Washington Bee
Saturday, September 17, 1910
Washington, D.C.
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VOL.XX1 NO16
Colored Americans Gain
14,397 ON U S. PAYROLL.
Republicans Point to Army of Negroes They Have Given Places—High Offices for Black Men.
Claim Credit for Emancipation and Denounce Democrats as Unfriendly to the Colored Race.
(From the Baltimore Sun.)
A direct appeal for the Negro vote in the coming Congressional election is made in the Republican textbook, mainly on the ground that the party in power has shown "justice" to the Negro by appointing him to Federal offices.
This discloses for the first time the extent to which Negroes have been given Government preferment. There are nearly 15,000 Negroes employed by the Government. They total salaries aggregating $8,255,761. Eleven are officials of the Diplomatic and Consular Service; 11 are officers in the United States Army; nearly 3,000 are employed in the Postal Service. The number employed in departments in Washington is 5,768,703 of whom are in the Treasury, 571 in the Government. Printing Office and 421 in the Department of the Interior.
Colored Employees of Government
The following table of the number
of Negroes employed in the service
of the Federal Government is presented.
No. Salary.
Diplomatic and Consular Service ... 11 $37,000
Departmental Service, Washington:
State 26 19,360
Treasury 703 479,840
War 160 120,910
Navy 76 46,600
Postoffice 182 108,460
Interior 421 249,975
Justice 34 9,720
Agriculture 129 69,924
Com. and Labor. 217 97,924
Gov. Ptn'g Office. 571 398,180
I. S. C. Com. 37 19,200
U. S. Capitol. 187 127,640
Wash. City P. O. 201 161,240
Dist. of Col.Gov't,
including skilled
laborers 2,824 1,263,985
Departmental Service
at Large:
Gus. and Int. Rev. 592 495,276
Postoffice 2,997 2,338,242
Interior 25 27,640
Com. and Labor. 78 56,420
U. S. A. Officers. 11 29,285
Enlisted men 2,948 919,121
Misc., including un-
classified 1,967 1,179,750
Total 14,397 $8,255,761
·Some Get as Much as $10,000.
This campaign book declares that "on August 1, 1910, there were more Afro-Americans in the service of the United States Government than ever before in the history of the country. The highest salary paid an Afro-American is received by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentary of the United States to Haiti, whose salary is $10,000 per annum. A number of Government officials receive from $2,500 to $5,000 a year. Clerks are paid from $900 to $1,800." Then there follows an enumeration of Negro appointments set forth by the Republican campaign book as follows:
In High Places.
A few Afro-Americans who have been honored by the Republican party, appointed or recommended by the President as Government officials: William T. Vernon, of Kansas, Register of the Treasury. Henry L. Johnson, of Georgia, recorder of deeds, District of Columbia.
Ralph W. Tyler, of Ohio, Auditor for the Navy Department.
C. F. Adams, Assistant Register of the Treasury.
of the Treasury.
John M. Holzendorf, collector of
custorms, St. Mary's, Ga.
Henry A. Rucker, collector of in-
ternal revenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Charles W. Anderson, collector of
internal revenue, New York City.
Whitfield McKinlay, collector of
custorms, Washington.
Walter Cohen, register of land
office, New Orleans.
Robert H. Terrell, judge of Municipal
Court, District of Columbia.
Joseph E. Lee, collector of internal
revenue, Jacksonville, Fla.
N. W. Alexander, register of land
office, Montgomery, Ala.
John E. Bush, receiver of public
Moneys, Little Rock, Ark.
Thomas Richardson, Postmaster,
Port Gibson, Mississippi.
William H. Lewis, assistant district
attorney, Boston.
Nelson Crews, special agent,
Department of Agriculture.
W. D. Johnson, Kentucky, special
agent, Interior Department.
Negro Ministers and Consuls.
Immediately on the heels of this enumeration the Republicans give the following list of Negroes in the diplomatic and consular service:
Diplomatic.
Henry W. Furniss, Minister to
Haiti $10,000
William D. Crum, Minister to
Liberia 5,000
Richard C. Bunday, secretary
of Legation, Liberia.....
William J. Yerby, Consul at Sierra Leone, West Africa..... 2,000
James G. Carter, Consul at Tamatave, Madagascar..... 2,500
Christopher H. Payne, Consul at St. Thomas, West Indies..... 3,000
George H. Jackson, Consul at Cognac, France..... 3,000
Lemuel W. Livingston, Consul at Cape Haitien, Haiti..... 2,000
William H. Hunt, Consul at St. Etienne, France..... 2,500
Herbert R. Wright, Consul at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela..... 2,000
James W. Johnson, Consul at Corinto, Nicaragua..... 3,000
Total ..... $37,000
Colored Officers in the Army
The Negroes in the United States Army are enumerated as follows:
Officers.
Lt.-Col. Allen Allensworth (retired)
Major John R. Lynch.
Major Wm. W. Anderson (retired)
Capt. Charles Young.
Capt. George W. Prideau.
Capt. Theophilus G. Stewart
(retired) ..... 2,340
1st Lieut. Benjamin O. Davis. ..... 2,400
1st Lieut. John E. Green. ..... 2,400
1st Lieut. W. W. E. Gladden. ..... 2,000
1st Lieut. Oscar J. W. Scott. ..... 2,000
1st Lieut. Louis A. Carter. ..... 2,000
Total yearly pay of officers..$29,295
Enlisted men in the Ninth and
Tenth Cavalry, Twenty-
fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry
and their yearly pay
in aggregate amounts to...$919,121
Total for officers and men..$910,378
Says Republicans Freed Negroes.
The campaign book quotes extracts from the speeches of acceptance of Taft and Sherman to show that they "stand squarely on the equal justice plank," and in discussing the attitude of the Republican party toward the Negro the campaign managers say:
"Prior to the advent of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party about 4,000,000 Afro-Americans were held in bondage in the Southern States, then, as now, controlled by the Democrats, and when the Republican party elected Lincoln President, thus setting the stamp of disapproval upon the Democratic desires, these Democratic Southern States seceded from the Union and attempted to set up a Confederacy, with human slavery as the chief cornerstone.
"The Republican party determined that the Confederacy should be destroyed; that the Union should preserved; and true to its principles, and in keeping with his own declarations, the Great Emancipator struck the shackles from the limbs of the bondmen. Following the freedom of the slaves came their enlistment in the army and navy, and by this act the names of 200,000 Afro-Americans were added to the honor roll. The leaders of the Republican party, feeling that their work was far from completion, framed and passed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments, and the States ratified their action, thus making slavery impossible and confirming the civil and political rights of the Afro-American people.
"Clothed by the Republican party with the right to vote, is it surprising that these newly made citizens voted with the party which had taken them from their former position as mere chattels and made them citizens of the republic?"
Education North and South.
The campaign book scores the Southern States for failure to educate the Negro, and compares them unfavorably with the North as follows:
"In the matter of public education, the difference between the two parties is marked. In the North, where the Republicans generally control, education among the colored people is widely diffused, while in the Democratic South the percentage of illiteracy is very great.
"The Democratic legislators fail to provide equal school facilities for the two races, and in several States the facilities, already meagre, have recently been materially reduced. In Louisiana no Afro-American child received public instruction above the fifth grade, and there is a general movement throughout the Southern Democratic States to confine the education of the Afro-American children to the lower grades. The movement to divide the school money between whites and Afro-Americans in proportion to their contributions in taxes to the school fund arises in one Democratic Southern State after another, the purpose of which is to perpetuate Afro-American illiteracy.
"That the Democrats in general are in sympathy with the 'Jim Crow' idea was shown on Washington's Birthday, 1908, when Congressman Heflin, of Alabama, introduced an amendment providing 'Jim Crow' cars for the Capital of the Nation. Every Republican, member present voted against the amendment, while many Democrats voted for it.
"The platform adopted by the Republican party at Chicago contains a plank which stands squarely and unequivocally for all the civil and political rights of the Afro-American people."
WASHINGTON,FD.C., SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1910
THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN
DR. JAMES E. SHEPPARD. Invited to Egypt cent sessions of Congress providing for the repeal of Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Where They are Employed. The Republicans, in an effort to emphasize their employment of the Negro, say: A GREAT LEAD Booker T. Washington
"The Library of Congress is one of the great libraries of the world. One of the assistants, Daniel Murray, has spent several years in research among the books of the library, and has been able to identify approximately 6,000 titles of work by colored authors. To many who are wont to bellittle the literary capacity of the race, this will prove astounding information. Colored composers have written more than 3,000 musical compositions. There are 48 Afro-American employees, 23 of whom are employed under the direct supervision of the Librarian of Congress, and 25 are under the superintendent of the building. The aggregate paid them is $34,000."
"One of the most expert examiners of the Patent Office is an Afro-American, Henry E. Baker, of Mississippi, who draws $2,100 a year. He has been an examiner 22 years. He has recently made a research of the office and has been able to trace more than 1,000 patents granted to Afro-Americans. There are a number of high-grade Afro-American clerks in the office."
300 Negro Postmasters.
"There are 2,998 Afro-Americans serving the Government under the Postoffice Department, and their annual salaries aggregate $2,348,424. Among these are included postmasters, assistant postmasters, clerks, letter carriers, rural mail carriers, and railway mail clerks." There are nearly 300 Afro-American postmasters, some of whom have charge of Presidential offices.
There are 512 Negroes in the Chicago postoffice, 21 in the Houston (Texas) office, 43 in the Jacksonville (Fla.) postoffice, 30 colored in the postoffice in Montgomery, Ala., and 12 in the St. Paul (Minn.) office.
"All of the letter carriers at the Muskogee (Okla.) postoffice are colored men. They draw salaries amounting to $10,260 annually," says the campaign book. "Fourteen are employed in Kansas City, 15 in Columbus, Ohio.
"The total force of the Mobile (Ala.) postoffice consists of 33 clerks, 16 Afro-Americans and 17 whites," says the report. "The 32 carriers are all colored. The Afro-American employees receive annually $2,400.
"James A. Cobb, appointed Assistant District Attorney for the D strict of Columbia, prepares cases for prosecution under the Pure Food law and has charge of forfeited bonu cases.
"There are 15 Negroes in the Internal Revenue Service at Louisville, Kv."
"S. L. Williams, Special Assistant District Attorney at Chicago, has charge of the naturalization cases. Mr. Williams is a colored man," says the campaign book.
One more extract will be quoted from this remarkable chapter. It follows:
"There are 213 Afro-American officials and employees in the employ of the Federal Government in the State of Louisiana, and their annual salaries aggregate $228662. They are employed in the Customs Service. United States Mint. Postoffice Service. United States Land Office. United States Sub-Treasury. Internal Revenue Office. Railway Mail Service. Department of Justice and United States Immigration Bureau."
Guest of Carnegie
Sinnis Castle, Scotland
Poster T. Washington of the Tus-
ton Institute, is accompanying several
days during his European visit as the
meet of Mr Andrew Cramarie, at
Sinnis Castle, Scotland
A GREAT LEADER
Booker T. Washington.
The September number of The Columbian contains a well written article on Dr. Booker T. Washington by Edward Marshall. The article is accompanied by a fine cut of Dr. Washington, and also a cut of Carnegie Library, at Tuskegee. On page 1847 there is a fine group cut of Mr. Robert C. Ogden, President Taft, B. Washington and Mr. Carnegie.
Mr. Marshall says that in 1862 a little yellow slave boy, in his hand a slice of bread and molasses (he had never sat at a table much to eat, for his mother's service in the "big house" scarcely gave her opportunity for such formalities as regular meals in her own cabin) down on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia, asked an earnest question. That little boy was Booker T. Washington. He is a grown man now, a Negro who three Presidents of the United States have called their friend, an ex-slave, whom such men as the president of Harvard University and Dr. Lyman Abbott have spoken of fraternally as "confrere"; a philanthropist with whom Carnegie, Robert C. Ogden, J. G. Phelps Stokes and many others cooperate enthusiastically. I know no record of determined and successful human effort against odds which surpass his, or on the mighty structure reared from little I have never known of one so vast reared from so little as that which he has reared.
Booker Washington, says the writer, is the combined Moses and Joshua of his people, etc.
Decadence of the Rural Church.
Sandy Springs, M. C., Md.
The Negro preacher, lawyer, teacher and 'other leaders of industry should be trained in institutions of higher learning so as to be equipped to fill responsible positions. The race must be led by individuals who, having studied higher branches, have an insight into the complex civilization of this epoch. They must understand the ideals and motives of the American people.
