Conn., or Miss A. Lottie Marin, R. N., Corresponding Secretary, 66 West 134th street, New York, N. Y. The National Religious Training School, Durham, N.C., offers an unusually strong course for young men who are preparing to enter the Christian ministry. There is always an inviting field for the trained minister. Lectures by distinguished men will be delivered throughout the entire course. It will be thorough in every particular. It will seek to combine the cardinal principles of religion and work. One hundred young men are desired to enter this particular department. The regular school term opens October 12, 1910. All applications for admission must be made by September 15, 1910. For further information address the President, National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C. Get a House. If you want a well-erected house in Virginia at a rent purchase, look elsewhere in The Bee. Don't miss the opportunity. Purchase at once. DR. JAMES E. SHEBARD DEFENDS #HS RACE The Big Fight. The Big Fight. (By Page A. Coehtan, a Koreshan.) To the Editor of The Bee. The great significance of the Johnson-Jeffries fight is not, and doubtless cannot be, comprehended by only a few people at the present time. In conversing on important topics, a lady in this city was kind enough to inform me a few days ago that I "do not understand the situation." I am of that make-up that I would want to cease all such conversation with her, and in my ignorance and stupidity, honor her dignity, her knowledge, her wisdom, by my humble silence, and let her "take her medicine"—drain the cup to the very dregs and then drink those, and find that there are merely a few dregs in the bottom, but that it is filled with dregs (fallacy and error) to the very brim, which sometimes seems necessary; but a steam power is necessarily supplied with a "safety valve," so, like Henry Ward Beecher, I find "some satisfaction letting off steam." Against the mighty tide of popularity I declared that Johnson would win. I reasoned it out, as I thought, on logical and scientific ground. I tried to show it to several gentlemen, so they would not lose their money; but they could not be shown until Johnson landed his knock-out blow. I may be sporty, but I am not a "sport." I never followed the sporting news. I never put up 15 cents on any bet. But here is the way I figured: The same conditions, so far as I have noticed, between the fighters and the public exist that have existed when every great champion pugilist has been whipped. The winner was the smaller man. He was quite universally considered the weaker man; the betting world was against him. The thought-force and sympathy and friendship of the masses (numerically considered in the "natural" world) was against him. Also, the colored race is a rising race, and they are going to continue to rise, and nothing can stop them. Their destiny in an early fusion and amalgamation with the white race is to form a most potent factor in bringing about a new order of things, a radical change in all departments of human relationship. Such is the inevitable, and God Almighty will continue His work regardless of what the "Christian" world, groveling in the slime of hades, may think or say or do. Conditions must conspire to attract the thought and attention of the world to the colored race. "There must be a first time" for a great white champion to be whipped (in-more ways than one, too) by a negro, and that time is now ripe, regardless of a "civilization" that thinks itself wise, and regardless of their thinking themselves so superior morally to the colored people. The fact is the colored people are just as good religiously and morally as the white race of to-day, and are fast rising to their level intellectually; and all the self-conceit and hypoerisy and prejudice that so much of the white race are generating will not stop the work of Providence. Hie ye to the wooded haunts of the colored race in their native regionsl and you will find them ten times better morally than their intellectual superiors in "civilization"; but as fast as they are "civilized" and "Christianized" they begin as a rule to absorb all the corruption and hypocrisies of Christendom. And all this talk about such things setting the negroes up so there is no getting along with them, and all that kind of thing, will count for naught—the work will move right along. According to what I am told by one who claims to know (and he was a strong Jeffries man, too), some of the ex-prize-fighters, since winning the championship, are unsafe characters to be loose with the public and ought to be in jail; and I will add that a negro would be in jail under similar conditions as is claimed of these whites. Is not the brutal sporting institution of to-day a product of so-called civilization? Is it not supported by the same? And I would say to the negroes: Don't get a swelled head; show yourself more moral and manly than most of your white superiors do. That's not advising very much, either; you will have to exert yourselves but very little to do that. I am not running on the white race, for I and my relatives and friends (what few friends I have being insistent, as I have, upon the truth) are of that race. I simply state truth as occasion requires for the benefit of those who are able to profit thereby; and I receive it from rich or poor of any nationality, just to the extent of their ability to "deliver the goods" and my ability to receive. What paper would have printed such a letter as this before the fight? Probably not a paper in the country any more than people would pay attention to such face-to-face talk. But now they are forced "to sit up and take notice," no matter if that is all they are capable of doing. The losers? Oh, that don't matter. My sympathy is this; I am very glad for their own good that they have lost; the shock was a necessity at this moment, not-only for losers of money, but for many others. Aside from any moral code, I would say, a person has no business to bet if he could not afford to lose; he should not bet enough so he need to be injured if he lost; and if so foolish as to bet on anything but an absolute certainty if he could not afford to lose, then he deserves to lose. Washington, D. C., June 5. REV. ROBERT H. ROBINSON. Fourth Grand Master of Free Masons, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia and Other Juriedictions—A Monument to be Raised in His Memory. Greeting to the Masonic Craft of the District of Columbia. The able correspondent and eminent Masonic writer, Brother ... ... ... ... of ... ... No. ... ... ... sent the following letter to the Washington (D. C.) Bee, of November... ... 1909: "Robert H. Robinson is dead. That is the news that was flashed over the wires on Tuesday night, November 22, from Alexandria, Va. This announcement relative to Brother R. H. Robinson, who was the oldest Past Grand Master among colored Masons, one of the oldest citizens of Alexandria, Va., and one of the oldest ministers in the M. E. Church. "He was the first Secretary of Universal Lodge, No. 1, located in Alexandria, Va., instituted February 5, 1845. He was the fourth Grand Master of Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, which was organized March 27, he serving as Grand Master in the year 185—. He was present at the convention held in Fleet's Schoolhouse, West Washington, that day, as also the following delegates: Social Lodge, No. 7, J. D. Kennedy, W. E. Grant, A. F. Thomas, Charles Datcher, William Hikes. From Universal Lodge, No. 10, Alexandria, Va., Joseph Frazier, Dennis Bourbon, William Ford, Ed. Evans, Roland Garrett. From Felix Lodge, No. 15, Richard H. Phiske, John T. Coston, John Lewis, John H. Thomas, John H. Massia; also Brother John A. Gray, he being the only member now living that was in that convention. "Brother Robinson was active in the craft up to four years ago. Owing to his infirmities in this life, he be came inactive. He was made an honorary member of Universal Lodge, No. 1, of Alexandria, Va. "His remains were buried from Robert's Chapel, S. Washington street, on Thursday, November 25, at 2 o'clock. Rev. M. H. Clair officiated, assisted by 26 other ministers of the M. E. Church, and other churches. The services were very solemn and impressive." At a meeting of the trustees of the William McKinley Industrial School of Alexandria, Va., held, it was decided to raise a monument as a memorial to the venerable co-worker, Rev. Robert H. Robinson, one of the pioneers in the establishment of the school and the senior trustee and Chaplain. It was also decided to ask the financial support of the good people of the many churches, secret and benevolent orders, and the public to aid the McKinley Board in this effort. The Board requests the great and noble Masonic Order, of which the late Brother Robinson was one of its brightest, ablest and popular Masonic workmen, to give a contribution to this Robinson Monument Memorial Fund. The name of each-contributor will be inscribed on a handsome parchment roll and hung on the walls of the John Hay (late Secretary of State, U. S.) Memorial Hall. The late Rev. Robinson, during his ministry in the West and while pastoring the noble people of Parkersburg, was unanimously elected Grand Master of West Virginia, and during his term advanced wonderfully the young craft in that State. Brother Robinson on entering the State transferred his membership from Virginia to the sister State. Brethren of the Mystic Tie, our Board will appreciate your donation, be it large or small. Yours fraternally, The Board of Trustees of the William McKinley Industrial School. Mckinney Industrial School Rev. S. P. W. Drew, D. D., President. Rev. R. B. Robinson, Secretary-Treasurer. Prof. A. B. Thompson, Principal; Prof. John A. Moss, Assistant Principal; Magnus L. Robinson, Chairman Finance Committee; Dr. W. H. Johnson, Albany, N. Y., Vice President; Sir Knight Joseph H. Pierce, Providence, R. L., Trustee. Address all letters and contributions for this object to the Treasurer, R. H. Robinson Monument Fund, P. O. Box 112, Alexandria, Va. Please fill out the following slip: I, the undersigned..... do hereby contribute to the Past Grand Master R. H. Robinson Memorial Monument Dr. James E. Shepard Dr. James E. Shepard. If there is one man in the South who deserves the respect and consideration of the people of this country, it is Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., the President of the National Religious Training School at Durham. The Bee congratulates him on his opening and the prospects of the further success of this great institution of learning. There is every reason to believe that his school will be to the South what other great colleges are to the North. Day by day, this young man is growing in the hearts of the American people. He means to succeed. His work will speak for itself. Washington, D. C., Aug. 1, 1910. Editor W. Calvin Chase, Washington, D. C. Dear Editor: Your last copy of July 30 commands your spicy paper to every intelligent mind to be the greatest negro defender in this country. I am anxiously awaiting the day when the beloved minds of my people, the greatest race on earth, will be cleared up, and their eyes set upon the guiding star that lights up the pathway to the golden sunlight of peace and enjoy the silver rays of a full moon that will clear the clouds of superstition, envy and strife. To the end that the race may move onward and upward to the highest mark of manhood and intellectuifl Christian civilization. The sign-post that leads nations is the spicy columns of the press, penned by a fearless editor that loves his race and holds them high beyond honors and dollars. I have read your paper and paid for it for 20 years, and if I were able, I would place a copy of The Wash- ington Bee on the 30th ultimo in the hands of every negro in America. I congratulate you and commend The Bee to fly on and rest in the hands of every negro in this, the promised land of the free and home of the brave. God bless The Bee, and save you for many years. Respectfully yours. REV. L. C. MOORE, 802 F street northwest. Off for Atlantic City Not at Alliance City. Miss Alfreda Kennedy, one of the successful contestants in the recent teachers' contest, left the city Monday for Atlantic City, N. J. She will be the guest of the Grinnage Cottage. She was accompanied by her sister. Miss Kennedy is no doubt one of the most prepossessing and successful teachers in the public schools of this city. When Miss Kennedy entered the contest she was third, and she continued in that position until the end of the contest. The Bee congratulates Miss Kennedy and wishes her a successful stay at Atlantic City. Every comfort will be given the lady during her stay by the sea. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS At a regular meeting of Iachabed Lodge, 1306, G. U. Order of Odd Fellows, at Reading, Pa., on July 25, resolutions were adopted indorsing Mr. Robert T. Nelson as Grand Secretary of Odd Fellows at the B. M. C., to meet in Baltimore in September. It has been decided that after August I Grant A. Ogline, Superintendent of Police of the B. & O. R. R. jurisdiction, will be extended to embrace the entire system, including the B. & O. Southwestern, from St. Louis to Parkersburg, and from Beardstown to Shawneetown, and the B. & O. Chicago' Terminal R. R. The Census Bureau reports a remarkable increase in the population of the State of Texas since 1900. The total was 3,040,710, while the count in 1910 for the State gives at least 4,500,000, thus representing a gain of almost 50 per cent. As the result of favorable weather in several districts of Russia this year, a larger flax crop is expected. It is rumored here that Rev. Dr. D. Webster Davis, of Richmond, Va., may receive a call to the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. George W. Lee. It is said that Hon. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue, New York City, has collected nearly $4,000,000 in special excise tax. The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses will be held at Philadelphia, Pa., August 17 and 18. Dr. Thomas J. Jones, well and favorably known through his excellent work at Hampton Institute and now employed in the Census Bureau here, has been secured to give two courses of three hours each for the coming year in the School of Theology and the College of Arts and Sciences. Memorial services for the late Rev. George Lee were held at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon. Many were present. Porto Rico is considered the largest purchaser, among the contiguous territories, of American goods. The shipments of merchandise in 11 months ending with May were $22,000,000. Hawaii ranks next to Porto Rico. Dr. P. W. Price, one of our popular physicians, has recently purchased an automobile. Dr. W. E. B. Dubois was the central figure of a recent program at the National Religious Training School and Chautaquha in Durham, N. C. Dr. Dubois gave three lectures, entitled "The history of education," and the other two were on "The history of the negro." One of the fastest trains in England makes the 200-mile run from Fishguard to London in less than five hours. The latest report from the Census Office shows that during the year of 1908 the drinking men contributed the sum of $41,950,188 towards defraying the expenses of the government in 151 cities of populations greater than 30,000. Ten million tons of straw, heretofore regarded as useless, is now proved serviceable, inasmuch as Inventor Mudge has found that he will be able to produce 2,000,000 tons of flax fiber in 24 hours. Because of a false representation of the Great National ex-Slave Congressional Legislative and Pension Association and its its General Manager, G. C. Conley, of 470 Washington street northwest, claiming to be working in the interests of the colored race and promising pensions to ex-slaves, their rights have been renounced the use of mails because of fraud. Wealth is found in Virginia apples. This is a recent result of men's study. The apple belt of Virginia runs through the Shenandoah Valley. It is believed that the uncultivated land in New Mexico will be planted with pecan trees, since such a great result is shown from a larger part of the pecan trees which grow in northern Mexico. Owing to the limited quantities of coarse pottery made in Siam, quite a large supply of crockery of all kinds is required yearly from abroad. Chicago schools are now tangled, as Mayor Busse failed to present a list of appointments at a meeting of the City Council last week, and now the citizens refuse to serve on the School Board. Miss Marie L. Dade has been elected delegate to represent Phylliss Wheatley Council, No. 234, I. Q. of St. Luke, at the grand session, to convene in Richmond, Va., August 16, 17 and 18. As a result of 26,277,000 acres of corn planted this year by the farmers of Virginia, North and South Caroline, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, sufficient proof is produced that the South is giving greatest attention to raising its own food supplies. IT'S TOO LIGHT JUST NOW A Very Loving Song, Sung by Mildred Joyce of Allegretto. THE LOVES LOTTERY CO. 1. Twas twi-light on the pla-cid lake, for two were on the skiff, And 2. "Ah! would the stern were wide enough for two," I mad-ly cried, "But 3. "Oh, no," said she, "I would not dare; row, fur-ther on you may, But for an hour we hung beneath the shadows of the cliff, Twas twilight on the pla-cid lake, we come, mind not the til-ler, love, this seat of mine is wide," "Ah! would the stern were wide enough for I must steer," and to my prayers her tresses wav-ed nay, "Oh, no," she said, "I would not dare; row two were on the skiff, And for an hour we hung beneath the shadows of a two," I mad-ly cried, "But come, mind not the til-ler, love, this seat of mine is fur-ther on you may, But I must steer," and to my prayers Her tresses wav-ed me Kenyon $15 Men's Suits When you seek economy, ask your merchant to show you this $15 Suit. Compare it with one that costs $15, and see wherein lies the difference. It does not lie in the wearing qualities, surely not in the style and fit. 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It is generally charged by the political negroes and one or two selfish negro papers in this country that President Taft is a negro hater, dominated by Southern sentiment, and is largely tainted with "white-lillyism" to the end that he is displacing all negro office holders with white men. Now, what are the tacts? The Independent says that the charge is not well founded and has no standing in fact. What negro office holder in this country has he displaced by a white man? Granting, for the sake of the argument, that negroes are entitled to the places because they are negroes, and white men are not entitled to the places because they are white, if they charge the resignation of Dr. Crum, at Charleston, to President Taft's administration, for which he is not responsible, it would be offset by the appointment of Whitfield McKinlay as collector of customs at Georgetown, D. C. This is a position that no former President has ever given a negro. Some of the anti-Taft negroes have gone so far as to say that the appointment of Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson as recorder of deeds, to succeed Hon. John C. Dancy, was a blow at the race. How they ever reached such a conclusion the Independent is at a loss to know. Johnson is a negro and Dancy is a negro, and how his appointment was a blow at the race any more than the appointment of of the new commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, to succeed Commissioner Capers, of South Carolina, was a blow at the white race. In Arkansas, Col. John E. Bush, a negro, has been appointed to succeed himself; in Alabama, Col. Nathan Alexander, a negro, has been appointed to succeed himself; at Jacksonville, Fla., Hon. Joseph H. Lee, a negro, has been appointed collector to succeed himself; in Louisiana, Walter Copen, a negro, has been appointed to succeed himself; in Washington City, President Taft turned the white National committeeman down and appointed Whitfield McKinlay collector of customs, displacing a white man; in New York, Charles Anderson, a negro, succeeds himself; in Boston, W. H. Lewis, a negro, succeeds himself; in New York, Attorney McDougal, a negro, displaces a white man in the office of United States District Attorney; in the Treasury Department, the Hon. W. D. Johnson, a negro, of Kentucky, succeeds a white man as special agent, giving to the race an additional place, and a colored man from Missouri is appointed special agent for the Agricultural Department, a new place for the race. The collector of customs at Savannah is the only place of importance in which a colored man was displaced by a white man, and this was not really a displacement, for Col. John H Deveaux held the place until he died, and Col. Leakin, a white man, was appointed to succeed him. This was agreed to and recommended by H. A. Rucker, W. H. Johnson and Henry Blun. So, when you get a bill cliff. She in the stern, wide. "Come, help me row, nay. "Art not a fraid?" I at the oars, and heavenly did she we're far from shore, and night comes on," I sorely asked, with slightly flushing seem, and heavenly did she seem, said, "and night comes on," I said, brow, with slightly flushing brow, With nothing could she be compared, But flushing slightly at her thoughts, "A-fraid? oh, no, you cross old stick! could be compared, un-less, un-less a poet's dream. at her thoughts, she shook. she shook her pretty head. you cross old stick! it's most; it's most roo light just now." of particulars, the professional negroes' charge against President Taft must fail. But President Taft has made innovations. He has placed negroes into positions which the race had never filled before; he has put them into offices heretofore clos d in their faces, and the only change that the Independent has been able to discover on the political horizon is that the President takes political advice from a different source. The Independent gives the President a clean bill of health and presents his record as a complete refutation of the charge that he is against the race. His administration is a success from every point of view, both in the recognition of the rights of all the people, in the distribution of patronage and in his contribution to helpful legislation. In the last year 19 cities in the South, through their Chambers of Commerce, or through some organizations of the merchants or business men, have taken practical steps to induce farmers to build telephone lines and connect with their towns. 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DO NOT TRINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. R only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. FOR YOU IF YOU LIKE PERFUME Send only 4¢ in stamps for a little sample of ED. PINAUD'S LILAC VEGETAL The latest Paris perfume craze A wonderful creation, just like the living blossoms. Ask your dealer for a large bottle -- 75c. (6 oz.) Write our American Offices to-day for the sample, enclosing 4c. (to pay postage and packing). Parfumerie ED. PINAUD, Dept. M ED. PINAUD BLDG. NEW YORK M.D. for your, but to instruct you we will allow you example for all Office hours under 9.30. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES MALLA, Tanks or Glass will not let the air out. Only thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. MERCHANTS MADE in all sizes. Natively live and easy riding, very descent and limited inside with Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and passeure strips "B" and "D". Also rim strip "H" to prevent rim setting. This strips any other make—40FT. ELASTIC and MARY HING. THIS QUEEN WORKS How Paris Chooses a Fete Sovereign Each Year. Mile. Lucienne Joly, a Hard-Working Seamstress Was Queen of the French Capital's Autumn Feast This Year. Paris. Although France is now a republic for the third time, her people still seem to hanker after royalty and their taste runs in the direction of queens. They can't have a regular queen, of course, so they must be contented with queens of a lower degree, who are chosen in various trades and various parts of France with all due ceremony. From time immemorial the tradespeople of Paris have celebrated each carnival by electing a queen from among the work people, whose chief merit is unusual beauty, the pride of birth being quite an unimportant factor. The vegetable women select their queen, the grocers theirs, the fishmarket makes its choice and so on. Then these several chosen queens are brought together for an appointed committee to pass judgment on them. The queen receiving the largest number of votes is raised to the highest honor and her title is—Queen of the Queens. It is a strange fact that for several years, with one exception, the fish market has furnished the Queen of Queens for this joyous fete. This year the business men of Paris inaugurated a Fete d'Automme (autumn feast), and October 2 and 3 were chosen as the days for the celebration. A very ceremonious meeting was held in the chamber of marriages at the city hall at which the delegates of Sewing Mile, Luclenne Joly. the various business associations assembled a few days ago for the difficult undertaking of electing an ephemeral sovereign to preside over this fete. The delegates on arriving at the hall found 15 beauties sitting in state awaiting the decision of the judges. The idle, butterfly type was not represented, for the young woman who was to attain the supreme dignity of queen had to be taken from the ranks of the business women. After a moment's contemplation the president of the committee, M. Challanson, arose and in carefully selected words set forth the ideas which first inspired the business men to bring into existence this autumn feast. The delegates were then asked to vote for the queen of the fete. The situation was most embarrassing. Gallantry is proverbial with the Frenchman, and to his chivalrous mind it was almost treason to select one to the discredit of the other candidates. A choice had to be made, however. Above each candidate was a number and each delegate simply wrote the number of his preference on the silp provided for him and dropped it into a box. The first count showed that the delegates were of divers opinions and no one of the candidates had a majority. This necessitated another ballot. A signal was given to the brass band in attendance, and in a twinkling it was thrilling the assembled people with one of the most exciting popular airs. The music gave courage to the timid and faltering judges, so that it was only a question of few minutes before the final vote was cast and counted. This formality over, M. Grandon, master of ceremonies, announced the result and proclaimed the chosen queen to be Mille. Lucienne Joly, queen of the dressmakers, a Juno-like brunette who had received 41 votes, thus making her Queen of the Antilles. Blushing with pleasure and greatly agitated, the reigning sovereign thanked the assembly for the honor conferred on her, and the committee then escorted her and her 14 maids of honor to a restaurant, where the chosen one was congratulated demonstratively by her relatives and companions. Unquestionable Probity A housewife who had met with unpleasant experiences through a dishonest servant took the precaution before filling the vacancy, to write to the applicant's last employer for explicit information as to the girl's honesty: "I believe Mollie to be thoroughly honest," came the prompt reuly. "I certainly never knew her to take anything, not even my orders. She didn't even take palms." Perhaps it is no disgrace to be a ticker if the other fellow needs one Henry E. Legler of Milwaukee Assumes New Position at Salary of $6,000 Annually. Chicago.