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LET THE GAULDED JADE MINGE A SUN-DOWN CORRESPONDENT WHO REVELS IN THE CRITICISM OF OTHERS, MINCES WHEN THE BEE STINGS IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. WOL.XXXII NO40 We apologize to our readers for giving away valuable space this week to F. H. M. Murray's letter to the editor, complaining of our criticism of Mr. Murray's frothings in the Boston Guardian. Evidently The Bee's sting has touched a tender spot. Mr. Murray does not hesitate in his correspondence to The Guardian, whether signed or unsigned, to severely criticise his betters, but when the shaft of criticism strikes him, he not only winces, but lets out a yelp. If Mr. Murray, in his correspondence to his Boston paper would confine himself to truth and facts, without coloring either or both with his bile of envy and jealousy, he would not place himself in the path of The Bee's sting. But a few weeks ago this sundown correspondent published a statement intended as a reflection on The Bee. When did this clerk in the War Department, Mr. Murray, become an immune to criticism, all the while he was criticising others? Let the gaudled jade wince. The Bee will criticise when and how it suits. Following is the letter of the aggrieved Mr. Murray: March 4, 1912 Mr. Wm. Calvin Chase Twice recently I have been referred to on your editorial page as a deliberate falsifier, dispensing chiefly "lies" in my news letters in the Boston Guardian. While I concede that it is your right and your duty to lay before your readers current information regarding public men (and in my position as correspondent I come within that category); and while I concede your right to call sharply to account any and all who offend against public morals or distort the truth, knowingly, yet you must be aware that the references to me, above referred to, are clearly libelous, and in the form which they have appeared are particularly indefensible. I wish to avoid the appearance of being oversensitive or of not being able to take care of myself in my own field—the press—nevertheless, these continued references to me as a common and conscious liar are carrying the matter entirely too far. I must insist that they cease. My insistence applies more especially to the sort of attacks that have recently been made in your paper. In these attacks you do not quote my words nor their substance, nor in any way specify what in my articles is claimed as untrue, hence I have no chance, if I were so inclined, to make a public defence, nor explanation or correction if any were found to be required. My news letters to the Guardian are frankly signed. I seek to take no unfair advantage. Every statement about public men and public affairs—and I avoid all else—is based on what I believe to be correct information or on reasonable inferences drawn from such information. If any are shown to be incorrect I have ever stood ready to make—and have made—corrections and amends. For these reasons, among others, I urge you to be, in the future, more circumspect, and trust that in defending and upholding the men and the measures which appeal to you, and in opposing those which do not, that you will not again permit yourself to needlessly and slanderously attack the characters of your fellow craftsmen. Sincerely yours, F. H. M. MURRAY, Washington Correspondent of the Boston Guardian. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Tribute to Frederick Douglass. Pasig, Rizal, P. I.. Jan. 23, 1012 R. E. Walker, the third vice-president of the Fraternity Hall Association, Manila, P. I., gave a banquet Sunday evening, January 21st, in honor of the Board of Directors of said corporation, for the purpose of arranging a tribute to the deeds of the late Hon. Frederick Douglass, on February 20. Covers were laid for sixteen persons, the most prominent of the Afro-American colony in the Philippine Islands. Mr. Cabbel was toastmaster, and introduced the various gentlemen present with wit and humor. Among those who sat at the banquet table were Judge Campbell, Dr. Fitzbutt, C. B. Shaw, Alonzo Myers, Halloway Bureau of Constabulary; M. Calloway, Bureau of Printing; Roland James, Manila Telephone Company; Andrews, Quartermaster's Department; Cabbell, Arsenio Gonzalez and R. E. Walker. The speech of Dr. Fitzbutt on the advantages of Negro doctors in the Philippines, shows the ability which the man possessed. Mr. Andrews, on Co-operation of the Afro-American, brought out new ideas of what may be accomplished by such action. Mr. Shaw, secretary of the association, paid a glowing tribute to the host for his patriotism and uprightness. Mr. Roland James dwell on the Afro-American in the field of Electricity. Mr. Holloway, to Our Ladies; Mr. Calloway, the Afro-American newspaper; Judge Campbell, the American Lawyers in the Philippines; Mr. Cabbel, the Fraternity Hall Association, R. E. Walker, the host, in responding to the various speeches, touched upon all the subjects in a befitting manner, showing that he had the various speeches impressed upon his mind. Mr. Myers' address on Home Getting in the Philippines, conveyed the idea to promote progressiveness along that line to those present. ORSENIO GONZALEZ. Western Correspondent Will Answer. Washington, D. C., Feb. 28, '12. Dear Sir: In reference to an article published in the last week's Bee from your Western correspondent, Mr. Afue McDowell, of Los Angeles, Cal., which revealed the action taken by the leading colored men of that city in reference to the refusal of admission of a young colored woman to the Nurse's Training School of the hospital in that city, allow me to state that such action by our colored members has my hearty encouragement. But why need it be added "and it takes more than a passing glance to detect that she is colored?"? If the question is to be agitated, from a view of discrimination, it appears to me that such remarks should be left out, as it looks as if we, as a race, would discriminate in spite of character and brain. I am sure Mr. McDowell, in his hurry to get the communication to you, did not realize his error; and you certainly overlooked it, or you would not have published it thus. Kindly inform me through your paper if I am wrong. Very respectfully yours. Very respectfully yours, "A SUBSCRIBER." BRUCE EXONERATED Charges Groundless and Now Given a Free Hand. After a long and careful investigation of the alleged charges filed ROSCOE C. BRUCE. Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Exonerated by the Superintendent. against the Assistant Superintendent Roscoe C. Bruce, Superintendent Davidson reported to the Board of Education last Wednesday afternoon that he found him guillotine of the charges and that he had been a model school official who has not had the co-operation of those under him. That Mr. Bruce will now be given the entire charge of the colored schools to manage them as they should be. There will be some changes in the schools His Assistant, Roscoe C. Bruce. Every Charge and Suspicion Investigated and Pronounced Groundless. FRATERNITY HALL ASSOCIATION. The Bee in Manila, P. I. Manila. P. I. The Washington Bee is well circulated in these Islands. From present indications The Bee will be the favorite organ of colored Americans here. A prospectus of the Fraternal Hall Association of Manila has just been issued. It was incorporated under the laws of the Philippine Islands September 21, 1911. The officers of the association are: Thomas H. Andrews, president; Dr. J. H. Futzbutler, first vice president; John Russ, second vice president; Levy A. Woods, third vice president; Elliott Halloway, fourth vice president; C. B. Shaw, secretary; Alonzo Myers, treasurer. The foregoing officers are the directors, including R. Ganaway, who is not one of the officers. The object of the association is to build a hall at a cost of $10,000. This building is to be a home for fraternal association. The control management of the hall is to be in charge of the board of directors. Colored citizens in the Islands are doing well, and in a few years they will be wealthy and strong. Don't fail to go and hear Dr. J. E. Shepard, at the Bethel Literary, March 26th. J. B. SUPT. W. M. DAVIDSON. Administers "Knock-Out" Blow to Lily-Whitism in Two Southern States. Old Line Republicans in Saddle in Louisiana and Texas—Leaders Issue Stirring Appeal in President's Behalf. "Lily-Whitism" to Be Stamped Out Once For All—Rosy Outlook Ahead. The administration has resolutely shown its position with regard to Lily Whitism in the South by two very pronounced acts within the last few days. In Louisiana, where the Lily Whites was refused to have anything to do with the organization composed of old line Republicans, excluding them from all participation in the affairs of the party, the strong arm of President Taft and Secretary Hilles was put forward to bring about satisfaction to the colored Republicans in that State. The Lily Whites been forced to accord 14 members of the old line Republics representation on the Executive Committee, and Walter L. Cohen, who has fought the battles of the old line Republicans for so many years against Lily Whitism, expresses himself as being satisfied with the action taken. In Texas, Cecil Lyon, the most flagrant representative of Lily Whitism in the South, dominates Republican politics, is being unhorsed by the administration and the President's affairs put in the hands of H.F. McGregor, a stalwart Republican who has the support of all of the leading colored men of the State, who have issued an appeal to the colored Republicans to stand by Mr. McGregor and the President, and once for all stamp out Lily Whitism in Texas. Miss Howes, of the Social Settlement Association, is about to retire to the regret of many citizens who have been interested in the success and value of that organization. This talented young lady has contemplated resigning for some time, and it was only the urgent request of the president, Dr. Francis, that kept the young lady until the management could find a suitable person to succeed her. Now that a person has been found, Miss Howes will now sever her connections with the Social Settlement Association, in which organization she has been such a valuable and worthy official. Her resignation has been accepted with regret, and The Bee feels confident wherever she goes she will win the plaudits of the people, and her services will receive the same appreciation as they were in this organization. Miss Howes is a lady of refinement and perseverance, and it is the wish of The Bee and her many friends that she meet success in her new field of labor. Great Union Revival Meetings. Great Onion Revival Meetings. Union revival meetings at the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, N Street between 9th and 10th streets, Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor, will be held from Sunday, March 17, to Sunday, March 31, under the auspices of the National Baptist Evangelical Convention of America and the Cosmopolitan City Mission and Church Extension Society, Dr. W. A. Taylor, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Newport News, Va., will conduct the meetings, Rev. Mrs. Estella Spiller Hawkins will conduct the meetings at 3 P. M. for women and children. Administers "Knock-Out" Lily-Whitism in Two States. Social Settlement FIFTEEN ENDEAVORERS "JIM CROWED," QUIT MEETING. Colored Pastor Leads "Walkout" at New York Avenue Church—Hold Session on Steps—Christian Eneavor Union Later Gives Out Statement, Denying Any Unfain Treatment. Decaring they had been "jim-crowed," fifteen colored members of the District Christian Eneavor Union protested by leaving the regular monthly meeting of the organization, held last Monday night in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and holding an indignation session on the steps of the edice. The trouble resulted from the seating arrangement, whereby all the colored delegates, representing about ten churches, occupied rear pews. Rev. E. E. Ricks, pastor of First Baptist Church, of Georgetown, led the "walk-out." He failed in his attempt to rally all the colored members to his banner, only fifteen of a possible forty accompanying him. "The colored Endeavorors of Washington assembled at the meeting at the invitation of President Gilman," said Mr. Ricks, "and upon entering the church found they were seated in the extreme reear. Here, many members tell me, they were made objects of scorn by the white element in the church, who occupied seats in front of them. We filed out of the church in protest against being accorded this sort of treatment in a Christian church." According to President Gilman and Vice President D. C. Davis, the seating arrangement was the result of an agreement made two years ago, when James R. Moss, organizer of the Endeavorors in the colored churches, consented to such an arrangement. Mr. Davis declared Rev. Mr. Ricks went to the meeting "sparring" for just such an opening. He said such a controversy had arisen several years ago at a similar meeting, and for this reason the society had some trouble in persuading the members of the First Baptist Church (colored) to come into the organization. Both the officers declared there was no intention on their part to discriminate, and that they were sorry such an incident had arisen. As an explanation of their attitude they issued a signed statement immediately. It reads: "The District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union, of which there are seventy-eight societies, ten of them composed of colored members, has always stood for equal rights for all. In furtherance of this policy, colored societies have always been received into the membership of the union on application proof of this being that four of them have joined our union this winter Preference Was Shown. "A portion of the white members of the union, because of their environment and training during their youth, would object to being seated behind colored delegates. Because the number of such persons present far exceeded the number of colored men and women, preference was given them and they were placed in the front seats. "The action of the colored delegates who left was not the general sentiment of their members, as only fifteen out of forty protested. Those who did leave were nearly all of them from one society, and influenced by a Seated in the Rear. single individual. Another thing that might be said to show there were no discriminatory tactics used by us is that when we have open meetings, where there is no seating arrangement, the colored persons always, without a single exception, take seats in the rear." James R. Moss and Lloyd C. Cuney, colored organizers, refused to comment on the situation, but both of them remained for the entire service. Mr. Moss did start to leave the church, but he was met in the entrance by President Gillman, who explained the situation. He returned, and persuaded the remainder of the colored members to keep their seats. Booker Washington in Florida Pensacola, Fla., March 2. Pensacola Negroes, to the tune of some 2,000 or more, welcomed Dr. Booker T. Washington to Florida last night for the beginning of an educational tour through this State. Incidentally, about 800 white people, occupying the balcony of the Opera House, were just as profuse in the applause given the distinguished educator. From the time Dr. Washington reached Pensacola he received every marked attention, as did the other members of the party. The trip is arranged for under the auspices of the Florida State Negro Business League, of which M. M. Lewis is president and promises to be one of mutual interest. The local arrangements in Pensacola were in charge of a committee headed by Mr. S. W. Jefferson, Dr. C. V. Smith and Dr. H. C. Williams. Sounding the highest praise of the Tuskegee Wizard, Mayor Frank Reilly introduced Dr. Washington to the Pensacola audience. He gave every evidence of cordiality and goodwill on behalf of the city, and in his remarks said: "Tuskegee Institute has been recognized in this country as a potent factor in the education of the colored race up to a high standard of citizenship. Dr. Washington has also contributed largely towards promoting the friendly relations between the white and colored people, a relation which should continue to exist if the people of the South intend to make marvelous development in the future as they have in the past. The future prosperity of this great country with its unlimited resources and opportunities depend upon the combined efforts of both races, and will be mutually beneficial to them." Capt. Oyster the People's Idol. When the local press announced this week that Captain James F. Oyster intended to resign as a member of the Board of Education, there was many a sad heart. There is no man in this city who is more dearly loved and appreciated than Captain Oyster. It is now stated on good authority that he is not to resign, and if there was any likelihood of him severing his connection from the Board of Education the people would petition for him to remain. The teachers, irrespective of their position, over the fact that Captain Oyster is to remain on the Board of Education. THE NEW BUILDING Miss Burroughs Will Dedicate. Sunday, March 31, Miss Nannie H Burroughs, president of the National Training School for Women and Girls, will dedicate the new building for girls. Here is a young woman who deserves to be helped by the people of her race. The Baptist churches are not doing their duty in helping her. Every Baptist church in this city should set apart one day or Sunday in every month for an offering to this work. The work in which she is engaged is a commendable one, and deserves more than what it is receiving at the hands of the Baptists. At the dedication of the new building every Baptist in the city should be there. Every Baptist preacher