However, one may study so long as to get out of touch with the activities of life and a result of present day educational systems is to make students passive. The average Negro college student does not seem to possess the power of applying himself to the problems of life when he enters a community
In the open country the church is fast disappearing. Sunday schools are vigorous and as well attended as ever. The church is an institution for giving religious instruction, but in a measure preachers have ceased to instruct. Even in towns former church-goers frequent the Bible classes and Y. M. C. A. The rural population demands what the country parson can not give. Imagine a church in a community where the roads at certain seasons are almost impassable. The minister must advocate good roads, agitate for good roads, and insist upon good roads until they are built. In nine communities out of every ten the preacher and school teacher fail to sustain friendly relations to each other. Few divines recognize what a good school is, and few lend any effort toward the improvement of what they usually find. This denlorable condition is a result of training for the professions in schools with a narrow range of interests. They should be so expanded in personnel and equipment and so enriched in courses as to meet the demand of the times and the need of the race. The State University the direct expression of the people educate a man in an assembling tan atmosphere and environment much
broader than his own interests.
How many preachers interest themselves in the economic and social improvement of the community? Yet each succeeding Sabbath finds them making a stirring and eloquent appeal for funds—salary, conference claims, presiding elder's fund, missionary mite, fuel bill, sexton's wage, etc., etc. The sum and substance of the whole matter is we have too many preachers or ministers and too few pastors. The mission of the former is to talk and of the latter, to achieve. Another discounting charge against the theologian is his burning desire to participate in politics. As "The Age" put it, in the field of politics he is usually as weak as he is in morals and money matters. If he devoted the portion of his time to social improvement that he gives to politics, success in his profession would be insured. He stoops and invariably loses in the end, and thereby degrades his calling.
A rural minister should have an especial knowledge and understanding of the economic and social phases of rural life. In fact, rural economics and sociology should occupy, similar positions in the curriculum of the theological seminary that they do in the modern teachers' training school. The minister will then be in a position to offer suggestions to his members on farm management, marketing, co-operation, sanitation, etc. Let the conference investigate the condition of the rural church and assert itself by taking its place abreast of the agencies for rural progress.
Maryland will offer a score or more excellent openings for colored educators who have training and experience in agricultural and technical fields. The State Board of Education intends to improve the colored schools and make them the equal of any in the South. Acting in accordance with the recommendation of the Southern Educational Association that there be closer supervision in rural schools not only by the county superintendents but by directors of agriculture and manual training, each county will employ a capable and trained supervisor, who shall be required to visit frequently all the schools, and cause education of an industrial character to be made a part of the daily instruction.
Geo. H. C. Williams, formerly instructor in biology and school gardening in this city, has returned from the Graduate School of Agriculture, Iowa State College, to make a thorough investigation of the rural schools and act as supervisor in charge.
Three Great Friends of the Negro.
Sept. 10, 1910.
The Washington Bee:
Dr. Booker Washington encourages me to hope that possibly you may find place in your columns for this letter:
The reputation of Wilberforce is world-wide, but comparatively few know the names of the two friends who were not one whit behind him in work for the slaves. Macaulay indeed had more practical knowledge of the sufferings of plantation Negroes and the horrors of the slave trade than either of his friends, for in early life he had been a bookkeeper on a plantation and had subsequently taken passage in a slave trader, and thus got information at first hand. He described the cruelties practiced on board and the futile efforts of some of the slaves to escape by suicide from their threatened fate.
Henry Thornton was a man of very frail health, but his great philanthropy led him never to spare himself in the cause of humanity. In his house, which at one time Wilberforce shared with him, many conferences on the Abolition of Slavery were held and he threw himself heart and soul into the cause.
Not long ago this historic house was razed to the ground, and the adjacent land, which was formerly gardens and fields where the abolitionists walked and talked over their plans, is now being rapidly covered with small houses, involving a population of over 6,000 souls.
There has never been any adequate memorial to the three men who, as friends of the friendless, conferred fame and honor on the Christianity of England.
To Wilberforce there is indeed a monument, and to Zachary Calauay a tablet in Westminster Abbey. To Henry Thornton only his name on a tablet and tombstone in a disused church-yard at Clapham.
It has been said, perhaps not untruly, that the emancipation of millions of the human race from slavery is the greatest event in the world's history since our Lord preached the Gospel on earth.
It is now proposed to put a church, to be called the Church of the Rededemer, in the neighborhood where the Slave Emancipator lived and labored.
It has occurred to me that Negroes might be interested in knowing that the memory of the pioneers of Emancipation is honored in England and also that possibly some of the descendants of freed slaves might like to show their sympathy by some small contribution to the building on the site which has been secured.
It is a case where possibly the cents of the many would be more appropriate than the dollars of the few, and if, sir, any of your readers would care to help in this matter, any contributions you might forward would be most gratefully received and acknowledged by Canon Festive Clarke, St Luke's Vicarage, Ramsden Road, Balmham, London. I am sir, my obedient servant. A Granddaughter of Henry Thornton.
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
(By Miss G. B. Maxfield.)
Declaring that there is a difference marked by God between Negroes and whites, Gov. J. Y. Sanders created a sensation in his Labor Day address in New Orleans.
The Independent Order of St. Luke, through its officers, has purchased a brick building, corner of Thirteenth and U streets, for $7,000. They hope some time in the near future to have a handsome structure there.
Prof. W. A. Joiner will be missed from Howard University.
The cholera epidemic continues to claim thousands of victims in Russia. There has been nearly 28,000 deaths. Although the sanitary bureau reports an improvement, there are now 170,363 cases on hand.
There is one country in the world without an automobile in it, and that is Haiti. Dr. A. E. Pope, an American in trade there, but who has recently returned to this country, says he was the only person there with one.
Gen. W. C. Oates, who died at Montgomery, Ala., was federal commissioner in charge of marking Confederate soldiers' and sailors' graves. He was in 27 battles, and was wounded six times.
As a reward for the care she lavished on him in his infancy, King George V has summoned to her native land Mrs. Anna Roberts, once his nurse, that she may spend her last days in comfort.
A movement has been started to have steamship companies discontinue
The plant of the Rubber and Celluloid Harness Trimming Company, which was also associated with the R.Blumber Brush Company, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated to be about $250,000.
Solicitor General Lloyd W. Bowers, who probably would have been made chief justice of the United States, died quite suddenly last week in Boston, Mass.
The strike of 44,000 coal miners in Illinois, which was settled, is estimated to cost the miners $12,000,000 in wages, and the loss to the operators during the five months, $15,000,000.
The will of the late Caroline M. Martin, a member of the family of Noah Martin, who was twice Governor of the State of Massachusetts, has been filed for probate. She leaves $192,000 to charity.
Although approaching her 92d birthday, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is still active and was given an ovation by 11,000 apprentices and seamen, who sang "Star Spangled Banner."
Indiana, the "Hoosier State," today pay the last tribute to her brave sons who fell in the battle of Antietam. The Governor of the State will consecrate the monuments erected on the memorable battlefield to the Indiana dead.
The population of Boston is 670,588, an increase of 109,693, or 19.6 per cent as compared with 560,892 in 1900.
The Federal grand jury, which has been investigating Chicago packers, returned indictments against ten high officials of Swift, Armour and Norris concerns.
The people who live in the suburban districts are rejoiced because the Commissioners have decided to restore lamps in the dark sections as they were before
During August, for the first time in the history of the Postoffice Department, the city of Chicago surpassed the city of New York in the gross amount of postal receipts.
It is said that Secretary Nagle, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, has been named as the Supreme Court choice.
Another shake-up in the administrative forces at the Treasury Department has occurred. Wonder what is the next move.
If the experiment of having unattached seats and desks proves beneficial, it will probably mark the passing of the old-time school bench and desks in this city.
Sixty years ago the State of California was admitted to the Union. Her diamond jubilee was celebrated in San Francisco with gay pageantry.
There will soon be erected on the battlefield at Gettysburg a heroic bronze figure of the late Rev. William Corhin, C. S. G., chaplain of the 88th regiment.
John Hyde, former statistician of the Department of Agriculture, who has been abroad since the cotton leak in the department in 1903, is returning to Washington.
William M. Sloane, Seth Low professor of history at Columbia University, New York, has been decorated with the Legion of Honor. Prof. Sloane has been a prolific writer on French history.
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Governments That Practically Sprang Into Being Overnight.
Prior to Jan. 18, 1871, the German empire, as we know it today, had no existence. Instead it was a jumble of kingdoms, states, duchies, grass duchies and principalities, all joined together by a like language and common political aspirations, it is true, but otherwise quite separate and distinct.
Then came the historic ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Paris had just been captured by King William of Prussia, and it was held to be a fitting time and place to proclaim him the first German emperor. Never since the dawn of history was an empire born more dramatically.
By a strange irony of fate, too, its birth took place amid the ruins of the French empire, itself the creation of a day, or, rather, to be strictly accurate, of a night. France went to bed on the evening of Dec. 1, 1851, a republic. When it awoke next morning it was an empire. During the hours of darkness Paris had been occupied by troops, and the prince-president had become Napoleon III.
Equally sudden and almost as sensational in its way was the birth of the modern Greek empire. After the yoke of the Turks had been thrown off in the war of independence the country became a republic. But the people soon tired of that democratic form of government and promptly proceeded to assassinate their first and only president. Then they met together, elected a king and settled themselves down to be ruled by him in a quite orderly and contented fashion.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Exploiting the Antique.
A gang of swindlers arrested by the Toulouse police had for stock in trade a beautiful antique cabinet and a considerable stock of audacity. With these they took, for a short lease, a historic chateau near Toulouse, installing a venerable old lady to play the part of owner. Then they found a collector of antiques, persuaded him to visit the chateau and sold him the really valuable cabinet at a good round price. After the bargain was concluded they invited the victim to lunch, and while he was eating the meal the real cabinet was replaced by a perfect imitation, which the victim carried off with him. The swindlers, before their arrest, succeeded in selling their cabinet thirty-three times, at prices varying from $500 to $3,000.
When Animals Are Ill
Said a prominent veterinarian: "Animals when sick are the most helpless and appreciative of all creatures, and the way of administering relief and medicine in many instances is as novel as it is effective. The most savage, and
lure... my love this way,
Yes, my love lure this way.
Roses glowing, Breezes blowing.
Listen to my heart's... glad singing; Cupid found him. And he
bound him To... my heart in love's sweet chains;
Love's sweet chains,
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Heart's Sweet Chains.
revengerful animals during spells or severe pain are, as a rule, as docile and tractable as a child. Relief must come from a human being, and come quickly, and they seem to know it. The most vicious horse when groaning with pain would allow a mere child to administer relief, and many of the wild animals when in sickness seem to forget their savage instincts."
The Greyhound.
Various explanations have been given of the origin of the term greyhound, some authors claiming that the prefix grey is taken from Gralus, meaning Greek, others that it signifies great, while still others say that it has reference to the color of the animal: In no other breed of hounds is the blue or gray color so prevalent, and consequently the last mentioned derivation seems the most plausible.—London Notes and Queries.
Thought He Knew.
Mrs. Gewjum—John, do you know what you said in your sleep last night? Mr. Gewjum—Oh, yes; I suppose I said, "Marla, for heaven's sake, let me get in a word edgewise"—Chicago Tribune.
Strangely enough, it's when a man comes right to the point that he is considered blunt.—Philadelphia Record.
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SHALL WE DIVIDE?
On the front page of The Bee
this week will be seen and read
with interest an article from the
Baltimore Sun, giving a detailed
account of what the Republican
party has done, and is doing,
for colored Americans. The Bee
wants every colored American in
this country to read this article
and decide for himself if he
should divide his vote, in the face
of the record of the Democratic
party, so far as the.colored vote
is concerned.. The colored voter
should first consider what he is to
gain by dividing his vote. Mr.
Cleveland, under his two Admin-
istrations, was friendly disposed
towards the colored American.
Then, again, his record in New
York, so far as the colored people
were concerned, was good. He was
sound on the color question, and
went against his own party to a
great extent. Is there a Democrat
to-day liberal enough to accord
justice to the colored man if he
supports him for President? If
there is one, will some independ-
ent agitator name him and state
what his record is? Some men
enter blindly into a proposition
and come to conclusions before
they thoroughly understand the
situation. The last Democratic
campaign convinced the Demo-
cratic pay that the masses of the
colored people cannot be relied on
to support the Democratic party.
