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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE VOL. XXXII NO. 33. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY JANUARY 20, 1912. CHASE - BRADSHAW The Cold Night Has No Terrors Whatever MANY REPUBLICANS PRESENT Republican Administration and President Indorsed at Reformers' Hall CHASE AND BRADSHAW INDORSED—TWENTY-TWO DISTRICTS REPRESENTED—THE COLD NIGHT DIDN'T KEEP THEM AWAY—PRESIDENT TAFT INDORSED—SPEECHES BY THE DISTRICT LEADERS. Notwithstanding the bitter cold Monday night, True Reformers' Hall was an old-tune scene of Republican jubilation. Long before the hour for the meeting to be called to order by Chairman Chase, every district in the city was represented. At 8 o'clock Editor and Lawyer W. Calvin Chase called the meeting to order and briefly stated its object by reading the call issued by the representative Republicans, representing the twenty-two legislative districts calling on all loyal Republicans who favored the renomination and election of President Taft to be present. These loyal Republicans braved mainly the cold and wind of Monday night to show their appreciation of President Taft and their loyalty to the Republican party. In calling the meeting to order, Mr. Chase said, among other things, that if was the duty of good Republicans to do their duty in the great political contest and see to it that delegates are elected who will support the renomination and election of President Taft. That the District Republicans will do their duty in the selection of proper delegates to go to the next convention and who will support a man for President who is entitled to a renomination because he has done his duty as he saw it. We may not always agree with policies and conduct of men, but when we see a man who is entitled to do his duty, we should be charitable enough to give him credit. At the conclusion of the charmans remarks, Lawyer Perri W. Fresh was elected secretary. The first speaker introduced was Mr. Johnson of Kentucky, who delivered a most eloquent, address. He upheld the principles of the Republican party, and commended the administration of President Taft, and advised the voters to support Mr. Chase for delegate. Mr. F. D. Lee was the next speaker, Mr. Lee was very entertaining and elicited great applause. He paid a high compliment to Mr. Chase. He said that the Eighth district, in which he lived, would do its duty. Robert Jones, of the Sixth district, declared that his district would do the same thing in February as it did in 1900, roll up a large vote for Chase. The old Sixth still has the banner of Chase upon the walls of his house, waiting to throw it again to the breeze. Silas Johnson, of the Eighth district, who entered the hall with fifty men, said that they were present to do their duty for Chase. Keith Sutherland, formerly of the Eighth, but now of the Fifteenth, declared that his wife and son made him leave home to answer the call of Chase. "I am still here," declared Mr. Sutherland. When Attorney John A. Moss, of the First district, was introduced, he was received with applause. He declared for Chase and Bradshaw, and he paid a flattering tribute to Mr. Bradshaw and his ancestry. We all know Bradshaw, declared Mr. Moss, and Mr. Chase as well. After paying a compliment to both, and urging Republicans to support them, he concluded by saying that the old First, the southern part of the Potomac River far beyond Ft. Reno, would poll a large vote for Chase and Bradshaw. Mr. Edward B. Thompson, of South Carolina, who is on a visit to the city, was next introduced to the meeting. He said that he had already been elected as a Taft delegate from his district, and was only waiting for the election to be ratified by the State Committee. His tribute to President Taft was most eloquent. He was enthusiastically applauded. Lawyer P. W. Frisby was the next speaker. His address directed to the young Republicans to do their duty. He spoke at some length very interestingly and pointed. Mr. Joseph Holmes, of the Fifth district, was also present and made a short talk. The last speaker was T. W. Ray, of the Seventh district. He made a humorous address, and offered the following preambles and resolutions: Whereas, we the Republicans of the twenty-two districts and other Republican organizations, believe in the principles of the Republican party and the administration of President William H. Taft, whose term of office expires March 4, 1913, and Whereas, his administration has been a success and the American people have confidence in it. it is the duty of the delegates to be elected in several States prior to June 18, 1912, to go to that convention and vote for the renomination of President Taft. Therefore he it. Resolved. That we the Republicans representing the twenty-two districts recommend to the Republican voters throughout the city to vote for W. Calvin Chase and Aaron Bradshaw for delegates to the National Repub- the City of Chicago, June 18, 1912. Resolved Further. That we indorse the administration of President William H. Taft, and his renomination, for President of the United States At the conclusion of the reading Chairman Chase asked if there were any objections to the adoption of the foregoing; if there were none, let every Republican stand. The large crowd stood, back to the door. On motion of Mr. Lee, of the Eighth district, it was decided to organize a campaign committee, and the chairman was authorized to appoint said committee. 21st District Well Represented. Simon H. Brooks, who represented the 21st District at the Republican meeting last Monday night, strongly indorsed both Aaron Bradshaw and W. Calvin Chase. Mr. Brooks has one of the largest following in the Northwest. He has over five hundred men working under him. On account of sickness, Mr. Bradshaw, who resides in this district, was detained at home. Rev. Ray Indorses Chase. Rev W. A. Ray, of the Metropolitan Church, Southwest, sent a very commendable letter to Mr. Chase for his meeting last Monday night, wishing him success in his fight for delegate. Dr. Childs. Dr. C. W. Childs, who accepted the invitation to be present last Monday evening, was unable to attend on account of a professional engagement. He assured the meeting that he was in sympathy with it. DR. CHARLES H. MARSHALL Who will be Supported for Alternate Delegate—Strong in the Northwest DR. CHARLES H. MARSHALL Who will be Supported for Alternate Delegate—Strong in the Northwest DR. SHEPARD'S ITINERARY. Massachusetts Waiting to Hear Him Durham, N. C. Jan. 18. Dr James E. Shepard will leave here today for the North. He is to till several lecture engagements in Massachusetts in the interest of his school. Next week, January 24, he will speak in the Unitarian Church, Providence, R. I: First Presbyterian Church, Thursday, January 25th, Fall River, Mass.; Friday, January 26th in the Unitarian Church; New Bedford, Mass, in the Congregational Church, Sunday, January 28th. He will close his itineracy alone, and will then join Judge J. C. Pritchard and General Julian S. Carr, in a week's engagements in other portions of New England. The great work to be accomplished by this well known educator is to secure an endowment fund to place the school beyond embarrassment, which will be done. No new pastor has yet been secured as the successor of the late Dr. A. Shepard. The severe storm has done great damage to the water plant at the National Religious Training School. The North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company continues to grow. It is the greatest colored insurance company in the world. No. Jurisdiction. Mr. Geo. F. Beason has returned to this city from Philadelphia, Pa., where he was cited by the Supreme Court of Odd Fellows to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt because he refused to turn over certain books, etc., until he was paid money due him for services. He met the court and read his answer, and the court decided that it had no jurisdiction. $300,000 For Tuskegee Institute. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, executive secretary at Tuskegee Institute, has given it out that a vigorous effort is being made by the "live" Board of Trustees of Dr. Washington's great school to raise $300,000 by the first of June, to be applied to the $3,000,000 endowment fund, which Tuskegee needs to guarantee the income needed annually for the current expenses and upkeep of the institution. Mammoth Meeting. One among the greatest fraternal organizations in this city is the Independent Order of St. Luke. The mammoth meeting that is to be held in the New Howard Theater Sunday, January 28, will no doubt be the crowning event in the history of this great organization. The highest members in every fraternal organization in this city will be present. At three o'clock the meeting will WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY JANUARY 20,1912 M. H. H. DOCTORS ENDORSE DR.DAVIDSON SPEAKS Every Physician of Note and Character Endorsd Chase Their Choice for Delegate. Every leading physician of character and note, and pharmacist, have admired W. Calvin Chase for delegation to the National Republican convention, which is to convene in the city of Chicago, June 18th, 1912, as will be seen below; Doctor Samuel D. Detter, John W. Morse, John R. Francis, Sr., Charles L. West, John W. Mitchell, Aug. A. Williams, Robert W. Brown, H. W. Freeman, A. M. Curts, E. E. Hawley, W. J. Daniels, W. C. Sumner, W. L. Board, John R. Francis, Jr. R. L. MeGuire, R. H. Murray, E. R. Buckley, C. W. Childs, Charles H. Marshall, and others. Additional Indorsements of the Bar. The additional indicments of members of the local bar are: M. T. Clinkescales, John A. Moss, Thomas Beckett, Fountain Payton, Royal A. Hughes, Edward Hill, Jr.; John Louis Taylor, and Thomas L. Jones. Is Houston Out for Grand Secretary? A rumor that "will not down" connects the name of N-aciate Justice W. L. Houston with the office of Grand Secretary of the G. U. O. of O F., a highly desirable berth now held by Mr. James F Needham, with headquarters at Philadelphia. It is understood that Mr. Houston denies the "soft impeachment," but it is the general belief that if the cloquent and resourceful dispenser of justice is hasoed and brought under pressure, he might be induced to devote some of his valuable time to the keeping of the records and seals of the race's biggest fraternal organization in the world. A. Negro Democratic A Negro Democratic Paper. There is to be issued this week, in this city, a Negro Democratic newspaper, which is to be edited by Mr. Napoleon Marshall. Connected with the paper are James Neal, J. T. C Newman, Bishop Alexander Walter-S. D. L. Corrothers and others The Bee welcomes this new-born baby, which is to be identified to the Democratic party, of oppression and discrimination, "Jim Crowism", etc., to the city of magnificent distances. This new baby will either rise or fall with the, Democratic Presidential ticket. Dr. Shepard an Ordained Minister. It will be of interest to the many friends of Dr. James E. Shepard to know that he was ordained last Sunday as a minister of the gospel at the White Rock Baptist Church, in Durham, N. C. The ordination service, which was impressive, were conducted by Dr. D. Webster Davis, of Richmond, Va., and Dr. P. S. Lewis, of Charlotte, N. C. The Durham Reformer, speaking of the energetic president of the National Religious Training School, says: "Dr. Shepard is a worthy scion of his father, who, until his recent death, was pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church. The younger Shepard has been a licentiate for some time, having quite frequently acted the role as pastor since his father's demise, but not with more credit than last Sunday morning, when he preached a very acceptable and inspirational sermon, that was quite in keeping with the dignity and ability with which he is peculiarly endowed." Dr. Shepard, who, by the way, is a "Ph.D.," will be a luminous figure The Brilliant Educator Gives Good Advice. At the meeting of the Home and School Association at the Douglas School last week Superintendent William M. Davidson declared that America should forge ahead in its efforts to reign supreme in the industrial education because they had made it a matter of distinct special study and that by making an article of the highest durability, Germany is maintaining it second along all industrial lines. The superintendent declared that the hand should be trained and trained efficiently. Poor workmanship, he declared, would continue to lessen the importance and the value of industrial education. And along with the hand should be trained, also, the head, for without conscientious and well directed thinking, the hand cannot properly do its work. The speaker stated that the heart is the most sadly neglected agency in this great industrial world. Without the heart, the speaker declared, neither the head nor the hands can be directed in the manner so necessary in all work. And, said Dr. David-on, my mission here this evening as parents is to co-operate with your teachers in this matter of the training of the hands and the head and the heart. It is the child which brings you here. Isn't it peculiar, he said, what great effect the presence of a child has in any place? The minute a child enters a room, however deprived or however uplifted it may be, a new light is shed and its occupants must stand un capped before that which, though small in stature, stands as a Monarch. Dr Davidson was introduced by Dr. W. S. Montgomery, supervising principal of the Division in which the Douglas school is located. Dr Tom A. Williams spoke to the parents and visitors upon the subject "Nervousness of the child and how to prevent it." A discourse on the "Special School" was delivered by Mrs. A. T. Freeman, teacher of the atypical class at the Lincoln school. Mrs. Freeman gave several instances of children who, because of mental or physical disability, were committed to the special class, and who were able to become useful in some special line. The case of one boy was brought to the attention of the hearers. This boy was mentally defective and had lost the power of speech. However, after being under expert supervision in the special class for several months he was able to make baskets, which were worth as much as $1 so a piece. This boy, the speaker said, would not have been able to become a useful citizen had he not been committed to the special class. She closed her remarks by urging the parents not to feel that the special classes were not places for the child needing special attention. Reports of the Committee on Hygiene, Child Conservation and Parents' Reading were received. The latter was presented by J. C Payne, principal of the school. Rev. F. I. A. Bennett delivered the benediction. Editor The Bee: Pardon me for the usurpation of your time and space to express myself to the Republicans of the District. The mass meeting held at the True Reformers' Hall Monday night in the interest of the party, was truly representative, harmonious, and created friendly feeling which predominated was very noticeable. This meeting was not typical of usual gatherings—being void of roughness generally attendant. It was more of a love feast of Republicans. The indorsing of Hons. W Calum Chase and Aaron Bradshaw as District delegates to the Republican National Convention at Chicago was not only timely, but a tardy recognition of meritorious services by both to our party and people. Each are possessed with the attainments, literary and otherwise, to cope with representatives of any State. The adoption of resolutions indorsing President Taft's administration, renomination and re-election, was genuine and met a unanimous reception. The above is truly expressive of the meeting as seen by a disinterested individuality, with no ax to grind whatever, as he will be in evidence at Chicago, with the South Carolina Republicans. This meeting met the approval of the writer, who is an ardent admirer of the trimurate indorsed, and hereby suggest that "Taft, Chase and Bradshaw" be the slogan of the District Republicans, and work to the accomplishment of their elections. Dr. Thirkield Getting Ready for Commencement. Dr W. P. Thirkield, Howard University's far-seeing president, is already laying plans for the next commencement of this eminent seat of learning, which is to take place early in June. The graduating classes in every department will be unusually large. The Mumni Association will be more prominent than ever before. There will be representatives of every class that has gone out from Howard, and it is expected that they will appear with banners, escorted by the brass band. The glee club and string orchestra will be on hand, together with the University choir. There will be addresses galore. The alumnum banquet will be a social event of nation-wide note, and visitors from "all over" are looked for. President Thirkield and faculty are expecting Howard University to have "the time of its life" at the coming commencement, and will leave no stone unturned to make the occasion memorable. Dr. Booker T. Washington Coming Announcement is made that Dr. Booker T. Washington, the world's greatest advocate of industrial training, is to deliver an address at the Metropolitan A. M. F. Church on Friday evening, February 9, under the auspices of the Masionic Order of this jurisdiction. The affair will be made one of the most significant events that this city has known in a long time, and elaborate preparations are under way by the general committee, which is headed by Most Worshipful Grand Master N. E. Wetherless and Mr. Ferdinand D. Lee. GYMNASIUM FUND. Howard University Alumni. The gymnasium Committee of the General Alumni Association of Howard University, met in the board room of the Carnegie Library. University campus, last evening, in a very enthusiastic session. Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather which prevailed, nearly every member was present. Puruant to the authority of the general body, Mr. Shelby J. Davidson was elected financial agent and placed in the field for the solicitation and collection of funds to complete the fund. A few years ago the alumni body entered upon the work of raising $10,000 for the erection of a gymnasium, the trustees of the University promising that on the completion of this effort they would donate the sum of $15,000, making a total of $25,000 for the building. To date subscriptions to the amount of between two and three thousand dollars have been made, and of this sum one thousand dollars is now in the hands of the treasurer of the University. The plans of the financial agent are to make a vigorous campaign of the local alumni, numbering more than five hundred, and get in the outstanding pledges, securing those who have not as yet signified their intention to contribute. In addition to this it is hoped that the public will become enough encouraged in the movement to come to the rescue of the alumni. Mr. Davidson has placed at the disposal of the committee his office rooms, located in the Dietz Building, corner of Seventh and F Streets N W, rooms 23 and 27, and the finance department of the alumni will be established with Mr Robert A. Pelham, secretary-treasurer of the Gymnasium Committee and the financial agent will be readily accessible at all times by personal call or phone on any matters relating to the finances or data of the alumni association. The campaign will commence at once DEATH OF MRS. GREEN The Wife of Hon. John P. Green, Cleveland's Ohio, Died Jan. 15, at 3:05 A. M., of Pneumonia. Cleveland, O. Jan. 15, 1912. The sad news of the death of Mrs. Green, the wife of Hon. John P. Green, died at her home in this city at 3:05 A. M., after an illness of a few days of pneumonia. Mrs. Green was born and reared in Greenhaven. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS Important News Happenings of the Week DEVOTED TO GENERALINTEREST Charles Wadaeru, of Port Aus Prince, Hayti, who is in this country for study and observation, says that the great need in Hayti today is more industrial education and more tradesmen. The oldest frame house in the United States is being razed by workmen in Southampton, X. Y. It was built in 1648 by Thomas Sayre, an Englishman, who came to this country in Cromwell's time During the revolutionary war, the house was used by British officers. January 13 proved unlucky to thirty-one members of the largest fourth class ever gathered at West Point. The class was regarded as the best, as the members had passed all competitive examinations. Thirteen proved unlucky as thirty-one were ordered home for failure to keep up. Dr. W. J. Gaines, Bishop of the First Episcopal District of the African M. E. Church, died at his home in Atlanta, Ga., at the age of 71 years. He was interested in educational work of his race, and the founder of Morris Brown College. He had been Bishop for thirty years. The Spanish Government is deciding upon placing an army of 16,000 blacks, to be officered by Spaniards, to take part in the Moroccan campaign. For the first time a colored man in New York, William Abbott has been appointed keeper of the Raymond street jail in Brooklyn. Mr. Abbott was prominent in politics there. Isaac H. Nutter, a member of the bar at Atlantic City, N. J., has been appointed by Mayor Brachach, a member of the advisory cabinet of ten prominent citizens. Mr. Nutter is a colored man. In the nine months ending December 31, 1923, persons emigrated from the United States to Canada, according to the immigration department. The total arrivals from the same country were 425,160. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who for two years has been actively engaged in the campaign against white slavery, will sever his connection with that work, as he has been effective in obtaining laws which will control white slavery. Ira Webb, the oldest voter in the United States, died in Binghamton, N. Y., on his 100th birthday. Mr. Webb always voted a straight Republican ticket. He had a personal acquaintance with many prominent men. Among the latest deputy Sheriffs sworn in in New York is Joseph H. Vendig, known the country over as "Circular Joe," former bookkeeper and proprietor of famous gambling establishments. President Taft, officers of the army and navy, and many others in official life will be present at Arlington National Cemetery next April, when the remains of the men who perished in the destruction of the Maine are laid to rest Senator Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia was the principle speaker at the joint celebration of the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Gen. Stonewall Jackson. United Confederate Veterans and associated Confederate organizations were present. A petition signed by about 2,300 women, wives, daughters and relatives of army officers stationed at various army posts in the United States and its possessions, asking for the restoration of the army canteen will be presented to Congress. The statement that there were 35,000 former Japanese soldiers in Hawaii, who would support Japan if that country and the United States went to war, created a deep impression on the House Committee on Military Affairs. The town of Franklin, Wis., is paying $500 per annum for support of a school where there is but one pupil. This fact was reported by the county superintendent. The spring convention of the Republican party in the State of New York, to elect delegates to the Republican National Convention will be held in Rochester, Audubon. The omission in the treaty of Geneva, of any provision for the protection of the Red Cross workers in civil wars will be the principal topic of discussion at the ninth international Red Cross Congress here next May. Stenographer Johnson to 'Come Back' Joseph E. Johnson, for many years an expert stenographer on the roll of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, whose position was abolished by the "economy" tactics of the Democratic Congress, will probably be recalled on account of the scarcity of competent stenographic material, due to the strike of the "extras", and because of his demonstrated fitness for the exacting work required. Mr. Johnson has had much experience in reporting Congressional hearings, and since his retirement from the House has rendered some excellent service in connection with the investigations of the United States Postal Commission, of which Justice Hughes was president, and for the office of the Register of the S. G. SWAIN & SON 932 La. Ave. N. W. "The finest and best groceries in the city. Fresh poultry killed daily. Get, Your Christmas·Turkey at this place. Phone Main 1699. 932 La. Ave. N. W. Suspender Anatomy. Suppose that instead of being provided with a frictionless, ball and socket joint, your arms had to stretch a muscle or ligament every time you moved them. You would be tired out long before bed time. Now consider—if you wear the ordinary suspenders you must "stretch rubber" every time you move—it's tiresome. 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Only between the fifteenth degrees, north and south of the equator, can the tree be successfully grown and on those altitudes which are between the 3,000 to 5,000 feet mark. Left by itself the plant will grow to a tree twenty-five feet in altitude; but, as man is not usually over two yardsticks high, the bearing shrubs are kept by pruning under a maximum height of ten feet, so that they can be easily handled. The seeds are thickly sown in the nursery, but as soon as babyhood has passed and the tender sprouts are able to bear a breath of wind or changes of temperature they are transplanted into orchards. They are set pretty far apart so that while young and not yet bearing the soil may be utilized with parallel rows of corn, bananas or plantain. A thrifty shrub grows berries when three years old and continues to bear during twenty years from three to six pounds of beans. Its glossy green leaves remind one of the laurel, and the fragrant, white, five petaled flowers—the perfume varying in different countries and localities—grow in clusters of from three to ten each in the axils of the branches. Well regulated streams of water run through the orchard to secure lusty growth, but when the berries begin to ripen the water is turned off lest the fruit be too succulent. The twin beans or nutlets ripen within a mass of pulp that looks like a dark red cherry, or in tint and size rather like a cranberry. This pulp, when perfectly ripe, is delicious to the taste, but when dried it is taken off either by hand or, as is usually the case in present day operations in Brazil, by most modern machinery.—St. Louis Republic. WORKED TOO HARD. Why David Graham Phillips Once Lost a Situation. People who thought that the late David Graham Phillips had a rapld, fluent and even at times overbasty pen were very far from the truth, says a writer in the Bookman. Mr. Phillips himself admitted freely that from first to last he always found literary composition a labor—a labor of love that he could not have shirked if he would, but none the less a labor. A story which he sometimes told at his own expense illustrates this. It was shortly after his graduation from Princeton that he sought work as a reporter and finally by offering his services for nothing obtained a chance to show what he could do on the leading daily in a western city. The weather was cold and the temperature of the office somewhere below 60 degrees, yet hour after hour Mr. Phillips would sit at his desk with the moisture rolling from his brow in the anguish of trying to make literature from such material as "Yesterday afternoon John Jones fell off a stepladder and dislocated his shoulder." One day—it was the tenth of Mr. Phillips' services—the presiding genius of the paper happened to pass through the city room and stood for some minutes watching him. "Who is that young man?" he presently asked the city editor. The latter explained. "Get rid of him!" came the curt edict. "But." expostulated the city editor, "We are getting him for nothing." "I don't care." rejoined the higher power. "I don't care if he is-paying for the privilege. Get rid of him at once. I can't bear to see any human being work so hard." The Scream of Ennui. A dog howls when he is lonely, a cat wails (the word must be right, for it comes from "caterawall") because of some combative or amative impulse, but a parrot screams through sheer boredom. I sometimes think it is the only creature that shares with us that secondary curse which followed our ejection from Eden—ennul. And I know that if Noah fed his animals well and if they had plenty of room for exercise the only creatures who rebelled vocally against the dire tedium of voyage and the creatures who made the most noise, bar none, were the two little papingoes, as our forefathers used to call them.—Atlantic. Slipper Day In Holland. There is a curious festival called Slipper day celebrated in Holland, Slipper day in the Netherlands is the one day in the year in which the Dutchwoman claims superiority over her husband. On that day she rules him to her heart's content, and he generally obeys good humourly enough—that is, unless she is one of those ladies not unknown in Holland or in any other country who aspire to complete rule over their unhappy partners throughout the year. Badly Handicapped. "How did your show go on the road?" "Bad. We were fearfully handicapped by the plays we selected." "Eh? Why, I thought the dramas in your repertory were the finest you could secure." "Yes; but we couldn't play 'em.'—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Extremely Rare. Tommy—Pop, what is meant by the sense of humor? Father—The sense of humor, my son, consists largely of knowing when not to be funny.—Philadelphia Record. Not by years, but by disposition, is wisdom acquired.—Plautus. LISZT AS AN IDOL. The Great Musician Was Petted by English Royalty. A SOUVENIR OF THE MASTER. The Singular Memento That Was Sacredly and Secretly Treasured by a Cold, Rigid and Rather Disagreeable Old Englishwoman. "When I was a very small boy indeed," writes Ford M. Hueffer in Harper's, "when I wore green velveteen clothes, red stockings and long golden curls, thus displaying to an unsympathetic world the fact of my pre-Raphaelite origin, I was taken one day to a very large hall. In front of us was a wooden platform draped all in red. Upon the platform was a grand plano. "In front of me the first row of the stalls had been taken away, and in place of them there had been put three gilded armchairs, before which was a table covered with a profusion of flowers that drooped and trailed to the ground. Suddenly there was applause—a considerable amount of applause. A lady and gentleman were coming from under the dark entry that led to the artists' room. They were the Prince and Princess of Wales. There was no doubt about that even for a small boy like myself. "And then there was more applause. What applause!" It volleyed, it rolled round the hall. All were on their feet. People climbed on to their chairs, they waved hands, they waved programs, they waved hats, they shouted, for in the dark entrance there had appeared, white and shining, a head with brown and sphinxlike features and white and long hair and the eternal wonderful smile. "They advanced, these three, amid those tremendous shouts and enthusiasm—the two royal personages leading the master, one holding each hand. They approached the gilded armchairs immediately in front of me, and the prince and princess indicated to the master that he was to sit between them at the table covered with flowers. "He made little pantomines of modesty, he drew his hands through their grasp, he walked quickly away from the armchairs, and because I was just behind them, he suddenly removed me from my seat and left me standing under all the eyes, solitary in the able of the center of the hall, while he sat down. I do not think I was frightened by the eyes, but I know I was terribly frightened by that great brown, aquiline face, with the piercing glance and the mirtless, distant, inscrutable smile. "And immediately, just beside me there began what appeared to be a gentle and courtyard wrestling match. A gentleman of the royal suit approached the master. He refused to move. The prince approached the master. He sat indomitably still. Then the princess came and, taking him by the hand, drew him almost by force out of my stall, for it was my stall, after all. "And when he was once upon his feet, as if to clinch the matter, she suddenly sat down in it herself, and with a sudden touch of good feeling she took me by the hand—the small solitary boy with the golden curls and the red stockings—and sat me upon her lap. I, alas, have no trace of the date on which I sat in a queen's lap, for it was all so very long ago; the king is dead, the master is long since dead. the hall itself is pulled down and has utterly disappeared. "I had a distant relative—oddly enough an English one, not a German—who married an official of the court of Welmar and became a lady in waiting on the grand duchess. As far as I know, there was nothing singularly sentimental about this lady. When I knew her she was cold, rigid and rather disagreeable. She had always about her a peculiar and disagreeable odor, and when she died a few years ago it was discovered that she wore round her neck a sachet, and in this sachet was a half smoked cigar. "This was a relic of Franz Llszt. He had begun to smoke it many years before at a dinner which she had given, and, he having put it down unfinished, she had at once seized upon it and had worn it upon her person ever since. This sounds inexplicable and incredible, but there it is." Settling a Bill. When Andrew Jackson lived at Sallisbury, N. C., he once attended court at Rockford, then the county seat of Surrey, and left without paying his bill, which was duly charged up against him on the hotel register, which seems to have been the hotel ledger at that time, and so stood for many years. When the news of the victory of the 8th of January, 1815, was received in this then remote section the old landlord turned back the leaves of the register, took his pen and wrote under the account against Andrew Jackson. "Settled in full by the battle of New Orleans." She Meant Well. The late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the rigid apostle of temperance, while on a week end visit made the acquaintance of a sharp young lady of seven, to whom, on leaving, he said: "Now, my dear, we have been talking some time. I am sure you have no idea who I am." "Oh, yes, I have," the little missy replied. "You are the celebrated drunkard."