should urge his congregation to be present. AT THE BETHEL LITERARY Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham The committee for the arrangement of a reception to Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., who is to address the Bethel Literary Society Tuesday evening, March 26th, met last Wednesday evening in the office of The Bee and completed its work. From all indications it looks as if the distinguished North Carolinian will receive a rousing ovation. DEVOTED TO GENERALINTERES? (By Miss G. B. Maxfield.) William Dean Howell's birthday was celebrated last Saturday in New York by Col. George Harvey. The velist was seventy-five years old, and more than four hundred prominent men and women in literature, gathered to do honor to the great American writer. President Taft paid a glowing tribute to the novelist. It said Gov. Stubbs, of Kansas, Gov. Johnson, of California, and Theodore Roosevelt will take part in a speaking campaign in Ohio, preliminary to the primaries, May 21, at which time delegates to the national convention will be chosen. The sixteenth colored woman has been murdered on the streets in Atlanta, Ga., in a little more than twelve months. The colored population is greatly excited over the continued murdering of their sex. The women of California will vote for the next President of the United States. Sunday, March 17, will be observed throughout the country with exercises in memory of Grover Cleveland, who was born March 18, 1837. The principle exercises will be held in New York City. Joaquin Miller's cabin in Rock Creek Park will be formally turned over to the District Commissioners in May. The date of dedication has not been decided on as vet. Fifty-one years ago, March 4, Abraham Lincoln was first inaugurated President of the United States. It was also on March 4, 1873, that the President's salary was increased to $50,000 a year. Chicago was seventy-five years old last week. No great attention was given to the anniversary, or no important commemorative services were rendered. Guarded by scores of policemen and detectives, members of the Hip Sing Tong celebrated the birth of the new Chinese republic, from sunset until an early hour, with an eighty-eight course dinner in New York, with Oriental ceremonies. Dr. George S. Hamilton, of Lakota, Va., who had practiced medicine for sixty years, died last week at the age of eighty-two years. He received his early education at the University and Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia. Women of fashion must spend $12,500 for a single complete toilette, according to London modists this spring. Plumage shoes at $2,500 is one item. A boudou cap will cost $50. Reminiscences was the subject of an address by Dr. Mary Walker last week. It was Dr. Walker's farewell public appearance in this city. Dr. Walker said she was the first woman ever exchanged as a prisoner of war for a man of her rank. She was the only woman to receive the medal of honor from Congress, and a testimonial from the President. A total of $22,624 in fines, of which $6,058 was paid for violation of the excise law and $15,966 was unpaid, according to the report of the excise board from March 3, 1911 to March 3, 1912. Only one-fourth of the sum of $22,624 in fines was paid. The sum unpaid was worked out in terms at the Occoquan workhouse. President Taft has sent to the Senate the nomination of Maj. William Judson, now Engineer Commissioner of the District, to be lieutenant colonel in the Engineer Corps of the Army. Lake Erie produces more fish to the square mile than any other body of water in the world. Mrs. Lillian B. St. Clair took up her duties last Tuesday in the municipal office in Framingham, Mass. She is the first woman to hold such a position. Because of the disagreement in the seating arrangement of the Christian Endeavors at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, President Gilliam gave out the following statement: "A portion of the white members of the union, because of their environment and training during their youth, would object to be seated behind colored delegates." Fifteen out of the forty colored delegates left the church. Dr. Thirkield Would Make an Ideal Bishop. We hope the Rev. Dr. W. P. Thirkield, president of Howard University, will be made a Bishop of his church, if he cares for the job. He is worthy and capable. Success to him in everything he seeks—Indianapolis Freeman. BIG MASS MEETING Women's Christian Association. Tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, at the Metropolitan Church, there will be a mass meeting under the auspices of the Young Woman's Christian Association, of which Mrs. Bettie Francis is president. Mesdames Hunter and Brown, two of the best known women in the United States, will address the meeting. Miss Jean Kelly's All Star testimonial, Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, April 4. 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 tred out long before bed time. Now consider—if you wear the ordinary suspenders you must "stretch rubber", every time you move—it's tiresome. SHIRLEY PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS are made with a sliding cord that moves through frictionless tubes, just as your body moves, and as freely; it mitates nature's provision for freedom of motion—it gives comfort to your body and durability to the suspenders. Doesn't this appeal to you as being a sensible reason for wearing the Shirley President Suspenders? Light, Medium and Heavy Weights. Extra lengths for tall men. Sold by all dealers or by mail direct, 50 cents. Buy now while it is on your mind. Signed guarantee on every pair. The C. A. EDGARTON MFG. CO. 333 Main St., Shirley, Mass. FOR TODAY ONLY, AT REDMAN'S. Pure Creamery Butter, lb.....35c Best Olcimargarine, lb.....20c Best New York Full Cream Cheese, lb.....20c Guaranteed Eggs, doz.....25c Fresh Eggs, doz.....40c The Best Fresh Roasted Coffee, lb.....28c Best Green Tea, lb.....60c Mixed Tea, lb.....40c Full Line of Groceries at Wholesale Prices. Prompt Delivery Service. REDMAN'S WHITE FRONT MARKET, 916 Louisiana Ave. N. W. 'Phone M. 228. SPECIALTIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Phone. Lincoln 946. We Give Cash Discount Checks, Good as Money. WM. H. BURCH Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' and Men's Furnishings. S06-8 H Street N. E. Ask for Union Made Overalls and J. B. C. Hosiery, Our Specialty. d-9-4t PULLMAN CLUB WHISKEY JOHN CASEY & H Sts. N. W. Washington, D. C. CLOCK HOSPITAL. Southern Timepiece Co: 1227 H St. N. E. Clock Repairing, Watch Repairing, Jewelry Repairing. CHRISTMAS GOODS. d-9-3t WHY SUFFER WITH PILES. Brown's Pile Remedy is used successfully for Internal and External Piles. Remedy No. 1. An ointment, makes soreness, inflammation and initiation vanish. Remedy No. 2. An internal remedy to aid the ointment by expelling the poison caused by constipation. To be used together. Both for 500 postpaid. I. C. BROWN, Registered Pharmacist 609 Third Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. What Happened to Him When He Made a Raid on the Poultry Pen. In my travels I visited the jail at Thayet-Myo, in Burma. On the morning of my visit there had undoubtedly been an unusual occurrence. A python twenty-two feet long and twenty-eight inches in girth had entered the vegetable garden and crossed it to the fowl pen. Besides the fowl, there were some five ducks in the pen. Now, the front of the pen was fenced with diamond mesh galvanized wire netting of a strong type. The snake could not resist a fat duck, so, putting its head and neck through the stout diamond frame, it seized and swallowed one. I have no doubt whatever that it would have "mapped up the bunch" inside the house, but that in adjusting No. 1 to make room for No. 2 it became aware of an uneasy feeling owing to the wire around its waist. Neither have I any doubt that in addition to becoming uneasy it became seriously alarmed. Being now unable either to disgorge or to get away, itore off the whole section of netting, 6 feet by 8, and returned with the necklace or walstband through the cabbages. Not naturally, I think, the sentry, seeing a 6 by 8 foot wire section of feneling marching through the cabbage patch without any visible means of support, gave the alarm and then opened fire. The prison guard rushed out and also opened fire, and very shortly our hero lay dead in his frame. He was skinned and his skin cured and dressed in the jail, where they are noted for this kind of work. Forest and Stream. A COMPETENT WITNESS. The Mule's Testimony Was Taken and Accepted by the Judge. The originator of a widely known probation system, Judge William J. Pollard of a St. Louis police court, is the subject of a Boston Herald story which illustrates his unique way of dealing out justice to minor offenders. A driver had been brought before Judge Pollard, charged with cruelty to animals. He had been driving a galled mule, but he had an expert witness in a veterinarian who testified that the sore on the mule's back did not pain the animal in the least. The judge listened attentively to the long technical opulions and then demanded to know the mules' whereabouts. He was informed that it was harnessed to a wagon which stood on the street in front of the courthouse. The judge then ordered that court to be adjourned for five minutes. He took his cane and proceeded to the street, went up to the mule and with the end of his cane gently touched the sore spot on the animal's back. The mule promptly tried to kick the dashboard off the wagon. Once again the judge touched the sore spot with his cane, and the mule responded as before. Judge Pollard returned to the bench. The prisoner was called before him. "With all due respect to the expert testimony you have had introduced in your behalf to show that the mule's back does not pain him. I will fine you $50." announced the judge. "I asked the mule if the sore hurt him, and he said it did." Punctuality In London There is plenty of rush and hurry in business London. Just as in America, but the English ways seem to be much more systematic and dignified. The man of business is always attired with care-pink necktie, chamois gloves, frock coat, spats for business procedure in England must be met with due compliance to English ideas of propriety. Appointments must be made by written notes not typewritten, mind and when the appointment is made it is to be kept to the dot. I kept nine appointments in one day and found every man ready and waiting. When you think that old London is slow just wake up. They don't make much fuss about things, but they just plan and do what they set out to do. Joe Mitchell Chapple in National Magazine The Egg and the Shell. Eggshells are made chiefly of carbonate of lime, and the yolk is half water, leaft oil and albumen, while the white of an egg, as it is called, consists of water chiefly with albumen and a little phosphorus and sulphur. The yolk always floats at the top of the white, to be as near as possible to the hen when she sits upon it to latch it, while two cords attached to the yolk, one at each end, prevent it from actually touching the shell. Ignorance. A Scottish minister was asked to pray for rain. He did so, and the rain came down in floods and destroyed the crops. Irritated at the result, one disgusted elder considered to author that "this comes of intristin" she a request to a minister who is not acquent wi agriculture." Why They Are Cleaner. "Women's minds are much cleaner than men's," said a woman to her husband. "They ought to be," replied her husband. "They change them so much oftener." - Ladies' Home Journal. Spiteful. "I wonder why Mabel looks in the glass so often." "Maybe she has a grudge against herself."- Cleveland Plain Dealer. Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world. Chesterfield. CURIOUS CUSTOMS. Norman French Still Used In Lawmaking In England. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL FARCES. Amusing History of a Royal Daily Ration of Rum and the Astonishing Story of a Stolid Sentry and an Innocent Grass Plot. In Europe there is perhaps nothing more astonishing to the American mind than the persistency with which certain old customs are maintained. The Romans, for instance, keep up the saturnalia of their ancient pagan ancestors in a harmless way, and the Florentines go on one morning of the year to catch crickets in the grass simply because the Etruscans did the same thing 2,000 years ago. John Bull has always had an affection, for the old ways. So persistent is he in keeping to the forms and traditions of the past that his French neighbor over the way has dubbed the United Kingdom a "museum of antiquities" among modern nations. It is somewhat odd that the Norman French of Edward the Confessor should still be the language, the legal voice, of parliament, but so it is in a way. Whenever a bill has passed the commons the clerk before he forwards it to the house of lords writes upon it, according to the ancient usage, "Noit baille aux seigneurs" (Let it be sent to the lords). If it is sent from the peers to the commons it bears the like indorsement, "Noit baille aux communes" (Let it be sent to the commons). Should a bill pass both houses it needs only the royal assent to become a law. Here the Norman French appears again. The commons, summoned by the usher of the black rood, are admitted to the bar of the house of lords to hear the statement of his majesty's commissioners. When all are assembled the lord chancellor makes a sign to his assistant, who reads the title of the bill and then says in a loud voice, "Le roi le veuilt" (The king wills it. In the case of financial bills the form is this: "Le roi remercie ses bons sujets, accepte leur benevolence, et adhui le veuilt" (The king thanks his good subjects, accepts their faith and so wills it). For private bills the form is, "Soit falt comme il est desire" (Let it be done as is desired. Sometimes, if the bill is of special importance, the sanction of his majesty is given in person. In such a case the king, seated on the throne at one end of the chamber, bows his assent as the clerk reads the title. The inflexibility of Russian official orders has resulted in some queer and needless fixtures in the official system. Quite a hilarious discovery of this sort was made by the Empress Catherine, who was the mother of that Emperor Paul who was assassinated in 1801. Catherine at one time was inspired by some passing whom of economy to scrutinize the imperial housekeeping accounts. To her amazement, she found among other queer items that "one bottle of rum daily" was charged to the her apparent. Imanuch as her son, Naslednik, then a young man, had never eyed any signs of intemperate habits, his mother was greatly astonished. Going over the accounts to ascertain how long this sort of thing had been enduring, she found to her still greater astonishment that the said expenditure went back to the day of his birth, and indeed, far beyond it. So, it appeared, the heir to the throne had not only been charged with drinking ever thirty dozen bottles of fine Jamaica rum ever since he was born, but for a long time before that. It is hardly necessary to add that the empress made a thorough investigation of this queer entry. Finally, by the aid of an antiquarian, she at last reached the original entry. A century or so before the imperial physician had prescribed for the Naslednik of the period, "on account of a violent toothache, a teaspoonful of rum, to be taken with sugar." This dose was given for several days in succession, and the nurse in charge had deemed it more fitting to the Imperial dignity, as well as more profitable to herself, to purchase a new bottle of rum each day. No one had ever given the order to discontinue the purchase, and it had gone on for a century, the rum having constituted one of the pernulities of the court nurse. When Bismarck during the term of his 'mission as ambassador at St Petersburg was walking one afternoon in the summer garden he met the emperor, who invited the diplomatist to continue his stroll with him. Soon Bismarck noticed a sentry stationed in the middle of a large grass plot. He asked what the soldier was doing there. The czar did not know. The aid-decamp did not know. So inquiry was made of the sentry himself. Every official gave the same answer, "It is ordered." but nobody knew by whom A sentry had always stood guard in the middle of that innocent grass plot. The archives were searched, but in vain. Finally an aged official was found who gave the explanation. He had had it from his father that the Empress Catherine had once seen a snowdron ready to bloom in that plot and had ordered a sentry to stand guard and allow no one to pluck it. For more than a century the wait it had been maintained because "It was ordered" and because no one had ever dreamed of disobeying the order or questioning any one as to the reason therefor—New York Press. Born Legless and Armless, Kavanaugh Was a Daring Rider and Keen Sportsman. Far and away the most interesting member and in many ways the most remarkable man who has ever sat to the house of commons, was the Right Hon. Arthur Kavanaaugh, who sat for Carlow from 1850 to 1850 under conditions which would have been impossible for almost any other man. Kavanaaugh was born without arms or legs—he was, in fact, a mere trunk of a man. And yet he performed a feat from which most men with their full complement of members might well have shrunk. Strapped on to his saddle, he was one of the most skillful and daring riders to hounds in all Ireland. On one occasion, it is said, "the saddle turned under him, and the horse trotted back to the stable yard with his master hanging under him, his hair sweeping the ground, bleeding profusely. He merely cursed the groom with emphatic volubility, had himself more safely readjusted and rode out once more." So remarkable was the sight of this pink clad trunk perched on his big horse that a child who once saw him dashing out of a wood ran shrieking to her mother, exclaiming: "Oh, mummy, I've seen Satan himself! I've seen him sure enough." Kavanaugh was also an enthusiastic yachtman and was the first to assert the right of M. P.'s to moor their craft opposite the houses of parliament. He went on a shooting expedition to Albania and published a charming book on his experiences, illustrated with admirable photographs taken by himself, while among his favorite pastimes were angling and tree felling. His most famous exploit, however, was his ride from Norway to India. Accompanied by two friends, he rode across Russia to the Caspian sea, thence to Astrakhan and Astrabad and through Persia, laughing at the perils and, fatigues of a journey which might well have damned even the famous Colonel Burnaby. Kavanaugh, who was the father of four handsome sons and daughters, all perfectly formed, was carried into the house of commons on the back of an attendant, and was certainly one of the keenest and ablest of legislators of his time -London Tit-Bits. CHANCES OF LIFE. Figures That Indicate Your Probable Future in Years. Do you ever wonder how long you are going to live? Ask an actuary, the man who figures it all out for the life insurance companies and who can tell with almost supernatural precision. He'll tell you that if you are 20, and in good health, chances are 42 to 1 that you'll live beyond 30. For longer life he'll offer these odds: To be 40, 5½ to 1 to be 50, 3 to 1 to be 60, 12-3 to 1. But he'll say that you have less than 1 chance in 2½ to be 70, less than 1 in 5½ to be 80 and only 1 chance in 100 to be 90. Suppose you are 20. Your chances run this way. To be 40, 11 to 1; to be 50, 4½ to 1; to be 60, 2½ to 1; to be 70, 4½ chances in 10; to be 80, 1 in 5½; to be 90, 7 in 100. Or 40 years old. Actuaries' odds are: To be 50, 1-3 to 1; to be 60, 2% to 1; to be 70, 5 chances out of 10; to be 80, 1 in 55, plus; to be 90, 1 in 100. Fifty year-olds' prospects are figured: To be 60, 4% to 1; to be 70, about 14, to 1; to be 80, only 1 in 5; to be 90, 1 in 100. Say you are 60. It runs this way at that age: To be 70, 2 to 1; to be 80, 1 chance in 1; to be 90, 1 in 96. If you are 70 your chances of turning 100, 80 year milpost are 3 to 8; to be 90, 1 in 50. Eighty-year-old men and women have only 1 chance in 17 to stave off the funeral until after 90. If you are 90 there's no hope for you. The actuaries have no figures.