Democratic managers ask them-
selves the question, what has the
Democratic party done to win the
colored vote, and if these so-
called Democratic colored men are
sincere? The Bee has never found
but one colored man with any sin-
cerity, and his namo is James C.
Mathews, of Albany. Mr. Ma-
thews was honest, and he was onc
man who gave Mr. Cleveland to
understand. when he appointed
him Recorder of Deeds for this
city that he (Mathews) was the
recorder, and he proposed to run
his office. There never has been a
colored Recorder of Deeds since
the days of Mathews, with all duc
respect to his predecessors and
successors. No white deputy _re-
corder of deeds wrote his orders
and brought them to him to sign.
President Cleveland had the high-
est respect for him, and so did
his people, colored Republicans
excepted, and they would seek his
influence whenever. they were dis-
turbed by a white Democratic
chief. Almost every colored Re-
publican in office turned to be 1
emocrat when Mr. Cleveland
was President. Many of them
appealed to Mr. Mathews for pro-
tection, and he was loyal enough
to his race to help them. We need
men to-day like Mr. Mathews—
not sycophants; we need men, not
cowards; we need men, not apolo-
gists and office-seekers.
Considering existing conditions
ought the colored vote be divided {
, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
. 4n our local government there
are only four colored clerks—
Messrs. Warner, Langston, Mon-
tague and Cheeks. Just think of
it! A population of from 80,000
to 90,000 colored people and only
four colored clerks—and_none in
sight to be appointed. What is
the world coming to? All of the
Commissioners are Republicans.
or they are supposed to be. The
colored citizens have never receiv-
ed any recognition from the En-
gineer Commissioner, and never
will, as long as the present form
of cornea exists. These col-
ored clerks have been in the em-
ployment longer than many of
these white employees who have
feen promoted over the heads of
these four competent clerks. The
successor of ex-Commissioner’
West -is an army officer, and no!
doubt he imagines that the place
is too small for so great a nian.
I£ the colored people receive any-
thing from him, there will be a
jubilee in this city. Conditions in
our local government, so far as
colored people are concerned, are
worse to-day than they have ever
been. The President ought to take
a hand and see that a xepresenta-
tive place is given “a colored
citizen.
i JUDSON.
Congress meant for the Board
of Education to control the public
schools of this city, but it seems
that the Engineer Commissioner,
Mr, Judson, has been meddjing
with our schools ever since he has
been in office. - The Bee under-
stands that Mr. Judson has select-
ed a piece of ground for Manual
School No.2 (colored) near the
government stables. Now, will
the colored people stand for this?
What does it mean? The Board
of Education selected a sight near
Howard: University, and a few
meddling busy-bodies entered a
protest; and now what have they
gained? Mr. Judson, who has
nothing whatever to do with our
schools and cares but little, in our
opinion, for the colored people,
has expressed himself heretofore
concerning our schools. Had he
any respect for the colored people
he would have permitted the site
selected by the Commissioners to
be ratified. Who are more dan-
gerous to the pupils who. will at-
tend the normal school, the stu-
dents and preachers of Howard
University who were slandered by
‘a class of false pretenders or the
denizens of fhe government sta-
bles? The colored people of
Washington never had any trouble
with their schools or school sites
until the influx of so many “ten-
der-foot” meddlers. Major Judson
should leave his meddling with
the Board of Education. Corigress
meant to give the Board of Edu-
cation more power than it had
heretofore; and for that. reason
the Jaw was changed and placed
in the hands of the judges, whe
have made some good appoint:
ments. The citizens will protest
against the selection of Major
Judson, and a public meeting will
be held next week to protest
against this site,
UITAESOOLON NO LOUNGE
It is about timo for the people
of this city to take some action in
regard to their rights. ‘It ha:
been a question for years with
The Bee whether the people ir
this city, white and black, had any
rights ‘that should be respecte
The school question is ono thal
mostly interests the colored peo
ple. ‘The white people soon reliev.
ed themselves of their burden an¢
placed a man at the head of theit
schools whom: they could appre
ciate and respect. Why should
the colored people be burdened
with an incumbrance? Why arc
not the wishes of 80,000 or 90,00(
colored people considered anc
complied with? There is but one
remedy if this burdén is to be
continued. The members of the
Board of Education are being im
posed upon, and the sooner they
see it the better will the teacher:
and pupils fare. Will President
Cox, Capt. Oyster, Mrs. Hocke
Prof. Terrell, Mr. Blair and oth.
ers relieve the people? Tho Bee
in behalf of the people, the teach.
ers and pupils, appeal to you, gen:
tlemen, to relieve them of thi:
burden.
MAINE DEMOCRATIC.
The result in Maine is an evi-
derve of the displeasure of the
Republicans in the State against
the Administration. This ought
to convince the President that his
policy is not indorsed by the peo-
ple. The Bee said some time ago
that the appointment of Southern
Demeerats to office and the dis-
placement of colored Republi-
cans would not help the Republi-
can party in the least. The Dem-
ocrats have displaced almost every
colored Republican in the South.
‘The President was endeavoring to
help his party and curb Demo-
eratic wrath. The Maine Demo-
cratic victory is an evidence of
The Bee’s prediction some time
ago. The Forty leaders ought to
advise the President and tell him
that he is wrong. If Maine has
gone Democratic,—a “died-in-the
wool” Republican State—what
are we to expect in November?
The Maine election is an indica-
tion as to the complexion of the
next Congress. The country is
angry. _ -
ee a ee ee
The abolition of the office of
the colored superintendent of our
schools is an absolute necessity.
‘The people have appealed to the
Board of Education to make a
change in the head of the colored
schools, but it seems that no heed
has been taken to their appeal.
If the Board of Education is at
a loss for a suitable successor to
Bruce, The Bee will suggest the
name of Supervising Principal
Walker; a finer young man doesn't
exist. He has executive ability,
and then, again, he is a gentleman.
If Bruce ‘is reappointed, in the
face of the protest of the people,
Congress will be asked to abolish
the office and place the colored
schools under white supervision.
‘At ledst, to abolish the office of
colored superintendent and_give
the colored schools a white head,
but allow the other officers to re-
main as they are. The people will
be satisfied. If Mr. Walker is not
satisfactory, there are others. The
people are not satisfied, and their
last resort will be.to Congress.
Let the office be abolished.
SHOULD NOT RECEDE.
the Bee understands that an
effort is being made to reinstate
Mrs. Anna J. Cooper to her for-
mer position in the High School.
The High School is now in an ex-
cellent condition, and the Board
of Education would commit a
blunder if this woman is rein-
stated. The Bee is aware, at the
time Mrs. Cooper was suspended,
that she was offered a place by the
president of the Board of Educa:
tion, which she declined at the
time. Conditions in the High
School are good, and any change
now or in the future without just
cause would.bo disastrous. The
board should not recede.
AN IMPOSTOR.
‘There is an impostor claiming
to be a representative of The Bee
The peoplo are warned against
him; -and if ho presents himself,
imake him show_his*credentials;
if he cannot, the Editor will thank
anyene if he is turned over to an
officer,
st
How smoothly the white schools
sail along. .
_ Superintendent Stuart, the peo-
ple look to you for a change in
their schools.
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| Mr, Sidney Bieber should be
appointed to a good postion. He
was loyal to Mr. Taft.
The reception that Mr. Andrew
Carnegie gave Dr. Washingon
last week was fit for the gods,
Mr. Frank Seybring, chief
clerk of the Police Court, is mas-
ter of his job. Mr. Sebring is a
wide-awake official.
R. W: Thompson ought to give
himself a rest on a Washington
Press Association. He is an editor
without a paper.
Why avere the colored teachers
asked to go into the highways, by-
ways, alleys, gutters and other
places and look for pupils to at-
tend school? White teachers don’t
have to go.
It is rumored that Genera] John’
A, Johnston, Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, intends to
promote a colored private to ser-
geant, and then to lieutenant. It
will snow in July when he does it.
Dr. James E. Shepard has re-
ceived an invitation to return to
Egypt, where he made such an
impression two years ago. Dr.
Shepard and Dr. Washington are
two of the greatest race benefac-
tors in the United States.
OUR SCHOOLS. =~
What the Normal School Aims to Do
For the Students
An Address‘to the Parents of Wash-
ington's Colored Youth, by Chas.
M. Thomas. 3
(Continued)
Lacking the attractive glitter of an
uniformed army, Jacking the sensory
stimulus of martial music, lacking the
feeling of fellowship engendered by
facing dangers in ordered ranks, to
train teachers to work alone and un-
noticed, but faithfully and heroically,
the Normal School introduces them
while students to the lives and
achievements of the teachers of all
ages, Mere mercenaries seldom make
‘good soldiers; and so with teachers;
cae the recruits be fired with zeal
for the cause, the fighting will be but
fainthearted, ‘and social progress. be
retarded. From such conditions
‘springs the first great aim of the Nor-
mal ‘School—INSPIRATION.
‘The History of Education.
The méans of generating inspiration
is the study of the History of Edu-
cation so presented as to make the
students catch fire by contact with
the heat, zeal and enthusiasm of the
world’s teachers, from Moses to Gen-
eral Armstrong.
From the records of the aspirations
and labors of successive races and na-
tions to realize the dreams of their
as Worth While?” “What is Truth?”
and when such an attitude of mind
has been developed the school finds
that it has a second great aim—Cul-
sure and Consecration. .
By means of the study of literature
and by an examination of the approx-
smate solutions of the problem of
numan life, the Normal School aims
to have its*students realize that noth-
ing is greater than character express-
ed in social relations and nothing of
lasting value but righteousness. Just
as the Normal School joins with the
home in aiming to inspire its students
for service by means of the lives of
noble men and women, so it joins the
church in revealing the shortcomings
of the past and the promises of the
tuture. Students soon come to real-
wze that to be a teacher demands that.
one be familiar with Shakespeare and
the Bible, at least. x
The Normal School docs not pre-
sume to set its aims as the resalts
of its own limited experience, but it
deduces them by research. Where
ver man has wrought upon the face
of Nature those changes which lead
us to claim him as 4 fellow of the
human species, there we dind some
traces of efforts to train the young
for adult activities. In the dim past
we catch glimpses of it in the stories
which were told to the young of the
deeds of their ancestors. Later we
|sce it in the priestly demonstrations
of the powers and wrath of the gods,
who rewarded good deeds and pun-
ished evil. It shows itself in the ex-
ercise in the use of the weapons of
warfare, and at puberty in iniation
into the Secrets of the tribe and into
increasingly responsible positions in
times of peace and the event of war.
From+the old records of the Chi-
nese schools of 2,500 years ago,
through the better known schools of
Aestheticism, Asceticism, Scholasti-
cism and Classicalism down to our
own age in which there is being made
a transition into industrialism, tech-
nology and commercialism, every age
has sought to organize education in
its own image. In turn the program
has modified the age, and again in its
turn the age has: modified the pro*
gram.
It is the clear presentation of these
mutual actions and interactions which
prepares teachers to meet the chang-
ing conceptions of education which
each generation must witness. Thus
the Normal School aims to give grow-
ing teachers to the community; its
graduates are not finished, but pre-
pared.
The Golden Thread of Sympathy—
Past and Present.