—Freer use of books and better facilities for getting them are two of the reforms which book lovers may expect to follow shortly upon the advent of Henry E. Legler, who has entered upon his new duties as public librarian of Chicago. The former Wisconsin newspaperman, who is the administrative head of Chicago's public library, lost no time in going to work to earn the $6,000 salary the board voted him. Arriving in Chicago on an early morning train from his home in Milwaukee, Librarian Legler hurried at once to the beautiful building on Michigan avenue which is to be his workshop and began at once to knuckle down to his task. The new librarian consented to outline his plans only after expressly A. H. Henry E. Legler. providing that nothing he should say might be construed as criticism of his predecessor. "The principal aim of a librarian is to get the books under his charge into the hands of the people who want them with the greatest degree of facility commensurate with proper preservation of the books themselves," declared Librarian Legler. "As rapidly as the finances will al low I believe in extending the free-de- delivery/stations. The number of branch libraries ought also to be increased. Free home delivery has been tried in a few cities, but it is not yet necessary for Chicago and does not compare with other and more urgent needs for what money Chicago has to expend on its public library. With the help of the school officials it is our hope that the circulation of books in the juvenile department may be increased to a great extent. "More liberal privileges, it would seem to me, may be extended to card holders. Elsewhere it is not an unusual custom for patrons of public libraries to be allowed the right of taking out two or three, or even more, books at one time on one card, providing they do not attempt to monopolize books for which there appears to be widespread demand. Here, I am told, the holder of a card may take out only one book at a time. I think that system may be changed with due regard for the convenience of all concerned. "The general trend everywhere also appears to be toward increasing the freedom of admission to book stacks. However, I want to make it clear that whatever changes I recommend will be only after careful consideration and after obtaining the consent of the trustees." Recently Mr. Legler refused an offer to take charge of the St. Louis public library and he also refused an offer to become New York state librarian. He was for many years a newspaper reporter, then became secretary of the Milwaukee school board, and for five years has been in charge of Wisconsin's state library commission, which handles hundreds of traveling libraries. Oak Park, Chicago's Fashionable Suburb' is Guarded by Two Canine Thief Catchers. Chicago.—Oak Park, the fashionable western suburb at Chicago, is guarded by dog police. Daring robberies in the village are responsible for the One of the Police Dogs. addition of the dogs to the force and it is a noticeable fact that since the two dogs, "Nick Carter" and "Jesse James" have been on the force that hold-up men and burglar have not been so busy. The dogs are trained to follow a trail over any kind of a road, whether it be an oiled thoroughfare or a common country road. H. G. Strumpfer of Hammond, Ind., is the owner of "Nick" and Jesse." He says they will rid Oak Park of crooks. Old policemen, however, are skeptical. QUEENSLAND'S WATER TREES Wise Provision of Nature That Is One of the Curiosities of the One of the curiosities in natural history in the colony of Queensland is the provision by nature of a supply of water in the roots of certain trees. On these roots the aborigines formerly depended for their water for several months of the year. There are several kinds of trees in Queensland from which water can be obtained, including three species of eucalyptus, and the kurrajong. The eucalypt consists of a gum, which is the largest of the back country trees, a box and mallee. The first named is the most preferred, as yielding the greatest quantity. This tree resembles the red gum in appearance, the leaves being a little narrower and of a silvery color. It grows chiefly on sandy or light loamy soil and throws out numerous lateral roots at a depth of about nine inches from the surface of the ground. The position of these roots was ascertained by the blacks by repeatedly jabbing the points of a spear or sharpened stick in the soft earth at a distance of about six or eight feet from the trunk of the tree. The soil was then removed with a wooden shovel for some 20 feet or more and the root cut off at either end. This was then cut up into lengths of about 18 inches, the bark knocked off and the lengths stood on end in some receptacle to contain water. In many cases the blacks used a bag made of the entire skin of the male wallaby. As soon as all those pieces were placed on end the operator, beginning with the first placed, put the end in his mouth, and by a vigorous puff expelled the remaining water. The size of the roots chosen was, with the bark on, about the thickness of a man's wrist. The larger ones being more woody and less porous, contain little or no water. The water is beautifully clear, cool, and free from any unpleasant taste or smell. PLEASANT FOR THE TRAVELER Russian Method of Safeguarding Czar Necessarily Led to Some Apprehension. The late William E. Ingersoll, the noted life insurance manager, was an authority on insurance rates. "Mr. Ingersoll knew the rates all over the world," said a New York manager, recently. "The Russian rates are very high. Mr.; Ingersoll once explained to me, with a story, why this was. "A traveler in Russia, he said, noticed that the train was all decorated with flags and banners, and at every station a compny of soldiers, and a band playing the national anthem. The traveler asked a barkeman the reason of all this ceremony. The barkeman, lowering his voice, replied: "I don't mind telling you, sir—but in the strictest confidence, be it understood—that a carriage in this train has been engaged for his majesty. But his majesty, as a matter of fact, won't set off till this evening. Thus the plot hatched against him may take effect on this train, you see, and our gracious sovereign will be saved." "The brakeman touched his cap and passed on, and the traveler, suddenly grown pale and nervous, stared from the window anxiously." High Title Denied Washington A friend calls attention to the fact that Washington, although commander in chief during the Revolution and again in 1798 during the French war, which did not really happen, did not bear the title of full general. On July 2, 1798, President Adams nominated him "to be lieutenant-general and commander in chief." This was followed by the act of March 3, 1798, of which the ninth section read "that a commander of the army of the United States shall be appointed, and commissioned by the style of 'general of the armies of the United States,' and that the present office and title of lieutenant-general shall thereafter be abolished.' President Adams, jealous for the executive preogative as commander in chief, made no appointment under this act and Washington died as lieutenant-general. Europe's Highest Village "The highest village in Europe" is the inscription on a post card which shows a group of wooden cottages on a bleak hill, with no sign of vegetation in sight and having as a background a range of ice-covered mountains. The name of the place is Cumaz in the Canton Wallis. It lies 2,047 meters above the sea level, "where Monte Rosa raises its gigantic head into the clouds." The village consists of four families, and the latest census gives it a population of 26. "The storms of spring and fall and the snows of the winter months," says the sender of the card, "make life dreary one, and still the people look happy, and doubtless they are so." A Careless Messenger. After a messenger boy had eaten his lunch in a Pearl street restaurant in the New York financial district, Harry Bohrer, the manager, found a package on the table, and opening it he discovered that it contained $23,000 in currency and also sufficient negotiable securities to make a total of $50,000. From the papers in the package he believed the valuables belonged to the state bank, a few doors away, and hurried there with the money. The cashier quickly identified the parcel and Bohrer was given a reward. McCALL PATTERNS 10 15 MORE HIGHER McCALLS MAGAZINE 50 YEAR WALKING A FINE PATTERN McCALL PATTERNS Celebrated for style, perfect fit, simplicity and reliability for all 40 years. Sold in a nearly every city and town in the United States and Canada, or by mail direct. 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The twenty-fifth anniversary services of the establishment of the Salvation Army in this city were held in the various churches last Sunday. READ THE BEER BUY THE NEW HOME LIGHT RUSHING SEWING MACHINE Before You Purchase Any Jibor Write THE N.W. HOUSE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY CHANGE, MARK Many Serving Machines are made to tell your of quality, but the "New Home" a mode won. Our guaranty never runs out. We make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions in the trade. The "New Home" stands at the end of all High-grade family sewing machines. FOR SALE BY GOIN HOLMES' HOTEL No. 333 Virginia Ave. S.W. Mro-American Accommodation in the District. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FLAN. Good Rooms and Lodging, 50, 75c. and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a Call James Otoway Holmes, Prop Washington, D. C. Am Phone 2412 DOM DOM There are many colored families who are living in crowded houses on small plots of land in towns or cities who want real freedom and real opportunity for, themselves and for their children. It is very difficult to rear children in a crowded town or city. The place to rear children is in the country. In Macon County, Alabama, the colored people have a rare and exceptional opportunity. This is the county in which The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute is located. There is plenty of good land for sale on easy terms. There is a good schoolhouse, and the school term lasting from seven to eight months in every part of the county. The white people in Macon County are of the very best class. There is no disorder or racial trouble. We advise colored people who are now living in crowded towns or cities, in the North or in the South, and especially those who have children to raise to come to Macon County and buy a home where they can get plenty of land to cultivate and rear their families in the county free from the temptations of the cities and towns. For further information write or see: Clinton J. Calloway. Real Estate O SICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WERK WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO., FIFTII and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C WORTH ADVERTISING FOR There are 5,499 Negroes employed here in Washington, Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes draw in negotiating $3,044,404. These more than three millions spent right here in Washington, but scattered and hundreds of tradesmen. Is this amount of money we beg for? It certainly is, and not even the largest store we would refuse to get the big end of it did they pay much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in the lands without a rival or competitor, and covers the news of the merchants in this city will patronize the adventures of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they use Negroes — those 5,499 Negroes who draw annual government over three millions of dollars — will assume a hiring a publication edited and operated by one of their firms desire and deserve their patronage. And specialize the bulk of these over three millions of dollars rented by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods, what other lines of business will now make an effort to themselves these over three millions of dollars spent by Negroes by advertising in The Bee? Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 5,499 Negroes spend their over three millions of dollars will now be the time to advertise in The Bee, the newspaper is every Negro home in Washington. Remember, need Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it is. 