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Field's Finishing Touch. Engene Field was once visiting the house of Richard Henry Stoddard in New York. During the evening a certain well known physician dropped in. He was a serious man and a bit pompous. The talk turned on diet "Doctor," said Stoddard. "I've heard that you eat two eggs at breakfast every morning the year round." "No," said the doctor emphatically "No. On the contrary." "On the contrary," cried Stoddard. "What's the contrary of eating two eggs?" "Laying two eggs," came in deep, solemn robes from Field. Appearances. Millionaire to rugged beggars—You ask for alms and do not even take your hat off. Is that the proper way to beg? Beggar Pardon me, sir. A polite man is looking at us from across the street. If I take my hat off he'll arrest me for begging as it is, he naturally takes us for old friends—Fleigende Blatter The Puzzle We can understand the case with which a fool and his money are parted, but what puzzles us is how the fool got the money to part with.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bound to Be Discovered. If a man is really reliable he doesn't have to devote much of his time to exploiting that virtue: you are watched pretty closely whether you know it or not.—Atchison Globe. One life, a little gleam of time between two enemies—Carlyle W.B. Reduso CORSETS Fabrics are staunch woven, durable materials, designed to meet the demand of strain and long wear. There are several styles to suit the requirements of all stout figures. W. B. Nuform and Frect Form Corsets—infect models, for all figures, $1.00 upwards to sell at all stores, everywhere. WEINGARTEN BROS., Makers, 34th St. at Brox BLOCK GAS MARSHAL MOST BRILLIANT AND STRONG 10¢ 15¢25¢ AN END YOUR MANTLE T If you light with Gas, Gasoline or Kerosene you Block Mantles. Buy Mantles by name. Go to say firmly, "I want Block Mantles." Dealers will THE BLOCK LIGHT CO. :: YOUNG makers of THE INNERLINES AND VY-TAL-T For sale by Golde berg Department Store, W. I. Small Northwest Corner of Eleventh and Boulevard STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS SITORS TO THE CITY SHOULD TAKE THE UNION STATION AND GET OUT AT OF THE CAFE Place for First Class Service and the Place to Polite and accommodating waiters—Everything Fish and Game in Season First class breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ballots and private dinners served in the large dining rooms up and downstairs. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND TRY OUT BEAUTIFIC HAIR Is not a accident. Care and necessary COCOLAT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HAIR FOOD IS WOULD STIMULATE GROWTH ERADICATE DANDE THE SCALP AND MAKE THE HAIR STRAIGHT Get a bottle today from your Drug the improvement. Trial size 10c, Drug Stores. "Onyx" Hose TRADE MARK THE Best Hose for the entire Women and Children, can always in the "Onyx" Brand. FOR Quality, Style and Wear, "Onyx" Hose in Cotton, Lisle or Pure Silk, from 25c. to $5.00 per genuine without trade-mark every pair. Sold by all dealers Lord & Taylor -- No BLOCK GAS MANTLES MOST BRILLIANT AND STRONG 10¢ 15¢25¢ FOR GAS, GASOLINE AND KEROSENE END YOUR MANTLE TROUBLES If you light with Gas, Gasoline or Kerosene you will eventually use Block Mantles. Buy Mantles by name. Go to your dealer and say firmly, "I want Block Mantles." Dealers write for catalog to THE BLOCK LIGHT CO. :: YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO makers of THE INNERLINES LINED AND VY-TAL-TY MANTLES Northwest Cafe VISITORS TO THE CITY SHOULD TAKE THE CAR AT THE UNION STATION AND GET OUT AT THE DOOR OF THE CAFE The Place for First Class Service and the Place to Find all Washington Polite and accommodating waiters—Everything the market affords * Fish and Game in Season First class breakfast, lunch and dinner. Balls, parties, receptions and private dinners served in the large and commodious aining rooms up and downstairs BEAUTIFUL HAIR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HAIR FOOD IS WHAT YOU NEED TO STIMULATE GROWTH FRADICATE DANDRUFF. CLANSF THE SCALP AND MAKE THE HAIR STRAIGHT, SOFT & SILK Get a bottle today from your Druggist and note the improvement. Trial size 10c, on sale at all Drug Stores. THE Best Hose for the entire family, Men, Women and Children, can always be found in the "Onyx" Brand. FOR Quality, Style and Wear, get a pair of "Onyx" Hose in Cotton, Lisle, Silk Lisle or Pure Silk, from 25c. to $5.00 per pair—none genuine without trade-mark stamped on every pair. Sold by all dealers. Wholesal : Distributors THE W. B. Reduso Corset brings well-developed figures into graceful, slender lines. It reduces the hips and abdomen from one to five inches. Simple in construction, the Reduso unhampered by straps or cumbersome attachments of any sort, transforms the figure completely. Fabrics are staunch woven, durable materials, designed to meet the demand of strain and long wear. There are several styles to suit the requirements of all stout figures. Style 770 (as pictured) medium high bust, long over hips and abdomen. Made of durable couil or batiste, with lace and ribbon trimming. Three pair, hose supporters. Sizes 19 to 36. Price $3.00. Other REDUSX) models $3.00 per pair upwards to $10.00. s ul, ips nes. o uire- : - \ 4 ENTERING PORT ARTHUR. It te Something Akin to Sailing ‘Through a Picture Frame of Rocky Bluffs. “Getting into the harbor of Port Ar- taur is something like an Alice in ‘Wonderland trick, One suils through ‘a picture frame—the rocky bluffs at the mouth, barely wide enough for a stout ship to xqueeze through without lacing—wondering how there can be room for # ship to anchor between the frame aml the picture itself, a small hamlet somewhat Swiss or Norwegian in homeltkeness. But once Whind the frame the wonderland unfolds. The small basin of water becomes a lake- Mke body. delightfully protected be- hind. sheltering «liffs. ‘The little ham- let reaches out into two bir towns. one on elther side. The old town to the east contains the older Russian bulldings, barrteks, storehouses and tbe like. Here also now are the sinull Japanese «hops and the poorer classes of Japanese dwell- ings, newlJapanese, in construction, With the ramshackle Chinese quarter oa the outskirts, = The new town to the west Is an open, modern European or Américan Tesidence rection, tuilt largely by the Russians in the pulmy days, imposing xvuvernment huildiags erected by the Japanese. x hospital a shud) park and a well ran nextern hotel. -- Now Or- sJeabs Times Hemoucrat. . MARINE JUNKMEN. Carrier Snails Load Their Backs With All Sorts of Refuse. The cartier snail is to the sea what the Juakman is to the fand. It re- ‘eelver Its naine from ttx habit of car- tying foreizn objects on its back. Nothing comes wmisy to the carrier snall $f it fs not tuo big, Custafl shells of small mollusks, bits of broken coral, tiny stones amt even froxments of broken glass dropped overbuard from passing vessels are cemented firmly to the edges af the growing shell, nor is this curious creature satisted when the shell f. completely covered, but continues ty adel to its collection by fastening new pieces to the old ones already piled upon tt» hack until it is no longer able to move beneath its bur- den, As ft is an Inlithitant of tropical wa- ters: swarming with voricious fish, crabs, ete. there Is inethod in ite mad- sess. Its hungry enemiex pass it by, unable to distiugnib ft from the rocks and shell< on the sea bottom. Some of the anailx show a preference for tiny pebbles all uf.one shape and equal ize, others accumulate only <hetis of one kind, and One piehed up off the coast of Japan bud tx portable house entire- Ay roofed with jliaox New York Press. Curious Anticipations. + Many pecuhar xnticipations have Deen cited agninet patent applications, At one time a congressman took the patent vftice x lock Iuvented by oge of bis reral constituents. ‘The lock was au exact copy of a lock figured in “Price on Locks.” ‘Showing the lock weed an a gute of ancient ‘Thebes, thon- sands of years before Christ. ‘The con- Fressiman, after evainining the illusin thon whieh was slows him by one of the oficers. exelaited that he didn't eure whe that fellow in Thebes was — We certainty <tek: it from bis constitu. eat. On another oeegsion an appllea- thon for a patent was tiled fora Hower hasket whe construction eotrespond- ed ia detail with the Serimural deserip- fiom of the ark in which Meses was placed in the lulrnstes, whieh we are told fn the second chapter ef [Exodus was au ark of bulrustes duabed with slime dnd with pitch. This is also prebably the first recorded Instance of 4 re-enforced com rele sarncture. Sof- vetific \mmtican. . Se ee gee ee: Ata sede In New York a bitdlephile said: - “Hook isa ward Hat comes froin the German bu he. or beech. But ‘what ewunection tie a tek gut with SeerhY TH xtew seu” + “The biblioshile led the way to a xa- pert Canton thay liad just teen sold for SLM, The vetutae. yet see fhe tid, “is dennd in turds not pastebuards real amin, Meech destin ‘Thar is how all Deeks were heed when printing be- pam. Ye. when printios bezan in Ger- many, each ineunabuttim, or early Ieok. was beet un tittehe im beech beards half an inch thick, covered per- haps with feather. timed xn elasped with dbriss and studded with-precions oc pemi-preclous stele.” < * Told Him So. 7 “Bee bere, landlonl.” said an augey tenant after he bail signed the con- | tract.for a year. “this hate is full of ‘sewer gas.” “Yes: thats what 1 tokl you.” “Tokl.me7 “Yes, You asked une if there was cus fn every roam, and 1 sali there was.” leaden ‘Iatler. : : Where They Parted. Meyerbeer aud Rossini in spite of all thelt rivalties, wen the warmest of irtom~ Hosaial ence said, “Meserbeer and 1 cam never agree” | When sume one in warprike asked vty he reptied, “Mey- cheer fikes sauerkraut hetior than be dees macaronl.~ 7 - ne Bhethed. ‘ “De you alwayy “keep a-atuifing abo your daits duties?” “eNew: 1 look erenchy. ‘Then Txtn't arked to de pe extra work.”—Wasb- imctee Herald. SAVAGES AND CLOTHES. Their Carefulness About Their Ral- ment Was Not Appreciated by 1s the Missionaries. [_cArdent missionaries were trying to convert the natives of a village in un- clad Africa to modesty a8 well as to | Christianity and for that purpose pro- vided them all with more or less com- plete outfits of clothes. The natives were delischted and spent several days faimply in parading in elvilized xarb through the one warrow villaze street. “But when Sanday arrived and the Dlacksetironzed to the weekly ehureh serview, carrying te new clothes ht bundles under their arms, the missiou- jaries were dismayed and feared some Pkind of turbarie ontbreak Tur since there seemed te be the “usnal oin- Letina of arivaty aud reverence on the part of the natives they decided ito ash nos questions “until after the percie, | ‘Tere was a ‘normal qulet Huntil Just as the sermon was begun, | Then suddenly a hinge chief, who jtad been squatting with his face to- hward the open doorway, leaped to bis | feet with an exclamation. | Iminediately the others af the tribe did likewise, erying, “The Sum the sun!” unwrapped their bundies and Droceeded te yput on their clothes “What doo Wall mean? inquired , one of the white teachers, i The old ehtef turned to bine with fequal aunzement, “OF contse, sand jhe, “we could not wear our beautiful ornaments when the min micht come and spoll them.” New York Tribune, KILL OFF THE RATS. It's a Mighty Big Job. but Black Death Looks on and Waits. “Thy phegnionte plane Iydue to the marmot ‘The marmot sives in the Lake Waikal regio#, Kill it uff and it canteasity be MEd off—and the pneu- monie plazue will disnppear forever.” The speaker, a bacterlolezivt of the University of Pennsylvania, resumed: “The tabenic plague fs due to the rat. KIM the rat aff and the bubonic Plague will disappear. .But to kill off the rat!” . He made z gesture of despair. “A litter of rats,” be suid, “numbers thirteen. Of these six will be does. A doe rat will have her first litter at the age of three months nd thereafter an- other Hitter every six weeks all (hrough the year, wiuter and summer altke. ‘Thus If every member of these litters survive the progeny of one pair of rats ina year would number 25,000, “They don't number that, of course, but they number something like it, and if our milllonalre philanthroptsts don't belp ux to exterminate our para- sites- our rats and mice, our cats and dogs if they don’t help us to exterm!- nate all animals save those that are of ‘direct value to us--why, some day an- other black death will nearly, will per- haps completely. exterminate civiliza- tion.” Cinzinnati Enquirer. Applied Science. When Jawex Russell Lowell was minister to England he was guest at a banquet at which one of the speak- ers was Sir Frederick Bramwell. Sir Frederick was to respond to the toast “Applied Science.* It was long after midnight when the toast was pro- posed. am) several speakers were still to be ealled Rising in his place, the scientist Sald: : “At this hour of the night, or, rath- er. of the morning, my only interest in fapplied science is to apply the tip of the mate to the side ef the box upon pwhich atone ft ignites and to apply the fame se obtained to.the wick of a bedroom enndle.” . A moment iter Lowell tossed a pat jper aeress the talde to him bearing these two Hnes: JOh, bref Sir Frederfek, would that all emuld cateh Your happy talent ang supply sour mater Easy Enough. . + Just befure the capture of Syyann ob Genemt Loman with two or thier of [his stair. entered Me depot tC lileage Ho take Ute ear east on his wey te re goin Ils command ‘The general. being Ja short distance m advanee of the oth ers, stepped on the steps of a ear, but was Mopped by an Tristinan with “Ye cat go in there.” , “Why not asked the general, | “Beentve them’s a leildlen’ ener, and no geniterman “H be goin’ in there with conta teddy. ‘There's wan sute in tht )wuer over there If yees want It” “Yes.” replied the general, “L see there ix one seat, but what shall de with my stamtz" 1 "Ob, yer sini! was the reply. “Ge take the sate and stick yer <taff out of + the windy." Wasn't a Bit Impressed. : The ebfef of the clan of Melntosh, once hud a dispute with x London cab- by aver the fare. “Do you know whi Liany* the high lander ached ansrily, “1am the Me- Intosh."* “1 don’t care If you are wn umbrellas? retorted the enbhy, “I'll have my lrights!” 7 In-For Itt ' Pit Stasi ey Wed better ve good, Second Small Boy--Why? First ‘Small Boy—I heard doctor tell mother ‘to tuke plepty of exercise. Woman's Home Companion. : : Wanted No Favorites. Sbe -1 will have nu smoking in thts House. Do you understand: He-Yes; please extend this prohibition fo the stoves, Raltimere American, ! SS penteneetcenreeer The Whole Show. evWhat constituzes a first class sucte- } ty drqma Y" i Three acts, six xuwns’and nine epl- grams.”--Louisvilfe CourferJournal, The American Home Life Insurance FIFTH G STREETS. N. W. WASHINGTON. 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RS a a Pi aera a: 20 ey eS Mes EATS ok eee eae Rieenets =a é eon _ is my a _- AR ~ ae * Ss nea Sa —! x se a | eo wT [eee 7 # Incorporated Under .