+ Always, in the varied programs of
education which the students are
taught to examine, failure to subordi-
nate individual needs to social needs
meant failure for the program as well
as for the state. In all men, at all
| times, in varying degrees can be seen
|traces of that sympathy with fellows
| and desire to serve them and to better
the future, which has become of the
keynote of our own age. First, the
| maternal sacrifice, common to every
state and condition, through the. gift
| of nourishment to the helpless infant,
then the paternal sacrifice in its simple
form, through the hunt and the war
{for gain or for protection, show us
‘|in the dawn of human history the be-
‘|ginnings of that sympathy and willing-
Jness to be spent in service, which
ends after culminated in Calvary and
gave rise to the social order of to-
day.
| “Today this sympathy finds its
growth generated by stories to the
young of the virtue and heroism of
the race, be it Aryan, Semitic, Negro,
Negroid, or what not. In the efforts
of all men to make heroes; they put
| the lives and achievements of heroes
before their youth, so to make noble
'|men and women, the Normal School
'| presents its students with the lives and
| work of noble men and women of all
times. It. is a fact of ‘no slight sig-
‘| mficance in the training of teachers,
that the great text book of our mod-
ern program of education is little
|}more than a compendium of the lives
Jof men and women who have been
‘either approved or disapproved. Moses
jand Lot's wife, David and Esther,
|John the Baptist and Mary, Saint
| Paul and Jesus have educated more
men and women for individual and so-
'|cial efficiency than the ‘combined ac-
tivities of educational programs for
| centuries. 7
| Today our program of education
|| shows its basis of sympathy in train.
ing the children in the race's imple-
-|ments of industry, and .n preparation
:| for and impulses to greater usefulness
‘Jin the family, in the group, in the
nation. Today sympathy finds its out:
let in adoration of the Infinite through
service to men, and through apprecia-
tion and use of Nature. “Man has
had the world opened to him by the
gateway of his sympathies and by that
| portal must be led on his way inte
(ee Se a Te ee a
tivities of educational programs for
centuries. 4
Today our program of education
shows its basis of sympathy in train-
ing the children in the race’s imple-
ments of industry, and -n preparation
for and impulses to greater usefulness
in the family, in the group, in the
nation. Today sympathy finds its out-
let in adoration of the Infinite through
service to men, and through apprecia-
tion and use of Nature. “Man has
had the world opened to him by the
gateway of his sympathies and by: that
Portal must be Ted on his way into
fe.
Our modern program of education
to which the students of the Normal
School subscribe spells SYMPATHY
with one’s fellows; not hostility or
suspicion, but service. It spells ado-
ration of the Infinite; not by fear or
by sacrifice, but by, obedience. It
spells acquaintance with Nature and
appreciatiof” of man’s dependence
thereon; not, superstition, but science.
‘The last aim of the Normal School
in the presentation of the history of
education is to have the teachers real-
ize that problems, aims and ideals of
a race or nation are first formulated
by. the philosophers, later they are
‘tried by the educational reformer, and
finally accepted, modified and adopted
‘by the .feople, to be applied by the
teachers. It is such work by the Nor-
mal School with its students that pro-
duces the calm, steady, patient, hope-
ful person so necessary to the lives
of reckless, ambitious, venturesome,
careless, ignorant_and sometimes un-
moral ‘children, Teachers thus train-
ed are not carried away by enthusiasm
for fads and frills, but they look for
the social need and await the com-
munity’s approval of a fair trial.
More than two centuries were re-
quired for nature study to find a place
in the curriculum of the common
schools. Roger Bacon urged such a
study based upon observation and ex-
perience. He and scores of others
had seen clearly the necessity for it
as a part of the fundamental aim in|
teaching children for adult life. Co-
menius had attempted it and he failed.
Today, no program of education is
without it, and its inter-relations in
art, literature, science and commerce.
A half century has passed since the
first attempt to inaugurate kindergar-
tens (all readers are familiar with
Mrs, Murray's efforts in the past 15
years in this city) and about that time
has been required for the installation
of manual training, which has long
‘been unquestioned as to its value, and
even now it lacks financial support
in the grammar departments, A peru-
sal of the famous report of the first
secretary of the State Board of Edu-
cation of Massachusetts will reveal
caucational principles for America
which were rejected by Bostonians 60
years ago, and are just now finding
their way into the schools as expert-
ments. 7
From such reviews of the develop-
ment and efforts of phases of the ed-
ucational program, the students come
to see themselves as workers in a
movement of dignity and of historic
value. Their work becomes in fact
professional and thus their behavior
of dress, of voice and of social con-
tact is altered and ordered from
within,
The next aims of the Normal
Schoot arises from the necessity for
securing to the children the students
may be called upon to teach max-
imum results with minimum cx-
penditure of child thought and pre-
cious energy.’ The students must
gome to know HOW THE CHILD
LEARNS. The students must come
to know WHAT THE CHILD
SHOULD BE TAUGHT. To secure
these ends the students are required
to study children, and to study hu-
man. nature.
(To be Continued.)
Citizens Appeal.
Deanwood Heichts, D. C.
sept. If, 1910.
Honorable Commissioners, District of
‘Columbia: :
Gentlemen: At a_meeting of the
Northeast Suburban Citizens’ Associa-
tion, held on the Sth inst., 2 commit-
tee was appointed to wait upon your
board and respectfully request consid-
eration of the following:
"This Association, which represents
the citizens residing between Minne-
sota avenue northeast and the District
line, comprising the communities of
Deanwood, Lincoln, Beverly, Burrville,
Linwood Heights ‘and Grant Park,
have been and are still in great dis-
trees for the reason that the total ab-
sence of lights in those sections and
along their lines of travel, afford a
constant menace to life and limb and
invite attack upon, peaceful residents
by the idle and vicious.
‘At the stations along the electric
line—Lincoln, at the intersection of
soth and G, northeast, Brooks Station,
58th and Grst streets—where great
numbers of citizens get on and off be-,
tween the close of day and midnight,
there are no lights whatever. The
swiftly moving, brilliantly lighted car
passes on, leaving the passenger to
grope his way by the aid of match or
lighted paper as best he may.
‘The fact that this section is without
a roadway, except_a tortuous path,
winding through private property and
2 constant danger to man and beast,
by reason of holes and muddy gullies,
has previously been brought to the
attention of your honorable body.
__ This committee therefore prays that
in the distribution of the lights which
is contemplated, lights may be placed
at the points along the electric line
above designated and a few distributed
in the neighborhoods as heretofore
named.
‘The matter of lights is of so vital
import to those communities. that any
kind of light will be thankfully wel-
comed—electric, oil, or gasoline—and
if the operation of the same is con-
sidered inexpedient for any reason,
the residents thereof will undertake
their operation, if installed or set up
by your honorable body.
Respectfully, Willis W. Jones, presi-
dent; C. T. Mitchell, Jno, H. Paynter,
committee.
‘What It Thought of The Bee.
‘Waycross, Ga, Sept. 1.
We have returned home. The news-
paper as well as the home is the guid-
ing star of humanity. Oh! may the
day soon come when our people will
more liberally support the newspapers
edited by such giants as yourself, Mr.
Editor.
‘Your correspondent has been a sub-
scriver to The Washington Bee for
many yéars; and the desire has burned
within, fora long time, to look the
editor in the face and shake his hand.
The opportunity. was afforded while
returning from the Business League,
recently held in New York. But the
league will not be discussed in this
article, for you have, in a previous
issue of your valuable paper, given
your readers a full account of that
splendid organization, headed by our
mutual friend, Booker T. Washington.
‘The Washington Bee is a household
phrase in our home. We welcome it
because from our point of view it is
the best Afro-American newspaper
published it behalf of the race. It not
only provides your readers with the
latest and most important news con-
cerning the welfare and condition of
our people, but educates the public
mind along all lines of reform.
Your fearlessness in defense of the
race, without being hyperbolically
radical, is worthy of emulation. To
be in your presence and to observe
your keautiful and well kept office is
an inspiration. ;
In conversing with your many
friends, it is learned that The Bee has
done more good in Washington in
lifting the social code of morals to a
higher standard than any agency in
the city. “The commonest stone is
full of things admirable. Much above
that in interest is the plant, endowed
with the mystery we call life’ Marvel-
ous above this is the animal, rich in
extraordinary functions and instincts.
But towering high above all stands
man, truly the king of creation by
virtue of his spiritual_being.” So
we regard the editor of The Bee—W.
Calvin Chase, Sr—because of his
high spiritual being and great person-
ality, the king of newspaper men,
among our people, battling for the
race on whose neck are the feet of all
nationalities. In these days “what is
struggle.” We are determined to help
you in your struggle to conquer all
things which tendto hinder the prog-
ress of the race. The names -and
money of the new subscribers to your
excellent paper will be sent to you at
an early date.
Your distant admirer, JOHN. |
Men and Things.
The pablianers, of The World’s
Work, New York City, announce the
beginning of a series of articles to
begin in the October number of that
magazine, entitled “My Experience
With Men and Things,” by Booker T.
Washington, of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute. The articles will extend through
eight to twelve issues of that valued
publication. Dr. Washington is also
to prepare 2 series of articles for The
Outlook, of New York City, to be-
gin- soon after his return from Eu-
rope. These articles are to be enti-
tled “The Man Farthest Down,” and
will be read, of course, by an unusu-
ally large ‘circle of ‘readers. Dr.
Washington's articles in The Ameri
can Magazine relating some of Bert
Williams’ experiences, has been very
widely read.
Election of Officers.
At the regular annual conclave of
Simon Commandery, No. 1, Knight
Templars, held at the asylum, corner
of Fifth ‘street and Virginia avenue
southeast, the following officers were
elected, September 9: Sir Samuel T.
Craig, Eminent Commander; Sir Al-
exander F. Hicks, Generalissimo; Sir
Pierce S. “Milburn, Captain General:
Sir John D. Howard, Treasurer; Sir
Benjamin P. Jones, Recorder; Sir Jno.
F. W. Wilkinson, Sr., Prelate; Sir
Thomas J. Marshall, Senior Warden;
Sir John B. Hamilton<Warden Junior;
Sir Wm, R. Jones, Warden: Sir Wm.
Joseph Hutchinson, Sentinel.
| Bishop Smith’s Pet Polly Dead.
Bishop Smith's polly came to_an
untimely death Thursday morning,
September 8, in a way that is not ex-
actly. understood, but as a cat was
sitting near polly’s dead body when
found, she is believed to have met her
death ‘by the cat. This bird that was
interesting to all, and kept the house
in good cheer, had been identified
with the Bishop's family for over
twenty years. During the time polly
had grown in the affections of all,
and her sudden taking away fills ali
ours hearts with grief and makes our
home gloomy without her cheering
voice.
* Stemortal:
Only a bird, but oh, how dear, -
She had made herself to friends far.
and near, ‘
And just to think of her untimely end
Makes our hearts grow sad and our
“tears to flow, =
And if there is 2 heaven for birds
we know
Our polly is there.
A bird that could talk, laugh, sing
and ery,
There ‘ls never a bird that can fill her
place, :
So with sadness and sorrow we part
from ‘
“Our pet polly, our birdy, polly our
lovely.”
HARRY H. JOHNSON,
Baltimore; Md.
‘The Bee Would Like to Know.
What effect will Maine have on the
Fall clections. |
‘Why the greatest-architect in. the
world left this city.
‘Are the outs still waiting for ‘the
Register of the Treasury to resign.
If the two grand lodges of Elks will
continue in harmony.
Will the next House be Democratic.
If there will be any colored citizens
appointed in the District government.
f Rev. I. N. Ross, of the Metro-
politan Church, will ‘start a colored
theater scheme. .
‘Why some men do so much talking
and nothing else.
Do colored ministérs ever advance
new enterprises.
‘Why don't colored lawyers organ-
tes.
The National Religious Training
School, Durham, N. C., offers the fol-
lowng special courses:
_ 1. Religious Training. This course
is especially adapted to those who de-
sire training as Settlement Workers.
Deaconesses, Y. M. C, A. and Y. W.
C. A. Secretaries, Evangelists and
Home Visitors.
IL Training for the Christian Min-
istry. This Department. will train
young men especially in practical
Theology, the art of reaching and sav-
ing men. This course will be very
thorough. The teachers have been se-
lected with great care. 7
HII, 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. lim-
ited number, who are worthy, will be
helped. All applications for admis-
sion must be made by September 15,
1910.
Regular school term begins Octo-
ber 12, 1910. :
For further information address
President, National Religious Train-
ing School, Durham, N. C.
Mrs. Bradford Dead.
| Mrs. Caroline Bradford, of 908 2oth
street northwest, died at her residence
September 5. She was buried from
the roth Street Baptist Church, Rev.
Walter H, Brooks officiating. | Mrs.
Bradford had been sick only a week.
Three daughters and one son survive
her. She was an excellent woman
who had a large circle of friends, who
held hee in high esteem.
The Hospital and Training School
for Colored Nurses in Charleston, 5.
C. is in a thriving and prosperous
condition, and seeks larger accommo-
dations, Six women have been receiv-
ed since the graduation exercises in
Jane, and several applicants waiting.
‘The Protestant churches of the
world raised last year nearly $25,000,-
Goo for ailesion: work:
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Pharmacy 1912 1-2 14th St. N. W.
“The place where everybody mects
everybody else.”
Mr, James A. Cobb, assistant U. S.
Attorney, returned to the city from
Atlantic City, N. J., last week.
Mr. James A. Lankford has left the
city for the West, where he will start
new business.