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 race that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of those over three millions of dollars received am 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 or Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. MORE MONEY—RACE PROGRESS. of colored people groom themselves daintly, destroy the odors, remove grease shine from the face, and use recoveries for improving the skin and dressing them will be better received in the business world, man- ney, and advance faster. The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is a business friend colored people have. It improves the Dr. Booker Washington improves their minds. The very manufacturers nine Chemical Wonders, which colored people as attractive as individual peculiarities. Colored men in New York who use these Wonder situations in banks, clubs and business houses can have better positions, marry better, get along best. (1,) Complexion WonderCream will light up a black or brown) every time it is used. To pro- test trial, we send demonstration sample for 10 cent- s 50 cents postpaid. (2) Magneto-Metallic Comb, called Wonder Co- nected before using, to help straighten and dress its 50 cents, and will last a lifetime. (3) Wonder Uncurl. When this pomade dressing for the kinks can be uncurled and the hair become when heated into the scalp and through the hair with Comb, any stiff knotty hair will dress well. 50 cents. (4) Wonder Hair Grow fertilizes the scalp and grow long, just as fertilizers in the soil make hair. 50 cents postpaid. (5) Odor Wonder Powder instantly destroys p- r. People who neglect such chemical cleansing a- s. 50 cents postpaid. (6) Odor Wonder Liquid This fine toilet water body with delicate perfume When used with Odor Wonder Powder the conditions of the body be- lief. If you can spare 50 cents extra, order this lust- ents postpaid. (7) Wonder Foot Powder keeps the feet dainty. postpaid. (8) Wonder Wash. A shampoo to clean from insure the health of the hair and scalp. 50 cents. (9) Shell Pink Creme will give light brown girl- cheeks without made-up appearance. 50 cents. We guarantee all these Wonders as represented. We give advice free about hair, skin and scalp. If colored people groom themselves daintly, destroy perspiration odors, remove grease shine from the face, and use our 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 neated 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. Will send book an attractiveness free. We will prove we are true business friends of eo. We require one agent for every locality and guard inst loss. Only $2 capital required. Always write to M. B. Berger & Co., a Rector S. k. We market all the Chemical Wonder Company. Richardson's Pure Drug 316 4½ Street, S. W. 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., a Rector Street, New York. We market all the Chemical Wonder Company preparations. Richardson's Pure Drug Store Just received a large assignment of fresh drugs and a large collection of very fine toilet preparations, Easter goods, and many useful articles, just the thing you desire for Easter offering. Richardson's Old Reliable Pure Drug Store, 316 4% Street, S. W. and 14th and RStreets, N. W. THE BEE PUBLISHED at 1109 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 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance__$2.00 Six months____ 1.00 Three months____ .50 Subscription monthly____ .20 OUR HOPE. The colored political agitator is doing himself harm. It is well sometimes to agitate and espouse a cause when it is just and right. The question The Bee wishes to as is: Is there anything in the Democratic party for the colored American? Has the Democratic party done anything at all to aid the colored American? Let us for a moment glance at the traditions of the Democratic party. What have they been? What is its history, so far as the colored Americans are concerned? Take the history of the party in every State and tell us what it is. Compare the Democratic party with the Republican party and decide from which the colored Americans have received the more benefits. Which party is due the credit for the emancipation of the American slaves and their education? Which party gave colored Americans the right of franchise; and which party took it away from them? Which party opposed discriminating laws, and which party enacted them? Which party established "Jim Crowism" in the States, and which party opposed it? Which party inaugurated Ku Kluxism, and which party prosecuted the perpetrators? Which party is daily burning colored Americans at the stake, and which party is condemning it? These are but a few of the outrages that are being perpetrated by the Democratic party. Why, then, should colored political agitators attempt to influence their fellow-citizens to condemn the Chief Executive of the party that he represents because of some error that may have been made by a few representatives of the Republican party? Colored agitators must be insane and maliciously revengeful, or mercenary agents of crafty political agitators. The freedom and political privileges that have heretofore been enjoyed by colored Americans, given to them by the Republican party and daily being legislated out of existence by the Democratic party. The agitators claim that the Republican party has deserted the colored voter. In what particular, we would ask? They seem to disregard the wrongs that are being daily inflicted upon colored Americans. It is, and has been, the aim and motive of the Democratic party to humiliate colored Americans, regardless of their standing and conditions. Our wives and daughters have been made to ride in "Jim Crow" cars the size of a box, thus placing the stamp of inferiority upon them. The commonest and the most filthy white person is permitted to enter where respectable and educated colored Americans cannot enter. The Bee is pleased to state that all white people are not alike. There are some human white Americans in this country who believe in equality of citizenship. The educated and the refined white American knows how to discriminate. The day is fast approaching, however, when the rights of colored Americans will be recognized and respected. BUILDING MONUMENTS The Bee extends its congratulations to Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., for the success he is meeting with in his new Southern propaganda. This distinguished educator is building a monument to the colored Americans in the South. The opening of the National Religious Training School at Durham, N. C., was more than a success. The speech of Judge J. C. Pritchard at the opening was the keynote, and in the tour of ex-Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, through the North with Dr. Shepard, the doctrine that these distinguished Southerners preached demonstrated what The Bee has asserted time and time again, that there are white men in this country who believe in equality of citizenship and the Constitution of the United States. We have had good Democrats upon the Supreme Court bench of the District of Columbia; namely, Judge Montgomery, Justice Morris, Justice Bingham, and the present Justice of the Court of Appeals, Shepard. With such Democrats the colored Americans would have no fear and they could continue to build monuments. Those who have tried to down and destroy are men who don't believe in advanced civilization. Let us help and commend those who build monuments. THE WHITE MOR The brutal murder of innocent colored men by a white Texas Democratic mob is certainly an inducement for colored men to support and vote the Democratic ticket. At a meeting of the National Political Independent League, held at Galbraith Church last Monday night, the Independent voters advocated a division of the colored vote, and many of the speakers declared that the Bryan Democracy had helped politically the condition of the colored people. The colored people are being oppressed daily more so than at any other time. The letter of Mr. J. T. Cunningham in another column of this paper has the right ring. HOWARD THEATER This theater will be open August 22 in vaudeville. Beyond all doubt it is the finest theater in the city. There is no theater to equal it. Mr. W. H. Smith, of the Pekin Theater, Chicago, Ill., will be the manager. Mr. Smith is a man of great executive ability. It is up to the people whether they will support a first-class theater. The Bee believes that the people of Washington will support a first-class theater. It is a structure that will be an ornament to the Capital City. Go and see it at the corner of 7th and Tea streets northwest. The Bee will contain full particulars next week. THE WHITE MOB. Innocent Negroes Murdered. Editor of The Bee. Doubtless quite a number of the readers of your valuable paper have read with much pain and sorrow of the wholesale slaughter of the colored citizens by the cowardly white mobs at Palestine, Tex., a few days ago. It is said that that cowardly band of murderers went to the homes, and even in the fields, where the colored people were at work, and shot them down like sheep. This wholesale game of slaughter was done, too, while the inoffensive colored men prayed and begged for their lives. Sheriff Black said: "We won't find some of the bodies of the murdered colored men until the location is revealed by the buzzards." Ah, my friends, what are we to think, when we remember that God is just! These people had committed no crime whatever. But the white mob, that always knows there is no punishment in store for it for killing negroes, was thirsting for blood, and, like ravenous wolves, proceeded to attack and slaughter an innocent and inoffensive people whom they knew to be armed. What a set of cowardly murderers' murderers, too, that never will be known—though out of 300 of them many are known—until the Judgment Day. Just for the sake of argument, or to give to the many readers of The Bee something to think about, suppose there had been 300 negroes banded themselves together and killed 20 innocent white men. Comment is unnecessary. But listen! This slaughtering of the colored citizens at Palestine, Tex., is but the fruits of the Johnson-Jeffries fight. The rich, the intelligent, and the law-abiding white citizens care nothing about the defeat of Jeffries. It is the poor, ignorant, one-gallus, drunken hoodlums that are raising so much hell about that which does not concern them. This mob rule is no longer confined in the Southland; it is spreading, and seems to find a friendly shelter wherever the Stars and Stripes are unfurled. This whole country should stand with heads bowed in-shame to have to acknowledge to the world that such lawlessness is tolerated in this (so-called) Christian country—a country that has gall enough to send missionaries to foreign lands to spread the religion of Jesus Christ. The American white missionaries should impress it on the minds of their foreign proselytes not to do as they do, but do as they are told to do. A few of the murderers at Palestine, Tex., might be arrested—and the usual mock trial performance will take place—but all intelligent men and women of the negro race know now just what the decision of the court will be. The usual verdict reads like this: "They, the 20 or more negroes, came to their death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury," etc., etc. So far as the protection of the lives of colored men and women in this country are concerned, they would be ten thousand times better off under "ole marster and missus." The white ruffians that killed a negro or group of negroes less than 50 years ago would have to answer for it. One "ole marster" was worth more to the negroes in those days than a million volumes of the 14th and 15th amendments to the Federal Constitution are worth to them to-day. How long this wholesale slaughter of the colored citizens of this country is to be perpetuated; rests with the governors of the States and President of the United States. And the negroes should make it up in their minds to let no grass grow in the paths which lead to the State-houses and White House until their demands for protection of life and better treatment as American citizens is heard and answered. JOSEPH C. CUNNINGHAM. Vote the Democratic Ticket? Colored Americans should divide their vote and a majority of them should vote for the Democratic party for the following good reasons. 1. Because the Democratic party believes that the colored American is an inferior citizen. 2. Because in the State of Texas a few days ago about 20 colored men were burned and a number in Florida. 3. Because the Democratic party inaugurates a "Jim Crow" car system whenever it is supreme. 4. Because every Democratic State in the United States has inaugurated a "Jim Crow" system. 5. Because the Democratic party don't want a colored man to hold an office. 6. The Democratic party has at all times done everything in its power to humiliate colored Americans. 7. The colored voter should vote against the Republican party because it believes in equal rights and universal liberty for races, irrespective of color or conditions. 8. The colored man should vote against the Republican party, because it was instrumental in liberating 4,000,000 slaves. 