\ct of Congress ‘\pproved June26, 1887 Ss _ CAPITAL and ASSETS over $50,000.00 . é THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. is a real home company, organized and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, and has been doing a life, health, and accident insurance business in Washington for, nearly twenty years. . THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. has paid over 7,000 claims to its policy"holders, amounting to over $250.000.60. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. owns the largest building owned by any insurance company in Washington, D. C., and is one of the first companies to comply with the new insurance law. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO, issues Policies in FULL BENEFITS and INCONTESTABLE from date of iscne and navahle ONE HOTIR ARTER DEFATH . . = Le me , & . . ° me ” ao, | , ben TA “EO Be | oe Be Ne. a Bo fe i ERE a i fuse Rs ie - LE ya gh hy Mien Em Se Pear ao cs ae Bu Sg ook Pe os wo ROUEN eee Og week: Wa a * ghee oer ise ars a yt eal 3 Via a af S$ “Ae po ome oes PaaS eee OM SE Bae paler eas hag Ss 2 SR aa MERE HS ae, cea: Rok [eadoeees E = : io Bite Te 7 Teese ogy Neepae te ny Ge p jad oA 4s ee anh | i ue ee | i i re ENB ede nee pat) Sar) ie ae as ee carly fe Bee he ge pict Bae f Cae cs ses * ee = us OS ~ Die 2 ee : Hee Ris we ue wf § ae PS —— as Ble e see 27 Shee ae Vita BB eumctae wi sd SE SHS ‘& ay Pe : : | athe Ae - ae Yeo Bly Bie Cate it) a BERR: fle a OS jk ac ae A ee oe eae os Mm, es pa eo wf oak THE LEXINGTON HOTEL A Great Colored Hotel at Last, The colored \mericans are to have an up-to-daje first-class hotel with every modern convenience with bui- ict. barbershop, kitchen, billiard par- lors, office, labby and waiting room. automobile to convey guests to and from the Union Station, etc. A Long Felt Want Fulfiled. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known cit- izen is sole manager. : Ever since the foundation of this government the colored citizens ot this city have been in need of a fir-t class hotel where families and guests from other c.tices may go with im- punity and with réservation. Thou- sands of the best and well known colored people have visited this city and do visit it now, but they have no place of diginity to go with their fam- ities and feel at home. Dr. Booker T Washington, about a year ago ‘made a special plea to the Negro Business League of thi- 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 te some private home. z The Lexington Hotel. has been erected at the southwest corner of twenty-first and L streets. northwest. Jt is a_ beautiful three story edifice to contain every moder: convenience and accommodation for guest. THE LEXINGTON HOTEL. The Fron: Entrance Will be on L St. The cntrance to the Rathskeller will he nL. street or main entrance lead- ing to the basement. The Rathskelle® will be fitted up equal to any in the United States. the 1. street entrance. : The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed. The dining-room which will be large and commodious with a seating ca- pacity for one hundred and fifty guests. The barber shop will be managed by a first class tonsorial artist with every modern convenience. The. bil- liard parlor, office, lobby and waiting room will be unsurpassed. The wa't- ing parlor will be on the first floor, lin'somely 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 sitite of rooms an the second and third floors. 2 Ay * The Lexington Will be Conducted on the Basis 6f Any Up To Date First Class Hotel. The banquet hall which is so much needed in this city for the accom- modation of first class visitors and patrons will he one of the features of this hotel. The automobile will run to and from the Union Station to the hotel fér the accomodation of the guests This has been just what the city has needed for a iong time for the Colored Americans, who visit here. Whenever a person intends to visit the city. 2 card to the man2xer of the hotel wili he promptly re- sponded to, and the guest or guests be driven immediately to the hotel in the hotel's autemobile which will meet any train that comes'into the Urron Station or Steamboat wharf, The erectim of this hotel in the city of ‘magnilicent distances will be an honor as well a¢ a benefit to the colored peuple, Almost any city in the South has a first class hotel and the people in Washington have deter- mined not to be behind in meeting the demands of strangers and visitors. C§pital Stock. 7 The company is incorporated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dol- lars, of this amount the company has decided to sell tiiteen thousand dol- lars 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, o the cabinet officers anu other pub- fic men of character and influence. He needs nv introduc.ron to the peo- ple. hecause he is prominently con- nected with some of the best, strong- est. and leading organizations in the city. For honesty and integrity and influence zmong 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 ad- dress Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the Lexington Hotel, 21st and L street, XW. Washi..gton, Lb. = : FRANK HUME, INC. _ Importer and Wholesale Dealer in | GROCERIES AND Liquors. 454 Pennsylvania Avenue, : j Washington, D. C. d-16-3t 1 enccemmremisiereti i. Telephone. Main 3148. ELGIN CREAMERY CO. } . e | HEADQUARTERS FOR “Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Coffee and Tea. i 220 Ninth Street N. W. Washington, D.C. . d-16-3¢ . Phone North 3229-M. ~ Private Dining Rooms. CHEAPER BOARD THAN ANY HOUSE, IN THE Crr¥ FOR THE MONEY. CAPE REEVES "For Ladies’ and Gentlemen. 626 T Street Noatuwest, . 2nd Dood from Howard Theater. Residence, 635 T St. NX. W. Washington. D. C. d-16-1m H, B. TERRETT, WHOLESALER AND RETAILER OF Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Fruits and Vegetables. + . * Telephunt. Main 3887, - 950 Louisiana Ave. Nv W. d-16-1t . Se : price List se _ 77 FOR CITY periveRY M. J. COLLINS "Family Liquor Store. Wholesale ‘and Retail. 1435 H Street N. E. Washington, D. C. : Teiephone Lincoln 27fa. elephone Connection. Cc. S. FAUNCE, 454 New York Ave, N. W. WOOD, COAL, ANDICE. THE BEE Published at 1109 Eye St., N. W. Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Wash- ington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months.....50 Subscription monthly.....20 THE BOSTON GUARDIAN. The "Boston Guardian," published by Mr. William Monroe Trotter, can pack more lies and personal spleen into a headline than any newspaper in the country. The annexed is an example: Hon. Wm. Henry Lewis, Esq., the Colored Man Expelled for Color from the American Bar Association, Who Compromised on the Semi-Social Prerogatives of His High Office of Asst. Attorney General to the Easier Get Confirmed by Southern Senators, and Who Absented Himself from the First President's Reception. While on That Very Day in Atlanta He Told the Colored South to Depend on Their White Neighbors for Rights; Race Must Fight His Battle, But He Richly Deserves Present Fate: Hoist on His Own Petard. In the first place, he says that Mr. Lewis compromised the semi-social prerogatives of his office in order to make his confirmation by the Senate easier. That is a very foolish and reckless lie, for the reason that when Mr. Lewis came to Washington on the 26th of March last, the social season was at an end, there were no more official receptions at the White House until this winter, so that Mr. Lewis had no social prerogatives to surrender before his confirmation by the Senate. It should be remembered also, by people who are loyal to the race, that Mr. Trotter personally, and his coterie of friends opposed the confirmation of Mr. Lewis tooth and nail. With regard to the New Year's Day Reception, that is not an invitational affair, and is open to the public, everybody has a right to attend, and there were doubtless many colored people, as there usually are, in the line on that day. Mr. Lewis addressed an audience of 5,000 people in Atlanta, Ga., on New Year's Day, that being the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and made a splendid impression himself and race, thereby doing more good than being one of thousands attending a public reception. In that speech Mr. Lewis did not advise colored people to depend on their white neighbors for rights; he advised them to appeal to them for their rights. We wonder what Mr. Trotter would advise. The only invitation to which Mr. Lewis' rank entitled him was the reception to the Judiciary, which occurred the latter part of January. We are informed that Mr. Lewis attended this reception, and was well received by everybody who knew him, and enjoyed himself thoroughly. As far as the race fighting Mr. Lewis' battles, Mr. Lewis has always fought the race's battles, and is quite capable of taking care of himself. When Mr. Trotter says, "he is hoist on his own petard." Is he glad or is he sorry? Probably he is glad that the Bar Association has attempted to expel Mr. Lewis. SUN DOWNS Not satisfied at holding their clerkships, messengerships and laborers' jobs in the several departments, the sundown man who wants a title affixed to his name holds out to the world not that he is employed in the department of the government, but that he is a man practicing a profession. These sundowns are only in the way of legitimate practitioners, or men who earn their living by legitimate practice. The sundown doesn't practice himself entirely, but is a kind of a "capper" for legitimate practitioners. And to make it ap- pear that they are the recal "its," they get an hour or a day off to appear in court to be associated with some white lawyer. Speaking of white lawyers, there are a few colored lawyers at the bar who never go in court without having a white member of the bar as their guardian. Not associate, but guardian. It is amusing to see a Negro attorney in court associated with a white member of the bar as his guardian. You have no idea what the comments are. There is one conclusion to which spectators can arrive, and that is, the colored lawyer must have a white man associated with him. It is not always the colored lawyer's fault. His clients very often insist on his having a white lawyer associated with him. In many other instances, there are a few colored lawyers who are afraid to go in court without the association of a white lawyer. To some colored people any kind of white lawyer will suit them. This largely obtains among the more intelligent, and educated classes of colored people. You would suppose that the ignorant classes would want a white lawyer. This is not so. The "diky Negroes," Lawyer Scott says, are a menace to any profession. This class of Negroes have the highest reverence for the white lawyer, no matter what he can do. Whenever you see a Negro with a white lawyer, you just as well come to the conclusion that he has no faith in his own professional men. Negro barbers, who shave white men and cater to white patrons, will never employ a colored lawyer if they can prevent it. The Negro barber who caters to others belongs to this sundown class. STANDING BY LEWIS. No colored man in this country can help but admire, and applaud Attorney General Wickersham for the stand' he took, and the defense he made for Wm. H. Lewis against the executive committee of the American Bar Association. It has been many a day since a cabinet officer, or any government official, has so courageously defended one of our race against discrimination and injustice that had been prompted by that member's color alone. The men who attempted to oust Mr. Lewis from the American Bar Association, after he had been duly elected, are his inferiors both in mentality and manhood, and no one knows this better than Attorney General Wickersham. In praising Attorney General Wickersham for his splendid, courageous stand taken for Mr. Lewis, we cannot help but best praise upon President Taft, a part of whose administration the Attorney General is. It is quite evident that Mr. Wickersham must have, had the President's sanction in the stand that he took, and it is quite evident, since President Taft appointed Mr. Lewis to the high office he holds, that President Taft is for justice for the race along every line. The colored man who, after this defense of a member of the race, will now withhold his support from Attorney General Wickersham, or for a few pieces of tainted money he bribed into opposing President Taft, is undeserving of recognition from other members of the race. This Lewis incident, following so closely upon the refusal of the President to appoint Judge Hook to the Supreme Court because of a most odious decision rendered against the race is the best possible proof that President Taft is, and means to be a true friend, a helpful friend of the race. And the refusal of President Taft to appoint Judge Hooks because of the protests of colored American citizens, a thing no other President before him ever did, confirms the statement made by President Taft three years ago to the effect that when his term had been completed the race would find that he had been a true, a stanch and the most helpful friend. And President Taft's achievements prompt a desire and a hope for his renomination and election. TAFT'S CABINET. If the heads of the other departments of the government had cooperated to give the race a square deal, in the matter of representation, as Secretary MacVeagh, of the Treasury, and Attorney General Wickersham has done, the great and good President of these United States, Wm. H. Taft, would not be the object of attack from some of the race as he is today. Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary MacVeagh have given the race a square deal. In the Postoffice Department, presided over by Mr. Hitchcock, not a single colored appointment has been made, but many have been removed. The Bee approves of the attack made on him by Recorder of Deeds Johnson, and only regrets that Mr. Johnson did not break with him sooner. In the exclusive Navy Department, presided over by Mr. Geo. von Meyer, a colored man has just about as much show for a square deal as a lump of ice would have to retain its frigidity in the realms of his Satanic Majesty, and in the War Department, over which a Southern Democrat at first presided, there has been the same prejudice against recognition for the race. In the State Department the policy has been to keep the few colored consuls in the service marooned in the unhealthy tropics, and without hope of promotion. In the Agricultural and Interior Departments a colored man finds little or no encouragement whatever, and in the Department of Commerce and Labor he has been completely overlooked. The Treasury and Department of Justice are the only two departments in this government where the race has been given anything like a fair show and a square deal. We do not hold President Taft responsible for the failure of some of his cabinet, officers to treat us fair, for The Bee knows that the President's attention has not been called to it before. President Taft has done much for the race, and he would have done more if his cabinet officers had shared with him his interest in the race. The two best cabinet officers President Taft has for our race. The Bee is frank to state, are Secretary MacVeagh and Attorney General Wickersham. AN ENTERPRISING FIRM. It is with pleasure that this newspaper bestows praise upon that enterprising firm of Board & McGuire, whose splendid business capacity, far-sightedness and race pride has given the city and the race one more finely equipped and up-to-date pharmacy. There is not in the city two gentlemen more courteous, and more attentive to their business and their profession than Drs. Board and McGuire. The large patronage they enjoy is justly due them from the race. Incidentally, we might add, the pharmacy business, as conducted by members of our race in this city, is on a very high plane. In no other city in the country will you find drug stores, conducted by colored men or women, the equal of those in this city, and in no other city will you find drug stores whose pharmacists are the equal of ours in professional ability. And when it is remembered that practically all of our colored pharmacists, if not all, are the products of Howard University, that splendid institution is, without hesitation, shoved in the front rank of educational institutions. Messrs. Board and McGuire have contributed much to add to the fame of their alma mater. If there is a single criticism that might be offered against this firm it is that the scenior member, Dr. Board, should continue to make himself believe that the life of a bachelor is a happy one. However, as this is leap year, there is a bare possibility that before the year is rounded out this one possible criticism may be removed, thus making the firm of Board & McGuire beyond any criticism whatever. STOCKHOLDERS WAITING. The stockholders in the late and lamented Lincoln Memorial Building Company are restlessly waiting payment for their stock which was promised them, when the company sold out the company's interests to the Masons. It has been more than three months since they received word that the property of the company had been transferred to the Masons, and that all stockholders would receive dollar for dollar of what they paid in. As yet stockholders have not received a penny. Some are asking whether the promoters, the officers, have received any payment yet. If they have, it looks queer to the innocent stockholder. The Bee has been asked to make this inquiry in the interest of the deluded stockholders in the late and lamented Lincoln Memorial Building Company, of which Mr. Calloway was manager. Is it a safe bet that the stockholders will be paid, and if so, when will the stockholders receive their money? THE GUARDIAN'S CORRESPONDENT. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Guardian, who has been roasting whomever he pleased for the last dozen years, met his waterloo when he attacked The Bee. For several weeks or months The Bee has paid no attention to his attacks and misrepresentations, believing that he would cease some time before he died, but its ancient friend became bolder and more se- --- vere, so much so, that he almost pulled one of The Bee's stingers out. It was about time to turn over and remind the gentleman that The Bee was still doing business at the same old stand. Just why the Guardian's correspondent should kick now, when he has been roasting everybody, the editor of The Bee included, is a question that a journalist cannot explain. The Bee wants to say to the gentleman if he wants more he will get it, and get it where it will be the most effective and telling. The Bee will give him a friendly suggestion, which it believes is best for a man who is depending on his government position for a livelihood. Attend to your office work and let politics, and political correspondence to the Boston Guardian alone. The Bee never bothers any one unless it bothers it and since the Guardian correspondent made the first attack on The Bee and its editor, they propose to settle it regardless of the implied threat in his letter, which appears in this week's issue of The Bee. HYPOCRACY. The Bee is a firm believer in moral ethics, and it has the highest esteem for men and women who advocate temperance reform. It doesn't believe, however, in temperance hypocrites. What is meant by temperance hypocrites is, men or women who predent to be inimical to the sale of liquor and oppose those who drink it, and at the same time devour every good looking girl or woman with whom they come in contact. They say that every rule has an exception, but here is a rule that has no exception. Every "tetotaler" or abstainer of intoxicants is a menace to society. A bachelor will not marry because no woman is honest in his sight, but he never allows a female to escape him. All temperance advocates (males), will devour and destroy the honor of any female that comes within his reach. All bachelors and temperance advocates are hypocrites. FALSE LEADERSHIP? Our esteemed contemporary, the New York Age, denounces Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson for utterances attributed to him by the Atlanta Constitution. Such utterances that the Constitution attributes to Mr. Johnson are so much unlike the man that The Bee will neither criticise nor condemn him. Mr. Johnson doesn't know what it is to crawl upon his stomach to the white men in the South. He is one man whose manhood the South respects. He demonstrated his leadership when he went to his State and carried it for President Taft. He possesses every element of leadership, and The Bee is of the opinion that its contemporary does Mr. Johnson an injustice, because The Bee knows him to be a man and leader among men and of men. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS Elsewhere in The Bee will be read with interest an account of a meeting of white and colored Christian Endeavors. Those good white Christians didn't desire to sit with the colored Christians, so Rev. Ricks showed his manhood with several others, and left the church. The Bee ventures the assertion that if those good? white Endeavors were in Hades and they could get the Negroes between the fire and themselves they would gladly do so. They would recognize no discrimination there if it seem to their advantage to let the Negroes burn. We don't find such among certain Catholics. What kind of religion do you call this? THE SCHOOL BOARD. The rumored resignations of five members of the Board of Education, among which is Capt. James F. Oyster, is to be regretted. Capt. Oyster is a friend of the schools, and especially the colored schools. The colored citizens as well as the white, have the most implicit confidence in hint. It is hoped that the Captain, for the good of the schools, will not resign at this time. As a successor to Mr. Tunnell, there is no better man to be found than Dr. John R. Francis, who has the confidence and respect of the people, and it is hoped that the Judges of the Supreme Court will appoint him. The entire colored population, as well as many whites, would favor the appointment of Dr. Francis. DR. DAVIDSON VINDICATES DR. DAVIDSON VINDICATES The Bee congratulates the people, parents an pupils, on the settlement of the much vexed school problem, and the just exoneration, by the Board of Education, of Asst. Superintendent Bruce. With the sword of Damascules that has been hanging over him, in the shape of insane opposition on the part of the three colorod members, removed, the popular assistant superintendent is now in position to render better service than ever. Is everybody doing you? A Negro Democrat is a Negro ingrate. Taft delegates to the National Convention continue to be elected. The New Era, the subsidized organ of the Negro Democrats, has all the appearance of a paid-for-in-advance bunco game. We cannot see how such voteless leaders as Rev. Corrothers and Rev. Waldron can have any influence with sane Negro voters in the States. Bishop Walters may strive all he can to make believe that his espousal of the cause of the Democrats is prompted by a real unselfish interest in his race, but there will be thousands and thousands of the race who will believe otherwise. Colored parents and students in the District are gratified that the Senate restored to the appropriation bill items which a Democratic House cut out effecting our schools. Withholding from Negro schools a fair and just appropriation cannot help the cause of Democracy in the ranks of colored men. And neither is it real economy. Now that the Civil Service Commission has found two colored clerks guilty of participating in politics, and recommended punishment, The Bee is of the opinion that other colored civil service employees had better read their copy careful before they mail it out. The Bee believes in treating all alike, and putting a stop to these sun-down lawyers, doctors, dentists, real estate dealers, editors, and political correspondents who work in the departments during the day and attempt to take business away from legitimate professional and business men who are not in the government service. The sun-downs have got to go. Two Opinions. (From Ohio Exchange) (From Olio Exchange) Colonel Roosevelt said of Senator Root: "He is the greatest man that has appeared in the public life of any country, in any position, on either side of the ocean, in my time." That is the Colonel's opinion. Now here is the Semator's opinion, expressed a few weeks ago: I must believe that proposals, in whatever form, to subordinate the decisions of the courts to the decisions of a popular majority, whether it be by punishing the judges for an unsatisfactory decision through removing them from office, or by reviewing their decisions at the polls, as distinct from reviewing or revising the law upon which they are to decide, proceed from a failure to realize that this involves an abandonment of the most essential feature of our system of constitutional government. Surely what the Senator said goes very far to confirm what the Colonel said. There seems to be no controversy here. The Social Settlement. This winter has been a severe one at the Social Settlement institution. The building has been so uncomfortable as to hamper the several lines of work very seriously. The volunteers who have recently come to the assistant of the committee have not been able to do what they wish. The heating plant is in a bad condition, and there are not sufficient funds to do what is needed to it. The mortgage is yet a burden. There was a meeting in Carnegie library Tuesday evening to make arrangements for a ten cent tag campaign, which will assist in repairing the plant and lifting the mortgage. Let every citizen purchase a tag for the Social Settlement. The Booth School. The Jane Freeman Booth School of Industries has added two new courses to its curriculum. Millinery, which enables the women of Washington to learn to make their Easter bonnets. This course is $5 for twelve lessons. The making of braids, puffs, weaving and dyeing has also been started at a very nominal fee. Address on call on Mrs. Booth, at 1014 3rd St The St. Regis Hotel. This is one of the best places in the city to get first-class meals. If you want first-class accommodation for your family, go to the St. Regis Hotel, 1832 Fourteenth Street Northwest. Meals at all hours. Carry your family to this up-to-date hotel, and say The Bee recommended you to call. Mrs. Grace T. Mercer is the proprietress. She is a thoroughgoing business woman. Call and inspect the hotel. A. H. Underdown Employment Emporium. Reliable help furnished. Employment secured. 1742 14th street, N. W. Phone North 864. Dec. 1-ff Dr. J. E. Shepard at the Bethel Literary, March 20th. --- (By the Sage of the Potomac.) They were discussing appetites down at Dade's on the avenue the other day, when one fair, gray-haired gentleman, entered the discussion and said: "Gentlemen at the bar, I want to particularize to you that the summa cum laude in the hog meat contest is unhesitatingly awarded to North Carolina John, the prominent mill hand and epicure from Tarboro, which is a fashionable suburb of the intellectual center of the turpentine State. In one brief engagement recently, I am advised by a distinguished caterer, that scion of Tarboro, who is down in the delux edition of 'Who's Who,' met and overcome four heaping plates of succulent chitterlings, familiarly called 'chitilins', the two front feet of a pork pills matured to about fifteen hundred pounds, completed the very light repast with a loaf of Corby's bread, washed it all down into his abdomen with about six glasses of water (water simply used as a chaser of a more subtle fluid), without in any way diminishing his capacity for glimpsing first robins. With this the prosecutor rested the case, the defense said he had no more to offer in rebuttal, and the belt, measuring five and a half feet from buckle to end, was awarded to the chief political product of old North Carolina. \*\*\* There's a little grocery store, out in the park, not more than a half an inch from the corner of Fourth and You streets, where matrons of mixed blood assemble to buy their table effects. They always pass a little time in gossip before leaving, just talking about their neighbors in the most innocent manner and the most efficacious way. The other day one of these ladies from that classic precinct met a similarly complexioned, winsom and buxom lady from the same precinct in the aforesaid Russian Jew emporium, and fell to discussing neighborhood affairs, and neighbors' business. She said, "Mrs. Hobble Skirt was in here yesterday morning and ordered some oatmeal, potatoes, soap and a penny's worth of cat meat." The other aristocratic female of exclusive Le Droit Park retreat, returned: "But there is nothing in that as I can see." "Yes, continued the first lady, "but that small order had to be delivered three or four blocks away, and before the grocery her daughter rushed in, in an awful stew, and asked: "Mama's things gone, yet?" The grocer replied no, just getting them ready. "Then don't send the cat meat," gasped for the camera, all out of meat, "for our cat has just caught a bird." Immediately the grocer revised his charge by scratching off one penny's worth of cat meat for Mrs. Hobble Skirt Now this just reminds me that there are a few white-run grocery stores in this village on the Potomac that are patronized exclusively by chocolate drops where all the neighborhood affairs are gossip about, and the groceryman knows everything that occurs in the homes of his patrons from what the hubbies do to what a neighbor's guest stands for. And this reminds me that one day, while waiting for a car at Eleventh and T, and as it was raining hard, I stepped in that little hole in the wall kept by a little Dutchman who furnishes the dark complexioned inhabitants of that district with groceries at twenty percent profit. While waiting, one lady said: "Oh, have you heard the latest?" The other one said she hadn't heard the very latest, but she had heard something mighty startling in news. "Well," said the first, "Mr. High Filutin has got a new gown, and they do say she bought it on time, paying one dollar a week for thirty weeks, and you saw that Mrs. High Stepper was, well, but don't breath it to a soul, for Mrs. Gossip told me in confidence, don't you know, that she bought it secondhand on weekly payments?" "You don't tell" so replied the second twin sister to me, "Know it-all, and yet she puts on so many airs I wonder if they pay their rent regularly?" "I heard they owe two months rent only. And then the little five-foot dealer in provisions and produce semimonthly time, piped in with a lot of depeh he had heard Mrs. Talk much, Mrs. Heard-it-all, Mrs Wisewoman, and a bunch of other store gossipers talk about in his store. Now out in the selacious park district if my wife buys five cents' worth of lamb liver and palms it off on me for calf liver, the very next day I meet one of my gentlemen friends, and he says to me. "Had liver for breakfast? Living high, old fellow." And if my wife buys a dozen of near fresh eggs and has them charged, as she usually does, some other sable-colored individual meets me and says, "Gee, how can youuse all eat eggs when they are selling at 45 cents' a dozen?" And when my wife comes in from the grocery she talks me deaf dumb and blind with all the neighborhood news she has heard in that grocery where she went to purchase two cents' worth of figs and a blind robbin for four. Now I don't object to the dear women talking about everybody and anybody, but what's the use of making a penny arcade out of a cheap white grocery. Won't some one get the hook? Well, I had everything set to get in the Mu-So-Lit Club, when they stretched their membership to one hundred, but somehow I failed to connect. My sponsor gave me some kind of hogwash as an excuse, but I have began to think they don't want me. I have tried to break in that charmed circle of immortals nearly as often as Dancy, but each time I get the hook, just like other famous men. Dancy finally made it on a safe by by Judge Terrell, a sacrifice by Cobb, and a misjudged fly on the part of one of the Musies' outfield, but as yet I can't make it. Guess I will have to give it up, though I would like to break in, for I fancy I could hear more stuff about the other The Week in Society photographers. Mrs. Fluellen, of this city, is visiter friends in Atlanta, Ga. On Thursday, the 29th, Miss Caldwell entertained in honor of her. Mr. C. M. Hunt, of Georgetown, Ky., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Johnson. Mrs. Crawford, of Vineland, N. J., is the guest of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Davis, of Twelfth street Northwest. The Poinsetta Club gave a matinee dance in the main auditorium of True Reformers' Hall on Saturday last, for the benefit of the shoe fund. The affair was well patronized. Miss Helen Fath has returned to her home in Gas City, Ind., after a very enjoyable visit of several months in this city with friends. Mrs. Young, wife of Major Young, of Denver, Col., who is visiting friends in Indianapolis, Ind., plans a visit to this city shortly. Dr. R. E. Jones, editor of the Southwetern Christian Advocate, visited friends in this city last week. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs spent a few days in Philadelphia last week. Miss Phoebe Henderson, who spent two weeks in this city, has returned to Philadelphia, after a delightful trip. They met at Dr. Morse's Gem Drug Store and saw themselves in front of that beautiful fountain, 19th and L streets Northwest. Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson delivered the goods, and his enemies say as much. He is a man and no cringer. If the Recorder had lost when he went to Georgia they would have said "I told you so." But he won, and now they say he is no leader. Bosh. Here is the congratulations of The Bee, and the people, Colonel. Have you secured tickets for the great musical event at the Howard Theater March 22, given by the Washington Conservatory Choral Society? Miss Theresea Lee will direct the dancing. Mrs. Wm. L. Smith, of New York City, who is visiting Mrs. Mayme Shalton, of 1521 M Street, spent the week-end with Mrs. Norah Diuguid and sister, Mrs. Almara Hawkins, of Newburgh. N. Y. Mrs. Smith was highly entertained during her three days' visit. Saturday evening she was guest at a whist party. Drs. Board and McGuire, 14th St. N. W., and 9th and You Streets N. W., continue to treat their patrons in a manner that continues to draw them. The New Ebbitt Waiters will give their Second Grand Ball at True Reformers' Hall next Tuesday evening. Music will be furnished by the Amsterdam Orchestra. Admission 25 cents Spend an evening with the Operas, at the Howard Theater, and listen to Solos, duets, sextettes and choruses, varied by an artistic dance given by the Washington Conservatory Choral Society, directed by Mr. Harry A. Williams, the eminent teacher and artist. Next Tuesday at Bethel Literary. Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook, of Howard University, will be the principal speaker at the meeting of Bethel Literary and Historical Association on next Tuesday night, the 12th inst. Her subject will be "The Conservation of the Child." ```markdown ``` The latest evidence of the material and social advancement of the people of this community is the new Odd Fellows' Lodge of the G. U. O. of O. F. in America, recently set apart under most auspicious and fraternal circumstances. This lodge, brought about largely through the ceaseless efforts of Architect W. Sidney Pittman, ably assisted by W. S. Crouse and others, is the first lodge of this community, and as such was most royally welcomed into the fold of Odd Fellowship with unusual ceremony. Associate Justice W. L. Houston, one of the few idols of the half million members of the brotherhood, acted as master of ceremonies, and with him came one hundred other guests. A sumptuous collation was served, and great was the merry-making over the thirty-two members of the new Home Builders' Lodge No. 8028, of Fairmount Heights, Md All the people of Baptist inclination, and their friends, of Fairmount Heights and surrounding neighborhood, are uniting, for the purpose of building a place of worship, to be known as the First Baptist Church. A grand rally is now on at the Public Hall every Sunday at 3 o'clock. Rev Dr. Wm. J. Howard, of the Zion Baptist Church, will preach next Sunday, March 10, and Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron will follow on Sunday, March 17. All are invited to come out and help in the good work. The newly elected trustees to assist the pastor, Rev. Blackwell, are Messrs. B. S. Carter, W. S., Crouse and W. Sidney Pittman. Your doctor wants your prescriptions filled right. He wants results. Neither you nor the doctor will be disappointed if your prescriptions are filled at the drug store of Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St., and 9th and You Sts. N. W. They employ four graduates in pharmacy, skilled and experienced, and you get the results in perfect service. Miss Mattie E. Bowen is quite ill at her home, 961 Florida Avenue, N.W. Mrs. Parks, of Fifteenth and You streets, entertained for Mr. and Mrs. Bert Williams last Friday, with a luncheon. Mr. Wm. H. Lewis, Assistant Attorney General, spent last Sunday in Wilmington, Del., guest of Dr. and Mrs. Elbert. The funeral of the late Mr. Buckner, of 1925 13th street, who died last week, took place Saturday afternoon last. Mrs. Robert H. Terrell has returned from the East, having delivered addresses before the students of Radcliff College and Boston Latin School while in the old Ilay State. Miss Tessie Lee entertained last Saturday for Mrs. Bert Williams. Mrs. Ralph W. Tyler entertained her card club last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Henry C. Tyson entertained with a stag dinner last Saturday evening, at his home in K street. A movement is afoot to give a banquet in honor of Prof. Geo. W. Cook, of Howard University, in the near future. Prof Brawley entertained the Short Story Club last Monday evening. Mr. James W. Johnson, American Consul at Corinto, was in the city for a couple of days last week on official business. He sails for his post in the next ten days. Miss Mattie E. Brown is seriously ill at her home in Florida Avenue Northwest. Dr. James E. Shepard passed through the city en route North Wednesday morning. Dr. Booker T. Washington went East last week on business. Bishop Alexander Walters left the city for New York Monday evening. He has been in the city for several days. Dr. J. W. Morse is about tired of "deer" hunting, and has decided to offer his best cream and soda to the public at surprising prices. He wears a smile that will not come off. Miss Gladys Harvey, who has been ill with pneumonia, under the professional care of Dr. John R. Francis, is out of danger and will no doubt be able to be out shortly. Don't fail to attend the greatest musical event of the season. Friday evening, March 22, at 8 P. M., at the Howard Theater. The Washington Conservatory Choral Society, directed by Mr. Harry A. Williams. Mrs. J. C. Napier entertained her beautiful home last Wednesday afternoon from 2 until 5 P. M. Mrs. Dollie Baldwin, who has been indisposed for the last week, is out again Miss Gonevia B. Maxfield spent Thursday in Baltimore, the guest of friends Miss Jessie C. Mason', of The Bee staff, who has been sick, is out again. The Bee is the people's paper. Why don't you have it sent to your home? Attorney Robert L. Waring, of the local bar, and author of "As We See It," was married last week to a very accomplished lady. They left the city on a bridal tour. When last heard from they were in Pittsburgh, Pa John Grim, of this city, is visiting Miss Elizabeth Mason, in Boston, Mass. Rev. J. H. Burks has returned to Roanoke, Va., after a pleasant stay in this city. Miss Mary Worth, of this city, is visiting friends in New York City. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., and Maurice Thomas, visited Baltimore Monday last Many Washingtonians attended the show, "My Friend From Dixie," in Baltimore, this week. Miss Jeanette Varnes, of this city, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Richard McCard during her stay in Germannow, Pa. Misses Irene Clements, Lucy Smith, Ida and Grace Birch, of this city, were bride-mails at the Birch-Tull wedding on February 22, in Pocomoke City, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Isaac Brown, of Manchester, Va.; spent a few days of their honeymoon in this city last week, visiting relatives. Miss Alice Samp-on. of Baltimore. Md., is the guest of Mrs. Easley. on Georgia Avenue Northwest. Miss Alice Terry, of Roanoke, Va., is visiting friends in Vermont Ave. Mr. Thurman Curtis, of Chicago, Ill., has come to this city to reside futurely Mr. J. Albert Williams, of Savannah, Ga., who has been employed in the Census Office, this city, is now connected with one of our leading NINTH AND YOU STREETS N. W. Up-to-Date Moving Picture Theater. Pictures Changed Daily. Admission 5 cents. Beginning Saturday, February 17, Children's Matinee's every Saturday, 2:15 P. M. Juvenile pictures: Cinderella, Three Bears, Jack and Bean Stalk, and many others. Cinderella, Saturday, February 17. Select music with lecturer, and lady attendant will constitute the program. Five cents admission. R. H. Murray, Manager. 5c—Hiawaha Theater—5c On Easter Monday next, the newly instituted Odd Fellows' Lodge will give its first grand entertainment. On this evening it is expected that the acting grand master, the Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, will deliver one of his masterful addresses. Tickets are now out, and it is planned to make this the grandest affair ever held in this community. The Wilberforcian Orchestra has been engaged, and our ladies will serve choice refreshments. The Executive Committee of the Fairmount Heights.Citizens' Association held a very important meeting in the lecture room of the M. E. Church Wednesday night, February 28. The committee outlined the work which the association hopes to accomplish during this year in addition to improvements already ordered. Much depends upon the energy and executive ability of the chairman of the executive committee. The public school house is nearly completed. The teachers, Miss J. Wilkes and Miss Erna Welch, have been called to Bowie by the school commission to attend the teachers' association, which holds its sessions March 7 and 8. The school here will be nicely represented. Rev. Dr. I. N. Ross, pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, of Washington, D. C., delivered an appropriate and highly instructive sermon at the Fairmount Heights M. E. Church Sunday, March 2. His coming to Fairmount Heights was in answer to a "Macedonian Call" and a universal demand on the part of all the citizens of the community, irrespective of denomination, and the special invitation of Rev. W. H. Howard, the pastor of the M. E. Church here. Dr. L. N. Ross took as his text: "If any man will come after me, let him deny him-elf." When the Rev. Doctor had finished his discourse the young, as well as the aged, expressed their feeling by exclaiming: "Indeed he is endowed by the Lord to preach the gospel." "Yes, she measures up to the qualification of a bishop." "Surely the next general conference of his church will unanimously elect him to the bishopric." In the congregation were seen many distinguished persons. Among them were Prof. and Mrs. C. A. Champ, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fonville, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. S. M. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Marshal, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Washington. The collection doubled the expectation of the pastor. Rev. Dr. M. W. Clair, pastor of Asbury M. E Church, Washington, D. C., will preach Sunday, March 10, at 3 o'clock. His choir and congregation have been invited to be present also Mrs. A. J. Ware, one of the leading figures in Fairmount Heights, left last Saturday for Easley, S. C Mrs. James F. Arm-strong, Mrs. James T. Slater and Mrs. Essie Watkins, who have been on the sick list, are rapidly improving. They are under the watchful care of Dr. Willis W Jones, a very eminent physician. The election of the officers, and directors of the Fairmount Heights Mutual Improvement Co. took place Thursday night at the public hall. Their names will be given later (By R. H. Brooks, 723 So. Fairfax St.) Mr. John F. Parker, principal of Snowden public school, has returned from Lynchburg, Va.; where he was sent by this city, to attend the colored Teachers School Improvement League and represent the colored of Alexandria. Mr. Parker is very much clated at the results of the convention, and has called a meeting of the teachers of the public schools at the residence of Mrs. Sarah Gray, 815 Duke street, on the evening of March 8th, at which time plans will be perfected for a great mass meeting of the patrons and colored citizens, which we hope will be in the near future. When the local branch of the League is launched here we will be told in detail the objects of the organization; though the real object is nothing more than the name implies, viz. "Colored School Improvement League." The idea is indeed novel, and very practical, and it is hoped that Mr Parker and his able lieutenants and "lieutenantists" will have the hearty co-operation of every colored citizen in this effort toward the improvement of educational conditions in Alexandria. Mr Parker has been affiliated with the colored school system of Virginia possibly longer than any teacher in the State, and it is hardly probable that any have done more toward the advancement of the colored youth. Many days Mr. Parker has labored all during the authorized school hours, and, at the expiration of this time, finding the work of the pupils very unsatisfactory to his decidedly critical taste, he would remain in school BARNARD'S COMPLEXION CREAM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE Beautiful Smooth Skins follow the use of Barnard's Complexion Cream. Freckles, Tan and Liverspots are quickly removed by its use. The best flesh cream, for bleaching the skin. Attractive offer to agents. Special offer free; a 25c cake of Barnard's Clearo Complexion Soap free to every one purchasing a jar of Barnard's Complexion Cream and presenting this advertisement On sale at all first- On sale at all first class drug and department stores. with the "drones," as he termed the least diligent and studious, until eight and nine o'clock at night and put day's finishing touches on the gray matter, under the cranium of the boys, in the gleam of the candle light. During, those trying times, as the boys then saw them, he would explain that the Board of Education didn't pay him for the extra hours he kept them there, and that he could whip them and let them go home in ignorance: but he looked forward to the day when they would be men, and it was his most earnest desire that they be among the best men, morally and intellectually; and this community is unanimous in declaring that his efforts have not been in vain. It is expected that Lawyer Edmund Hill, Fred H. Rich, Henry Huckner, Edw. P. Dixon, Jr., Lawyer T. M. Watson, J. Byron Hopkins, Jas, Lumpkins, Leon Tancil, L. Griffin Brooks, Rev, Samuel Ross, Mr. Clarence H. Madella, S. W. Madden, Robt. L. Adkins, Courtland Seaton, Chas, Preset, B. F. Watson and a number of other ex-members of Mr. Parker's "Candle Light Brigade" will co-operate with the public school teachers, other citizens and patrons in the effort to effect a great branch of the Colored School Improvement League here in Alexandria. Rev. Henry H. Warring started an evangelistic campaign at his church (Shiloh Baptist), after finishing up a most successful series of revival meetings at Zion Baptist Church, Washington, D. C., where he assisted Rev. Howard each night during the past two months, and preached a different sermon from various subjects and texts suited to revival services each night. The conversions numbered about 200, and if the song part of the service is given the preparation equal to that which will be given the sermons, and if the songs are made equally as explicit as the sermons, the results of the meetings at Shiloh should be indeed gratifying. The music in most of the colored churches of this city, like that in most Protestant churches of other places, is far below the standard of the pulpit, and until the "sermons in song" receives the preparation usually given the sermon from the pulpit, and are rendered in a clear, scholarly, soul-stirring and expressive manner, only meager success need be expected, and this can only be done where the singer, not only has the voice, but feels and understands the text of the song. Much more attention should be given the preparation of the musical part of religious worship in this progressive age; and it is hoped that Rev Warring will receive proper musical support and score a success at Shiloh equal to the phenomenal revival at Rev Howard's Church, Zion Baptist, Washington, D. C At the public meeting of the young men's Bible Class held at Alfred Street Baptist Church, Sunday March 3, Mr. F. H. M. Murray made the principal address. Mr. Murray spoke in his usual pleasing, entertaining and instructive manner to a very appreciative audience, which filled the main auditorium. Several musical numbers were rendered by the quartette of the class. Mr. L. M. Hershaw, of Washington, addressed the Junior League of Roberts Chapel M. E Church Sunday, March 3. The subject selected was "Physical, Mental and Moral Development of the Young," and afforded the speaker ample opportunity to give the children much valuable advice. This he did in a style which kept his young audience ever alert and interested, to a degree that made his effort one of inestimable value. Mrs. Maggie Darnell Evans, president of the League, and several of the cabinet of the Senior League, gave him a most earnest request to address the children again in the near future. The Observation Party given by the Young Men's Bible Class at Odd Fellows' Hall last Friday, was a tremendous success. The proceeds will be used in buying literature such as is necessary in carrying on the work that the class is doing. Messrs. Edward P. Dixon, Leon Tancil, Campbell Johnson, Walter Butler, Norman B. Murray and many other officers and members of the class are made up of that kind of energy that will not stand for retrogression of any organization in which they are interested, and it is expected that the Bible Class, with such teachers as Rev. H. H. Warring, pastor Shiloh Church, and Miss Mary Vernon, of the Washington schools, will grow rigidly and "wise unto sal- Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT, 1109 EYE STREET. N. W. PHONE MAIN 4078 Uptown Office: 1212 Fla. Ave.. N. W. Phone: North 2642-y "The House of Plainly Marked Prices." We could tell you fifty reasons —why it will be to your advantage to buy Furniture and Carpets from us. Just one is sufficient We make it possible for you to have everything necessary for home comfort AT ONCE. Anything you wish will be charged on an open account which is made payable as your circumstances may suggest. Come where you can read every price and do the buying before there's a question about how or when you desire to pay. PETER GROGAN The Jane Booth School in Cooking, Sewing, Shampooing, N Special course in the making of For further particulars, address MRS. JANE F. 1914 Third Street, Wash Phone N. 7681. The Jane Booth School The Jane Freeman Booth School of Industries announces courses in Cooking, Sewing, Shampooing, Manicuring, Millinery. Miss Hattie Darnell is home again after a most successful operation at Freedman's Hospital. Mrs. Ann Shackelford is quite ill at the residence of her daughter, Mrs Mary Holsendorf, 821 Gibbon St. Mr. Robert Burke, the confectioner, expects to go to Freedman's Hospital for an operation this week. The Bee is on sale at David Wair's barber shop, No. 106 No. Columbus St., and Miss Julia Brown, 200 N. Payne St. WEST WASHINGTON. The annual male's day exercises of the Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday school will take place Sunday morning, March 10, at 9:30 o'clock A.M. Prominent workers of the Sunday schools of the city have been invited, and the singing of the male voices by the school will be one of the main features of the exercises. The Heliotrope Circle held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the residence of Mrs. E. Holt, 2518 P Street Northwest. After the regular business (meeting an interesting musical program and innocent games were enjoyed, concluding by a beautiful spread by the hostess, Mrs. Holt, who invited the guests into the dining room, where refreshments were served. Among the guests were Mrs. Roche, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Burch, Mr. and Mrs. D. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Smith, Mrs. Alice Harris, Mrs. Annie Boyd, Mrs. H. Morgan, Mrs. L. G. Williams, Mrs. Maggie Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. E. Holt, Miss Marie Morgan, Messrs. Wm Cruso, J. S. Smith and Mr. Jas L. Turner. A sermon will be preached to District Grand Lodge of Good Samaritans Sunday evening at Mt. Zion M. E. Church, 7:30 P. M., by Rev. D W Hayes, D. D. Special music by the choir. A reception will be tendered Rev. D. W Hayes, D. D., pastor of Mt. Zion M. F. Church, 20th St. N. W. Wednesday evening, March 13, in honor of his pastorate of two years, and an interesting program has been arranged, under the auspices of a committee representing the several departments of the church. The exercises will be concluded by a presentation speech by Mrs. Marie Wheeler, with several pleasant tokens of remembrance. Mrs. Martha Lee, chairman: Miss E. P. Williams, secretary; Mr Jas. L. Turner, master of ceremonies. The choir of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church will render a sacred song service Sunday afternoon at 3 P. M. at the First Baptist Church, Dumbarton Avenue N. W. Dr. Jas. Walker, director. Rev. E. E. Rick's pastor. The Epworth League of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, listened to a very instructive address Sunday afternoon by Mr. Wm. H. J. Beckett. teacher of physical culture of the Y. M. C. A. vation" of friend." ould you reasons one efficient Booth School School of Industries announces courses Manicuring, Millinery. of Braids, Puffs, Dyeing, &c. F. BOOTH, Washington, D. C. The program of exercises under Miss Fannie Hayes was one of the best in the history of the League. Death of Mrs. Estella Harris. The funeral of Mrs. Estella Harris the wife of Mr. Louis N. Harris, of the city postoffice, took place Wednesday afternoon from Mt. Zion M. E Church, and was largely attended She was a member of Silver Queens, Household of Ruth, which was present and assisted in the ceremonies Rev. D. W. Hayes officiated. Interment, Mt. Zion Cemetery. Subscribers will please be ready when our agent calls. The lice can be purchased at the Smith Drug Store, our agency, Dum barton Avenue and 28th St. N. W. Mr. James L. Turner is preparing a history of the residents of this section A testimonial in honor of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell is being planned by the women of Washington. A banquet in recognition of the valued services of Prof. George William Cook, of Howard University, and members of the Board of Charities, is listed among coming events. Mr. K. F. Phillips, of the Cameron, has returned from New York City. Mu-So-Lit Club Discusses "Leaders." The Mu-So-Lit Club had a largely attended meeting last night at Martin's Cafe, 11th and U Streets Northwest. The speaker of the evening was Mr. Garnet C. Wilkinson, of the faculty of M Street High School, who handled without gloves that much-mooted subject "Negroes as Group Leaders." Music was furnished by the Jeter trio, and a toothsome luncheon closed the exercises. Mr. Robert A. Pelham presided. Among the special guests present was Lawyer N. P. Harper, author of the drama "Tallaboo." now being played at a local theater. Miss Villa Hughes, of Baltimore, spent last week in the city, the guest of Miss Mary E. Chaney, of 1910 11th street N. W. Gossip has it that a number of our young lady teachers will take matrimonial vows about Eastertide. Miss Mamie Chinn, of 2011 9th Street Northwest is at home again, after a pleasant stay of five months in Philadelphia. Miss Irene Parker has returned from a visit to Philadelphia, and is stopping at 2007 9th street for the present. She is considering a flattering offer to go into vaudeyille. Mme. Anna Lee Slade, the talented singer and dramatic reader, is now domiciled at 1221 Linden street Northeast. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 1. The Interdenominational Conference is in session in this city. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of Washington, is the only colored representative present. It is one of the greatest conferences that has ever been held in this country. Miss Burroughs is being royally treated. Miss Burroughs. DYNAMITE It Was'Quite a Puzzle Even to Its Inventor Before He Learned to Control It. Dynamite is a Greek word for powder. Its chemical name is nitroglycerin. It was discovered in a laboratory in Paris by A. Sobrero in 1847. Sobrero escaped death a hundred times by the closest margin and was never able to learn how to handle the explosive with any safety. About 1855 Alfred Nobel, a Swedish engineer, learned how to explode the liquid by detonation. Nobel Bros. of Hamburg that year sent a young man to America to introduce its use to miners. He met with no success, and a tin can of the liquid left by him in a New York hotel when thrown into the street wrecked the hotel. Injuring many and causing the neighborhood to rain glass. It was known commercially at this stage as "glonlon" and blew up by accident a West Indies packet at Colon. killing fifty people and destroying property worth a million dollars. Then its use was prohibited by law. It will burn at certain temperatures if the quantity is small. When exploded it instantly expands 10,000 times; the gases require 10,000 times the space of the liquid. At last Nobel learned to soothe and quiet the liquid by causing it to be absorbed in infusorial earth. It was this preparation that in 1860 was called dynamite by Nobel. When it explodes the force plunges first downward and then rebounds upward. Unless confined it has little tendency to internal pressure. This is one of its great peculiarities.—Louisville Courrier-Journal. "CROSSING THE BAR." "It Came In a Moment," Said Tennyson of His Great Song. Parallel to the thoughts on immortality and the hereafter as Dr. Lowry expressed them is Lord Alfred Tennyson's noble death song, "Crossing the Bar." One of the three greatest death songs ever written, it comes to us as a sublime prayer, a humble petition, a sacred belief of a great man. It was while crossing the Solent with his son Hallam late one October's afternoon that the words came to the mind of the poet, who had just recovered from a siege of sickness. Reaching his home, he at once sat down and penned the lines. Showing the poem to his son, he declared, "It came in a moment." Three years after the birth of the lines Sir Alfred passed away, but the prayer he uttered on that memorial afternoon remains a fitting memorial not only to the English poet laureate, but to the memory of those who have gone before us and who helped to lay the foundation of our liberal faith and liberal education. In it are blended the unfaltering trust and belief of all humanity. The last lone man on this terrestrial sphere will utter no grander words when he sets sail to seas unknown than those dropped as faith's anchor by the silent man of the yester age: I hope to see in. Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. When I have crossed the bar, "Songs Inspired by Sorrow," George Leon Varney, in National Magazine. A Wonderful Painting. In the Wiltz gallery in Brussels is a wonderful painting, dating from the time of Waterloo, called "Napoleon In Hell." It represents the great marshal with folded arms and face unmoved descending slowly to the land of the shades. Before him, filling all the background of the picture with every expression of countenance, are the men sent before him by the unbridled ambition of Napoleon. Three millions and seventy thousand there were in all so history tells us more than half of them Frenchmen. They are not all shown in the picture. They are only blunted at. And behind the millions shown or hinted at are the millions on millions of men who might have been and are not the huge widening wedge of the possible descendants of the men who fell in battle. A Primitive View of the Bullfrog. The frogs in America, it must here be observed, make a most, singular noise, some of them being absolutely whistling, while others croak so loudly that it is difficult at times to tell whether the sound proceeds from a calf or a frog. I have more than once been deserved by the noise when walking in a meadow. These last frogs are called bullfrogs. They mostly keep in pairs and are never found but where there is good water. Their bodies are from four to seven inches long, and their legs are in proportion. They are extremely active and take prodigious leaps.—From an Old Book of Travels. Love Letter of a Kaffir. Here is a Kaffir love letter: Dear Miss E. Naubem I have great confidence in thundering the width of my opinion that shall thank for kindness if you will give me the privilege of lettering with you concerning love as your most winning face has drawn my serious attention to you, and that I shall appreciate you in anticipation of an early reply and also terminating this with supreme of high enunciation. SAMBO. Not What She Meant. "Dear teacher," wrote little Edith's mother, "please excuse Edith for not coming to school yesterday, as she fell in the gutter. By doing the same you will greatly oblige her mother."—Youth's Companion. 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So long as they confined their attention to the fish and an occasional duck no one objected to their presence, but when one of them began to take sheep off the bank as they came down to drink it was felt that the saurians ought to be exterminated, and an Englishman and his servant made the attempt. Obtaining a dugout, they paddled into deep water. The servant was already barefoot, and the Englishman himself took off shoes and stockings, so that his bare feet might have as good a hold as possible on the smooth bottom of the canoe. A bait was attached to a heavy rattan, and soon a tug and a plunge indicated that the crocodile was fast to one end. Immediately the canoe began to move through the water. After a protracted struggle the Englishman managed to get the crocodile within a few yards of the canoe. At one moment the open jaws would surge out of the broken water and snap together in unpleasant proximity to the men's legs; the next moment the heavy tail would swing free of the water and with the weight of a falling pole would hit the side of the canoe a blow that made it shiver. As the crocodile surged close to the canoe and the open mouth appeared above the water the servant slipped a noose of stout cord over the upper jaw and pulled it tight some six inches behind the point of its nostrils. Then, with a quick turn of his wrist, he slipped the slack of the cord round under the lower jaw. He drew the cord tight, and the teeth of each jaw pressed home into the sockets of the other. The servant now grasped the point of the long, narrow head with one hand and with the other rapidly wound the cord round the elinched mouth. Another noose was slipped over a fore leg. It pulled the leg up to the animal's side. 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Phone North 864. Dec. 1-tf their DURHAM, N. C.. J. ARTHUR'JAMES Washington, D. C. There are special scholarships for deserving young men and women, in the Departments of Theology and Religious Training. The next Summer School and Chautauqua will open July 3. 1912. For further information and catalogue, address PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD. rmann N. W. Durham, N. C. Beautiful Lounges Morris Chairs Writing Desks Music Boxes Beds Fine Bedsteads and Mattresses If you want a first-class Bed-room suite, call after you have been elsewhere E. MURRAY The : Up-to-date : Cafe FIRST-CLASS PLACE FOR MEALS Ice Cream, cut, $1.20 per gal. Plain Ice Cream 90c per gal Public and 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 Clothi. Our Ex- clusive Work. 75c per Suit. Coat, 40c. Pants, 20c. Vest, 15c. Suits-Pressed, 35c. Four for $1.00. 1537 Fourteenth St. N. W. ROBERT DOUGLASS, Manager. North Mountain Sana- torium FOR COLORED CONSUMPTIVES SITUATED AT NORTH MOUNTAIN IBERKELY CO., W. VA. Elevation 1200 Feet P. Franklin Scott, Samuel Gray. Superintendent Medical Director For further information apply to Dr. Sam'l Grav Martinburg, W. Va. Open all the Year For Sale 'ROSENARY' Preparation to straighten hair, guaranteed to be harmless. Will not injure head or scalp. Continued application 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. Northwest Cafe. Regular Board-$11 per month. Half month-$6.00. Regular breakfast-20 cents. Regular dinner-25 cents. Big special Sunday dinner-35 cents. The Sove are the popular prices at the Northwest Cafe, 11th and You Streets Northwest, on the Boulevard. A. H. Cooper. Mr. A. H. Cooper. whose advertisement appears in another column of The Bee. If you want first-class work done, don't fail to go to Cooper'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. Coleman 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. n, N. C. Fosters DYE Works FOSTER'S DYE AND CLEANING WORKS. (You Street, etween 7.1h and 12th Streets, Northwest.) Business and Display Office. 11th and You Streets, Northwest CALL AND INSPECT OUR WORK. Ladies' suits a specialty Gentlemen's suits cleaned, pressed and sponged. Gloves cleaned. All goods look like new when they leave our works FOSTER'S DYE WORKS. Go To HOLMES' HOTEL 333 Virginia Ave., S. W. Best Afro-American Accommodation in the District EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN Good Rooms and Lodging, 50c, 75c and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a call. James Ottoway Holmes, Proprieter Washington, D. C. HIRSH'S SHOE STORES Washington's Best and Most Up-to-Date Shoe House. Phone:Main 4471. 1026-1028 Seventh St. N. W. Washington, D. C. SMITH'S PARK PHARMACY 4th and Elm Streets N. W. LE DROIT PARK. The Only Up-to-Date Druggist South of Howard University. If you want fresh drugs and carefully compounded prescriptions, the Park Pharmacy is the place to go. Toilet articles of every description. Assorted candies of the finest and best makes. Holiday souvenir cards and cigars. 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. Phone Col. 2578. . Wm. C. McCURDY Pound and Fruit Cake, 15c. Best to be had. Stand 662-3. Center Market DEALER IN Wholesale (Baked Goods) Retail. Christian Xander's Sweet and Dry Catabas The very best obtainable Family Quality House 909 7th St Phone M-774 NoBranch Houses Cars to the Northeast Section and Suburbs pass the door. THE ASTORIA PHARMACY (W. ARMSTRONG) Fresh Drugs. Third, and G Streets Northwest. Drugs and Preparations always fresh. rhone Main 3252. The Cheapest Drug Store in Town 4th and Massachusetts Ave. N. W. SLATTERY'S PHARMACY The National Mirror Institute of Beauty Culture 910 F St., N. W. Hair dressing, manucuring, scalp treatment, shampooing, and all branches thoroughly taught by competent instructors, late of N. Y. City. Learn right and face the world. The most pleasant and remunerative occupation. Hiawatha and Ford Dabney. Two of the best moving picture theaters in the city are the Hiawatha and Ford Dabney. They are owned and controlled exclusively by colored men. Everybody goes to these two first-class theaters. Shermont Brooks Dead. Mr. Shermont Brooks, for a number of years employed as a messenger in the Treasury Department, and who had been quite ill for some time, but thought to be improving, died suddenly at his home Sunday night and was buried Wednesday afternoon from the Calvary Episcopal Church. He leaves a wife and two small children. He was quite a promising young man. FUNERAL OF LYNCH WORM LEY. Elks Pay Sad Tribute With Impressive Ceremonies. The funeral of Lynch Wormley, aged 53 years, of St. Paul, was held at Lyles Chapel on Monday last. He died Feb. 17, at his residence, 377 E. 11th. St. of pneumonia. His illness was brief. Mr. Wormley was born in Washington, D. C., and was related to the Wormley's of hotel fame. At the time of his death he was employed as second waiter at McGhee's Hotel, having served in that position very creditably during the past eight years. He was a member of Gopher Lodge of Elks, No. 106. Rev. H. P. Jones, pastor of St James A. M. E. Church, and Chaplain of his lodge, preached his funeral sermon. His favorite hymn, "I Need Thee Every Hour," was sung at his request. Rev. Jones paid a fitting tribute to the deceased. The Elks had charge of the remains and their obsequies were solemn and impressive. The casket of gray was covered with flowers. "A broker wheel" by the friends at McGhee's and "The Elks Emblem" from the lodge; "A Spray of Roses" by Police Chief CIO Connor; "A Bunch of Roses and Ferns." Mr. Chas. Rosenberg and other floral pieces. The pall bearers were Rolla Beard, Michael Smith, Edward Thomas, H. A. Reese James Taylor and J. R. White. The interment was in Oakland Cemetery. WONDERFUL RÉSULTS 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, 111th St. N. Y. Ave. N. W; R. A. Veitch, corner 20th and M Sts. N. W; E. E. Cissell, 10th St.; and N. Y. Ave.; 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, 192t Pa Ave. Board & McGuire, corner 9th and U Sts. F. M. Criswell, 1901 7th St. N. W; Quigley's Pharmacy, corner 21st and G Sts. N. W. Daw's 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. --- PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS Continued from page Well, I took in the Bert Williams banquet, and as a result when I sneaked into my spouse's home, along about 5 A. M. the next morning, she gave me such a dressing down that I will never do it again. However, it did not have much immediate effect on me, for I had expected it, and so stored enough manganycolored fluid into my system to make me drop right off to sleep just as soon as I struck the bed. The result was that my wife was handing me out a line of hot stuff, right off the bat, for ten minutes before she discovered that I was asleep. But the next morning, me on my way she did light up the bed room, the parlor, the kitchen and the pantry with unanswerable arguments. Like the historical boy I just took it in, said nothing, and held my tongue, and incidentally held my head, because the night before had begun to tell. Gee, what a headache, the next morning, these actor banquets furnish at two dollars a plate. Never again for me, while married to this wife. THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. A Brilliant Affair at the Residence of Dr. Taylor—Gorgeous Gowns. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. James Anderson Taylor celebrated their 40th marriage anniversary at their residence, 1527 S Street N. W., Tuesday evening, February 27. It was truly a brilliant affair, from 8 till 11:30 o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. Taylor were assisted by their eight children, six young men and two daughters and a daughter-in-law, together with Mesdames-Eva Burrell, Martha Jones, Emily Harry, Lucy Rose, Fannie Taylor, Laura Delaney and Mrs. Hattie Simms of Annapolis. Mrs. Taylor wore a handsome gown of pale pink marquette over cream satin, trimmed with pearls, and wore a large ruby in her breast, which was presented her by her eldest son, John A. Mrs. Taylor's elder daughter wore a beautiful gown of cream silk Panama, trimmed in satin and net. The younger one wore a lovely gown of white silk crepe de chene. The guests of honor were all handsomely gowned in silks and satins. The reception was interspersed by excellent music furnished by the sons, and a recitation by David E., entitled "Silver Threads Among the Gold." Rev. W. Jarvis acted as master of ceremonies. Short addresses were made by some of the most prominent ministers of this city and country, setting forth the high esteem in which they held the groom. Among those were Rev. Wilhanks, who made the first address to the bride and groom, followed by Rev. M. W. D. Norman, Rev Randolph, Rev Edw. Gordon, Rev. Prior, Rev Lauppkin and Rev Howard, who made the speech of the evening, closing with the presentation of $20 in gold from the Ministers' Conference as a joint token. The presents were numerous and costly, including gold, silver, pearls and rubies. The groom responded to the addresses very eloquently. The table, which was spread from one end of the room to the other, was beautifully decorated with flowers. The menu was elaborate. The whole affair was splendidly conducted by Joseph Arnold and his brothers, assisted by Mr. Charlie Brown and Richard Green. The compiments paid to the bride were numerous. After spending such a pleasant evening all dispersed to their several homes, wishing them to be blessed to celebrate their 27th anniversary. MISS TAYLOR DEAD. The funeral of Georgie Marie Taylor, who died Sunday at 11:30 A. M. at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Taylor, 1406 C Street S. E., took place Wednesday from Saint Cyprian's Catholic Church, at 9 o'clock. Rev. Father Matthews, assisted by Rev. Father Ritchie, as celebrant of the Mass, officiating. "Little Georgie," as she was affectionately known, was just rounding out her 16th year, and by reason of her childish simplicity and lovable disposition, had endeared herself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Rev. Father Matthews, during his exceptionally eloquent and soul-stirring sermon, took occasion to mention these traits of character as he had observed them in her Sunday school and church devotions. The Society of the Children of Mary, of which the deceased was a member, formed a line on either side of the entrance to the church, through which the funeral cortege passed previous to and after the service, and the sight was impressive and profound, as it was simple and beautiful. The many floral tributes were beautiful in the extreme, and in themselves a veritable sermon. The bereaved family were the grateful recipients of many touching expressions of condolence from sympathetic friends, among them being: Rev. R. L. Fultz, pastor of Epworth M. E. Church; Rev. J. I. Loving, D. D., Mr and Mrs. E. H. Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Copeland, Mrs. Lily Stewart and Mrs. Julia Swann. "The fabric of life is a homespun web, Each weaver fashion his own. The warp and the woof are God's own giving, But the filling in of the daily living. Is the choice of the weaver alone. Then choose bright threads for the homespun web. As the shuttle is everyday thrown." Former Washingtonian Dies in St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 20. Lynch Wormly, formerly of Washington City, and a son of the late Wm. Wormly, died in this city February 16. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia. For a number of years Mr. Wormly was a citizen and resident of Chicago, Ill. SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK WILL SUPPORT IT. Miss Ella M. Boston Visits the Capital, Accompanied by Rev. White, Misses Williams, R. A. Boston and Others. Miss Ella M. Boston, a well known teacher in the public schools, accompanied by Rev. James L. White, Misses Florence Williams, R. A. Boston, Medames L. R. Clark and E. B. White, saw Speaker Champ Clark at the Capitol, February 20, and presented their views, through Miss Boston, the chairman, on H. R. Bill 4044, and got his promise to support it. Miss Boston is in part as follows: Hon. Champ Clark, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.; Permit me to call your attention to H. R. 4644, to reimburse the depositors in the Freedman's Trust Co., and H. R. 4705, to establish a National Memorial Home for Aged and Inhumed Colored People, and Working Girls, from the two hundred thousand dollars due the estates of deceased colored soldiers of the civil war. Having the endorsement of the women of the auxiliary to the National Memorial As-oclation, which was founded by me eighteen years ago, allow me to state: As we understand the needs of the aged, the working girls and the young men, perhaps better than the men, while we indorse all that has been said, yet we believe that it is our duty to add a word, as these conditions would come directly under our supervision, as we are to have charge of the internal affairs of this institution. Pressing Needs. Allow me to remind you that the inclementy of this winter has been a record breaker since the establishment of the weather bureau, and which you will agree has greatly augmented the sufferings of the' poor. Some of the beneficiaries of the measures are now very old, and many of them have been called from labor to reward, while thousands are now suffering, and therefore in urgent need of the relief that would come by getting immediate consideration of these measures Not only would the aged find relief through these subjects, but the moral tone, the purity of womanhood, would be greatly aided, through the noble women of our administrative building who would seek and shelter the unsophisticated girls from the South, till they could be comfortably placed as domestic servants, in this or other cities: hundreds of such girls are annually swept away in whirlpools of destruction, by being stranded in the Nation's Capital, which is the gateway to the North, and other points. Through our proposed farm place, we could save at least a Hundred young men annually by giving them temporary work and shelter, thus saving the government and the good citizens who are taxed for the maintenance of the various prisons, for men and women annually an average of $50,000. In planning for the greatest good to the greatest number of our race, we believe we have your sympathy and co-operation. These subjects have been considered favorably by both parties in previous Congresses, and have passed both branches, but in different Congresses. We therefore pray your influence for immediate action, in order that this worthy bill may have an opportunity to pass both branches of the Nation's legislatures and thus become a law during this Congress. We can with pleasure say that these measures have the indorsement not only of the colored people, but of nearly every man and press in the country. Our board is composed of women experienced as housekeepers and household economics, dressmakers and public school teachers, therefore of necessary efficiency. Thanking you in advance for past and current favors, I have the honor to be, very respectfully, ELLA M. BOSTON. Supt of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the National Home Association, 1179 N H. Ave. N. W., Washington. D. C. DR. PHIL. BROWN BROOKS. Southwest's Most Successful Physician—Master of His Territory. Everybody knows Dr. Phil Brown Brooks. His name is a household word wherever you go in the Southwest. There is not a family in that section of the city, as well as in the Northwest, that is not favorably acquainted with this successful physician. Negroes from all over the country have settled in the Southwest in the hope of running this young man out, but they have failed. Even the son of the best known pastor in the city, who has a congregation larger than any other pastor in that section of the city, could not remain and compete with Phil Brooks. There have been "glish mouth" physicians, who had more tongue than sense, have endeavored to run him out, but they have failed Dr. Brooks'. success lies in his ability to cure. He attends to his business and thanks others that will attend to theirs. He has been successful over his enemies, and today he is the master of the Southwest over all comers, and many of them have gone, but Dr. Phil Brown Brooks remains. He has a host of friends who appreciate him. Men's Club. The men of People's Congregational Church held a meeting in the lecture room of the church Tuesday evening, March 5, for the purpose of organizing a men's club. After consideration of various suggestions offered by those present it was decided to organize a Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, thereby uniting the men of the church for more efficient service in church work. Addresses were made by the pastor, Rev. Arthur Randall, Dr. James W. N. Waring, Erastus Molen and Prof. W. Dyson, highly indorsing such an undertaking. An interesting feature of the evening was a fifteen minutes participation in calisthenics under the instruction of the pastor. The following-named persons were elected to office; Frank E. Hearns, president; Charles Young, vice president; Joseph X. Valentine, recording secretary; James A. Browne, corresponding secretary; William Thomas, treasurer. REV. RICKS DEFENDS HIMSELF Not a Sparrer, but Against "Jim Crowism" — Constitution · Revised and Negro Vice-President Dropped. March 51n. 1912. To Editor of The Washington Bee: Were it not for the fact that I have been personally assailed by Mr. D. C. Davis, vice president of the District Union, he seeking to brand me as a "wrangler." I would not make further comment on the un-Christian like treatment accorded the colored Endeavors at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at the meeting of the endeavors last evening; but would leave the matter to the judgment of the intelligent readers of The Bee, for, in seeking to vindicate themselves, the officers of the Union have made it clear that at the very meetings they cite, as proof of their impartiality, in which they state that the colored members "jim-crow" themselves (at which I have never been present), if a colored member should find a seat elsewhere they would be ushered over to the self-appointed "Jijn Crow" section in defense to the wishes of that "portion of the white members whose environment and training would not permit them to sit behind colored people. More than thirty members left the meeting, and if need be I could get their affirmation before a notary, and those who remained did so not because they subscribed to the treatment they received, but because they were "persuaded by Mr. Moss to remain." I emphatically deny that I came to the meeting "sparring" for such an opportunity, and those who know the facts in the case will testify that the suggestion to leave was born almost simultaneously in the hearts of those who left. As to the statement that such a controversy had arisen several years ago at a similar meeting, the vice president shows gross ignorance as to the history of the Union or he purposely suppresses the facts. It was not a similar meeting, but a business meeting of the Union held for the election of officers when those whose "environment and training" was of such that they thought that a colored second vice president should no longer be an officer in the Union, and made a strong attempt to oust him. I seriously objected, and my efforts were seconded by the white members of the Union whose "environment and training" were such that they believed the teaching of the Bible that "all ye are brethren," and a colored second-vice president was elected. It was found necessary soon after this to revise the constitution of the Union, and we have been without a colored second vice president ever since. Of course the constitution was not changed to get rid of the colored officers. Having served the Union as second vice president, and a service of many years on the Union's most important committees, besides coming in close personal contact with the best people of both races in this city, is sufficient refutation of the good vice president's statement that I am a "sparrer." Respectfully, E. E. RICKS. ANNOUNCEMENT THE BOOKS OF THE PALATIAL IRON STEAMER ANGLER, ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTER AT THE OFFICE WATER AND N STREETS SOUTH TO WASHINGTON PARK AND LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR SEASON, 1912. 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Church, will present to Dr. S. P. W. Drew, for services rendered in defense of Mattie Lonax, preventing her from hanging in the District of Columbia, by appealing to President W. H. Taft, saving a National disgrace upon womanhood of America a loving cup. Mrs Julia W. Hamilton, president of the Attucks Association, a purse; Mrs. Bessie Hansborrough, president; Mrs. Ruth W. Dahney, Mr. James H. Winslow, vice presidents; Mrs. Julia M. Layton, treasurer; Miss Mary E. Curtis, secretary. Col. Henry L. Johnson, Recorder of Deeds, will preside. advt Public Schools Athletic League. The first event in the official test of high school boys for silver athletic badges was held yesterday afternoon at M Street High School with Messrs Compton and E. B. Henderson in charge, and at Commercial High School, with Mr. G. H. Murray and E. B. Henderson as officials, who represented the High School Games Committee of the Public Schools Athletic League. Of the more than five hundred boys in the colored high schools nearly one hundred boys qualified for further competition in the effort to win the athletic badge which will be a test of the allround development of the boys who have won. Each boy was required to pull up his body until his chin was on level with the horizontal bar, nine times in succession. Only twelve boys who entered the test failed to make good. On Thursday afternoon next in the gymnasium of the Armstrong Manual Training School the boys who qualified will be tested in jumping. They must clear the bar at a height of four feet and four inches to further qualify for the final test of running, which event is two hundred and twenty yards to be done in 28 seconds. Of course, any boy failing to meet the requirements in any event, is eliminated from the competition. The trophy that will be presented to each boy is a silver button, bearing in relief the figure of an athlete in the sprint start position, the monogram P. S. A. L. for Public School Athletic League, and around the border the word and letters Washington, D. C." Many of the best runners were unable to chin four times, and many who were able to chin four times and more can not jump or run to any creditable degree. The test will mean much for an even or allround development. Not more than fifty boys of the entire number enrolled will win the badge this year, but with the stimulus afforded it is safe to predict that three times that number will be successful next year. The successful boys to chin nine times were M. Street High School. William Hughes, Harold Tyler, Joseph Lofton, James Boarman, Joseph Holland, William Barnes, Fred Slade, James Brown, Eugene Davidson, Ashley Hines, George Lacey, Orange King, Milton Ward, Lewis Watson, Wayman Fleming, Ferdinand Miles, Newton Miller, Milton Lewis, Charles Dickinson, Cyril Miller, William Hall, Albert Smith, Clarence Holmes, Orville Bradford, Benjamin Campbell. Raymond Reynolds, Joseph Eggleston, Charles Hays, William Duncan, Campbell Johnson, Edward Poindexter, Harvey Clarke, George Smith, Fred Hunt, Kelly Miller, Joseph Trigg, Ralph Smith, Joseph Cooper, Austin Ferguson, Thomas Berry, George T. Eutler, Vernon Green, Lloyd Muse, Herbert Harris, Chas. Thompson, Leonard Dogans, Reginald Brandon, Merrill Curtis, Vernor --- THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $1.00 POSTAGE PAID. SEND MONEY BY POSTOFFICE MONEY ORDER. You can have a beautiful and luxurious head of hair using a MAGIC. After a shampoo or bath the hair, removing the dandruff, and it will curllest head of hair. Use the combs never heated. The steel bezel flame of the alcohol or gas heater. In the heating bar, then, after the bar is beaten a turn of the handle. Irons have a cover and can be carried in a Alcohol Heater $1.50. Liberal terms to agents. Minneapolis, Minnesota. St. Regis Hotel 1832 Fourteenth Street N. W. Washington, D. C. One of the finest appointed dining rooms in the country, owned by and managed for colored people. The excellence of St. Regis meals cannot be surpassed. The service is courteous and quick. St. Regis dinner parties are fashionable, served in our private dining rooms. Special attention paid to Banquet service. Our steam heated, well lighted rooms are not surpassed for beauty and comfort. Spacious tile bath rooms, with all modern appointments. MRS. GRACE T. MERCER. Proprietress. FOR SALE AT ONCE. One half or all interest in the M.Clemens Hotel and Eureka Minera Batt House (For colored people exclusively) which is the only hotel and bath-house combined, owned and operated by a colored man at any of the health or summer resorts in th-United States. A good proposition for a hustling young man wifi money. For particulars, write GeH. Hutchinson, Prop., 218 Welts St: Mt. Clemens, Mich Hair Culture A school has been opened at Mrs Dr. Scott's, 521 Nichols Ave. S. E. 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