Mrs, Watkins and daughter Ella, of
17 Defrees street, have returned from
their vacation, highly pleased and
greatly improved in health.
Misses Eva A, Chase and Rachel
Bell, who have been to Arundel-on-
the-Bay for several weeks, returned to
the city Saturday evening.
Mr. A. W. Scott, who was called
suddenly to Atlantic City to the bed-
-side of his sick son, returned to the
city Saturday. .
Mr. M. T. Clinkscales left the city
for Baltimore, Md, Monday after-
noon.
Dr. John R. Francis, who has been
detained in the city on‘ account of
his professional duties, left for Arun-
del-on-the-Bay last week. He will not
_ return to the city until next week.
Mrs. Harry L. Green, who has been
to Asbury Park, N. J., during the
Summer, is now the guest of her
cousin, Madam E. A. LuDaine, of
Philadelphia, Pa. She will join her
brother Theodore this week, and after
a stay of two weeks, she will return
to this city.
Dr. M. Althen Crews, of this city,
spent last week in New York City, the
guest of Miss M. J. Sorrell, of 44 West
132d streef. Many social functions
were tendered her while there.
Mr. J. T. Sanders, of Charlotte,
N.C, who has been in the city sev-
" eral days, left for Baltimore, Md., last
Sunday morning.
Miss Mary E. Wilson, one of The
Bee's successful contestants, is hav-
ing a delightful time in Atlantic City.
‘Mrs. Bell Cantee, wife of Mr. Geo.
J. Contee, formerly of this city, but
now living in Denver, Colo. is the
guest of Mrs. Laura_V. Contee, her
mother-in-law. Mr, Contee is attend-
ing the B. M. C, in Baltimore, Md,
and after the meeting there he will
join his wife. .
Miss Gonevia B. Maxfield spent
‘Thursday in Baltimore, Md.
Mr. J. H. Maxwell, proprictor of the
new Terminal Hotel, spent a few days
in Savannah, Ga., the guest of Prof,
S.A, Grant.
Miss Daisy Watson is visiting in
Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs. P. P. Alston, wife of the rec-
tor of an Episcopal Church, has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Clarke,
of Pierce Place northwest.
Miss Eunice Dorster is to be mar-
tied to Mr. Joseph Edward Holmes,
September 19. They will be at home
after December 1, 96 Webster strect,
Manchester, N. H.
Miss Sarah W. Meriwether has been
appointed a critic teacher in Balti-
more, Md.
Lawyer Thos. Beckett had’a delight-
ful time while in the Old Dominion.
., Mrs. Thomas Payne and Miss Susic
Cyress, of Norfolk, Va, are visiting
relatives in this city.
Miss Ida Plummer has been the
fest of the Misses Cook, while in
ndianapolis, Ind.
Mr. Robert, T. Motts, of Indianap-
olis, is in the city. He is very much
interested in the Howard Theater,
.Miss Teressa Crocker, of this city, is
visiting friends in Norfolk, Va. |
A very pleasant party, was given at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., at the
Thompson cottage by Mrs. E. T. Mar-
shall. Among the Washingtonians
were Miss Arm, Miss Ocea Brooks,
and Mr, Marshall Beverly.
Miss Hattie King, of this city, is the
guest of Miss R. L. Wallace, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Wm. V. Tunnell, M. A., pro-
fessor of history in Howard Univer-
sity, preached at St. Monica’s Episco-
pal Mission while in Hartford, Conn.,
and at St Augustine's Church while
in Asbury Park,
Miss Piper, one of the teachers in
our public schools, has been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Gay, of Hart-
ford. Conn. *
Mr. E. B. Howell and children have
returned to New Haven, Conn., after
spending a pleasant time in this city,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William
Sanford.
‘Miss Marie Bourne, of Cambridge,
Mass., is visiting friends in this city.
Mrs. W. O. Lee, of Charleston, W.
Va., has returned to this city. Mrs.
Lee is a member of the senior class
of the medical department of How-
ard University.
Col. Taylor, of Charlotte, N. C., is
visiting friends in this city.
Dr. W. J. Daniels and wife, Mrs.
Daniels, and Miss R, A. Boston, had
a delightful trip to Niagara Falls and
other-points. The Doctor also visited
Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Mr. James McGuinn, of ros Ninth
street, ‘left the city Sunday morning
for Chicago, Ill.
Miss M. M. Wall, of this city, was
the guest of Miss Fannie C. Cobb
while in Charleston, W. Va.
Miss Nancy Brown and G. E. Smith,
of this city, are visiting friends in
Lynchburg, Va. 7
‘Misses Ruth and Helen Smith have
returned to this city after a pleasant
SPDR ETT NT Ne ET PRE BL NTT BN
Mr. Herman Brown is the guest of
friends in this city. i
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jones en-
tertained Miss Ramsey and Miss
Campbell while in Chicago, at a mit-
sical and dance. .
Mr. Theo. E. Jones, of Chicago, Ill.,
who was visiting here during the Doc-
tors’ convention, reports s royal time,
having been entertained by Dr. W. J.
Howard, Jr.
Prof. H. L. Cox, of this -city, has
been ‘appointed principal of the
Douglas School, in Columbia, Mo.
He was a recent graduate of Howard
University. . st
Mr. Harry Farley, who has been
visiting his parents in this city, has
fetirned to his home in Indianapolis,
nd,
After the 5 and ro cent theatre, be-
tween the acts, and at all hours, ice
cream soda 1s now all the rage, especi-
ally that snappy, cold, pure, delicious
kind that is served at the drug store
lof Board & &McGuire, 1912 1-2 14th
iSt. N. W. It 1s made right, served
i tight, tastes right, and is right.
Miss Celia Maxey, of Indianapolis,
Ind., is visiting friends in this city,
and will leave for Richmond and other
"points South very soon.
Miss Janie Taylor, who has been
visiting relatives in Providence, R. I.,
and New York City, returned’ to the
city the first of the week, .
Miss Jessic C. Mason, of 1253 Wylie
street, who is visiting relatives in New
York’ City, is the recipient of many
social events while there.
“Mrs. M, L. Meriwether, who has
been spending a while with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Brownley, in Charleston, W.
[va has returned to the city. She
reports a pleasant time,
Mr. Arthir Albert has returned
after a pleasant trip to Niagara Falls
Jand Canada.
Miss Cargile, of Macon, Ga. will
enter Howard University this year.
Miss Gertrude Watkins, a teacher
in Montgomery, Ala. has returned to
her home, after a pleasant visit here.
Mr. R. R, Horner and wife have re-
turned from Silver Springs where
they have been visiting for several
weeks. |
1 Mr. J. J. Porter and wife, of this
city, will spend a few weeks at their
| home in Helena, Ark. .
4 Mrs. J. H. Lyles and little niece
Montrose have been spending the
Summer in Westfield, N. J., with her
'|brother. She reports an _ enjoyable
time, and much improved in health
'| She is now in Fairmont Heights with
'|her brother, Clarence H. Hunt.
| Mr. Garland Wooding and Walter
Savoy; who have been summering ir
| Asbury Park, have returned to the
| city. 7
Miss Maude Fleming, Miss Daisy
Daly, Miss Sadie Lumpkins, and sev-
eral other young ladies were seen in
Harper's Ferry last Sunday.
Mr, Walter McKinney and Jot Rat:
tely have returned home from Oceat
City and White Sulphur’ Springs, W.
Va., after a pleasant Summer. |
Mrs. Delia McKinney is visiting het
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Austin, in Lin-
coln, Va. -
Mrs. George Harris, of 32A O street
had a very pleasant stay of three
weeks with her mother in Manassas,
from whiclr place ’she visited her sis:
ter in the mountains. 7
Miss Dillie P. Reed, of this city, is
'| visiting her parents in Lynchburg, Va
Miss Gertrude Copeland has return-
ed to her home in Atlanta, Ga., after
‘spending a month in this city the
'] guest of friends. .
| Miss Hannah Baker and Miss Birda
(Murphy, of Birmingham, Ala., have
returned after a pleasant stay in this
city.
Mrs, Mitehell and grandson Master
Malvin Walker, of Richmond, Va.
'} were in the city last week, the guests
'}of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Hayes.
| Mrs. De Lacy, of Atlanta, Ga., was
the guest of Mrs. I. M. Ross last
week. z
Mrs, Harris, of Richmond, Va,
mother of Mrs. J. H. Hayes, is visiting
|her daughter,
Mr. M. T. Clinkscales has been
spending a great deal of bis time in
Baltimore, Md., this week. *
Mr. Joshua Bennett, who has been
Jon a visit to Niagara Falls, returned
to the city last week.
Mr. James O. Holmes, who has been
on an extensive Eastern trip, returned
to the city last week. | .
Mrs. Booker T. Washington will be
in the city some time soon.
Mr. Galvin is in Atlantic City, N. J.
Mr. Joseph H- Jones is steadily im-
proving. There are hopes of him be-
|ing able to be out shortly.
Se Phil. B. Brooks is in Baltimore,
| Mr, W, C. Martin is in Baltimore,
{Md., to the B. M,C.
Mr. Leonard Freeman, son of Dr.
and Mrs. John Freeman, of Newark,
| N. J., will enter Howard University to
'| pursue a course in the College Depart-
ment of that school. Mr. Freeman has
} done well in the schools of his city,
J and there is no doubt but that he will
make great success with his college
| course.
|| _ Miss Eva Williams and Miss Estella
Smothers, of Richmond, Va., were the
| guests of Mrs. Julia H. Hayes this
‘lweek. They spent some time in At-
lantic City, N. J., Philadelphia and
Washington. They have had a delight-
ful vacation, and have returned home
ready for work.
A Surprise Party.
A surprise birthday patty was ten-
dered Lawyer Henry Heath on last
Saturday evening, at his residence, 79
P street northwest. The party was in
charge of Mrs. Bessie B. Anderson,
from whose residence if left about
half past eight. After spending some
time in games and dancing, the party
retired to the dining-room and par-
took of'refreshments. Gifts had been
prepared for cach person and were
opened separately and caused much
lamusement. Those present were Law-
yer Heath, Mrs Bessie B. Anderson,
Mrs. Elija Lyons, Misses Lydia N.
Broune, Lillian $. Anderson, Blanche
A. Hill, Naomi K."Toppen, Marjorie
J. Anderson, Mary O. Chaney, Maggic
B. Penn, Dr. J. W. Morse, Messrs,
Wm. Grayer Williams, Bryson H.
Chase, Leon Wormley, W. Calvin
Chase, Jr. and Robert Warren, Jr. |
Miss Madre Returnc.
Miss M. A. D. Madre is at home af-
ter several weeks of travel. She vis-
ited Atlantic City, Asbury Park, Ev-
ansville, Ind. Columbus, Xenia_and
Wilberforce, Ohio, Pittsburg and Phil-
adelphia, Pa. Miss Madre has been
alternating between pleasure and busi-
ness. Her Western, Northern and
Eastern tiips have resulted im great
good for the race, in whose interest
she has been traveling,
THE HOWARD THEATRE
A new policy will be inaugurated
as soon as possivle. The,National
Amusement Company will give to
the people of this city the very best
stock company that has ever been
organized to produce musical com-
edy, as all the best talent is now
being secured from performers who
have been members of Williams &
Walker, Cole & Johnson and other
first class talent is now being en-
gaged. Manager Smith’is satisfied
that the people of this city want
musical comedy and le intends to
see that they have no reason to
complain, as he is now busy ens
gaging a host of Authors, Comp.-
sers, Comedians, Leading Ladies,
Soubrettes and a chorus of 30 high
class singers who will present all
the comedies that were made famous
at the Pekin Theatre, of Chicago.
Many new and up-to-date Musical
novelties will be presented from
time to time and no expense will be
spared to make the HOWARD
STOCK COMPANY the equal of
any roadshow. Mr. Will Vodrey,
the well-known Musical Director
for the Hurtig & Seamons enter-
prises also the musical composer
for the late Ernest Hogan’s Oyster
man is now arranging new music.
He will also conduct and arrange
all the musical numbers. Wher
this company is complete it wil
be a credit to ourcity. Rehears-
ing will commence as soon as the
members arrive. Ample time wil
be given to perfect and arrange
all details. The costumes anc
wardrobe are now being made
from the leading costumers o!
New York.
The Odd-Fellows are rioting in
Baltimore, the Administrative
forces have been defeated.
CITY BRIEFS. =
Rev. E. E. Hicks will preach a
special sermon to the Elks Sunday,
September 18, at the Vermont Avenuc
Baptist Church.