—London Graphic. CORPS OF ROGUES. French Foreign Legion a Unique Military Body. CRIMINALS FILL ITS RANKS. It Gathers Recruits From the Social Outcasts of All Grades of All Other Countries—Iron Discipline and Brutal Punishments. The. French Foreign Legion is unique. There is no other military organization like it on earth. It was first raised in 1831 for service in the then newly conquered colony of Algeria. The officers are French officers, of course, but the ranks are made up of outcasts of all social ranks of all other countries. It is understood that recruits are simply seeking refuge from the arm of the civil law. The corps has done excellent work against the Arabs and is always placed in the forefront of the light. The Foreign Legion exists but to march. 'To this one end its whole training is devoted.' To fail out on the march is the one unpardonable sin in a legionnaire. The system of marches is brutal. No matter what the distance, it has to be completed in one stage. Forty miles, fifty, sixty—no matter—it is done straight off the reel, with, of course, brief halts for rest. But there is no general halt until the whole distance is completed. If a legionnaire fails on the march he is tied to a baggage cart which rolls on. He then either has to march or he is dragged along. "Seeing this done for the first time, I thought it brutal, but later I learned to understand the reason for it," said one who had served in its ranks. The legionnaire who straggles in the desert is lost. Hundreds of men have dled a dreadful death in this way. The Arab women pounce upon them, lying helpless in the sand, and, with shrrels of siendish delight, proceed to torture and mutilate them before killing them outright. A legionnaire's pay is only a halfpenny a day. True, wine in Algeria costs only a penny a quart, and tobacco threepeace to fourpence a pound. But—a halfpenny a day: His rations, too, are of the scantiest. Two meals a day only are served—breakfast at 10 o'clock in the morning and supper at 4 in the afternoon. Each meal is exactly alike, consisting of a thick soup made up of meat and vegetables, with bread, and every other day a small quantity of wine. The discipline is ruthless in its severity; the punishments are cruel in the extreme. For grave offenses, like desertion, insubordination or striking a superior officer, death is frequently inflicted, or, failing that, the offender is sent to serve in the penal battalion on the edge of the Sahara desert. This nearly always means a slow and painful death in place of a quick and comparatively painless one. Minor offenses are punished with from twent, to a hundred days in prison or with "cellule," which is solitary confinement in the dark plus starvation. I have seen strong, robust men so reduced after doing thirty days cellule that they have hardly been able to stand, yet they had to resume their ordinary duties nevertheless. Not long since two other dreadful forms of punishment were in vogue—the "silo" and the "crapaudine." The silo was just a deep hole in the ground shaped like a funnel, into which the victim was cast. He was given no blanket or other protection from the weather. The sun beat upon him by day; the cold night mists penetrated to the marrow of his bones. He could not lie down, for the bottom of the silo sloped to a point. He just crouched, a huddled heap, until not infrequently death mercifully relieved him from his sufferings. The crapaudine consisted in trussing a man as a fowl is trussed, his hands and feet being tied together on his back in such a manner that they formed a sort of semirecle. This resulted in such frightful cramps that the pain sometimes drove men mad. Both the sillo and the crapaudine, however, have now been abolished. But in the field and on the march an offender is still punished by being "spreadeagled" and bound to four stakes driven into the ground. To escape from these tortures men mutilate themselves, usually by cutting off one or more fingers, or they will purposely make themselves ill. One favorite trick is to take a drink from the sewers under the Arab prison. This loathsome draft almost invariably brings on an attack of typhoid of a peculiarly malignant type. Others, more enterprising, try to desert, but they rarely succeed. Mostly they meet with dreadful deaths at the hands of the wild Arabs of the desert. The only class of recruits who are treated with special favor are those who have previously been officers in some other army. These are usually made corporals on enlistment and afterward sergeants. But even under the most favorable conditions life in the legion is the life of a dog. In Its Due Order Dr. Thirdly was dividing up his sermon Into its, appropriate heads one Sunday morning, when a member of the congregation shouted irasely: "Meat, man! Give his meat!" "Well," said Dr. Thirdly promptly, "hold on, then, till I am done carving."—New York Tribune. W.B. Reduso CORSETS W. B. Nuform and Erect Form Consets—in fect models, for all figures, $1.00 upwards to $ Sold at all stores, everywhere WEINGARTEN BROS., Makers, 34th St. at Broadway BLOCK GAS MASTER MOST BRILLIANT 10¢ AND STRONG 15¢25¢ AND END YOUR MANTLE THAT If you light with Gas, Gasoline or Kerosene you w Block Mantles. Buy Mantles by name. Go to say firmly, "I want Block Mantles." 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It usually occurs in crowds or in crowded halls, theaters and churches, where the atmosphere is close and the air foul. Fainting usually lasts only a few minutes, and the person recovers immediately when taken out into the fresh air, but there are cases in which it lasts much longer, sometimes for an hour or more. The first aid treatment of fainting is usually very simple. Take the person out into the fresh air and lay him flat on the back, with the head lower than the feet. This can be done by grasping the feet and holding the body so that the head hangs down, or take an ordinary straight back chair, turn it over so that the back forms an angle with the floor and place the person on the back of the chair with the head hanging down. This position with the head hanging down favors the flow of the blood back to the brain. All tight clothing about the neck and waist should be loosened. Smelling salts or aromatic spirits of ammonia applied to the nostrils and cold water sprinkled on the face, chest and hands help to restore consciousness.—National Magazine. THE SILVER DOLLAR. Many Changes In Its Design Since It Was First Issued. The silver dollar has undergone a great many changes since it was put in circulation in 1794. On the face of the first dollar there was stamped the head of a young woman turned to the right and with hair flowing, as if she was in a gale of wind. But in 1796 congress came to her relief and ordered her hair to be tied up with a bit of ribbon. The fifteen stars which appeared on the first dollar were after this reduced to the original thirteen in recognition of the number of states. In 1836 the design was again changed, and the dollar bore the figure of a woman dressed in a flowing garment. The designer forgot, however, to put in the thirteen stars, and the coin was soon called in, the new design having the woman surrounded by stars. 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Farmer Gordon was engaged for a fortnight to drive a political candidate about the county in his buggy. They traveled by day, each town being a stage, and the politician spoke every evening. The man was honest and well meaning, but careful local partisans had tried the temper of each community in advance and reported to him with suggestions. So it happened that from his extreme anxiety to please his expressed conviction on the issue varied considerably from time to time. "Well, Mr. Gordon," said the candidate one day at the beginning of the second week. "how do you stand on the election? How are you going to vote?" The farmer was silent, thinking. "I really don't know," he said. "I can tell better, maybe, at the close of our engagement." "Can't make up your mind yet? You've heard all of my speeches." "Yes, and I like you personally, and I'm hoping to get to vote for you. Don't worry--at least, not yet." "Not yet? Why do you say that?" asked the puzzled candidate. "Well, you've had several points of view, and I'm just waiting and thinking maybe before the end of the week you'll get round to mine too."—Youth's Companion. MISSED THE KANGAROO. The Hunter Was After Meat, but Got Instead a Stone. In 1859 a hunter in New South Wales took a fancy for some kangaroo meat, so he made a trip through the mulaa with no companion but his gun. He had no need of either guides or dogs, as he was an experienced bushman. The first kangaroo sighted was wounded by him, but not badly enough to disable it. Before he could get in another shot it made off through the salt bush at a terrific pace, but leaving a plain trail in drops of blood, so the hunter followed as fast as he could. The trail gradually grew fainter as the wounded animal bled less freely, and its pursuer was often obliged to stoop and examine the ground closely for the telltale signs. After several hundred yards had been covered without seeing any more crimson spots the hunter began to think his quarry had escaped, when he saw a single fleck of red before him. As he bent to look for more flecks the red changed to an fridescent pale green, and he saw it was a gem stone that lay before him. The kangaroo was not bagged, but the White Cliffs opal fields were discovered.—New York Press. A Fish Aids Science Thore appears to be no limit to scientific curiosity, especially in Germany. Not long ago a scientist of Leipzig, wishing to ascertain whether fish are warmer than the water they live in, stuck a needle connected with a thermoelectric circuit into a living fish in an aquarium. The needle formed one element of the circuit, while the other element was immersed in the same water that contained the fish. The latter was not seriously injured by the needle and quickly became indifferent to it. Then as the fish swam about, carrying the needle, the ingenious savant closed the circuit and kept watch of the galvanometer. It showed no deflection whatever, from which he concluded that the fish and the water were precisely equal in temperature, for had either been warmer than the other a current would have been generated in the circuit.—Chicago Record-Herald. The Furtive Look: Here is something worth while for bachelors to consider. A Boston woman says she can detect a bachelor as far as she can see him. She always knows a bachelor by his furtive look. The furtive look, she explains, is something akin to that of a hunted animal, always on the watch for snares and pitfalls. Of course this may apply only to Boston bachelors, but it would be well for all other single unfortunates to take a good look at themselves in the mirror and find that telltale look. If they do there is an easy way to efface it.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. No Excuse at All A noted comedian condemned at a dinner in New York a new comedy. "It's climax," he said, "is false and unsatisfactory—as false and unsatisfactory as Rowndar's excuse. On Rowndar's return at a very late hour his wife said reproachfully: "You used to vow I was the sunshine of your life, but now you stay out night after night.' "Well, my love," said Rowndar, "I don't ask for sunshine after dark."—New York Tribune. Impertinence. Mr. Todgers—Why have you sent Maria, the servant girl, away so suddenly? You told me yesterday that she was the best girl you ever had. Mrs. Todgers—She's an impertinent hussy. I wanted to borrow her, rubbers, and she said she was afraid I couldn't get them on. A. Better Trade "I understand young Briefless is about to marry the daughter of old Bonds, the millionaire?" "Yes, so I am told." "Will he give up the law business?" "Yes. He will give up the law business and go into the son-in-law business." 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THE HOTEL THE LEXINGTON HOTEL A Great Colored Hotel at Last The colored Americans are to have an up-to-date first-class hotel with every modern convenience with buffet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard parlors, office, lobby and waiting room automobile to convey guests to and from the Union Station, etc. A Long Felt Want Fulfiled. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen, is sole manager. Ever since the foundation of this government the colored citizens of this city have been in need of a first class hotel where families and guests from other cities may go with impunity and with reservation. Thousands of the best and well known colored people have visited this city and do visit it now, but they have no place of dignity to go with their families and feel at home. Dr. Booker T. Washington, about a year ago made a special plea to the Negro Business League of this city to see to it that a hotel be erected, for the accommodation of the colored people: that when he, Dr. Washington, comes to the city he is compelled to go to some private home. The Lexington Hotel. has been erected at the southwest corner of twenty-first and L streets, northwest. It is a beautiful three story edifice to contain every modern convenience and accommodation for guest. Incorporated Under Act of Congress Approved June 26, 1887 CAPITAL and ASSETS over $50,000.00 THE LEXINGTON HOTEL. The Front Entrance Will be on L Sf. The entrance to the Rathskeller will be on L street or main entrance leading to the basement. The Rathskeller will be fitted up equal to any in the United States. the L street entrance. The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed. The dining-room which will be large and commodious with a seating capacity for one hundred and fifty guests. The barber shop will be managed by a first class tonsorial artist with every modern convenience. The billiard parlor, office, lobby and waiting room will be unsurpassed. The waiting parlor will be on the first floor, handsomely furnished. There Will be Thirty-Eight Large Airy Bed Rooms and Nine Baths. There will be at least two private bath rooms connected with the suite of rooms on the second and third floors. The Lexington Will be Conducted on the Basis of Any Up To Date First Class Hotel. The banquet hall which is so much needed in this city for the accommodation of first class visitors and patrons will be one of the features of this hotel. The automobile will run to and from the Union Station to the hotel for the accommodation of the guests. This has been just what the city has needed for a long time for the Colored Americans, who visit here. Whenever a person intends to visit the city, a card to the manager of the hotel will be promptly re- sponded to, and the guest or guests be driven immediately to the hotel in the hotels' automobile which will meet any train that comes into the Union Station or Steamboat wharf. The erection of this hotel in the city of magnificent distances will be an honor as well as a benefit to the colored people. Almost any city in the South has a first class hotel and the people in Washington have determined not to be behind in meeting the demands of strangers and visitors. Capital Stock. The company is incorporated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, of this amount the company has decided to sell fifteen thousand dollars of it. A greater opportunity has never been offered the people of this city, who are enterprising and wish a good investment. The Sole Manager. is Mr. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen of Washington, who is known to the president of the United States, to the cabinet officers and other public men of character and influence. He needs no introduction to the people, because he is prominently connected with some of the best, strongest, and leading organizations in the city. For honesty and integrity and influence among his people no better man could have been selected for the position of manager. The country is asked to keep its eyes on The Bee for advertisement and full particulars, of the opening of this new up-to-date hotel and for other particulars address Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the Lexington Hotel, 21st and L street, N. W. Washington, D. C. FRANK-HUME, INC. Importer and Wholesale Dealer in GROCERIES AND LIQUORS. 