9. The colored man should vote against the Republican party, because it was the first party to appoint an emancipated colored American to office. 10. The colored American should eternally damn the Republican party, because it has done all in its power to defeat Democratic legislation to disfranchise colored Americans, and to keep them in subjection. There is no party in the world that has done so little for the colored Americans as the Republican party, and for that reason the colored voter should adopt the advice of Rev. Corruthers, Trotter, Rev. Waldron, Bishop Walters and others, who applaud the outrages in this country. Why should not these distinguished colored men oppose the Republican party? Their names shall be perpetuated and a monument shall be erected to their memory for the great advice they have given colored Americans. Death of Mrs. Councill, Normal, Ala. Mrs. Maria Howard Councill, wife of the late President William Hooper Councill, founder and for 34 years President of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, died in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday night, July 23, 1910. Death came as the result of a major operation at a Nashville infirmary. The funeral services were held in Palmer Hall Chapel, and her remains were interred in the tomb with those of her husband, the late President William H. Councill, who died only 15 months ago. President Walter S. Buchanan and his wife, Mrs. Ida Councill Buchanan, and Mr. Dement H. Councill, son of the deceased, were at the bedside of Mrs. Councill when the end came. The remains were turned over to Mr. A. N. Johnson, undertaker, a lifelong friend of the family. The following day, Sunday, July 24, the body was brought to Huntsville, Ala. When the train arrived in Huntsville Monday morning at 2 o'clock, a committee of the members of the faculty were at the depot to receive the body, and immediately it was conveyed to the College Campus, in the hearse of Moore & Commons, undertakers. The body lay in state in the President's residence until 3:30 p. m. Monday, the time of the funeral services. The funeral services, which were held in Palmer Hall Chapel, were short and simple. The Rev. Mr. W. M. Jones, of the M. E. Church, Huntsville, read the obituary. The Rev. Dr. R. D. Brooks, of Pratt City, formerly and for five years the pastor of the deceased in Huntsville, delivered the funeral address. Resolutions offered by the faculty were read by Prof. Henry Hopkins, of the faculty. Miss Isora Garrett, of the faculty, sang "Crossing the Bar." Just before the benediction, Undertaker Johnson, at the request of President Buchanan, spoke in a most earnest and touching manner of his long and pleasant acquaintance with the deceased. When these remarks were finished and the benediction had been pronounced, the funeral procession marched to the grave directly in front of Carnegie Library. Here the body was lowered into the vault above the remains of the late President Councill. The slab was rolled over the tomb, and on this was placed the many floral tributes offered by the school, the trustees and the many friends of the family, many of whom were in attendance. These included graduates and ex-students of the school, and, among white friends, Mr. Ben T. Hunt, Trustee; Capt. Dan Turner and wife, and others. Before the completion of these last funeral rites, Miss Isora Garrett and Miss Odell Robinson, of Huntsville, sang "I shall see Him face to face." The services closed with the audience singing "God be with you till we meet again," and the benediction. Mrs. Council was born 48 years ago in Huntsville, Ala., in December, 1861. She attended the school taught by Prof. Council, in that city, and later she taught in his school. Still later, in 1885, she was married to Prof. Council, and since that time had devoted her life to the work which stands as an enduring monument to his untiring labors. She was a devoted wife, and a tender and loving mother. For more than 20 years she was a Christian and member of the Huntsville A. M. E. Church. She was a loving and kind woman and a friend to everyone. Her death came as a thunderbolt from a clear noon-day sky, and her loss is inestimable. She leaves a, daughter, a son, two sisters, one brother and many friends to mourn her loss. A few days before death claimed its victim she had remarked, "I am ready to meet God." Dr. Shepard's Great Work DURHAM, N. C., August 2.—Two strong addresses, racial in character, and delivered by distinctly racial individuals, have proven to be the strongest features of the past week's work at the National Religious Training School and Chautaqua, during the past week. "What's the Matter With Sambo?" the highly humorous, but instructive address delivered by the Rev. Dr. C. S. Morris, of New York, and the address by Charles Alexander, of Philadelphia, on "Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Negro Poet," drawing perhaps more appreciation from the critical audience that faces the speaker in Avery Auditorium. Dr. Morris took occasion in his address to give some more or less valuable advice to the Negroes in the South, with reference to their life and conduct down here, while Mr. Alexander, by reason of his wide experience as a man of letters and partly because of an intimate acquaintance with Dunbar, was able to give his hearers many hitherto unapproached angles with reference to the dead poet's character, and opened up many scenes of beauty with reference to his life and work. Francis A. Clark, in the meantime, has developed some kind of reputation as a speaker, and for one hour delightfully filled in an interrupted program with an impromptu "History of Music," which more than proved him to be a master of the art he loves so well. Another announcement of significance with reference to the future of the work of the Training School is the one concerning the future activities of the well known T. P. Smith, at present president and manager of Smith's Business College, Lynchburg, Va. Prof. Smith, at his school in Lynchburg, has turned out perhaps more stenographers and bookkeepers than any other one agent in the South, and for the Summer Chautauqua has had charge of the commercial work, which includes banking, insurance, typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping. He will give up his work at Lynchburg at the beginning of the season, and will be a permanent fixture on the faculty of the National Religious Training School. President James E. Shepard announces that the fall term will begin October 12, and that no students under 16 years of age will be accepted. Atlantic City Throng Enjoy Ocean. (Special to the Bee.) ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 3.—As would say the old sea salt, who has every condition of the weather at his command, and that in not too polite language, perhaps—"a spanking breeze was blowing in yesterday," which means that humanity in general, and that portion in particular which hurried hither from the western side of the State to escape the fiery temperature which prevailed there, even during the morning hours, found decided relief, once reaching the hospitable precincts of the resort. Today is quite different, and one is at his wits end as to what to do to keep cool. This is by far the hottest day of the Summer here, and every one is hoping the storm that is hanging over the sea a mile or more off shore may blow in and give the city a drenching and cooling. Promenaders on the Boardwalk found yesterday to their liking, while the bathers—and the beach was thick with them—fairly revealed in the surf. As result, the assemblage on Boardwall and strand was largely augmented and presented the appearance of a real Summer crowd. Early morning trains continue to bring many one-day visitors from Philadelphia, who are glad to escape the heat of the city. For while the hot wave is here in its intensity, it is too tempered by a strong south wind that it can be borne with more comfort than if one were sweltering in the cities. The nights are always cool, and no matter if the days are hot, rest and recuperation come with the nightfall. So popular is the Bathing Pavilion of Fitzgerald: that one can rest assured of meeting there any of the host of visitors to the city at some time during the bathing hours. Jack Johnson, with his wife and manager, are in the city, the guest of Mr. Benjamin Allen, of the Hotel Allen. Yesterday the fight fans and enthusiastic sports of the town held a parade in honor of the visiting champion. The parade, headed by a brass band and followed by Mr. Johnson in his racing car, consisted of a string of taxicabs and other autos filled with enthusiastic admirers. Following them came the hundreds of foot guards and the thousands not fortunate enough to be in the parade—but of it. Tuesday night a public reception was held in honor of the champion, in the large parlors of the Hotel Allen. The National Independent Political League is in session here at Price Memorial Chapel today. Many delegates are in attendance from all over the country. There are many more to arrive. Local politicians in Atlantic City are afraid to be identified with the movement, not knowing in just what light their action would be taken by the gang up front. The August rush is on. The first brought the Bee's winners in the recent Teachers' Popularity Contest, who have apartments at the Grinnage House. Guests Here The Grinnage House- Misses Kennedy, Washington; Mr. McDonald, Philadelphia; Mrs. Robinson, New York; the Misses Clark, Howard University, Washington; Miss Addie Cooper, Howard University, Washington; Miss Susie Lightfoot, Washington; Mr. H. Brown, Philadelphia. Other Washingtonians in Town. Mrs. Pinchback, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pinchback, Mr. R. P. Lendertoy. Mr. T. W. Weddington, Miss Ethel Simms, Miss G. Smallwood. Marcelle Cottage—Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur (Jack) Johnson, Chicago and New York; Mrs. Alex Holmes, Richmond, Va. JACK LIGHTFOOT. A Great Social Event. A GREAT SOCIAL EVENT The National Medical Association meeting on August 23-25 is the talk of the town, and especially the social functions. The ball, at Convention Hall on Thursday evening, August 25, from what the committee says who have the affair in charge, will surpass in brilliancy and attendance any of the previous balls given in honor of the association. Dr. A. M. Curtis is chairman of the committee. He has associated with him twenty-five others, several of the Citizens' Committee being members of his committee. Among those associated with the affair: Dr. Curtis, these bespeak success for the affair: Dr. Geo. Murray, Dr. M. O. Dumas, Judge R. H. Terrell, Jos. A. Cobb, Shelby Davison, W. Bruce Evans, Ralph Tyler, W. T. Vernon, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, Dr. E. D. Williston, Dr. H. C. Saerlock, Dr. John W. Mitchell, Dr. Albert Ridgeley, Dr. W. C. Wilson, Dr. Boyle, Dr. Wm. Board, Dr. Childs, Dr. F. F. Dayis, Dr. Geo. W. Cabannas. West Washington News Ebenezer A. M. E. Sunday school and the First. Baptist Sunday school enjoyed their annual outing this week at Eureka Park and Madre's Park, respectfully, and the superintendents, Messrs. N. G. Mitchell and Jos. N. Lawson, and their excellent corps of teachers are to be congratulated for the manner in which the schools were entertained. The regular evening service for Sunday at Mt. Zion M. E. Church has been discontinued for the month of August, in lieu of which a vesper service is held from 6 to 7 o'clock P. M. All are welcome. Mrs. Hannah Beason and two grandchildren are spending 'the Summer in Maryland with her daughter, Mrs. Alice Green. Miss Harriet H. Beason is enjoying a much needed rest at Cook's Station, Md. Mr. Jas, L. Turner was the guest of his son and wife, Mr. John H. Turner, of Baltimore, Md., this week, and reports that the Odd Fellows are making extensive arrangements for the B. M. C. next mphth, which convenes in that city. 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-peek 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 quack medicine?" How She Knew. "I do think," exclaimed Mrs. Tolker, indignantly, "that Mrs. Gadabout is the most aggrivatingly inquisitive woman, if I must say so, I ever knew. Why, I never pass her on the street but what she invariably turns her head and stares back at me to see what I've got on and how it sets from behind." "How—er—that is, I was wondering, my dear, how you found out that the mean thing looked back. Some 'one tell you?' inquired Mr. Tolker, innocently. And Mrs. Tolker straightway turned the stream of her indignation, seething hot, from Mrs. Gadabout to her "insinuating wretch of a husband," as she fondly termed him, and after the first protechnic outburst steadily refused to speak to the unfortunate man for the rest of the evening. Conduclve to Boerd. Farmer Nubbins—I wuz readin' a piece in one of these air comic papers 'tother day, Maria, which allowed that a dude couldn't run. Said 'tawant in him to travel faster than a walk. Mrs. Nubbins—Well, Hiram, hev ye seen anything to convince ye to the contrary? Nubbins (with a reminiscent chuckle)—Hev II? Weal, I jess wish the editor of that comic paper had bin out in the field with me a spell ago an' seen that air city dude who boards with the Hankinsnakes 'sunter' across the pastur lot ahead of my two-year-old bull! Enough Talking Already. Stabblings—That new congressman of ourn don't amount to much; why, all he does is to set thar an' vote an' let the rest do all the talkin'. He isn't offered to make a speech yet. Snoggins—Hain't, eh? Waal, if that's the case we orter keep him thar right along. We're gittin' plenty of chin music from congress now without havin' him chip in. Business Man's Falling. "The policeman says you stole a pie," remarked the magistrate, "what have you got to say?" "It's my busy season," explained Tired Tim, "and I was so rushed at the noon hour I'd only time to run out and catch a little lunah." 