Rev. Webster Davis preached an
interesting sermon at the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church last Sunday
evening.
A new Republican political club is
to_be organized. *
' The local Republicans were surpris-
ed_at the result in Maine.
The schools will open Monday,
September 19.
Bogus Antiques.
Old statuary ls made in great quan-
titles in Italy, Bohemia and Bel-
‘sium furnish glass of the middle ages,
and every European capital has its
makers of antiques. Berlin and Vien-
na makers are kept busy with the
home trade, but Paris, London, Brus-
sels, Rome, Florence, Smyrna and Mu-
nich are commercial centers for this
class of merchandise. The business
has grown .to such proportions that
Nuremberg, Vienna ant! Livorno have
museums where counterfelt works are
exhibited and where their style of
manufacture may be studled.—Berlin
Post,
Chinese Flat Noses,
“The Chinese mother,” the ethnolo-
gist explained, “carries her babe in «
sack on her back. The babe's nose iz
pressed against her. Day in and day
out, all through its babyhood, the lt-
‘tle thing’s soft and malleable nose is
Pressed against its mother’s back.
Hence it is no wonder, is It, that the
Chinese are a fiat nosed race?”
‘Too Much.
“Of course,” said the lady with the
wteel bound glasses, “I expected to be
called ‘strong minded’ after making a
gpeech three hours long in favor of our
sex, but to have it misprinted into
‘strong winded’ was too, too much.”
He Traveled Light.
“That hall room boarder moved to-
day.” + :
“I didn't see any trunk go out.”
| “There was none. I guess he placed
bis effects in an envelope and mailed
"em to the new address."—Kansas City
seem
READ THE BEE.
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Nos. 22 and 24 Lincoln Avenue
. LONG ISLAND /
‘The ideal place to spend your vaca-
tion holidays, or Saturday and Sun-
day. Delightfully located, one block
from ocean, thoroughly up-to-date in
equipments and operations, also cruis
ing, boating, bathing and fishing.
Write for description, booklets and
full information. Address all mail to,
E. I. DORSEY,
or R. C. PARKER, props.,
138 West 53rd St, New York City.
Also: a4, Lincoln Ave. Rockaway
each, Long Island.
How to reach the hotel: Take any
Rockaway Beach train to Hanniels
Station. Will open June 15 to Sept
15. (Telephone Connection.)
Crystal Springs, Maryland,
WEST BERWYN.
New subdivision for colored or
white. Lots cheap and on easy terms.
One year's residence gives the right
to vote. Take Maryland car to Ber-
wyn on Sundays only, Our team will
meet every car. Free tickets given at
office.
CAPITAL VIEW LAND CO, Inc.,
20 6th Street N. W.
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. Howard University Notes
The scholastic year in the School of
Liberal Arts and academic depatt-
ments of Howard University open on
September 21, the professional de-
partments on October 1. The formal
opening address will be given by Dr.
Elmer E. Brown, the United States
Commissioner of Education.
The formal applications to the
Deans of the College of Arts and
Sciences and the’ Teachers’ College
promise an interesting freshmen col-
lege class of over 150—over twicé the
entire enrollment of the college de-
partment four ycars ago.
A gratifying surprise awaits old stu-
dénts in the transformation in the
appearance of the main and miner
halls within and without, gained at
the expense “of several thousand dol-
lars. A large force during the entirc
Summer has been earnestly at work
under the direction of Secretary anc
Business Manager G. W. Cook.
The new $80,000 steam heating
electric and power plant will be push
¢d to as carly a completion as possi
gble. The enlargement of Howard is
‘indicated by the, fact that the stear
equipment erected two years ago ha:
been'so outgrown.
The tragic death of Prof. C. C
Cook is an irreparable loss. Presi
dent Thirkield and Dr. Tunnell spoke
at the funeral. His work will be taker
up by Prof. B. G. Brawley, formerls
of Atlanta Baptist College, who is
brilliant English scholar and experi
enced teacher,
Plans have been completed for of
fering to thé students special wor!
in the new Carnegie Library. Course:
in library training -will also be offerec
A series of beautifully illuminate
post cards giving attractive views o
University Campus and buildings hav
been ordered.
Death of Mrs. Ellis.
Mrs. C. Ellis, the wife of J. H.
Ellis, and daughter of Mrs. Mollie
Huff, died Thursday, September 8, at
her residence, 481 Missouri avenue
northwest. She was.buried from the
Metropolitan Baptist Church. Rev.
| Norman paid a high tribute to the de
ceased, also Rev. W. J. Howard and
Rev. Leverson. The text, “She has
kept the faith,” was certainly appro-
priate for the young lady, as: the
floral tribute showed the high respect
in which she was held by her friends.
She was a joving wife and devoted
mother, and will be missed by her
many friends, who can only hope to
meet'her in “the Beautiful Beyond.”
Michael McNamara. =
Mr. Michael McNamara, formerly
‘connected with the detective depart-
ment of police, has opened one of the
finest buffets in the city. There is no
man better known to thé business
world than Mr. McNamara. While in
the police department he won hosts
‘of friends, who will be glad to know
‘that their old associate has a place
where they can enjoy a pleasant even-
ing. Don't fail to visit his place,
1200 Seventh street northwest.
Mrs. Ida Gibbs Hunt, wife of Hon.
Wm. H. Hunt, U.S. Consul to St.
Etienne, France, will arrive Septem-
ber 18, at New York, en route to
Washington, to visit her sister, Mrs.
Harriet Gibbs Marshall, and father,
Judge M. W. Gibbs. 5
The National Religious Training
School, Durham, N. C., offers an un-
usually strong course for young men
who are preparing to enter the Chris-
tian ministry, There is always an in-
viting field for the trained minister.
Lectures by distinguishd men will
be delivered throughout the entire
course. It will be thorough in every
particular. It jwill seek to combine
the cardinal principles of religion and
work,
One hundred young men are de-
sired to enter this particular depart+
ment.
The regular school term opens Oc-
tober 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.
pO, wasadcal
Emanuel Fremiet, the noted French
sculptor, died in Paris last week. Mr.
Fremiet’ was a grand officer of the
Legion of Honor and member of the
Tnstitute of France. z
Hugh R. Francis, of this city, is now
in San Juan, Porto Rico,and is con-
nected with the largest firm of cor-
poration. attorneys there. It is said
he is doing well.
7th & T Sts. N.W.
The Theatre for the. People |
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Announce-
- ment.
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We arrange terms for
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according to what can be
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Harmony Counterpart Fugue History of Muaic
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Piano Toning Methods
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Father Time Works Great Change In Them—The Big Brutes Become Lazy and Spiritless.
As he grows old a lion gets lazy and spiritless, says Everybody's. The haughty beast that stares at the crowd outside his cage usually is as fierce of spirit as a fat night watchman who blinks out upon the dark world through the circle of light cast by the lamp at his feet.
With plenty to eat, nothing to annoy him and a keeper to look after his cage, the king of beasts becomes as peaceful, portly and self satisfied as some of our latter day human monarchs, whose ministers of army, navy, state and other things take proper care of the regal edge and see to it that the usual three square meals per day await the royal gullet at the proper hours.
The story book impression that lions are always on the hunt in their native jungle is quite at variance with the truth. Indeed, the older lions will frequently go hungry or seek the leavings of another beast's kill rather than summon the energy to hunt prey for themselves.
In a group of ten or twelve trained lions two or three young, nervous animals, usually supply the act with all its dash and spirit. The others are somnambullists.
Tigers, too, frequently grow lethargic with advancing years, but never to such a degree as the aging lion. There is always a pinch of ginger in the big striped cat. For that reason he makes a more spectacular performer than the lion and usually a tougher proposition for the trainer.
THE PARANOIAC.
Quser Delusions That Come With This Curious Mental Disease. "That curious form of mental disease known as paranola is seldom or ever cured," said a noted Chicago alienist.
"A paranoidiac may be able to transact business with a fair degree of efficiency, but, as a rule, few of this class can be made to stick to work, as the nature of the malady prevents concentration of mind. One so possessed is afflicted with strange delusions, especially with the notion that he is being persecuted. Many an individual who is denominated a crank has paranoid. In general these unfortunates are misanthrope, have no social intercourse with their fellows and are brooding and introspective. Very often their mania leads them to the notion that they have been born to lead mankind in a religious way, and they proclaim themselves prophets of God. Quite often, too, they are discoverers of some wonderful invention that will astonish the world.
"It was a paranoido who followed the great actress Mary Anderson from place to place, declaring himself her favored sutor and threatening to kill any man who sought her company. These threats were what led to the locking up of the demented creature, and I believe he finally shot one of the asylum attendants. Paranoidos very frequently develop homicidal tendencies, and it is prudent to watch them at all times."—Baltimore American.
The Birds' Nests That Men Eat.
TOO MUCH IN FEAR
SAD HAPPENING THAT HAS SOURED MRS. STOREY.
Avoidance of Publicity in This Case Was Costly—And, of Course, Mr. Storey Says "I Told You So."
Mrs. Storey's life had been haunted for years by the fear that some day she might be called upon to serve as a witness in court. Her grandmother was a witness once, and when Mrs. Storey was a little girl she used to hear all about it. Grandma, it appears, had been so scared she couldn't tell the judge her own name.
"And," said Mrs. Storey to her husband, "if there is anything more disgraceful than to be unable to tell your own name, I'd like to know what it is."
In order to reduce the possibility of such a calamity to a minimum, Mrs. Storey would walk on with deafened ears and averted head whenever she happened to be near a fight or the scene of an accident. Only the other day she had occasion to shut her eyes and ears to the seething crowd around her. She was waiting in the south terminal station for Mr. Storey, who had gone around to the baggage room to check a trunk.
Presently she became aware that something exciting was happening close beside her. Hastily she shut her eyes and stuck her fingers into her ears, but before those protective measures could be accomplished she learned that a female thief had snatched a haudbag which she had found lying on the floor and was being pursued by an excited crowd. Not being entirely devoid of the curiosity of her sex, Mrs. Storey would have liked to know more, but the old fear of being detained as a witness held her inert until her husband's return. Then she ventured to ask if they had caught the thief.
"Yes," said Mr. Storey, "but they couldn't do anything with her. Every one was confident the bag didn't belong to her, but as nobody appeared to claim it they had to let her go."
At that Mrs. Storey opened her eyes.
"I am so glad," she said, "that it is all over. I am ready to go now. But—oh, dear me! Where are my purse and handbag? I had them here a moment ago. They must have dropped—ah, I wonder—"
"No use to wonder now," said Mr. Storey heartlessly; "of course, the stolen bag was yours."
Closed Door an Ald to Harmony.
Among the tribes where families live in one-roomed huts with never a door or division, dispositions must be of uncommon sweetness. As civilization increases the need of doors to increase, too, until finally our dispositions, or is it our effete dislike of violence? makes doors primal necessities. A closed door is the greatest aid to harmony known. Those people who are groping toward a desire for harmony, but are not yet wholly emancipated from the savage-one-room-hot-row period of civilization, slam their door on closing it and thus manage to leave a little ruction outside, though their supposed desire is to take it in the room with them and dissolve it into nothingness before appearing again in public. Sometimes one's gratitude for doors, doors in general and one's own door in particular, is so keen that one wonders if in the lares et penates there was not one especially devoted to doors. It would be to this little god that modern thanks would be most devoutly offered up.
New Remedy for Strong Poison.
New Remedy for Strong Poison.
Experiments at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research are said to have developed a surgical expedient by which the effects of the most virulent poisons may be rendered relatively harmless. So long as there is the faintest heartbeat, it is possible to save anyone who has taken what has been heretofore regarded as a fatal dose of strychnine, morphine, illuminating gas, and kindred potions.
The basis of the treatment is the forcing a steady supply of air through the windpipe into the lungs. It differs from other artificial means of respiration in that the lungs themselves are not called upon to give aid. A small tube forced through the windpipe to the openings of the lungs conveys the fresh air, while the foul air returns by pressure through the windpipe outside the tube, which may be inserted through the mouth, or an aperture cut in the windpipe.
"A Lady and a Lawyer."
Practically all the members of District Attorney Whitman's staff were in Judge Crane's court when Lawyer Freda Thomas made an eloquent appeal in behalf of George Davis, a youth on trial for burglary. Assistant District Attorney Wilmot, somewhat abashed by the situation, cautioned the jury not to be influenced because the defendant's counsel was a "lady." "I object-to that remark," said Miss Thomas. "The district attorney has no right to refer to my sex. I am a lawyer." "That is right," said the ever-gallant Judge Crane. "You are both a lady and a lawyer."—Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Sense of Superiority.