454 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. d-16-3t Telephone, Main 3148. ELGIN CREAMERY CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Coffee and Tea. 220 Ninth Street N. W. Washington, D. C. d-16-3t Phone North 3229-M. Private Dining Rooms. CHEAPER BOARD THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE CITY FOR THE MONEY. CAFE REEVES For Ladies and Gentlemen. 626 T STREET NORTHWEST, 2nd Dood from Howard Theater. Residence, 635 T St. N. W. Washington, D. C. d-16-1m H. B. TERRETT. Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Fruits and Vegetables. Telephone. Main 3887. 950 Louisiana Ave N. W. d-16-1t PRICE LIST FOR CITY DELIVERY M. J. COLLINS Family Liquor Store. Wholesale and Retail 1435 H Street N. E. Washington, D. C. Telephone Lincoln 276a. elephone Connection. C. S. FAUNCE, 454 NEW YORK AVE., N. W. WOOD, COAL, AND ICE. THE BEE Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months......90 Subscription monthly......90 CHAMPION JACK JOHNSON. It is, to say the least, ridiculous the way a portion of the American people grow hysterical at the mere mention of the name of "Jack Johnson," champion pugilist of the world. One high official in New York has gone so far as to issue an edict prohibiting the world's champion Johnson from appearing in public in that city, and, to Johnson's credit, he replied in a manner that should cause a blush of shame to any man calling himself an American. The fact is, the so-called American sports are poor losers, especially when they lose to a man of Jack Johnson's complexion. If the result between Johnson and Jeffries, at Reno, had been favorable to Jeffries, the entree to places closed against Johnson would not only be wide open to Jeffries, but the officials, from the governor down, would receive and welcome him, and place in his hand the keys of the cities and towns visited by him. The idea that a Negro has shown his mastery over the best white man they can produce, has thrown them into hysterical conventions. That is not all, for in their mad desire to strip the Negro of his well-earned laurels, they have failed, after scouring Europe, Asia and America, to find a white hope to wrest the honors from a Negro. The humiliation is keen, no doubt, but there is no sense nor manliness in that portion of Americans to play the baby act. The Bee is not expressing pro or con any opinion as to permitting prize fights, but we do insist that when legalized there should be no discrimination on account of color. The colored people, as tax payers and citizens generally being always ready to assume their portion of the burden, demand that equality of the law shall be accorded them. If Jack Johnson is not permitted to box, spar, or do what others in his profession are allowed to do, then the American people should take down their sign and revise the Constitution so it would read: "Negroes are to be regarded, in time of war, as citizens, but after the war they have no rights that the scum of the earth, by importation, are bound to respect. They can be burned at the stake, chopped to death with hatchets, riddled with bullets, dragged through the public streets and hung to any convenient post, and justice! God help us, is blind; all because God willed that the skin of the poor unfortunates should be a shade darker than his murderers. Oh! Americans, as Christians, hide your face in shame; send your missionaries not abroad, for there is work enough at home. God hates a hyocrite. OURS AND THEIRS. Some people exist who cannot differentiate between "ours" and "theirs." Judging from their continual, insane, and vexatious course in school matters, one would get the opinion that our three colored members of the board are inflated with the idea that the public schools are "theirs" instead of "ours." Their's to keep in a turmoil, if they elect; their's to wreck, if they choose; their's to make subservient to their own whims and fancies and selfish ambitions, if they elect. But the public schools are "ours," and ours is used to mean the people, all the people. The people have a voice, or at least should have a voice in the matter, and that voice is pitched high against this infernal idea that the colored members, regardless of the merit system, regardless of every rights the superintendent has to control the school personnel, stand sponsor for the colored schools, and upon the mere beck of their hand, or the mere nod of their heads capable. meritorious and very efficient teachers and officers must be dismissed. And there are spineless friends of thee-board members, and alleged friend-of the school system, who place the self-arrogated opinion of the board members, in this matter, above the interests of the pupils for whom public schools are builted and maintained. It is unfortunate for the public schools and for Howard University that Prof. Tunnell was ever made a member of the school board. It will be a sorry day, both for the public schools of Washington, and for Howard University, when the latter shall secure control and direction of the public schools. No member of Howard's faculty should serve on the board of education. No member of the public schools' personnel should serve on Howard's board of trustees. The two—Howard University and the public schools, should remain separate and distinct, but harmonious and affiliative—the schools supplying the university, and the university encouraging the schools. DOUGLAS AND WASHINGTON. Any attempt to make a comparison between Frederick Douglas and Dr. Booker T. Washington in an effort to arrive at a conclusion as to which is the greatest man will be futile. Douglas played his part in a manner no other man could have played it. He was an agitator, and had his living at a time when the agitator was needed more than any other agent. He was a big, brainy, heroic leader, who did more than any one agency to effect the freedom, and later the enfranchisement of his people. With our rights secured, and our rights vouchsafed, so far as the Constitution is concerned, our greatest need was a constructive statesman—a man, as strong as Douglas, as determined as the late sage of Anacostia, to take up the work where he left off. Such a man is Dr. Booker T. Washington. The two men, Douglas and Washington, tower above all others. Alike, they are different. Different, they had but one aim—unselfish devotion to their people. The late Frederick Douglas was the greatest Negro of his times, and in his times was the most needer leader. Dr. Washington is one of the greatest Negroes of this day, and today is the most needed leader. Were Frederick Douglas living today, we venture that he would be Dr. Washington's noblest friend and most earnest helper, and Dr. Washington would be as he is, Frederick Douglas' greatest and sincerest admirer. The two men ought not be compared. One might just as well, and just as profitably compare two monuments each of which, in every particular, was identical with the other. GREEN EYED MONSTER The Green Eyed Monster is always uppermost in the eyes of those who dislike progress. The successful man or the man who has made himself a factor is bound to have the disfavor of the laggards. The coward who wrote the anonymous note to The Bee this week, attacking two of the most upright men in this country, is greatly affected with a disease that will soon kill him. The two gentlemen to whom the writer referred, one an educator, and the other a journalist, politician and a public official, are so far beyond the reach of the blatherskite who wrote it that The Bee is satisfied that the green eyed monster has such a hold on the individual that he will not be able to release himself from its grasp any time soon. If the writer of the anonymous article would do something commendable his name would appear in The Bee. It is an aphorism, "from nothing, nothing comes." DEATH OF MRS GREEN DEATH OF MRS. GREEN. News reaches The Bee that Mrs. Green, the wife of its friend, Hon. John P. Green, of Cleveland, O., died Monday morning at their home, at 3:05 A.M. Mrs. Green was born in Greensboro, N. C., in 1848. While Mr. Green held the office of Stamp Agent, under the Postoffice Department in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in this city. Their residence, 1944 Ninth Street Northwest, where the Greens received, was a scene of many brilliant receptions, which were attended by the leading citizens of this city. Mrs. Green was a most amiable woman. Full of love for her husband and children, and the admiration of hundreds of people who visited her. She was full of symplicity. Her home was the idol of her heart. Her death will be a shock to a large circle of her friends in this city. The Bee extends its sympathy to to bereaved husband and children PRESIDENT TAFT. Monday night was a recor- reaking night for cold. Notwith- standing, True Reformers' Hail as well filled with Republican representatives from every distri- tion in the city and many organiza- tions well. The addresses by the repre- sentatives were strong and point- d, and the indorsement that Mr. Taft received demonstrated the act that the Republicans in this city favor the renomination and section of President Taft. The speeches of many were eloquent pointed and concise. The address of Mr. F. D. Lee, Edward B Thompson, of South Carolina, At- torneys Frisby and Moss, were very good and were loudly applauded. REPUBLICAN RALLY. The Republican meeting at True Reformers' Hall last Monday night, notwithstanding the severe gold weather, was a success in every particular. There were many of the old time Republicans present to show their esteem and appreciation for those who were indorsed for delegates to the next National Republican Convention. Just think about summer. The coal man reaped a harvest last week. Has it ever occurred to the thousands of Baptists and Methodists, and other denominations in Washington, that all three of the colored members of the school board are Episcopalians? Denominational connection should have no bearing in the public schools, but it appears it has. If a candidate for delegate to the National Convention should pay one hundred dollars for the indorsement of an extinct political organization, what will it cost to secure the election, as delegate, by such an aspirant? This is a simple arithmetical question we submit for answer. Judge Terrell has had some very interesting and important cases coming up before him for decision, recently. The transfer case, which was argued before him, and which is now in the hands of the judge for decision, has attracted a deal of attention. It is a high compliment to the Judge that the intricate cases are argued before him. As a body, or man for man, the colored lawyers of Washington are the equal, and the superiors of colored lawyers any and everywhere. And as, with but few, very few, exceptions, they are the product of Howard University Law School, their reputations as able attorneys becomes a great advertisement for Howard. And by far the largest number of colored lawyers in the country are Howard graduates. The Poe Meeting. James W. Poe called a meeting of Republicans to meet in Rev. Gordon's church, on the 13th inst. Many of his circulators were distributed on the steps of True Reformers' Hall, while the District meeting was in progress, but no one left to go to the Poe meeting. The only auditors Poe had were Rev. Gordon, himself, and the organist of Rev. Gordon's church. The meeting adjourned without action. Independent Order of St. Luke. The greatest meeting of the independent Order of St. Luke that was ever held will be in the Howard Theater Sunday, January 28. at 3 P. M. The highest officers of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Jerusalem, Knights of Pythias, Elks and many other organization will be present in a body. No good citizen should miss this great event. Mrs. Anderson, the district deputy, and all of her officers, are doing what they can to make this the greatest meeting that has ever been held under its jurisdiction. Ben Davis for Grand Ma Ben Davis for Grand Master. The "Ben Davis National Volunteer Committee," designed to promote the candidacy of Mr. B J Davis, of Georgia, for the office of Grand Master of the G. U. O. of O. F., is headed by Associate Justice and Former Grand Master William L. Houston, of this city. Frank Farrell, of New Orleans, is secretary. The member for the District of Columbia is Charles S. Hill. At the meeting of the S. C. M. last week in Philadelphia, the election of Mr Davis was conceded. Mr. Davis is editor of the Atlanta Independent, and is connected with manifold-interests of the order. THE TICKET TO VOTE FOR. The Ticket That the Twenty-two Districts and Other Organizations Have Indorsed. National Delegates National Alternates. Dr. William Tindall, (1st Dist.) Dr. Chas. H. Marshall (4th Dist.) The foregoing is the ticket that the Republicans of the District of Columbit have indorsed, and it is for the renomination and election of President Wm. H. Taft Public Men And Things Public Men And Things (By the Sage of the Potomac.) Just because I have a little knowledge of the eccentricities of some of the hemale celebrities who gossip more or less around Washington, which I have gained by a residence of a little more than twenty-two years, it seems that there are some people who assume that I am an information bureau. The following letter was received by me on the last mail Tuesday evening. It runneth like this: "Dear Mr. Sage: Noting that you have a strange hold on a little information about most everything, I am writing to you for advice. I am a young woman, in my own estimation, being just nifty-one years since the thermometer registered me into this world. I have been going with a young man for twenty-five years, as near as I can recollect. We are very fond of each other. I hesitate to give up my position to marry him, and his salary is not sufficient to buy me seal skins or Piquin gowns. The friend of both have wondered why we haven't married, and we sometimes wonder ourselves. He is growing older, and my embonpointment increases more rapid than my age. If you were in my place would you just cut the gordian knot of courtship and marry, or remain as we are—two spoonsers who have crossed the half century mark? I shall be obliged to you for your reply." When I received this note, I called up Dr. Warfield at the Freedman's Hospital and asked him at what age a woman arrived at common sense maturity. I thought he would know, for he has operated at the hospital long enough to get a line on women. The Doctor, who is always reticent, would not give me the information until I told him the person to whom I wished to apply the information to. This I couldn't do without violating confidence I thereupon began to read up on women. After reading a couple of hours, I penned the giddy young thing of fifty, this convincing memoranda: "My Dearest Miss ----. With a palpitating heart, and a trembling hand I seize my pen and indude you these few pertinent lines, hoping when they reach you they will find you in a stage of realization. I am aware that you have been keeping company with a certain granolithic bit of humanity that looks like, a withered pea in a dry pool, and I am aware that he has been coming to see you regularly, once or twice a day since Hector was a pup and Achilles was an infant in the arms of anticipation, and the whole town is cognizant of the same thing. If you only knew what people have been saying—that is the people who wear kinonos—you would have married that wart some twenty years ago. I hostate to dwell long upon your youthful appearance, for fear of assassinating the truth, and while I believe you dearly love him, for the reason that no one else does, and while I believe he loves you, because you are certainly good to him, still I have always abjured—(pretty nifty word)—a union of two souls whose lives are about thirty years in reminiscence, and I have always been opposed to a woman of girth, mirth and proportion tying up with a remnant of a hemale. If I were you, I should continue on, as you have for the past few decades, permitting this spectre to come and see you. If you should get married now those friends of yours who wear good clothes would only say. "I believe they have been married for years anyhow," so what's the need of squandering fifty or seventy-five cents for a permit. If I have not made myself plain, I suggest that you write me again, paraphrasing more succinctly as to the exact date of your birth, and the exact hour that derelict you engulf with your matured affections got a seat on the bleachers for the game of life. Yours with expeditionness. THE SAGE" * The receipt of this blushing maid's letter, this maiden who has been perambulating this