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 ruin. 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 Rulns of Church of Landin In Mexico the church with a colony of Spaniarda 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 coling 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 infiation 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- Senator George B. 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. Saving the North Woods It will be a great satisfaction to those who are fighting for the preservation of the Adirondack 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 expected, it will prove the most effective means yet devised to prevent the devastation of the north woods by fires—Troy (N. Y.) Record. The Weeksin Society Get your drugs, medicines and toilet articles at the Board & McGuire Pharmacy 1912 1-2 14th St. N. W. "The place where everybody meets everybody else." Among the visitors from Charleston, W. Va., last week were Messrs. W O. Terry, J. W. Campbell and T. G. Nutter. Miss Mildred E. Gibbs, Mrs. A. B. Parks and her daughters, Miss Jessie and Miss Adella, are guests at Eldorado Cottage, New Kochelle, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell is summering at Oak Bluffs, Mass. Mr. Ralph E. Langston, of New York, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Johnson Langston. Misses Phyllis and Mary Terrell are spending a very pleasant vacation at Oak Bluffs, Mass. Mr. William C. English-returned to this city last Tuesday after spending several days in New York City. Mr. Robert Foster and son Wallace, of Springfield, Mass., are visiting friends here. Miss Beatrice Hubbard, of Pittsburg, Pa., is planning a visit to this city about August 15. Miss Hubbard is the niece of Rev. Dr. Waldron. Among the delegates to the Elks' convention from Newark, N. J., last week were Dr. Leroy Baxter, Messrs. G. Reeves and E. Jackson. Mrs. D. C. Talbott, of Easton, Pa., and four children are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Stewart. Among the delegates to the Elks' convention last week from New York City were Messrs. James Webb, William Jackson, D. W. Parker, James Williams, Frank Wheaton, James Anderson. James S. Williams, Oscar Cassell and John Robinson. Miss Jeanette Johnson, of Baltimore, Md., is visiting friends in this city. Mr. Grear Williams has returned home, after a pleasant stay of two weeks in Atlantic City, N. J. Mr William Casey, of Atlantic City, was here last week. Miss Fleetwood, of this city, is summering at Marshalton, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, of Philadelphia, Pa., are here for a two weeks' visit Mr Frank V. Bacchus is visiting friends in Philadelphia, Pa. Master James C. Moody and sister, little Miss Rebecca, of Harrisburg, Pa. are visiting their uncle, Mr. Thomas Cooper, in this city for 10 days. Miss Cathleen Ambler and her cousin, Miss Louise Ranson, are visiting friends in Harrisburg, Pa. Mr Morgan Houser is spending a month's vacation at White Sulphur Springs Mrs I N. Ross, Sr., is the guest of her children in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr and Mrs. Antonie P. Clarke, of Richmond, Va., are spending several days here. Misses Eva Lucas and Ethel Gibson, who have been visiting relatives and friends in Richmond, Va., were recent visitors at Enfield, Va. Mr W. W. Wilson, of Richmond, Va., was in our city last week. Mr William Simpsins, of Hampton, Va., was in our city last week. Mr Powell B. Williams, of Richmond, Va., was here last week. Mr George Scott visited relatives in Baltimore last week. Mr Lee Mattingly, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Theodore De Wolf, in Newport, R. L, has returned home after a pleasant trip. Miss Sadie Washington, of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting, friends here. Before returning home, she will visit many points in the North. Mrs. S. C. Green, of Cleveland, Ohio, was in our city last week. Mrs. Louisa Kemp left the city this morning for Harrisburg, Pa. Mr Charlie Pickett, of this city, is spending his vacation in Chicago, Ill. Mrs. W. G. Saunders, who has been the guest of Mrs. A. R. Moord in Durham, N. C., has returned to her home in this city. After the 5 and 10 cent theatre, between the acts, and at all hours, ice cream soda is now all the rage, especially that snappy, cold, pure, delicious kind that is served at the drug store of Board & &McGuire, 1912 1-2 14th St. N. W. It is made right, served right, tastes right, and is right. Mrs. Mary Werles is spending a few days in Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Essie McKinlay, of Charleston, S. C., is visiting her brother, Mr. Whitfield McKinlay. Mr. T. L. Jackson has returned to his home in Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Henry Edwards has returned to his home in this city after a pleasant stay of two weeks at Asbury Park with his sister. Mrs. J. H. Johnson, of Cambridge, Mass., is contemplating a visit to this city soon. Mrs. Lillie Savoy and her son Leonard, in company with Mrs. Whiting, will visit Atlantic City next week. Mrs. Tarqueina A. Middleton left Tuesday morning for Jersey City, where she will visit relatives. Rev. W. A. Ray, D. D., pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, southwest, left the city, accompanied by his wife, Wednesday, August 3, for a vacation of about one month. The officers and members granted him six weeks' leave, as he has practically had no real vacation since he took charge of the church three years ago, leaving the city in cases of sickness or business on each occasion. Mrs. Florence C. Williams (nee Chapman), of Raleigh, N. C., is spending the summer in this city, residing at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Bundy, 403 O street northwest. Mrs. Williams is a graduate of the Armstrong Manual Training School. After graduation, she was appointed teacher of domestic science in Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C., which position she has for some years filled with great success and still holds. About four years ago she was happily married to Prof. Theodore F. Williams, a teacher and lawyer at Raleigh, where both he and his accomplished wife are highly respected and honored. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman has returned from Durham, N. C., where he has been on professional business. Dr. T. D. Robinson, of Jersey City, attended the , Elks' convention last week, and stopped at the residence of Rev. J. C. Fountain, 1124 18th street northwest. Mr. W. I. Johnson, of Richmond, Va., visited his daughter, Mrs. R. L. Middleton, and his sister, Mrs. H. D. Mason, while in this city last week to the Elks' convention. Miss Maude E. Flemming will leave for Harrisburg, Pa., next week to visit relatives. Mr. John Williams has returned to this city, after spending a pleasant vacation at Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Cherry Mayo, accompanied by little Francis Middleton, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Drake at Newport News, Va. Mrs. David Owens, of Williamsburg, Va., is spending some time in this city. Miss Gipsy Taylor, of 1124 18th street northwest, will soon leave for Jersey City, N. J., and other points North. Mrs. Ella B. Walker left Tuesday last for Atlantic City to take a much-needed rest. During her several weeks' sojourn she will be the guest of relatives. Mrs. Hattie St. Clair, teacher in the Industrial Home School at Blue Plains, is spending a month's vacation at Atlantic City. Her daughter, Miss Estelle St. Clair, and Miss Resena Lacey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lacey, are visiting relatives and friends at the Manassas (Va.) Industrial School. Mr. B. L. Marchant, Secretary of the Howard University Y. M. C. A., has returned to the city from Arundel-on-the-Bay, where he attended the three weeks' term of the National Y. M. C. A. Summer School. Miss Ethel C. Marchant, Class 1911, Howard University, is spending her summer vacation with her parents at Washington Court-House, Ohio. Mrs. Annie M. Shepherd, of Cambridge, Mass., left for her home Thursday last. While in the city she was the guest of her niece, Miss F. V. Waugh. Mrs. Alice Latney, accompanied by her little daughter, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Lummie Carpenter, in Shenandoah, Va. Miss Elizabeth Howard and Miss Etta Williamson are the guests of Miss Ella Richmond in Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Mehlinger is visiting friends in Asheville, N. C. Mrs. Warfield, wife of Dr. W. A. Warfield, and children are spending the summer in Maryland. Mr. Edward T. Harris, formerly of this city but now of Toledo, Ohio, is visiting his parents in this city. Mr. Harris is connected with the Police Department in Toledo. He will sing at St. Luke's P. E. Church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. Mr. George G. Newell, of Staunton, Va., is in this city, stopping with Mr. J. C. Jackson, where he expects to make his home for some time. Mrs. C. E. Jackson, the wife of Mr. James C. Jackson, has returned to the city after a delightful stay with her sister, Mrs. Lulu Newell, of Staunton, Va. Mrs. Charles R. Douglass is chaperon of a delightful house party of ladies at her summer cottage at Highland Beach. Miss Eva Chase will spend some time this month at Silver Crest Cottage as the guest of Miss R. R. Colbert and other friends. Prof. J. Henry Lewis is summering at Hotel Henderson in Atlantic City. Miss Eva Brown and Dr. Ada C. Albert are visiting Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brown in Petersburg, Va. Mr. Chester Carpenter is spending his vacation at Meyersdale and Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. D. L. Cooper expects to leave the city to-day or Monday to visit friends in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Sara Pinn and daughter Edith, who has been the guest of Mrs. Maurice Ferguson at Herndon, Va., for the month of July, returned to the city Saturday and left Wednesday for Boston to visit Mr. Pinn's brother Howard for the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Murray, who spent the month of July at Opequan, Va., are now at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., for the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Williamson, of 1939 9th street northwest, entertained at a six-course luncheon Saturday evening Dr. Preston M. Edwards, of Hartford, Conn.; Mrs. John V. Oliver, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Miss Rose Lawrie, of Kansas City, and Prof. J. G. Logan. Mr. R. N. Hyde, a prominent business man of Des Moines, Iowa, was prevented by other duties, as was expected. Mrs. Georgia Johnson, wife of Rev. corder Johnson, has arrived in the city and is living at Mrs. Haysen's on Douglass avenue, Killingworth, D. C. Mrs. Nettie Langston Napier, of Nashville, Tenn., is the guest of her mother and brother at the old homestead. Mrs. Thornton Peyton and her entire family will summer in the East. The Attucks Excursion The Crispus Attucks Association will give an all-day excursion to Washington Park August 9. The committee in charge of the affair reports much interest in the excursion by the people, who expect an enjoyable time with the Association on this occasion. Reports from every section of the city received by the committee indicate one of the most successful outings ever given by the Association. Quite a delegation from Rockville, Md., will go on the 10 o'clock trip and spend the day at the Park, returning on the 6 o'clock boat. This is perhaps one of the largest colored Associations in the country, over 500 members, and those who desire a day of pleasure will go with the Attucks on August 9. Three trips. The National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C., offers the following special courses: I. Religious Training. This course is especially adapted to those who desire training as Settlement Workers, Deaconesses, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries, Evangelists and Home Visitors. II. Training for the Christian Ministry. This Department will train young men especially in practical Theology, the art of reaching and saving men. This course will be very thorough. The teachers have been selected with great care. III. Department of Music, vocal and instrumental. IV. Literary Branches. Academic and Collegiate. V. Commercial Department. VI. Department of Industry. Young men and women to a limited number, who are worthy, will be helped. All applications for admission must be made by September 15, 1910. Regular school term begins October 12, 1910. For further information address President, National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C. You are Invited To a National convention called to confer as to how best to deal with the political conditions confronting Colored Americans at Atlantic City, N. J., August 4-6, 1910. Every Colored American who is opposed to slavery and denial of civil and political rights because of race, color or previous condition, and who believes colored citizens have a duty to perform against color discrimination and disfranchisement, is eligible and is urged to at- THE HOTEL LINCOLN Nos. 22 and 24 Lincoln Avenue LONG ISLAND The ideal place to spend your vacation holidays, or Saturday and Sunday. Delightfully located, one block from ocean, thoroughly up-to-date in equipments and operations, also cruising, boating, bathing and fishing. Write for description, booklets and full information. Address all mail to, E. I. DORSEY. Also: 24 Lincoln Ave. Rockaway Beach, Long Island. How to reach the hotel: Take any Rockaway Beach train to Hanniels Station. Will open June 15 to Sept. 15. (Telephone Connection.) Potomac Sign Company Show-Cards, General House and Sign Painting, Etc. Excursion Signs, Cotton or Oil-Cloth New Ideas for 1910 Our Specialty. 