"How many times have you been arrested?" asked the court.
many times have you been arrested?" asked the court.
"A good many," replied Plodding Pete, "but only for small offenses. I never git pinched for violatin' de speed laws or failin' to blow a horn."
VAIN SEARCH FOR TREASURE
Truth About Romantic Stories of Wealth Said to Hava Been Hidden in Mexico.
According to Jose Ramon Palafox, a Mexican journalist, there are no hidden Montezuma treasures.
No doubt the stories circulated about the hidden treasures of the Aztec emperors have their origin in the sadly exaggerated accounts of old Spanish historians—men who swallowed the yarns of the conquerors of Mexico and whose judgment had been upset by the few shipments of gold and silver made to Spain shortly after the taking of the Aztec capital.
The amount of gold and silver in the possession of the Aztecs at any time was comparatively small and on the side of the people consisted of little more than a few personal ornaments. The greatest store of these precious metals was found by the Spanlards in the imperial palace; and this was promptly shipped to Spain by Cortez. Compared with the wealth of today even this was a mere drop in the bucket.
The accounts of the Montezuma treasures is merely a counterpart of similar extravagances found on many pages of history. We read of the fabulous wealth of the Emphrates valley, of ancient Egypt, of India and other parts, and so far have never found a trace of it. In their day no doubt these people had a certain amount of gold and silver, but they never had enough to cause us moderns to call them rich. Dispersed among them in the form of currency, as is the case of today, their wealth in precious metals would have made them a very poor showing. Gold and silver, then, as in the case of the Aztecs, were not used at all as mediums of exchange or were used only in a very limited way. Rulers paid and received tributes in the form of gold, and converted it into articles of practical value or objects of art.
Bishop Fallows on Marriage
Bishop and Mrs. Samuel Fallows recently celebrated the fifthieth anniversary of their wedding. Bishop Fallows has taken up in a modified form the Emmanuel movement, and has been very successful in awakening his followers to a sense of their duty in relation to the maintenance of health
"Tell them that I want to say, as St. John did, 'Little children, love one another.' Love can be cultivated like any other sentiment. It is not only an instinct, but a principle and a conviction. It is not only in the blood, but in the intellect. Love is intellectualized emotion. Young couples should be temperamentally suited and then they will blend together. They must not wait till they get $2,000 a year before they get married, and I don't approve of hasty marriages. When I married I was receiving $700 a year, and we always put something by. Love is the greatest thing of all, and if our married people had more of it there would be less divorces.—Health Culture.
A Strange Lake.
Captain Tilho of the French mission to the Lake Chad region in Africa has discovered some new vagaries of that puzzling body of water which has long exercised the minds of geographers with its problems. He found in 1908 that caravans were crossing on dry land the northern part of the lake-bed where, in 1904, the captain himself, had navigated an open expanse of water. The lake covers an area about four-fifths as large as Belgium, but its average depth is only five feet. Even the winds suffice to change its level to such an extent as to submerge or leave bare portions of its shores. It is entirely independent of the rivers that flow into the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Curiously enough, the lake does not occupy the lowest part of the great plain of which it is approximately the center, for observation shows that northeast of the lake there are plains of considerably lower altitude than that of the lake.
The Southern Seas
Readers of old records of exploration in the South seas will recall frequent references to the heavy swells of the acean, which impressed the navigators with the idea of their remoteness from land. Dr. Vaughan Cornish explains the great size of the sea waves in high southern latitudes by the fact that south of the Cape of Good Hope the prevailing wind in all longitudes is westerly. Thus when a west wind springs up it finds a long westerly swell, the effect of a previous wind, still running. The new born wind increases the steepness of this swell, and so forms majeestic storm waves, which sometimes obtain a length of 1,200 feet from crest to crest. The average height attained by sea waves in feet is about half the velocity of the wind in miles per hour.
A Scientific Problem.
In the center of the garden, on a pedestal, stood a large glass globe. As the guests sauntered about after dinner one of them, happening to touch it, discovered to his amazement that it was warmer on the shady side than on the side facing the gun.
An argument immediately sprang up, and in the course of the debate the phenomenon was attributed to the law of reflection or that of repulsion, or something equally formidable.
"I don't know what ye be a talkin' about," remarked the old gardener, who had been an attentive listener to the conversation, "but I do know that, fearin' the sun would crack this 'ere globe a while ago, I turned it around."
—Exchange.
FIRST, TO KEEP COOL
SOME ADVICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS.
Those Who, Fully Dressed, May Happen to Fall Into the Water, Have Every Opportunity of Escaping Death.
Mr. Handley advises the swimmer who falls overboard fully dressed to first turn on his back and float, and while in that position to remove the coat and the shoes—and then keep on floating. He points out that swimmer can float indefinitely, but may easily tire of swimming, and, tiring, may be selzed with panic, which will drown the best of watermen.
"In floating," says Mr. Handley, "one can shout all one likes, to attract the attention and still retain one's strength. And will not the chances of rescue be decidedly better if one lies comfortably awaiting developments, or propelling one's self-gently by an easy back stroke, than after using up one's energies in treading water or in making violent efforts to reach land by swimming?
"Of course, this advice is hard to follow, because it is contrary to every instinct of self-preservation to quietly await developments after an unexpected and unwelcome immersion. Still training will accomplish it. As, however, it is impossible to train the body in this case, and the mind must be relied upon to offer the right suggestion at the psychological moment, one should prepare by mentally rehearsing what is to be done in case of a spill. Just picture to yourself the contingency of being thrown unexpectedly into the water and school yourself to turn immediately on your back in a floating position, at least until you have had an opportunity to recover from the shock and to size up the situation. Then you can decide comfortably on the course to follow.
"Don't let panic seize you. Let the fact be always uppermost in your mind that clothes have no tendency to drag you under water, that they are a help rather than a hindrance if you only know how to take advantage of the assistance they offer. Never forget that, clothes or no clothes, your body floats naturally, so that you can stay above water almost indefinitely if you will only keep your wits about you, and the cases are rare indeed in which assistance does not come within comparatively short space of time." —Recreationly
Models to Help Juries
"For the guidance of the jury, counsel then produced in court a model of the house about which the dispute had arisen."
Many a time, in the course of reporting a law case, had I written the above or a similar phrase, before I met the man whose studied business it is to make and supply, for legal purposes, a model of anything from a country mansion to a stretch of roadway. Probably it was the inadequacy of the language that led to his devoting himself to the producing of "ocular proof" for the guidance of juries. Even the most eloquent of counsel may fall properly to describe a situation, especially if the technicalities are apt to be confusing to the lay mind. But when the actual "situation" in miniature is produced in court, the gib tongue of counsel is silenced by comparison. For in the words of the old Roman poet: "Those things stimulate us less which are heard by the ear than those which are presented to the faithful eye."—Andrew Soutar in the Strand.
An Egg Defense.
A Chicago grocer's boy had a lively half-hour round with an ugly fox terrier in his father's store a few days ago. The dog drove the boy into a corner, and the only available weapon was a crate of fresh-lald eggs. These the boy used, one at a time, on the enraged beast with telling effect, till his ammunition was all exhausted, when the dog promptly advanced and bit him in the leg. The dog then, resembling a walking omelet, appeared to be satisfied and sought a nice green lawn where the grass was tall, where he could roll and separate himself from the external egg-nog. The unfortunate part of the affair was the fact that the eggs were too fresh to do much good. If the boy had had the presence of mind to have gotten near a crate of stale eggs, or even near-fresh eggs, the dog might have been stopped by the first one over the plate.
Hard Task to Save Life.
A painful and somewhat sensational adventure befell Mr. Boyd, an engineer of Didsbury, Manchester, England, the other Sunday, while he was exploring a "pot-hole" in the limestone district near Ingleborough. He was climbing by means of a rope from a subterranean chamber, when the rope broke, and he fell 30 feet, breaking his thigh. A local doctor spent the night with him, and his friends strapped him to a plank, holsted him a hundred feet to the roof of the cave, then carried him a quarter of a mile through a tortuous passage to the outer world, the task occupying 15 hours. It was not till four o'clock on the Monday afternoon that Mr. Boyd was safely deposited at the nearest inn.
In Papa'e Footsteps:
"You must not go on the railroad track, Cyril," said the comedian's wife to her little boy.
"Why, papa used to walk there, didn't he, mamma?"
It Was the Prize Package Given With Mexican Palace That H. Clay Pierce Bought.
H. Clay Pierce, St. Louis oil magnate, is now the owner of the Borda Gardens at Ceurnavaca, Mexico, and may be said to be the custodian of the ghost of the Borda Gardens. Nothing was said about it when Mr. Pierce paid $15,000 for the historic spot which was the favorite summer haunt of Emperor Maximilian and Queen Carlotta in the days of Mexico's splendor as an empire.
But it is to be supposed that the ghost, having occupied the gardens without leave these many years, will continue to do so, and an occasional gilmpe of the ghostly intruder may be vouchsafed to the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce after Mr. Pierce has spent $100,000 in restoring the gardens and they are ready to entertain their friends there.
Mrs. Pierce, who will be the mistress of the mansion of the mad empress, is an Edwardsville (Ill.) woman, the daughter of Maj. William M. Russell Pickett. Before her marriage to Mr. Pierce she was Mrs. Virginia Pickett Burrowes.
The mansion, in recent years, has divided into several suites and has been let to tenants. These say that they often see the ghost.
Whose ghost is it, and why it haunts the Borda Gardens nobody pretends to know, but it is the belief of the locality that the ghostly appearances have some relation to buried treasure and a dark crime of the long ago.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
How Hay Wrote "Little Breeches."
On the train, as I journeyed to New York, I entertained myself by writing "Little Breeches." The thing was done merely for my own amusement, without the smallest thought of print. But when I showed it to Whitelaw Reid he selzed the manuscript and published it in the Tribune. By that time the lilt and swing of the Pike county ballad had taken possession of me. I was filled with the Pike county spirit, as it were, and the humorous side of my mind was entertained by its rich possibilities. Within a week after the appearance of "Little Breeches" in print all the Pike county ballads were written. After that the impulse was completely gone from me. . . . There were no more Pike county ballads in me and there never have been any since. Let me tell you a queer thing about that. From the hour when the last of the ballads was written until now I have never been able to feel that they were mine, that my mind had anything to do with their creation or that they bore any trace of kinship to my thought or my intellectual impulses. They seem utterly foreign to me—as foreign as if I had first encountered them in print as the work of somebody else. It is a strange feeling—Letter from John Hay to G. C. Eggleston, quoted in "Recollections of a Varied Life."
Good Time to Turn Farmer.
In theory there never was a better time than right now for a sensible man to move from city to country. The movement has been away from the farm until prices of all kinds of food and fiber are high. There is nothing in sight to indicate that prices will be greatly reduced by increased production. A crop well grown and handled with good business judgment will be reasonably sure of sale at a fair price. There never was a time when it was so easy to learn new methods and the principles of scientific farming. A man starting now may receive at once the benefit of 20 years of the experience and study of good farmers and scientific experts. For example millions of acres of land in the eastern states are almost nonproductive and thrown on the market at a low figure, simply because they are waterlogged and sour. When these farms are drained and limed they become at once productive and double in value for farm purposes. They are naturally strong and drainage and lime make their strength available.—H. W. Collingwood, in Metropolitan Magazine.
The Last Stage.
Mrs. De Fashion—My dear, late hours, late suppers and general social dissipation have ruined your constitution."
Miss De Fashion (belle of six seasons)—I know it, ma.
"And your health is miserable."
"Yes, ma."
"And you are losing your beauty."
"It's all gone, ma."
"It really is. And so is your plumpness."
"I'm nothing but skin and bones."
"There's no denying it, my dear, you are a mere wreck of your former self."
"Too true."
"What are you going to do about it?"
"Get married."—New York Weekly.
Nothing Subdued About Her.
Fuddy—Do you believe that people acquire mental qualities from what they eat?
Duddy—Hardly think so. My wife's mother eats crushed oats, mashed potatoes and whipped cream, and yet she's very pugnacious.
Looking Up Father
"May I see my father's record?"
asked the new student. "He was in
the class of 1877."
"Certainly, my boy. What for?"