berg since the Dred Scott decision was handed down, reminded me that I promised to give you a few more resolves made by peculiar people who have their habitat in Washington. Now Dr Charles Harrison, who is a bachelor from choice, and from a desire to keep all he has for himself, said that he had resolved to steel himself, during this leap year, against anything that wore long hair and palpitated with womanly desires and sentiments. Doc. Harrison is resolved to remain single, unless some gentle, gifted creature can lay at his feet an unsophisticated heart to which it tled, with a simple knot, a dower of several thousand dollars. Nevel Thomas as indicated by the length of years he wears that pray alpine hat of his, has resolved to continue to pause a few seconds between the utterance of each oriental-learned weighty word; to continue on, as a matter of economy, as a bachelor, and to make a few more trips abroad to talk sauerkraut mit dot ganz klina shemale he met in Germany. New sure does like a Daughtline medizin with blond locks and a pale face. He has to have them to assist him with his historical studies. Prof. Craig, scientist, inventor, poultry authority, automobile crank, and holder of the Carnegie medal for fast talking and illusive ideas temporarily imbedded in an erratic think tank, says he has resolved to confer a distinct favor upon all his friends by not inviting them to ride in that nightmare of an automobile he possesses. The professor has tied all his resolves for 1912, about two thousand in number, up in a paper sack, which he expects to soon immerge in water. Tom Jones, the feverish attorney de lux, says he has resolved to make a study of brief writing, if Clink-scales continues on his strike for higher pay and wider publicity, and further states, that he has resolved to hit the high water-mark of fees, if alley Negroes continue on with a strong predeliction for speak-easies and the insidious game of craps while the police look on only to arrest, and tip the word to him. tip the word to him. Bob Wearing, the Cushman Davis of the Negro bar (also de lux), of this vicinity, says he has resolved to see "as we see it" as we see it, and seeing it as we see it, just naturally forget it. And he has also resolved to stay hitched up with Tom Jones as long as Tom will stand for it. Bob will make good. Dr. Wilder, who has been hornerized, that is, infected with the microbe of office-hunting, says he has resolved to continue hunting some kind of a stepping stone to office until he can land that Haitian job, and he has resolved that a little time, energy and money invested in seeking the delegateship to the Republican National Convention may be a short cut to satisfy a roving ambition. Jim Walker, the man with two rows of pearls, and a Jack Johnson golden smile, says he has resolved to keep right square in the middle of the row for another year, look wise, smile blandly, and saying nothing upon which you can hang an interpretation. His brother-in-law, Sir Arthur Newman, says he has resolved to keep a safe distance between him and "White Top," and by getting that vocational principalship, eucher Mark Twain's double, if he can, and that when he becomes principal he has resolved not to electrify the country with an announcement that he proposes to establish a chair of aviation. Dick Tompkins, the one-time Beau Bromel, social arbiter, and Ward McAllister of "dinge" society), says he has resolved to embalm that old pipe of his, which is strong enough to wreck the biggest English dreadnaught, in the memory of the past, and not affix his friends longer with its odors, that reminds one of Willow Tree alley when the mercury is hitting above the Fahrenheit mark of a day when the garbage wagon has not been seen for a week. These pipe-dream resolves will be continued another week, just to hand out a few deserts to the meritorious jinxes who fly the gloom flag SPECIAL NOTICES. To the Republican Voters of the District of Columbia. We, the undersigned, constituted an election board by the Republican National Committee, to direct and supervise the election of delegates and alternates from the District of Columbia to the Republican National Convention to be held in the city of Chicago on Tuesday, June-eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, under and by virtue of the authority vested in us by the said Republican National Committee, do hereby adopt and promulgate the following regulations and arrangements for holding and governing said election: Official Call of the Republican National Committee Under Date of December 12, 1911. "The election of delegates from the District of Columbia shall be held under the direction and supervision of an Election Board composed of Leonard P. Bradshaw, Esquire, John Lewis Smith, Esquire, and Mr. Andrew J. Thomas, of the District of Columbia." This Board shall have authority to fix the date of said election, subject to prior provision herein, and to arrange all details incidental thereto; and shall provide for a registration of the votes cast, such registration to include the name and residence of each voter." In accordance with the requirements of this official call notice is hereby given that the election of delegates and alternates to the next Republican National Convention to be held in the City of Chicago on Tuesday, June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, will take place on SATURDAY, TENTH, DAY OF FEBRUARY, nineteen hundred and twelve. Every male citizen of the District of Columbia twenty-one years of age or over, without regard to past political affiliation, who believes in the principles of the Republican Party and indorses its policies, and who has resided in the District of Columbia for one year next prior to the date of the registration and election herein provided for and has resided for two months next prior thereto in his voting precinct, and who does not claim citizenship elsewhere shall have the right to vote. The District of Columbia shall be divided into twenty-two election precincts corresponding with what has formerly been known as the legislative districts. The voting places shall be hereafter designated. Prior to the election, this election board shall appoint for each polling place three citizens of known integrity as a board of judges whose duty it shall be on the day of the registration and election to determine the qualifications of the voters as herein prescribed, to receive, count, announce and return the ballots to a Returning Board hereinafter provided for. Said board of judges shall choose one of its members as chairman and another as clerk. The Election Board shall, prior to the election, select three citizens, qualified voters, as hereinbefore prescribed, as a Returning Board. The polls shall be kept open during such hours of the day as this Election Board shall hereafter determine. No person will be eligible to vote who shall not have registered. The Election Board will furnish ballots printed, in plain type which shall contain the following words only: "For delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention in the City of Chicago, Ill., June 18, 1912. Delegates _____ Alternates _____" Each board of judges shall ascertain and determine the qualifications of any person offering to register. If the right to register and vote is challenged by any person said board of judges shall at once determine finally such person's right to register and cast a vote. When any such challenge is made no other vote shall be received by the board until it shall have determined the qualification of the person whose right is challenged. Each board of judges shall keep registration record, upon which shall be entered before the vote is deposited, the full name of the voter, his street and the number of his residence. No voter shall be allowed to deposit his ballot until such registration is fully completed. Ten minutes prior to the closing of the polls, the chairman of each board of judges shall announce that the polls will be closed at the time hereafter to be fixed by this Board of Election. At the close of the polls, each board of judges shall open the boxes and make a return thereof, to be signed by them, or a majority of them; which returns shall state the name of the persons for whom ballots are cast, the number received by each, and shall thereupon make a public declaration of the results. The board of judges or a majority of them immediately after making such declaration shall seal up all the ballots and over their names shall address and deliver the same, duly certified, together with the registration record, to the Returning Board within two hours from the time of such sealing. In no case shall the board of judges admonish until its duties are completed. implemented. The Returning Board shall choose one of its members as chairman and another as clerk. At the expiration of two hours from the close of the polls, said returning Board shall convene to receive the returns from the several boards of judges at such place as may be hereafter designated. Say, Returning Board shall unseal the packages of ballots and tabulate the returns as made by the boards or judges. No appeal shall be allowed by the Returning Board from a decision of the board of judges relative to the qualification of a voter. When the Returning Board shall have completed its tabulation, it shall openly announce the names of persons for whom votes have been cast and the number received by each. The-Returning Board or a majority of them shall upon the completion of its duties tile immediately with the Election Board a statement over their signatures showing the names of the persons for whom votes have been cast and the number received by each candidate. This Election Board, or a majority of them, shall give to each of the two candidates for delegate and to each of the two candidates for alternates on the ballot receiving the greatest number of votes a certificate of election as delegate and alternates, respectively, to the Republican National Convention. To secure recognition under this call each ticket must be complete, consisting of two candidates for delegates and two candidates for alternates, and must be indorsed in writing by at least one hundred citizens of the District of Columbia, to be filed with the election board at its office in the Union Building, 619-21 G Street Northwest, on or before 12 o'clock noon, Thursday, February first, nineteen hundred and twelve. The candidates comprising each ticket must deposit with the Finance Committee to be selected by the Election Board on or before January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, the sum of four hundred ($400000) dollars, payment to be made to the chairman of the Finance Committee on or before 12 o'clock noon, February first, nineteen hundred and twelve. The money so subscribed will be used to defray the expenses covering the purchase of registration books, printing of ballots, compensation on judges of election and clerks, registration and voting booths, and other necessary expense. The Finance Committee will make all disbursements, and after this election is closed an accounting will be held and any unexpended balance remaining in the hands of the Finance Committee will be returned to the candidates representing each ticket, every ticket to receive its pro-rata of the surplus. Changes or amendments to these regulations may be made in the discretion of the Election Board. LEONARD P. BRADSHAW (Seal). Chairman. JNO. LEWIS SMITH (Seal). ANDREW J. THOMAS (Seal). Washington, D. C. Jan. 6th, 1012. Aaron Russell Quits the "House." Mr. Aaron Russell, who has been an attaché of the House of Representatives "since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," has quit his job. His place was abolished some time ago by the cheese-paring House, but he held on at the suggestion of certain influential friends who assured him that the position might be restored. After working for eight months without compensation, and with no prospect of his salary forthcoming, Mr. Russell decided to retire. He is an authority on Congressional documents, and was consulted daily by members of the House, who sought reliable information on various national problems. He was one of the best posted men in the country relative to affairs around the Capitol. Mr. Russell is active in civic matters and for many years he has been president of the Banneker Relief Association of the foremost beneficial organizations of the District A. New Move. Rev S N Brown, pastor of Lincoln Memorial Church, has made an innovation over all other churches, by having moving picture illustrations of the sermons that will be preached. The first sermon will be preached to-morrow night A. I. Gaskins. Gaskins' restaurant, at 320 Eighth Street Northwest, is no doubt one of the best places in the city to be accommodated. Mr. Aaron J. Gaskins, is a polite and dignified gentleman. He conducts an up-to-date cafe, where dinner parties are served in first-class style. Private dining room for parties of three or more. Anything cooked to order. WANTED—AGENTS. Wanted, Agents—Men and women solicitors and boys with wheels. A. H. UNDERDOWN. N-11-4f. 1742 14th St. N. 'V. _ ma Se ne eae CAMELS OF THE ARABS. 1. — i . mo 1 wos : ca * Z sags 7 a - é es eo oS at = 2 . ee ee ee ee + Testimonials. To Whom It May Conceern: 1am a married woman and have six months in any peace on earth in my home until I-consulted this wor- thy woman, Two years ago, and since then, my home, by taking her advice, has been all that any family could wish. I am, your sister in Christ. MRS. W. H. H., Sherman, Texas. To Whom ItMay Concern: My dear readers, you are missing half of your life in misery and shame, worrying with a man that will not try once to please you, cherish or comfort you, and hold a bright light of good moral conduct before his children, by making home haryy. Now, listen: If you have sighed, worried, cried and pleaded with him, and to no avail, you pray and let Madame MecNairdee advise you. I kno'y you will never re- gret it. My husband was a drunkard, a run-about and around, a gambler, and the most wicked man that our Lord ever let live, until all at once, after reading so often of this woman, took up courage and let her heat drom me. Today, I will say it on a ‘stair-steps of Bibles, I have a model man in every respect. 1 will praise this woman as long as I have breath She made my husband a man, a hus. band, a gentleman, 1am, yours in Christ and S. M. T. MRS. T. G. D., * Oklahoma, Okla. : esse ae cred i cana a ao t ' a a ee) | i. My Dear Friends: am now making my own volunteer statement because this lady has caus- ed me to be so happy. I would like so much to give you my name, but | hope you know why. | went with 2 young man two years and we spat all the time. We were twice engaged and he would disappoint me, until I con- sulted this wonderful lady. Now we are married, and have been for near three years. He is so nice and kind to me. ‘I told him a few months ago of this advice, and he would not agree with me until he lost his job, and he then made ap his mind, and da you know that my husband has one ‘of the best jobs of his life by consult. ing her. No matter what you want to do or know, let her hear from you and I vow you will never regret it. can not help believing that she i: sent of God to do just what she i: doing, and you never hed of a thins ugly that she has done. I visited he: during the K. of P. Supreme Lodge and I never met a nicer lady. I am < Christian and a leader in a good many church clubs. We chatted a gooc deal of such things. I find her very entertaining. I am, as ever, fre friend, MRS. POSIE T. M., + Washineton,.-D. C. To Whom it May Concern: I have always been one of those that did not give any thought of this until about four years ago I had a great trouble and it cost me almost every dime I had, and) my mother asked me one day to tell some of this trouble to this woman that we read so much about in our papers. Mother says, “I feel that she can help you.” I had to laugh with tears in my eyes, for I was in jail; then finally J said. “Suit yourself; anything now, so _-I come clear and get out of here.” She let, this woman hear from her and about me. We never can forget what this woman said in reply. She said dn substance: “If you will pray and trust God, I will do the erest.”