110 4 1-2 STREET N. W. Crystal Springs, Maryland. WEST BERWYN. New subdivision for colored or white. Lots cheap and on easy terms. Three years' residence gives the right to vote. Take Maryland car to Berwyn on Sundays only. Our team will meet every car. Free tickets given at office. CAPITAL VIEW LAND CO., Inc., 520 6th Street N. W. 1900 L Street Northwest ICE - CREAM - AND - FRUITS Open from 7 A.M. to 1 P.M. Geo. Steele, Mgr. --- tend. This will be one of the greatest equal rights conventions for political independence at one of America's greatest seashore resorts. Noted white and colored orators, including Turner, Waldron, Marshall, Dubois, Corrothers, Warren, Ransom, Trotter, and others will speak. Meetings at Price Memorial Zion Church, 15 North Olive street. Summer reduced railroad rates. Do not miss it. A. WALTERS, President. THE NEW HOWARD THEATER, 7TH AND T STS. N. W. Will Be Opered to the People of lumbia on Monday, August 22: Washington and the District of Co- The management desires to announce that the theater will be opened as a first-class family theater, and nothing but the best and highest class of attractions will be presented. Full details later. Mr. W. H. Smith, of the Pekin Theater, Chicago, the well-known manager of the West, has been engaged to manage this theater, and will arrive about August 10 to take sole charge. Martin's Cafe. The Martin's Cafe, 11th and U streets northwest, has been improved by electric fans and lights. It is now the best up-to-date dining-room in the city. It is a pleasure to visit Martin's Cafe, especially after you have had an enjoyable time at a near-by moving picture theater. Mr. Martin is an affiable man, and his assistants are always willing and ready to please his patrons. Don't fail to go to Martin's if you want to be treated well. On the Grove. Metropolitan Grove, Md., Aug. 2. I arrived Sunday, and I assure you that I am glad to be here. This is a beautiful place—shade all around you. To my surprise, I met one of my old classmates, Mrs. Dora Dorsey, who is now married and has two bouncing children. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey are two industrious citizens of Maryland. Their home is in the center of what is known as Metropolitan Grove, Gaithersburg, Md. We have fruit to give away and vegetables to sell at any price. Mrs. Maxfield, accompanied by her daughter, are the first guests to arrive. The week ending to-day will find the place overcrowded. This is the place for rest. Sleeping is delightful, and pleasure is yours if you want it. Our hammock stretches between two large chestnut trees. Here I am enjoying the fruits of nature, a medicine my physician says I greatly needed. A little beyond I see a weeping willow. It always makes me feel sad whenever I see a weeping willow. Its drooping branches, like bowing heads at a funeral, recall the sad recollection of those who have gone before. In this grove there is nothing but happiness. At night time, as in all country places, we are serenaded by frogs and crickets. This music may sound solemn to the ears of the young and those who are used to city life. I came here to rest with my dear mother, who is now interested in "Hilda Tom's Cobin." She expresses "Uncle Tom's Cabin." She expresses great admiration for the authoress of this great work. Everybody works in this section and most everyone has his own home. I am but a short distance from a mail box. We have rural free delivery here. You receive your mail in the same box in which it is placed for the carrier. Once a day is not often enough for me. I was the recipient of ten letters to-day, and I am of the opinion that they will hold me some time. I have not decided just when I shall leave this place, but when I do, I shall certainly let you know. GONEVIA The Crispus Attucks Relief Asso'n WILL GIVE THEIR Grand Excursion AND Outing National Medical Association The Citizens of Washington are invited to Co-operate in the following Social Functions in honor of the visiting Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists IN SESSION CONVENTION HALL Hamilton's Orchestra of 30 pieces Cards $1.50, Including Supper TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL N. M. A. DRUG STORES A Dr. W. S. LOFTON, Chairman Local Committee 1523 M Street, N. W. Dr. C. S. WORMLEY, Chairman Excursion & Outing 1533 14th Street, N. W. WE'RE ready to help every one in having the things to make a home comfortable. If it's a Refrigerator or Porch Furniture, an Iron Bed or Matting, come to us and buy whatever is needed, on an open account. We arrange terms for each individual customer according to what can be afforded. It's a convenient and satisfactory way of dealing, and you'll find our prices no higher than the best offers of cash stores. Peter Grogan and Sons Co. Peter Grogan and Sons Co. 817-23 7th St. N W PURCHASE A H For sale, twelve new, well-b at St. John Station, on Falls Ch Arlington; right on car line; b fashionable neighborhood for the Splendid well with each house. ten minutes' ride from Washington you at St. John any hour named also, Sunday. Terms as easy as and Pennsylvania Avenue, oppo VE A HOME have new, well-built, completed in, on Falls Church Line, new on car line; beautifully loca- tionalhood for the best class in each house. Come quick- ly from Washington. Write me any hour named by you, to sh forms as easy as rental. Take Avenue, opposite Postoffice. N. A. REES Rosslyn PURCHASE A HOME AT ONCE. For sale, twelve new, well-built, completed 4 to 7-room houses at St. John Station, on Falls Church Line, near Fort Myer and Arlington; right on car line; beautifully located; built in a very fashionable neighborhood for the best class of colored people. Splendid well with each house. Come quick; get your choice; ten minutes' ride from Washington. Write me a card. Will meet you at St. John any hour named by you, to show you the houses; also, Sunday. Terms as easy as rental. Take car at 12th street and Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite Postoffice. Address The Howard Theater. The orchestra of the new theater will be under the direction of Prof. Will H. Vodery, of Philadelphia, and will be one of the features of the --- to Washington Park Boat leaves 7th St. wharf 10 a.m., 2 & 6 p.m. Hamilton's Orchestra on boat and grounds Tickets 50c. - Children 25c. ND BY ANY MEMBER OF THE LOCAL COMMITTEE Dr. A. M. CURTIS, Chairman Banquet & Ball 1939 13th Street, N. W. JUDGE R. H. TERRILL, Chairman Citizens' Committee HOME AT ONCE. built, completed 4 to 7-room houses urch Line, near Fort Myer and beautifully located; built in a very best class of colored people. Come quick; get your choice; on. Write me a card. Will meet by you, to show you the houses; rental. Take car at 12th street site Postoffice. Address REES, Gosslyn Va. Prof. Vodery is one of the leading musical composers of this country, being the composer of some of the most popular and successful musical plays of the day. IT IS THE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION --- $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 I. INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE in an enterprise ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF RISK, where every dollar will be invested in the best of Washington Real Estate, that increases in value annually at the rate of 5% per cent nearly DOUBLE bank interest. Even that is good enough for most people, but the LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY will do better than that. It will have offices and stores and lodge rooms, which will earn, on a conservative estimate, at least $23,200 per year. Equal to 5-10 per cent per annum. Remittance 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 State Tear off and mail with your remittance for First Pay 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 of: 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....S Tear off and mail with your remittance for First Payment Lincoln Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., N. W., Washington,D. C. Gentlemen: Find inclosed...dollars as first payment on...shares of stock in the Lincoln Memorial Building Company, upon the following terms and conditions: First. That the price at which I purchase this stock is ten dollars per share. Second. That the stock issued to me shall be fully paid and non-assessable. Third. That if purchased on deferred payments that the first payment shall not be less than 10 per cent of the purchase price. Fourth. That my contract of purchase will be issued to me for the number of shares applied for upon my first payment. Name.... Street... City... State... ```markdown ``` FIRST OFFERING 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. EMANCIPATION Proposed Front Elevation LINCOLN MEMORIAL OFFICE AND THEATRE BUILD WASHINGTON, D. C. ```markdown ``` Proposed Front Elevation LINCOLN MEMORIAL OFFICE AND THEATRE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. ment M.C. shares of conditions: shall not be less than 10 per per of shares applied for upon Lincoln Memorial Building 494 Louisiana Gentlemen: I have read your ing Company. Please send me by It is understood that the PATION PROC ont Elevation E AND THEATRE BUILDING TON, D. C. It will also have a theatre, which, if patronized at prices ranging from 10 to 50 cents, by only 1 per cent of the total colored population of the city of Washington, will enable the Company to pay 15 per cent on its total capitalization. Equal in all to 209-10 per cent, to which may be added the land value increase of 5% 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 $ \frac{3}{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 m Name..... Street. 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. Building Co. WASHINGTON, D. C. DR SAMUEL G. ELBERT, 1st V. Pres. Physician Wilmington, Del. GEORGE P. COLLINS, Counsel Attorney Washington, D. C. DR. L. H. SINGLETON, Auditor Pharmacist Washington, D. C. Their They have Company earned m vest YOU DCN'T The pr able $1.0 months u Tear off and mail for Free Prospect company, Vee., Washington, D. C. Artisement and desire further informs own mail, free of charge, prospectus or no obligation on my part whatsoever. name..... Street..... City.... OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS W. SIDNEY PITTMAN, President. Architect Washington, D. C. WILLAM A. BOWIE, Secretary Secretary Laborers' Building and Loan Aaa'n Washington, D. C. JOHN W. LEWIS President Labors' Building and Loan Aaa'n Washington, D. C. ADVISORY BOARD LAMATION ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEGRO. Not one dollar of white capital will be accepted in exchange for its securities. There is not one dollar of Promotion Stock consequently there is no watered stock. Every holder of stock from the President down must pay at LEAST $10.00 per share for every share of stock allotted to him. This does not mean that the price of stock will REMAIN at $10.00 per share. It is $10.00 NOW. It will advance in price far beyond $10.00, just as railroad and public utility stock goes to several times par. So will the Lincoln Memorial Building Company's stock go to several times its present value. This means that a share of stock costing $10.00 NOW will be worth $40.00 when stock goes to four times par. Estimates show that the Company's earnings will be 20 per cent, and that is four times par, with every dollar invested in Real Estate. THE BEST in the city of Washington, where values are as firmly fixed as the Rock of Gibraltar. This does not mean that the price of stock will remain at $10.00 per share. It is $10.00 NOW. If the Company, as it is estimated, pays 20 per cent, a $10.00 share of stock will be worth $40.00. If it pays 40 per cent, a single share of $10.00 stock will be worth $80.00. Just as railroads and public utility stocks increase in value, so will the Lincoln Memorial Building Company's stock increase in price. The first allotment of stock at $10.00 a share is being rapidly subscribed, and the next allotment will be $12.50 per share, to which point it will soon be advanced; therefore, you are urged to avail yourself of the present opportunity to get in as completely on the ground floor as any one of the Company's Directors are. The Company's Directors, by the way, are men of sterling worth, integrity and honor, as you are possibly aware, or can easily ascertain through any COMMERCIAL AGENCY. Their names are at the top of this page. They have unbounded faith in the future of the Company. They have invested THEIR hard earned money in it, and they advise you to invest YOUR money side by side with theirs. DCN'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. The price of stock is $10.00 per share, payable $1.00 down and $1.00 per month for nine months upon each share subscribed for. 