"He told me when I left home not
to disgrace him, sir, and I wish to see
just how far I can go."
LAMB ONCE A JOURNALIST
At One Time He Was Actively Engaged on the Staff of the London Post.
In connection with Lord Glenesk's recently published history of that old established London journal, the Morning Post, it is interesting to recall the fact that at one time Charles Lamb was on its staff of contributors. This gentle essayist wrote largely for a column headed "Fashionable Intelligence;" in those day, as Lamb says, "every morning paper, as an essential retainer to its establishment, kept an author who was bound to furnish daily a quantum of witted paragraphs." It was in this capacity that Lamb was engaged on the Post; furthermore his contract stipulated that in "the chat of the day, scandal, but above all, dress" he should supply six paragraphs a day, not one of which was to exceed seven lines in length, and the payment for which was to be 12 cents each.
In his essay "Newspapers Thirty-Five Years Ago," Lamb seems to have been rather pleased with the "sticks" of chat he contributed to the press; we now find that "Dan Stuart," his editor, entertained a different opinion as to their value. "As for good Charles Lamb," he said, "I never could make anything of his writings. Of politics he knew nothing; they were out of his line of reading and thought, and his drollery was vapid when given in short paragraphs fit for a newspaper."
HOW SHE GOT RID OF THEM
Discouraged Visits From Her Nice's Children by Teaching Them Verses From the Bible.
"What has become of those two children who visited you so often?" asked one West side woman of another. The other smiled discreetly.
"They are the children of my niece, and she was making a convenience of me. Of course I love the children, but I never allow myself to become much of a victim of imposition. My niece is an extremely gay young widow, and she does not like to take care of her children. She is fond of shopping, matinees, afternoon teas and everything, in short, which takes her away from home, and she got into a habit of sending her children over to my house for me to take care of whenever she wished to gad about. I decided it was time to break up the habit, for her own good and that of the children, as well as mine, so I did."
"I suppose that made your niece angry?"
"Oh, no; it couldn't. I never said anything about it. The last time the children came over I spent the afternoon teaching them verses from the BLk.e, and they didn't find it sufficiently entertaining. They never came back. Just how they managed to work it out with their mother I do not know, but I suppose they struck or begged off. Of course, she could not object to what I had done, and it proved a very simple solution."
The Boss.
President McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad, in his study of all classes of men who are under him, entertains a great admiration for the Irish foreman of a gang of laborers who went to any lengths to show his men that he was the real boss. One morning this foreman found that his gang had put a hand car on the track without his orders.
"Who put that han' car-r-r on the thrack?" he asked.
"We did, sor," one of the men answered respectfully.
"Well," he said shortly, "take it off ag'ln!"
The laborers did so with some difficulty.
"Now," said the foreman, "put it on ag'ln!"—Popular Magazine.
Knew She Was Right.
An auction was announced of the library and household effects of a man who had once entertained in a laxish way, and among the persons who went to the sale were many who had enjoyed the fallen family's hospitality. When a set of after-dinner cups was put up one woman said: "There are only five of those, not six." The auctioneer consulted his catalogue and repiled: "Thank you; you are right," and proceeded with the sale. Then the woman whispered to the one next to her: "I knew I was right, because my husband dropped one of that set the last time we dined there."
Couldn't Come Back.
Enoch Arden crept softly up to the window, and peered in.
The former Mrs. Arden sat talking sternly to Enoch's successor.
"Do as you like," she was saying.
"But remember this, it's just as I told Enoch when he got to thinking he was boss of the house: You may go away, but you can't come back."
Fortunately Mr. Tennyson learned of the incident before the eminent literati of the prize ring got to it.
Sensitive.
"Miss Passay is furious with that society reporter."
"Why so?"
"He published the announcement of her approaching wedding under the column headed 'Late Engagements.'"
—Life.
A Hero.
The Player—You're a lover of music, aren't you, Mr. Smith!
The Hearer—Y-yes, but don't mind me. Go right on playing.
Thomas Walker, Attorney.
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court.
Estate of Matilda Tyler, deceased. No.
15537 Administration Docket.
Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament and codicil of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by John W. Brunson, it is ordered this 17th day of August, A. D. 1910, that the unknown heirs-at-law and next of kin of said Matilda Tyler, deceased, and all otherse concerned. appear in said court on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, A. D. 1910, at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee, once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day.
JOB BARNARD, Justice.
Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court THOS. WALKER, Attorney.
Augustus W. Gray Attorney
Augustus W. Gray, Attorney.
In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Lucy Pollard, plaintiff, vs. William Pollard, defendant, Eva Clark, co-respondent. No. 26119, Equity Doc. 58.
The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce on the ground of "adultery."
On motion of the plaintiff, it is this 31st day of August, 1910, ordered that the defendant, William Pollard, and the co-respondent, Eva Clark, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee before said day. Ashley M. Gould, Justice. A true copy. Test: J. R. Young, clerk, by S. McC. Hawkins, assistant clerk.
Augustus W. Gray, Attorney
Augustus W. Gray, Attorney.
In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Fannie Waters, plaintiff, vs. Linnie Waters, defendant, Emma Waters, co-respondent. No. 26827, Equity Doc. 59.
The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce on the ground of 'adultery.'
On motion of the plaintiff, it is this 31st day of August, 1910, ordered that the defendant, Linnie Waters, and the co-respondent, Emma Waters, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee before said day. Ashley M. Gould. Justice. A true copy. Test: J. H. Young, clerk, by S. McC. Hawkins, assistant clerk.
CHINA'S GRAND CANAL
At Times It Holds Water Enough to Float Boats, but Usually They Are Dragged Over Mud Banks.
Of some of the crude and outgrown methods used on China's Grand canal a writer in the North China Daily News remarks: "The junction of the real canal with the Wet river was not by means of a lock, but simply a high and steeply sloping mud bank, over which the grain vessels had to be dragged by the force of perhaps many hundreds of men. It should be borne in mind that in China the lock of a canal is not much more like our idea of what that name connotes than it is like a padlock. Amid constant and often serious changes of level, with an uncertain and not infrequently a scanty supply of water, and with a grain fleet which traveled in blocks of some eighty vessels under one officer, it was necessary to devise some way for keeping them together and for transferring them as a consolidated unit with this in view.
"For this reason a Chinese lock on the Grand canal is nothing but a stone gateway into which large boards may be lowered through a groove in the stones, restraining most of the water from its flow, until there is a depth sufficient to float all the craft, when the boards are pulled up and the entire fleet passes through.
"After this the boards are again lowered for another division of the grain boats. In case the water gives out—a by no means unlikely occurrence—there is nothing to do but to wait until more comes from somewhere."
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Bride Was Deaf.
At a marriage service performed some time ago in a little countrychurch in Berkshire, when the minister said in solemn tone, "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?" Instead of the woman answering for herself, a griff man's voice answered:
"Oi will."
Again the minister looked up surprised, not knowing what to make of it, when one of the groomsmen at the end of the row said:
"Er be deaf. Ol be answerin' for 'er.'—London Telegraph.
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Grand Prix, Paris,1900
King Alfonso's table wine.
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909 7th St Phone M. 274
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SEASON OF 19
Steamer River
WILL OPEN
Excursion Se
WASHINGTON
Sunday September 18
Pennsylvania Port
Round Trip.
SEASON OF 1910
River River Q
WILL OPEN
excursion Season
WASHINGTON PA
ember 18 3 Trips 12,
vania Porte s
ip. 2
Sunday September 18 3 Trips 12, 2 54 P.M.
Pennsylvania Porte s' Ass'n
Round Trip 25Cents
To my friends and the public in general:
It is with pleasure that I take this day you that the books of the Independent Company are now open for charters for the coming season, and it will be to your intre secure the most desirable dates.
Our terms are most liberal and charters Washington Park and Some To which place we have the exclusive ex Mathias Point, Rock Point, Norfolk, Whitmore and all points on the Potomac Bay.
Our facilities for chartering parties are respect. Our large covered wharf (used cursion business) enables us to give your late service. No crowding, no exposure between Washington and Washington Park long and tiresome waiting for the steam.
Before the construction of Washington place of recreation was afforded the people proudly point to the fact that I have for the people in every respect.
You have one of the best and most sorts in this part of the country. Washington triads of electric lights, mammoth scenic sel, dance hall and numerous smaller amps passed in point of natural beauty and my resort south of New York.
By perseverance and an enormous care this, and now I ask you to show me that port by calling at once and making charion.
Yours for pleasure and Lewis Jefferson.
measure that I take this opportunity of the Independent Steamboat open for charters for Excursions and it will be to your interest to enjoy desirable dates. Most liberal and charters can be rented atington Park and Somerset Beach. We have the exclusive excursion route Rock Point, Norfolk, White City, points on the Potomac River and for chartering parties are unsure we covered wharf (used exclusively) enables us to give you most modern crowding, no exposure and our and Washington Park does all the waiting for the steamers.
Construction of Washington Park was afforded the people of our the fact that I have fulfilled the respect. One of the best and most modern of the country.Washington Park rights, mammoth scenic railway, numerous smaller amusement and natural beauty and modern equiv New York. Once and an enormous cash outlay ask you to show me that I have you once and making charters for our hours for pleasure and comfort Davis Jefferson. 1010 First St
It is with pleasure that I take this opportunity to inform you that the books of the Independent Steamboat and Barge Company are now open for charters for Excursions during the coming season, and it will be to your interest to call at once and secure the most desirable dates.
Our terms are most liberal and charters can be made for Washington Park and Somerset Beach
To which place we have the exclusive excursion rights as well as Mathias Point, Rock Point, Norfolk, White City, Richmond, Baltimore and all points on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay
Our facilities for chartering parties are unsurpassed in every respect. Our large covered wharf (used exclusively for our excursion business) enables us to give you most modern and up-to-date service. No crowding, no exposure and our schedule between Washington and Washington Park does away with the long and tiresome waiting for the steamers.
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Before the construction of Washington Park absolutely no place of recreation was afforded the people of our race, and I proudly point to the fact that I have fulfilled the demands of the people in every respect.
You have one of the best and most modernly improved resorts in this part of the country.Washington Park with its myriads of electric lights, mammoth scenic railway, huge carrousel, dance hall and numerous smaller amusement devices is surpassed in point of natural beauty and modern equipment by no resort south of New York.
By perseverance and an enormous cash outlay I have done this, and now I ask you to show me that I have your hearty support by calling at once and making charters for the coming season.
Yours for pleasure and comfort.
Lewis Jefferson. 1010 First Street, S. W.
J. A. PIERRE
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J A. PIERRE
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
154 New York Avenue, N. W.
OLD MADE NEW
If you want your clothing cleaned, altered or repaired. you should send a card or call at the up-to-date repair establishment. All work guaranteed or money refunded. Mrs. D. Smith, Proprietor, 614 D Street, Northwest.
HOLTMAN'S
FINE BOOTS AND SHOES
4c1 Penn. ave. N. W.
OUR $2.50 AND 12 SHOES ARE
THE BPR MALE.
SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT
WM. MORELAND, PROP.
Buffet
101
MAE.
BIG BOOT
ND, PROP.
1017 4th S
Washing
OF 1910
River Queen
OPEN
In Season
TON PARK
3 Trips 12, 2 54 P.M.
Porte s' Ass'n
25Cents
General:
Use this opportunity to inform
indent Steamboat and Barge
ers for Excursions during the
our interest to call at once and
Charters can be made for
Somerset Beach
Passive excursion rights as well as
Bolk, White City, Richmond, Bal-
omac River and Chesapeake
Parties are unsurpassed in every
if (used exclusively for our ex-
ceive you most modern and up-to-
exposure and our schedule be-
son Park does away with the
one steamers.
Washington Park absolutely no
the people of our race, and I
have fulfilled the demands of
and most modernly improved re-
Washington Park with its my-
scenic railway, huge carrous-
eller amusement devices is sur-
and modern equipment by no
mous cash outlay I have done
me that I have your hearty sup-
ing charters for the coming sea-
ure and comfort.
1010 First Street, S. W.
H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE
No. 314 Ninth Street. N. W. Loans made on Watches. Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware. Etc. If you want to buy a good watch, diamond ring, or jewelry of any kind, look at our stock Why pay 10 per cent, when you can get it for 3 per cent. first: You! H. K. FULTON
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ROBERT ALLEN
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Phone-North 2340
1917 4th Street. N. W.
Washington. D. C.