. And bless her today and forever, I was - called to trial, and every witness that could be found spoke in my behalf and those who did not could not be found. I was returned to jail twice and then set free. Do you blame me for saying she is a power unknown to help those who seek her aid? 1 am now doing business for mysel and making good. Every month | send her twenty dollars, Ihave done this for four months, and shall alway: divide my last dime with her. I an her friend at all times. G. A. CAMERON, Jacksonville. Thousands are flocking to see this wonderful lady daily. Her powerful consultation when heeded has sent sunshine to the homes of all who call- ed, Don't put off, but call at once, if you wish to enjoy future happiness. Don't delay. Hightly indorsed by all the press, teachers, preachers, lawyers and doctors, and come well reconi- mended by four of the leading lodges, the S. M. T., United Order of True Reformers, also the Calanthan Court. The church society of her home, known by the hame of United Sisters of Charity of the Missionary Church, and loved by all. God has endowed her with an unspeakable blessing to and humanity. She deals in nothing to be ashamed of. She wants to hear from all that are in trouble or distress. Address : MADAM McNAIRDEE, 110og_N. Senate Avenue, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Positively «no attention paid to let- ters without one dollar enclosed. Bavaria shipped $12,075 worth of ee electric lamps to the United sates in the second quarter of the year. . The Immense Value of These Animate to the Desert No- | mads Nearly 90,000 camels are used in the vilayet of Bagdad as beasts of bur- den, und with donkeys they form the only means of carrying goods to in- land points. For a common burden camel $30 Is a fair price. though the trotters, or swift messenger camels, are worth more. .\ young camel can sometimes be had about Bagdad for as little as $3 or $4. . Besides its use for riding and carry- ing purposes, the Mesopotamian Arabs depend on the camel for milk. Shoes are wade from its touzh, calloused hide, und in times of famine its brit- tle, strong tasting flesh is eaten. Con- -densed milk. made by boiling fresh camel milk until evaporation leaves only a hard, chalky substance, is prized among the desert nomads. By rubbing this substance between the hands it reduces to powder, and when mixed with warm water It makes a refreshing drink. highly esteemed amonc the desert folk. ‘;Mereesy,”’ as It is called, will keep in good condition for two years. When made from but- termilk ft tastes sour amd Is prized among Arabs who have eaten much of sweet dates, Fresh, warm camel milk is also the food of many valua- ble horses awned by desert shetks. Camel calves are weaned in. their eleventh or twelfth wonth, When a camel caravan is on-the march the yery young camels are often tied upor the backs of the mother animal, since they cannot endure the fatigue ‘of a long march. Vrjuable dogs and Arat desert hounds. called “singers,” alsc ride in the same war.—Chicago Rec ' ord-Herald. VIENNA DEATH NOTICES. They Read Like an Extract From a Family History. “Don't die in Vienna. * You'll be sor- ty if yon do.” writes an American on his first visit to that city, ‘not be- cause of the usual objections, but on account of the death notices In the papers. They appear flauked by all sorts of ads. and range In size ac- cording to the desire for notice on the part of thé family of the late Ia- mented. Every possible title is men, tioned, and the name of every mem- ber_of the family goes tomake up the notice. A death announcement black “bordered und covering half a page of the paper is nothing unusual. Here Is a sample: 7 ; “Bruno Weiss, purveyor of lubri- eatin; ofl to his imperial aud royal maj. esty. and his wife, Amiatie--born Hor- sitzky>in their own and In the names of their children -Hans, Otto, Minnn, Laura and Witde-and their sons-in- law, Military Surgeon Dr, Lois Kro: Dinsky and Afehitect Oskar Jelinek: their daushters-in-law, Louisy, born Lederman, and Marie, born Angpacker as also in the names of their grand ehblldren’--here follows a long string of names—‘and their mother and mother indaw. Fru Ernestine Winkler, relic’ of Commerehil Councilor Anton Wink ler, announce to their friends the en trance Into eternal rest. after a long and severe ness, of their dearly be loved son, Arthur, in the twenty-sixt! year of his age* | “This is correct except as to. th names."—New York Tribune. * He Was Just Thinking. “Mary.” sald a man to his spouse. who was ciffed with a rapidly moving tongue, “did you ever hear the story of the precious ems?" “No,” she replied. “What is it?" “Is a fairy lesend that my grand- mother told me when T was a boy," the hushand continued. “It was about a woman from whoxe lips fell a dia- mond or a ruby at every word she spoke.” 1 “Well? sald his wife as he pause, “That's all there iy of It, my dear,” he replied. “But 1 was just thinking If such tings “happened nowadays 1 could inake my fortune as a jeweler.” - Lave of Trees. We tind our most soothing compan- fonship in trees amoug which we bave lived, some of which we ourselves may have planted. We lean aginst them, and they never betray wur trust, they shield us from the sun and from the rain, their spring welcome is a new birth which never loses its freshness, they lay their beautiful robes at our feet in autuuin: in winter they stand and wait, emblems of patience and of truth, for they hide nothing, not even the little leaf buds which hint to us of hope. the last element in their triple symbolism.- Dr, W. Holmes. Above the Vulgar Gaze. Tntil ISTO it was aguinst the law and sacred cystom for ans subject to look at the emperor of Japan. His political advisers and attendants saw only his back. When he first left the palace the shutters of all the houses had to be drawn. and no one was per- mitted In the streets. Even today, when the emperor has the privileze of driving thronzh the streets lke one of his subjects, it fs not considered quite proper to cast a ghince at him: Experience. “Experiehee fs the best teacher,” quoted the wise suy. “Yes, but her-charges are mighty high,” added the simple mug.—Phila- delphia Record. * Naturally. “I heard he was fo bad odor with her family. Is that true?” “Draw your own couclusions. It was acentless marriage.”—Baltimore Amer fean. The deeper the sorrow the les: tengue hath It—Talmud. National Religious het gt ANH te y 1 dE Oe Fee A 5 “3 ae Pa « Or ee 7 P See ch et % yee Te eae % wee : meet AOE, a re ou Et es ee eae te Serene (aT Ta a 7 . a Eg eT 3a PDA een Ne Poe ee Oe oF ePTFE S Pied. See UR EE PAE OE snd ata i gv 7% ; ee ane ta: oo. <u 4 eae : fe 5 j . * Se ada . ont EA : ij ae e ee i sn iL geome cae. - ri e Be toed ai ea o% be woe TF Ke ny te ees eee |} Ce Reg.” * SEE 2, Leena Ee eS Oe Le Se a Paice: Soe oa wee i Ri ede oe Re ce “i bE as Ee ah PERESE BEY ggg Ne Jy ig captapig as eae : oe ag Fee ee agg atid eae s oF. ne BE o ros SEE oe ye ee We tte Re ht —_ ae cet. cet Sg ae Sle II POET ve. 3, eager |” Aen neal pra ar a er: roses pele 5 at Se RR re Se er es Inc une so OME See ee cee a £ mee. oie A eee nee pd Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. . The following Departments are in successful operation. 1.*Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. at 2. Department of Theology. : 3. Commercial Department. - 4. Literary Department. 7 5. Department of Music. H ouse & Herrmann ° | 7th and Eye Sts., N. W. er 5 WHEN IN DOUBT ALOUT YOUR 7 Beautiful Lounges i 3 ° * | Morris Chairs Writing Desks i Household I : urniture Ifusic Bozes Beds: ef allfkinds and description, Houseand Herrmanin is the place | ine Bedsteads and Mattresses to visit. There is no other house of its kind in the city If you want a firsteclass Bed-room where the people can be satisfied. This is © is suite, call after you have house that will satisfy you. been elsewhere e ! A New Directory | THE DOUGLASS DIRECTORY CO. | A directory of all the Negro business places in the city, alphabeti- cally arranged. ° eth | If you are not registered with this Company send us a card, and our representative will call. : . | To do business you must be known to the business world. | * THE DOUGLASS l‘IRECTORY CO., | , “609 F Street N. W. . SS a a ] sp EUGENEBR.' JAMES a = Ji ARTHUR?JAMES Eee ey E.. R. James & Bro. « =~ ~— Wate or McKenzie. Scom UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS =~ | 1824-6 LSt.N. W. . ‘ DWASHINGTON, D.C. 2 cen — SHOW ROOM — PHONE: MAIN 428 VISIBLE =WELLINGTON : WELLINGTON VISIBLE ‘TYPEWRITER Orly $60.00. - a . - = You Save: $40.00, SOLD ON EASY TERMS. Only Typewriter Sold Which is Guaranteed for Two Years. ° Two Dollars per Month Will Rent the Wellington. / , Rental Applies on Purchase. * , Manufactured by the - , eo “4 : WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 509 Eleventh St. N. W. . = = Washington, D. C. SE OO TYREE’S < Compound Syrup of Hyphosphites We claim for this prepar ation the the reliability in- sured by the use of pure chemicals, skilfilly eom- bined. A valuable »emedyin generai Dedility, and sortsfies the, system against the rapid waste of Pulmo- juary and Scrofclous diseases, It is one of the Best Tonics for persons in advanced years, PRICE 50c._ . 15th and H Sts., N. E, OPEN ALL NIGHT where you change the cars for Chesapeake Junction, Phone M. 6306, James Ennght, Brookland Rye, fine wines, liquors, aud domestic cigars. 306 Four-and-a- Half Street S. W., Washington, D. C. tone THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAINING SCHOOL. . DURHAM, N. C., Chas. H. Jarvins §&§ Sons FISH Pountry AND Oyster DEALERS. 930 C Street Northwest, and Center Market. Phone, Main 4480. Washington, D. C. —<—<——————— Dr. W. 8, Richard TW oy HICHATOSON DRUGGIST 316 41-2 St.” Southwest 14th and R Sts. N. W. Two of the best known drug stores in the city. Drugs and toilet ar- | cles of all kinds AH. Underdown Employment Em- porium. Reliable help furnished. Em- ployment secured. 1742 14th Street, N. W. Phone North 863. _ Dec. 1-tf Training School 6. Department of Literary Training ‘ 7- Department of Industries. ~ . 8. Extension Home Classes. E Z There: are special scholarships for deserving young men and women, in the Departments of Theology and Religious Training. The aext Summer School and Chautauqua will open July 7. tore. For further information and catalogue, address PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD, Durham, N.C. 2 fi. MURRAY he : Up-to-date : Cafe. FIRST-CLASS PLACE FOR MEALS Ice Cream, cut, $1.20 per gal. Plain Ice Cream - 90c per gal Public ard private receptions served in our large dining room. E. Murray 1216 You St. N.W. THE ENTERPRISE CLEAN- _ING AND PRESSING. CO. ‘The Proper Cleansing and Pressing of Gent's Clothinr Our_Ex- clusive Work. 75¢ per Suit. Coat, 4oc. Pants, 20c. Vest, 15¢. Suits Pressed, 35¢. Four for $1.00. - 1537 Fourteenth St. N. W. ROBERT DOUGLASS, Manager. Horth Mountain Sana 1 FOR torium COLORED CONSUMPTIVES SITUATED AT NORTH MOUNTAIN JBERKELY CO., W. VA. Elevation 1200 Feet PR. Franklin Scott, SamuelGray. - Supterimtendent Medical Director For farther infermation apply to Dr. Sam't Gray aMartinburg,2 W.Va. Open all the Year ——————————— Far Sale ‘ROSERARY’ Vreparation to straighten hair, guar- anteed to be harmless. Will not in- jure head or scalp. Continued appli- cation will take kinl: out. Curly hair will be made straight. Price, ‘one dollar. ‘ Address the E.Ed.F.SalesCo. THE BEE Office, Wash., D. C. NO . Northwest Cafe. Regular Board—$11 per month. Half month—$6.00. Regular bre "fast—zo cents. . Regular dinver—25 cents. Big special Sunday dinner—35 cents. The above are the popular prices at the Northwest Cafe, rth and You Streets Northwest, on.the Boulevard i Or Wee: - ee eee Mr. A. H. Cooper, whose advertise- ment appears in another column of The Bee. If you want first-class work done. don’t fail ta go to: Coop- er’s, Read his announcement. Douglass Directory. There is a new directory that is to be published by Miss Jeannett Carter. Attorney L. M. King is president of the company, Dr. Julia H. P. Cole- man is secretary. and Miss Jeannette Carter is treasurer. This is what the colored people have been needing for a number of years. This directory will contain the names and residence of the colored people in this city and their business. | ese -FOSTER'S DYE AND CLEANING WORKS. (You Street, .etween mth and 12th Streets, Northwest.) Business and Display Office, tith ead You Streets, Northwest CALL AND INSPECT OUR WORK. Ladies’ suits a speciatty. Gentlemen’s suits cleaned, pressed and sponged.. Gloves cleaned. All goods look like new when they leave our works FOSTER'S DYE WORKS. GorTo HOLMES! HOTEL 333 Virginia Ave., S.W . Best Afro-American Accommedation 42 : the {District BUROPEANIAND AMERICAN "PLAN Good. Rooms'and Lodging yo, 75¢ and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us @ call. James Ottoway [Holmes, ePropreter [Washingwoo, D. C. Phone|Main 2315 HIRSH’S SHOE STORES Washington’s Best and Most Up- to-Date Shoe House. ‘Phone Main 4471. oem ‘ ‘ 1026-1028 Seventh St.°N. W. Washington, D. C. SMITH’S PARK PHARMACY 4th and Elm Streets N. W. .. LEDROIT PARK. Fhe Only Up-to-Date Druggist . South of Howard University. Tf you want fresh drugs and carefully compounded _prescrip- tions, the Park Pharmacy is the place to go. Toilet articles of every descrip- tion. Assorted candies of the finest and best makes. Holiday souvenir cards and ci- gars, The latest and most up-to-date Soda Fountain, and‘ all kinds of fruit syrups. . Wm, L. SMITH, . 4th and Elm Streets N. W. - LeDroit Park. d-16-3m Phone Col. 2578. Wm. C. MeCURDY DEALER IN . . . Wholesale (Baked Goods) . Retail. Special Xmas- Price Pound and Fruit Cake. r5¢. Best to be had- Stand 662-3. _ Center Market James H Winslow UNDERTAKER AND EMBLAMER ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REAS TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. James H. Dab RMS MOST REASONABLE R STREETS, N. W. I. Dabney ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. James H. Dabney FUNERAL DIRECTOR. HIRING, LIVERY, AND SALE STABLE. Carriages Hired for Funerals, Parties, Balls, Recep Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction Business at 1132 Third Street Northwest Phone for Office, Main 1727. Phone call for Stable, OUR STABLES IN FREEMAN'S AL J. H. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 Third St. N. Phone, Main 3200. Geo. W. Murri South Washington Dru 2d & D Sts. Southwe AND SALE STABLE. Parties, Balls, Receptions, Etc. Class style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Third Street Northwest: Phone call for Stable, North 3274M. FREEMAN'S ALLEY. 1132 Third St. N. W. Carriages For Hire. Murray Bington Druggist Southwest Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Business at 1132 Third Street Northwest: J. H. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 Third St. N. W. Phone, Main 3200. Carriages For Hire Geo. W. Murray South Washington Druggist 2d & D Sts. Southwest PEOPLE'S DRUGGIST Prescriptions carefully compounded. CHRISTM CHRISTMAS Articles Prescriptions carefully compounded. CHRISTMAS Articles We want our readers to patronize us; it helps all around. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. advertises in this paper, and when you want a first-class dressing for kinky, harsh and unruly hair, go to your druggist's and get a bottle of Ford's Hair Pomade, 25c or 50c a bottle. If you want first-class printing done in the most artistic manner, send it to W. Calvin Chase, Jr., for estimates. Office, 1109 Eye Street, Northwest, residence 1212 Florida Avenue, Northwest. Phone N. 2642 Y. M. 4078. Every job will entitle you to a free notice in The Bee. BEAUTIFUL FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS? Conceded By All to Be The Most Attractive Suburb of Washington. Sixty-First and C Streets Northeast, on Columbia Electric Railroad. Two beautiful churches, a large new public school and a splendid public hall, attest the push and enterprise of its Citizens A FEW CHOICE LOTS LEFT. Prices have doubled in the last three years. They will double again. For an investment or a home, a look at Fairmount will convince you. Drop me a card, or call, and see me, and I will take you out to this attractive suburb free of charge. Do not miss this opportunity to get a home. Easy payments. No interest. No taxes. Loans secured for those desiring to build. 