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. C. are further information regarding the Lincoln Memorial Build- charge, prospectus of the Lincoln Memorial Building Company. may part whatsoever. City.....State.....! --- SAMUEL W. RUTHERFORD, sd V.-Pros. Manager National Benefit Association Washington, D. C. DR. CHAS. H. MARSHALL, Treasurer Physician Washington, D. C. J. L. FORBES Real Estate and Loans Norfolk, Va. GEORGE W. ROBINSON Merchant Washington, D. C. DO IT NOW. Very truly yours, LINCOLN·MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY, 494 Louisiana Ave., Washington, D. C. BISOD LSE “< epee ee OT STS ee CH: A = EER =a LADS: fd fap 82 FF pay << : amas eR WARTZS JEWE pr ae eS End ELRY ODE US me MS Be ES a “Se pene SR EN Se NN aaa a RA oes, eared : ‘ i ae 5 ah cae Be = eee Ne Re q ee ee era a fy con RE ea OS es ee ee ey G ee goa Bo owea gE eo ey 8. 8, © Rt ye eS ae at en Reith denetiens 5 See Seen i. WC VR es: oe Et iaNa ate a 7 Rep csagerrem rR pe eyo re Bas sdeceel Mo me o be = ¥ IES ; eee ae Shed Bt eae ee EM Oo ee “4 NOR. SMart NS ea = Se Las AS, ta . Poe TORN Gea 8 Senge ae 2a f ° Tote RES PRE te TT F Bere od . ne Sk ss BOERS Specter s AT Me ot Pate 2 2 LER OC SR ARS Pe ne TS lag eer ARSE SRS a EN hae Se oo CERES cE RTENSs Rea eR ge eke 2 JEWELRY REMADE BRING YOUR OLD RINGS, BROOCHES, PINS, WATCHES AND OTHER JELRY HERE FOR REPAIRS. WE MAKE OTHER JEWELRY, DO ALL KINDS OF RE- PAIR WORK AND CHARGE THE LOWEST PRICES FOR FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP. YOUR EYES NEED GLASSES IF YOU HAVE HEADACHES, PAININ THE EYES OR IF YOU CAN’T SEE TO READ WELL. OUR OPTICIAN WILL EXAMINE YOUR EYES FREE AND TELL YOU WHATS THE TROUBLE. - - SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES FROM $1 UP. JEWELRY—DIAMONDS—SILVERWARE , ANNOUNOUNCEMENT : LIBERAL CREDIT TO ALL IN ORDER TO ASSIST OUR CUSTOMERS IN EVERY _WAY, SCHWARTZ, “THE POPULAR JEWELER” WILL BE PLEASED TO SELL YOU ANY ARTICLES YOU MAY SELECT ON CREDIT TERMS THAT WILL MEET YOUR APPROVAL. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE TO COME TO’OUR STORE AND BUY WHAT YOU WANT LWITH THE AS- SURANCE THAT YOU WILL GET THE BEST VALUES AT THE SMALLEST PRICES ON:A LIBERAL BASIS. EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING, 30 YEARS’ EXPERI- ENCE, OUR WATCH-INSURANCE IS A GREAT FEA- TURE, SET-INS EXPLAIN THE PLAN, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPTICAL DEPARTMENT THAT GUARANTEES SAT- ISFACTION. EYES EXAMINED FREE. . ' 824 7th St. Northwest e James H Wirslow UNDERTAKER AND EMBLAMER, ALL WORK FIRST-CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. w. : 3 James H. Dabney FUNERAL DIRECTOR.. Hiring, Livery and Sale “Stable. Carriages hired for funerals, parties, balls, receptions, etc. Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Business at 1132 Third street northwest. Main office branch at 222 More street, Alexandria, Va. Telephone for Office, Main 1727. Telephone call for Stable, Main 14285. ,, , : OUR STABLES IN FREEMAN’S ALLEY, Where I can accommodate 56 Horses. 7 .,Call and inspect our new and modern stable. a J. H. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 Third Street N. W. * Phone, Main 3200. Carriages for Hire. e : » W .Sidney Pittman * chi 2 , Architect RENUE RANG ob PATENT DRAWING BONTIONE, MALLE COLOR M@BAFTING, DETAILING, TRACHY AND PEN & DK : BLUE-PRINTING S1EEL CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. “Phone: Main 6ug9—3 Cffice 4y4 Lovi-ingaa Ave.,N.W Fhone: Main Gusg—™s 0 OFuice._ 404 Lowisinaa Ave., NW $ SCHWARTZ. shat: te sald or iuer moses cotund “Attention is called to the adver tisement of Schwartz, jeweler and nptician. S24 Seventh street north- weit, in this issue of The Bee. This % one of the best and most thorough jewelry store in this city. Every- thing in this store is first class in every detail. Your eyeglasses arc Gtted, your syes examined, and the very best material is ‘used in the canstruction of your glasses. Sat- jefaction is guaranteed in everything that is sold, or your money retund ed. He is a frend of the rece, an’ \au won't regret dealing in this store Mt is what you are doing dnd going }- a, There is more pleasure in saying “T just bought a suburban home site and expect soon to have a home o my ovin where T cart enjoy fresh air sunshine, pure water, flowers, a law and garden. In-another column of The Bee i offered a splendid opportunity tc Start a home in Bloomburg Park B.c. . ! eos a4 pani Medicine Lompany a 754 Atlanta, Ga. 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Yours respectfully, = Mise Lovie Mayes. stitute, and not’a pound Of that articl= | can go into interstate or foreign com- merce unless it bears the mark “U. S. Inspected and passed.” | Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis has just published a “Book of Recitations.” The book is from the press of she Miles Printing Company of Pittsburg. 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Large jar 50 cents at all drug stores and by our special agents Sample box mailed to any ad- dress on receipt of five two-cent stamps. sell this wonderful HAIR GROWER. A . “y Wisconsin Girl Original for Paint- - Ing of Alexandra. Evelyn May Converse, Playing Modal, Met Artist, Who Kept Her Ar rayed In Royal Finery Until / Picture Was Finished. New York.—wWhen the loyal and hon est Britishera pay homage of heart to the pictured Alexandra at the corona- tlon—from the brush of Edwin R. Ab- bey, R. A.—it ts only to thelr queen’s head and face. The rounded arms, the well polsed neck, the stately, patri- clan carriage of the figure are anoth- ers—the secret is out now. Miss Evelyn Converse, an American girl from Wisconsin at that, posed as Queen Alexandra for Mr. Abbey's great patating, “The Coronation of Edward VIL” _ Miss Converse basn’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 Westmin- ster, but there she fs in the picture. ‘The king himself ordered the paint ing to be hung on the walls of Buck- Ingham palace. He posed; the queen posed; all the important personages who were nearest to thelr majesties on that august occasion faced Mfr. Abbey for their portions ‘of the plo ture, But fortwo years the great work was held up because there was ho sultable model in England. . “For two years I've waited for you,” sald 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 jewela? 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 (ORR Chitin Sorry roe ty Seen ie ea ee 4 een : S Se « = . Ly —y business man. He went there from New York and took a hand in mining and timber and made good. There fs sturdy New England stock in Miss Converse, too—on her family tree fg the name of Oliver Wendell Holmes. It all happened just because Mies Converse fell in fove and played model for her flance, a painter prince—Efila. toum Bey, son of a Ruslan nobleman and a French countess, who adopted Egypt as thelr country, where Effia- toum Pasha !s one of {ts foremost men. ‘When she was 16 Miss Converse left Eau Claire and went abroad with some cousins to study. She stayed in Parls 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 ‘varalty there and rowed in one of the crews. | He had taken up painting—and he tell In love with Misa 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, so exquialtely modeled! Well, George Story, the artist, saw the throat and arms and shoulders at a reception at the American em- bassy. “Just one sitting,” he begged of the beautiful American girl, and when she told her fiance of this he sald: “It’s a very great honor from such » 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 hie next pictures, iss Con- verse laughed merrily—the {dea that such an artist, one of the two Ameri. ‘cans in the Royal Academy, should ‘want to paint ber! “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 Alexandca’s coronation robes. Miss Converse called on Afr. Abbey. As she tells tt: “He smiled and just looked at me hard, hard, for about a minute. Then he asked mo if I would mind taking of my glove, that he might sce my hand. I sald, ‘Yes, I do {t, and then—why, he just sald that if my arms were like that he'd most cer- tainty want mq for a very important picture he was palnting. “And that very day I put on Queen Alexandra's robes and he began te paint me in the picture.” Ked Makes You Angry, Blue is ‘ Soothing. / ——— Parla Medical Experts Clalm to Have Found a Cure for Divorce wa Re ault of Experiments witn Colors. Paris.— Medical: experts of the French capital have found the latest cure for divorce. It 1s a result of ex- periments fn colors made by emtnent medical men, who declare that red wall paper, red clothes and red glass windows make persons angry. Blue, on the other hand, {s soothing to the nerves of excited and “touchy” bus bands and wives. A Paris husband who had been hav- ing trouble with his wife consulted one of these experts as a last chance before seeing a lawyer. The doctor Visited the man’s office and saw a bril- Mant erimson carpet on the floor. A targo olf painting, the prevailing tone of which was red, hung on the wall. At the home he found red wall pa- per, red curtains and red furniture. “Red,” said the doctor, “excites your temper and your wife's too. Try some other color. Put blue wall paper In the house and throw away every red plece of furniture you have.” ' ‘The husband obeyed the doctor's, orders and since then there has been | no trouble in that family, You remember the old crusade over blue spectacles? Everybody wore them once. They were thought to hold a wonderful power to ease pain, toothache and other troubles. |, The principle was the same that Is being used In Paris now, but the doo- }tors of 30 years ago had not quite solved the secret of the effect of blue Vght on the buman brain. They were going it biindly—fust lke the farmer who put green goggles on bis cow and fed her shavings. But now aclence bas found the real reason for the effect of red and blue on people's overworked minds. ‘There's a quality in the red and ) blue rays that doctors call an actinic quality. when you look at anything bright | red, the red rays of light quicker than _the mind can concelve, travel to the aN SKMT CELLS; Feet cret - RED Ce yormenl LOVE: P (ete How Colors Affect the Eye. sight colls of your brain, tingling the hairlike nerves on their way there. When you look at anything blue the same thing happens, only the nerve wire to your brain Is a different nerve wire, for different colors tingle dif- ferent nerve wire lines, just like dif- ferent telephones sfgnal “central” over different wires. The red nerve Ines pass through a part of the brain that contains what doctors call the calls of hate! The blue nerve lines go a certain @istance on the red party nerve line, and then switch ‘onto the sight cells through a part of the brain that con- tains the cells of lovel | So with this In mind you can see the polnt made by the French doctor | who says he.can stop divorces, cure family jars, and make happy homer by changing red furniture and wall pe per to blue. For nearly 60 years the men -of sclence have known something about the colors’ effect on the brafa of man. The love cells are just below the hate cells, and as far back as 30 years ago Prof. Fowler, the eminent reader! of men's heads, called the place ov| the head where the love cells are the| bump of Amativeness. © ' Above this bump of amativeness Is | the bump of Hate, which ought to he less prominent on your head than the! other bump. | Prof. Frederick Starr, a present-day student of the heads of Indians and, other strange peoples, found that the bump of hate was larger.on an In dlan’s skull than on a white man’s. He belleves that Is why an Indian never forgets a grudge. The possibilities of treatment of family jars with colored raya are al most without Hmit, they say. Wires, especially, will be interested tn the new discovery. Lots of even- tags a man will come home and scold his wife, scold the nice supper she has cooked for him and find fault with ev erything. Perhaps {t's a red carpet In the man's office, or 4 red curtain at home, er red wall paper, or 2 red-headed mafd In the kitchen! Hereafter, instead of “painting the town red,” a man will win honor if he paints it blue. The way to a man's heart after all may be through a blue glass window, or a bluo allk dress, rather than through his stom. ach, ‘In this marvelous discovery sclence has again shown one of her most won- Gerful truths—that it Is “he little ‘things that cause trouble In the world. The Country's Progression. The first post route in the United States was established in 1672. It was between New York and Boston and the schedule was once a month. To day the yearly cost of mail transports. tion on our-railroads alone {s about $48,000,000. The ralhway postofiice lines em coe mies sed engin ome ews snigete