494 La. Ave. N. W., or with W. Sidney Pittman, the Architect, the office of The Bee. A unique feature of the new St. John's Congregational Church of Springfield, Mass., and which is colored, is the club rooms for girls and women. The church cost $25,000 and is four-fifths paid for. It contains a handsome memorial window to John Brown, who, when he lived in Springfield, attended Standford Congregational Church, from which St. John, sprung. Only 35 lynchings known to be such beyond doubt, according to the reports, occurred in the United States in 1011. In previous years the num- After an experience of forty years as coroner for the city of Richmond, Dr. W. H. Taylor has for the eleventh time been elected for a term of four years. McCall's Magazine and McCall Patterns COSTELLO'S. Sixth and G Streets N. W.. Washington, D. C. TheOlympiaDancing Glass McCall's and McCall's For W Have More Friendly magazine or pattern reliable Fashion one million one homes. Besides sh designs of McCall is brimful of spares and helpful inform Save Money and Keep for McCall's Magazine rent a year, including McCall Park Have More Friends than any other magazine or patterns. McCall's is the reliable Fashion Guide monthly in one million one hundred thousand homes. Besides showing all the latest designs of McCall Patterns, each issue is brimful of sparkling short stories and helpful information for women. Save Money and Keep in Style by subscribing for McCall's Magazine at once. Costs only so cents a year, including any one of the celebrated McCall Patterns free. McCall Patterns Lead all others in style, fit, simplicity, economy and number sold. More dealers sell McCall Patterns than any other two makes combined. None higher than 15 cents, Buy from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St., New York City Northeast Sample Copy, Premium Catalogue and Pattern Catalogue Print. E. --- HOLTMAN'S 491 Penn. ave., N. W. OUR SKIP AND 12 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT. WM. MORELAND, PROF. NEW THE SEWING MACHINE OF QUALITY. NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME. HOME If you purchase the NEW HOME you will have a life asset at the price you pay, and will not have an endless chain of repairs. Quality Considered it is the Cheapest in the end to buy. If you want a sewing machine, write for our latest catalogue before you purchase. The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest patent issued. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Tampa, $2 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newdealers. MUNN & Co. 381 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 655 F St. Washington, D.C. COSTELLO'S. Every Thursday Evening AUDITORIUM HALL 8th St. bet. E. and G. S. E. Music for all occasions, address eo. S. King, 416 3d Street, S. E. Ox Marrow. Printing. Have You Seen For Women 北川羌族自治县 Telephone Main 810 CHOICE Wines, Liquors ..and Cigars.. PROPRIETOR OF The Moose House 625 D Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Special Liquor Sale Every Saturday. LADIES' NURSE MADAME K. L. COLEMAN Ladies' Nurse 3335 Sherman Avenue N. W. Phone Columbia 466. J. D. O'CONNOR WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS 1500 Seventh Street N. W. PHONE NORTH 753 XANDER & PLUGGE. Importers, Rectifiers, and Dealers in Wines, Liquors, High-grade Sherries, Rhine & Clarets 1317 Seventh Street N. W. Washington, D. C. TELEPHONE NORTH 528 WILLIAM CANNON Purrissima Whiskey a Specialty 1225-27 Seventh St. N. W. Washington, D. C. ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 4th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 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 first. You! K. FULTON BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, GUNS, MECHANICAL TOOLS LADIES' AND GENTS' WEARING APPARAL. OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. ```markdown ``` FORD'S HAIR POMADE MAKES, MARSH, KINKY OR CURLY HAIR GLOSSY, SOFTER AND MORE PILLABLE, EASY TO COMB AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT UNEXCEILLED FOR PREVENTING HAIR FROM FALLING OUT, BANDRUFF AND ITching OF SCALP BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENUINE, PUT UP IN 25* AND 50* BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE TRY FORD'S ROYAL WHITE SKIN LOTION FOR THE COMPLEXION. MAKES THE SKIN WHITER IMMEDIATELY UPON APPLICATION. WILL NOT IRRITATE THE MOST DELICATE SKIN. UNEXCEELLED FOR ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM, PIMPLES, ROUGH SKIN AND FRECKLES. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PICKES, SMALL SIZED BOTTLE, 25% LARGE SIZED BOTTLE, 50% THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 232 LAKE ST. DEPT. 284 AGENTS WANTED. J. M. ARENDES & BRO. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF PORK PRODUCTS AND FRESH TRIPE MY SPECIALTY. 286-87-88 Center Market. 3 Eastern Market. Rooms Rooms for rent at the Cameron Apt. 41, 1902 Vermont Avenue N. W. Gas, steam heat, sanitary bath, telephone and cafe at your service. HAIR VIM TRADE MARK HAIR-VIM is an ideal and elegant hair dressing. Especially prepared for persons who appreciate the ideal and elegant appearance of their hair. It makes the hair soft, silky and glossy, and greatly promotes its luxurious growth. It curea dandruff stops falling hair, and prevents the dandruff germ. 25cts the box; the bottle, by mail, 30 cents. HAIR-VIM SOAP is cleansing in its effect and beautifying in its results. Especially adapted for shampooing the hair, and fills every requirement for use in the toilet, bath and nursery. 25cts the cake. BEAU-TE-VIM CREAM—Is a restorer, preserver, beautifier and bleach for the skin. Lubricating the surface, giving it life and adding brilliancy to the complexion. 25cts the box. "BABEK" CURES MALARIA READ WHAT PROMINENT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY; Kloczewski & Co. Gentlemen: I wish to state that two bottles of "Elixir Babek" I purchased of you at the recommendation of a friend has proven of incalculable benefit to my daughter's health. I deem it the best, indeed, the only, remedy I have yet come across for Malaria, and offer this testimonial voluntarily. Yours truly, F. SHARP I have tried "Babek" for the last four years, both as a preventive and cure for Malaria, and found it to be more than is claimed for it. Without it I would be obliged to change my residence, as I cannot take quinine in any of its forms. J. MIDDLETON, Four Mile Run, V.4 1000 Maryland Avenue, S. W. Washington, D. C., April 9, 1900. Kloczewski & Co. Sirs: Within the last five months I have sold 3,600 bottles of "Elixir Babek," for Malaria. Chills and Fever. Our customers speak very well of it. Yours truly, HENRY EVANS, 922 F. St., N. W. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Gaskin's Restuar ALL DRUGGISTS. Gaskin's Restuarant A. J. GASKINS, PROP. Famous for a dozen years for its Cuisine Service and ments. A quiet, attractive place to Lunch o After-the-theater parties a Specialty. Private dining rooms for parties of three or n No. 320 Eighth St. N. W. Phone M. 1033. JACOB J. DIEMER LADIES' DINING ROOMS. Buffet and Restaurant. Cuisine Service and Liquid Refresh- e place to Lunch or Dine. Specialty. Series of three or more. Washington, D. C. M. 1033. DIEMER PHONE MAIN 2041 Restaurant. Famous for a dozen years for its Cuisine Service and Liquid Refreshments. A quiet, attractive place to Lunch or Dine. After-the-theater parties a Specialty. Private dining rooms for parties of three or more. JACOB J. DIEMER Summer Garden. Favorite Brands of Whiskeys. Perfect 480 La. Ave., N. W., Washington, D. New York Candy B CHRISTMAS CANDIES at the NEW YORK CANDY KITCHEN 1506 Seventh Street Northwest Garden. Perfect Brew on Draught. ,, Washington, D. C. Candy Kitchen CANDIES of the CANDY KITCHEN Street Northwest pound, 3 pounds for 25 cents. pound, 2 pounds, 25c. .00. $1.00. cents per pound, 2 pounds, 25 cents. purchase your Nuts and Candies. Ice Favorite Brands of Whiskey. Perfect Brew on Draught. 480 La. Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. Special Candies, 8 cents per pound, 3 pounds for 2 Special Candies, 15c per pound, 2 pounds, 25 Five pounds Candy, $1.00. Special Candies, 8 cents per pound, 3 pounds for 25 cents. Mixed Nuts, 15 cents per pound, The best place in the city to purchase your Nuts Cream Soda of all flavors. Mixed Nuts, 15 cents per pound, 2 pounds, 25 cents. The best place in the city to purchase your Nuts and Candies. Ice Cream Soda of all flavors. 1506 Seventh Street Northwest nos, the Haytian minister here. A reception was given at the legation, and the raising of the flag of the black republic on the legation building were among the features. President Taft has appointed Harry Miller, of Portsmouth, Ohio, solicitor of the Navy, to fill a vacancy that has existed there some time. President Daniel Howard has been inaugurated as chief executive of the Republic of Liberia, succeeding President Barclay, who for eight years had occupied the office. The new president took the oath on New Year's day. A warning has been given out, according to reports from Muskogee, Okla., to have Negroes keep off the streets of Mulrow and Saltisaw, since the lynching of William Turner, a Negro there. This is a nice beginning for 1912. Mrs. Nanette Allison, who, as Nanette Martion, was widely known --- I have tried "Babek" for the last four years, both as a preventive and cure for Malaria, and found it to be more than is claimed for it. Without it I would be obliged to change my residence, as I cannot take quinine in any of its forms. --- Fresh Candies Daily Six pounds Candy, $1.00. ber has been much larger, 47 having been recorded in 1910 and 57 in 1909. Captain Charles Young, of the 9th Cavalry, stationed at Fort Russell, has been assigned to special service in Liberia. Capt. Young is a graduate of West Point, and the only colored line officer in the U. S. Army. A decline in the death rate in seven of the eight cities of the United States having a population above 500,000, and a generally, low death rate throughout the United States are shown in the preliminary mortality figures for 1911 given out by the Census bureau. An old chair which brought $7 at an auction sale at Forsburg, South Africa, has been pronounced by an expert to be a long-sought piece missing from a suite of Louis XIV furniture, and to be worth $15,000. The 108th anniversary of Haiti's independence day was celebrated January 2, in this city by M. Solon Me- Astoria Pharmacy The Astoria Pharmacy, Third and G Streets N. W., is doing a rushing business now. Dr. Armstrong, the proprietor, makes a specialty in trying to please his many colored patrons. They are swarming in his store, in order to be in time for Christmas gifts. Dr. Armstrong comes from an old Virginia family with a heart bigger than that of any beef you may kill. This is one of the few drug stores in which our people are treated right. Where to Buy The Bee. Smith's, 4th and Elm St. N. W. Pope's Pharmacy, 1319 H St. N. E. Jackson & Whipp's, 1513 7th St. N. W. Board & McGuire's, 9th and You Sts. N. W. Board & McGuire, 1912% 14th St. N. W. Simmons', 20th and K Sts. N. W. Throckmorton, 1500 11th St. N. W. Morse's, 1904 L St. N. W. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton Ave. Leonard Blagburn, 201 Morris Rd. Anacostia, D. C. For Rent. For rent, nice large, sunny rooms, furnished or unfurnished. Modern conveniences. Apply 1438 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W. For Rent. Seven room brick, 1957 Fourth St. Northwest, LeDroit Park, Rent, $20.50 per month. By Thos, Walker, 506 5th St. N. W. no-25-31 FOR RENT. A three-room flat, suitable for two ladies or gents' bachelor quarters. Fine light airy rooms. Heat and light furnished. Apply 1224 You Street. N. W. Roome For Rent One large front room (unfurnished) with heat, light and other privileges, and one hall room for rent; excellent location; reasonable price. 1520 Corcoran Street N. W. An Opportunity. I can start any honest or energetic boy or girl in a pleasant and profitable business if they are willing to do a little work after school hours. For information write Mr. A. R. Stewart, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Free Information. An up-to-date financial plan to liquidate church debts with ease and certainty. Free information to all ministers and church workers. 1223 S street, Washington, D. C. no-1-3-m Martin's Cafe, 11th and You Streets Northwest, is setting meals at reduced prices. First-class in every particular. BEST IN THE CITY. Why do you go elsewhere and buy your ice cream when you can get better at Murrays. Murrays cream is pure and is delivered to any section of the city. This is an old established firm First class meals at all hours in the day may be had at Murrays-1216 U street, northwest. Ice cream cut, $1.20 per gallon. Plain ice cream at 90 cents per gallon. His large and commodious dining room will accommodate any number of people. House & Herrman. The next oldest house in the city is House & Herrman. If you can't be satisfied elsewhere, call at this house. Healy's. Healy's Capsules for colds and grip. Third and Massachusetts Avenue N. W. Sure cure. 25 cents. as a Missouri educator through three decades, and who attracted national attention as the only Democratic woman newspaper editor in Kansas, died last week at the age of sixty-seven. Gifts to foreign missions in 1911 by Protestant Christian throughout the world, shows a decrease over the preceding year of $175,000 North America shows a total appropriation of $12,300,000, and Great Britain about $9,000,000. Mr. Joseph H. Jones has the finest cigar and news stand in the city. The Bee is on sale there. --- HOUSE AND HERRMAN. This is a firm, the second oldest in the city. If you can't be pleased elsewhere, call at House and Herrman. Mention The Bee. GROGAN. One of the best firms in this city to deal with is Grogan Sons, whose advertisement appears in The Bee. This is one of the most substantial firms in this city. If you want to get your money's worth, you should not hesitate in calling and select what you want in the nature of household goods. Always mention The Bee and you will confer a favor upon us. The Cheapest Drug Store in Town 4th and Massachusetts Ave. N. W. SLATTERY'S PHARMACY FOR RENT-A front room with board, on You Street, near 14th. For further information phone N 3476, between 10 and 4 o'clock, or after 7 P. M. Three-Room Flat. for desirable tenants, a three-room flat, in a desirable neighborhood; heat; in first-class condition. Apply 516 Tennessee Avenue Northeast. Read Them. The attention of the readers of The Bee is invited to a series of articles written especially for this newspaper and contributed by James C. Waters, Jr., Esq., of the local bar. The first of the series entitled "The Tipping System," appears elsewhere in this issue. The subjects of Mr. Waters' articles cover a wide range, and will include "The Church, Somnolent," "Mr. Hannu Taylor's Masterpiece," "Tomato Cat-up," "The New Race Leadership," etc., etc. Nex week the contributor will discuss the so-called woman question under the caption, "The Woman Pays." AT JUST'S OLD STAND. 619 D Street N. W. Workingmen, the presence of popular and particular men, in this store, shows where and when to save "sand;" buy slightly used suits and overcoats, $3 to $10, from one price, Justh's Old Stand, 619 D Street Northwest. Causing loss of appetite, headache and bilious attacks prevented by Elixir Babek, a splendid remedy for such ailments. "Myself and whole household had suffered very much for some time with Malarial Fever. 'Elixir Babek' has cured us perfectly, so that we enjoy at present the best of health."—Jacob Elberly, Fairfax Court House, Va. Elixir Babek, 50 cents, all druggists or Lloczewski & Co., Washington, D. C. WONDERFUL RESULTS ON SHORT NOTICE I have used your Pomade. Its the best thing I ever used for making curly hair lie smooth. I have not finished my first bottle, but can see wonderful results, writes Mrs. Louise E. Hayes of Pineville, S.C. Try Ford's Hair Pomade for harsh stubborn and unruly hair and Ford's Royal White Skin Lotion for the complexion. Ask your druggist for them. Be sure and get the genuine (Ford's) manufactured by the. Ozonized Ox Marrow Company, Chicago, Ill. For sale by Nichols' Pharmacy, Corner 19th Street and Penn. Ave.; S. A. Richardson & Co., 7th and Q Sts, N. W.; Morse's Pharmacy, 19th and L Sts. N. W.; W. S. Richardson, 316 Four-and-a-Half St. S. W.; Daniel H. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton Ave., N. W.; J. F. Simpson, corner 7th St. Rhode Island Ave. and R St. N. W.; Singleton's Pharmacy, 20th and E Sts. N. W; Market Pharmacy, corner 20th and K Sts. N. W; John R. Major, 716 7th St. N. W; Ideal Pharmacy, 11th St. and N. Y. Ave. N. W; R. A. Veitch, corner 20th and M Sts. N. W; E. E. Cissell, 10th st.; and N. Y. Aye. W. P. Herbst, Penn. Ave. and 25th St. N. W; Hutton & Hilton, 22d and L Sts. N. W; R. W, Duffey, Penn. Ave and 22d St. N. W; Whiteside Pharmacy, 1921 Pa. Ave. Board & McGuire, corner 9th and U Sts.; F. M. Ciswell, 1901 7th St. N. W; Quigley's Pharmacy, corner 21st and G Sts. N. W; Daw Drug Store, corner 23d and H Sts. N. W; Howard Pharmacy, 10th and R' Sts. N. W, People's Pharmacy, 7th and Mass Ave. N. W. Read The Bee. Announcement The Chrysalis Club will have charge of the January Social of the Entertainment Committee of the C.Y.W.C.A., at the home of the Association, 429 Tea Street, Thurs day evening January 25,8 o'clock All are invited, admission is free. ATHLETICS IN THE SCHOOLS. A form of athletics is being introduced in the colored schools of Washington that will be of more benefit to the mass of boys than any form previously used. The Executive Board of the Public Schools Athletic League voted at its meeting of this month to develop class athletics and athletic badge competition. These two forms of inert-school competition have been very popular and very beneficial in nearly all of the large cities where public schools athletic leagues exist. The Health, Education, Recreation Department of the Russell Sage Foundation of New York City, is rendering much service to communities in the endeavor to encourage these forms of competition, and they have given much aid to the league of this city in its plans for class and athletic badge athletics. Bulletins prepared by the Russell Sage Foundation have been distributed throughout the schools of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th divisions, and additional information will be sent from time to time. The athletic badge test is planned to reach every boy and give him a definite physical standard towards which to work. He may win without defeating other boys. It is necessary only for him to bring himself to a prescribed standard of physical efficiency. Many boys who greatly need physical development take no part to succeed in competition with those of exceptional ability. In the badge test he is against standards instead of against individuals. These standards are within the reach of the average boys. The exceptional boys are few: the average boys are many. average boys are many. The athletic badge contest is a form of athletics that gives the average boy a chance. In the class athletics a record is made by the whole class instead of by individuals. At least 50 per cent of the boys enrolled must take part in order to have the record stand. It thus reaches all of the boys rather than a select few. The three events used are jumping, chinning and running. These events constitute an all round test of the boys' athletic ability. The preliminary practices and the spirit of "team work" that develops are among the chief advantages of class athletics. To stimulate interest and class spirit in this form of athletics there will be provided for each event a trophy in form of a banner or plaque, which shall be awarded to the class making the best record. It may be hung up in the class room until the time of the next competition. Of course, the competition shall be among the classes of the same grade. The size of the classes, however, makes no difference in this kind of athletics, as the record is based on the average ability of the whole class, the small class having an equally good chance with the larger classes. Whole schools may compete with each in this way. The standards which have been adopted by the Playground and Recreation of America, and which have been used by the New York public schools for several years, are for elementary schools in the athletic badge test Class A Badge. Pull up (chinning on bar) 4 time. Standing broad jump, 5 ft. 9 in. 60-Yard dash, 8 35 seconds. Class B Badge Pull up (chinning) 6 times. Standing broad jump 6 ft. 6 in. 60-Yard dash, indoor, 8 seconds. Or 100-Yard dash, outdoor, 14 seconds. It is necessary to qualify in all these events to win a badge. BASKET BALL: Team Standing—I. S. A. A. City Championship. Won. Lost. Pc. Howard Academy.....2 0 1,000 M Street H. S.....1 0 1,000 Commercial H. S.....1 2 .333 Armstrong T. H. S.....0 .000 Team. Won. Lost. Pc. Stevens .2 0 1.000 Banneker .1 0 1.000 Mott .1 2 .333 Birney .0 2 000 Team. Won. Lost. Pc. Stevens .....2 0 1.000 Garrison .....1 0 1.000 Jones .....1 1 500 Randall .....0 3 000 Howard Academy team defeated Commercial High quint in a fast rough game Saturday night at Convention Hall by the score of 18 to 11 Valentine and Lafayette, of Howard, Valentine and Lafayette, of Howard, The Commercial quint seemed out of condition, and the fast rough work of the evening did not help much. Dandridge displayed form and condition. A much weakened quint representing the Boys' Bible Class of the Y. M. C. A. played the Mott School heavyweight team and lost by the score of 14 to 8 Horad. Hyman, Kenner and Hopkins were the best on the line-up. In an exhibition game, Stevens' light weight team defeated an all-star quint by the score of 10 to 2. Summaries. (Lightweight) Pos. (Juniors.) R. F. E. Carrol.....W. Taylor L. F: Referee, Mr Washington: Umpire Mr J. W. Wilkinson: Timer, Mr Mabey: Scorer, Mr B Brown ATLANTIC COUNTY REPUBLI- CAN LEAGUE GIVES BIG POLITICAL DINNER. City and State Officials and Distinguished Men Banqueted—Praise Mayor Bachrach for Cabinet Selection. (Special to The Washington Bee) Atlantic City, N. J. Political witticisms characterized the banquet given by the Atlantic County Republican League at Fitzgerald's Auditorium on Wednesday evening, the 10th, in honor of the local public officials and distinguished members of the race in official life in Washington, Baltimore and New York. Although some of the remarks by many of the speakers reflected cautiously upon the recent campaign of muck-raking in this city, and an advantage was taken of the occasion for the colored voters to sound the warning to the Republican organization that colored men would expect to receive just and appropriate recognition and reward for the Services they are rendering the party. On the whole the "roasting" was given in a good spirit, and sparkling good humor prevailed. The banquet has been voted by all present, and especially by the distinguished white and colored guests present as the most elaborate political banquet ever given in this city. On every hand praise was extended to the banquet committee who had complete charge of the affair, and to Messrs Fitzgerald and Pratt, who catered for the most sumptuous affair ever given in Fitzgerald's Atlantic City's lobster palace. It is estimated that five cases of imported wines were served at the tables, not to mention the amount consumed in the grotto and grill room. The table was formed in an immense "T" and one of the striking features of the evening was "phoney" telegrams from President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt, both asking for the colored vote of New Jersey, and Taft calling attention to the fact that the "T" form of the table was for Taft, and Roosevelt to the fact that "Teddy" alone made the "T" famous. A delegation of the "colored women's" (?) suffrage league came upon the banqueters over the objections of the doorkeepers and threatened in the spirit of the late Carrie, of "Nation" fame to break up the whole affair unless they were allowed representation at the banquet board. Members fearing for the safety of their costly wines, voted the delegation seats at the banquet table. Later the suffragettes turned out to be the famous Elk's Quartette, who with the famous Thomas orchestra furnished the entertainment of the evening. The Mayor Praised for Appointing Attorney Nutter on His Board of Advisers. Most all of the speakers complimented Mayor Bachrach for his fairness in appointing Attorney Isaac H. Nutter, of the local bar, as a member of his cabinet, or advisory board. He was praised for recognizing the right of the Negro race to have representation in the city government, and expressed confidence in the ability of Mr. Nutter to represent them fairly and efficiently. The event of the evening was an address replete with good sound common sense and political logic by Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds, of Washington, D.C. and one of the most brilliant representatives of the Negro race in public life. The fact that Mr. Johnson took an active part, with Editor Chase, of Washington, and Councilman Harry Cummings, of Baltimore, in the past campaign, when Mr. Bachrach was elected Mayor, made the Recorder a great favorite among the Atlantic Cityites. The Mayor and State Senator Edge were among the first to warmly congratulate Mr. Johnson on his great speech. Two hundred well known people of whom some fifty or more were the white officials of the city and county, attended the banquet to the United States colored officials. The guest of honor, and among those who spoke at the banquet were: James A. Lightfoot, who has but recently been appointed chairman of the coming national campaign committee among the colored voters of this Congressional district, who was the toastmaster: Councilman Harry Cummings, of Baltimore, Md.; Hon. H. Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds, of Washington, D. C.; W. T. Francis, member of the State Republican Committee of St. Paul, Minn.; W. L. Houston, a prominent lawyer of Washington, D. C.; J. S. Noel, a national Republican delegate of West Virginia, and who made a very able speech upon the Republican party of West Virginia; W. R. Morris, prominent lawyer of Minneapolis, Minn.; Col. E. S. Morris, of Odd Fellows' fame, of Chicago, Ill.; Hon. Ralph Tylier, Auditor of the Navy Department, of Washington, D. C. Hon. Henry P. Slaughter, editor of the Odd Fellows' Journal, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Anderson, of the city, and who spoke on the effect of the Mayor appointing a colored citizen in his cabinet; President of the League, Mr. W Shirley Stafford, Mayor Harry Bachrach, Senator Walter E. Edge, Joseph Salus, chairman of the past campaign committee, Warren Somers, Secretary to the Mayor Harry Jones, and Attorney Isaac H. Nutter, recently appointed member of the Mayor's cabinet, who made a very able speech in which he outlined what his people expected and would demand from the party they have been supporting for years. Among other things Mr. Nutter served notice that in the next campaign the colored people expected to have one or more candidates upon the Republican ticket and that the colored voters would only support that class of men who were willing that the voters of his race should have due recognition Among other invited guests and those who spoke were: Dr P L. Hawkins, who made the address of welcome on the part of the league: W. H. Lewis, Asst. U. S. Atty General, of Washington: W. T Davis prominent Odd Fellow, of Atlanta, Ga.; and Chief M. B. Woodruff, chief of the Police Department of Atlantic City. The festivities began at 9:30 o'clock. The hall was hand-omely decorated with cut flowers, ferns, palms and flags. Two electric shields of the United States emblazoned each side of the stage and over the head of the table an electric monogram of the league was suspended. The Elks quartette and Thomas' orchestra furnished the music of the evening. The excellent menu of twelve courses was as follows: Canape Cavier a la Bacharach Martini. Mixed Pickles, Salted Almonds, Bullion Natural, a la Kuchule, Sherry, Baked Cod Steak Creamed Potatoes, Lobster a la Neunberg a la Senator Edge Roast Young Virginia Turkey Stuffed Cranberry Sauce. Champagne Mashed White Potatoes. Early Green Peas Roman Punch a la Chairman Shaner. Auditorium Salad a la Lincoln Johnson Roquefort Cheese Toasted Bent's Crackers Neapolitan Ice Cream Whiskies Assorted Cakes Cigars Cafe Noir Cigarettes. The committee in charge included W Shirley Stafford, president, and Nathaniel Hargrave, secretary. The banquet committee included Aulrick Wkinson, chairman; William H. Coleman; Thomas Jackson, William Cheatham, C C Lewis, John West ton, James A Lightfoot and Isaac H. Nutter THERE'S A WAY" C. C. C.? VISITORS COME TO THE CAPITAL. Washington, always the "Mecca" of the influential men of the nation, has been blessed within the past few days with visits from an unusually large number of the forces that make things move throughout the race. Among those who have been in our mid-t are: Mr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washington and former commissioner to Liberia Bishop. Alexander Walters and Dr. J. S. Jackson, en route to the Bishop's Council of the A. M. E. Zion Church, which is meeting this week at Fayetteville, N. C. the home of the venerable Bishop Hood Mr. A. E. Manning, the effervescent editor of the Indianapolis World, who has been the busiest man in Washington, supervising the arrangements for holding the quadrennial meeting of the Democratic National Committee at the Shoreham. Mr Manning is the official doorkeeper and courier to the committee, and handled the $100,000 certified check which won the near convention for altimore. Dr. Owen Meredith Waller, former rector of St Luke's Protestant Epi-copal Church, now a prospering practicing physician of Brooklyn, in connection with his ministerial work, worshipped with his former parishioners at St Luke's last Sunday morning. What Commissioner Davenport Found After Investigation—Consternation in the Pension Office. For a number of years Mr. Joseph II: Jackson, an old resident of this city and an employee of the Pension office for forty years or more, and Fielding Dodson, another trusted messenger in the office of the Pension Commissioner; Davenport takes the responsibility of the charges. Commissioner Davenport knows no man by the color of skin, and no matter what position his employee holds he treats them alike. For the past three weeks there has been a quiet movement going on in the Pension Office, which threw that great institution in consternation. Almost every employee was involved, until it reach- ANNOUNCEMENT THE BOOKS OF THE PALATIAL IRON STEAMER ANGLER, ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTE AT THE OFFICE WATER AND N STREETS SOUTH TO WASHINGTON PARK AND LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR SEASON, 1912. SPECIAL RATES FOR EARLY Y THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE-IT IS 9 IN STEEL MEASuring 400 LADIES LOOK! Every lady hails if she we Magic dries the hair. 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When this trusted messenger entered he was trembling, and although his color is Ebony, it turned almost white when he confronted the Commissioner. In one corner of the Commissioner's office were packed the articles that had been gathered by the clerks, which could not be denied that Mr. Jackson must soon know about. "Mr. Jackson," remarked the Commissioner, "I have a charge against you, and I don't want you to deny, because you confessed to me yourself." Mr. Jackson: "W-h-a-t is it. Mr. Commissioner," said Mr. Jackson, in a voice inaudible. "I know that I am not guilty of any offense." Mr. Davenport: "You are guilty of having been an employee of this office for forty years, and you can't deny it, and in consideration of such faithful and continuous service to the government as a messenger, I have been requested by every employee in this office to present to you, two Morris chairs, a gold watch and several other articles. I would have been inclined to believe that you are guilty of another offense, but, I am convinced that you are not, and therefore put that charge against Fielding Dodson." The demonstration and enthusiasm after this presentation address Mr. Davenport, will long be remembered. Mr. Jackson is held in high esteem by every clerk in the Pension Office, and as confidential messenger to a number of commissioners, no man has been more respected and esteemed by them. At the conclusion of the ceremonies Mr. Jackson received the congratulations of his friends. "Poverty Cry".in Zion. Dr. J. S. Jackson, financial secretary of the A. M. E. Zion Church, who passed through the city this week, en route to the meeting of the Zion Bishops' Council at Fayetteville. N. C. again announced his opposition to the "poverty cry" raised by some timorous souls in his church. His report to the Bishops will show the Zion Church's finances to be in a healthy condition, and he will point out, in his preface, the ability of the Zion people to support the number of Bishops necessary to the proper administration of the affairs of their church, and will urge the election of at least two men to fill the existing vacancies: He believes in a truly national church body, and will make a strong fight for expansion and for contiguous episcopal districts. This will be the last meeting of the Bishops' Council prior to the session of the General Conference at Charlotte, N. C. in May. Register Napier Favors Agricultural Training. Register J. C. Napier, banker, lawyer, and man of affairs, is deeply impressed with the vast possibilities that lie in the wake of the Negroes of the South along advanced agricultural lines. He is proud of the record the race has made as an economic factor in the development of the Southland, but believes that even better results can be attained by systematic instruction in the modern methods of crop production. He is anxious that steps be taken to establish agricultural schools throughout the South for the training of young colored men. He will speak at length on this important subject at an early date. At the recent annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the One-cent Savings Bank at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Napier was unanimously re-elected as cashier. DON'T. Don't associate with a vulgar man or woman. Don't imagine that you are greater than you are. Don't allow yourself to be flattered into the belief that you are pretty or good looking, when you know that you are ugly. Don't imagine that you are great when you are nothing more than a pigmy. Don't dislike a man because others do. Don't become jealous of your competitor because he is doing better than you are. 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